Recent content by born to die

I'm looking for a BF618 hammer. I'm fine with cleaning up the faces if there's corrosion, but I'd like a good original handle without splits/damage.

What drill press is this? The 15" Jet I have is too big for my shop, this looks much more compact.

Thanks for the info... maybe someday I'll think of a use for it. Well it turns out the source wasn't Lockheed, but Ford Aerospace. I found a 1985 invoice inside another box. This one was full of wafering blades in various states of use, most are branded "Norton Diamond Wheel". It looks like...

I went to a garage sale recently, lots of industrial tools that belonged a retired Lockheed employee (according to the wife, who was running the sale). I bought a parts tumbler, and she tossed in a few random objects to get rid of them, including this magnet. She had no idea what it was for...

Also made some progress on rough wiring & exterior drywall: The knee braces are getting Padauk plugs to hide the fasteners (and for some unearned timber framing aesthetics). I've also started framing out a commercial steel door I picked up on CL. Unfortunately, the PO mangled one of the...

Made some progress... I used 1/2" sheathing on most of the roof, but 3/4" cedar boards for overhangs. I don't know how most people do that, but I added 1/4" thick furring strips between the rafters and sheathing, so they transitioned level to the boards. I had to vary the board gaps here and...

I hadn't put this together, but it looks like we live in the same area. I don't know Nimrod, but I do remember that thread from back in the day. I think every gearhead around here deals with the same limitations...

Unless we can start spending likes at the grocery store I wouldn't call it self promotion, good to document this here since I did it the hard way. Your 8x8 beams are more than double the weight of mine, no way I would have been moving those with my legs.

If you end up with a house like mine you'll have to do some serious downsizing! Great work on your place, especially those massive carriage doors. I'm planning to put extra effort into my front doors too, it's one of the things we have to interact with every single visit.

Like this? I've got a come-along and a chain hoist, really wish I'd done it that way! Could have assembled the bents on the floor instead of building them in the air. While I was researching I saw timber framers build on the ground and lift with a crane, but somehow never came across shear...

Lifting these plates on top of the posts by myself was definitely interesting. Went ahead and routed the wheel channels on the beams that will carry the gantry crane before hanging them up. On the plate joints I used a "table lap" as a mechanical connection that will resist separation. At least...

Ended up going with a timber retaining wall to hold the ramp. The right side opens up to meet the driveway curve, then pinches to 8' at the entry doors. The 1/4 yard of fill I picked up didn't get me very far... and I filled the space with boulders first. I'm guessing I need 2 yards+ to fill the...

One thing I haven't figured out is how I will transition from driveway grade to finished height (floor is 16" above grade). I was originally thinking a ramp, but the driveway is all curves, so a fabricated ramp would also have to curve if I want to approach it from the existing driveway. I'm...

Got the 1.5" foam installed in each bay, was going for a friction fit so none of them are perfectly square. Then pointed the edges with silicone. While I was laying subfloor I stepped through a couple of them like a trapdoor and had to reset them. Also pulled the floor feeds, added a t-stat...

I've got the electrical system mapped out so I can pull circuit feeds in the joists before the subfloor goes on. The interior walls will stay unfinished until I've settled into a routine in the shop, in case individual receptacles need to move. I've got 3 circuits: * 40A/240 compressor * 20A...