Above 1200 Sq/FT Garage Refurb®

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Here's my clean slate area to start with.


Notice the side of the microwave cabinet that I never covered?


No reason to rip everything off to fill it in. This will be good enough.

 

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Time to get casters installed on the 27" box. But first, pull the drawers so I can move it.
Nothing like having your drawers akl iver your shop.


Casters on, side box hanging and in place.

If you're wondering why I didn't buy a 42" box or another 27" to create a 54" box, this is the reason.

I have a bandsaw that lives here.. . but another 27" would have been nice. I do need to create something to take up the 6" gap like a shelf or something.

 

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Before the storms rolled in today, I needed to make that old bench disappear. I had no takers in the last 24 hours soooooo. . . . . "Here's Johnny!"






I split the rest of the boards up, loaded them in the bucket and hauled them to the stick pile. A couple squirts of diesel and they were disappearing quickly.

 

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I needed to raise the top up to clear area where the end cabinet hangs on the box. I've had a couple of "still in plastic" clear poplar boards for several years. Since I was cleaning up, it was time for them to get used up.




Currently the top is fastened to the boards, I added a small backstop and it's ready for finish work. . . . sanding and some polycrylic.

 

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Polycrylic is on and drying.


I painted the outside edge of the lower poplar boards black.

 

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Top all done.



Painting the lower boards allows a nice dark trim under the top. I think it matches the drawer trim.

 

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Did a side job for a guy at work. The bolt broke off in the damper for his fireplace.


I wanted to try drilling with a left hand drill to see if it would break loose...after some heat, PB Blaster, Kroil and wax.

Needed to grab some drill bits....always up to buy a new tool.



They cut nice for a cheap set.

 

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Cutting right through the bolt with some oil and slow speed.


I tried my smallest EZ Out....ahhh nope. So out came the next bit and one more larger bit to enlarge the hole. Once I got the next larger EZ Out in it, it started to come out, in pieces.


Once it was all out, I ran a tap through it and put a bolt in it. It was a loose fit and I added nut for him to use. I gave him a Grade 2 bolt as I was afraid if it happened again, Grade 5 or 8 would be too hard, same for the stainless too.

 

[Jgaz]

That hole you drilled is about as perfectly centered as humanly possible.

I would say it’s “dead nuts” but I try not to use that expression around old people.

 

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That hole you drilled is about as perfectly centered as humanly possible.

I would say it’s “dead nuts” but I try not to use that expression around old people.

I got lucky as far as I'm concerned. The next two larger bits did go slightly off center but what was left of the bolt came out. Project was a success and returned to the owner.

 

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Did some sorting and initial placement of stuff from the old bench to the new end cabinet. I still have a few things to organize yet.

 

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The last picture is the larger stuff yet to place. I have a cabinet that was for the utility remodel that wasn't used. I have considered hanging that for this stuff. I also need to go through a ton of owner manuals which could fit on a cabinet shelf.