The Great Little Garage
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GOT IT!...$275 (New ones are $900).
Trinco 24/BP complete with filter vac unit. It is old, say 78' vintage. Small window and very old gun and nozzle. May both need replacing since modern nozzle looks different size. Parts are relatively cheap and the manufacturer is on this side of town. Missing the foot pedal for on and off. That costs a bit ($65). A few little things. Holes in the side and back are patched with sheet metal. Latch and lamp shield missing. Could use glove ring liners and gaskets. Pick up a spare nozzle and filter bag too. A little surface rust on part of the base steel angle. Might need to cut a hole in the right side for long pieces and get some rubber to stuff in the hole. Came with 2 buckets of what is claimed to be silica sand. Not good stuff. But they sell all the media. Light is surprisingly bright, especially compared to the old home made box I used for a while til the boss threw it away. Very small window, compared to new ones, but usable.
Happy.
Will clean up a lot of rusted and crusty things.
Small enough to fit well in a very small shop.
Bill
Trinco 24/BP complete with filter vac unit. It is old, say 78' vintage. Small window and very old gun and nozzle. May both need replacing since modern nozzle looks different size. Parts are relatively cheap and the manufacturer is on this side of town. Missing the foot pedal for on and off. That costs a bit ($65). A few little things. Holes in the side and back are patched with sheet metal. Latch and lamp shield missing. Could use glove ring liners and gaskets. Pick up a spare nozzle and filter bag too. A little surface rust on part of the base steel angle. Might need to cut a hole in the right side for long pieces and get some rubber to stuff in the hole. Came with 2 buckets of what is claimed to be silica sand. Not good stuff. But they sell all the media. Light is surprisingly bright, especially compared to the old home made box I used for a while til the boss threw it away. Very small window, compared to new ones, but usable.
Happy.
Will clean up a lot of rusted and crusty things.
Small enough to fit well in a very small shop.
Bill
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donnie
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[facepalm]
Ahhh!!!
Just realized that I ALREADY have a compressor. A Curtis D96 2 stage pump on what looks like a 120Gallon horizontal tank, driven by a 5HP Peerless 3PH motor. About a 500# beast.
Wonder what a 1PH motor would cost for that.
It's been sitting under a tarp for a few years. What rehab will it need?
Just realized that I ALREADY have a compressor. A Curtis D96 2 stage pump on what looks like a 120Gallon horizontal tank, driven by a 5HP Peerless 3PH motor. About a 500# beast.
Wonder what a 1PH motor would cost for that.
It's been sitting under a tarp for a few years. What rehab will it need?
Fueler
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SmokeyBC
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I have that compressor, it works great.
Put the legs on some rubber blocks, and it is much quieter!
Put the legs on some rubber blocks, and it is much quieter!
markviii
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Bill,
I'm still here watching. Keep at it.
Chris
I'm still here watching. Keep at it.
Chris
Sometimes what makes YOUR place better is making your neighborhood better. So today I went down to the neighborhood park and spent a couple hours hacking away at the trees and branches that have blocked the alley behind the park. The alley needs to be cleared so the city's park maintenance people can get their tractors in there to mow the park. They haven't done this for two years because of budget problems here in Detroit. Now they are ready to mow, but the trees and trash dumped in the alley prevents access. As VP of the neighborhood group, I met with the lady from general services there today. They have scheduled a skid loader for the end of the month. If we can make it easier for them by trimming trees and clearing bushes and making piles of the brush and debris, then they can clear the alley and get to the park for cutting. So today I cleared and cut and stacked a few piles in the first 80' of alley. I garnered a homeowners help to start on the other end of the block, doing the same. Our executive board is going to turn out and help as well. Now the little children will have a nice park to enjoy! Not used to such physical labor. Could barely walk home. Could feel my hips rotating and hurting. Must be getting old.
But a good satisfied feeling too.
Well, rested up a bit and took a nap. Now I'm ready to attack the garage some more. Pictures at 11.
But a good satisfied feeling too.
Well, rested up a bit and took a nap. Now I'm ready to attack the garage some more. Pictures at 11.
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fomocoforrester
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Wow! Bill - if you can do all that for the kids with everything else you have on your plate right now - you must be one helluva good man.
Good Luck to ya ....
Wow! Bill - if you can do all that for the kids with everything else you have on your plate right now - you must be one helluva good man.
Good Luck to ya ....
You know...none of us is perfectly good or bad. Doing some good things once in a while just tries to even the score. And it makes you feel better. So very worth it. And there are always lots of opportunities. You don't need money...just a small piece of time and your effort. Plus it's good exercise. No gym membership required.
OK,
Here's the tease...
Within 2 days I hope to show you (And myself) a garage with an aisle clear down the middle.
It will be lined both sides with machinery.
It won't be sparse or simple or easy on the eyes visually.
But it will be fairly organized.
The bones of the one car garage/shop will be plain to see.
It won't have room for a car, but a motorcycle or bicycle would fit.
I have tomorrow off, and even though rain is forecast, that is my task.
Bill
Here's the tease...
Within 2 days I hope to show you (And myself) a garage with an aisle clear down the middle.
It will be lined both sides with machinery.
It won't be sparse or simple or easy on the eyes visually.
But it will be fairly organized.
The bones of the one car garage/shop will be plain to see.
It won't have room for a car, but a motorcycle or bicycle would fit.
I have tomorrow off, and even though rain is forecast, that is my task.
Bill
A small update.
I am now NOT working on the garage.
Realized that it was a way of avoiding the elephant in the room. That elephant is the water and heat that need fixing in the house.
Sooooo...I just started clearing the basement stairs, which have about 100 gallons of paint on them. Got half finished. Taking it all out the door so I can start clearing all the ruined stuff out of the basement and get water piping repaired, ruined water heater replaced and furnace repaired.
I can only have a great little garage when I have a great little house.
Before photo looking down the stair (After photo soon):
I am now NOT working on the garage.
Realized that it was a way of avoiding the elephant in the room. That elephant is the water and heat that need fixing in the house.
Sooooo...I just started clearing the basement stairs, which have about 100 gallons of paint on them. Got half finished. Taking it all out the door so I can start clearing all the ruined stuff out of the basement and get water piping repaired, ruined water heater replaced and furnace repaired.
I can only have a great little garage when I have a great little house.
Before photo looking down the stair (After photo soon):
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jeffmoss26
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Good for you Bill!
onemore
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Keep going. I have a single car "shop" and it's packed! I have a motorcycle, my father's and numerous kids bikes, strollers etc.. I also like to have "mulitples" of tools (minor hoard), but do all the work on house, and yard. Good luck
WarrenJ
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Good work on the stairs. Keep at it.
firecracker
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Great Bill, just keep at it I can't wait for it to be sorted then your avatar can be less hectic.
theoldwizard1
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If the stairs were that bad, I would hate to see the basement ! How are the walls and floor ?
How are you disposing of stuff ? Detroit sanitation only allows a certain amount each week, correct ? Out here in the Western 'burbs, they will take as many 30 gallon cans as you have as long as they are less than 50 lbs. Some places will take building material if it is in a can, some won't.
What part of Detroit ? (I used to live in the NW area, but am pretty familiar with most of the west side.)
How are you disposing of stuff ? Detroit sanitation only allows a certain amount each week, correct ? Out here in the Western 'burbs, they will take as many 30 gallon cans as you have as long as they are less than 50 lbs. Some places will take building material if it is in a can, some won't.
What part of Detroit ? (I used to live in the NW area, but am pretty familiar with most of the west side.)
cowboy73
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Exactly! I was hoping you would come to this conclusion!!!!! I'm so glad that you are trying to get back on track on with everything. Onward and upward! In this case, downward into the basement.
You can can accomplish this, if you tackle it every single day. Those obstacles DON'T own you! One man can accomplish alot if he is persistent. We all have stuff we have been avoiding. I have a "elephant in the room" of my own I need to evict.Basement was flooded a couple of times, so everything is ruined down there. And it is stuffed. Will be quite a task. But it will be done, must be done.
We joke that Detroit has gotten tougher about trash. Used to be you could throw bodies in the dumpster whole...Now you must dismember them!
Seriously, the rules say household trash properly bagged, but reality says anything you can fit in the can. And I have 6. So can accommodate what is needed, especially over time. NE corner of the city, BTW.
Paint I will take for proper disposal. Most of the cans are severely rusted. All the latex based were frozen.
There's a piano that needs to be demolished and 2 ruined water heaters. It's gonna be hell.
But if I can pull 100 cans of paint out, I guess it is doable.
What an adventure!
ishiboo
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Oh so true. I got a brand new Rigid pipe wrench for Christmas, haven't used it once and I found it in the barn full of surface rust. It's difficult when your space is damp (hence my rebuild) but more so when you're a hoarder like we are
HSpencer
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Just don't use this one:
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ishiboo
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Do yourself a favor... hire someone to help whose job is JUST to carry out. Stand outside and sort through and throw away only what you NEED in the very short-term. ALL wood, paper, cardboard, etc that was wet gets thrown out.
My basement flooded as well, it was all construction stuff from my upstairs renovation and I was out of town... had it all hauled out to the barn while I was gone. It has been so much easier to get rid of stuff. Wet/flooded stuff in a basement that you have not taken out can mean serious health issues... get rid of it!
ishiboo
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I would think scrappers would come take the water heaters away for you, BTW. Check Craigslist.
You have the right idea.
The plan is to first get access to the water lines to make repairs and get that working. So pulling out just what is required for that, is the plan.
EVERYTHING down there is ruined by the sewer backup. It ALL goes eventually (And the sooner the better).
That is awesome progress. Keep up the good work.