Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[1/2 Cup]

Andy thank you for the explanation of your Agricultural Terraces. I have never seen anything like that.

How old would they be?

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy's back! Now let's bring back the WPA! Welcome back!

Thanks, Bobby!

Flintstonian propulsion? ;-)

Historically accurate, or hysterically accurate?

Hi Andy

Great not so short story In my head your London/cockney accent
Is all a bit **** Van **** / Bert the chimney sweep , gawd blimey G’vnor.

Good sized logs, have you anything in mind for them?

Regards
Steve

Only reporting the facts, sir. As I saw them, that is.

The logs are enough to get some good 1x6's out of for sure. I have no plans for them but I like them. I counted rings, and when we moved to the farm in 1985 this tree was about four inches in diameter. So I grew this tree on my watch (God took care of it for the most part). I air dry so it will be a few years before these are ready to use. I have plenty more that has dried for several years but if you don't add to the stack you could run low and have to buy

When I borrow the sawmill I have another small red oak log at the house, three black walnut logs, and two more red oak logs in the woods NE of the house. Cool weather this fall we'll do some sawyering.

Here's one that was 46" on the large end and had to be split to fit in the 36" sawmill.

My neighbor cut it down on my side of the fence (with my permission) claiming it was going to take out our flimsy joint fence. I think he just wanted to cut a big tree. We got three saw logs out of it, and the **** log was too big to handle and too big for the portable sawmill. I split it with wedges in May, 2007, and drug the sawmill alongside with a tractor and cut all three logs up on site. It was a tough spot to get the pickup to in order to load the boards. Stickered and dried outside under sheet metal for a year, they are now stored in my shop attic and are nice and dry. I use a few occasionally.

The lower one was the highest he had ever seen. Sounds like a great line/idea for a song.

Welcome back Andy, glad to hear you are doing well. Sad to hear your wife went through what she did in Houston. Continued prayers for the both of you.

I'm working on that song, to make it Country and Western I may have to add a line to allow as to how the cheapest divorce cost me the most.

Thank you very much for the care and concern. We're back to normal now.

Andy thank you for the explanation of your Agricultural Terraces. I have never seen anything like that.

How old would they be?

They were apparently built in the 1930's and included the water outlets as part of the system. I see a few mortar repairs but for the most part they are going to make 100 years without and particular attention. Good engineering. You are also in the water control business.

Next to the house I have terraces which are on porous stable land and they have no outlets. They are designed to hold the water and help it soak in. These with the outlets are a tighter but productive soil and are designed to safely drain the water. The soil is twenty feet or more deep here, while the ones by the house have rock 3 to 5 feet down.

Here's an aerial shot.

The green line is a fence. South of the fence is a terraced bottom field, with no outlets. You can't see the terraces in this field, just the the results of mowing. The blue line is the stream, the yellow highlights each terrace (8) and the red indicates the approximate location of the stone outlet structures. The blue dot on the top terrace (left) may not have an outlet, I think I've counted seven plus the big one. The right one is the lowest highest one.

This is a SE facing field and would make a great 16 acre orchard or vineyard as it slopes nicely to let cold air fall away.

I'm done dreaming now.

Thanks for sending me off on this little trip.

 

[Bob Heine]

Dang it if she didn't have another major seizure in the hotel room in Houston. Talk about feeling like I was in the wrong place. But she got through it and the rest of our trip was uneventful.

MD Anderson is great, everything is good there. I'm OK too.

Andy, I'm surprised you feel like you were in the wrong place. There's no good place for a Grand Mal seizure but at least you were by Sharon's side in the hotel room. If she had one while you are in the shop or out tending the herd, you might not know right away.

Really glad to hear you are OK.

..
You're stumped? May I call you Stumpy?

I'm perfectly fine with being the other Bob but it would help if you called Stewart Shorty Stumpy (or Shortstump) so I know you don't mean me (it's my other CB handle).

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: so it sounds like maybe you want a vineyard after you get you fill of melting metal and forging? But you don't drink or did you mean you just don't drink BEER?

happy to hear you made it back safely from your trip to Houston. also sorry to hear your bride had another seizure which is probably never a good place to have it. thankfully you were there to help though.

I'm enjoying my Saturday and hope you enjoyed yours.

keep up the great work and fun posts!!

Grizz: sounds like a fun trip. Be careful on some of those roads in the south cause you can loose a car in the pot holes if you get off the main roads.

 

[1/2 Cup]

They were apparently built in the 1930's and included the water outlets as part of the system. I see a few mortar repairs but for the most part they are going to make 100 years without and particular attention. Good engineering. You are also in the water control business.

Next to the house I have terraces which are on porous stable land and they have no outlets. They are designed to hold the water and help it soak in. These with the outlets are a tighter but productive soil and are designed to safely drain the water. The soil is twenty feet or more deep here, while the ones by the house have rock 3 to 5 feet down.

Here's an aerial shot.

The green line is a fence. South of the fence is a terraced bottom field, with no outlets. You can't see the terraces in this field, just the the results of mowing. The blue line is the stream, the yellow highlights each terrace (8) and the red indicates the approximate location of the stone outlet structures. The blue dot on the top terrace (left) may not have an outlet, I think I've counted seven plus the big one. The right one is the lowest highest one.

This is a SE facing field and would make a great 16 acre orchard or vineyard as it slopes nicely to let cold air fall away.

I'm done dreaming now.

Thanks for sending me off on this little trip.

Andy thank you very much for the detailed explanation

It is an irrigation system of the likes that we don't have out here at all.

Those older installations were certainly well engineered to last

 

[jblnut]

A young man I know is having a tough time of it. He and his two brothers are trying to find jobs and having difficulty doing so. He is delivering pizzas (not particularly lucrative when you add wear and tear on the car) to make ends meet and called today. He had hit a deer. Not too bad.

It feels good to go to work everyday and know you've helped someone out but it REALLY feels good doing something like that. Neighbors and friends helping each other out is really what it's all about. Doesn't get much better than helping someone in need.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, I'm surprised you feel like you were in the wrong place. There's no good place for a Grand Mal seizure but at least you were by Sharon's side in the hotel room. If she had one while you are in the shop or out tending the herd, you might not know right away.

Well, my choice of words could have been better. What I was trying to say is that I regretted having her off in the next state, away from her doctor, her other family, at a hotel I did not really know the address of should I have needed an ambulance. And, the hotel was not a first class one, quite the contrary. I selected it for me to stay there alone then she decided she could go with me. While Houston has the finest doctors in my opinion I was still felling lost not being at home should the seizure turn out to have complications.

Really glad to hear you are OK.


I'm perfectly fine with being the other Bob but it would help if you called Stewart Shorty Stumpy (or Shortstump) so I know you don't mean me (it's my other CB handle).

Thanks! I didn't mean to be gone so long, but when she decided to go we took two days coming home. Then it seems we have contracted the Sheddweller's Syndrome and only have spotty internet and TV at home.

Would not have ever thought of calling you Stumpy, Lian has never been forthcoming about private anatomical issues in our private conversations. But, if Stumpy fits, I'll assume you're all in.

Andy: so it sounds like maybe you want a vineyard after you get you fill of melting metal and forging? But you don't drink or did you mean you just don't drink BEER?

happy to hear you made it back safely from your trip to Houston. also sorry to hear your bride had another seizure which is probably never a good place to have it. thankfully you were there to help though.

I'm enjoying my Saturday and hope you enjoyed yours.

keep up the great work and fun posts!!

Grizz: sounds like a fun trip. Be careful on some of those roads in the south cause you can loose a car in the pot holes if you get off the main roads.

No beer, no wine, no spirits. And Jack Daniels is made in a dry county so I could be a wine maker, I'd just have to hire a taster. I did consider putting in an apple orchard. There is room for 2,000 trees. I figured if each tree took only an hour per year for harvesting, pruning, fertilizing, spraying, mowing etc. it wouldn't be a full time job. So I delayed that until I have more time. Later.

We actually had a good trip. She has no knowledge of seizures so that's nice. I never let her take her walker up on the roof, that would be a bad place to have a seizure.

Now you've got me wanting to tour the NW and drive on the roads with no potholes.

Andy thank you very much for the detailed explanation

It is an irrigation system of the likes that we don't have out here at all.

Those older installations were certainly well engineered to last

Hope I didn't go into too much depth. Of course not irrigation per se, but certainly preserves water in the one system and safely manages runoff in the other.

It feels good to assist in the life of a long lasting installation.

It feels good to go to work everyday and know you've helped someone out but it REALLY feels good doing something like that. Neighbors and friends helping each other out is really what it's all about. Doesn't get much better than helping someone in need.

Thanks! You certainly helped me out to allow my wife to contact me in the shop and now it is routine.

Routine use of my shop is making repairs for neighbors when they have failed elsewhere. They come to me as a last resort since they have to listen to me while I fix their stuff.

I needed the experience beating on fenders. With a little more time it might have looked better. He came by with his new headlight assembly duct taped in but falling out. The plastic frame behind the headlight was broken so it can not be mounted. I used some 12 ga copper wire to wire it in and it is now secure. Since we still use wire tie small square balers I really do use a lot of baling wire for repairs. Laugh if you like but it works. I started to use baling wire but with a couple of year life I thought the copper would be a more appropriate repair. After all I am an engineer. WW1/2CD?

Thanks for the visits, guys. I keep getting kicked off the internet so it looks like this will finally go.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

Lurking but still here. Glad your trip went off well with everything considered.

 

[Farmall450]

I'll ship them if they're fit in a flat-rate box

Your area must not have the demand.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: since i've never been to OKLAHOMA that I can recall all I know of your roads is the paved raceway in front of your farm that you drive 100MPH+ on in your hot rods and when checking for pot holes you drive the SHOW TRUCK.

that said I did get off the beaten path in Mississippi about 15 years ago and I swear if I would have kept going down that road I would have disappeared and never got to experience GJ.

hope you enjoyed your Sunday!!

BTW is the hot weather treating your cows and the bull and Hershey ok since I seem to be the only one asking?

 

[bolensboneyard]

Andy sorry to hear also. We will be sure to keep you both in our prayers and pay special attention to these times. Bobby

 

[jbmatth]

Glad to have you back Andy, I have a growing pile of aluminum that is starting to talk back and say mean things. I think I'll have to sacrifice them if you'd be willing to accept? Sorry to hear about your wife's problems, I hope for the best for both of you.

JB

 

[sawduststeve]

Chip, the all American hammer, enjoyed his first two days on site fitting timber doors and frames, along with his new adoptive family.
With a bit more practice Chip thinks his tea making will improve, once he's learnt the language.

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[oldironfarmer]

Lurking but still here. Glad your trip went off well with everything considered.

Thank you! We survived but have been super busy since.

I'll ship them if they're fit in a flat-rate box

Your area must not have the demand.

That would be the large flat rate box.

I think demand has dwindled with tractor prices, but I may be wrong.

Andy: since i've never been to OKLAHOMA that I can recall all I know of your roads is the paved raceway in front of your farm that you drive 100MPH+ on in your hot rods and when checking for pot holes you drive the SHOW TRUCK.

that said I did get off the beaten path in Mississippi about 15 years ago and I swear if I would have kept going down that road I would have disappeared and never got to experience GJ.

hope you enjoyed your Sunday!!

BTW is the hot weather treating your cows and the bull and Hershey ok since I seem to be the only one asking?

The worst roads I've driven on have been Colorado (next to Nigeria). I assume every state has their share of poor roads, but I've seen some pretty rough Interstate highways in Michigan. Salt deterioration does a number on concrete.

Took Hershey to the Vet yesterday for a checkup and the Vet asked about the bull. She was astounded by his great progress.

Andy sorry to hear also. We will be sure to keep you both in our prayers and pay special attention to these times. Bobby

Thank you.

Glad to have you back Andy, I have a growing pile of aluminum that is starting to talk back and say mean things. I think I'll have to sacrifice them if you'd be willing to accept? Sorry to hear about your wife's problems, I hope for the best for both of you.

JB

If i must, I can take more aluminum. Especially the premium stuff you have.

Chip, the all American hammer, enjoyed his first two days on site fitting timber doors and frames, along with his new adoptive family.
With a bit more practice Chip thinks his tea making will improve, once he's learnt the language.

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Fantastic picture!!

I'm glad you put Chip to work. He'll feel more accepted in a strange land with a foreign tongue if he is part of the team.

Thanks for the visits, guys. I've not had much shop time lately and may not for a bit. But it's coming!

 

[Craptain]

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Thanks for the visits, guys. I've not had much shop time lately and may not for a bit. But it's coming!

There's more to life than shop time. Not a lot, but definitely more.
Looking after family, friends and pets is definitely important. Oh! and I guess looking after yourself as well.

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[drivesitfar]

Andy: if any member here on GJ deserves a day (or two or more) of rest it's you. happy to hear your critters are doing ok too.

i'm sending extra prayers for you and your bride and hope you have a few more smiles left in your lives.

have a great SATURDAY!!

 

[Craptain]

One of the brooms I got from you was a gift for a friend. I saw it in use today. Maybe I should place an order for a replacement. Mine on the other hand is almost like new.

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[jimreed2160]

Lately I have been fixing up some of these Stanley #77 dowel machines. They work like a giant pencil sharpener and have different dies for different sized dowels. When the machine is stored for years the dies often get stuck in place and can be hard to remove since they spin on a shaft. I have found that a well placed smack from my Andiluminium hammer gets them moving. As they used to say back home in Carolina, "Now, that dog can hunt!"

 

[oldironfarmer]

There's more to life than shop time. Not a lot, but definitely more.
Looking after family, friends and pets is definitely important. Oh! and I guess looking after yourself as well.

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Unfortunately I need my shop time for sanity. Maybe soon. Thanks for the good words.

Andy: if any member here on GJ deserves a day (or two or more) of rest it's you. happy to hear your critters are doing ok too.

i'm sending extra prayers for you and your bride and hope you have a few more smiles left in your lives.

have a great SATURDAY!!

Thanks for your encouraging words!!

One of the brooms I got from you was a gift for a friend. I saw it in use today. Maybe I should place an order for a replacement. Mine on the other hand is almost like new.

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Wow! Looks like she's been using it. I'll get a replacement made as soon as I can get back in the shop. That will be my first lifetime warranty redemption. You did send in your warranty card? Thanks for posting that. Am I to assume she likes it?

Lately I have been fixing up some of these Stanley #77 dowel machines. They work like a giant pencil sharpener and have different dies for different sized dowels. When the machine is stored for years the dies often get stuck in place and can be hard to remove since they spin on a shaft. I have found that a well placed smack from my Andiluminium hammer gets them moving. As they used to say back home in Carolina, "Now, that dog can hunt!"

Glad you're using the hammer, Jim! I love seeing pictures of defaced faces showing the work that's been done. Mine is not as rough as yours.

Let me know when you need another head and it will be on the way. The price of the hammers includes free replacement, you know.

Thanks for the visits, guys, it's very motivational.

 

[Grizz1963]

I get you for the need to get shop time in, regardless of what it is.

I found the last three years that all the little things I did were what kept my head and heart occupied in a way that I needed it.

My mum used to use a “Grass broom” all her life and being as she was, it would wear evenly till it became my dads garage grass broom, more of a brush at that point.

Looking forward to making it to your place with Dennis and Craig.

 

[njhoudini]

I think shop time is very important. There are tons of ways to escape the concerns of the day, but if I can make it a productive escape building or fixing something, it makes me feel that much better.

That being said, I could use the help of Chip's brother, perhaps a brass brother if one were available?

 

[shortykorte]

You can call me shorty or stumpy, just don't call me Bob.

Glad to hear all is well on the home front. Thanks for posting the pic of the terrace. Looks like great place to produce ingredients for Andy's Hard Apple Cider, Martin's Merlot or AM's rice wine.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I get you for the need to get shop time in, regardless of what it is.

I found the last three years that all the little things I did were what kept my head and heart occupied in a way that I needed it.

My mum used to use a “Grass broom” all her life and being as she was, it would wear evenly till it became my dads garage grass broom, more of a brush at that point.

Looking forward to making it to your place with Dennis and Craig.

And we call them corn brooms.

I plan to have my shop all cleaned up by the time you arrive.

I think shop time is very important. There are tons of ways to escape the concerns of the day, but if I can make it a productive escape building or fixing something, it makes me feel that much better.

That being said, I could use the help of Chip's brother, perhaps a brass brother if one were available?

You are on the hammer list. but I'm old...

You can call me shorty or stumpy, just don't call me Bob.

Glad to hear all is well on the home front. Thanks for posting the pic of the terrace. Looks like great place to produce ingredients for Andy's Hard Apple Cider, Martin's Merlot or AM's rice wine.

I would never call you Bob, I admire you too much for that.

The farmer's dilemma, so many choices of how to use what is available to make good stuff.

Or is that the woodworker's dilemma?

A short update. Hershey sleeps on a lawn chair. I need to take her to dog comfort school.

Apparently my son's single post lift will not finish itself. I found auto undercoating at Walmart. I thought undercoating went out with fondue.

I'm needing to run the 3D router some more, but it makes a mess. So we started on a cabinet for it. My neighbor is installing siding and windows and has started bringing me old aluminum siding and drops, and also windows. Not sure what I'm going to do with the glass, but some of it will work well for this project.

Glass on the ends, glass on the top, glass doors. These are double pane so we may get some sound deadening too.

When I had Hershey at the Vet we talked about the bull. All I had was a December picture. He's gained weight.

And finally, They say don't fill a crucible too full, a very great risk of spilling. Is this too full?

Thanks for all the support and kind words. They are appreciated.

 

[Farmall450]

You're not wrong, the tractor demand/cost has really fallen here too; which is odd given the economy.

Unless now everyone can afford new equipment lol

Works good for me either way since selling isn't a strong suit.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, Hershey just looks fine..

That's a great score on the windows for the router.
It should solve a problem or two..

Regards

 

[Grizz1963]

You're not wrong, the tractor demand/cost has really fallen here too; which is odd given the economy.

Unless now everyone can afford new equipment lol

Works good for me either way since selling isn't a strong suit.

@ Farmall450

Our mortgage and interest rate went up by 0.25% yesterday from 0.50% so now 0.75% for the first time in 10years.

I can remember being on 18% against a mortgage in the early 90’s on my first home.

Even if I could afford new, I would be selective and only buy what needed to be new, anything where I could let someone else take the knock of instant depreciation, I would buy for sure.

People are strange like that though.


@ Andy, two things, clean shop should only be for your benefit


Love the cabinet idea on the 3D machine.

Craig is an IT guy and one of his hobbies is 3D printing and design, he identified old used upright Soda refrigerators as a perfect source of insulated, silenced cabinets for the printer that he runs in his office space. Because of the noise and smell, it now runs virtually undetected in his home. Cost him about $1.50 on eBay plus collection as nobody had bid on it.

He also has a $25.00 double door unit in his small garage that he converted into a dust and damp proof “wardrobe” for his family’s motorcycle kit.


I suspect you will like the way his head works.

 

[Grizz1963]

PS. Crucible only a problem if any of it lands on the floor

 

[oldironfarmer]

You're not wrong, the tractor demand/cost has really fallen here too; which is odd given the economy.

Unless now everyone can afford new equipment lol

Works good for me either way since selling isn't a strong suit.

I'm not much of a seller either.

Speculation is the demand for tractors from the 40's and 50's has fallen because we're all getting older and the majority want an antique tractor from their youth. Every time a collector dies with several nice antique tractors it helps flood the remaining market. So the Farmall 1206 is still strong on pricing, and JD 4020. Makes no sense to me, those are new tractors you would buy to use.

Andy, Hershey just looks fine..

That's a great score on the windows for the router.
It should solve a problem or two..

Regards

Thanks, Steve. She was sleeping peaceably, just in an odd position.

Using the windows is really a bad thing. I have about twenty of them now and I was going to remove the aluminium and discard the glass. After a successful repurpose I'm in a quandry. Seems I should save 100 or so of them for unknown future projects.

Glad I don't have a problem.

Want some window glass for later, Drives?

@ Farmall450

Our mortgage and interest rate went up by 0.25% yesterday from 0.50% so now 0.75% for the first time in 10years.

50% increase

Wow!! Hurry and buy now before it goes to 1%...

I can remember being on 18% against a mortgage in the early 90’s on my first home.

About that same time my wife's retirement account manager offered 15% guaranteed five years. More than doubles your money. I scraped everything I could to maximize her contribution catchup rights. They did that for about three years and we enjoyed the returns long after interest had fallen way down.

Even if I could afford new, I would be selective and only buy what needed to be new, anything where I could let someone else take the knock of instant depreciation, I would buy for sure.

People are strange like that though.

I always buy new just to prove I can...

@ Andy, two things, clean shop should only be for your benefit


Love the cabinet idea on the 3D machine.

Craig is an IT guy and one of his hobbies is 3D printing and design, he identified old used upright Soda refrigerators as a perfect source of insulated, silenced cabinets for the printer that he runs in his office space. Because of the noise and smell, it now runs virtually undetected in his home. Cost him about $1.50 on eBay plus collection as nobody had bid on it.

He also has a $25.00 double door unit in his small garage that he converted into a dust and damp proof “wardrobe” for his family’s motorcycle kit.


I suspect you will like the way his head works.

Upright soda machine must be what we would call a cooler like is used in a store with a large glass door versus a can dispenser that we would call a pop machine.

We need to get acquainted. Anybody who thinks I will clean my shop at this point is seriously out of touch with reality.

PS. Crucible only a problem if any of it lands on the floor

Steady there Jeeves, don't want to spill hot metal. I did pour that into an ingot mold with not splashing or spilling but you do have to make deliberate moves and carry through. The crucible was too full for a safe operation.

 

[Bob Heine]

Andy, wonderful to see thy crucible runneth over (almost).

 

[Farmall450]

Perhaps, but did that many people die in the last 18 months?!

Just amazed me how Ms went from 2k on craigslist to $700

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, wonderful to see thy crucible runneth over (almost).

Thanks! My life runs over with good things. Including all the friends like you on GJ (OK, nobody is like you) and the good aluminum which has been given to me.

Perhaps, but did that many people die in the last 18 months?!

Just amazed me how Ms went from 2k on craigslist to $700

No, but they have been dying, and everyone has been complaining that their tractors weren't selling for several years. It didn't affect me, but my SMTA-D isn't worth what it used to be. Neither is the SMTA. But neither of them were going to be sold until I'm gone anyway. I think the market is saturated and the number of buyers is still decreasing. Maybe it's time for me to buy an F-30 like I've wanted for years. Round out my F-12, F-14, and F-20. The F-14 is a family tractor. My mom's dad sold it to my dad's dad during WWII before my parents were married.

I had a little shop time today.

Progress on the router containment.

Melted some aluminum

And stored my ingot stash. There's 75# in each bucket. The lone bucket on the left is originally cast material while the rest are originally extruded material.

Our pastor had given me the broken filial off a flag pole. It screws on. He had bought a new filial but it was for a larger size pole and not threaded.

Turned down the threaded part, then bored the sleeve and pressed them together. I didn't inspect the threaded part good enough before turning. The threads were way off center.

But I had enough material and it works.

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

[cbacres]

Andy, on the lift coating, we used to use bitchomastic, it's a coal tar coating. I'm assuming it's a inground lift?
It held up pretty good down here, considering the bottom of the lift was usually in water.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Thanks for the comment. I think it is bitumastic, but it can be a ***** to work with. We use coal tar enamel on pipelines. And cathodic protection. On my current lift I used a driveway sealer, similar material. I feel like the undercoating will also be very durable. I do plan to get an anode to install with the lift to give it cathodic protection. In his part of Oklahoma (west of OKC) there is no shallow groundwater but there will be some water seepage during long rainy spells. Which are few and far between.

We'll bed the bottom of the lift in dry concrete mix then backfill with clean sand and put a six inch pad of concrete around the top of the lift. That pad is critical in preventing the lift from tilting when you don't balance the load.

 

[dchance]

Andy,
Great to see the work and the progress. Glad that Hershey and the bull are doing good.

Dwight

 

[drivesitfar]

Handy: I love seeing all the muffins and especially like the shiny clean ingots. i also like that you #'d each one just because.

looks like you had a good day and hope you have another good one tomorrow.

cheers (yep ice tea for me but did have a few beers today on a boat ride)

 

[Grizz1963]

Remachining the brass made me smile.

Centre or not, that can be part of the story, perfect imperfect.

Well done.


Stash made me smile too, makes you feel pretty good, I know, having spare materials or tools, or ingots.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Crucible very hot! Hope you were suspended from a wire cable to handle it!! Be careful! Well done just dandy Andy not too Handy!

 

[cbacres]

Thanks for the comment. I think it is bitumastic, but it can be a ***** to work with. We use coal tar enamel on pipelines. And cathodic protection. On my current lift I used a driveway sealer, similar material. I feel like the undercoating will also be very durable. I do plan to get an anode to install with the lift to give it cathodic protection. In his part of Oklahoma (west of OKC) there is no shallow groundwater but there will be some water seepage during long rainy spells. Which are few and far between.

We'll bed the bottom of the lift in dry concrete mix then backfill with clean sand and put a six inch pad of concrete around the top of the lift. That pad is critical in preventing the lift from tilting when you don't balance the load.

You defintley have it covered on installing.

 

[jimreed2160]

I am not surprised that they still sell undercoating.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy,
Great to see the work and the progress. Glad that Hershey and the bull are doing good.

Dwight

Thanks, Dwight. Hershey is visibly gaining weight and has a voracious appetite.

Handy: I love seeing all the muffins and especially like the shiny clean ingots. i also like that you #'d each one just because.

looks like you had a good day and hope you have another good one tomorrow.

cheers (yep ice tea for me but did have a few beers today on a boat ride)

I like the ingots too. A feeling of wealth. The two lower buckets are filled with ingots. They stack tighter so I can get 75 pounds and be lower than the rim so it makes a nice seat for the top bucket. Three high I might have back failure or bucket failure. And I want to use the muffins up first. FIFO.

Remachining the brass made me smile.

Centre or not, that can be part of the story, perfect imperfect.

Well done.


Stash made me smile too, makes you feel pretty good, I know, having spare materials or tools, or ingots.

Thank you sir! I turned the piece down based on the OD, and the threaded hole was farther off than it appeared. I guess the thread start happened to be on the thick side.

I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.
I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.
I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.
I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.
I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.
I have supplies, I'm not a hoarder.

Crucible very hot! Hope you were suspended from a wire cable to handle it!! Be careful! Well done just dandy Andy not too Handy!

Crucible hot, about 1,600F. Liquid hot, about 1,600F. I need to borrow a sign from Mickey D's "Caution, contents may be hot". In this age of lack of personal responsibility...

You defintley have it covered on installing.

Well, knowing the knowledge available on this forum, I figured it is good to post what I'm doing. Someone may catch a blunder. Probably not too many guys installing in the ground lifts so I'm not worried about leading someone astray.

I am not surprised that they still sell undercoating.

I really was surprised. But I'm naive.

A little bitty update.

Doors are on the router enclosure. I think it's going to work.

The ends are 3/16" off the table top to let air in. Now I have to figure out how to get the chips into the dust collection system as well as the dust. When I put the collection tube into the box I'm thinking it needs to go to the table top and may need to be flat to make sure there is room for the traveling power cables to clear. I'd also like a small hose to go to the router head to pick up as many chips as possible right off the work. No question I'll have to frequently vacuum out the box manually.

Thanks for stopping by! It's great to have visitors. Not sure how long I'll be at Shorty's. I don't want to miss the French Maid outfit, with fishnets as promised.