Built a Spray Booth
The best way to paint models, rail road or other, is with an air brush. Second best is to “rattle can” it with cans of spray paint. Neither of these...
Tag: DIY
Miata Brakes and other Misc
This weekend I put new front brake pads and rotors on the Miata. The old pads were pretty worn.
Busy Car Work Weekend
This weekend I did a bunch of maintenance on the Subaru and the Miata. I started out with the Subaru. Since we’ve been having some overheating issues when...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – A Quickie
Yesterday I installed an LED light strip in the trunk of the Miata. The stock light is in the rear wall, down low and doesn’t illuminate the trunk at all ...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – First Repair
I was hoping that moving to a newer car would allow me to avoid things breaking for a while, but apparently I was mistaken. A few days ago the passenger side wi...
Miata Mods and Updates – One
The Miata came with a factory radio that had a six disk CD changer built into it. Unfortunately it had two issues: There was no AUX in or Bluetooth. The CD play...
Camper Upgrades – Part Four: Solar Power!
Yesterday I was able to install the solar panel on the camper. I’ve been wanting to add some solar panels to the camper so we can “boondock” c...
New Rear Hatch for Der Wagen
*blows on mic* Is this thing on? It’s been a long time since I posted something here, lets see if it still works. This weekend was spent swapping a new ha...
Table Saw – Out With The Old, In With The Older
I know it’s supposed to be “in with the new”, but the replacement table saw is older than the one it’s replacing. I finally got tired of...
BMW Wagen – The Burninating
Before you freak out from the title, no one was injured, and der Wagen did not burn to the ground. It’s still running. But there is a story.