Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[Finallygotit]

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[dlcwent]

Andy, love your idea of making wooden clamps. ( most people just buy the other ones they sell). It give it a real nice ambience.

I'm sorry I let the cat out of the bag about you being lazy. (maybe no one will notice)

A customer of mine stopped by today and told me he has a precision level and will be more than happy to lend a hand getting the lathe set up correctly. ( I'm going to take him up on it). He also gave me an abridged lesson on the workings of it.( He just happens to have a machine shop of his own.)

Anyway, I do hope you get something accomplished this week.

 

[oldironfarmer]

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Great! Thanks for stopping in!

I read and reread your handle and wondered, does anyone really "get it"? Finally looked at your avatar, yes, you GOT IT!

Andy, love your idea of making wooden clamps. ( most people just buy the other ones they sell). It give it a real nice ambience.

Well in some areas I'm a bit frugal. Those clamps are quick and cheap to make and they utilize scrap lumber headed for the burn pile. Also, I can get custom sizes directly from the manufacturer in less time than it takes to order most stuff, and no minimum! In fact, he prefers small orders (I think he's a little lazy)

I'm sorry I let the cat out of the bag about you being lazy. (maybe no one will notice)

It's too late now, so no harm done. Everybody around here knows it anyway so just chalk it up to calling a spade a shovel, or something like that.

A customer of mine stopped by today and told me he has a precision level and will be more than happy to lend a hand getting the lathe set up correctly. ( I'm going to take him up on it). He also gave me an abridged lesson on the workings of it.( He just happens to have a machine shop of his own.)

You hit a home run there! A little hands-on assistance will go a long way, and when things aren't going right later he can show you how to make it right. He should show you how to grind tool steel for different cuts as well which is not hard once you grasp the basics.

Anyway, I do hope you get something accomplished this week.

OK, I'm trying. My wife says "very trying", but who listens to their wife?

 

[jbmatth]

As far as the Cat info I don't think it would be confidential as you can "tell" from the road most of what you said other than the thickness. Just so long as you don't give away any trade secrets you should be fine as far as my understanding goes. So how did you end up supporting it to replace that bulge? I have some ideas on what I would do but want to hear what worked.

As for the LED strip lights check out JohnnieMo's thread here. He talks about the ones he used on post 704 and 714. He was one of the people who raised his garage up and added a 2' skirt under it to allow him room for a lift, hope it doesn't bulge like the fat cat.

I have heard of Convoy and On the Road Again, as well as all of the Smokey and the Bandit songs, but will have to make some time to listed to the others you mentioned.

The wire raceways are really interesting, I didn't know where you were going with them at first but can now see the light at the end of the tunnel er uh wire.

Off to the races,
JB

P.S.
I still beat you installing your lift and I only had a 2 month head start.

 

[oldironfarmer]

As far as the Cat info I don't think it would be confidential as you can "tell" from the road most of what you said other than the thickness. Just so long as you don't give away any trade secrets you should be fine as far as my understanding goes. So how did you end up supporting it to replace that bulge? I have some ideas on what I would do but want to hear what worked.

JB

P.S.
I still beat you installing your lift and I only had a 2 month head start.

I was more concerned about you being perceived as divulging information. I am old history now, and have no agreements in place with any company.

We welded 12" beams vertically with about a six inch standoff from the vessel. Then had sheets rolled two feet high by four feet wide to match the vessel radius. Cut out between reinforcing beam centerlines every other panel. Fitted and welded panels back in leaving the long seams for later. Then cut out the other panels and fit and welded the remaining panels and welded the long seams from the inside. After scarfing off the reinforcement, backgouged from the outside and finished the long seams from the outside. Never had more than two or three panels out at a time because one fitup crew did each one.

Fun stuff.

 

[sublime68charger]

great work on the wiring and thanks for answering my tractor question's.

I have drove a M and a H a few times and.

My briefing was there's slow gear, super slow gear, just slower than slow. Reverse for backing up. then there's Yeeeee HAW for when you get out on the road!!

My uncle was partial to John Deere's. that was his briefing on M's and H's when I was going to the neighbors farm to make a few bucks throwing Hay bales around in the hay mow!

also my local radio station does Classic Country on Sunday afternoons them are the best times to work on my garage with the Classic Country playing on the radio!

regards

Sublime!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, being an electrical type person I am watching your installation with intrigue..

Firstly we done often see surface wiring like that at all out this neck of the woods.

Your approach the surface wiring in making it a feature point is refreshing an different to what I have ever seen before.

I am amazed at the electrical gear you guys use its just so different than what we have in Australia..
. Solid conductors, we have not used them for years out here. They must be a PIA to terminate.
. Bare and solid earth conductors.
. Bare Bus bars in your switchboards, now that's scary stuff.
All our switchboards are insulated to a point where you can't make inadvertent contact with a live part.
. I have seen you guys use a lot of aluminium conductors for mains and the like, ours are for the most part all copper. Aluminium is only generally used in High Voltage( 11 kv and up) installations.

Keep on keeping on and have a great evening..

 

[Finallygotit]

All our switchboards are insulated to a point where you can't make inadvertent contact with a live part.

Where's the fun in that?!?!?! I don't feel I have accomplished a thing unless I get zapped at least once.

 

[oldironfarmer]

great work on the wiring and thanks for answering my tractor question's.

I have drove a M and a H a few times and.

I've got eleven M's and five H's, I like them both very much

My briefing was there's slow gear, super slow gear, just slower than slow. Reverse for backing up. then there's Yeeeee HAW for when you get out on the road!!

Road gear, it's called. And with large tires you can approach 25 mph which is tooooo fast for the brakes but it sure is exciting

My uncle was partial to John Deere's. that was his briefing on M's and H's when I was going to the neighbors farm to make a few bucks throwing Hay bales around in the hay mow!

also my local radio station does Classic Country on Sunday afternoons them are the best times to work on my garage with the Classic Country playing on the radio!

regards

Sublime!

We have a station in Tulsa which only plays old Country. It works for me. Thanks for your comments!

Andy, being an electrical type person I am watching your installation with intrigue..

Hesitant intrigue? We now know you are a recognized expert

Firstly we don't often see surface wiring like that at all out this neck of the woods.

You don't see it around here either Except in my shop

Your approach the surface wiring in making it a feature point is refreshing an different to what I have ever seen before.

Thank you! It works for me, and I've seen lots of buildings (garages, pole barns) without sheetrock with wire in varying degrees of exposure.

I am amazed at the electrical gear you guys use its just so different than what we have in Australia..
. Solid conductors, we have not used them for years out here. They must be a PIA to terminate.

You use stranded I suppose. How do you terminate them? Doesn't stranded use a little more copper for the same ampacity? We go to stranded at 8 ga and larger.

. Bare and solid earth conductors.

If it's bare it can cause a fault if there is a hot wire insulation failure (I'm no expert and have never even heard of ring mains)

. Bare Bus bars in your switchboards, now that's scary stuff.
All our switchboards are insulated to a point where you can't make inadvertent contact with a live part.

Of course our 220 v is really only phase to phase so it's just about half of your voltage, isn't it?

. I have seen you guys use a lot of aluminium conductors for mains and the like, ours are for the most part all copper. Aluminium is only generally used in High Voltage( 11 kv and up) installations.

We never ever use aluminium. However overhead conductors for service mains at 220 v (ok 230 v) are routinely aluminum. We get good reliable service with the right screw compression connectors but they do corrode making them difficult to remove on occasion. Lot's more money in copper. You probably know we went to AL in home wiring in the seventies (I think) but that was a disaster however there are probably some still in service.

Keep on keeping on and have a great evening..

Thank you so much for your thoughtful post. You skills are showing

Where's the fun in that?!?!?! I don't feel I have accomplished a thing unless I get zapped at least once.

Some of us are high resistance. I had a friend who would stick his finger in a light socket to see if it was working. Said 220 would buzz him, but his dad routinely grabbed 220 to see if it was live. Said his grandfather could not feel 110, would wet his finger to check 110. Some people claim 12 v will shock you but I can't feel it dry. I can sure feel a 40 v welding current with wet gloves.

 

[oldironfarmer]

More wiring today. From the front door to the breaker box takes 100 ft of wire. Here the wire is set up to go through a two wheeler handle to make it pull low off the coil. I've run one wire all the way to the door and put clamps on the race way. This is the second wire and am going to try to pull it through 60 ft of clamps and the hole in the foundry room door.

Fifteen feet done

To the door

Yes, I got the raceway a little crooked. I expect it to be that way for many years.

Here's the coil after the wire was pulled all the way. if you've ever had a coil of wire swarm on you you'll know why I included this picture.

Only two more wires to pull to the breaker box

And everybody is labeled.

Raceways are starting to fill up. The wires are yet to be straightened and clamps tightened. Wires will be evenly spaced as the clamps are tightened. There will also be a clamp close to each end.

Here's the corner of the foundry room where all the wires have to make a turn.

And the intersection from hell. All the circuits pass through here. There are two more to come on the upper race way. A little change of plan caused me to have a portion of raceway I don't need. It will stay.

I'm expecting to have the wiring a little straighter when the clamps are on, but where the sharp turns are it's not practical put the clamps on until the wire is run.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, the more I look at your wiring the more I like it.

Its a bit hard to actually pin point why but it has an old world charm about it, its neat, it has purpose and its well, just different....

You see some awfully untidy exposed wiring about but I think you have nailed it...

 

[Bob Heine]

I can sure feel a 40 v welding current with wet gloves.

Andy, I hear you. A little sweat in the old stump socket turns the actuating cable into a "surprisingly" good MIG or TIG conductor.

 

[Bob Heine]

In the mid-80s I stayed at a very old hotel near the New Forest in England. I believe it was the Ormonde House Hotel. The wiring in most of the rooms was hidden but there were a few surface-run wires in the dining room.

In the hallway near the reception desk there were so many surface-run wires it looked like a teaching aid for electricians (how many different gauge and wrapped wires can you fit on a stone wall). I was OK with the wiring until I realized none of it was 110v. I could sleep in your upgraded shed with no problem (I believe the back seat in that Blue Chevy sedan is quite comfortable).

 

[Vieux]

Good work on laying of electric wires.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, Apologies, I didn't answer your question before..

Stranded cables are fairly easily terminated, you simply twist them together and they are fitted firmly into the rear of the power outlet.

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With stranded cables you actually get more contact area in the terminal and don't come loose like a solid cable generally does as you fit it into its final location.

The rear of a double 10 amp power outlet..

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Regards.

 

[jask]

Andy, I hear you. A little sweat in the old stump socket turns the actuating cable into a "surprisingly" good MIG or TIG conductor.

Tell your Prosthetist to order you a Hosmer cable insulator : http://cascade-usadev.com/control-cable-insulator-4208.html They are available for regular or HD cable.

 

[bgarrett]

Some of us are high resistance. I had a friend who would stick his finger in a light socket to see if it was working. Said 220 would buzz him, but his dad routinely grabbed 220 to see if it was live. Said his grandfather could not feel 110, would wet his finger to check 110. Some people claim 12 v will shock you but I can't feel it dry. I can sure feel a 40 v welding current with wet gloves.

I saw a NEC book from 1904 or 1907 that discussed the 220V 'tongue test'!!!

 

[dlcwent]

Wiring 101. Years ago (at least 35) I had bought an old apartment house that had wiring that I had never come across before. It looked like this



I was told it was one of the safest ways to wire as the two strands could never touch and cause a fire. What do you guys think of that???? 1/2 cup?? Andy??? Anyone else?? I know it's not used anymore so there must be a reason.

 

[Finallygotit]

That method of wiring is called knob and tube.

It was OK back in the day when a house didn't have too many circuits. If one were to do that today (you can't) it would cost a fortune. Can you imagine what the area around the breaker box would look like??

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: your wiring method is growing on me and if i ever get a chance to use it without needing an inspection it might be doable. for now i'll have to stick with drilling through studs and putting wires in conduit. that NOB & TUBE is what was originally in my house and it's about 95% eliminated. not sure exactly why i took it all out cause maybe it was the pure pressure from clients and friends saying my outlets weren't grounded (or were they wrong?).

i have to say your wood backing, nice homemade oak clamps and handwritten names on each wire might become state of the art some day. it certainly has that vintage flavor that you and most of your stuff does so WELL DONE!!

when you see 1/2's service panel next to yours or even mine it almost looks like we really do live in a different generation. to go a step further i hear there are still rotary phones and maybe no electricity in Russia and some other parts of the world.

how are the COWS today??

 

[Bob Heine]

Tell your Prosthetist to order you a Hosmer cable insulator : http://cascade-usadev.com/control-cable-insulator-4208.html They are available for regular or HD cable.

Jask, thanks for that. I'll see about getting it done.

 

[Homebody]

Subscribed to read later - oh boy oh boy oh boy!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, just to demonstrate the difference in the switchgear we use out here. For the most part it is based around European DIN standards.

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One of the many projects i currently have on the go is a new main switchboard for the property. I was not able to find a suitable domestic switchboard that would cater for my needs and any thing industrial was to large to fit in the existing space i have without making some huge changes and being without power for a day or so whilst the change over was undertaken so the solution is to build my own.
Specs are;
100 amp 415 volt supply.
Manual change over switch for a gen set alternative supply
Surge and over voltage protection.
Safety switches (Residual Current Devices) to all circuits up to 20 amps (light and power only)
Off peak 2 rate metering.
The enclosure is made from CNC routed 3mm brushed aluminium which is still a work in progress.

Not a top picture but this is the switchboard in the shed..

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All the best with your wiring..

Thank you drives..

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, the more I look at your wiring the more I like it.

Its a bit hard to actually pin point why but it has an old world charm about it, its neat, it has purpose and its well, just different....

You see some awfully untidy exposed wiring about but I think you have nailed it...

Thank you I really like being able to trace any conductor down and keep myself abreast should I get the urge, and when they're in the open, it brings on my urges.

I look away and you guys keep my thread busy. Thanks to all!!

Andy, I hear you. A little sweat in the old stump socket turns the actuating cable into a "surprisingly" good MIG or TIG conductor.

Ouch! A buddy told me not to hold a high frequency TIG torch to your ear to listen for shielding gas, the arc will let you know why.

In the mid-80s I stayed at a very old hotel near the New Forest in England. I believe it was the Ormonde House Hotel. The wiring in most of the rooms was hidden but there were a few surface-run wires in the dining room.

In the hallway near the reception desk there were so many surface-run wires it looked like a teaching aid for electricians (how many different gauge and wrapped wires can you fit on a stone wall). I was OK with the wiring until I realized none of it was 110v. I could sleep in your upgraded shed with no problem (I believe the back seat in that Blue Chevy sedan is quite comfortable).

Key words "in the mid-80's... I believe it was" your old feeble mind has quite a recall (I'm not surprised)

I've not had her in the back seat of the Blue car, what are you telling me?

Good work on laying of electric wires.

Many thanks!

And thanks to all for stopping in!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, Apologies, I didn't answer your question before..

Stranded cables are fairly easily terminated, you simply twist them together and they are fitted firmly into the rear of the power outlet.

View media item 60878
With stranded cables you actually get more contact area in the terminal and don't come loose like a solid cable generally does as you fit it into its final location.

The rear of a double 10 amp power outlet..

View media item 42294
Regards.

Our different technology is interesting. Not one way right, not one way wrong, quite different approaches to solve the same problem.

My observations:

1 Our connections stay tight, and a solid wire wrapped half way around a screw gets some good contact

2 Your outlets look industrial or even nuclear service to me. They might cost a bit more than the ones I use, $0.49US each for a 15 amp outlet here. Granted industrial 20 amp outlets will cost $6-$8 however I only use the cheap ones and have not had to replace one yet.

No doubt the upside down stuff is excellent. It is also human trait to stay with what you know. Thanks for the input!

Tell your Prosthetist to order you a Hosmer cable insulator : http://cascade-usadev.com/control-cable-insulator-4208.html They are available for regular or HD cable.

Who'd a thunk?

I saw a NEC book from 1904 or 1907 that discussed the 220V 'tongue test'!!!

Never heard of it in a book!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Wiring 101. Years ago (at least 35) I had bought an old apartment house that had wiring that I had never come across before. It looked like this



I was told it was one of the safest ways to wire as the two strands could never touch and cause a fire. What do you guys think of that???? 1/2 cup?? Andy??? Anyone else?? I know it's not used anymore so there must be a reason.

Initially I've heard they ran bare wires on the surface, then through the walls relying on the wood to insulate. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems! I have a rent house with some with some knob and tube wiring in the floor joists (full basement). All of it out of service and in disarray - broken wire, broken knobs, I thought it was cute and went to cut out some of the wires and got buzzed! I was still live in 2010

That method of wiring is called knob and tube.

It was OK back in the day when a house didn't have too many circuits. If one were to do that today (you can't) it would cost a fortune. Can you imagine what the area around the breaker box would look like??

I have seen old houses with the knob and tube in service. They usually had a three or four fuses in a small box. And those are the fuse blocks old timers would use a penny in to bypass a blown fuse.

Andy: your wiring method is growing on me and if i ever get a chance to use it without needing an inspection it might be doable. for now i'll have to stick with drilling through studs and putting wires in conduit. that NOB & TUBE is what was originally in my house and it's about 95% eliminated. not sure exactly why i took it all out cause maybe it was the pure pressure from clients and friends saying my outlets weren't grounded (or were they wrong?).

i have to say your wood backing, nice homemade oak clamps and handwritten names on each wire might become state of the art some day. it certainly has that vintage flavor that you and most of your stuff does so WELL DONE!!

when you see 1/2's service panel next to yours or even mine it almost looks like we really do live in a different generation. to go a step further i hear there are still rotary phones and maybe no electricity in Russia and some other parts of the world.

how are the COWS today??

My house is still wired with the old asphalt covered Romex style wire. None of our outlets are grounded except where I've built on.

Glad you like the wiring system. I can't recommend it

My service panel needs tidying a bit. I'll try to get a shot of my well house service entrance.

The cows are fine today, but quietly planning their great revenge.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Jask, thanks for that. I'll see about getting it done.

Loving wife:"Now Bob, is this something you need, or just another gadget?"

Subscribed to read later - oh boy oh boy oh boy!!

Glad to have you visit anytime!

Andy, just to demonstrate the difference in the switchgear we use out here. For the most part it is based around European DIN standards.

View media item 27582
One of the many projects i currently have on the go is a new main switchboard for the property. I was not able to find a suitable domestic switchboard that would cater for my needs and any thing industrial was to large to fit in the existing space i have without making some huge changes and being without power for a day or so whilst the change over was undertaken so the solution is to build my own.
Specs are;
100 amp 415 volt supply.
Manual change over switch for a gen set alternative supply
Surge and over voltage protection.
Safety switches (Residual Current Devices) to all circuits up to 20 amps (light and power only)
Off peak 2 rate metering.
The enclosure is made from CNC routed 3mm brushed aluminium which is still a work in progress.

Not a top picture but this is the switchboard in the shed..

View media item 37412
All the best with your wiring..

Thank you drives..

Wow! Impressive work! That looks like a Programmable Controller cabinet from one of my projects at work. You never let up, do you? Not sure I can post any more pictures of my breaker box. I guess just for laughs. I regularly ask my wife "can't a guy be funny one time?" and her pat answer "apparently not!"

Very nice touch having GJ up on your monitor
(careful leaving your car key lying about)

 

[oldironfarmer]

No QST today

Fed the cows, fixed breakfast for DW, got a call "Do you want to buy my husband's old truck?"

Yes, I would

"When would you like to come over?"

This afternoon, I need to haul cattle

"Could you come this morning?"

Of course, will you take a check?

"Of course. I call him and get his **** up here"

Drove the show truck over and made the deal

A classic Binder!

And it's all there, flat head six, transmission, axle, just needs a little tidying up

Check out those headlight mounts!

It was a Cities Service truck. Might become a Skelly truck, but I spent my stint with Cities Service as well.

Look at that dash!

I asked him whether I could leave it at his place for a couple of months.

"No problem"

Went home, told my wife I was going to the shop, called my son in law and asked if he had time to go get a truck. "be there is ten minutes" What a guy!

Didn't load too easily, had to come home for a chain come a long. Too busy to take pictures

Son in law asked where do we put it? I decided next to the 48 Chevy 2T cabover.

Pulled it off the trailer with a Farmall M

Lined it up using the M

I am one happy guy. The seller and his son had planned to put the cab on a Ford van chassis. I told him last spring if he decided to sell it I was a buyer. His son told him yesterday thought he would sell it. Dad says it is not yours to sell! He's building a 41 International pickup street rod and wanted the money to finish that. I feel like it's Christmas morning and I'm ten years old

 

[Bob Heine]

Andy, what a wonderful project. Oil change, couple of new inner-tubes, headlights and some time with the buffer and you'll be on the road.

 

[jimreed2160]

Love your new truck, Andy. Just be sure to check those rear tires before you start on a trip.

 

[BUGTHUG]

OH YEAH! , just how lucky can one OIF get Nice old truck. The dash gauges look like the ones in my 49 Dodge Business coupe.
Still love the white C.O.E..

 

[madoc1]

nice! "it ran when i parked it." i don't think you even need to buff it out, just clear coat it. might check the oil too.

jim

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, good one..



I call it Patina..

" Barn Yard find "​

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: all I say is that it's really good to know you have a lot of Saturdays ahead of you when buying trucks in that condition. i know you'll probably have it driving down the road this time next year so hoping for the best. also just a warning you are running out of Saturdays for this week so make sure to plan ahead for next week.

cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, what a wonderful project. Oil change, couple of new inner-tubes, headlights and some time with the buffer and you'll be on the road.

I know my dreams are bigger than my ability to make them happen. But this truck was too much for me to pass up. I may never get around to it, but I refuse to give up dreaming

While I would like to get the old engine running, this would be a good truck for a modern International diesel engine.

Thanks for stopping in!

Love your new truck, Andy. Just be sure to check those rear tires before you start on a trip.

I thought all six tires were flat. The RF and RR outside stayed up for loading and unloading. LF went down during the three mile trip home. The other three are visible inside out. I commented to my Son In Law that I might be able to reuse the right rear tires. He took me seriously for a moment, not because he is foolish, but because he has seen me use unusable stuff

OH YEAH! , just how lucky can one OIF get Nice old truck. The dash gauges look like the ones in my 49 Dodge Business coupe.
Still love the white C.O.E..

Thanks! The dash gauges look like they might just be workable. The COE is first in line, then the 52 Ford 1-1/2 or the 48 Suburban, then the old International. Unless priorities change.

nice! "it ran when i parked it." i don't think you even need to buff it out, just clear coat it. might check the oil too.

jim

Yeah, when I pulled it forward after unloading it I asked my son in law to remove the highlift jack that was holding the clutch depressed, to see if the engine might possibly turn (it didn't). After I pulled it with him standing on the running board steering it (steering works) I asked him whether it had started. He replied it fired up but he couldn't keep it running. He usually just says something to try to catch me. And I'm so nice to him...

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, good one..



I call it Patina..

" Barn Yard find "​

Thank you, to me it has possibilities and I love the potential! Look at the clearance lights

Cool Art Deco

Thanks for stopping in!

ANDY: all I say is that it's really good to know you have a lot of Saturdays ahead of you when buying trucks in that condition. i know you'll probably have it driving down the road this time next year so hoping for the best. also just a warning you are running out of Saturdays for this week so make sure to plan ahead for next week.

cheers

I'd be very surprised if I can start on this truck within a year. You may have noticed I have a few other projects lying about.

I didn't need the reminder that I'm out of Saturdays. But, hey, I do get a new supply. Next week is still wiring, and hanging lights, I hope!

Thanks for commenting!

 

[don long]

I know my dreams are bigger than my ability to make them happen. But this truck was too much for me to pass up. I may never get around to it, but I refuse to give up dreaming

Boy Andy
Do we come from the same gene pool
I'd be wettin my pants to get a chance to load that old truck onto my trailer
But after it got home it would sit with my other 100 rusty projects hoping for some attention

Great grab there Andy.

I haven't forgotten about your spreader just keep forgin to bring er out of the garage for my wife to send out

mail I promise

Don

 

[oldironfarmer]

Had a friend stop by the other day. Front fender wrecked on his new Chevy pickup. Said they had ordered a fender. I asked for his old one so I could practice dent removal. He dropped it off today, so now I have something to work on in my spare time, and not have to be bored!

The chair is upside down because we've been having a bit of wind and there is just no reason to keep setting them up.

All the wires pulled today except the new service to the compressor and kilns (that will be one wire, I can turn off the compressor when I'm cooking mud. The pottery I make is from mud out of my creek)

A clamp tightened down to hold the wires in place

Got the rest of the wires run except switch to switch and to the lights

Now I get to prove I can straighten them and clamp them down where they will be presentable

Here's a start at spacing the wires

And I got the raceway installed up to the 12 ft ceiling

Getting close to hanging lights

Thanks for coming by guys!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Wow! I just noticed this thread has gone to 1,000 posts. And I'm not done cleaning my shop yet. Where does it all end?

I greatly appreciate all the visits and comments.

 

[madoc1]

I know my dreams are bigger than my ability to make them happen. But this truck was too much for me to pass up. I may never get around to it, but I refuse to give up dreaming

Boy Andy
Do we come from the same gene pool
I'd be wettin my pants to get a chance to load that old truck onto my trailer
But after it got home it would sit with my other 100 rusty projects hoping for some attention

Great grab there Andy.


i know exactly that feeling also. just today i found a datsun 620 pu on cl. not too bad of shape,for a fair (i think) price. it is a ways away and needs work, but i have wanted an early snall pu for long time. not sure i have the stamina that you and don have, but i figure i could peck at it a bit at a time. can't quit dreaming or it is over. jim