you might put some bands of some sort on those loose sleeve cuffs
What did you do in your shop today?
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Had the grandkids over for a while on Saturday afternoon and they always want to go out to the shop. Ages 6 and 9. My shop is a complete mess with our kitchen remodel project nearly finished but I love the interest they have shown so I try to always make time. We really didn’t accomplish much but it was time well spent.
Success! No hard water galled fittings, no connections that didn't fit, no extra trips to the hardware store. A little contortionism laying on my back under the kitchen sink. Kitchen faucet replaced. Let the lifetime guarantee begin.
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Be very very careful!
To start bragging on a plumbing job completed with less than three trips to the store only encourages the wrath of the plumbing gods!
Have the shaman do a dance to appease the gods and prevent impending disaster!
To start bragging on a plumbing job completed with less than three trips to the store only encourages the wrath of the plumbing gods!
Have the shaman do a dance to appease the gods and prevent impending disaster!
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I did nothing in my shop all weekend. Had to work Saturday, then did the grocery shopping thing with my Betty. By then I was pretty tired and did not feel like going in the shop. Today I woke up with a major headache, took awhile for the ibuprofen to work. Then I helped the Betty work on some curtains and installed grommets for her, sharpened about 20 lawnmower blades for a friend, and them mowed my own lawn. It's hot and humid here and quite miserable outside. I did also make a fifth wheel hook for my work semi truck. It's used to reach under the trailer to pull the pin when dropping a trailer, it makes it much easier and you don't get your arm or clothes full of grease either. It involved cutting a steel rod,, bending a hook on the end with my arbor press,, welding a handle on it,, and grinding everything smooth. So just a little metal work. So after all that no shop time. I'm inside trying to get my body temp down right now, I just can't take the heat anymore.
As we get ready to list our house, we need to replace a lot of early 90s gold fittings. I really don’t mind that job except what you said last: crawling in, bending, up and down to get a different set of pliers, etc. I just never was any good at contorting……
So, a quick catch up. Oldest stepson came down and helped get some heavy stuff into the trailer. Wow. Problem was, this old man was on the other end. But, we gotter done!! Third storage unit on the way to being filled but that is all good.
The bad is no concrete. Ugh, trying to be patient but this is keeping us from listing the house…..
And, someone is hanging out.
The bad is no concrete. Ugh, trying to be patient but this is keeping us from listing the house…..
And, someone is hanging out.
Is there a concrete shortage now? You have some nice wood in your garage, I see. Chuck
Hiding hunting supplies in a sewing machine box - gotta remember that one!
Could be, but more likely the Law of Construction has taken over. The contractor has some where else to go he can make more money, faster, easier, and closer.
The older I get the harder it is to get down there and even harder to get back up again. But for me the toughest part is the bottom of the cabinet is a couple inches above the floor and that lip hits me where my back doesn't bend. Then I'm twisting my shoulders into angles they aren't meant to go trying reach a tool or part that I dropped. It's hard to find that tool or part because when I dropped it it smacks me right in the middle of my forehead and because I flinch when that happens I don't see where the tool or part ricochets too.
Heck, all this time I thought the hardest thing to do was to minimize plumber's crack!
Mechanics creeper is about the right height and allows you to slide in and out with a lot less effort. Remember to put a sheet of cardboard down to save Momma's floor.
No. no, no. Plumber's crack is a badge of experience and should be displayed proudly.
The guess is all the important builders were also behind due to weather and they get first shot on the schedule. I have heard there is a shortage/high demand….definitely see the demand around us. Just frustrating.
I have a 1 1/2 car garage with AT LEAST a two car garage worth of stuff in it. It's quite a mess. I've been getting it cleaned up a bit and my latest effort is this swinging vertical storage space that I added directly in front of one of my exotic wood storage areas.
I've made a good start on effectively filling up the front and I did it with an offset the width of a 2x4 so I still have the whole back side for chisels, socket wrenches, more clamps, and whatever. Most of my clamps are in the basement where I do my bowl glue-ups.
Everything is screwed on so I can move stuff around if needed.
I've made a good start on effectively filling up the front and I did it with an offset the width of a 2x4 so I still have the whole back side for chisels, socket wrenches, more clamps, and whatever. Most of my clamps are in the basement where I do my bowl glue-ups.
Everything is screwed on so I can move stuff around if needed.
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Awesome. I have one of those in my tool truck!
Level , I mean.
Nicely done, I may show my wife someday when I feel up to re arranging her carport...
Dang it! She snuck a look at it. I am beginning to wonder if you folks are just trying to sabotage my free time schedule 
I spent time in my wood storage area restacking. I lost a couple hundred feet of cherry and walnut mixed goodies. But I found this on the trailer that took it away.
I guess I could stand to lose a couple more boards. Anybody got a Lillian Russell bedroom suit? 
I guess I could stand to lose a couple more boards. Anybody got a Lillian Russell bedroom suit?
Makes so much sense to go vertical, because there is so much unused cubic space above about 5' to the ceiling! Chuck