On that VFR I would first try using compressed air to pop out the dents. If that doesn't work go with the glue gun dent puller.

That is a really nice XL175 that you have. Keep it!

I need one of these! Brilliant.

Thanks, Kurt.

I received a PDR kit over the weekend and will give it a try later this week and keep everyone here posted on what happens. I've actually been meaning to get one anyway for my work truck, so decided to pull the trigger. I'm excited for the possibilities. The YT videos really make one feel confident of their effectiveness.

The slab was poured today on the new home project behind me. They finished up with the last bit of polishing around 3PM.

Then around 6PM it started raining and hasn't stopped.....almost 2 hours so far.

I wonder if this rain will have any adverse effects on the concrete?

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Moisture slows concrete curing, and makes for a better slab if protected from downpours.
Cold and wet is good.

Still not as good as a Roman volcanic mix (i.e. 2000yo Colosseum).

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Picked up this nifty little coupler for my air tools. Just push the button on the side and the tool disengages:
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Also a 10 pack of new fittings:
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And a new Stanley knife:
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Wish I could put some kind of quick connect/disconnect on my die grinder for easier changing out of accessories. Guess there's no getting around using the two little wrenches that come with it.

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Had some garage therapy time today and decided to try to get my dad's old Lincoln weld and power 125 running again after a long sleep.
siphoned off about .5 gallon of varnish, I mean gasoline.... Nasty stinky stuff.
Drained the bowl on the separator and the carb.
Drained the oil.
Put fuel in with some sea foam.
Put in new oil with some sea foam.
Pulled the start cord a few times .
Pulled the plug. Good shape and good spark.
Pulled the drain plug from the carb again. Finally got some fuel up there and the damn thing started.
Plugged in my wife's hair drier to load it up.
It works!!!
Ran it out of fuel. Changed the oil again.
My dad would have approved of the lifting methodology getting the rig onto the work bench.
Sorry no pics....

I started my mud room \ laundry room rehab. We are redoing the tile floor and adding a laundry apron front sink in a custom cabinet where the stupid shower was and adding custom bench with some storage for shoes and coats on another wall.

Our house has a pool and I can only assume someone thought putting a shower in the mud room was a good idea to use for rinsing off. The issue with that is to actually use it you would have to leave the pool area through a gate and walk around the side of the house and go in the mud room entrance. In practice it never happened and we ended up using the shower as a closet so out it comes.

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I was hoping to farm out the tile floor job and got three contractors to come out and look at it. Of those only one followed through with a quote and it was $3900 for the labor not including materials for about 165 sq\ft. Looks like I'll be doing the floor myself too.

Contractors are so busy with big jobs, that many times, they won't even show up for a small remodel job, let alone give a quote on it. When they do quote, they make sure it will be worth their time, and go rediculously high. Some people choose to pay that price, so you can't really say they over-charged.

This is why I DIY everything myself. My downstairs bath rebuild this year, I removed everything down the studs, and joists, relaced all plumbing, electrical, shower, toilet, walls, ceiling, floor, lighting, paint, and fixtures. I believe I had about half of that $3900 into everything.

Any recommendations for repairing hurricane shutter fastener inserts that have loosened in the stucco? Is there a "glue" I can apply to the void after backing out the fastener?

Thanks.

Hey Paul,

They have stucco caulking at HD. It's over in the section where the keep the concrete stuff.

SmileWavy

Changed oil in the truck yesterday. I love these little ramps. I used to have the metal versions but over time they'd get rusty and then it was hard to trust their sturdiness. These are some kind of composite and very sturdy and best of all rustproof!

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Just an FYI for all who use bungee cords.

I have been buying the bungee cord material that comes on a roll and making my own. I recycle the hooks from the old bungee cords that have worn out.

But I recently bought some of these from Walmart. They are a flat version and seem to be much sturdier. They come in various lengths. I bought these three...24", 36" and 48".....

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Thanks, Baz. I’ll have a look today.

Replaced my old rusty boat trailer receiver this morning. Piece of cake using the Hitachi angle grinder with metal cutoff disc!

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I also replaced the jack yesterday.

Only thing left now is new cross braces which I need to source, install the winch stand and winch, which I already have, and new lights, which I already have.

Baz--you're working too hard, man!

:D

Kinda goofed off yesterday, Corg.....waiting for rain to get through. Gave my aching joints some time to recover. :p

My late stepfather had a Craftsman multi drawer tool box that I inherited.

I've been using it but only yesterday finally got around to re-organizing some of it's contents.

These folding rulers are pretty cool. Useful for carrying in a tool box as a supplement for measuring tapes. You don't see them used in the trades very much though.

I didn't take a pic of the screw drivers but I have way too many and need to cull out at least 50%.

He owned a little ice house, which is why there's so many ice picks.

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This was my Dad's......I just used it the other day.

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The smoke alarm in our dining room was going off every time we opened the oven door. It was annoying to us, but it completely freaked out our dog Madison - to the point where she would hide in the bedroom closet and shake for 20 minutes.

So, I got a plastic storage container and two of those magnetic cabinet door latches.

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I took the guts out of the magnetic catch

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Glued the "strike plate" to the ceiling next to the alarm.

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Glued the magnets to the storage container.

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I "stick" the container over the alarm when we are using the oven or cooking something smokey on the cooktop. The only problem so far is that MrsWD, at 5'10", isn't tall enough to stick it up. I'm looking for something lightweight and about 12" long to attach to it as a handle. This will allow MrsWD to use it and also minimize the chance of forgetting to take it down.

I found this Pembroke table in the garbage yesterday it was in pieces a dog ripped the legs off I stuck it all back together and trying to figure out what its worth. It seems they go anywhere from $300-3000

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I’ve got a couple of winter projects going on in the garage right now. One is a full on restoration of a Honda CB 400 F super sport. I’ve already gotten to the point of where I have the bike stripped down to the frame and the frame repainted. Starting work on the engine.

The other bike is my KLR 650 that I am going over in anticipation of a semi cross country off-road ride next spring. For any KLR riders in the know, I’m installing Oxford heated grips, the thermo Bob 2 and the Doohickey.http://forums.pelican-parts.com/uplo...1576430306.jpg
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The fuel tap on my Speedster has been weeping a little gas for a while now. It wasn't enough to drip, but the outside of the tap was moist. So I decided to rebuild it. Mission Creep took over when I took the fuel tank out. With the tank out it was a perfect opportunity to repaint it and repaint the trunk. It took longer to do the painting than it took to rebuild the fuel tap. :(

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The fuel tap was pretty ugly with gasoline stains on it.

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All cleaned up with the rebuild kit ready to go.

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It takes some specialized tools to put one of these together. In this case it a piece of 1/2" EMT. :D

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It doesn't exactly look like new, but it's a heck of a lot better.

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I got an old fuel tank out of the attic and put the rebuilt fuel tap on it to test it. Fuel flows fine and I'm going to let it sit for a couple of days to see if it weeps.

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My spare fuel tank is in better shape that the dented one in the Speedster, but it's from a later year car.

Cut it off and then make the other three legs the same length. Table is a little shorter but problem solved! :D

Why is it that you can work for an hour trying to fix something and after implementing what you thought was the correct repair procedure - it's still not working.

There's an hour I will never get back......(Christmas lights). :rolleyes:

My brother fixes them with a barbecue sparker and it usually works

About 16 years ago I built a small greenhouse repurposing windows from a renovation in the house. The wife said she didn't need it any more, so I dismantled the 6 x 8 building, saving the north wall and the concrete slab. I used the tractor to move the slab 24 feet to the south side of the garage, cut down the salvaged wall from 8 feet to 6 1/2 feet and used it as the new south wall of the construction, rebuilt a door and repurposed a couple more windows. I moved my wife's garden tools and potting materials into it this week.
It is now ready for the new generator which will be used in the case of power failure. We will probably fuel it with propane and replace our electric range with a propane unit to make us independent of power interruptions. The generator will have its exhaust piped to the outside and forced air ventilation will be used to cool the unit and provide air supply.

The fun never stops.
Best
Les

[QUOTE=wdfifteen;10688938]The smoke alarm in our dining room was going off every time we opened the oven door. It was annoying to us, but it completely freaked out our dog Madison - to the point where she would hide in the bedroom closet and shake for 20 minutes...[QUOTE]

Did you try turning the oven off?

That sounds like a very practical application, Les. Good on ya! My generator sits in my garage taking up space. It's never used except during hurricane season and even then sometimes years go by between uses. I think I would like a set up like yours. Put it in an adjacent structure that also houses some of my gardening items, which also take up space in my garage - and elsewhere.

Fixes what? And how? ;)

Baz,
When the greenhouse was being dismantled, her gardening stuff did indeed find its was into my garage. That was not good. I've got too much junk in there of my own.
We have done the same thing with our generator for about 20 years but it was a manual start and although it never failed to start on the first couple of pulls, you needed to be able to pull with authority. My bride of 43 years only weighs about 125 lbs so after hurricane Dorian she started making noises about electric start and the project grew from there.
The nice thing about salvaging the wall was the clapboard siding matches the garage. After cutting down the wall to the proper height I just picked it up with the tractor and set it in place on the anchor bolts.
I buried the conduit for the supply cable from the shed to the house last week so we are now waiting on the electrician.
Best
Les

We just did it yesterday. If youve got a dead section of string just pull out a bulb connect the two terminals to the sparker using sewing needles and spark it then listen for the clicking bulb and youve found the short. Replace the bulb retest as nessesary

Makes sense, Les. My garage is too full of stuff right now as well so am working on improving my storage schematic. It's a work in progress.

Would love to see pics of your project if possible at some point.

Cheers!

OK thanks. Good idea! But these are LED bulbs and they do not come out. Think I will just replace the entire string. ;)

My front door lock. Went out to get the mail came back and the door wouldn't open. Internal actuator stripped out. Couldn't remove to old one because the damn door wouldn't open. Had to get out the sawzall, giant needle nose, and chisel to break the old one into pieces to get the bolt to slide.

Not exciting but tedious. Replacing fuel injectors and new pigtails for the wiring harness. Fragile ~30 yr old wiring. Fun! Been at it way too long, hope to wrap in up in a few hours.

I've been using my compressor and nail gun for the last several months while building my garage. The hose was/is always a pita untangling and it hanging it up. I used to hang the hose on my rolling scaffolding but now I'm inside the garage I wanted something better and self-contained. So I had a piece of unistruct the right length and I drilled and bolted it to the compressor and bolted a couple of pieces of threaded rod to it. Easy peasee.


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Third go around on the motor. Motor that came with it was carb'd and a pain up in the mountains, bought a Craigslist 4.0 that I installed and when I was done it turned out to make 90pds compression. Pulled the motor again and had it completely rebuilt. Went in today and should have everything done after the holidays. Wish me luck

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I was working in the front yard a little bit ago and looked up and the dang lights were working. The ones I tried to fix. Not complaining or anything.....:p

Merry Christmas everyone.

Yesterday I spent a few hours on this little project, I'll call it my Rolex 24 Burn Barrel. I been wanted to buy or build a burn pit/barrel to take the the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January. I found this cool little barrel that was being thrown in the dumpster. It is 14 1/2" in diameter by 19" tall. I cut the ends out with a cut off wheel. I drilled some holes and added 1/2" threaded rods that had left over from my garage build. I probably didn't need to add the nuts and washers but it locks the rods in. I also added some rods in the inside. The legs are unistruct and were bolted on from the inside. It sits 14" off the ground so the ashes fall out. I'll try it out tonight. SmileWavy


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