O RLY?!

My new adage is “calculate twice, cut once” rather than “measure twice, cut once.”

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Mike came over and helped me build some new basement stairs.  The old stairs were crooked and wobbly causing them to shake when you descended into the basement.  The treads were also rather short causing half my foot to hang off the step when going downstairs.

The ultimate goal for the basement is to make it comfortable enough that I can relocate my computer stuff down there when our office becomes another bedroom.

Here are some pics of the before, during, and after.

I discoverd my new car had wheel locks on the wheels preventing a normal person with normal tools from easily removing them.  Why someone would put wheel locks on stock wheels from an 88 300zx, I haven’t the slightest idea.

I used a dremel to cut a 1/8 inch deep slit on the top of the lugnut.  Next, I grabbed a giant screwdriver and used a hammer to pound it into the groove I just cut.  After enough pounding, the lugnut split down the side.  I hammered a slightly smaller socket onto what was left of the lugnut and was able to break it loose.

The hard part was trying to get the broken lugnut out of the socket I hammered on so tightly.