safetymachine
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Yepper. Aluminum wheels all around!
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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safetymachine
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Trailer wheels done. Before & after photos. Final touches tomorrow and Sunday. Looking forward to seeing ‘er in the sun. Lots of clouds and rain lately. Plus it’ll be nice to have some shop space back!
Magnum440d100
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Painting the deck the other week ago, and some water came through a coupling.
Unfortunately, the drain petcock “Tee” broke off.
And for some reason, while at Menards, I somehow REMEMBERED to get one.
So that went on
The tank “seems” ok still, but the compressor is 25 years old. Hardly used for the past almost decade though.
I’m shopping for a new compressor anyway.
So then, when shipment tracking for the parts I bought hadn’t updated since 5/12, while at Menards, I found a blade cutter attachment kit for a Troy-bilt.
I really just needed the nut and the nut cover. I think it was around $10, so I figured “why not”?
Also picked up a 7” forester blade. No 8” in stock. Plus the ones I plan on cutting down are <2” circumference. Probably closer to 1”. Too small (and too many!) to yank with the Cummins and too big for the .095 string.
Got an 8” standard forester blade as well though
Seems to sit flush. Nut is tight. Blade is all the way back. I spun it by hand, and it spins true, no wobble. I used all the original Honda pieces except the nut and nut cover is from the kit.
That’s it for now. Testing takes place tomorrow. Unless someone here sees issue with install.
Unfortunately, the drain petcock “Tee” broke off.
And for some reason, while at Menards, I somehow REMEMBERED to get one.
So that went on
The tank “seems” ok still, but the compressor is 25 years old. Hardly used for the past almost decade though.
I’m shopping for a new compressor anyway.
So then, when shipment tracking for the parts I bought hadn’t updated since 5/12, while at Menards, I found a blade cutter attachment kit for a Troy-bilt.
I really just needed the nut and the nut cover. I think it was around $10, so I figured “why not”?
Also picked up a 7” forester blade. No 8” in stock. Plus the ones I plan on cutting down are <2” circumference. Probably closer to 1”. Too small (and too many!) to yank with the Cummins and too big for the .095 string.
Got an 8” standard forester blade as well though
Seems to sit flush. Nut is tight. Blade is all the way back. I spun it by hand, and it spins true, no wobble. I used all the original Honda pieces except the nut and nut cover is from the kit.
That’s it for now. Testing takes place tomorrow. Unless someone here sees issue with install.
Old Man Roger
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Wow! That’s pretty cheap, if I used my pressure washer more I would definitely get one.
Old Man Roger
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Never seen a blade like that on a weed eater. I would think it would be difficult to keep it from kicking off to the side of what ever you’re cutting? I’ve seen bushwhackers with a blade like that, but they’re more like a lawn mower.Painting the deck the other week ago, and some water came through a coupling.
Unfortunately, the drain petcock “Tee” broke off.
And for some reason, while at Menards, I somehow REMEMBERED to get one.
So that went on
The tank “seems” ok still, but the compressor is 25 years old. Hardly used for the past almost decade though.
I’m shopping for a new compressor anyway.
So then, when shipment tracking for the parts I bought hadn’t updated since 5/12, while at Menards, I found a blade cutter attachment kit for a Troy-bilt.
I really just needed the nut and the nut cover. I think it was around $10, so I figured “why not”?
Also picked up a 7” forester blade. No 8” in stock. Plus the ones I plan on cutting down are <2” circumference. Probably closer to 1”. Too small (and too many!) to yank with the Cummins and too big for the .095 string.
Got an 8” standard forester blade as well though
Seems to sit flush. Nut is tight. Blade is all the way back. I spun it by hand, and it spins true, no wobble. I used all the original Honda pieces except the nut and nut cover is from the kit.
That’s it for now. Testing takes place tomorrow. Unless someone here sees issue with install.
kaymccampbell
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I use one on the Kombi to blast sumacs. Unlike the chainsaw, which takes time and effort, I just wave the blade at the sumacs, like you would the string head at dandelions, and they fall over. This is my blade of choice. It came highly recommended by Project Farm.
kaymccampbell
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I cut the grooves with a Lancelot on an angle grinder. It's like a cutoff blade with chainsaw teeth. It's a bit scary. I run full guards and precautions when I use it.
Yes, I am. I try to have my product ready far in advance of the season it's intended for. It makes it so there's no scrambling to get stuff done the night before.
On Thursday I went to three estate sales. At the third one I found a bunch of good tools… I also bought a factory desk with a tall shelf area. It had so much stuff on it that I said I would pick it up in a couple days when some more stuff was off of it…
I was instantly regretting it on the way home… this was going to take a LOT of time… I was going to have to move a table with my drill press mounted on it to another spot… and there was no other spot… so I had to move a ton of stuff to get that table into place…
I am giving up a vintage Artcrest to my wife’s craft area in the basement…
So… back to yesterday… the table was moved and I went to pick up the desk. The men who were working in the garage part of the estate sale got a bunch of boxes and the three of us cleared off the desk and shelves. I could not have been more thankful. They easily could have just handed me the boxes… we got it into the driveway, and I disassembled it enough to get it home… it took two trips, but it went well…
Finally we get to my garage. I had to go to an event last night… so against all of my desire to clean it up before I put it in the garage… I did not have time…
I thought about putting it back together in the driveway… where I had a lot of space… I figured that wrestling it from the driveway to its spot would be dangerous… so I put it together, in the garage, closer to where it would go. It went pretty easy…
I don’t know what I will eventually put on it, but I put all of the stuff that was in the Artcrest cabinet onto the shelves. So if it looks like random stuff out of a cabinet… it is…
Here it is… minus two shelves… in my garage.
The second picture is the vintage Artcrest that I have to give up.
I was instantly regretting it on the way home… this was going to take a LOT of time… I was going to have to move a table with my drill press mounted on it to another spot… and there was no other spot… so I had to move a ton of stuff to get that table into place…
I am giving up a vintage Artcrest to my wife’s craft area in the basement…
So… back to yesterday… the table was moved and I went to pick up the desk. The men who were working in the garage part of the estate sale got a bunch of boxes and the three of us cleared off the desk and shelves. I could not have been more thankful. They easily could have just handed me the boxes… we got it into the driveway, and I disassembled it enough to get it home… it took two trips, but it went well…
Finally we get to my garage. I had to go to an event last night… so against all of my desire to clean it up before I put it in the garage… I did not have time…
I thought about putting it back together in the driveway… where I had a lot of space… I figured that wrestling it from the driveway to its spot would be dangerous… so I put it together, in the garage, closer to where it would go. It went pretty easy…
I don’t know what I will eventually put on it, but I put all of the stuff that was in the Artcrest cabinet onto the shelves. So if it looks like random stuff out of a cabinet… it is…
Here it is… minus two shelves… in my garage.
The second picture is the vintage Artcrest that I have to give up.
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kaymccampbell
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Don't know whether to be sad or glad for ya. The desk is neat, but what you're swapping it for is pretty neat, too. It'd be a wrench for me.
I agree. It is a beautiful cabinet that I have enjoyed having.
If there is a pretty 50’s version of something… and it as functional, or almost as functional… I will always go with the 50’s version. I love good design. I am a form before function person.
ZRX61
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Turned the ZRX11 around so it's facing the door for tomorrows ride to the monthly Kaw meet. Saves potential ******* when backing the bike out & trying to do a reverse 1 pointer on the sloped part of the driveway.
Chance
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That's the best-looking brush blade I ever saw -- like a red sports car.
Chance
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You sell your crafts locally or on etsy/ebay etc?
HPRifleman
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Our son typically drives our C-Max hybrid. But I drove it in the rain last week and noticed the wipers weren't clearing water from the windshield very well. So I bought a new set of wipers and I supervised as he replaced them.
I try to get him to do a minimum of car maintenance as I know it will help him when he's on his own. He doesn't appreciate these opportunities to learn from his old man like I think he should. This damn younger generation. Why, when I was his age....
I try to get him to do a minimum of car maintenance as I know it will help him when he's on his own. He doesn't appreciate these opportunities to learn from his old man like I think he should. This damn younger generation. Why, when I was his age....
kaymccampbell
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Chopped up 10 gallons of oak n apple "cubes" to feed the smoker.
Cleaned. Put away tools.
Made a lighted clean air helmet out of an old MC helmet POC.
Cubes.
Burning ****, no stinks.
Hi.
The back.
Lights are nice.
Cleaned. Put away tools.
Made a lighted clean air helmet out of an old MC helmet POC.
Cubes.
Burning ****, no stinks.
Hi.
The back.
Lights are nice.
kaymccampbell
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Mostly at local shows. An occasional sale to GJ members.
Chance
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I love how many shelves there are on the back of that. I'd love to a have one of those. Glad you bought it. Vintage cabinet looks like it would go perfectly in a vintage kitchen. Is that what its from?
Chance
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I subscribe to the Christopher Alexander sort of philosophy, that timeless form comes out of function and that's why it feels so "right." Feeling good is also a function in its own right on top of that. I would much rather live in a small Cape Cod house than in a brutalist high-rise, for example.
Chance
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Brilliant in more ways than one.Hi.
The back.
Kevkx125
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Mounted the tail lights on the trailer. now they need painted and wired. 
Odd Job
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Prepared to pull the engine/transmission from the Chevelle parts car. Drained fluids, removed all accesories/linkages etc and front inner/outer fenders and rad support. I'll be using those front outer fenders they're almost perfect! 
Engine/transmission going in the spare parts pile. "It's a good runner",I thought, so If I ever lack for something to do, I may clean and repaint it just because.
Then looked over at my driver. It was screaming to be washed. I thought, "here I am tinkering with wreckage, while the one I need the most is being negected". Then she called and dinner/movie was planned. So I washed the truck. It was good day in the garage.
Engine/transmission going in the spare parts pile. "It's a good runner",I thought, so If I ever lack for something to do, I may clean and repaint it just because.Then looked over at my driver. It was screaming to be washed. I thought, "here I am tinkering with wreckage, while the one I need the most is being negected". Then she called and dinner/movie was planned. So I washed the truck. It was good day in the garage.
Sent the steel out for heat treatment and when it came back I noticed a void. I've had some encounters in the past from the hot rolling process though far and few fortunately. A buddy has a surface grinding attachment on his Ameribrade grinder so went over to his place and it was a mild .006" so I was happy it wasn't deep.
His Evenheat oven arrived the prior day so he was hooking it up for a test run. One of the other guys heat treated some CRV3 blanks as the break-in heat treat. He obtained an RC 62 so we were happy the recipe and oven performed true to reputation. He was tempering them when I left.
His Evenheat oven arrived the prior day so he was hooking it up for a test run. One of the other guys heat treated some CRV3 blanks as the break-in heat treat. He obtained an RC 62 so we were happy the recipe and oven performed true to reputation. He was tempering them when I left.
stoich
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SRU1436
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I love brutalist furniture. It never caught on here in the USA, but Northern Europe and Canada got it.
Was it cement?I gave this old beat-up toolbox that I bought at a yard sale a 25-minute rattle-can makeover:
Fav Onefour
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Are you asking about the work desk?
I had an instant flashback when I saw the desk. I worked a production job for years and we had a bunch of those desks. Each work station on the lines had one of those desks. Same drawer, same leg taper brace, same top, and sides. They were fairly well built and sturdy with rivet fasteners.
smackey05
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Are you talking about the white cabinet or the factory desk with shelves for bolt bins?
Artcrests (the white cabinet) were not for kitchens. They were like general storage for a basement or a garage.
They are well made… but I don’t think that they were designed for day in day out use like a kitchen.
The desk with the shelves is a 1950’s factory desk. The metal is really thick (3/16”ish). If it doesn’t get scrapped by someone, it will outlive humanity. It was made to be used 24 hours a day.
I'm not sure, I think it was old paint. It wouldn't pick off, and goo gone wouldn't break it up either.
Noltz
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Mounted the tail lights on the trailer. now they need painted and wired.
You want to put some blocking under those lights so they're not the first thing to hit the ground when the tail gets too low. Like backing into a steeper than normal driveway.
Ask me how I know. Know what? I'd rather you didn't.
aggie113
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Helped a friend change his exhaust out for the second time in a week. Apparently the first one just wasn't loud enough for him
Next weekend planning to help him swap suspension out. At least the lift is getting used...
Next weekend planning to help him swap suspension out. At least the lift is getting used...
Chance
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You love 50's cabinets and brutalist furniture. That's super interesting!
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Changed the oil in the 2004 Camry before the rain hit.
Chance
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@ecotec
I was admiring all the shelves at the back of the desk. Very handy. Even cooler that its so heavy duty -- 1/2 desk 1/2 workbench, I guess.
As for the Artcrest, that's just another new thing I am learning today thanks to GJ and you. It reminds me of 50's refrigerators, that's how i got on the wrong track there.
Beelzeboss
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Made a shifter linkage for my hot rod build
Also sat in the drivers seat for longer than I'm willing to admit pretending to drive it
Also sat in the drivers seat for longer than I'm willing to admit pretending to drive it
jonesg
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Painting the deck the other week ago, and some water came through a coupling.
Unfortunately, the drain petcock “Tee” broke off.
And for some reason, while at Menards, I somehow REMEMBERED to get one.
So that went on
The tank “seems” ok still, but the compressor is 25 years old. Hardly used for the past almost decade though.
I’m shopping for a new compressor anyway.
So then, when shipment tracking for the parts I bought hadn’t updated since 5/12, while at Menards, I found a blade cutter attachment kit for a Troy-bilt.
I really just needed the nut and the nut cover. I think it was around $10, so I figured “why not”?
Also picked up a 7” forester blade. No 8” in stock. Plus the ones I plan on cutting down are <2” circumference. Probably closer to 1”. Too small (and too many!) to yank with the Cummins and too big for the .095 string.
Got an 8” standard forester blade as well though
Seems to sit flush. Nut is tight. Blade is all the way back. I spun it by hand, and it spins true, no wobble. I used all the original Honda pieces except the nut and nut cover is from the kit.
That’s it for now. Testing takes place tomorrow. Unless someone here sees issue with install.
I have the 80 tooth blade on my sears brushcutter, rev it up high then chop it against saplings, it will take them down instantly.
Yes 2 inch saplings, hit them hard at full rpm, gone. !
I am picturing you making engine noises and everything...Made a shifter linkage for my hot rod build
Also sat in the drivers seat for longer than I'm willing to admit pretending to drive it
I love it, but I don’t have any. Almost every piece of furniture in our house is Heywood Wakefield.