Featured Spaces

The Pie Factory

You know how threads in the Garage Gallery start out as build threads and then, over time, sort of morph into daily blogs of sorts? I love that… and recently, I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole at the Pie Factory. “When graduating from college, my dream home was a barn with a small loft apartment above a workshop, a wood stove, an old truck, a dog, and blond twin girlfriends. Probably in Vermont. I’ve struck out on the barn, the twins, the dog, and the green mountain state. Wood stoves are banned unless grandfathered in in San Francisco. Someday I …
News & Editorial

Vintage Space Electronics…

I’ve been working on a project recently that involves some old Apollo era switches. While searching for tutorials on how to mess with those, I ran across a Frenchman that lives for this shit… and his YouTube channel is ridiculous. He does everything from rebuilding Soviet era space flown mission timers to completely reworking Apollo era guidance computers. It is massively impressive… And while I know this is pretty far from the wheelhouse of this joint, I thought some of you might enjoy the technical side of all this as much as I did. You can view all of Marc’s …
Projects

Vintage Tire Pressure Gauge Calibration

I’ve been collecting and using vintage tire pressure gauges since I can remember really… Mostly because I just really appreciate their aesthetic and the way they feel in my hand. Age brings a tactile feel and a personality that the newer offerings just can’t match. Recently, I’ve been asked quite a few times about their accuracy. When you find them, they are hardly ever broken but it’s rare to find one that is accurate. Thankfully, however, most of these 1950’s to 1980’s gauges feature a very similar mechanism and calibrating them is dead easy. So, I decided to make a …
Featured SpacesProjects

Sailing Magic Carpet

I have a real fetish for watching craftsmen follow their passions from within their work shops. I actually spend far too much time doing this rather than following my own in my shop. But every now and then, I find someone that does things in such a way that I get inspired to turn off the computer and get to it. Recently, I stumbled upon a sailing couple that builds old boats and then farts around in them until it’s time to build another. So when Maya and Aladino sold their most recent boat not long ago, I got excited …
Reviews & Features

Milwaukee M18 Chainsaw – Any Good?

Hey fellas, I hate to admit this to myself as I don’t much care for yard work… BUT, I need a light duty chainsaw. I’d rather not do gas powered as I don’t particularly want to maintain one if I’m only gonna be using it a couple times a year. And if I’m gonna do battery powered, I figure I might as well go with the ecosystem I already own batteries for – Milwaukee. So, anyone have one of these 16″ M18 chainsaws? Are they any good at all for light duty work? I’d love some recommendations.