Working.. you?

 

Got a call from the boss. The furloughs are finally lifting at the end of this month, so I'll be going back to work!

Guess I need to get my butt in gear and get the rest of my home chores done... the garage cleanout is next and I'm dreading it lol

 

Today I knocked out a project for a friend at work. She had been bothering me for a while now to work on her Tacoma and wire up her light bar (ironically a light bar and roof rack that I sold her a while back that I bought brand new and had on my Blazer for a while), amp and sub, and LED running lights under the headlights. Guess she figures that because I A) use to own and modified my own Tacoma, and B) know how to wire things up without burning down the vehicle, she'd have me do it rather than her own husband, lmao

I finally broke down and told her to drop it off in the AM and I'd have it ready when she got off work.

Took a full day's work to do it right, hiding all the wires and so one, but got it knocked out and everything working

Then took a poser pic, because LED light bars...

 

Finally got around to pulling almost everything out of, going through, and rearranging my garage today...

Believe it or not, despite all that junk still on the shelves, I threw away a ton of crap lol.

I actually have room to park both the ATV's in the garage now, AND have some room to move around, so that's nice.

 

Been working on electrical installs for friends lately. Over the past week or so I've done two subwoofer and amp installs, an aftermarket radio install, LED light bar install, underdash multicolor LED lighting install, OEM fog light retrofit, and even fixed an attempted install of some electrical stuff on a buddy's side by side where he somehow managed to short out and pop half the fuses lol. I ended up fixing that, as well as gutting his "wiring" and redoing it all, wiring up underglow lighers, speaker bar, and a switch panel for them. Now he says he'll be coming back to me when he get's his LED light bars and winch installed so that I can wire those up too lol

I swear if I had a bigger garage that I could pull these into and work on them and not be out in the Florida sun, I'd considering starting up a side-gig and doing these sort of installs for a good cash flow. I've made more than my full time job weeks pay on these small jobs in a week, in my own driveway! And that's with giving the "friends and family discount rate" lol

 

We're getting ready to go camping for a few weeks and my boys wanted to bring their kayaks with them. We used to throw them inside the camper, but I figured it was time to make a proper external carrier for them:


And since it is often difficult to see the light switches at night when coming into the camper from outside, I installed door switch triggered LED back lighting behind the labels for the camper light switches. I designed & 3d printed the wire loom to hide the wiring:


And the last bit of work on the camper this week involves running an A/C duct to the lower bunk to keep my youngest son cool while he sleeps. I designed & printed a housing to take the place of the original louvers and attached some flexible vacuum hose. I only drilled one additional hole that cannot be covered up and that is in such an inconspicuous location that I doubt anyone would ever notice if this were to ever be removed.


The only thing I'm worried about with the A/C duct is the possibility of condensation and the proximity to the power outlet in the lower bunk. I will be monitoring it as we get the camper cooled down. If it does decide to collect water, I'll just revert back to the original louvers.

 

Those are some nice little upgrades! I like the kayak rack... I've been trying to find a rack to go onto of my tent trailer to put my canoe there instead of having to remove my roof rack on top of the truck...

 

rented a splitter which I towed with the Bravada without issue. bought this wood rack from a guy on Craigslist decided to fab it to make two smaller ones instead of one super long one. now I have twins that both look like this. readying the back property line for campfires. that block on the outside of the one leg is what my dad would call a knee brace. Scabbed it over a crack in the wood that I didn't notice until after install.

 

Talked to the boss yesterday and was informed that cooperate decided to extend our furloughs, so looks like I'll be stuck at home for a little while longer...

So I guess I'll be getting more projects done around the house to throw in here lol. Been laid up with pounding headaches the last couple days and haven't gotten crap done... but that's a personal battle I've been fighting for the past 10 years or so...

 

Had a detached retina in my dominate eye so it took me awhile to make that first etching line (nervous), once you etch a mark on glass there is no going back. Getting back into etching during the lock-down but started my truck window earlier, just finishing the etching now, filling in mostly.