CB radios

So I have a number of CB radios that do not work. These 2 do not power on at all. 

Figured I would try and fix them, and practice replacing capacitors.

I read, that it might just be a bad diode or something. Im just keeping these stock, just replace parts to see if I can get them to work.

After opening them up and looking, I may need to start with something easier to work on. But these are just junk I have and no valuable.

Console

Guess I needed another project....

Ive been interest in getting into electronics repair. I picked up a 1964 console to play with. The price was low enough to where I can learn on this and not worry about messing it up. 

I have it in the garage, I need to take a picture of the front of it. It looks pretty cool.

Magnavox Astro - Sonic radio

The Turn table says Micromatic on it.

I found a brochure online.
here is a link to that website, they have a lot of examples of old consoles. You should check that site out.
www.vintageadbrowser.com/

Porch Swing - part 4

Yesterday, I finally got back to do some more on this project. I still need to finish the car port roof...

I started putting the pieces together.

In this picture Im using my calibrated measuring tool to get the distance I want from the back brace (One fingers width). I do the same on both sides.

For the rest of the slats, I found a piece of scrap wood that I used as a spacer.

scrap wood spacer

And there you have it, I ran out of wood.

Once I get the back rest slats on, I will put in the center supports. I also made a few blocks to add as extra supports. I will get a better picture of blocks that next time. 

Who knows I may start on the car port. You can see the old shingles I used for paving under the car port. Im pretty happy how that worked out.

Tell me what you think.

Tape measure

I have this old tape measure. This was probably one of my Grandparents. Looks like it had a decal on the outside at one time. It is pretty heavy for its size.

Roofing tool

I forgot to mention the special razor blade that you should get if you are roofing. It makes it a lot easier to cut the shingles. With the hook you pull instead of pressing down as much.

Garage roof 5

After

Got it done, what a relief. Time to start planing the next project. I still need to stain the back fence, and repair the carport. I like the lighter color shingle. I never understood why someone living in Texas would put a dark color on the roof.  You really want something to reflect the heat, not soak it up.

After

Before

Garage roof 4

These pictures Im showing that I have all the new felt paper down and a starter row all the way around the edge of the roof. Time to get started laying shingles. It rained some last night and all morning. Some water got in the hole where the turbine was. I had layed a pack of shingles over the hole, but some still seeped in.

Garage roof 3

Got all the shingles off, and pulled all the nails. This picture Ive rolled out some felt paper on the South side of the garage.

When putting shingles on a roof, you have to put a starter row. That way there are not any cracks between shingles that could soak down to wood. This picture is the first row. You need to put a starter row all away around the outside edge of the roof.

When I built the carport I hammered the edge of the metal flat, shoved it under the shingles and glued it like crazy. It held a number of years fine. It would have gone a lot longer if it was not for the hail. I unscrewed the metal roofing, and used a heat gun to pull the glue apart. I will add some more braces when I get around to replacing all the metal.

I had some metal flashing left over from putting siding on the house. It will work perfecting to join the garage roof with the carport roof.
After I had the flashing on, I could not tell where the edge of the roof was. So I ran a chalk line.

Garage Roof 2

Ripping the old shingles off. Im just throwing them off the back of the garage. I used the house shingles to pave under the carport, they are working out well under there. It would get real muddy under there after a rain. I will go back over all the shingles and make sure I got all the nails out of them. Then I will lay them somewhere as paving as well. In the top picture you can get an idea of all the nails that need to be pulled out.

Pulled the Turbine off. It was beat up pretty bad. I straightened it a little after the hail storm last year. Since I pulled it off, I was able to straightened it out better. Its not perfect, but its not bad enough to have to replace it. I hate to replace it. Im not sure where the roofers that put it up got it, but it is a lot better quality turbine than the ones on the house. Ive replaced the house turbines a number of times over the years. We get some high winds here. I have never had to replace the garage turbine. I was hoping I would see a brand name or something on it. there are not any markings that I can see on it to determine the brand.

Roofing Tools

Spading Fork

Basic tools for roofing. Gloves, Spading Fork, Hamer, razor blade, Caulking Gun, and a Ladder.

The top picture has a Spading Fork in the picture. They make special tools to help strip the shingles off, but I don't roof for a living. I did not want to buy a tool I may never use again. I just used what I had on hand. The Spading Fork had a nice angle on it as well, I could stick it under the shingles and pry up.

Pry Bar and Gloves

Hammer

I also used this little pry bar. It was very handy in pulling nails. You can use the hammer to pull nails. Actually professional roofers can swing a hammer and pull nails really fast. I tried it and kept hitting the roof making big gouges in the wood. Figured I needed something more my speed. There are THOUSANDS of nails in the roof that you need to pull after you get the shingles off.

Hammer - I have a few hammers Ive collected over the years. I found out pretty fast which one was the best. If you use a hammer as few times, its not that big of a deal, but if your using it all day long for a week. The grip is important. Something comfortable and absorbs shock.

Not pictured here, you will need a caulking gun, if you have a turbine or some kind of flashing.

Garage Roof 1

Busy roofing, so I have not posted in a while.

Last Year we got hit pretty hard with hail. I roofed the house, but I was not blogging at the time. Saved up, and decided its time to do the garage.

The garage roof sides are 26.5'X12', so it ends up being 636 square feet.

Here are some before pictures.

 

The below picture is the carport attached to the garage. I will need to replace the roof on that as well.