Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[jbmatth]

Nice looking Bug there Andy, if you aren't careful Herb (Bugthug) will come pick it up and drop off that Blackhawk floor jack. LOL I don't know what it is about the Bugs but I have a soft spot for them.
JB

 

[bolensboneyard]

Herb, a red dot in the yolk was a bonus but I refused to eat an egg that had a beak in it. Back in those days margarine was white and came in a plastic bag. The red dot in the middle of the bag had to be broken and kneaded until the margarine turned yellow. The dairy lobby wanted everyone to think "I can believe its not butter."

Grandma also had a "manual" toaster so it was rare to get a slice that wasn't black. Toast was served with the reminder that "Charcoal is good for you." My wife loves to use that quote when I serve one of my less than perfect meals (grilled cheese sandwich, dark side down).

Bob that's my wife's trick dark side down.

 

[BUGTHUG]

nice bug. If it was pre 67, I'd be yapping about it. It looks like it has a nice paint, just have to worry about the floors. Rust can ruin a good day.

 

[dchance]

Andy

Like the VW. How many say that they had one like it at one time? I had one but it was in worse shape and I let a guy at work talk me out of it ( didn't think I needed four vehicles). I really had fun driving it.

I can see with your shop that you really do need so many drill presses. Of course look at all that you get done, it helps to have them handy.

Dwight

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: ****** EGG is FRIED CHICKEN!! sounds English to me.

Burnt side is always down on bread and pancakes and whatever.

i still remember my dad buying his 1963 VW bug at the dealership and sticker was $1,800. even though i was only 7 at the time i was pretty good with #'s. i used to sit on Dad's lap and drive and he'd let me shift. he let me drive it around the city neighborhoods in our area when I was 12 by myself. good to get started driving a clutch and manual cause i can drive just about anything with a little instruction.

as great as VW bugs were/are the engines and heating systems were ****. i think my dad might have had 3 engine changes on his VW bug before giving it to my little sister when she graduated from high school.

my first car was 1963 mercury comet in 1971 that was my aunt's and it had 20,000 miles on it and i handed her $500 cash which was her asking price. now that little Mercury could fly with it's little 283.

ok here i go back to the WEDDING and thanks for taking me down a trip down memory lane with all your cool stuff and friend's posts.

cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

Done well Andy, you are the man..

And a hearty 1/2 thank you!

Aarghh!!!! I hate that!

No, nothing that you've done Andy, - I was just putting the finishing touches on a comment...
...when it just disappeared.



Nice bug Andy.


I might post the other stuff I'd written later if I have time - and if it doesn't completely slip my mind (the older I get, the more slippery my mind gets ).


.

Thanks for stopping by. Tag, you're it!!

Nice looking Bug there Andy, if you aren't careful Herb (Bugthug) will come pick it up and drop off that Blackhawk floor jack. LOL I don't know what it is about the Bugs but I have a soft spot for them.
JB

I can't believe they quit making them. What a run!

I remember crawling into the package space behind the back seat, as a child, and almost getting stuck. Tight spot. It makes me claustrophobic thinking about it even now. As long as he picks up teh Bug with the jack and drops off the jack, I'm good.

Bob that's my wife's trick dark side down.

I'm NOT your wife!

nice bug. If it was pre 67, I'd be yapping about it. It looks like it has a nice paint, just have to worry about the floors. Rust can ruin a good day.

Floors have been replaced. I guess that's good. Top of shock towers in front have been replaced. Not very pretty but look solid.

Just as I took the picture on the trailer a Tulsa City truck stopped and admired the VW. I told him we were exterminators just hauling off big bugs. I don't think he was impressed but I thought it was pretty clever.

Andy

Like the VW. How many say that they had one like it at one time? I had one but it was in worse shape and I let a guy at work talk me out of it ( didn't think I needed four vehicles). I really had fun driving it.

I can see with your shop that you really do need so many drill presses. Of course look at all that you get done, it helps to have them handy.

Dwight

I had one. When we moved from college we sold our trailer house. Took a high mileage Beetle in on trade. Towed it to Tennessee and my wife drove while we were there. One day we were out for a Sunday drive and it quit while rolling down the road. After a little head scratching I somehow noticed the distributor had worked it's way out of the block a little. Had no tools whatsoever, but the problem was the rotor bug was now too low to contact the center terminal. Got a gum wrapper out of my wife's purse and wadded a little up under the bug. That raised it enough it started right up. Being me we went ahead with our Sunday drive and I fixed it a few days later. It was worn out all over. We left it there when we came back in '72.

ANDY: ****** EGG is FRIED CHICKEN!! sounds English to me.

Burnt side is always down on bread and pancakes and whatever.

i still remember my dad buying his 1963 VW bug at the dealership and sticker was $1,800. even though i was only 7 at the time i was pretty good with #'s. i used to sit on Dad's lap and drive and he'd let me shift. he let me drive it around the city neighborhoods in our area when I was 12 by myself. good to get started driving a clutch and manual cause i can drive just about anything with a little instruction.

as great as VW bugs were/are the engines and heating systems were ****. i think my dad might have had 3 engine changes on his VW bug before giving it to my little sister when she graduated from high school.

my first car was 1963 mercury comet in 1971 that was my aunt's and it had 20,000 miles on it and i handed her $500 cash which was her asking price. now that little Mercury could fly with it's little 283.

ok here i go back to the WEDDING and thanks for taking me down a trip down memory lane with all your cool stuff and friend's posts.

cheers

Thanks for stopping in! But watch your language, Bl**dy is a little risque for some.

Sometimes I live dangerously and serve mine burnt side up. If it's not too burnt!

My dad bought probably a 59 Bug. We moved to California from Georgia and my mom complained at every stop that she could hardly keep up in the VW behind my dad in the 58 Oldsmobile Super 88. Little sister had been riding with mom, then we switched and my big brother rode with her. He was 12. When they got on the highway he finally said "MOM! Shift!!" She thought it was a three speed. She was really happy with the car after catching another gear.

I learned to drive in our 63 Beetle, and when you can clutch a Beetle smoothly you've got it. my 50 Chevy was a piece of cake after the Bug. Like TIG after gas welding.

I'm thinking your 63 Comet must have had either a 260 or 289. Both nice engines.

Thanks again for stopping in everybody. I spent most of the day with a Trust Attorney. She was a hoot, we had a good time and talked about my dying. She was laughing at me, and I told her its not good to laugh at potential clients. She said "you're very funny and I like to laugh. I've got plenty of other clients if you don't like it". My kind of girl, we'll get along fine.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Only had about an hour in the shop today. But I got more cleaned up in the planer room.

I've got two spare table saws in that room. This one was Bill Woodson's. A very good friend. He's been gone for years.

And this was from the father of an elderly friend.

She also sold me his Craftsman tool box and tools, old flat ratchet.

Maybe I'll take some pictures!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, great job on the clean up now you have set the bar to a new level.

Table saws multiple table saws, unreal and well done.

Regards

 

[jbmatth]

I am very impressed that you are now actually cleaning up your shop, it only took 79 pages for the thread title to hold true. LOL
JB

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, great job on the clean up now you have set the bar to a new level.

Table saws multiple table saws, unreal and well done.

Regards

Well, I have used all three table saws: ripping on one, crosscut sled on another, and the dado head on the third. Great setup for making shelving.

And, what do you do with old table saws? It seems everyone have the new little portable ones and the old Craftsman saws have little value. Plus they have a little sentimental value from their origins. And maybe I have a tinge of hoarder in me.

I am very impressed that you are now actually cleaning up your shop, it only took 79 pages for the thread title to hold true. LOL
JB

I put it off as long as I could

The addition is so close to being finished it would be so out of character for me to finish it up completely before moving on to something else.

Thanks for the visits, guys!

 

[G20-Budo]

OldIronFarmer,

I can't believe I'm only just now finding your thread.
This is really an amazing thread. I'll admit I'm only about 21 pages in. I found the thread last night around 10pm, next think I knew it was past midnight and I'd only gotten to page 20. Though I'm about 1/4 of the way through your thread, I wanted to take a minute to make a few comments:

I'm really impressed with the progress you made in only a two months (at the point I stopped reading last night and went bed).
The broom makers needles you make are pretty cool!
The restoration of kids play house was really nice to see. I'm sure the next generation of grand kids will love it.
Also thank you for sharing the pics of the trip to Stone Mountain, I haven't been there in 15+ years.. took me back.
I realize it's a bit late, but I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your mother.
Seeing you build out the side of your shop has been very interesting (and educational for me), as I've never done something like that (city guy and all).

I too seem to be related to you (and so many others....) that I tend to hold on to stuff longer than I should. Though I'm getting better. I too am putting in a shed (we live in town, so nothing nearly as big as what you're doing). It's 12x8' (which for me will be plenty). My issue is, while trying to work on one project, I'm tripping over other projects in the garage. I just don't have any storage space (other than the garage) to store supplies. I use one of the bays in my 3 car garage as a home workshop of sorts. The lack of working space is soon to change for me.


I'll continue on with the thread and reply back once I've finished it.. thank you again for sharing your project, and in a big way sharing part of your life with us.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: I don't know why i kept saying my 1962 Mercury comet had a 283, but pretty sure it was a 260 after doing a little research. my 1959 chevy that i probably only owned for a few months in my early 20's had a 283. my 1967 Mustang fastback had a 289 bored to a 302 before i stepped up and bought a 1970 Mach 1 with a 428 cobra jet. at least in those days and those cars i didn't mind working on them as much. when i started buying new cars in starting 1985 to sell real estate in i bet i didn't even change oil for 20 years. other than helping the kids with their cars (or showing them how) and changing a few snow tires I had a few friends that would take care of my cars and they needed the cash so it was sort of a win win. i wish i was half or even a 1/4 as handy as you are.

anyway enough about me and just saying you were correct in my 1963's engine size and did you own one of those too? here's a few pictures i found of one that's for sale and the dash looks almost exactly like mine did since my aunt never drove it and bought a new car every 10 years. 20,000 miles was about average for her cars and i got to buy this one for what the dealer offered her and she called me up 10 years later to ask if i wanted to buy here 1973 Coronet for $1500 with 25,000 miles on it and that car had a 318 in it and went 120 mph up hills.

i love your multy drill press, table saw set ups with different bits and blades for several jobs. do you have grinders and buffers set up with different wheels too?

i picked up a nice old Craftsman saw like you own that has 1 HP motor that i'm hoping to build a bench to install it in with casters cause i'm really limited on space here currently. just curious what size blades you run in your old craftsman table saws. one member says he's running 10 inch blades in his and the member i bought this saw from that didn't use it much thought it maxed out at 8 inch. any thoughts?

have a great day and if all our tenants were as good (so far and hopefully forever) as 1/2's tenants are we'd all consider more rental homes wouldn't we!!

 

[Grumblebum]

This looks like a nice spot to setup the Walmart hardware nut and bolt collection??

GB.

 

[Guster]

Like I tell my wife - it is not hoarding if I actually use it!

Shop looks nice getting cleaner. I don’t see any dust collection in the wood shop Andy. Looks like a good time to plumb in a cyclonic collector and some collection lines and save you some future clean up. Though I guess you won’t need so many brooms which defeats the point I guess.

Regarding the carbonisation process, I always preferred one of these –

(Sorry about the large picture but the forum bbcodes don't implement the resize feature it seems)
So much easier to get the toast blackened equally on both sides.

 

[oldironfarmer]

OldIronFarmer,

I can't believe I'm only just now finding your thread.

I can't believe it either! How could you find it? Well, I'm glad you did, now there are three of us.

This is really an amazing thread. I'll admit I'm only about 21 pages in. I found the thread last night around 10pm, next think I knew it was past midnight and I'd only gotten to page 20. Though I'm about 1/4 of the way through your thread, I wanted to take a minute to make a few comments:

I'm honored that you are willing to slog through it. I wish I could tell you how it turns out to save you some time, but I don't know how it finishes. Maybe it will finish soon when I get banned. Let's have a race!! I'll see if i can post more drivel than you can read

I'm really impressed with the progress you made in only a two months (at the point I stopped reading last night and went bed).
The broom makers needles you make are pretty cool!
The restoration of kids play house was really nice to see. I'm sure the next generation of grand kids will love it.
Also thank you for sharing the pics of the trip to Stone Mountain, I haven't been there in 15+ years.. took me back.
I realize it's a bit late, but I'm sorry to hear of the passing of your mother.

Thanks for the condolences regarding my mom. At almost 95 she was ready to go herself, and still missed my dad terribly. It made it easier for us kids to know she is at peace with God.

Seeing you build out the side of your shop has been very interesting (and educational for me), as I've never done something like that (city guy and all).

Yeah, I learned a lot too! It was HOT and I was antsy to get things weathered in for fall rains. They didn't come but still helped keep me moving.

I too seem to be related to you (and so many others....) that I tend to hold on to stuff longer than I should. Though I'm getting better. I too am putting in a shed (we live in town, so nothing nearly as big as what you're doing). It's 12x8' (which for me will be plenty). My issue is, while trying to work on one project, I'm tripping over other projects in the garage. I just don't have any storage space (other than the garage) to store supplies. I use one of the bays in my 3 car garage as a home workshop of sorts. The lack of working space is soon to change for me.

One always needs to have multiple projects going to avoid the dreaded boredom We might be related, is Bob your brother too?

I'll continue on with the thread and reply back once I've finished it.. thank you again for sharing your project, and in a big way sharing part of your life with us.

Bread crumb. At least comment when you find a bread crumb. When you get here we might have another page.

Andy: I don't know why i kept saying my 1962 Mercury comet had a 283, but pretty sure it was a 260 after doing a little research. my 1959 chevy that i probably only owned for a few months in my early 20's had a 283. my 1967 Mustang fastback had a 289 bored to a 302 before i stepped up and bought a 1970 Mach 1 with a 428 cobra jet. at least in those days and those cars i didn't mind working on them as much. when i started buying new cars in starting 1985 to sell real estate in i bet i didn't even change oil for 20 years. other than helping the kids with their cars (or showing them how) and changing a few snow tires I had a few friends that would take care of my cars and they needed the cash so it was sort of a win win. i wish i was half or even a 1/4 as handy as you are.

Thanks for the comments! Remember being 1/2 handy puts you far ahead of me!

anyway enough about me and just saying you were correct in my 1963's engine size and did you own one of those too? here's a few pictures i found of one that's for sale and the dash looks almost exactly like mine did since my aunt never drove it and bought a new car every 10 years. 20,000 miles was about average for her cars and i got to buy this one for what the dealer offered her and she called me up 10 years later to ask if i wanted to buy here 1973 Coronet for $1500 with 25,000 miles on it and that car had a 318 in it and went 120 mph up hills.

No, I never had one, just a lucky guesser... Now that Coronet was a good deal!

i love your multy drill press, table saw set ups with different bits and blades for several jobs. do you have grinders and buffers set up with different wheels too?

No...

OK, maybe...

The green wheel is for carbide. And you've seen my buffer.

I also have my right angle grinders with grinding wheel, one with wire brush, one with cutoff wheel.

I picked up a nice old Craftsman saw like you own that has 1 HP motor that I'm hoping to build a bench to install it in with casters causeIi'm really limited on space here currently. just curious what size blades you run in your old craftsman table saws. one member says he's running 10 inch blades in his and the member i bought this saw from that didn't use it much thought it maxed out at 8 inch. any thoughts?

Looks like Bill Woodson's saw. Craftsman made 8", 9", and 10" saws IIRC. If you have a 10" blade just try to slip it in. It may be a 9" so don't settle for an 8" blade if it will handle a 9".

have a great day and if all our tenants were as good (so far and hopefully forever) as 1/2's tenants are we'd all consider more rental homes wouldn't we!!

I would be unhappy with 1/2's tenants, my rental management company would take a beating on re-leasing the houses and I want them to do good, too.

This looks like a nice spot to setup the Walmart hardware nut and bolt collection??

GB.

No, I don't think so. I'll try to photoshop some in.

Well, they look better than I thought they would, maybe I'll just try that. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Like I tell my wife - it is not hoarding if I actually use it!

It's not hoarding if you intend to use it!!

Shop looks nice getting cleaner. I don’t see any dust collection in the wood shop Andy. Looks like a good time to plumb in a cyclonic collector and some collection lines and save you some future clean up. Though I guess you won’t need so many brooms which defeats the point I guess.

I have a dust collector, and all the pipe to make a collection system. But I forgot to put everything together. Part of my cleanup is intended to include finishing things like that as I go along. Including boxing in windows and door frames. It should save my buying more brooms

Regarding the carbonisation process, I always preferred one of these –

(Sorry about the large picture but the forum bbcodes don't implement the resize feature it seems)
So much easier to get the toast blackened equally on both sides.

I haven't seen a four door one, just the coupes. That's pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping in, guys. I've got visitors coming tomorrow so not much shed time, but I am supposed to make the lady a broom-while-you-watch.

 

[Guster]

I forgot to add that all four 'toast' holders are linked so they all turn around together on the one we had. They had a gauze cover over the elements which many people removed to increase the efficiency and ease of electrocution.

Unfortunately I cannot find the version my rich school friends had that mechanically flips or tumbles the toast holder on a timer. It was almost fun to eat brunt toast using that one. My kids also loved the conveyor toasters that have at hotels. At least until my son changed his mind, tried to retrieve a piece of bread and got his shirt sleeve stuck in the conveyor sprockets! Moments like those I recall my mums favourite threat(curse) - "one day, you'll have children just like yourself"

 

[slimpickins]

Guster, That 4 slicer is a gem! Never seen one of those! Do you remember the 4 slice camping toasters for a fire or propane stove? The one I remember is like this, rust and all!

but we also had the folding kind too!

Andy,
a few pages back you said that the problem with organizing is when you go looking in the old spot for something and can't remember where you moved (organized) it too! I've had that experience more than once even in my small shop already!

Great score on the bug! You say it needs some TLC? The outside looks pretty good although maybe its hard to see in the pics!

Your shop is looking better every time I visit here!
Your addition/extension on the side of your shop has given me the idea that something like that might work for me, because whenever I think about trying to finish my pole building, I just don't know where I'm going to put everything!!!

Thanks for all the "inspirational" work and photos!!

Cheers!

 

[Lyndon]

Andy

Your reminisces about toast take me back to my grandmother's kitchen in rural Yass. She had wood fired oven, and it was always (emphasing ALWAYS) on. And when we would get up of a morning (when we stayed there) the way to do toast was to get a 3 prong fork, spear the bread, and open the door to the fire. 2 minutes on one side, turn the bread around and hey presto - you had toast - done to your own liking!. A quick overloading of butter, then a massive layer of Vegemite. And whacko the didlio - you're done for breakfast!

Now go google some of that!

Lyndon
Yes, I am looking!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy

Your reminisces about toast take me back to my grandmother's kitchen in rural Yass. She had wood fired oven, and it was always (emphasing ALWAYS) on. And when we would get up of a morning (when we stayed there) the way to do toast was to get a 3 prong fork, spear the bread, and open the door to the fire. 2 minutes on one side, turn the bread around and hey presto - you had toast - done to your own liking!. A quick overloading of butter, then a massive layer of Vegemite. And whacko the didlio - you're done for breakfast!

Now go google some of that!

Lyndon
Yes, I am looking!

Lyndon, now you are bring back some memories of my childhood.

Only ours was dripping on toast( chicken fat ) mmmmmm and my Nan was as thin as a bean pole..

Awesome.

 

[Terrick down Under]

Ahh, yes I remember the coat hanger toaster fork, open fire and cans of cheese and vegemite.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy chicken fat dripping aside I am going to get serious now - show me your block grinders and I will show mine...



Work in progress

 

[oldironfarmer]

I forgot to add that all four 'toast' holders are linked so they all turn around together on the one we had. They had a gauze cover over the elements which many people removed to increase the efficiency and ease of electrocution.

Unfortunately I cannot find the version my rich school friends had that mechanically flips or tumbles the toast holder on a timer. It was almost fun to eat brunt toast using that one. My kids also loved the conveyor toasters that have at hotels. At least until my son changed his mind, tried to retrieve a piece of bread and got his shirt sleeve stuck in the conveyor sprockets! Moments like those I recall my mums favourite threat(curse) - "one day, you'll have children just like yourself"

Cool toasters! Simultaneous turning!! Automatic turning!!!

Children like yourselves - We call that "paying for your raising".

Guster, That 4 slicer is a gem! Never seen one of those! Do you remember the 4 slice camping toasters for a fire or propane stove? The one I remember is like this, rust and all!

but we also had the folding kind too!

Andy,
a few pages back you said that the problem with organizing is when you go looking in the old spot for something and can't remember where you moved (organized) it too! I've had that experience more than once even in my small shop already!

Great score on the bug! You say it needs some TLC? The outside looks pretty good although maybe its hard to see in the pics!

Your shop is looking better every time I visit here!
Your addition/extension on the side of your shop has given me the idea that something like that might work for me, because whenever I think about trying to finish my pole building, I just don't know where I'm going to put everything!!!

Thanks for all the "inspirational" work and photos!!

Cheers!

Thank you for your kind comments! Lots of small things on the Bug, grandson can fix them or drive it, but knowing him he'll flip it

Andy

Your reminisces about toast take me back to my grandmother's kitchen in rural Yass. She had wood fired oven, and it was always (emphasing ALWAYS) on. And when we would get up of a morning (when we stayed there) the way to do toast was to get a 3 prong fork, spear the bread, and open the door to the fire. 2 minutes on one side, turn the bread around and hey presto - you had toast - done to your own liking!. A quick overloading of butter, then a massive layer of Vegemite. And whacko the didlio - you're done for breakfast!

Now go google some of that!

Lyndon
Yes, I am looking!

I feel so inadequate. I think I have never had vegemite!

Lyndon, now you are bring back some memories of my childhood.

Only ours was dripping on toast( chicken fat ) mmmmmm and my Nan was as thin as a bean pole..

Awesome.

Old memories of wood stoves flood my mind!!

Ahh, yes I remember the coat hanger toaster fork, open fire and cans of cheese and vegemite.

Andy chicken fat dripping aside I am going to get serious now - show me your block grinders and I will show mine...



Work in progress

We'll both be banned...

 

[oldironfarmer]

In preparation for my visitors today I cleaned a lot of junk out of the broom room. I can actually move around now!!

I received a shipment of broom corn and handles last week. It is stowed, but I sure need shelving along the far wall.

Made the lady a broom then made three more for stock.

The gentleman is a gear head and told me I had too many end wrenches


Before they left they declared me the winner in the "he who dies with the most toys" category. While they meant well, I told them I was just not ready to submit my entry

 

[BBChevro]

In preparation for my visitors today I cleaned a lot of junk out of the broom room. I can actually move around now!!

The broom room is looking mighty fine Andy.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, I have to tip my hat to you. The broom room looks fantastic..

Regards

 

[oldironfarmer]

The broom room is looking mighty fine Andy.

Andy, I have to tip my hat to you. The broom room looks fantastic..

Regards

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

What is not apparent is that baseboards were never finished. I was making them out of leftover knotty pine flooring. And I'm sure you've noticed the windows are not boxed in, just rough framed. So part of cleaning up is finishing construction so I am excited about getting just a few things finished up so I can occasionally see something complete (even if not dusted) around the shop. Next in the broom room after trim is storage along the wall.

Good times for sure for me.

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: i can see the BROOM ROOM as being very calming especially with all that you have going on. i love the wood floors and maybe a few old wood signs up on the walls after you put in your shelving or not that is your choice. it's got to be nice being to look at open floor space and your stuff somewhat organized?

I think you mentioned a while back that you are building another POLE BUILDING and is that close to this building or on another portion of your 160 acres or were you talking about a friend's or your son in law's place?

do you still go to Zumba class weekly? that class must be a lot of fun with you and all your commentary going on before and after and maybe during class.

keep up the great progress everywhere in your shop and life and love the last paragraph in your last post. i'm not ready to submit an entry to see if i win "THE MAN WITH THE MOST TOYS AWARD".

I think we all have a bit more life ahead of us yet and when our day comes so be it.

cheers

 

[Rex_A_Lott]

In honor of your show truck, here are a couple of pics of my old jalopy. Around here they were called "peach flats". Common in the 40's and 50's to haul peaches out of the orchard, in wooden 1 bushel boxes. Thought you could appreciate the farmer's way of using the cheapest thing at hand.
Broom room looking good! I see you have a couple of ladder back chairs. I have been reading lately about how these were made the old way, by hand. Book by Roy Underhill, maybe you have heard of him.
Funny thing about the toasters. We never had one, Mama made toast in the frying pan, so I thought it was cool when we went to MawMaws and I could make toast in the toaster. All my cousins would beg my Mama to make them toast in the pan.
Not sure why this blasted phone loaded the pictures sideways, or how to fix it.Sorry.
Enjoying the updates.

 

[Terrick down Under]

RAL, now that is what I call be u ti ful! Have you got nay more pics?

 

[madison069]

My dad bought probably a 59 Bug. We moved to California from Georgia and my mom complained at every stop that she could hardly keep up in the VW behind my dad in the 58 Oldsmobile Super 88. Little sister had been riding with mom, then we switched and my big brother rode with her. He was 12. When they got on the highway he finally said "MOM! Shift!!" She thought it was a three speed. She was really happy with the car after catching another gear.

That little engine was pretty happy that she found that forth gear also,

Me and a buddy used to build beach buggy out of ratty VW bugs. We found the body cheap and got the car for the frame and motor cheap also. After working on it for a few months we seem to always got an offer we couldn't refuse after driving it for a month and we would start all over again.

 

[jblnut]

Well I've been working my way through your thread for the last week or so and every morning I log in and there's another page. I had to amp up my game from a couple pages a day to 10 or I figured I'd never get to the end !!

I'm sure it was back there somewhere but how many hours does Bob have on the clock ?? I've got a 763 named Edwin and enjoy working on it (more than a papercut but less than smelling a fresh apple pie) in the tight and awkward corners that seem to occupy most of the innards of belly of the beast.

I have really enjoyed reading through ALL of it and will be following along.

 

[oldironfarmer]

ANDY: i can see the BROOM ROOM as being very calming especially with all that you have going on. i love the wood floors and maybe a few old wood signs up on the walls after you put in your shelving or not that is your choice. it's got to be nice being to look at open floor space and your stuff somewhat organized?

Glad you like the wood floors. I went to a sawmill in SE Oklahoma to get the wood. No cheaper than oak but traditional. I shellacked it twice and am now wearing paths through the finish and want to get a worn path so the room looks older than it is. Like me. I plan to line the walls with brooms and other stuff I've made (for storage) and a few antiques I have no other place to put, like my draw knife collection.

I must say, I enjoy making brooms alone, listening to old country music, striving for speed but not breaking my neck. I have windows to enjoy the view and let in lots of natural light. It's the one room that was planned to be more than a box to work in and it came out OK

I think you mentioned a while back that you are building another POLE BUILDING and is that close to this building or on another portion of your 160 acres or were you talking about a friend's or your son in law's place?

No, and no. I've built several pole barns but I hired this one. It is on a lot in my development and I agreed to build a pole barn house as part of the lot sale. Lest someone ask, in 2002 I bought 160 acres and split it up into 31 platted lots from 3 acres to 10 acres, put in a road and utilities. I think I've sold all the lots, but have yet to close on three of them. I wasn't supposed to have had to manage the construction but got a lot deeper into it than planned. Everybody tries their best but some folks best is not quite good enough.

do you still go to Zumba class weekly? that class must be a lot of fun with you and all your commentary going on before and after and maybe during class.

Zumba is on hiatus as our teacher had major female surgery. She expect to be back in May. In the interim we are doing Tai Chi. It's not challenging but is interesting. I need to get back up to speed with my weights but have been hitting taxes pretty hard every morning when my mind if fresh.

keep up the great progress everywhere in your shop and life and love the last paragraph in your last post. i'm not ready to submit an entry to see if i win "THE MAN WITH THE MOST TOYS AWARD".

Fun to mention but we never compare ourselves to others, there are always those who put you to shame. I only compare myself to my goals and that is bad enough but at least I have a fighting chance of making my goals. I keep the bar low.

I think we all have a bit more life ahead of us yet and when our day comes so be it.

cheers

I hope I'm expanding, learning, and starting new things on my last day.

Old quote:

"I want to go like grandpa, peacefully in my sleep, not like his screaming passengers"

In honor of your show truck, here are a couple of pics of my old jalopy. Around here they were called "peach flats". Common in the 40's and 50's to haul peaches out of the orchard, in wooden 1 bushel boxes. Thought you could appreciate the farmer's way of using the cheapest thing at hand.

Cool peach flats. But fenders and windshields? Such unnecessary excess!! Remember the Show Truck is insured and tagged.

Broom room looking good! I see you have a couple of ladder back chairs. I have been reading lately about how these were made the old way, by hand. Book by Roy Underhill, maybe you have heard of him.

Never heard of Roy Underhill I've got all "The Woodwright's Shop" books. My shaving horse is his design. Traditional ladder back chairs specifically have knob ends on dry rungs popped into spherical holes in green posts so the posts dry and shrink tight onto the rungs. My chairs were bought soon after college graduation in 1971 from Sears to go with my grandfather's round oak pedestal table. I wanted cheap chairs my wife could not complain that I ruined by leaning back in them. I think the chairs were made in Appalachia. They have poplar posts and oak rungs, traditional design. I ate many meals balanced on the two back legs. They are still all four tight. About ten years ago my wife wanted new chairs so I was able to retain my old chairs for the shop. I usually take one or two with my broom machine so I have something to rest on. The seats need re-caning which I will do in my spare time. Had one last summer at the Fairview Tractor Show. Right behind the Show Truck fuel tank with my water jug sitting on it. Since this is a museum I have to keep my old stuff separated from their old stuff.

Funny thing about the toasters. We never had one, Mama made toast in the frying pan, so I thought it was cool when we went to MawMaws and I could make toast in the toaster. All my cousins would beg my Mama to make them toast in the pan.
Not sure why this blasted phone loaded the pictures sideways, or how to fix it.Sorry.
Enjoying the updates.

I toast you for the memories!

RAL, now that is what I call be u ti ful! Have you got nay more pics?

Ditto! Pictures!!

That little engine was pretty happy that she found that forth gear also,

I think he got pretty wound up about it.

Me and a buddy used to build beach buggy out of ratty VW bugs. We found the body cheap and got the car for the frame and motor cheap also. After working on it for a few months we seem to always got an offer we couldn't refuse after driving it for a month and we would start all over again.

Super cool I'm just too young for that! Never had a dune buggy, I was busy working

Well I've been working my way through your thread for the last week or so and every morning I log in and there's another page. I had to amp up my game from a couple pages a day to 10 or I figured I'd never get to the end !!

I'm honored you're staying with it after you figured out I was hopeless.

I'm sure it was back there somewhere but how many hours does Bob have on the clock ?? I've got a 763 named Edwin and enjoy working on it (more than a papercut but less than smelling a fresh apple pie) in the tight and awkward corners that seem to occupy most of the innards of belly of the beast.

I think he had about 1,950 when the adoption went through. He's now got about 2,500. 773 is a little bigger than a 763 so there must be a little more room. But it is still a challenge. When he had the headache I really really didn't want to pull the engine. Head came off pretty easily. I've struggled to change the auxiliary hydraulic lines through the left tower, out in the woods. I was lucky he busted his artery where I could get the rear door open. I was almost stuck between four trees, and the tree shear was stuck in a tree. Don't think I could have winched him out without cutting the tree down and it was leaning over him. It was a struggle just to get out of the operators station. And had to walk 200 feet through heavy brush to carry tools, parts, and a full load of hydraulic fluid.

I have really enjoyed reading through ALL of it and will be following along.

Did I wander? Thanks for reading and for commenting!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Well I've been working my way through your thread for the last week or so and every morning I log in and there's another page. I had to amp up my game from a couple pages a day to 10 or I figured I'd never get to the end !!

I'm sure it was back there somewhere but how many hours does Bob have on the clock ?? I've got a 763 named Edwin and enjoy working on it (more than a papercut but less than smelling a fresh apple pie) in the tight and awkward corners that seem to occupy most of the innards of belly of the beast.

I have really enjoyed reading through ALL of it and will be following along.

By the way, I love your avatar. Does the M have no steering wheel? And does it have the kahunas to pull that grinder? I've got 11 or 12 M's and want more. But i don't have a problem.

 

[jblnut]

By the way, I love your avatar.
Haha, my mother took that picture and I liked it because it sort of encapsulates how I am .... I guess.

Does the M have no steering wheel?
It's there, just an odd picture

And does it have the kahunas to pull that grinder?
I don't grind for my cattle with the M, just use the mixer as a mixer to get a nice consistent mix of corn and pellets. It' a 68' model year 65bu Artsway with a 20" hammermill so it is sized quite well for the M. Dad used to use a similar one on the H and said it rather filled it's pants but it worked fine. I've ground a few loads with it for neighbors and the M had plenty of power.

I've got 11 or 12 M's and want more. But i don't have a problem.
I'd say I am the one with the problem as I only have one !!

Here is a picture of the grinder I picked up a week ago. Gehl MixAll 135bu monster. I used it yesterday and it is CONSIDERABLY larger than the old one. I don't know if the M will have the snort to run this one ....

 

[Rex_A_Lott]

RAL, now that is what I call be u ti ful! Have you got nay more pics?

I just snapped those couple the other day with my phone, for Andy's thread here. I lost a big portion of my older pics when my hard drive crashed on my home PC.
My peach flat is kind of fancy, it has a windshield and a seat. Some of the ones I've seen, they just hacked off the windshield posts down next to the cowl. They ran the bed all the way up to dash on the right, and stopped it short on the left, so that you sat on the edge of the flat bed to drive. Most of the ones I've seen had the fenders on the front, unless they had hit something and been torn off. Mine has tags and insurance on it too.
The Woodwrights Shop books were very eye opening to me, as I was never much of a woodworker. The only time I had ever really noticed the grain was when I was trying to bust up stove wood with a go devil. Sometimes you just dont know, what you dont know. If you Google Roy Underhill, you can find a lot of his PBS videos, not that you have much spare time to be watching them. Thanks for the comments on your chairs.Amazing to me how much thought and effort really goes into making a good one. I sat in many of those when I was a kid, and always took them for granted.

 

[dlcwent]

Andy, just wanted you to know I'm still here. Just decided to give you a break from my deep though inspiring posts. I know it's hard for you to keep up.

Have a peaceful weekend.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Here is a picture of the grinder I picked up a week ago. Gehl MixAll 135bu monster. I used it yesterday and it is CONSIDERABLY larger than the old one. I don't know if the M will have the snort to run this one ....

Nice! but you need to get a ripe tractor, those green ones just cost you a lot of money

I have an old Artsway grinder but I know it is too big for an M and have never tried to use it. I'm saving it for my old age.

I just snapped those couple the other day with my phone, for Andy's thread here. I lost a big portion of my older pics when my hard drive crashed on my home PC.
My peach flat is kind of fancy, it has a windshield and a seat. Some of the ones I've seen, they just hacked off the windshield posts down next to the cowl. They ran the bed all the way up to dash on the right, and stopped it short on the left, so that you sat on the edge of the flat bed to drive. Most of the ones I've seen had the fenders on the front, unless they had hit something and been torn off. Mine has tags and insurance on it too.
The Woodwrights Shop books were very eye opening to me, as I was never much of a woodworker. The only time I had ever really noticed the grain was when I was trying to bust up stove wood with a go devil. Sometimes you just dont know, what you dont know. If you Google Roy Underhill, you can find a lot of his PBS videos, not that you have much spare time to be watching them. Thanks for the comments on your chairs.Amazing to me how much thought and effort really goes into making a good one. I sat in many of those when I was a kid, and always took them for granted.

Cool comments on the peach flats! I never knew they existed. The closest we had were home made tractors, usually with a second transmission to get a low low gear.

Of course if I have Roy Underhill's books I'm very familiar with him. Super guy and has his head on straight. When I make a hand made item I try to make it all hand made and don't cheat with power saw, planing, etc. The silence is rewarding. Had a friend bring his brother over a year ago with a butcher block strip 9" wide and 8 ft long he wanted to rip edgeways. Thought I could do it on my bandsaw. I told them that would be too hard, the blade would wander. So we ripped it on the table saw, from each side, then finished it off with a hand saw. A sharp rip saw. They didn't know there were crosscut and rip handsaws, and were astounded how fast a sharp hand saw cut.

Andy, just wanted you to know I'm still here. Just decided to give you a break from my deep though inspiring posts. I know it's hard for you to keep up.

Have a peaceful weekend.

Always a pleasure to have you visit.

After you leave I sit and think for a while, WOW! What insight! What wisdom!! And what a wall thanks to Cuda

Come back anytime, I feel better about myself after you've been here.

Having friends like you, you know!

 

[oldironfarmer]

I had just a bit of time yesterday. After many years got to trimming a window in the broom room.

I had had my granddaughter's boyfriend/husband (what do you call them?) box in the broom room while I was busy working out of town. He was a pretty good carpenter but made a few blunders. This window, for instance, he framed it too big, then picked up some nice oak from the wood shop to shim the frame to the window. But he didn't finish it to the sheetrock face, and since it was oak he split it with an air nailer, and the vertical piece is not straight, it has the sawmill face on it. I have contemplated for years how to best fix his mess. I'm just boxing with old pine and will cover with pine. But I did make an oak sill (test fit below) because I use a window unit in this window and the sill gets some moisture on occasion.

Solutions are always obviously simple even though it takes me a while to arrive at them. I need Dan here to help!

 

[BUGTHUG]

That is a nice view of your bumper crop of old iron. It suites you fine.
Have you ever made the brooms with multi color twine? These days it might be a big hit?
You have any more pictures of the "fat chick" VW bug? In case you're not up on the present bug lingo. That means a bug that is built after 68. In 68, that's when they made a big changes, like front struts, bigger front glass, bigger tail lights (elephant feet), IRS rear suspension, little bigger motor or bigger little motor, depends on how you look at it.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, I am sure you will work the window trim out with no problems.. It should be a no brainer for a man of your skills..

Its great to get jobs like that out of the way that have been hanging around for years..

As Bugthug said that is one heck of a crop of old iron.

Regards