What's YOUR garage look like ???

[100milesaway]

 from Geoffs castle, in the Yorkshire Dales

[viper]

100 miles, your pics are either tiny or absolute mahoosive, cant see them either way.

try saving them at around the 800x800  pixel mark, then the site wont compress them

[100milesaway]

This is the best i am capable of doing but i have requested lonewolf to update them for me .  from  : :Geoff" I'm 64 , me ya know"

[viper]

when im taking pics intended for the forums i change the camera setting to a smaller resolution, ie
1m pixels , if you camera is set at full resolution ie 10m pixels then they end up too big on here.

the smaller pixel setting makes smaller pics

[viper]

nice garage , love the painted walls !


couldnt help spotting the linear electric heater you have fed by the extension lead that is fully wound, i dealt with an insurance job last year where the coiled lead overheated and catches on fire , it was suppling an oil filled radiator .

[Lonewolf]

If one good things come out of this thread its that I've now got permission to tart up the garage and give it a lick of paint.

[Rusty]

Video in the garage of Steve Hislop I see !
The only time I have been to the IOM was in 92 when I saw him win the Senior TT on the white Norton ... and he won it by a country mile.
Sadly, he was killed some years later in a helicopter crash on the way home .. all that talent, all that speed, all those miles and he dies in flying accident .... how mad is that ?
Ps ... nice bike 

[2kwacks]

Video in the garage of Steve Hislop I see !
The only time I have been to the IOM was in 92 when I saw him win the Senior TT on the white Norton ... and he won it by a country mile.
Sadly, he was killed some years later in a helicopter crash on the way home .. all that talent, all that speed, all those miles and he dies in flying accident .... how mad is that ?
Ps ... nice bike 

"how mad is that" same could be said about barry sheen, all those races,broken bones and near death experiences. who would have thought that the big "C" and not bike racing, would be his demise.

[O.C.]

The 'Greenhouse' type heaters are a great idea, I use them under my classics, as they provide gentle heat at a relatively low cost

I agree with Viper though, what you need is a short extension or alternatively to completely unwind that one from its reel.

Video in the garage...WOW... nice touch 

[viper]

I know we are going off topic here but as 100 miles has not responded thought id post this . Im a qualified electrician and was helping out at the local school who were holding a bonfire night bbq, I noticied smoke coming from under one of the tables and saw it was a coiled up 25 mtr extension lead with a soup canteen / heater plugged into it . The  wound up lead had completely melted and the pvc was almost at flash point. The rcd on the box will not trip out until the bares actually short out, by that time the fire has a hold.

check this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-13962025

[Kwikasfuki]

Qualified elecy? Can you run a cable under concrete?

[100milesaway]

I know we are going off topic here but as 100 miles has not responded thought id post this . Im a qualified electrician and was helping out at the local school who were holding a bonfire night bbq, I noticied smoke coming from under one of the tables and saw it was a coiled up 25 mtr extension lead with a soup canteen / heater plugged into it . The  wound up lead had completely melted and the pvc was almost at flash point. The rcd on the box will not trip out until the bares actually short out, by that time the fire has a hold.

check this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-13962025

Sorry Viper but yes I have modified my electrics in the play pen, I have now plugged the heater into a far shorter extension lead and left the excess unwound. And  I thank you for the advice

[viper]

Qualified elecy? Can you run a cable under concrete?

under concrete, in concrete, wet concrete , dry concrete     outside inside , all depends but 

no reason why not , but depending on the where and the why will depend on the how.

The general safe way is the cable inside a roomy metal conduit,

[Kwikasfuki]

This is to get power to my shed which is about 1.5m away from the the kitchen.

It would have to go under dry concrete. I assume you just make a cut, lay the wire and seal?

[100milesaway]

Video in the garage of Steve Hislop I see !
The only time I have been to the IOM was in 92 when I saw him win the Senior TT on the white Norton ... and he won it by a country mile.
Sadly, he was killed some years later in a helicopter crash on the way home .. all that talent, all that speed, all those miles and he dies in flying accident .... how mad is that ?
Ps ... nice bike 

Yes great rider "Hizzie" watched him a lot in his early TT career, but I think the lad had a few demons that stopped him being better than he actually was. But in saying that he had a great career, and was brilliant at the TT. After his death some of his friends build a memorial stone inside a lovely little enclosure, complete with a remembrance book so that visiters can add a few comments. The spot they chose is near the helicopter crash scene that cost "Hizzie" his life, and is set in the most spectacular spot you could imagine. It is located in the Borders a few miles before his home town of Hawick  just off the A7, and is well worth a visit for anyone passing through that region, and it is signposted ( By his friends) with small red and white markers on the A7. In fact for the Northern based members it would be a great day out as the ride up there on A and B roads is truly spectacular.