What do you do when you get baord in the garage

[JWillms]

What are some funny/stupid/interesting things that yall have done when you get board while working in the garage with your buddys.

Lets see if I can name a couple of things I have done

-Let an electric sander smoke and burn up when it stated to go south then swing it by the cord in the street to see how far you can get it to fly

-Jack with the ground clamp when your firend is trying to weld

-The best I would have to say would be Creaper Racing down the drive way.

Here is a pic from last March when me and my roomate where helping with an axle swap on a Jeep at another friends house.

Im the one thats about to fall in the grass. (I lost that race but won the next one)

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I know theres bound to be some better ones then mine so lets hear them.

Justin<><

 

[michigandon]

Uh... Made a "pnuematic actuator" out of a bicycle tire pump and a blow gun!



Don

 

[BIGDIG]

I clean up all the empty beer cans

 

[Sticks]

I look at all my spare parts and ponder my next redneck, shadetreee BOMB for the truck.



I wonder if there is anything that I can do on the truck (adjustments, service... . )



Check the tool box to see if I need any new tools



Think of reasons to justify to the ol' lady that I need a lathe and a milling machine



Check the tool box to see if I need any new tools



Ponder why I have so many problems with my truck when I do the service (maintenance - oil and filter changes) religiously, and am very meticulous and careful when I bolt on more power.



Wonder what the ol' lady is gonna say when I buy some more tools



Decide that the couch is not comfortable enough for extended sleeping and head back inside to work on the honey do list.

 

[mcoleman]

Creeper racing is fun. We made a cannon out of old pump pipe and blackpowder. Beats the heck out of a tater gun. Now if I could just figure out how to mount this extra 455 Buick engine onto my old lawnmower frame and hook the transmission up to the rear wheels I could really have fun. Wifey says I should stick to the horses and the truck before our insurance goes up though.

 

[fkovalski]

... mix up some brake metal shavings with battery acid and place it under a fellow worker's bench... . while he's not looking :-laf

 

[HoleshotHolset]

:-laf

 

[TORQUE THIS]

OMG... I forgot all about that pic!!

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Originally posted by fkovalski

... mix up some brake metal shavings with battery acid and place it under a fellow worker's bench... . while he's not looking :-laf

What does this do?

 

[fkovalski]

HEMI- The stench of these two ingredients is awful!! A co- worker (a while back) mixed up this concoction in too big of a batch and it cleared out the showroom at the Cheby dealer. The owner sure was pi$$ed! An amout that would fit in the plastic top of a can of BraKleen is enough and this joker mixed up a batch in a quart sized paint can. Gawd it smells horrid!!

 

[Bob Wagner]

matt what the heck is that?

 

[outlawram]

tractor inertubes full of acetelyne. then take them out behind the garage and throw them in the pond. Just dont stand in front of the garage window when it goes off. You will have glass in your face. Trust me on that one.

 

[fkovalski]

Originally posted by outlawram

tractor inertubes full of acetelyne. then take them out behind the garage and throw them in the pond. Just dont stand in front of the garage window when it goes off. You will have glass in your face. Trust me on that one.

What does this do?

 

[Philip]

What does this do

BOOM



I just clean the shop when I am bored. The "hood" got tired of loud noises. :-laf

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Bob: This is what happens when 1 liquored nut (me) sits on the floor and 'pretends' to have a flame shooting out of his butt for people to take pictures.



The other guy that 'helped' me with this was PigPen... . he had a can of carb cleaner and a lighter.



The angle of this photo is bad, but is one of only a few photos that successfully captured the moment. If you were exactly perpendicular to me... . it really did look like there were flames shooting out of my rearend. :-laf



PigPen kept getting the flame closer to my jeans until the heat got to be too much... . when you smell bacon... . back off. :-laf



Matt

 

[BBrooks]

go get more beer!!!

 

[Torque King Jay]

acetelyne can get you in trouble

I couldn't beleive this when I heard it from a friend of mine but the story is true. A guy that I ride with had a buddy in high school that took the acetelyene explosion thing a little too far. There was a big party going on and he told everyone that was at the party that at a certain time everyone had to look toward the sky west of them. What he did was he took one of those large weather ballons that they use for measuring wind speeds, temps etc... and he filled it with acetelyene and helium He then took one of those 5 foot long fuses you can buy at a hobby shop in bulk for model rockets and closed the balloon off with a section of the fuse stuck inside. :--) He drove up close to where the party was and had the ballon in the back of his truck. He lit the fuse and let the balloon go. The helium took the balloon up very high very quickly as you can remember when you were a kid and lost the balloon that your dad got for you at the fair :{ . Eventually the fuse burned up to the balloon and :--) :--) :--) :--) . He said that it was incredibily loud considering how far away it was and the explosion was bright enough to cast a shadows behind everyone who was standing there in the dark at the party. Here comes the kicker. Someone saw the guy taking off in his truck after he let the balloon go and called it in that they saw someone in that area . The next day guess who shows up on his door step... no not the cops... can you say FBI. They knew it was him and basically asked him if he had seen anything and mentioned that if it happend again he would have some "time" to think about it

 

[PUMPERDUDE]

Some of these stunts require adult supervision

 

[ronco]

First, secure a large hex nut. Second, get a long screwdriver. Third, take your high pressure blower and spin the nut on the shaft of the screwdriver. Adjust the blower to obtain the highest pitch out of the air passing over the nut. When the pitch stops rising, the nut has achieved the max R. P. M. and can now be released by jerking the screwdriver shaft out of the I. D. of the nut. CAUTION! The nut will launch when it begins to bounce on the floor of the shop. It may go forward at high velocity or it may jump up into the shop lights and cause a shower of glass and sparks (don't ask). This is a great way to clear the shop of unnecessary personnel! This usually causes the nut to go much further than you could ever throw one.





Ronco

 

[KBennett]

I love acetylene



There is always something to do in my garage but once in a while I escape by jumping on my Yamaha WR400 and terrorize the neighbors.