Recent content by timdp

That's pretty magnificent. You need a glass garage door for that view! Bunker with a view... :D You really need to start with doing a few layout drawings. Will the workbench be against the back wall or along the wider right side of the garage? Car and workshop area at the back with the man cave...

No, started doing Wasteland Weekend stuff and completely filled up the garage with stuff. Need a couple of weeks just to get it cleared out a little.

Sure. Are you coming over to pick it up? I'm sure not shipping it anywhere. Its an earlier version of this one: http://www.ottofrei.com/Steamaster-Steamer-2-Gallon-HPJ-2S T

No, I have not. Too many other projects and I have no idea how to go about restoring it. T

Its a post war Mosin Nagant 91/30 rifle ammo pouch. A pair of them come with pretty much every Mosin Nagant sold in the US, so the value is a couple of bucks... T

That is a jeweler's saw. For anyone planning on using one without breaking lots of blades, the blades need to be pre-tensioned. Clamp blade in one end, put the handle in your belly and the other end of the saw against the bench (blade up). Push against the bench with your body and tighten the...

Link? thanks

I like having commonly used tools immediately available and find pegboard too fiddly so I built a couple of tool cribs on top of work benches using 2x6s from our torn down deck. Used lots of HF magnetic tool holders, HF screw in hooks, screws and nails to hang tools. Woodworking tools...

Nice wrench, but tell me about the fabric its sitting on...

VERY cool toolbox! We wants it! T

Thank you Gentlemen. Does not seem to be any side to side play, so I think I caught it soon enough to prevent bearing damage, but will take a look. Will do the bi-yearly relube and look at removing the plastic plug. Any interesting ideas for repurposing the 1100 RPM motor? Tim

Its all rust. Blood does very nasty things to steel... Probably fell off some gardener's truck. Was not there last Thursday on my last walk. Made in Columbia is interesting as I doubt we import much from there. Did it walk all the way here? Brought in with a drug shipment? I think it might make...

Today's find; a short machete like tool with a 12" blade. Bush knife? Marked "Made in Columbia"... <a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/timdps/media/Garage/DSCN7045_zps23nocamw.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/timdps/Garage/DSCN7045_zps23nocamw.jpg"...

Condenser fan started squealing, so I assumed it was a bearing problem and dumped some oil down the shaft after pulling the motor. Reinstalled it and it was running with no squeal. Ordered a new motor and installed it when it arrived. Am hoping that the old motor can be relubed correctly to...

Ah yes, that makes sense. Thank you for posting.