Not necessarily "in" the garage, but leading into. Spent four hours pressure washing the slab in front of the garage. Didn't realize quite how bad it was. That was the first step, now I need to sweep and shop vac the garage.
What did you do to / in your garage / shop today?
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It started but won’t make full rpm, also had a flat tire, installed a new tire and tube. I just want to clean the bing carburetors, and get it running like it should, at least the magnetos check good.
I dont cut 3/8" often and never this dirty. Turned off the torch height control the first couple holes, dialed in the torch volts, turned the torch height control back on, and let it go. Came out perfect and it was free material 
Frame tie in brackets for a flat bed install.
Frame tie in brackets for a flat bed install.
The front carb had 2 stroke oil that filled the float bowl from the mixer as it sat and the gas evaporated. Cleaned it out and made full rpm!
I extended a 20-amp circuit in my garage to include 4 more outlets in the basement. We bought a treadmill at auction which requires 20-amps.
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I see your treadmill does the same as ours....collects shit
So rob the motor out of the treadmill, then use it to run a drill press, the controller will also reverse and you can make a 2hp reverse drill press with variable speed drive!
It's been in the 30s out there for a lot of this week so I finally got motivated to hang the 6kW heater that was $42 on Amazon earlier this year and I've had sitting in a closet.
I'm gonna use a flexible cord instead of permanent wiring because it's just a few feet from the 240V outlet I had put in for my welder and it's much more expedient than running conduit or putting it inside the wall. I had planned on using some of the 50' of 10/3 SOOW cord I've had laying around (good for 30A), but the literature calls for a 35A breaker and therefore 8 AWG wire when it's in a cord instead of the 40A for 10 AWG I'm used to in conduit.
I'm gonna use a flexible cord instead of permanent wiring because it's just a few feet from the 240V outlet I had put in for my welder and it's much more expedient than running conduit or putting it inside the wall. I had planned on using some of the 50' of 10/3 SOOW cord I've had laying around (good for 30A), but the literature calls for a 35A breaker and therefore 8 AWG wire when it's in a cord instead of the 40A for 10 AWG I'm used to in conduit.
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I have a similar heater and I like using a flexible cord to keep it portable so I can put it close to me and aim it right where I am working.
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Don't feel left out, the heater will feel pretty useless when it's 107 this summer.
I know it's not 120 but it's a bewilderingly humid 107.
Let us know what you think. Been wanting to add one myself
Finally fixed the leaks on the plastic tank on my 150K BYU torpedo heater. I had to disassemble it so I had full access to the tank. I had trouble finding a repair that would work on what ever the roto mold plastic is. I tried to weld it but none of my plastic rods would stick. JB weld did not adhere either but found a JB weld for plastic that worked. Patched it and reassembled and tested only to find that I had a second leak. Rinse and repeat and all seems to be good. Replaced the rotten tire with one from HF also. It’s 16 yrs old and I hope to get another 16. The price for a new one has gone up substantially in 16 yrs.
this is turning into one of those borderline comical house projects that turn into 3 Lowes trips.
I needed a cord grip/strain relief where the cord leaves the heater, and initially had a brain fart about how conduit is sized and bought a 1" strain relief for the 1.08" hole, forgetting that's actually for 3/4" conduit. So I went back yesterday and got a 3/4".
I have the cord now, and I installed the correct 6-50P (hot-hot-ground) outlet, which should also work for a welder, in place of the 14-50P (hot-neutral-hot-ground) outlet the builder had installed. I cut the cord to length and stripped the wires and put the strain relief onto it and go to actually terminate the cord at the heater and realize I don't have anything big enough to connect 8 AWG wire. I have regular size wire nuts for 120V, and I have some butt crimp connectors that do up to 10. The days go by...
It ALWAYS takes at least 2 trips to the hardware store - usually 3. The first trip is to buy everything you need. The 2nd is to buy what you REALLY need - and take back half of what you bought the 1st time. The 3rd is to buy the rest of the stuff you need. Thank Goddess I have an Ace a short walk from my house...
Not for me. Why? It's a two-hour round trip to the nearest hardware or home improvement store for me! Over the years, we've learned to plan things out, and I have a very well-equipped shop with an inventory of common items, so a second trip is rare (but it does happen). One of the few drawbacks for rural living is that you have to learn to be more self-sufficient (is that really a drawback, though?) Heck, this isn't even the most rural I've lived. I lived for a few years where we wrote down items needed on a dry erase board on the fridge because we made a once-per-month Saturday trip to the nearest town, which was over two hours away in another state! We still do that today...
I actually prefer putting in the 14-50R receptacles specifically for the 120VAC capability if needed (you need the neutral for that). I just use short 6-50R to 14-50P adapters for my welders.