General Tech What did you work on Today?

[1969honda]

Decided to jump on the heated garage band wagon and installed a 40k radiant tube in the evenings this past week. It was so nice to walk out to the garage this morning and be the same temperature as my house! 😎

Don't pay attention to the mess, had to remove some shelves to make burner clearances and it needs a good cleaning as well.

 

[rholbrook]

I have a perfect location foe radiant heat in my garage but was thinking some sort of forced air model would work best but I have no idea. I already have a gas line, electrical and a thermostat wire run. I would have to install an exhaust vent through the roof but that’s no big deal. Do you mind me asking where you got your radiant heater and how much it was? Thanks @1969honda

 

[1969honda]

I really like the radiant personally, I've worked in a few different shops with radiant and forced air setups. The radiant heaters are more efficient and since they heat the objects in the heated space when you open an overhead door for awhile and then close it, it gets back up to temp much faster.

For example: A 32 ton M109A6 howitzer takes a full 4 day weekend to thaw out in a small forced air shop, roughly 35 x 40, from being in the cold out side. We would pull one in early Thursday morning and next Monday it still felt 5-10 degrees cooler in the shop than the rest of the building. After swapping to two radiant tube heaters from the 4 forced air heaters I could pull one in at 8 am and be totally thawed out, almost warm to the touch and back up to 65° inside by quiting time at 4 pm the same day.

I had a buddy order it from here in Draper:

Superior Tube Heaters | Draper, UT | Infrared Radiant Tube Heaters

Unique site dedicated to helping you find the best infrared tube heaters, garage heaters and patio heaters for your application

www.superiortubeheaters.com

It's their UA series 20' 40k BTU. I'm close to $2k with the wall thimble to horizontally vent it and a Nest thermostat e (almost free after rebates with rocky mountain and dominion)..

 

[I Lean]

I really like the radiant personally, I've worked in a few different shops with radiant and forced air setups. The radiant heaters are more efficient and since they heat the objects in the heated space when you open an overhead door for awhile and then close it, it gets back up to temp much faster.

For example: A 32 ton M109A6 howitzer takes a full 4 day weekend to thaw out in a small forced air shop, roughly 35 x 40, from being in the cold out side. We would pull one in early Thursday morning and next Monday it still felt 5-10 degrees cooler in the shop than the rest of the building. After swapping to two radiant tube heaters from the 4 forced air heaters I could pull one in at 8 am and be totally thawed out, almost warm to the touch and back up to 65° inside by quiting time at 4 pm the same day.

I had a buddy order it from here in Draper:

Superior Tube Heaters | Draper, UT | Infrared Radiant Tube Heaters

Unique site dedicated to helping you find the best infrared tube heaters, garage heaters and patio heaters for your application

www.superiortubeheaters.com

It's their UA series 20' 40k BTU. I'm close to $2k with the wall thimble to horizontally vent it and a Nest thermostat e (almost free after rebates with rocky mountain and dominion)..

That's an interesting metric for comparing heating rates, that most people probably can't relate to. But I'd like to be able to.

 

[1969honda]

That's an interesting metric for comparing heating rates, that most people probably can't relate to. But I'd like to be able to.

Yeah, just think of a giant block of aluminum and steel being used as an ice cube 🥶

 

[Coco]

Anyone getting rid of their propane/kerosene/diesel powered forced air heaters with all these upgrades? Asking for a poor friend...

 

[xjtony]

Worked my buddy's jeep some. We are admittedly doing thing a bit butch, but we are basically turning a XJ with a cage into a fully connected chassis. This is in between the rear C/O mounts. Before the cage was just screwed into the sheet metal crossmember under the floor. The frame had drooped 3/4 of an inch. Now it's all back where it needs to be and fully welded to the frame and cage.

 

[Hickey]

Worked my buddy's jeep some. We are admittedly doing thing a bit butch, but we are basically turning a XJ with a cage into a fully connected chassis. This is in between the rear C/O mounts. Before the cage was just screwed into the sheet metal crossmember under the floor. The frame had drooped 3/4 of an inch. Now it's all back where it needs to be and fully welded to the frame and cage.
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"An XJ can only achieve greatness after its been cut up." -Joseph Smith

My favorite XJ is Shane's buggy.

 

[I Lean]

My favorite XJ is Shane's buggy.

Mine too.

@Herzog , are there any leftover XJ parts in your buggy aside from the engine/trans/wiring?

 

[Herzog]

Mine too.

@Herzog , are there any leftover XJ parts in your buggy aside from the engine/trans/wiring?

Very little of the wiring is left. Just what's needed to run the Renix.
And the trans shifter is still there.

 

[glockman]

Installed my wife's Christmas present.

Before



After

 

[MikeGyver]

I'm throwing together a squat / bench press rack completely out of scrap metal I have laying around because Fauci made me fat.
I found a 1/4" thick flatbar burried on the side of the house. It's just barely long enough to make hooks that will accommodate chest level when benching, to my 6'5" height when squatting. The bars will lag bolt into an overhead storage self in the garage and wedge anchor into the concrete floor.

 

[anderson750]

Pre-season race prep is underway. Took everything apart to replace or repack bearings
Prior to taking everything apart I knew I had a chain adjuster bolt that was seized. I got it out without ruining the threads but they were definitely going to need to be chased. I used it as an excuse to go and buy the HF tap and die set @Gravy mentioned in another thread. While not the set you would probably tap a bunch of holes with it is a big step up from their basic kit. I used it to chase the dirt and loctite that has accumulated over a year of racing and it is more than adequate for that.

 

[Pike2350]

I finished setting up the small compressor on top of my cabinets. I used a 3/4" and 1/2" plywood and put holes in the 1/2" b for three feet tho sir in so it won't walk walk around. The shelf had a few rows of toolbox rubber drawer liner to bell cushion and isolate it from the cabinets.....then 2 brackets bolted through tge plywood and screwed into studs.

I used a 3/8" rubber hose from Harbor Freight. They sell 8-15' pieces choir $5.99 so I figure that would be easiest. I ran it through some PV. Just to make clamping it down and "hiding it" a little more.

 

[jeepin4x4james]

Lotsa weight and torque=kaboom! ...I’ve done like 5 of these in the last couple weeks, tis the season 😊

 

[glockman]

I finished setting up the small compressor on top of my cabinets. I used a 3/4" and 1/2" plywood and put holes in the 1/2" b for three feet tho sir in so it won't walk walk around. The shelf had a few rows of toolbox rubber drawer liner to bell cushion and isolate it from the cabinets.....then 2 brackets bolted through tge plywood and screwed into studs.

I used a 3/8" rubber hose from Harbor Freight. They sell 8-15' pieces choir $5.99 so I figure that would be easiest. I ran it through some PV. Just to make clamping it down and "hiding it" a little more.

That's a slick setup. Nice job.

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night I had to pull the recirc actuator back out of my Jeep to re-clock the splines. I hate doing a job twice.

But I guess it happens. Full pictures can be seen in my Jeep Projects thread, hope the information is helpful to anyone who has to perform a recirculation damper door actuator replacement.

Mike

 

[mbryson]

Last night I had to pull the recirc actuator back out of my Jeep to re-clock the splines. I hate doing a job twice.

But I guess it happens. Full pictures can be seen in my Jeep Projects thread, hope the information is helpful to anyone who has to perform a recirculation damper door actuator replacement.

Mike

Looks good. Now I need a new ratchet https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/zmotorsports-2011-jkur-build-thread.99822/post-1156625

 

[zmotorsports]

Looks good. Now I need a new ratchet https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/zmotorsports-2011-jkur-build-thread.99822/post-1156625

As much as I hate interior work that 1/4" is definitely my "go-to" ratchet when working on interiors. I also traded my standard 3/8" Snap-on 14.4 cordless ratchet for the extended neck as it is much more useful over a wider range of tasks. I don't use a lot of battery powered tools but there are a few that I've found to be invaluable. I guess I'm still old school and continue to use air tools for a lot of my work.

Mike

 

[glockman]

Pre-season race prep is underway. Took everything apart to replace or repack bearingsView attachment 133974
Prior to taking everything apart I knew I had a chain adjuster bolt that was seized. I got it out without ruining the threads but they were definitely going to need to be chased. I used it as an excuse to go and buy the HF tap and die set @Gravy mentioned in another thread. While not the set you would probably tap a bunch of holes with it is a big step up from their basic kit. I used it to chase the dirt and loctite that has accumulated over a year of racing and it is more than adequate for that.
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This the season.
New top end before race season along with all bearing being cleaned and greased.
85 hr this head is clean.