General Tech What did you work on Today?

[anderson750]

@anderson750 What is the height of your mezzanine? I have one built and I would love to build a ramp. I can't stand up straight on mine but I would love to do this. Pictures???

Total ceiling height in my garage is around 14'. On the ground level the 2x10's sit just above the entry door.


Up in the loft it is just a little shy of 6'.......not a problem for me.

Ramp is steep and can be a little tricky with shoes that do not grip the expanded metal.

Total square footage is a little under 300.

 

[anderson750]

What’s your garage square footage? How does the epoxy hold up to weld slag/torch slag?

Square footage is right around 1000. Welding and torch slag will burn and discolor the surface. I would put something down to protect it if I was welding or torching.

 

[Hickey]

Finally got some time off in the garage, so I started over on my bumper brackets when I got home.

 

[zmotorsports]

A silly little job last night as I had a little washing machine maintenance.

I got home from work and the wife said that the washer would cut in and out intermittently and opening and closing the lid helped some times. Although her idea of opening and closing the lid was opening it and slamming it shut. I cringed and said there’s no need to beat the shit out of the poor thing.

Upon a quick inspection I noticed that the end of the little plastic plunger that activated the switch was corroded and worn off ever so slightly at the tip.

I dug through my small diameter aluminum stock and found a piece that would work.

Turned the diameter down to .160” by 1.050” in length.

Drilled and tapped the other end to accept a 6-32 screw.

Rubber washer slipped right back over to soften the closing.

She informed me that it ran a complete cycle without issue so I guess that was a successful repair.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[Jesser04]

A silly little job last night as I had a little washing machine maintenance.

I got home from work and the wife said that the washer would cut in and out intermittently and opening and closing the lid helped some times. Although her idea of opening and closing the lid was opening it and slamming it shut. I cringed and said there’s no need to beat the shit out of the poor thing.

Upon a quick inspection I noticed that the end of the little plastic plunger that activated the switch was corroded and worn off ever so slightly at the tip.

I dug through my small diameter aluminum stock and found a piece that would work.

Turned the diameter down to .160” by 1.050” in length.

Drilled and tapped the other end to accept a 6-32 screw.

Rubber washer slipped right back over to soften the closing.

She informed me that it ran a complete cycle without issue so I guess that was a successful repair.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

Is there anything you can’t do? I love your posts!

 

[zmotorsports]

Is there anything you can’t do? I love your posts!

Thank you. I can't/won't do upholstery work. Hate it, can't stand it. But I have a guy who does a great job at it so it works out.

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.

Mike

 

[glockman]

Thank you. I can't/won't do upholstery work. Hate it, can't stand it. But I have a guy who does a great job at it so it works out.

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.

Mike

I appreciate you constantly giving me ammo to justify more tools. My wife will not appreciate me using this post to justify a lathe to fix the washing machine but you can't argue with evidence!

 

[zmotorsports]

I appreciate you constantly giving me ammo to justify more tools. My wife will not appreciate me using this post to justify a lathe to fix the washing machine but you can't argue with evidence!

Agreed.

Last night after she ran a cycle through the machine and was so happy that it was fixed I told her "see, I told you I needed that $7k lathe so I could make a .50 cent part".

Mike

 

[YROC FAB.]

Mike

Should of polished it you hack.

 

[YROC FAB.]

I installed some windows into my garage door tonight. I think i will do the other doors as well as the glass cutter only charged me 10$ each. I didnt think glass was that cheap let alone custom cut.

 

[kmboren]

Bought this to flip it price was too good to not. 2004 stock Rubicon 5 speed with 200000 miles. 4 wd wasn't working right, needed new tires and the soft top was hard and cracked. So I took the soft top off and ordered a new one, bought some nearly new JL rubicon wheels/tires. Looking at 4wd linkage someone that had worked on it before hooked the linkage up wrong. Fixed that and what do you know it all works fine. So far only into $4300. Lockers work and engage in 4 low but lights flash like they are not engaged. I have read it could be an ignition switch or a sensor.

 

[UNSTUCK]

If you still have the TJ let me know. Just what I’m looking for.

 

[DaveB]

I have been continuing fixing all of the old winches laying around. So far I have done 2 8274 Warns, one REP8000 Ramsey, and a MX12085 Warn monster winch. Still need to order a few parts but all seem to work well. Now I'm perplexed on which winch to use on my Jeep. The 8274 is cool but I worry about air flow to the LS motor and radiator behind it.

 

[Medsker]

I'd go with the 8274 just for the cool factor If it starts overheating you can always change it out for one of the other ones but I don't think it will. My winch sits on top of the front bumper and sticks up a ways and I have never had any problems with overheating.

 

[Tonkaman]

Every year I have chemicals/paint/cleaners of some kind that get ruined from freezing. I’m not willing to keep those items inside my house, and heating the shop is too much money right now so I decided to make a heated cabinet for them.

I started by insulating a cabinet with 3/4” polystyrene.

Added a double gang receptacle for heater controls and battery chargers.

I used Masonite to line the bottom to keep the insulation from getting gouged up, as well as the side where controls would be mounted.

The heater is a 30” Goldenrod used for gun safes. It gets about as hot as a cup of coffee with no possible way of igniting fumes that could potentially build up.

A thermostatically controlled outlet keeps the heater maintaining any temperature I want. Since this is just to avoid freezing I set it to stay above 45°. It is WiFi enabled so I can monitor the temperatures from my phone.

The controller also has an outlet for cooling. I will monitor temperatures this summer, and if it gets too hot I’ll wire in an exhaust fan to keep it under 100° or so.

it’s so nice to finally have all my chemicals in one organized place! Here is a before and after picture:

 

[J-mobzz]

Every year I have chemicals/paint/cleaners of some kind that get ruined from freezing. I’m not willing to keep those items inside my house, and heating the shop is too much money right now so I decided to make a heated cabinet for them.

I started by insulating a cabinet with 3/4” polystyrene. View attachment 126447View attachment 126448

Added a double gang receptacle for heater controls and battery chargers.View attachment 126449View attachment 126450

I used Masonite to line the bottom to keep the insulation from getting gouged up, as well as the side where controls would be mounted.View attachment 126451

The heater is a 30” Goldenrod used for gun safes. It gets about as hot as a cup of coffee with no possible way of igniting fumes that could potentially build up.View attachment 126452View attachment 126453

A thermostatically controlled outlet keeps the heater maintaining any temperature I want. Since this is just to avoid freezing I set it to stay above 45°. It is WiFi enabled so I can monitor the temperatures from my phone. View attachment 126454

The controller also has an outlet for cooling. I will monitor temperatures this summer, and if it gets too hot I’ll wire in an exhaust fan to keep it under 100° or so.

it’s so nice to finally have all my chemicals in one organized place! Here is a before and after picture:View attachment 126455View attachment 126456

That’s amazing! Nice work!

 

[Tonkaman]

That’s amazing! Nice work!

Thanks! I actually started working in this in December, then blew up my bicep. Since I already had all the parts I just had to get strong enough to lift those heavy ass shelves

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Mounting bumpers and sliders on my HJ61

 

[zmotorsports]

Should of polished it you hack.

Sorry about that. I'll try to keep that in mind for next time.

Mike

 

[zmotorsports]

On Saturday morning I took about an hour and reassembled my Vertex rotary table that I disassembled and cleaned a couple of weeks ago.

I noticed that the input shaft to the eccentric bore was fairly tight so after measuring I decided to polish the bore as well as the shaft that was off by a couple thou.

After a final spray with brake wash as a final cleaning I packed the bearings with grease, applied some way oil #2 to the underside of the table and began assembly.

Fine tuning to eliminate backlash and adjust preload/clearance on the input shaft to eccentric.

Completed and operation is smooth as silk.

Stored under the surface plate cart and ready for use when needed.

Thanks for looking.

Mike