2020 POTD Thread Archive

[GoceKU]

My hands feel like 2" longer, i've managed to pour and finish the floor on the inspection pit. All the gray concrete makes it look very small. I need to finish the top but then i'm debating, do i finish the walls smooth and paint them with oil resistant paint or do i tile the entire pit. Today i left the floor a bit more gridy to not be slippery, i've been in couple of pits that are like walking on ice. Any thought on color, the garage has bluish tails on the walls and the rest of the walls are white?

 

[Boswell]

The pit looks great. Tile would look good and crack everytime you dropped a wrench on it. The lighter the color the better the visibility in a dark hole in the ground but the dirtier it will look when covered with grease.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i was very busy with work and other work so i had very little free time. That said i needed to buy wooden planks for the top of the inspection pit. During the week the wood place closed by the time i get home, so today was the only time i could buy the planks. It was a bit of work to find good and dry planks, the guys there moved 4 stacks to get to the very back row that has been drying all summer long, i choose to go with white pine, it has a bit more knots and we had to pick thru the entire stack to find 4 somewhat straight and good planks, the guys there cut them to size for me with a chainsaw. Wood is very expensive, i paid just over 50 euros for them. Tomorrow i'll buy me some sandpaper and paint to protect them before use.

 

[GoceKU]

Today i changed my plans, the weather is getting colder, the wood work i can do indoors. Last dirty job i need to mount the steel surround for the inspection pit. I drill it sideways every 50sm than installed it drill the old concrete floor hammer in steel stakes cut them down and welded them, then i welded steel hooks under it and made forms mixed some concrete and filled it, i also rounded the edges with concrete. This somewhat simple job took a lot of time, let's hope the woodwork will take lot less time.

 

[GoceKU]

Too much work at work to do any at home but i stopped by the hardware shop and bought me, couple more LED lamps, bought me LED reflector, waterproof. Also bought me couple of electrical switches and sockets. Bought some black spray paint, and some wood protectant paint.

 

[sycle1]

Great Job on the pit, Man you are a hard worker.
I have been enjoying the project as it unfolds.
I would paint it white so you can find all those little circlips and small bolts when you drop them.

 

[dewbane]

I did my first paid work. A guy was putting an aftermarket steering column into a '65 Impala, and it was too short. I made a doubled ended double D extension. The part hasn't been test fit or field tested yet. I'm hoping it will be solid enough. I chose to machine a tang to go up inside the steering shaft, because that was way easier than machining out a female double D to go over it. I'm curious how this will perform in the real world. The customer was happy anyway.

 

[mattthemuppet2]

Made a mounting plate and pull knob for the hi-low-off main beam switch for a friend's '57 F100 restomod. He said it was a decent switch but came with nasty chromed plastic accessories which stripped out. Made the replacements bigger and better out of alu.

 

[GoceKU]

Great Job on the pit, Man you are a hard worker.
I have been enjoying the project as it unfolds.
I would paint it white so you can find all those little circlips and small bolts when you drop them.

Thank you, It's been harder than i thought, it's been few years since i've done hard manual labor, and back then i did not have an injured back but it should be a helpful tool or at least should keep me safe. White won't be white for long, many of the cars that are going to be above it are diesels and have few leaks, i've been thinking, gray and blue or white and gray, but that will have to wait till summer because the concrete is still not fully dry.

 

[GoceKU]

I started with the woodwork, planeing the planks for the inspection pit to size and smoothing them so i can paint them, it was after dark when i got home and got straight to work. I move the tool cart to the middle of my big garage, that way i can have good ventilation between the door and the window, i had to run my wood planer on all sides to get them smooth and to size, then i run a Da sander with P320 to make it smoother. I did this till midnight, then i stopped, i'm sure my neighbors need to sleep, and both wood planer and da sander make lots of noise. I managed to get half of them smooth and to size and apply a coat of transparent wood sealer, to protect them, i also stopped by the hardware store and bought me some white paint, for them that i plan to tint.