Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
harley jim
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I have a never ending supply of yard Chucks, I have seen four grazing in the front yard at one time. If you need a spare, just let me know!
jakemac
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I just had a mental picture of a flat tire —> “Need a Spare ?” 
I wish I could get my Chuck to graze, spent the entire day trying to get him to eat greens, I bought a large assortment and then didn’t give him any smoothie for breakfast. He has eaten almost no greens and is now mad as a hornet. I am going to have to decide to either break down and feed him or see what happens if I wait another 12 hours. He has eaten, I am not too concerned about that, but he only gets water from greens or smoothie, so I don’t want to cause him trouble and get him dehydrated.
He took 6 bottles last night, I did add more greens to the smoothie, he got both types of dandelion greens and two types of spinach. My biggest concern about him is that if his kidneys can handle the amount of fluid he is getting, normally they don’t drink water, he is getting half a liter per day in the smoothie.
bulletpruf
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He has you trained well!
jack stand
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How about using the smoothie like a salad dressing?
jakemac
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I was thinking something similar. Blend the smoothie dryer (less water) and serve it in his bowl instead of bottled.
I will have to do some experiments this week. The last two evenings has been 6 bottles, will need to do something for sure.
Drilled the holes for the gate posts, then took measurements, then spent the rest of the day at the SG getting space to build the gates. Almost have the room, should be set by mid day tomorrow.
Drilled the holes for the gate posts, then took measurements, then spent the rest of the day at the SG getting space to build the gates. Almost have the room, should be set by mid day tomorrow.
1Garageman
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I am starting to think of this great movie now every time I check your forum.
Technically that is a Gopher, and they are not really the same, but I love that movie. My buddy has started calling Chuck "Woodchuck Norris".
Been at the SG for a few hours, moved the Virginia burb outside for a while, then rearanged some things, got out the Ellis bandsaw, it cuts like ***. Then we busted out the old Peerless power hacksaw, it cuts much better, took a bit to get things dialed in, but we cut the 3 3/16" solid tower legs to length. After we have some lunch, we are headed to the tower site to set them in the holes and see how bad the holes are. Unfortunately the rock bit we were using has a tendency to walk around even after it is started in the rock. It was a 4" hole, so we have some leeway, I know from experience that it probably still won't let us plumb up the rods, so we may have to do some bending, that should be fun.
Been at the SG for a few hours, moved the Virginia burb outside for a while, then rearanged some things, got out the Ellis bandsaw, it cuts like ***. Then we busted out the old Peerless power hacksaw, it cuts much better, took a bit to get things dialed in, but we cut the 3 3/16" solid tower legs to length. After we have some lunch, we are headed to the tower site to set them in the holes and see how bad the holes are. Unfortunately the rock bit we were using has a tendency to walk around even after it is started in the rock. It was a 4" hole, so we have some leeway, I know from experience that it probably still won't let us plumb up the rods, so we may have to do some bending, that should be fun.
Lou's Garage
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Chuck's getting big!
bimmer1980
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Good deal on the shop work and pics!!
I have to say, the shop is looking good!!! Everything is pretty tidy and picked up, floor space is great, and the welding table was bare!!
I have to commend you on your progress over the last year!!
I have to say, the shop is looking good!!! Everything is pretty tidy and picked up, floor space is great, and the welding table was bare!!
I have to commend you on your progress over the last year!!
Prospecter
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bimmer1980 beat me to it. I also think your shop has come a long way over the years, and is looking good. Very organized, and together. Maybe not where you want it to be, but wow! You are definitely progressing!
mybigwarwagon
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Shop is looking good.
Thanks everyone, I guess I need to admit it has come a long way, always going to be tweaking things, that is for sure.
My ultimate plan is that the SG will be for fabrication and the Hill will be more for mechanical, of course they will overlap a bit, but when it comes to the larger projects I will try and keep that goal in mind. I don’t have a lot of bulk storage at the Hill yet, I need to work on that, a couple of strategically placed Conex boxes would solve that, maybe they will come down in price this winter, I can’t stomach $8k for a pair of them right now.
My ultimate plan is that the SG will be for fabrication and the Hill will be more for mechanical, of course they will overlap a bit, but when it comes to the larger projects I will try and keep that goal in mind. I don’t have a lot of bulk storage at the Hill yet, I need to work on that, a couple of strategically placed Conex boxes would solve that, maybe they will come down in price this winter, I can’t stomach $8k for a pair of them right now.
Richard Cranium
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Strouty, I think I am following your lead on the Lista cabinets; I picked up 3 of the 6 drawer units, Paid 500.00 for all three. That is, I have 5 now
xtremek
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Is the Lista wall done?
86turbodsl
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I wish they weren't so expensive. I love them but can't stomach the pricing, even used.
harley jim
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86, that's my problem also, they are expensive and always 200 miles away from my location!
jack stand
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They (and the idea) are nice! I'm lacking the gene or something, let's call it discipline to organize continually and actually put stuff away particularly with uncompleted tasks.
harley jim
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Jack stand, I have that gene.
jack stand
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Clearly 
jakemac
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Ummmmmm……………
The wall of Lista is still in a pile on the floor, going to have to get it sorted this fall, I need that bay to work on Perk most of the winter.
Today was a crazy mess, worse than my normal crazy messes, it started out with running out of water at the Hill the night before. That turned into, I am going to pull he tanks out of the basement and then use the "summer" water pump setup. Well, I forgot it was leaking back down the Hill, we found the leak, but decided to fix it the right way so that it won't need to be fixed again, that turned into having to wait until next week to get the proper parts, no big deal, I can setup a temporary tank outside the house. I "Knew" I had all the parts to connect to the tank itself, so we concentrated on getting everything else done, turned into wiring up the fluorescent lights with the LED bulbs, adjusting the garage door so it would close better (actually made it worse than before), all around fun in the sun. Well after dinner, we went to hook everything up and the tanks that I have are all 2" cam lock fittings, the one I had been using (now at the tower site) is a 1 1/2" cam lock, so I didn't have all the parts.
I scrambled, found that Tractor Supply had one in stock and headed out, nope, not the right one, the 1 1/2" one was in the 2" row......
No water tonight, I hunted around in the quonset hut, found some 3" ones, found 2" ones with hose barbs (I need pipe threads to get to the 1" adapter), I thought of ten ways to make it "work", I gave up trying around 9:30 and went inside and fed Chuck. Luckily I had some water in a jug so I could at least rinse things off, otherwise I would have had to truck home all the stuff and wash it here. The day was productive, but int he end, I only got four LED converted fixtures working, the rest of what I did is still partially completed, most of it until next week, but I will get the temporary water setup working tomorrow, I have to, otherwise no bathroom, no hand washing, no rinsing, no nothing that involves water.
Today was a crazy mess, worse than my normal crazy messes, it started out with running out of water at the Hill the night before. That turned into, I am going to pull he tanks out of the basement and then use the "summer" water pump setup. Well, I forgot it was leaking back down the Hill, we found the leak, but decided to fix it the right way so that it won't need to be fixed again, that turned into having to wait until next week to get the proper parts, no big deal, I can setup a temporary tank outside the house. I "Knew" I had all the parts to connect to the tank itself, so we concentrated on getting everything else done, turned into wiring up the fluorescent lights with the LED bulbs, adjusting the garage door so it would close better (actually made it worse than before), all around fun in the sun. Well after dinner, we went to hook everything up and the tanks that I have are all 2" cam lock fittings, the one I had been using (now at the tower site) is a 1 1/2" cam lock, so I didn't have all the parts.
I scrambled, found that Tractor Supply had one in stock and headed out, nope, not the right one, the 1 1/2" one was in the 2" row......
No water tonight, I hunted around in the quonset hut, found some 3" ones, found 2" ones with hose barbs (I need pipe threads to get to the 1" adapter), I thought of ten ways to make it "work", I gave up trying around 9:30 and went inside and fed Chuck. Luckily I had some water in a jug so I could at least rinse things off, otherwise I would have had to truck home all the stuff and wash it here. The day was productive, but int he end, I only got four LED converted fixtures working, the rest of what I did is still partially completed, most of it until next week, but I will get the temporary water setup working tomorrow, I have to, otherwise no bathroom, no hand washing, no rinsing, no nothing that involves water.
jakemac
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It’s a good thing that Chuck isn’t an Otter.
xtremek
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Temporary fixes are just double work. Good call on fixing it right.
It is tough though, I would have had water last night and this morning if I did the temporary fix, instead I spent two hours running around looking for parts to install the "temporary" tank while waiting on the permanent fix for the well pump. It wouldn't have felt so bad, except I came up short on the parts. I am about to head out on my errands, first stop is to get the correct cam lock, then I will have everythign I need to make the water work again.
Then I get a text from my Dad telling me to check with him before I remove the temporary gravel road at the tower site, I knew where this was going, so I called him. He told me it was going to be used for him, rather than me taking it. I told him it wasn't his to take, he then proceeded to call me a liar and say that the Trusts paid for it and he can do what he pleased. I got pretty angry, especially when he told me I was being condescending because I told him it was my effing gravel and he wasn't touching it. He wanted the exact lineage of the gravel and the circumstances that made it mine, I honestly couldn't remeber, but he kept hammering at me, saying it doesn't make sense that you would pay for a temporary road, blah, blah. He essentially kept poking me int eh eye and then insisting that I tell him how many fingers he was holding up. After we got off the phone, he had another call, I had a chance to think about it (a couple years had passed), the gravel was a trade along with some labor to help take the tower down, I had to hammer the concrete foundation after they removed the building (out the temporary road), I got the gravel, but I had to remove it. Once I saw the road, I tried to convince the Trustees to pay for some survey work and get it fully approved, but they wouldn't do it, so I knew it would need to be removed. Anyways my Dad is no telling me that he is "sick of my disrespect" O told him that he was the one being disrespectful and condescending, I am pretty sure he didn't like that, he hung up on me, so I am not positive.
I want to tell him to find someone else to go and get his boat on Sunday, but I haven't resorted to that yet. As far as being condescending, I think telling someone that they "are going" to get a boat and that the ten or so hours of my time "do not matter", I think that is condescending.
Rant over.
Then I get a text from my Dad telling me to check with him before I remove the temporary gravel road at the tower site, I knew where this was going, so I called him. He told me it was going to be used for him, rather than me taking it. I told him it wasn't his to take, he then proceeded to call me a liar and say that the Trusts paid for it and he can do what he pleased. I got pretty angry, especially when he told me I was being condescending because I told him it was my effing gravel and he wasn't touching it. He wanted the exact lineage of the gravel and the circumstances that made it mine, I honestly couldn't remeber, but he kept hammering at me, saying it doesn't make sense that you would pay for a temporary road, blah, blah. He essentially kept poking me int eh eye and then insisting that I tell him how many fingers he was holding up. After we got off the phone, he had another call, I had a chance to think about it (a couple years had passed), the gravel was a trade along with some labor to help take the tower down, I had to hammer the concrete foundation after they removed the building (out the temporary road), I got the gravel, but I had to remove it. Once I saw the road, I tried to convince the Trustees to pay for some survey work and get it fully approved, but they wouldn't do it, so I knew it would need to be removed. Anyways my Dad is no telling me that he is "sick of my disrespect" O told him that he was the one being disrespectful and condescending, I am pretty sure he didn't like that, he hung up on me, so I am not positive.
I want to tell him to find someone else to go and get his boat on Sunday, but I haven't resorted to that yet. As far as being condescending, I think telling someone that they "are going" to get a boat and that the ten or so hours of my time "do not matter", I think that is condescending.
Rant over.
86turbodsl
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And that's no joke for mileage anymore with gas/diesel so high!
86turbodsl
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You guys are clutter amateurs....Ummmmmm……………
86turbodsl
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Please pardon my butting in, but your dad's disrespect of you and your time is disgusting. I would not be able to respect him were i in your situation. We would probably part ways in absence of that. And certainly would be having a gloves off encounter. And no, my dad and i did not have a good relationship. Mainly because of him treating me like this.It is tough though, I would have had water last night and this morning if I did the temporary fix, instead I spent two hours running around looking for parts to install the "temporary" tank while waiting on the permanent fix for the well pump. It wouldn't have felt so bad, except I came up short on the parts. I am about to head out on my errands, first stop is to get the correct cam lock, then I will have everythign I need to make the water work again.
Then I get a text from my Dad telling me to check with him before I remove the temporary gravel road at the tower site, I knew where this was going, so I called him. He told me it was going to be used for him, rather than me taking it. I told him it wasn't his to take, he then proceeded to call me a liar and say that the Trusts paid for it and he can do what he pleased. I got pretty angry, especially when he told me I was being condescending because I told him it was my effing gravel and he wasn't touching it. He wanted the exact lineage of the gravel and the circumstances that made it mine, I honestly couldn't remeber, but he kept hammering at me, saying it doesn't make sense that you would pay for a temporary road, blah, blah. He essentially kept poking me int eh eye and then insisting that I tell him how many fingers he was holding up. After we got off the phone, he had another call, I had a chance to think about it (a couple years had passed), the gravel was a trade along with some labor to help take the tower down, I had to hammer the concrete foundation after they removed the building (out the temporary road), I got the gravel, but I had to remove it. Once I saw the road, I tried to convince the Trustees to pay for some survey work and get it fully approved, but they wouldn't do it, so I knew it would need to be removed. Anyways my Dad is no telling me that he is "sick of my disrespect" O told him that he was the one being disrespectful and condescending, I am pretty sure he didn't like that, he hung up on me, so I am not positive.
I want to tell him to find someone else to go and get his boat on Sunday, but I haven't resorted to that yet. As far as being condescending, I think telling someone that they "are going" to get a boat and that the ten or so hours of my time "do not matter", I think that is condescending.
Rant over.
86turbodsl
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On a totally unrelated/ shop related note, your shop is looking really good these days. Well done. Have you found that pulling tools off the pallet racking as you need them is working out for you? I've got so many big tools i am thinking seriously of doing that moving forward. IE, does the 10x18 horizontal saw really need to take up floor space every second? Probably not.
