I plan to go butcher block tops too on my work benches.
. Won’t go flatThe wheels on a cabinet I built 10 ago delaminated.
I bought some steel wheels the same size and swapped them out. I did have to chuck the new spacers up in the lathe and take off about 3/32 so they’d fit in the existing frames.
They don't roll quite as well, but I only move that cabinet a few times a year, so it isn't a big deal. I've had 5 of 6 of these casters delaminate like that. All were purchased from Woodcraft.
Lee
Follow-up to this.Last time I changed the oil on my wife's Forester, I discovered the oil filter had failed. The filter media had torn away from the end caps due to bad pleat spacing and inadequate glue. I got a dozen of these from RockAuto.
It's been a few hundred miles since then, and I decided to pull the filter and inspect it. In that short time, it had failed in exactly the same way, for the same reason.
Here are pictures:
You can see the glue line where it was attached, and how the pleat flattened out against the inner core.
This is the other end, and it's a lot worse. When the glue failed on one end and pushed the pleat flat against the core, the other end simply tore and left a big hole.
I wrote to RockAuto, but it's past the 30 day return and warranty period so I doubt they'll do anything. Though I did point out that 30 days is not enough time to use 12 filters and find the flaws in them.
They were listed as private-branded Pro-Tec by Wix filters, and they came with AutoExtra branding. Caveat emptor.
Presumably. That's what failed on these two filters, anyway.
Guess I won't be stocking filters then. The only ones I have is because the jungle lost one of my orders that showed up later so I ended up with excess. Buy fresh...
It'll be fine. The patina on a classic box like that is a badge of honor. Clean it, clear coat it, and don't look back.
As clean as bottom will without repaint of the drawers.
Rust on bottom drawer and the bottom of the cabinet is much worse from the mice.
The top has lots of patina on the drawers maybe too much and again the bottom is rough and rusty because mice have no bladders.
Has more of a mustand yellowbrown hue to me in person. But other drawers are the same.
Filters do have a shelf life because of the materials used to make them fail over time.
Once you fill it with Grid infinity grids and boxes you'll forget all about the rust.
As clean as bottom will without repaint of the drawers.
Rust on bottom drawer and the bottom of the cabinet is much worse from the mice.
The top has lots of patina on the drawers maybe too much and again the bottom is rough and rusty because mice have no bladders.
Has more of a mustand yellowbrown hue to me in person. But other drawers are the same.
My position on "the scale" is going to require you to center that fan on the radiator.Saturday was "make a 2004 Mustang radiator fan fit a 1973 Mustang radiator" day.
Between other tasks, Sunday was "make a radiator cover" day. Just like the '65 C10 build, even though we're in a hurry to get this car built, it doesn't mean we're going to cut any corners. The top of the radiator needed some dressing up. Dad will get it painted this week and we'll hopefully do the final install of the radiator next weekend.
This started out as a pallet rack brace. A little choppy chop, weld, rotabroach, and dimple die later, we've got a radiator cover.
nah, burns off too quickly on the PNW wet wood, I've heard diesel is the way to go.
Yep. Another day, another lesson.
Napalm.
Motor oil, used.
Given the vast number of terrible stories of gasoline explosion burns I’ve heard, even on this site alone, let’s maybe not recommend that method… lol.
This quote was supposed to be below Kay’s, I messed up lol
Yep, styrofoam dissolved in gasoline. Sticky mess but burns a long time.
Used oil or diesel for the slower burn, but cut it with a little gasoline to get it to ignite a little easier.
It's offset to provide clearance to FEAD; the components on the driver's side are a full belt width closer to the radiator.
Maybe he has the offset to provide additional clearance for the water pump pulley.
If you really want to beat yourself up, ask yourself what year did each item get brought in.
You always wear sandals while metalworking?I tackled a project long overdue. I inherited my grandfather's leg vice and have been using the piss out of it for years now. The handle was used with a snipe at some point to press something out, likely by my grandpa. It has been a giant pita everything I have used it.
Today we made it better. Bought a piece of 5/8 tool steel a few months ago and did a little surgery. Saved the old ends for the rod.
Lathed them down cross drilled and pinned them in place in the new rod. Almost like a new vice but 1000x better.
I appreciate seeing what you are doing with that amount of space. I have about 11x23 in my room but there's a deep row of shelving along one long wall. I have a 9" South Bend and a 12" Atlas lathes, a Grizzly mill-drill, a Craftsman floor mounted drill press and an Atlas horizontal mill, plus tool chests and grinders. And a large vise and an arbor press on a bench also take up space. I need to do more organizing of space and the stuff stored on the shelving along the wall.
I should probably put together a tiny shop thread. I did one years ago on the vintage side, but could stand to expand on it.
