I took the week off for a well deserved break from work. I was productive though. I spent a day doing a clay bar and wax on my car. Also built new pantry shelves for my wife with some help from my dad. It felt good to do something where I could see progress and the end result.
Before-ish (forgot to take pics of builder wire shelving):
During:
After:
They didn't fall down!
In reply to PMRacing :
Very nice. Huge improvement.
In reply to PMRacing :
I like the "use it but not very often, takes up a lot of counter space" apliance shelf
Justjim75 said:In reply to PMRacing :
I like the "use it but not very often, takes up a lot of counter space" apliance shelf
Agreed. Whole project looks great, but that's a high point.
We originally had the mixer on the top shelf of the wire racks above head height because that was the only space it would fit. One of the requirements was to have them easily accessible. The stained shelf is counter depth and height.
Nice shelves. I need to do something like that in my closet one of these days.
Fabricated a new gauge cluster using an electric drill and a holesaw. Drilled the holes and made the bends on some two by fours on the wooden steps of the garage door. When you don't have a drill press or even a work bench, you make do. The gauge holes were a little wonky. LOL.
First, the disclaimer, I didn't technically "make" this. Someone else did, a long time ago. I wish I had remembered to take a "before" picture, but I didn't. I'm in need of a "home office" as a result of some COVID related changes, so the Mrs and I went out desk hunting today. I can't stand Ikea/Sauder furniture, so we were looking for something unique. We found this little gem in the back of a local antique store. It was FILTHY, but I figured, it's painted metal, I know how to clean this up. $65 later, it was ours. I spent about 4 or 5 hours working on it with my car detailing supplies and I'm really happy with how it cleaned up.
Apparently, it's an "All Steel Equipment" adding machine desk and sort of rare/valuable. Who knew?
FYI, the wire shelves are good up high because you can see through the bottom to find what you're after.
I needed to get high. So I made my own jack stands.
And their 1st time on the job. I'm giving my van a 3" lift and needed to do some mods to the shock mounts so I could keep using the stock shocks.
No way I would trust my own welds enough to make my own jack stands, LOL! I'd wand some kind of yoke on top too, just to prevent the car sliding off when I'm laying under it and kicking the 4' pipe on the end of the wrench for some rusty suspension bolt.
Gratuitous chassis bracing? ::shrug::
Rear carrier for my XJ Cherokee.
Æbleskivers!
(They're a Danish pancake ball, usually with fruit or jam inside)
Finally finished my outdoor wood-fired pizza oven.
The MIG welder has been busy.
Three Christmas tree ornament holder/tree things.
A rock fountain for the back yard.
Bartop for the patio. Used a piece of 150 year old barn wood for the top with a little Frank Lloyd Wright thrown in. The fountain is to the rear on the left.
Some concrete countertops...the texture was accomplished by laying painter's plastic in the form before pouring the concrete, then burning the remains out with a torch after it had cured. The result is something that passes for natural stone ...would fool most anyone.
I make a Christmas tree ornament every year. This is last year's; still working on the 2020 ornament.
Needed something to keep the water out of the boat. Tried just putting a tarp over it but it wouldn't run off properly and would catch and sink into the boat.
I'm getting a new garage coat for Christmas. Mrs. ShawneeCreek and I went out and bought it today. It's a nice, insulated Carhartt that fits me well. I'm looking forward to using it, after I get it on Christmas of course. But I had to customize it a bit before I could let her wrap it.
I've been collecting patches to put on this jacket for a while. The GRM patch is self explanatory. The "USAE" flag and master auto tech patches are from blipshift. And the two TIA (Tire Industry Association) patches I earned by being trained to train people how to properly mount tires and run car lifts.
Anyway, I broke into the sewing kit, picked out some black thread and white thread and a needle, and stitched them on while watching Top Gear. I only stabbed myself with the needle a little in the beginning.
I have much respect for hand sewn patches. I started sewing my Lemons patches onto my suit and after the first one I gave up and borrowed time on a sewing machine.
Found these steps in the garage. My mother could not get into my F-150 easily. So custom steps matched to the height of the factory running boards. You could probably park the truck on top of them also. 1" .120 wall square tube because it's what I had in the rack at the time.
buzzboy said:I have much respect for hand sewn patches. I started sewing my Lemons patches onto my suit and after the first one I gave up and borrowed time on a sewing machine.
Yeah, I got lucky with these as I just had to sew through the outer pocket material. If I was going to need to go through the whole thing I would have dug out the sewing machine.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
I love that boat. I did a lot of skiing as a young teen behind boats (we had 2 because they broke down a lot. Dad always had at least one working) just like that. Good times
In reply to Justjim75 :
I was very excited to get her, but I've been in a funk so I haven't worked on it. Was supposed to have her on the water this summer/fall, but losing my job and other crap got in the way. I need to get off my ass and seal the floor, then I can wrap her up and get out there.
Seen the build thread on it?
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