Silverback
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Plasti-derp the interior.. I think I may have some yellow around here that I won during a TOR Christmas. 
The Garage or Shop Improvement Thread.
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Silverback
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One of our AC units about shit itself completely today. I went out to the garage and the noise from outside was incredible. Sounded like a large air compressor was running outside my garage. Opened the side door and one of the units was shaking very violently! I turned it off, the large fan on top, one of the blades tore off!! I think it spared the condenser <fingers crossed>. Awaiting the part. Local parts house has it, I am hoping they are open tomorrow. Thankfully the AC unit that is still working is for the east side of the house (the bedrooms).
Edit.. Tranes local parts house is closed tomorrow.. bummer. But the condenser still has coolant. Score!
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Edit.. Tranes local parts house is closed tomorrow.. bummer. But the condenser still has coolant. Score!
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Well.. he and I both. I'm out here and I am sweating my elbows off. 
Well.. he and I both. I'm out here and I am sweating my elbows off.
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AC fan is fixed. I also cleaned the condenser coils on each of the units outside. Damn, they were NASTY!! I don't know if I have ever cleaned them to be honest. But now they are nice and silver. I will be adding this simple routine maintenance to my list of things to clean on a regular basis. Reminds me, I need to clean the pool filters.
PSU Taco85
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Did you just use a hose or anything special to clean them? Mine are approaching 20 years old and I’ve never touched the
Silverback
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Just a hose with an adjustable nozzle on it. Looked like mud flowing out from the unit for a while.
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I was thinking about that. I know I have seen coil cleaners previously at the big box store. I might pick some up for next time.
Story time with Silverback--
Simple Green makes good shit. I recall when I had just joined the AF, since I didn't have many stripes I was one of those who got selected for the less enjoyed tasks on the flightline. One of those tasks was the wash rack, where we washed F-15's... using Simple Green. The Sgt who showed us what we needed to do said to not worry about Simple Green as it was all natural and then he sprayed a fucking mouthful of the stuff and swallowed it. Man I hated going to wash rack. You had to wear a rubber rain suit, basically overall pants, rain coat and rubber boots from the 70's, all made from rubber thick enough to make a road bike tire out of. It seriously sucked, hot as balls in the summer.. if you were not wet from the fire hoses spraying water to rinse the plane you where wet from sweating your ass off. Winters was an indoor rack, still got wet but not as hot. Thankfully it was usually a one day task. But I think worse than that was paint barn... where you had to sand the aircraft down to damn near bare metal.. took days. You were there until that plane was ready for paint. You would go through dozens of masks and still have gray boogers. The number of sanding discs consumed was in the 1000's if not more. It was cool to see the aircraft come back from paint all nice and pretty. But I don't miss that shit at all.
This has been story time with Silverback
Story time with Silverback--
Simple Green makes good shit. I recall when I had just joined the AF, since I didn't have many stripes I was one of those who got selected for the less enjoyed tasks on the flightline. One of those tasks was the wash rack, where we washed F-15's... using Simple Green. The Sgt who showed us what we needed to do said to not worry about Simple Green as it was all natural and then he sprayed a fucking mouthful of the stuff and swallowed it. Man I hated going to wash rack. You had to wear a rubber rain suit, basically overall pants, rain coat and rubber boots from the 70's, all made from rubber thick enough to make a road bike tire out of. It seriously sucked, hot as balls in the summer.. if you were not wet from the fire hoses spraying water to rinse the plane you where wet from sweating your ass off. Winters was an indoor rack, still got wet but not as hot. Thankfully it was usually a one day task. But I think worse than that was paint barn... where you had to sand the aircraft down to damn near bare metal.. took days. You were there until that plane was ready for paint. You would go through dozens of masks and still have gray boogers. The number of sanding discs consumed was in the 1000's if not more. It was cool to see the aircraft come back from paint all nice and pretty. But I don't miss that shit at all.
This has been story time with Silverback
Do not forget it was all not service connected.
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I have been tossing stuff out and sorting areas of high use. Hopefully putting the M12 tools on mounts will make it easier to keep up with them and keep them sorted. I am working on a shelf and rack for M18 batteries and assorted bits & drills.
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I was just out in the garage looking at my mess of M12 tools.. not organized at all. I like that shelf you have to hold them.
I would not order these holders again. I realized there is not a way to drill the top bolt hole. There are lots that have a direct hole through the mount body so you can tighten up that top screw.
I am still debating a small remodel where this rack is the base and the M12 are lined up across the top.
I am still debating a small remodel where this rack is the base and the M12 are lined up across the top.
I got two old 60's or 70's five or six drawer metal patient slide storage cabinets from work and put them in my garage. I spent about 6 hours on Saturday getting one of them organized with all of my gun accessories or spare parts. I also got two of my work tables cleared off for new projects.
Got a ton of little 2-3 minute projects done. Feels really good to get a lot of that stuff off my plate.
Got a ton of little 2-3 minute projects done. Feels really good to get a lot of that stuff off my plate.
PSU Taco85
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Maybe you might consider this a garage or house improvement, maybe a tool. I bought it last year on sale from the big orange box store for pennies on the dollar on clearance. It's called a Hedgehog boot/glove dryer and warmer. Damn this thing works good; I know most of you guys in Texas don't see that cold of weather but up here if the boots and gloves get wet, sticking them on the heater vent takes a long time to dry them out. This thing works much better, I leave it at the foot of my basement stairs so it's out of sight but still functional. Has an ionic cleaner function as well to get the funk out of your boots.
Silverback
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I grew up in the midwest, I remember drying out gloves and boots near the heater.. yeah that sucked. But that is neat!
balakay
BabyMax
Wish I had one of these at work.
I bought this in 2013 (Jeez thats way longer than I thought I bought it) and I use it to get the feet smell out of my boots. Works great!