Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[BoilermakerFan]

The hobby bench looks great! I agree with RJ, since it will be used primarily for RCs and hobby stuff, the current setup is more than strong enough to support it if you have the top bolted to the base cabinet.

 

[PelicanPines]

Great table... wish I had space for that. I would put a shelf under that outlet... to hold chargers etc... I'm jealous...

 

[86turbodsl]

Nice looking bench. Glad you got it done!

 

[Strouty]

I got to spend another 10 minutes at the shop today, except this time it was to swap burbs, I think the lift pump is going in the maroon one. Now I am playing tech support for my Father at his camp, he is trying to get internet done to the dock so he can have someone remotely tune his boat engine. I gave up asking questions, I am just doing whatever now.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Nice use of one of the many Lista's

 

[Strouty]

So now I have been to the shop three times this week, but for a total of about 1 hour. Go figure. On top of that, the lift pump on the maroon burb seemed fine, it started fine, ran fine, but I pulled it in the shop so I could look things over. I am a bit worried that when the previous owner changed the fuel tank that they may have left the sock filter off the pickup tube and it could be some junk got pulled into the pump. I have to run a few tests, but since the tank is almost empty right now, I figure it might be the perfect time to pull it out and check over what was done.

 

[BoilermakerFan]

And you have room in the shop to do the job!

 

[Strouty]

This is true, there was plenty of room to pull the burb in and I will have plenty of room to do the work. I even had enough room to setup the next butcher block top, the one that I never finished from months ago, it needs to be stained blue.

 

[Strouty]

Been busy fixing other people’s messes, nothing new really. I did stain one side of the butcher block, the bottom only, I want to see how it looks once it is dry.



Had to try and remount a couple tires yesterday and my back is reminding me why I don’t mount tires for a living. Guy driving said it popped out of gear and had no brakes. A big tree ended up keeping him from rolling it, but lots of damage!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Wow, so was there nail in both the tires, or what caused them to go flat.

 

[Strouty]

They got ripped off the bead of the rim while he was trying to avoid running into the trees, these are a tractor tire, so they have very flexible sidewalls. I did not witness what happened, but I was there for the aftermath. The front tire just needed the bead to be reseated, but the rear rim actually had damage to the bead, so last I knew they were trying to fix it, probably going to have to run a tube in it though.

 

[jack stand]

You have some cool specialized work trucks!
(sorry about the damage) you buying his story?

 

[Strouty]

I don't know what happened, truck is air brake, in my mind, knowing I was headed down a long steep hill, first thing I would have done is checked the brakes. Second thing would be to keep my hand on the shift lever. There was a mechanical E-Brake as well, but he didn't have much time to think. No matter what went on, the important part is he was OK.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Yes trucks and equipment can be replaced. Glad no one was hurt.

 

[jakemac]

Was that one of your trucks, or your dads ?
Glad it wasn’t worse, and that the driver was ok.

 

[Strouty]

That is Dad's, that clusterfuk of a truck is messing with my tower job. He wants to fix it and use it even now. I just want to hire someone to drill the holes for the anchors and be done with it. There goes another two weeks, plus he and the other guy are taking overlapping vacations. No problem though, I just have to piss off the cell carriers, nothing like having Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile pissed off and thinking you are incompetent.

 

[jakemac]

Put a skid under the wheels and drag it into place to drill the holes.
He can fix it after the holes are done.

 

[xtremek]

Man, it got torn UP!!!

 

[Strouty]

Put a skid under the wheels and drag it into place to drill the holes.
He can fix it after the holes are done.

It needs to get loaded on a trailer so we can get it to the site first. We have another wheel if all else fails. Regardless of the tire/rim the drill got beat up, so a bunch of the hydraulic lines have to be replaced and tested again.

 

[cbacres]

I hear you on the subbing of things like that. Got to go with what’s most efficient and timely in today’s world.

Back in the day it was pretty standard to do most all in house and was likely the best way.

But now everyone wants it right this minute or at least don’t plan ahead allowing enough time for **** to get done.

 

[Strouty]

The problem with my situation is that no one is in charge. There are three major people on the project (at least on our end), you have me, my Dad, and Mike (Dad's lackey). I don't get told what to do as I am really writing the script for the entire project, Dad doesn't want me to tell Mike what to do as Mike and I don't get along, and Dad can't be told what to do, plus does what ever he feels like at the time. The worst part is that his memory is failing him and he forgets big decisions that have been discussed and concluded, making my job even harder. In the end we all know what the goal is, but working in three directions towards the same goal is a waste of effort and time. I can't do much about it as I don't hold the purse strings. To give you an idea, I had planned to have the project done by May and now it looks like we might be done with the tower by September. I am beyond frustrated, but this tower is a "family" project that is funded by two of the five siblings and I am the only one that really knows what is going on, Dad and Mike know pieces of the puzzle, but no one wants to take the time to put all the pieces together like I have. I will be very glad when this is over, it has been one of the most stressful situations I have dealt with.

 

[PelicanPines]

As an outside project manager... I was brought into situations that were tough at a minimum... I always put together an org chart of the team first... even when I was told "everyone is on the same level"... there is always a structure, either by title or personality.

I feel your pain. I've had to split teams into separate deliverables to minimize "homicides"... even tho the two deliverables are CLOSE and should be co-processed.

Stress was so bad... 24/7...

 

[jakemac]

It needs to get loaded on a trailer so we can get it to the site first. We have another wheel if all else fails. Regardless of the tire/rim the drill got beat up, so a bunch of the hydraulic lines have to be replaced and tested again.

Ah, I thought it was on the access road to the tower.

 

[macgyver37]

Have you clear coated the table top yet or is that just the stain? If just the stain, it will look different or should look different once it has been cleared. So, my point is if you have not clear coated it and don't like the results, clear it and then decide. I am guessing you already know this but thought I'd bring it up.

 

[cbacres]

As an outside project manager... I was brought into situations that were tough at a minimum... I always put together an org chart of the team first... even when I was told "everyone is on the same level"... there is always a structure, either by title or personality.

I feel your pain. I've had to split teams into separate deliverables to minimize "homicides"... even tho the two deliverables are CLOSE and should be co-processed.

Stress was so bad... 24/7...

So... in your job you “ labeled” people?

 

[Strouty]

Have you clear coated the table top yet or is that just the stain? If just the stain, it will look different or should look different once it has been cleared. So, my point is if you have not clear coated it and don't like the results, clear it and then decide. I am guessing you already know this but thought I'd bring it up.

Yup, not sure what to expect yet, I haven't mixed up my top coat yet. That was about 5 minutes after I had finished, so it wasn't even dry yet. I was going for a dark blue, so it hits that point for sure. I am going to stain it all and then start with the bottom to try the top coat.

Pines, you are totally right, I should have done that, but with my Father it is tough. We actually had another "anger session" about an hour ago. HE was angry that I hadn't ordered something yet. Told me that I wasn't doing my job and we need the parts ordered ASAP. I reminded him that he told me not to order anything until we had started drilling and new for sure what size hole we could drill. Basically it is the difference between using a 1" bar and a 1 1/4" bar, we need couplers and nuts for all of it and originally he didn't want to order them for both sizes, so I waited. Now I get blamed like it was something I forgot to do. I can't win in this situation, not ever, all I want to do now is finish. He is telling me that I am trying to be a perfectionist and it is screwing everything up, I told him that he is the one that trained me.

 

[PelicanPines]

One way to defuse "old people ranting"... ask them... with concern in your voice... "Have you taken all your meds today???"

At this point... it could go in one of three directions...

Get worse...

Calm them...

Or

Confuse them...

So.. you have a 66% chance of success.

 

[cbacres]

Strouty, are these screw or auger type anchors?

 

[Strouty]

I would end up on the 33% every time.


CB, these anchors are neither style. We drill a hole, grout a certain length of the bar in the hole, after the grout sets up, we pull test them and leave them pretensioned like bolting down a head gasket. These ones are going to be 20’ in the ground with 10’ grouted. After they are tensioned you fill the void with more grout then they have a big flat washer plate and a nut to hold them tight. They are called dywidag bars.

 

[jack stand]

Do these "dywidag" bars need to be in ledge? How tall is this tower?
Sorry, I've been in residential construction all my life and other or specialized const. is very interesting to me.

 

[Strouty]

Rock for sure, sometimes good stuff, sometimes not so good stuff. In this case we have 50/50 good rock and crappy rock. In the end it is all about ballast anyways. The tower is 180 feet tall, so a relatively short one.

No updates for the shop, but the F800 that took a pounding, well, the frame is twisted now. Looks pretty awful, luckily it is not like it needs to drive down the road, but it hit hard.

I spent the day cutting up angle iron pieces for the anchor shafts, they are 5" x 5" x 5/8" thick and they are heavy. Luckily I am at my Dad's shop and there is a bridge crane, so I can easily shuffle them around. Probably be at his shop off and on trying to get all of them cut and prepped. I will take some pictures next time I am there, today was not a good one for taking pictures, too much going on.

 

[Strouty]

At the shop for a bit, I am trying to get something done, but I am on a mission to drop off the remnants of the plate steel, then I need to load up some saw horses so they can go to the galvanizer. I did take some pictures at my Dad’s shop when I was there this morning.

 

[Strouty]

Been fabricating parts for the tower and assembling things so no shop time yet. I did manage to stain the rest of the blue top, now I need to do the top coat. Should be at the shop again this afternoon, but it is more for loading things up than it is for doing anything at/on the shop itself, I just want to get this tower project behind me, then I’ll can focus on the office and shop. I hope to have everything done by the end of September, then I will be more of a coordinator, making sure the cellular carriers don’t do anything to compromise the site during their installations.

 

[cbacres]

The stain sure brings out the grain, look forward to the top coat.

I’ve been rained out on my shop project for a couple days now.

On the tower project, what is on the anchor rods when you grout? Any plates to provide surface area? What size is the borehole?

There’s a group of towers just north of my place, I’m going to guess 800’ or more. The anchors on those look to be approx 30” round concrete piers with a thick plate the turnbuckles pin into. It’s all sand around here to about 16’ then limestone starts. I’m sure these round bases are drilled into the rock and poured.

 

[Strouty]

We keep getting thunderstorms, for Maine it has been really hot and it is slowing me down a bit. I am all sunburned and that makes it feel even worse the next day. I was at the shop today, but did not get to the top yet. I am trying to get a project done for my GF, the parts have been floating around my shop since spring and I just want them gone, she also would like to use the thing. IT is a fancy rotating clothes hanger thingy. She did not want it mounted in the ground, so I have to make a bracket for the thing to mount it off the railing on the deck. It has a weird size pipe, so I need to custom make something to get it to fit. I tried using the factory piece that would go in the concrete, but it really doesn't help me any. Looks like I have to order some plastic shim/sheet stock, then I can get the tube centered in the aluminum pipe that I have. I am also going to need to use the lathe to machine a piece of plastic round stock down to fit inside the tube for the base bracket. All good stuff to figure out, but with everything going on, it is a bit of an extra stressor.

 

[PelicanPines]

Here in Jersey it's cooler than normal. Stays in the 70s. Spent the day cleaning my desk off... also a parts table... clean...

Love that blue table top. I have a quart of ebony black stain left over from my Singer table project... I'm tempted...

 

[Strouty]

Thanks Pines, I can't wait to actually get it installed. Hopefully it will be done before the snow flies!

 

[Richard Cranium]

today when I got off work at 3 pm the said it was 111 degrees. Way to hot.

 

[Strouty]

That is awful.

 

[BoilermakerFan]

Strouty, what stain did you use for the blue? It looks great and I can't wait to see it with clear on it.