Outlawmws
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Is that a purchased bench or are there build instructions somewhere? That looks interesting.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Is that a purchased bench or are there build instructions somewhere? That looks interesting.
LeonardY
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Beerhippie
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Back to fighting with the kitchen refrigeration ****. We have three refrigerated prep tables and a set of refrig. drawers under the flattop. Last night, all of them decided to take a break. I've done what I can--make sure the condensers and evaporators are clean an unobstructed, fans running, compressor running, etc. One condenser had a piece of aluminum foil completely covering the coils--duh. Another had a paper towel, almost completely covering it. We'll see if removing those and cleaning the coils helps any.
The third one trips the breaker when it calls for cooling. It's on its own 20A circuit, so this is bad. Pros called.
What gets me about this "commercial kitchen" equipment is what a pile of **** and bad design they are! Three of them have the thermostat/temperature monitors hidden behind the equipment--the kitchen staff are supposed to be monitoring that constantly. The condenser coils are hard to access. It's a commercial kitchen--things are greasy and the coils need to be cleaned weekly at the least. One of the prep tables had a condenser that was so hard to access that I finally just cut a hole in the side of the case.
The third one trips the breaker when it calls for cooling. It's on its own 20A circuit, so this is bad. Pros called.
What gets me about this "commercial kitchen" equipment is what a pile of **** and bad design they are! Three of them have the thermostat/temperature monitors hidden behind the equipment--the kitchen staff are supposed to be monitoring that constantly. The condenser coils are hard to access. It's a commercial kitchen--things are greasy and the coils need to be cleaned weekly at the least. One of the prep tables had a condenser that was so hard to access that I finally just cut a hole in the side of the case.
Outlawmws
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glider
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I put some water seal on the trailer. Something that didn’t happen over summer. My son ask to borrow, can’t stay away from the Dragons Tail in Tennessee.
welder4956
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Sanded and painted the front of the cabinet under the workbench. I still need to do the sides, but ran out of paint.Back from a road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway. I spent a few hours wire wheeling the workbench base and applying a coat of black paint.
bornbadbob
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I put together the doors for my wife’s cheapie tin garden shed, just a piece of **** from the get go. Would not buy another one of these ever. I will be really happy to see the end of this project
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Fly Fishing Rick
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Planed my work bench flat. It should have been a simple 20 min job but this one has never been done before, so it took a bit. The bench is about 2x6'.
Either WoodSmith or shop notes magazine about 12 or so years ago.
Im at NASCAR here in PHX and will see if I have the back issue # when I have a chance.
LeonardY
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We subscribed to the same magazines.
I tossed all of mine about 5 years ago.@Outlawmws
It's WoodSmith Issue 229. That has the plan for the knockdown bench.
Outlawmws
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Thanks Leonard!
Beerhippie
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A decade or so ago, I took a nasty fall while solo mountaineering and broke a leg. Today I fixed it.
Fortunately, the leg was on one of my tripods.
What was left of the broken QR paddle.
That Nyloc sits in a depression in the tripod leg, making it impossible to use anything but a thin-wall 8mm socket. Do I own a thin-wall 8? Hell no. But a 5/16" fits well enough and I do have a P&C 1/4" drive thin enough to reach.
Fortunately, the leg was on one of my tripods.
What was left of the broken QR paddle.
That Nyloc sits in a depression in the tripod leg, making it impossible to use anything but a thin-wall 8mm socket. Do I own a thin-wall 8? Hell no. But a 5/16" fits well enough and I do have a P&C 1/4" drive thin enough to reach.
sparky 1971
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Instead of my usual procrastinating until the weatherman says it's gonna snow and snow a lot, I pulled the ATV in and changed the oil, greased it, pulled all four rear tires off and put the chains on, put the snow plow bracket and lift mechanism on, and pulled the blade out so it's ready to go. Hopefully I won't need it for a couple of months, but I'm actually ready ahead of time for once. Then, I decided there's no more lawnmowing going to happen this year so I put the fuel stabilizer in the tanks, drove them around to get it mixed and into the carbs, and tarped them up behind the garage. I'll see them again in April. I hide from the phone when I'm not working so I didn't have it while in the garage. Photos are obviously taken after I was finished.
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Beerhippie
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Jeez, that's boring. The real fun is waiting for three feet of snow and a 40 knot blizzard to do the work.
sparky 1971
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Been there, done that for the last 10 years. Two, maybe three, years ago, even with the axle locked and five sandbags in the bed, I couldn't get enough traction to get up the hill and into the garage until I got the chains on the two rearmost wheels. The front rear tires have to come off to get the chains on and it's faster to pull the rear rear tires. No more.
Beerhippie
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I surprised myself by changing to my winter tires last year before I had to do it in the snow.
Probably a one-off.
Beerhippie
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Now I'm waiting for 3,200 song tracks to DL to my new MP3 player.
Old school.... But it's my music--mostly ripped from vinyl over the course of several years.
Old school.... But it's my music--mostly ripped from vinyl over the course of several years.
sparky 1971
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I try to religiously put the snow tires on my service truck and the tire chains on the passenger side floorboard by the second weekend of November I hope we don't get one of the rare early November blizzards since I talked myself out of it today. Everything else in the fleet is a 4X4 with all terrain tires year round.
Beerhippie
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Weather is calling for heavy snow above 4,000' tonight. I live at 3,750, so probably heavy slush. Did I get the tires changed?
Motorman55
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Loaded up the 4x6 trailer with the 1st load of tool donations for the NJ Fire Museum. Included in this trip was the big Skat Blast cabinet, a few buckets full of tools, a vintage heavy duty hand truck and some misc stuff then loaded up the car with the blast cab's vacumn, a bunch of tools, and a vintage Kennedy Machinist tool box. Once there the guys helped me unload everything, talked a bit then headed back home.
Once home I had to rearrange and put away everything I moved out to get to the donated stuff including shifting the Handy motorcycle lift with the '74 XLCH Sportser still on it, back into place. I used the big Mayhew Dominator bar to pry it inch by inch across the floor.
I can see more floor space now. I was actually able to ride the big '74 FLH Harley into the garage. Next load goes up to them on the 15th.
Once home I had to rearrange and put away everything I moved out to get to the donated stuff including shifting the Handy motorcycle lift with the '74 XLCH Sportser still on it, back into place. I used the big Mayhew Dominator bar to pry it inch by inch across the floor.
I can see more floor space now. I was actually able to ride the big '74 FLH Harley into the garage. Next load goes up to them on the 15th.
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SMOKEYBEAR
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Wrapped up the front brakes on the dually, test drive went as expected, double checked the new lines for leaks and such, all is well. Pedal feels 10x better.
Started on the rear... It's a damn work out. I have it torn down, I thought I had every thing I needed. Wrong. Caliper pins frozen, broke one, tried to fix it, failed. Parking brake shoes were smoked and was able to find some in town. I need to order some new pins and 1 caliper bracket. I bought the truck used from PA, they have way more salt, winter, snow and ect there, so no real surprise. It is a bunch of heavy duty work. It's giving my big Milwaukee impact and I a test. I feel like I have every tool I own out.
Sears I used to live by was going out of business years ago when I lived in Tidewater Va, on sale I snagged impact inverted Torx socket..used them for the first time today. Rotor to hub bolts.
Started on the rear... It's a damn work out. I have it torn down, I thought I had every thing I needed. Wrong. Caliper pins frozen, broke one, tried to fix it, failed. Parking brake shoes were smoked and was able to find some in town. I need to order some new pins and 1 caliper bracket. I bought the truck used from PA, they have way more salt, winter, snow and ect there, so no real surprise. It is a bunch of heavy duty work. It's giving my big Milwaukee impact and I a test. I feel like I have every tool I own out.
Sears I used to live by was going out of business years ago when I lived in Tidewater Va, on sale I snagged impact inverted Torx socket..used them for the first time today. Rotor to hub bolts.
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I replaced a single panel glass panel in one of my shop windows. Glazing buddy didn't want to stick to the frame. Three more to go.
Outlawmws
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kaymccampbell
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Designed and then burned some LED cut templates for Judy. Rolled up some salvaged wire. Rebuilt the outboard fuel pump. Cleaned and repacked the lower unit. Milled a new doorsill for the bicycle shed. Sent the outboard to the shed.
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Outlawmws
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I straightened the legs of this:
So it is the same width as this Coleman folding oven rack:
And stole two long SS skewers from the kitchen to support it.
So it is the same width as this Coleman folding oven rack:
And stole two long SS skewers from the kitchen to support it.
niget2002
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Youtube tv lost espn. So to make it easier for me to drop youtube tv, I need to get local channels working ota again. I mounted the small antenna I have in a window. It kinda works, but I'm thinking I'm going to get a larger outdoor antenna to mount on the roof of the shop. The metal building is screwing with the signal, plus we're a bit far for the antenna to be so low.
kaymccampbell
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Look into a Gray-Hoverman antenna. They're very directional, but **** in the signals, even from multiple reflections and refractions. I built 3, with reflector grids. They're in my attic. There's tons of plans, including some made from old exterior antenna elements.
Skyman
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Now I'm waiting for 3,200 song tracks to DL to my new MP3 player.
Old school.... But it's my music--mostly ripped from vinyl over the course of several years.
What are you using for a player these days?
Beerhippie
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Hell, I can't pronounce it!
MIC jumble of letters.
I've probably owned fifteen different players over the years. My favorites were the Nomad--my first--very intuitive UI and controls--the scroll bar was sweet--and the various Cowans I had--utterly horrible UI and controls, but the sound quality from high-sample rate MP3s was awesome. Cowans were made in Korea, no longer seem to exist.
Beerhippie
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Actually, it's back to Standard time tomorrow. Sleep in an extra hour (yeah, right), wake with the sun up and it gets dark an hour earlier.
Bunch of friends stopped by last night--talk story 'til early morning--and I'm feeling strangely uninspired to do anything resembling physical labor today.
Sorted camera gear into an old pack to make carrying stuff upstairs next week to do the food photography easier; put out a few brushfires around the pub. Got more custom settings on the new camera set where I like 'em. Played with the new computer and camera re-learning shooting tethered. Realized I ordered the wrong camera for this purpose, but it's an awesome camera and will work just fine.
Shopping around for used Vanagons trying to decide if it's better to buy a good used one or have my old (no longer) trusty rebuilt. Living where I do makes the later difficult.
rd65
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A few small projects in the shop. Got the under sink water heater mount installed. Cleaned up the opening for the sink in the county top. Replaced a couple screws in the Craftsman chainsaw. Shortened a drill bit to use as a pilot bit for hole saw. Also ground a flat in the shank for the set screw.
Gangly
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The dogs like to urinate on our rolling gate, so it causes a lot of rust issues. As such, I spent the day cutting, welding, grinding, priming, painting, and generally fabricating a section of my rolling gate.
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nadogail
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You do really nice work.The dogs like to urinate on our rolling gate, so it causes a lot of rust issues. As such, I spent the day cutting, welding, grinding, priming, painting, and generally fabricating a section of my rolling gate.
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Outlawmws
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Tell me you doubled the gauge of the metal used!
Also you can add a little section of electric fence wire, and eliminate the problem! They may do it again, but only once!
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nadogail
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After showing the new helper what i wanted him to do and pointing out where the materials were located, both the main helper and i went to look at a problem in another city, We then went to the Industrial Hardware and purchased replacement twist drill bits,
When we returned to the shop we found that the new helper had completed one task and was actively engaged in the other. This kid shows real potential.
When we returned to the shop we found that the new helper had completed one task and was actively engaged in the other. This kid shows real potential.
larry4406
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The dogs like to urinate on our rolling gate, so it causes a lot of rust issues. As such, I spent the day cutting, welding, grinding, priming, painting, and generally fabricating a section of my rolling gate.
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I agree a small section of electric fence would be an ideal solution.
Beerhippie
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Oh, boy! I get to reset every clock in the facility!
Enough already. Just stop it. Knock it off. You can't change time (time can change you).
If you want to get up an hour earlier in the summer, talk to your boss. Don't ram it down my throat.
PS: When Ben Franklin so famously proposed something like Daylight Savings Time, he was writing satire.
Get off my lawn!
Enough already. Just stop it. Knock it off. You can't change time (time can change you).
If you want to get up an hour earlier in the summer, talk to your boss. Don't ram it down my throat.
PS: When Ben Franklin so famously proposed something like Daylight Savings Time, he was writing satire.
Get off my lawn!
Outlawmws
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I rest everything but one as soon as I got up. one in the bedroom. (SWMBO's alarm not included) 2 analog in the "ofices" (Mine an hers) 2 digital in the kitchen, adn one more analog in the entry.
Got an noon alarm set for verify the alignment of the hands on two of the analog. (I stopped playing with taking them sown and fussing witk the knob on these battery driven movements, just move the hand where it needs to be...)
Oh **** the thermostat needs to be done...