This last photo right here would have me sleeping in the garage for a month. No way would the wife be happy with me running a mitre saw in the house.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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This last photo right here would have me sleeping in the garage for a month. No way would the wife be happy with me running a mitre saw in the house.
Step 11 is usually the opposite. Decide that I'm too lazy to move the ladder and almost break my neck trying to reach something. Or, decide to not move the ladder, take 20 minutes to do X because I'm in an awkward position when it would have only taken me 5 minutes if I had just moved the ladder.
DGersic
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Brought home Mom’s Singer 328 with its box of original accessories. Not sure what I’m going to do with it. Read the owners manual to find out what all of these bits and pieces are and what they do. It’s very clearly targeted at the stereotypical 1960s housewife, making clothes for children, dresses, and etc.. The decorative stitch cams are kinda neat, though I can’t think of a reason I would need them. The “ruffler” presser foot is an amazing bit of mechanical monkey motion. I can’t see uses for the zigzag, and maybe for the two needle capability.
At some point, I guess the cord and pedal were in Dad’s way, so he cut them off. He did save them.
Fortunately, the two cords are very similar, but not identical, so I was able to trace what goes where. A couple of crimp connectors later, it’s up and running again. Probably hasn’t been oiled in ~40 years, but now that I know it works, I’ll do that.
At some point, I guess the cord and pedal were in Dad’s way, so he cut them off. He did save them.
Fortunately, the two cords are very similar, but not identical, so I was able to trace what goes where. A couple of crimp connectors later, it’s up and running again. Probably hasn’t been oiled in ~40 years, but now that I know it works, I’ll do that.
LeonardY
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Nice. I have my grandmother's sewing machine from the farm. It was wired for 220V.Brought home Mom’s Singer 328 with its box of original accessories. Not sure what I’m going to do with it. Read the owners manual to find out what all of these bits and pieces are and what they do. It’s very clearly targeted at the stereotypical 1960s housewife, making clothes for children, dresses, and etc.. The decorative stitch cams are kinda neat, though I can’t think of a reason I would need them. The “ruffler” presser foot is an amazing bit of mechanical monkey motion. I can’t see uses for the zigzag, and maybe for the two needle capability.
At some point, I guess the cord and pedal were in Dad’s way, so he cut them off. He did save them.
Fortunately, the two cords are very similar, but not identical, so I was able to trace what goes where. A couple of crimp connectors later, it’s up and running again. Probably hasn’t been oiled in ~40 years, but now that I know it works, I’ll do that.
I worked in a sewing machine store when I was 14. I helped doing repair. Which really means I spent a lot of time with tweezers and nippers cutting threads out of the them.
I was always fascinated by all the different mechanisms.
rd65
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Mom has/had a machine just like that. I have done a small bit of sewing on it back in the high school days.
Beerhippie
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I reconfigured the way the two compressors we have in the shop work.
The way we originally had them set up, the "back-up" ancient and loud as hell 7.5 hp DeVilbliss was a back-up in the sense that it could be used if the primary, a whisper-quiet 5 hp IR screw comp, broke down completely, it could take up the slack while we fixed the IR.
Now it's a real back-up. The IR turns on at 105 psi and off at 125 psi. The DVB now turns on at ~100 psi and off at ~130 psi--the tightest I could set the differential on the old pressure switch.
We're now doing a canning run and the DVB hasn't come on yet. When it does, of course, it'll startle the hell out of me (as always).
The way we originally had them set up, the "back-up" ancient and loud as hell 7.5 hp DeVilbliss was a back-up in the sense that it could be used if the primary, a whisper-quiet 5 hp IR screw comp, broke down completely, it could take up the slack while we fixed the IR.
Now it's a real back-up. The IR turns on at 105 psi and off at 125 psi. The DVB now turns on at ~100 psi and off at ~130 psi--the tightest I could set the differential on the old pressure switch.
We're now doing a canning run and the DVB hasn't come on yet. When it does, of course, it'll startle the hell out of me (as always).
TheRealZeus
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Maybe he has a cool shark vacuum
Spent the evening bodging my LR3. Had a problem with the Steering angle sensor sending the whole car into spaz mode, turns out to be the drive plate (I use that term loosely) had spun on the steering column. The design is complete shite and far as I can tell only comes as a complete unit, the standard 'fix' is araldite.
This is cut from an equally **** sh unit going cheap, at least I could see what was what. It wobbles around on the shaft held in place by hopes and dreams.
After keying with a needle file and hosing down with brake clean, I squished it in there as best I could with a pic, think repointing brickwork, then squidged it around till I was happy then held it off with some shims to set.
If it fails I'll likely make and tack on a small effort made out of sheet and junk that plastic nonsense, Ive the spare to test on. Why do I own this car again!?
This is cut from an equally **** sh unit going cheap, at least I could see what was what. It wobbles around on the shaft held in place by hopes and dreams.
After keying with a needle file and hosing down with brake clean, I squished it in there as best I could with a pic, think repointing brickwork, then squidged it around till I was happy then held it off with some shims to set.
If it fails I'll likely make and tack on a small effort made out of sheet and junk that plastic nonsense, Ive the spare to test on. Why do I own this car again!?
Beerhippie
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Aaand... experiment gave negative results. I need to get the IR comp to start at a higher pressure to make this work. Back to either the IR for non-canning days and the DVB bomb for canning days.
One big problem I'm having with all this is air pressure gauges. I have three in the compressed air system before regulators and all three read differently--a couple are 20+ psi off from each other. What do I believe? I don't have a certified gauge for the 100-150 psi range. I guess I need to get one....
The post-regulator gauge on the bottling line--where the low pressure causes problems--reads 80 psi, which is what the machine calls for. It seems keeping the compressor output above 100 psi shouldn't be THAT hard, doesn't it?
Beerhippie
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Maintaining a plant is so much fun at times....
A coworker showed me this and asked if I could straighten it out:
That stainless forging is about 3/4" across the web and 2" deep at the main part of the bend. I smell a forklift... of course, no one knows anything about how it happened--it just bent. Maybe Uri Geller was in the neighborhood.
Fortunately, I have a spare. I have no idea why I have a spare, but I do. I'll have to take the bent one to the local truck shop and see if they can use the big press to get it straight.
never a dull day....
But at least I have some great left-overs for dinner:
That'll make a sandwich!
A coworker showed me this and asked if I could straighten it out:
That stainless forging is about 3/4" across the web and 2" deep at the main part of the bend. I smell a forklift... of course, no one knows anything about how it happened--it just bent. Maybe Uri Geller was in the neighborhood.
Fortunately, I have a spare. I have no idea why I have a spare, but I do. I'll have to take the bent one to the local truck shop and see if they can use the big press to get it straight.
never a dull day....
But at least I have some great left-overs for dinner:
That'll make a sandwich!
TheRealZeus
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Make a quiet note to yourself who stays the furthest away from the forklift for quite some time. You’ll know.
PWC Repair
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kaymccampbell
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Gave the nickel tour. Gave a class in how to train your laser burner. Measured cabinets. Started a new burner project.
Fabricated a speaker stand mount for my mixer board, to use when I play at bars and such:
Parts: a piece of a used cutting board, a galvanized pipe hanger, a carriage bolt, two powerful magnets salvaged from dead hard drives, and various small hardware.
I may decide to put a slight upward bend in the bolt, but I'll play this way for a while before I decide.
Parts: a piece of a used cutting board, a galvanized pipe hanger, a carriage bolt, two powerful magnets salvaged from dead hard drives, and various small hardware.
I may decide to put a slight upward bend in the bolt, but I'll play this way for a while before I decide.
jblnut
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Watched Raiders of the Lost Ark with the littles in the shop. We had a bit of a lazy afternoon as they were off school today for some reason and as a team we accomplished everything I wanted to get done before lunch.
One of those things was not in the shop but outside. We weighed every critter with hooves on the property today. I have two loads of cattle scheduled to go at the end of the month and I wanted to see where everyone was at. Charles the beef calf is currently in the scale chute. He’s too small yet but what a chunky dude. He was alternating between trying to eat the scale wires and licking every surface in there lol.
One of those things was not in the shop but outside. We weighed every critter with hooves on the property today. I have two loads of cattle scheduled to go at the end of the month and I wanted to see where everyone was at. Charles the beef calf is currently in the scale chute. He’s too small yet but what a chunky dude. He was alternating between trying to eat the scale wires and licking every surface in there lol.
bmwrd0
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Started playing advanced Tetris in the shop today, which, as always, was interrupted by the need to reinforce some cabinet, build a riser, try and find the correct clamp in the current disaster, which is necessitated by the need to move and pile everything so I can play the game of advance Tetris, which, as always, was interrupted by...
niget2002
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Ok... All 3d printer stuff today.
1) Finally got the z_brake board working with the z stepper motors. My printer has a belted z axis, so if the motors are turned off while the bed is 'up' then it drops to the bottom. The z-brake locks up the stepper motors so it slowly decends. I was having issues getting the board to work.
z-brake setup is in the top right. This is before I hooked up all the stepper motors. A separate output on the controller enables the relay and disables the brakes prior to stepper motor movement. I still need to do more cable management back here. I should have installed cable runs and done things correctly from the get go.
2) Cleaned up the wiring on top of the extruder to reduce mass.
3) ran input shaper calibration and was able to pick up a bit more speed after removing the extra wiring on the extruder
4) ran a print to test the changes.
1) Finally got the z_brake board working with the z stepper motors. My printer has a belted z axis, so if the motors are turned off while the bed is 'up' then it drops to the bottom. The z-brake locks up the stepper motors so it slowly decends. I was having issues getting the board to work.
z-brake setup is in the top right. This is before I hooked up all the stepper motors. A separate output on the controller enables the relay and disables the brakes prior to stepper motor movement. I still need to do more cable management back here. I should have installed cable runs and done things correctly from the get go.
2) Cleaned up the wiring on top of the extruder to reduce mass.
3) ran input shaper calibration and was able to pick up a bit more speed after removing the extra wiring on the extruder
4) ran a print to test the changes.
2001ZR2
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Before
About 10 minutes later after acetone, a scraper, and steel wool applied.
Acetone works the best vs Goo Gone or WD-40.
I think the previous owner may have used 3M weatherstrip adhesive. If the adhesive is partial removed its mustard yellow.
But it becoming more and more apparent that a total restore is needed.
Sunset Red for the drawers but which is better for gray?
Hammered Antique Pewter or Hammered Gray?
I understand Hammered Siver is too blue.
jblnut
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I hear ya in a big way. I often feel like I’m in a Family Circus cartoon around here.
Beerhippie
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Wasn't that an animated movie a while back?
I can't understand why anyone would toss an HDD without salvaging those! They're great for holding stuff really tightly to ferromagnetic surfaces--like refrigerator magnets you can pull the refrigerator over on yourself with--and for collecting any stray metal dust in the shop!
Honestly, I use 'em for clamps, mounts and lots of other things.
TheRealZeus
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Not getting any EMI from the magnets?Fabricated a speaker stand mount for my mixer board, to use when I play at bars and such:
Parts: a piece of a used cutting board, a galvanized pipe hanger, a carriage bolt, two powerful magnets salvaged from dead hard drives, and various small hardware.
I may decide to put a slight upward bend in the bolt, but I'll play this way for a while before I decide.
micromind
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If the IR has an external pressure switch, it should be easy to turn it up a bit.
If you're looking for a tighter diff pressure for the DVB, Grainger has one that'll go to 20 PSI. It's 2FH22. On at 100 PSI (easily adjustable from 40 to 200 PSI) factory diff oil 25 PSI but is easily adjustable from 20 to 40).
Square D model is 9013GHG2J53.
M.Brane
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Around these parts you can tell who has issues with rodents because all the hoods are open.Installed a Metalcloak HD drag link on a '20 Wrangler Tuesday night to cure some violent death wobble. The stock drag link was toast with just 45k miles on the clock.If I had to describe the replacement unit in one word, it would be "beefy". I expect it to last longer than 45k miles.
Trailered a Taurus with a bajillion DTC's and a flashing low oil pressure warning to the shop yesterday morning. The root causes were immediately obvious upon popping the hood. It seems a visitor had eaten a fair bit of the engine harness. Of course the jerk had to eat the wires down to the connectors in each case.After hosing the engine bay down with peppermint oil and shop-vac'ing the nest(s) out, then de-pinning, uncrimping, re-crimping, soldering, heatshrinking, and looming seven circuits, the car was back in business with zero DTC's and restored oil pressure readings.
I was worried that might happen, and I was prepared to fabricate a slot mount, but no, it doesn't seem to interfere.Not getting any EMI from the magnets?
Motorman55
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Been married 46 years and nothing I do surprises her. Ha,ha.
These came from datacenter drives, so they're extra strong. The mixer weighs 4lb and it stays in place like it's glued there. Takes a bit of effort to pull it off.
Here's the rig:
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LeonardY
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Looks good.
Before
About 10 minutes later after acetone, a scraper, and steel wool applied.
Acetone works the best vs Goo Gone or WD-40.
I think the previous owner may have used 3M weatherstrip adhesive. If the adhesive is partial removed its mustard yellow.
But it becoming more and more apparent that a total restore is needed.
Sunset Red for the drawers but which is better for gray?
Hammered Antique Pewter or Hammered Gray?
I understand Hammered Siver is too blue.
I forgot to mention this.
It's works well.
I would go with the Hammered gray.
bugnut
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Continued sorting and cleaning, great therapy. Looked at my list of unfinished projects, decided not time to start something new.
kaymccampbell
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I like the antique pewter, but you do you.
gearhead1960
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Took apart Stanley spotlight I got from an estate sale ($5). It would not take a charge. Opened it to see the size of lead acid battery it took. It's an odd size and the cost to replace it almost equals a new one with Li-Ion batteries. It's not a needed item immediately, so this one will get recycled once I salvage any usable parts like the switch and halogen bulb.....
gearhead1960
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.....so this happened today, the Ford Ranger got his new plates, maybe outside the garage, but.....
PassnThru
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Any relation?.....so this happened today, the Ford Ranger got his new plates, maybe outside the garage, but.....
Beerhippie
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Wire it up to a long zip cord and cigarette lighter plug for the rig?
Beerhippie
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EMI comes from moving magnetic fields, or wires moving through a magnetic field.
I'm working on installing a new CCTV system to allow one person running the canning line to monitor the can depalletizer in a separate room. We have one now, but it isn't working well--it's a parasite on the security camera system for the plant. Boss want it to be a stand-alone system.
Get out the instructions from the new camera kit. Find my high-power readers and magnifying visor to read the microfiche instructions. Finally find the one paragraph in English among five pages. The instructions can best be summarized as You're on your own.
Gotta love MIC electronics....
gearhead1960
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I would, but that's what it came with along with the male end of a plug so you could plug it in with an extension cord and charge it. The battery is plain dead as a doornail and I'm not putting in any $$$ to it.
gearhead1960
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Beerhippie
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I mean to power it without the battery--not for trying to charge a dead batt.
nadogail
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Did some chucking and pitching. I have decided to leave the elevated raised bed planting box business, my familial responsibilities and declining strength in my legs have prompted this decision.
I enjoyed putting the boxes together and depositing the checks I received.
I am now looking for someone who would like an opportunity to get into the planting box business.
I can make someone a screaming deal on the business.
I enjoyed putting the boxes together and depositing the checks I received.
I am now looking for someone who would like an opportunity to get into the planting box business.
I can make someone a screaming deal on the business.
gearhead1960
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I expect I could have done that, but I'm looking to cut the cord...
bmwrd0
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It wouldn't surprise the wife, but it would certainly not please the wife, either.