What OT crap are you working on

Got a little progress on the mini g***er this summer. Had our first snow this weekend so it was time to wrap it up for the winter.

 

It’s done lol

 

G***er P***er

 

So cool! Your works are really impressive! If you ever decide to sell them, just get in touch with the vinted customer service. They have a great platform for selling unique items, and I’m sure they would be really interested in what you have to offer. It’s a perfect place for artists to showcase their creations and reach a wide audience. Plus, their support team is super helpful if you need any ***istance getting started. Definitely worth considering if you're thinking about selling

 

Will it be hung from a rear view mirror?
Dan

 

Kitchen is almost done...then I get to work on a few more rooms....

 

Sharp one , not sure what Jimmy is going to do with it .

 

Beautiful!.....

 

Living Room is ready to stick the fork in it .

 

I get to do the living room next....

 

Living room is much easier than kitchen!

 

HAH!
Hopefully indeed.

Somehow I get caught up in these projects that have overly enthusiastic, under performing, bizzare idea'd, lofty goaled, budget ignorant, tightwad owners.

Romance isn't lost, its spent on unwitting project cars.

Owner still hasn't bought tires, but purchased new KNS fender skirts, that are missing hardware and the website now seems to be conveniently down.
Lovely.

Maintenance/repair history is hacktackular at best.
Owner used to work at an oil changer/lube shop as a kid. Asked him if he had changed the oil yet(over a year since purchase),
Nope, seller said he changed it.
'When should you change the oil?'
Every 3Kmiles or one year, whichever comes first!
That was some Manchurian candidate response if I ever did hear one.

I could go on.
Didn't mean to turn this into a whinge post, it's cathartic.

 

I made a column drop before lunch using lost foam. This is a great method for one off parts and while I have been at it for thirty years and have a furnace and crucibles, it could be done with simple tools, a torch and a plumber's ladle.

 

Teaching my daughter to do bodywork and paint on her car. She actually bought a wreck from Copart that we are fixing. Hope to make the parts white in the next few days.

 

My latest purchase, I need to change the Antifreeze, oil and add Stabil to the fuel.

It’s a flashy ride for an old fart.

 

@guthriesmith - Way to teach, dad! The wife's daily got bumped, brand new car, figures.. Just a little damage, minimal really. When I picked it up, I noticed the s**** area. Big pile of wrinkled sheet metal outside the body shop. The stuff is so thin, shops mostly replace panels instead of working on them.

 

Yep, this new stuff isn’t easy to work. Easy to bend, but if it’s messed up much, easier to replace. However, I’m cheap and would rather fix. My wife’s car needs a fender and I checked on buying one. It was almost $400 for basically nothing. I knocked the beat up one into shape instead.

 

She looks like she would be happier going somewhere with her friends in the car than she is working on it…

 

Probably. But, she has a three year old son so doesn’t get to spend time with friends much anymore. She is honestly a hard worker and ***embles construction equipment for Ditch Witch to support herself and her son.

 

Good job grandpa!

 

Fresh coat of new paint for this racer.

 

Have a 55 Ford 2 dr post sedan—-original paint,never in an accident—bumpers frt and rear and all stainless trim is original,factory tinted gl***. Frame cut off at firewall—entire Lincoln 95 Mark 8 clip inserted into original frame and welded——engine,trans is from same donor car as frt clip/290 h.p 4.6L all aluminum DOHC V8/Lincoln power rack pinion,hydraulic ***isted power disc brakes,big sway bar,struts. Car looks like a stock 55 Ford—-has Mustang 17 x 8 wheels on all four corners. Car is decently quick with 55 rear end ratio of 3:31/engine remains stock catalytic converters with 4 ft gl*** pack mufflers. Looks like a 55 Ford,drives,handles,stops like a 95 mark 8. Gas pedal is from a b*** drum.

 

Hello,
Nice work and stylish wood cabinets. @squirrel We had wood cabinets installed 17 years ago. While the construction was going on, we had our 2 year old granddaughter staying with us almost daily. So, the workers tried to keep the noise down during her nap times. But, as I was carrying her while talking to the contractors, she fell asleep during the air compressor rebooting and the nail guns whacking away. Some times being tired overcomes noise... When we took her upstairs, we too, fell asleep. Noise or not... an active little two year old can tire out a couple of retirees in no time!~ ha!

The type of wood had a protective coating on the surface and that helped keep the fingerprints off of the woodwork. Yes, that is what handles are for, but most everyone finds the handles and uses them for the first several months. Then in closing the doors or cabinets one tends to grab the edges of the drawers or doors to close them. So, over time, the wood gets to absorbing the hand/finger grip oils and starts it staining process. The color comes off and then it becomes hard to match the old cabinet surface.

Jnaki

Your cabinets have that raw wood look that is popular and making a resurgence these days. But, hopefully, they will receive a coat or two of stain to help in the long run of preventing fingerprints and oils from hands over time. It has been 17 years since our cabinets have gone in and we are still doing upkeep on our normal fingerprints and hand oils on the cabinet corners and yes, near the handles.

For us, it is a new counter, matching cooktop backsplash and a tile backsplash near the sink and window. The cabinets still look and act like new and still have the "coastal feel" to the installation from 17 years ago.

Our granddaughter visited us recently and was amazed it brought back all of those memories of growing up with us from 6 months to pre teenage days. It was if she never left our home and grew up going to college. It brought a little happy tear to our eyes... YRMV

 

Slowly running out of parts to put back on.

 

My son has this 90's Ramcharger we installed on a ch***is from an 04 Hemi Durango 4x4. We got it running a few years ago, but he never really finished it any more then it needed to be drive able, it has been his beater for the last couple years. He was growing tired of it and when the plates ran out on it at the end of October, (last month) he decided to park it.
He also has an 01 Dodge 3/4 ton pickup he bought 5 years ago to use mostly to plow his driveway during the winters. The first few years he also used it as his daily transportation until he licensed the Ramcharger, at which point he let the plates on the 01 lapse. As a snow plow for his place (and the guy next door), it doesn't need to be plated.
So, the snow season is upon us. He went through the process of getting the 01 ready for another plowing season. He changed the oil, and did a few other things, then hung the plow back on it (he removes the plow after the season and stores it in his garage). After he parked the 01 along his driveway for the over night, the next morning it wouldn't start. The trouble shooting process leads to a bad computer.
Suddenly the Ramcharger has found new purpose, take the plow set up off the 01 and install it on the Ramcharger, and use it as the new snow plow, and s**** out the 01. The only small problem is, the plow brackets from the 01 don't fit the Durango frame, and brackets for the Durango are $800 and may not be available until after the 1st of the year.

I've made a few snow plow brackets from scratch before, its not as hard as it sounds, but designing them takes 5-6 hours, and actually building them to actually fit on the truck and on the plow, so it works, also takes 5-6 hours. Then we had to do it around his work schedule.
He was off work on Monday (Veteran's Day), so we made the plan on Monday. We would be able to modify the existing brackets from the 01 to work on the Ramcharger. The challenge was, the plow was at his house, and the welding was being done at my house, about 5 miles apart from each other. With the 01 not running, we had no easy was to transport the 8' wide plow with the pump and everything attached to it. Through careful measurements, we managed to get the brackets tack welded together and got them clamped onto the Ramcharger frame by the end on Monday. The test fit went well, but it was Thursday before we could finish welding them together. After that, if the brackets still worked, we would have another brace that needed to be added after we knew everything still worked. The clamped and tack welded brackets worked well. Not only did the plow brackets connect to the plow like they were suppose to, they can also still be removed and reinstalled onto the Ramcharger itself. That meant we could do the finish welding on the bench rather then under the truck. The plow fits on the Ramcharger, and it functions. We welded in that last brace Sat morning.
The only picture I have of the Ramcharger was when it was at my place shortly after the ch***is swap, before it was road worthy.

 

My folks had a two door identical to this until sometime in 61, they bought two doors for “safety” with two young kids, I remember riding on the rear window shelf.

 

CamaroBird progress the kid is learning

 

Made a different exhaust system for my 2022 Kawasaki Z 900 RS