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DGersic

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Welp...Today I wrestled the Tanker desktop from the garage (where I disassembled the desk) up the narrow stairwell to my "new to me" office... I got two of these Tanker desks from a business that was closing and if I could get them gone they were mine... even got the keys...
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Spent the better part of the day bolting the top down, deep cleaned the desk with Pine Sol and lubed all the drawer rollers...
Found my old fluorescent desk lamp that fortunately still works...
The desk top is some kind of rubber, kind of mildly soft, maybe a early vinyl (not linoleum)...
Love the SS corner protection detail...
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Finished... For now... Next week I'll start on the second Tanker Desk... Rinse and repeat...
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These things are really built well... If you ever get the opportunity of snagging one, grab it...
I can't find any date of manufacture, but I'm guessing mid century modern 50's-60's maybe...
I think they were the de rigueur secretary desk for the office work force... I think the military used a bunch of these...
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My first office included a desk like that. Huge, heavy, built to survive anything forever.
 
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A little organization, but I fired up my MAPP torch and bent a chopped, 5/8 wrench I got today, to make it useful again as an obstruction wrench for the Coleman 200A burner tube nut.

For anyone doing this, clamp the handle in the vise and use a 15" or 16" Crescent to make the bend, the thin handle gets hotter, faster, and bends way too far out otherwise:

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Neighbor of mine's son called me and mentioned he'd left his oil filter wrench laying on my workbench from when we worked on the mower last week, and that he was getting ready to start work on a Honda 750 needing a ton of work. Helped him drain the fuel that mixed with hte oil due to a faulty shutoff petcock and clean everything up.

Went home, started doing some research, as I had originally figured the petcock could be cleaned/rebuilt. The questionable China knockoffs are around $15, and Honda OEM around $95.

So, looks like tomorrow morning, we're heading up to the Honda dealer a couple towns over. They're also a Kawasaki dealer (and the one we always went to), so I'll price the stuff I need to get the Bayou 250 up and running as well. Really need it for around the yard,as the UTV that replaced it near 20 years ago is too big for tight spaces like around the greenhouse--and fitting that sucker through a 4-ft gate is a nightmare. I already have a cheap lawnmower cart that needs new wheels and a repaint, but is otherwise solid.

While I'm there, I might as well go to the hobby shop down the street. They are a Horizon Hobby dealer, so I'll pick up that screw I ruined in my SCX-24 C-10's differential cover. They're also a Marklin dealer, so I'll get stuff for that POS DRG Class 89 locomotive that's given me nothing but headaches. Previous owners used it for a Christmas tree, and the guts were full of carpet fiber and dog hair. In addition, I think some gears were slightly stripped. All my trusty little Hanomag-Henschel shunter needs is one traction tire. While it's not the three axle (all powered) version, but instead a RWD two-axle version used in some cheaper sets back in the '70s, it's still solid. Won't pull as many cars as the DRG Class 89 though. The three-axle versions have fallen in price to like $30-40 on eBay, so I'll pick one up soon.
 
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I have that exact desk in my basement so know how heavy it is!
I believe the top on mine is leather - kind of feels/acts like that and will "heal" after some damage, but maybe it's some sort of synthetic material.
Snip's said:
Welp...Today I wrestled the Tanker desktop from the garage (where I disassembled the desk) up the narrow stairwell to my "new to me" office... I got two of these Tanker desks from a business that was closing and if I could get them gone they were mine... even got the keys...
IMG_4739.jpg

Spent the better part of the day bolting the top down, deep cleaned the desk with Pine Sol and lubed all the drawer rollers...
Found my old fluorescent desk lamp that fortunately still works...
The desk top is some kind of rubber, kind of mildly soft, maybe a early vinyl (not linoleum)...
Love the SS corner protection detail...
IMG_4738.jpg

Finished... For now... Next week I'll start on the second Tanker Desk... Rinse and repeat...
IMG_4737.jpg
These things are really built well... If you ever get the opportunity of snagging one, grab it...
I can't find any date of manufacture, but I'm guessing mid century modern 50's-60's maybe...
I think they were the de rigueur secretary desk for the office work force... I think the military used a bunch of these...
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Cleaning up the top on my new to me workbench. This corner got wet from a roof leak so i have to figure out a way to clean it up. Very unfortunate since it was a machined surface. Any recommendations?
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Wire wheel it. Dump some rust converter on it. Oil the **** out of it. And call it antique or rustic charm.
 
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Caa311 said:
Cleaning up the top on my new to me workbench. This corner got wet from a roof leak so i have to figure out a way to clean it up. Very unfortunate since it was a machined surface. Any recommendations?
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What's the underside look like?
How's it attached to the frame? Cut the stitch welds?
Maybe flip it over... Add the stitch welds back...
 
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Like most of my small yardwork machines, Stihl. I chose the MSA-70, as it uses the same battery lineup as the Kombi unit I purchased a couple years ago. It's about as quick as my MS-170, with none of the noise, vibration, or stink. We'll see how it does over the long term.
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I have the Stihl battery saw and love that thing. Great saw, quiet and the narrow chain cuts pretty quickly.
 
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Snip's said:
Welp...Today I wrestled the Tanker desktop from the garage (where I disassembled the desk) up the narrow stairwell to my "new to me" office... I got two of these Tanker desks from a business that was closing and if I could get them gone they were mine... even got the keys...
IMG_4739.jpg

Spent the better part of the day bolting the top down, deep cleaned the desk with Pine Sol and lubed all the drawer rollers...
Found my old fluorescent desk lamp that fortunately still works...
The desk top is some kind of rubber, kind of mildly soft, maybe a early vinyl (not linoleum)...
Love the SS corner protection detail...
IMG_4738.jpg

Finished... For now... Next week I'll start on the second Tanker Desk... Rinse and repeat...
IMG_4737.jpg
These things are really built well... If you ever get the opportunity of snagging one, grab it...
I can't find any date of manufacture, but I'm guessing mid century modern 50's-60's maybe...
I think they were the de rigueur secretary desk for the office work force... I think the military used a bunch of these...
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Looks great! I have one in my shop and really like it. The top of mine is some sort of linoleum or vinyl or something and is pretty dented and rough. Have heard it could be asbestos based, but not sure...
 
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I am going to go out to my shop, fill this with oil and then hope I can get in the woods to try it out.

Seemingly gets good reviews and I already have all the batteries, I just needed something small to get into some tight areas to clean up small deadfalls and remove limbs.
 

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What's the underside look like?
How's it attached to the frame? Cut the stitch welds?
Maybe flip it over... Add the stitch welds back...
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1" plate on C channel perimeter, braced down the center and two more braces across the short direction. Had a walker turner radial drill press on top of it.
 
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cody1325 said:
Neighbor of mine's son called me and mentioned he'd left his oil filter wrench laying on my workbench from when we worked on the mower last week, and that he was getting ready to start work on a Honda 750 needing a ton of work. Helped him drain the fuel that mixed with hte oil due to a faulty shutoff petcock and clean everything up.

Went home, started doing some research, as I had originally figured the petcock could be cleaned/rebuilt. The questionable China knockoffs are around $15, and Honda OEM around $95.

So, looks like tomorrow morning, we're heading up to the Honda dealer a couple towns over. They're also a Kawasaki dealer (and the one we always went to), so I'll price the stuff I need to get the Bayou 250 up and running as well. Really need it for around the yard,as the UTV that replaced it near 20 years ago is too big for tight spaces like around the greenhouse--and fitting that sucker through a 4-ft gate is a nightmare. I already have a cheap lawnmower cart that needs new wheels and a repaint, but is otherwise solid.

While I'm there, I might as well go to the hobby shop down the street. They are a Horizon Hobby dealer, so I'll pick up that screw I ruined in my SCX-24 C-10's differential cover. They're also a Marklin dealer, so I'll get stuff for that POS DRG Class 89 locomotive that's given me nothing but headaches. Previous owners used it for a Christmas tree, and the guts were full of carpet fiber and dog hair. In addition, I think some gears were slightly stripped. All my trusty little Hanomag-Henschel shunter needs is one traction tire. While it's not the three axle (all powered) version, but instead a RWD two-axle version used in some cheaper sets back in the '70s, it's still solid. Won't pull as many cars as the DRG Class 89 though. The three-axle versions have fallen in price to like $30-40 on eBay, so I'll pick one up soon.
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Those little SCX24's are a good time. Havent messed with mine in a couple of years.
 

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I took apart an older AC Delco bottle jack that was GIVEN to me because it wouldn't work. I found some cruddy rust scum in the bottom along with a rusty check ball. Everything else looked fine. I emery clothed the bores and ram, cleaned everything, lubed the o'rings, and put it back together............it WORKS!
 

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Effed with another decoration. Burned and partially assembled it. Discovered my backups died on the shoptop. Decided to try rsync and crontab instead of duplicity, which is the reason the backups died.
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And that’s why I don’t use those unreliable “IX” operating systems. Just kidding Kay, I knew very few Unix/Linux systems ops/developers that would admit to a failure or bug of any kind in my career.
 
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And that’s why I don’t use those unreliable “IX” operating systems. Just kidding Kay, I knew very few Unix/Linux systems ops/developers that would admit to a failure or bug of any kind in my career.
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Can't really *****. Duplicity had been running unattended for years, as has the NAS. Hell, the shoptop had been up for over six months before a power glitch caused it to boot and Lightburn to eat its entrails. I think a recent security patch bit it in the ***. I could just restart it, but I've never been fond of the compression scheme it uses, so I'm trying something new.
 
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Gotta drill one hole out thats a little offset then my seats are as low as I can get them. Then time to cut out an access hole cover for the TCase lifting point in the floor.

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More research today about hydraulic line fittings I will need this week to tackle that part of the project.

Down to the little things now. Won’t be long before business is done and I can focus on the party end things of this Mullet project of mine. All business in the front, party in the back. Alpine bluetooth deck, Spotify premium on my phone, JBLs in the kick panel for now. Will have rock lights soon too as well dedicated lighting under hood and in the rear compartment.
 
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This was over the span of a couple days but…..
I had built my nook work bench to fit the smaller tool box for home but when I retired I brought home my bigger tool box and puzzled over where it was going to fit. The only solution was cut the work bench shorter and fit the big box in. It was more work than I wanted to do, I dislike chaos but I did it.
1st pic was a couple years back, lots of stuff to mov. Lost 24 inches of work bench but I have folding table I can put up to lay stuff out if I need it. Not sure where to put my vice now…..
 

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After finishing the work bench amputation I helped my friend with his car. He stored it in one of garages for the winter and we are still in winter but he wanted to get it ready for summer. Oil change, fix some leaks, tighten the bellhousing to engine bolts and install 3 that were missing :eek:. Now I have loaned him my car trailer to haul it to his house in the city.
 

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Drill some holes, enlarged some holes and mounted some badges for the wife's car and judging credits

There was a class name change from Historical Preservation of Original Features to Original
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New badge with updated class designation, had to open the mounting holes
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IMG_0624.jpg She then glued the missing number back on along with a couple new ones, to the touring badge.

Opened the holes in these, one on the left is how they come. She gets one of these chips at every event
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Mounted to the display board with the past ones, along with new holes for the next row
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And drilled holes and mounted the plaque for her judging credit chips
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And then she glued the judging chips to the board
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Not in the garage but I used tools from the garage, I cleaned and rebuilt the gas grill. I install new burners and heat plates...
 
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