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When the Factory Gets it Wrong and You Have to Fix it

After clearing out all of this new workspace in the garage, I was looking for a worthy first project so I thought I’d start by changing the spark plugs on my F150. If you’re thinking plug changes are easy, you have to know this is a 2004 Ford F150 with a Triton V8 engine. So […]

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Reclaiming Garage Space and Contemplating Life

It happens slowly, after all it’s just a walk behind lawn mower, but then you find out it takes a really long time to mow the lawn that way and who wants to mow for hours, so a lawn tractor makes sense, right? And what about those snow tires for the wife’s car? You have […]

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A New Direction for The Kneeslider

It’s been a while since I posted and I thought it was time to say a few words about what’s going on. Briefly, it’s a change of direction. I’ve spent so much time on my computer over the last 14 years with The Kneeslider and so little time in the garage that the need to […]

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Motorcycle Powered Full Body Go Karts are Ghraydon Wallick’s Newest Project

Ghraydon Wallick is at it again. If the name isn’t familiar, you might remember a couple of articles on The Kneeslider in 2010 about a leaning dual sidecar rig he built in his workshop in Thailand. Using limited resources he constructed a mechanism for sidecars, he designed and built, to be attached on both sides […]

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Make a Laser Cut Machinist Toolbox and Store Your Tools in Style

If you can you appreciate the look of a well organized workshop, lots of tools and really nice tool boxes, then you’ll like this project. It’s machinist toolbox laser cut out of birch plywood with laser cut foam inserts to securely hold the tools inside and it’s guaranteed to make you smile. Maker spaces and […]

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An Update on the CB1100 Four K10 Kit for the Retro CB750 Look From Whitehouse

A few years ago I wrote about a motorcycle that looked just like a CB750, except it wasn’t, it was a new Honda CB1100 fitted with a CB1100 Four K10 kit that swapped out the tank, side covers and a lot of other pieces to make the already somewhat retro CB1100 into a very close […]

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Bob Maddox is Still Pursuing His Pulsejet Dreams

You have to give Bob Maddox a lot of credit, he’s got a passion for pulsejets and while some people might learn all about them and be able to cite chapter and verse of their history, Bob is out in the shop welding and wrenching and making his own history. The first time we wrote […]

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Low Cost LED Garage Lighting

We talked about LED lights in the garage before, from some pretty expensive fixtures that might not make sense to the LED lighting I installed when I was building a new work area a couple of years back that takes up very little space and uses very little power, while still giving me a bright […]

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Motorhead 2.0 – Working in the Garage is Cool Again

The lights almost went out Motorheads start young. Sure, someone over 30 or even 40 can develop an interest in cars and high performance and begin working on engines for fun, but based on past experience, it’s more likely the teenagers who first get the bug, maybe developing a passion for a hobby or career […]

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Builders Have to Build So Why Not a Custom Lawnmower?

There’s a builder over at the Old Mini Bikes forum, goes by the name Jeep2003, and he just decided one day to build something cool, a mini custom style push mower. Sure, why not? This isn’t some reconfigured standard mower, this is a scratch build. The engine is from an old snowblower and the deck […]