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I made a run to Lowes. Wasted half my afternoon, loading over 1000 #'s of wood onto a grocery cart. I am still sour about my options of local lumber yards, but happy I have a local source. 🤔 I got home and drug all my tools outside to work directly from the truck, setup the chop saw behind...

They have all kinds of goodies! I haven't checked them out in awhile, but will scroll through their inventory. I tend to want too much when I get on their site! Dad stopped over with a used fabrication I can repurpose into a stand for the new arbor press. He helped me test fit the unit and...

Last night I finally peeled open the mystery box. I made a video of my first impression / unboxing on the YT channel. It's a 3 ton ratcheting arbor press. Unfortunately it's an import model, but I can't justify the expense of an old school American made unit. I picked this up for $220 and...

All great guesses, but no one landed on it yet. I need to unbox the item yet. It got stuck on the bench as I played marine transporter and boat technician all weekend. The boat was so clogged with zebra muscles I couldn't get it on plain. I had to wallow around at 3k rpm slowly working...

I drug in a big box from the delivery man. So far I only popped the top to have a peak inside for any signs of obvious damage. It's big and it's heavy! I have been wanting one of these for a long time. Any guesses?

Thanks! I'll have to check that out. I haven't fired up CL in a long time. 👍

Thanks! Heck you can't beat that price. I'll have to get one for my unit. I had no idea they were this affordable! 👍😁

Good idea! 👍😁 I will have to come up with some type of drain, but first I need to fabricate the platform it is going to reside on. One more upright for my pallet rack would make it an easy solution. The tricky part is finding one locally for sale.

I rebuilt a cylinder for Dad's old skid loader and headed over to his place. We reinstalled the cylinder, loaded my new to me air compressor, and headed home. Happy to finally have an stationary 'real' air compressor for the shop! Now, I need to build a raised platform for it.

I pulled the welder out and proceeded to weld on the fence project all day. The new welding helmet I received as a birthday gift works fantastic!

Dad stopped by yesterday and helped install the cabinets behind my work bench. It's been on my list of things to do for a long time now. We also got the custom peg board installed. It's 'wall control' brand name and it's made in the USA. Winning! 👍😁

I worked on picking up tools and supplies in the shop. The 4x8' sheets of drywall are still hogging up space and we're becoming an extension of workbench space. Good news is they are cleared off. Next step is making them go away! 👍😁

I repaired a broken window on the storage building I lease. I think the pane just fell out of the frame because the glazing cracked and fell off over the years. I had to fill in a small 1x3" notch in the corner. My plywood scrap wasn't quite big enough. Not bad for all scrap material I had...

I grabbed the camera, drone and work boots. Then I proceeded to a new piece of land that was recently listed online. I wanted to inspect the terrain closer and see if it has potential to be a dreamshop / barndo location. The open grassy area has potential for a building. I was more...

I stripped off the fuel tank on old Margaret, aka my C750 from above. I needed to inspect, clean and hopefully seal up some rust pin holes under the tank straps. Turns out they are not much like pin holes, but more like gaping large holes. Oopsie... .

I worked all morning just outside the garage. I cleaned up the interior of this fuel tank and removed all the crusty / rusty stuff from the inside. I worked on this thing for several hours and was super optimistic. Unfortunately after adding a few gallons of fuel it started leaking from...

Dug into multiple hydraulic cylinders. Made a hug mess, but now I can inspect the seals closer to attempt to get some replacements on order. That circle clip almost tricked me for a good minute. Messy messy

I cooked about 6 pounds of various meats in the 'Wife's shop'. Got to keep everyone in the meats! I then ventured out to the garage to work on the Lincoln Ranger 8 welder. It needed some maintenance and some tinkering.

Drilled holes in the center of the lower cross bars of my fence project. All I have time for today. It's family day! 👍😁

I opened the new handle / rod holder for arc welder. I played with clamp mechanism, looked at the lead clamp setup, test fit a rod, and then sat it down. Off to the playground! 👍😁