What did you do to / in your garage / shop today?

03coloradowrangler said:
harbor freight success... 4 $12 18"x12" dollies. they do bow a little bit & rolls a bit rough though its not a issue for 1 person, but they are good enough for me. rolled the jeep from the back of the garage to the front and spun it sideways with no issue. (y) cant even buy caster wheels for that price. wish the casters were a little larger in diameter, but even the application specific tire dollies from harbor freight were identically 3" in diameter and cost significantly more.

garage cleanup is a work in progress of course, moving the jeep was my first task to begin reorganizing clutter.

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Nice. I have a set of the original Tire Skates, they work good but you need to build up a little speed when crossing an expansion joint. It's also hard to get it moving when changing directions. I like those 31's on those factory wheels, is that TJ lifted at all?
 
03coloradowrangler said:
harbor freight success... 4 $12 18"x12" dollies. they do bow a little bit & rolls a bit rough though its not a issue for 1 person, but they are good enough for me. rolled the jeep from the back of the garage to the front and spun it sideways with no issue. (y) cant even buy caster wheels for that price. wish the casters were a little larger in diameter, but even the application specific tire dollies from harbor freight were identically 3" in diameter and cost significantly more.

garage cleanup is a work in progress of course, moving the jeep was my first task to begin reorganizing clutter.

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I have the HF steel wheel dollies and they fell apart on my trying to move my Jeep. 🤷
 
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B1Toad said:
Nice. I have a set of the original Tire Skates, they work good but you need to build up a little speed when crossing an expansion joint. It's also hard to get it moving when changing directions. I like those 31's on those factory wheels, is that TJ lifted at all?
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they too are a bit difficult moving the thing across the floor but im not intending on moving it around much, alot easier then using the floor jack & though my floor is cracked the cracks are fairly smooth. jeeps not lifted, just 31" tires and no rubbing other than a hair on a very sharp turn.
hosejockey61 said:
I have the HF steel wheel dollies and they fell apart on my trying to move my Jeep. 🤷
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both options for the v notched style car tire dollies looked identical to these cheap ones short of the platform being wood on these. these wood ones aren't heavy duty but they are functional enough and if one caster wheel fails at some point its just $12 to replace it. the ratcheting style dollies harbor freight has are way out of my price range at ~$150 each but look like they are a bit more acceptable in quality.
 
We got 6-8" of snow so far, so I just tried not to die walking through the door. I really need to hurry up & put gutters on this place...

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I finally got around to building some floor jack attachments. I've been wanting to do this for years and finally got around to it.

I have a receiver box that bolts to the jack. All of the attachments will simply drop in. Easy in easy out for changes. The short angled are for axle tubes and the extended flats for any extension needs. I'm currently using them to apply pressure to my still ongoing slider project.

I'll make more attachments as the needs arise.

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hosejockey61 said:
I finally got around to building some floor jack attachments. I've been wanting to do this for years and finally got around to it.

I have a receiver box that bolts to the jack. All of the attachments will simply drop in. Easy in easy out for changes. The short angled are for axle tubes and the extended flats for any extension needs. I'm currently using them to apply pressure to my still ongoing slider project.

I'll make more attachments as the needs arise.

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Very cool. I’m doing some jack work myself.
 
Taking a break, built some cheap shelving platforms last night (realistically material is still expensive) and hung them with structural screws to the studs and threaded rod supported by the ceiling trusses today.
I have a 2' x 10' shelf on the far right and 2x 2' x 8' shelves right and left of the window.

ignore the rock wool in the windows.. im trying to keep the heat in and the cold out with the single pane glass.

I need 1 more support rod in the corner at on the right side shelving but I ran out of nuts from my spare fastener parts jar. Threaded rod will be cut flush to the bottom of the 2 lock nuts and filed smooth once all completed.

shelving is 2' deep and approximately 2' from the bottom of the horizontal 2x4 to the ceiling which changes along the length as its not square with the shelving being level. This height was planned as I have about 3" from the top of my head to the bottom of the 2x4 for clearance to comfortably walk under it without hitting my head.


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Well, I need more shelving... ran out of room on them already. pretty sure I have enough 2x4's for 1 10 footer but not enough plywood / chipboard.
cleaned up all my tools and vacuumed the floor with the shop vac as I went along.

have a significant amount of floor space now, need to figure out a plan for the clutter at the garage man door entrance now.

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Have been continuing along on my project a few hours each night, usually can complete 1 shelf per day after work. I have finished the wrap around shelving for the parking side of the garage. (bookshelf is what I was using for storage at the man door entrance).

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just finished the man door entrance storage area this morning, need to add a drop rod from the ceiling at the workbench side but I have one more shelf to put up above the bench and will do it then. Eventually I can get everything organized with a place to go once constructing is finished.
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Been working on programming some of my radios today. Three for emergency services use, two for GMRS. ALL of it has been a PITA. Motorola is supposed to be the most difficult to program and I haven't even started on it yet :rolleyes:
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Added a fold down attic ladder to get access to to the attic above my garage, lights upstairs, plywood flooring, and some shelves. THEN I started looking in to how much weight I could put up there and wish I wouldn't have invested a whole day in this project. Oh well, now I have somewhere to store my extra pillows and empty boxes 😏

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SkylinesSuck said:
Added a fold down attic ladder to get access to to the attic above my garage, lights upstairs, plywood flooring, and some shelves. THEN I started looking in to how much weight I could put up there and wish I wouldn't have invested a whole day in this project. Oh well, now I have somewhere to store my extra pillows and empty boxes 😏

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looks identical to my garage attic. conveniently there was already ripped down boards of plywood up there I was able to scab together for a floor but its not designed for storage either. the 2x4 bottom chords flex as my fat a crawls across them doing my support bracketing for my shelving below. neat idea for the elevated shelving up there though.
 
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