What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[ssffnomad]

K. You are a true overachiever, what are you most afraid of tackling ?
Stretch

 

[Renegade1LI]

Finished the powered hose reel for the central shopvac.

Any pics? This sounds like a great idea.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Worked on the air line and hung up the new reel.

 

[EXBRONCO]

Made some progress

 

[NUTTSGT]

Made some progress

You're doing some nice work.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Took the snowblower of my Wheelhorse and put the mowing deck on. New belts, everything greased, now off to the store for more backup belts and more grease.

 

[EXBRONCO]

NUTTSGT

Thanks, slow but fun

 

[niget2002]

Converted my desk to a motorized one.

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[16again]

Mopped the RaceDeck flooring.

 

[harley jim]

Converted my shopping cart to a motorized one.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

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[mrpizza]

I got tired of my oil drain pans getting holes from sliding on the cement floor. So I bought a new pan and a rubber bungee cord.

Cut the cord into 8 equal pieces and used JB plastic epoxy to attach them to the bottom of the pan. This should cure my leaking issue!

 

[MANelson85]

Built a battery cabinet.

 

[Jazz1]

Converted my shopping cart to a motorized one.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

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Great work. My friend motorized his welding “workstation”. Sourced wheel chair for power

 

[dwasifar]

Stripped, de-rusted, and refinished the bottom panel of my snowthrower before it could rust away completely:

It was not actually all done today. A day for the paint stripper to work, two days for the vinegar soak to dissolve most of the rust, and then a couple of days for the six or so coats of Rustoleum to dry. But I put it back on the machine today, so I'm going to count it as what I did today.

 

[dwasifar]

Built a battery cabinet.

Hey, that's nice. I assume the timer is just for the fans, not for the chargers. Is one fan blowing in and the other blowing out?

 

[DGersic]

This was actually last weekend. Sweeping up a bit, my broom snapped in half.



So I had to got buy a new broom.



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[NUTTSGT]

Hey, that's nice. I assume the timer is just for the fans, not for the chargers. Is one fan blowing in and the other blowing out?

I was going to ask the same about the fans, one in, one out.

 

[niget2002]

This was actually last weekend. Sweeping up a bit, my broom snapped in half.



So I had to got buy a new broom.



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The gj way would be to replace the stick with 1" steel bar.

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[MANelson85]

Hey, that's nice. I assume the timer is just for the fans, not for the chargers. Is one fan blowing in and the other blowing out?

Thanks. The timer controls the fans and the chargers but goes up to 4 hours, so plenty of time to charge. The bottom fan on the right, by the timer, is an intake and the top fan on the left is an exhaust

 

[JDGolden]

5 tire rotation on my Jeep. Got to use my new Sunex torque wrench and sockets.

 

[DGersic]

Today, I made the cuts / access holes in the welding table frame for the bolts that will attach it to the frame. Cut the top pieces to length. Made some mounting plate washers from the scraps. Next is welding and finishing. Maybe tomorrow.

Started making some hang brackets from scrap 1/8” x 1” strap pieces, but I need the table done first so I can bend and cut them to fit.

Drained the gas out of the snowblower, preparing to put that away for the summer.

Replaced the broken return spring on the lawnmower handle. That gets the new one off my workbench. Sharpened the blade, since I already had the angle grinder out and the mower in the garage.

Made a small loop of scrap 1/4” rod to attach to the bottom edge of my smoker. This will allow me to tie down the cover so it doesn’t blow off in storms. I’ll weld that on, probably tomorrow as well.

Then a friend called and I ended up talking to him for a couple hours.



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[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned the unholy mess I made working on the hose reel. Made and sanded a tapered ring out of Bondo, to smooth the flow of crud in the shopvac.

Once the last of the parts comes in, I'll take pics for those of you who are interested. Maybe even a short film of it in action.

 

[dkroth]

Made and sanded a tapered ring out of Bondo, to smooth the flow of crud in the shopvac.

I did a similar thing using JB Weld and tape as a "form" around a shop vac hose nozzle.

Color almost matched, too.







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[NUTTSGT]

Ate breakfast and doing some stuff on GJ. I think I want to go in the house and take a nap.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Stripped, de-rusted, and refinished the bottom panel of my snowthrower before it could rust away completely:

I've been thinking of breaking down my Snapper and doing the same. It only has surface rust, but it works too well to let it look crappy.

Tommy

 

[PhantomEB]

Can barely get another can into the Beer Fridge as it’s a long weekend next weekend up here in Canada.

 

[Fastbird]

I did something I've wanted to do for quite some time, and now that I just got a new CA Air Tools 10020C, it was the perfect time.

If you don't want to click, I put it into the storage attic over my third bay in the garage.

 

[16again]

I did something I've wanted to do for quite some time, and now that I just got a new CA Air Tools 10020C, it was the perfect time.

If you don't want to click, I put it into the storage attic over my third bay in the garage.

Nassau Blue C5
Oh yeah, nice work on that compressor. I ordered a 2 gallon Fortress compressor from Harbor Freight. Will be here tomorrow. Bought it just to have it, no real need at the moment.

 

[niget2002]

Finished a bracket mount for hanging air hose off side of the air compressor.

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[cweidert03]

Wired and mounted some new LED lights on my SxS, and also mounted side mirrors on.


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[DGersic]

Welding.



Gotta spend some time with my grinder to pretty up the edges. Then I need a nice day to put some paint on the base, and I can bolt the top on for the last time.



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[jshillin]

I pulled the wheels on the wife's new Kia yesterday to install the molded splash guards, then went ahead and painted the calipers while I was doing it.

Today, I washed the truck, then gathered detailing supplies and polishers to take to WV tomorrow to detail a few cars are my buddies shop.

 

[smalltown]

Finally had enough, and started a long over do cleaning of the garage. I've made three trips to the dump so far. I saved so many things thinking I would need them for something that never occurred.

 

[welder4956]

Did a little cleaning and putting tools away, hung a couple of hooks for extension cords, brought the wife's potted lemon trees inside so the frost won't bother them this week, hooked up their grow lights and put them on a timer, restocked the fridge with bottled water, sat in the doorway and enjoyed the spring weather for a bit.

 

[Alain V.]

I finally got time to wire up the compressor I bought 3 months ago. Hopefully I’ll run the plumbing next weekend.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned n stripped salvage parts. Started work on a Lichtenberg machine. Reglued a little stool.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I did a similar thing using JB Weld and tape as a "form" around a shop vac hose nozzle.

Color almost matched, too.
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This was a little big for JBWeld. It's the 3" wide ring around the bottom of the shopvac drum where it goes into the bucket below. It used most of a gallon.

 

[soloz2]

Fixed my garage door as the track had gotten a bit out of alignment and the door was rubbing on the track when open. Such a PITA due to the low overhead rear torsion spring configuration. Had to unwind the spring, adjust, and then rewind. Glad it's done as I've been putting it off a few weeks.

 

[Jeff May]

Went shooting over the weekend.
Spent the afternoon cleaning up.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

Took the battery charger off the lawn tractor and put it on the go kart.
Stood in front of the tube heater, i just can't seem to get to far from that heater, it's still just to cold out there.