rockstar143

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Good comparison shot...
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Flipster23

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<p>You have a whole garage fan.... :dope:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, I'm part of the cool kids club.. This morning I bought a Honeywell 9580 too. Excited to install once it gets here. Damn you J, you're making me broke.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

rockstar143

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Kev...we're brothers. We have to have the same tstat, you know that.
Yeah man...got super lucky with that one...helps a lot on hot days. But garage is still 10 degrees hotter than the house with the ac off during the day (basically)...so I know it'll be worth it.

thunder04

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Nice. That's would be a whole house fan. We have two of them in ours...one is in the laundry room near the master and the other is in the hallway near the livingroom and other bedrooms. We only use the one near the livingroom. In the morning when it's cool I'll open all the windows and turn both the whole house fan on and the furnace blower to really circulate things and get the cool air in and distributed...it's nice!

This reminds me I need to fix the baffle on the fan we don't use. I'm debating just putting a picece of painted ply-wood over it for now. Or maybe I can move it to the garage

Flipster23

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<p>We have a whole house fan up on the second story....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I changed it from whole house fan to whole garage fan </p>

rockstar143

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blow me, baby...

Flipster23

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<p>I just noticed your floor J, looks real good..</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I mentioned doing that. My wife looked at me like WTF uh no. Maybe later we have other things to worry about. </p><p>Yes, I agree babe. </p>

CLtotheTL32

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Fantastic bathroom work, J!

rockstar143

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Thanks TayTay...

Kev...I'll have to share a story about that floor when I have some time. Pretty crazy...

rockstar143

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been busy...what the fuck else is new. I need to learn to chill.

Now my lawnmower is running weird. Turns out the carb bowl gasket amazon sent is like .00001111 mm too large and I'm pretty sure it was catching the float inside the bowl and flooding the primer bulb.

Anyway...got the bathroom accent tile done and grouted and I hated every minute, but it's over now.

attic insulated, like a boss
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fuck y'all...orale
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bathroom tile came out great...love it, but the grout we got was a biatttch
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and this gem...betty wanted it moved to the living room...which is teal too so no contrast...painted and butcher block
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and not really HOUSE related, but putting some work into the Snap-On tool chest
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this thing is gonna be great
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rockstar143

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been busy...what the fuck else is new. I need to learn to chill.

Now my lawnmower is running weird. Turns out the carb bowl gasket amazon sent is like .00001111 mm too large and I'm pretty sure it was catching the float inside the bowl and flooding the primer bulb.

Anyway...got the bathroom accent tile done and grouted and I hated every minute, but it's over now.

attic insulated, like a boss
20150826_173212_zpst2ogxckk.jpg

20150829_112851_zpstkztwqco.jpg

fuck y'all...orale
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20150829_153030_zpsyclnvewd.jpg

20150829_153323_zpsyowsxqjl.jpg

20150829_163847_zpsdntidhmx.jpg

bathroom tile came out great...love it, but the grout we got was a biatttch
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and this gem...betty wanted it moved to the living room...which is teal too so no contrast...painted and butcher block


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and not really HOUSE related, but putting some work into the Snap-On tool chest
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this thing is gonna be great
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Marcelechka

Lookin' good esé!

House still kicking our ass... it's been one thing after the next, but it's coming together. The Mrs & I find ourselves continually saying, we should've purchased a home a long ass time ago; it's the best!

To lazy to start a new thread for updates

rockstar143

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Bonjour Marcel !
Thanks, man...
for sure, man...homeownership is VERY rewarding. The rental house was super nice, but I always felt like I was frontin'...like, look at my crib knowing it was someone else's.

TLDude876

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Great updates

imj0257

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Looking good!

rockstar143

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me and not the house?

Thanks!

Marcelechka

https://youtu.be/LOtkH5amC7s

CCColtsicehockey

Looking good. love the butcher block top on that cabinet. The organized garage looks great as well.

I think I need to create a house thread so maybe it will make me want to get some projects done lol.

Yumcha

Wow, looking awesome...

rockstar143

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Marcy gets it!

rockstar143

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Thank you Henri, LeRoi!

97BlackAckCL

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Nice updates brah

rockstar143

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Merci, Hermano!

Majofo

I love when J posts pics of his dangling wood..

97BlackAckCL

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rockstar143

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Hangin Chads!

thunder04

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Love how the cabinet turned out! Looks totally bomb!



Wanna come insulate the attic space above my garage?

rockstar143

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I'm still paying the price, my fuckin hip socket feels weird since then.

thoiboi

Oh man the new butcher block looks money!!!


Can't wait to see what the snap on cabinet looks like too !!

rockstar143

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Coming right up, my friend.

Funny thing about the butcher block...needed a topper for the snap on and that piece...asked my cousin for a quote but didn't do the math...he's like, okay it's cut...$185... Not bad for what it is...but still kinda a shock to the system for a cheap little side project!

rockstar143

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How I started off...with a $64 snap-on from 1975 from the pawn shop
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After much help from my brother Wacker...got some parts ordered and decided on a color.

Previous owner had dented the shit out of it...a lot wasn't apparent until I sprayed it since the gloss reflected it. Oh well...imperfectly perfect for 40 years old.

They also had done truck undercoating inside the drawers and there were a mishmash of drawers somewhat primered, somewhat not. I learned a valuable lesson on just how far overspray can go and get on everything. I'll never paint anything in my garage again...too much work to scrub the floors down after.

Sanded out, brought the corners back to stainless instead of black they had painted everything...fixed up the old school logo which you can't order anymore either...

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got some real drawer releases...I managed with some feeler gauges bent up, but this was the best way...had to dremel down the edges to get them to fit in the smaller drawers.
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touched up their rhino line job...figured keeping the insides black instead of exterior color would stand up the the wear and tear of tossing tools in there...
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Primered all edges
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did some bondo on the major gashes and dents, although I missed a TON...
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primered, ready to go
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tackled the drawers first

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opted for a 50's art deco turquoise that I love...I figured if I was putting in the time...red wasn't my color anyway.
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bout to rain, brought em in
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same butcher block...stained
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was able to retrofit a newer lock Wacker sent me...it works...but I must be missing a drawer because it isn't actually locking them.
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here you see the original rusty red...
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New slides...all lubed up with white lithium grease
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drawer liners, although I need more
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Next up...the 1953 topper I bought off ebay...decided to tackle in two stages and that's next.

rockstar143

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Final product:

Still missing the handle, drawer liners and hopefully the edge guards. I originally considered going high end acrylic on this job...and finally learning how to use my spray gun, but in the end...the timing of taking on a new hobby with a lot of cost and time and lessons learned, didn't jive.

I cannot believe the quality of the finish that comes out of those rustoleum rattle cans though...they are amazing, even though I didn't body work it perfect etc.

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cu2wagon

Well I *used to* really like my ball-bearing craftsman rollaround (in black). Not so much now...

ACCURATEin

Dude. That looks sick as hell.

thoiboi

My GF would love that color !!





in a good way I swear !! Great job per the usual J. Your attention to detail and dedication to your craft is impeccable..


Seriously love that butcher block for your project inside... Love it outside too!! Definitely gonna get one too once my parents house is done too but I don't think I will go the DIY route. The rest of my tool storage is from Gladiator Garageworks line and they have a very nice line of work benches to match..photo119.jpgphoto42.jpg

Majofo

you're such a fucking hipster douche J, you're only missing the bottle opener on the side.. love it brah!

Majofo

I have some sweet old steel toolboxes.. I thought about redoing them, but I love the character they have. My favorites is an Old Milwaukee toolbox I grabbed out of an old Motorola tool lab. Over 50 years of dedicated use.. I gave it a good home.

cu2wagon

Something tells me it'll get a bottle opener once he finds one that "isn't so mainstream" and "you probably never heard of it". Or Pabst.

rockstar143

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I was very close to pulling the trigger on one of those...but of course i wanted to go with the middle level quality...which would have been about $600+ and I didn't want to spend that much at the time.

Thanks Eric! I love it!
Very nice, man...thanks! I love the garageworks stuff...but pricey!

I'm a hipster!
I didn't do it on purpose, I swear!

Hell yeah man... I love old shiet...old lawnmower, old cars, old tool boxes...I love it all...something about saving it from the scrap yard and giving it new life with a little elbow grease and creativity. I actually found a heavy duty Milwaukee hammer drill case behind some old hospital in Belle Glade...kept it banged up and red though, since it looks cool that way!


you fuggers...

this is the topper I bought that I'll restore...even older...1953!

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SamDoe1

Dude, that looks facking awesome. Love the color choice, it's very unique and classy.

I was thinking you'd paint it Rio Yellow...

Love the butcher block too, inside and out. Definitely makes a great statement and a nice design choice.