shortykorte
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Ok whats going on? Post 3395 there are two drawers, post 3398 there's only one. I like the paint rack. I assume it breaks down when not in use? Anyway, lookin good.
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Above 1200 Sq/FT The ASYLUM - Happy 40th Birthday to Me! (Est. 2005)
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
akdiesel – Thanks. I would estimate the lathe at around 300 lbs, maybe more, with a majority at the headstock end. Mine is one of the earliest 12x36 lathes that Altas/Craftsman made. It has always worked fine for my little projects, but I’ve heard other people say there are much better starter lathes out there (Southbend seems to get mentioned a lot). I can’t complain about this one and it will serve my purposes for years to come, I’m sure.
taumac – Thank you. Its projects like these where I envy you guys with the welders! Yep, my home is where I hang my hat!
shortykorte – That’s funny, because when I was looking at the inserted thumbnails, I thought the same thing about the single drawer. Zooming in revealed a missing top drawer when that picture was taken. I had it out when I was running some screws into countertop from the bottom side.
The paint rack is simply an old towel drying rack like for poolside. I never take it apart, but the cross tubes can slide out, I believe.
taumac – Thank you. Its projects like these where I envy you guys with the welders! Yep, my home is where I hang my hat!
shortykorte – That’s funny, because when I was looking at the inserted thumbnails, I thought the same thing about the single drawer. Zooming in revealed a missing top drawer when that picture was taken. I had it out when I was running some screws into countertop from the bottom side.
The paint rack is simply an old towel drying rack like for poolside. I never take it apart, but the cross tubes can slide out, I believe.
BACK TO THE ROLLING LATHE CABINET (Part 4 of 4)...
And here is the final result (for PHASE I, that is).
Casters and floor lock view. These are the swivel casters and I intentional placed them and the floor lock under the light weight (tailstock) end of the lathe.
PHASE II will include cutting a hole in the end of the base to store raw stock (where the blue tape is) and enclosing it with a yellow door. And of course, more tileboard will be added on the remaining three sides. I also want to add an overhead worklight (because these eyes aren’t getting any younger!) and drip pan to catch chips and coolant.
And here is the final result (for PHASE I, that is).
Casters and floor lock view. These are the swivel casters and I intentional placed them and the floor lock under the light weight (tailstock) end of the lathe.
PHASE II will include cutting a hole in the end of the base to store raw stock (where the blue tape is) and enclosing it with a yellow door. And of course, more tileboard will be added on the remaining three sides. I also want to add an overhead worklight (because these eyes aren’t getting any younger!) and drip pan to catch chips and coolant.
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HOTFR8
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Now that is a clever idea for the lathe.
Vernmotor
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Looking good 
tinbender 66
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I finally found a place of honor for the plaque you sent me for our football bet. I'll post a pic when I'm on the garage computer. Hope you are doing well with your new life situation! Sometimes it's for the best. Been there.
It is probably to late to mention but a refrigerated drier works very good.
For my drain valve on the tank I use one that is used on large vehicles with air brakes. Quarter pipe thread with a cable attached screws into bottom of tank.
Every time I pass by my compressor I pull the cable and drain out the water.
walt
For my drain valve on the tank I use one that is used on large vehicles with air brakes. Quarter pipe thread with a cable attached screws into bottom of tank.
Every time I pass by my compressor I pull the cable and drain out the water.
walt
Sorry to hear of you domestic problems. Been there done that don't want to do it again.
I just got to page 171 and I feel my trivial comment over your videos should be put in the trash.
Good luck on your future endeavors and may god speed.
walt
I just got to page 171 and I feel my trivial comment over your videos should be put in the trash.
Good luck on your future endeavors and may god speed.
walt
HOTFR8 – Thanks. Having a rolling cart ends up being a necessity in my place. It will need to be rolled out of the way when not being used (which will be 99% of the time! )
walt111 – Thanks for taking the time to read through the thread. I’m sure it can get boring at times (well, maybe most of the time!), but hard work isn’t always glamorous.
Sorry about some of the videos not working for you. If you go to Post #2, all but one of the videos are working there (Jib Crane vid not working). The ones that were uploaded via youtube seem to working fine for me, complete with the music. Let me know if those don’t work for you.
Vernmotor – Thanks! And before you ask… YES, the cars are still crying for attention
. All in due time!
tinbender66 – Hey buddy! I was beginning to wonder if you had forgotten the folks here at the GJ. (People are probably wondering that about ME sometimes lately too!). Life is great, so no worries there whatsoever. Glad to hear you have a spot for the sign. Hopefully you have some other updates for us too!
)walt111 – Thanks for taking the time to read through the thread. I’m sure it can get boring at times (well, maybe most of the time!), but hard work isn’t always glamorous
. Sorry about some of the videos not working for you. If you go to Post #2, all but one of the videos are working there (Jib Crane vid not working). The ones that were uploaded via youtube seem to working fine for me, complete with the music. Let me know if those don’t work for you.
Vernmotor – Thanks! And before you ask… YES, the cars are still crying for attention
. All in due time!tinbender66 – Hey buddy! I was beginning to wonder if you had forgotten the folks here at the GJ. (People are probably wondering that about ME sometimes lately too!). Life is great, so no worries there whatsoever. Glad to hear you have a spot for the sign. Hopefully you have some other updates for us too!
1/2 Cup
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shortykorte
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So true 1/2 Cup
walt111 - I’m about to upload one more video of a tree felling that didn’t exactly go as expected!
Terziakis - Thanks for reading. With your comments, I guess I hit the mark I was shooting for!!
1/2 Cup – Thanks. I probably spend way too much time and effort on this place, but at least it keeps me out of trouble!
shortykorte – Here’s to ALL over-engineered shops!
Terziakis - Thanks for reading. With your comments, I guess I hit the mark I was shooting for!!
1/2 Cup – Thanks. I probably spend way too much time and effort on this place, but at least it keeps me out of trouble!
shortykorte – Here’s to ALL over-engineered shops!
TREE FELLING GONE WRONG…
Well, this could have gone much worse and I thank my lucky stars for it all working it okay. It’s very seldom that these trees don’t fall the way I expect them to, but this is a good reminder to always be on guard for the worse possible scenario happening.
If you watch the video closely, you will see the tree I was cutting down hooked on the nearby tree and the entire tree pivoted about it. The leaf end of the tree hits the ground sending the trunk end far in the air. Finally, the trunk end slams down – not far from where I was standing. At the end, you can see me walking behind the tree.
Click on this picture to start the video:
My neighbor told me to go buy a lotto ticket because it appeared to be my lucky day!!!
Here is the other tricky tree I cut down. I was really worried about this one with its close proximity to the electrical meter.
I generated a bunch of brush that would have overwhelmed my pile.
So I pulled out the chipper/shredder to return it to the ground it came from.
Ignore the following picture:
Well, this could have gone much worse and I thank my lucky stars for it all working it okay. It’s very seldom that these trees don’t fall the way I expect them to, but this is a good reminder to always be on guard for the worse possible scenario happening.
If you watch the video closely, you will see the tree I was cutting down hooked on the nearby tree and the entire tree pivoted about it. The leaf end of the tree hits the ground sending the trunk end far in the air. Finally, the trunk end slams down – not far from where I was standing. At the end, you can see me walking behind the tree.
Click on this picture to start the video:
My neighbor told me to go buy a lotto ticket because it appeared to be my lucky day!!!
Here is the other tricky tree I cut down. I was really worried about this one with its close proximity to the electrical meter.
I generated a bunch of brush that would have overwhelmed my pile.
So I pulled out the chipper/shredder to return it to the ground it came from.
Ignore the following picture:
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Wingnut65
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Wow! That kick-back could have been serious, for you or anything behind it. Glad to hear it was only pride that was hurt. And a cool video...
sublime68charger
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Glad your okay!
What did you use to pull on the trunk to get the tree trap started?
And was your escape route to use the trunk of the still standing tree to block the falling tree from chasing you down?
What did you use to pull on the trunk to get the tree trap started?
And was your escape route to use the trunk of the still standing tree to block the falling tree from chasing you down?
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akdiesel
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shopnut
Now I thought you had all your tree cutting done.
From the video it does not sound or look that big but seeing your place in person those trees are massive. Got lucky.
So how many more are to be cut down.
Now I thought you had all your tree cutting done.
From the video it does not sound or look that big but seeing your place in person those trees are massive. Got lucky.
So how many more are to be cut down.
1/2 Cup
Member Emeritus
Take out a Lotto ticket.
shortykorte
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Good thing that wasn't a Tyson Oak. That would have been one hell of a knockout. 
akdiesel
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Good thing that wasn't a Tyson Oak. That would have been one hell of a knockout.
Nah. Just an ear.
Wingnut65 – The trunk of the tree landed 6” from my rail fence. Pride hurt… won’t be the first time, won’t be the last!
sublime68charger – Thanks. You can just barely see it in the video, but I was prying with a 2x4 to dislodge it. That should have been my first clue something was wrong!! The problem was, I wasn’t thinking. Bad Shopnut, very bad!!
akdiesel – I wish I was done! These three trees died 6 months ago and I have put it off until now for two reasons – 1) letting the weather cool down a bit, and 2) two of them were tricky fells so I was just procrastinating.
There is one more tree that needs to come down on the fenceline, but it is just a 20 footer, luckily. If I wait long enough, maybe the neighbor will beat me to it.
1/2 Cup – Should have, but didn’t. Probably better off though – big money does crazy things to some people! Oh wait, nevermind, I guess I don’t have anything to loose (as in sanity!)
shortykorte – I think that tree had a pretty good wind-up – lucky I dodged the swing!
akdiesel – I think it was a Bay Laurel and they don’t get real big. This one was around 50 feet tall, but not much in the way of branch structure because of the dense trees around it.
sublime68charger – Thanks. You can just barely see it in the video, but I was prying with a 2x4 to dislodge it. That should have been my first clue something was wrong!! The problem was, I wasn’t thinking. Bad Shopnut, very bad!!
akdiesel – I wish I was done! These three trees died 6 months ago and I have put it off until now for two reasons – 1) letting the weather cool down a bit, and 2) two of them were tricky fells so I was just procrastinating.
There is one more tree that needs to come down on the fenceline, but it is just a 20 footer, luckily. If I wait long enough, maybe the neighbor will beat me to it.
1/2 Cup – Should have, but didn’t. Probably better off though – big money does crazy things to some people! Oh wait, nevermind, I guess I don’t have anything to loose (as in sanity!)
shortykorte – I think that tree had a pretty good wind-up – lucky I dodged the swing!
akdiesel – I think it was a Bay Laurel and they don’t get real big. This one was around 50 feet tall, but not much in the way of branch structure because of the dense trees around it.
Wingnut65
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FYI, my disaster team at church needs periodic chainsaw work to stay current...
Thanks for coming out for the FL GJ hangout. Gotta do it more often than every 3 years!
Thanks for coming out for the FL GJ hangout.
Gotta do it more often than every 3 years!FYI, my disaster team at church needs periodic chainsaw work to stay current...
Thanks for coming out for the FL GJ hangout.
Come by anytime! I saved one dead tree for your team to practice on!
It was a good meet. Wish you could have stayed longer buddy.
REPAIRING MY LOGGING CABLE…
I use cables and chains when I’m playing lumberjack to “persuade” the tree where to fall. During the course of the last lumberjacking activity, the loop end of my cable broke so I needed to fix it before completing the task. No fear, I built the cable in the first place and I still had the necessary tools and parts to fix it. I can’t complain though, I’ve been using it for 15 years or so.
Here is the cable looped around with the new oval sleeve ready to be crimped. It also shows the swage tool and the ratchet I use with it.
Here is a close up of the sleeves. This shot also shows one side of the sleeve swaged and getting ready to swage the other half.
All done and ready to do battle with the next tree.
It’s great being able to make custom length cables for all sorts of projects in and outside of the shop and I’m sure the swage tool has paid for itself many times over. I don’t know what they cost today, but I bought mine for $60 at Home Depot about 15 years ago.
I use cables and chains when I’m playing lumberjack to “persuade” the tree where to fall. During the course of the last lumberjacking activity, the loop end of my cable broke so I needed to fix it before completing the task. No fear, I built the cable in the first place and I still had the necessary tools and parts to fix it. I can’t complain though, I’ve been using it for 15 years or so.
Here is the cable looped around with the new oval sleeve ready to be crimped. It also shows the swage tool and the ratchet I use with it.
Here is a close up of the sleeves. This shot also shows one side of the sleeve swaged and getting ready to swage the other half.
All done and ready to do battle with the next tree.
It’s great being able to make custom length cables for all sorts of projects in and outside of the shop and I’m sure the swage tool has paid for itself many times over. I don’t know what they cost today, but I bought mine for $60 at Home Depot about 15 years ago.
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Bob Heine
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Shopnut,
It was great meeting you and the other guys at the Don Garlits Museum and car show. It's nice to meet the three-dimensional folks behind the posts.
I also like your steel cable swaging tool. I have seven 4- and 6-foot high wooden gates in my yard and they all need a cable and turnbuckle on the adjacent fence section to keep the latches lined up. I've always used those U-clamps but hate having the frayed ends sticking out. I found your tool on Amazon for $30 and bought some sleeves, thimbles and turnbuckles to go with it. Sure beats buying three $175 crimping tools...
mdbeck1
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I have problems with cables about once a year. One will get frayed or I think I need a custom length so I bought one of these (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BW2M1U/?tag=atomicindus08-20). I think I've used it once since I bought it and it hangs on the side of the toolbox for when I do need it.
Although I like the size of the one that you have. It looks a lot like a fitting flare tool. hmmmm... I wonder if that will work???
Although I like the size of the one that you have. It looks a lot like a fitting flare tool. hmmmm... I wonder if that will work???
Grizz1963
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I hope you realise that this trip has lasted nearly 10 years (February 2006 when you first posted up) and I am a long way from ready to get off. Like Thomas' thread, this keeps giving.
Looking at the tree felling video, I realise just how often we get lucky doing stuff, that we "survive" intact.
Here's to a great festive season and a 2016 filled with more stuff we want and need.
Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Looking at the tree felling video, I realise just how often we get lucky doing stuff, that we "survive" intact.
Here's to a great festive season and a 2016 filled with more stuff we want and need.
Thanks for keeping us entertained.
shortykorte
Well-known member
Hey, I just used my big come-along and the cable has some frays. I wonder where I could get a cable made up?
shortykorte
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Shopnut. You are probably aware of this online app but in case you aren't, I thought you might use it for your next cool BRFWD (I'm not creative like Omphaloskeptic). Autodesk 123d Circuits
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
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Bob Heine – Thanks for passing on the info. It shows this forum can be great for saving money on tools as well as spending it on them (tools we absolutely can’t live without, of course!!)
mdbeck1 – Hey, that tool looks like it would make swaging a much quicker process than mine. Thanks for sharing!
Grizz1963 – Thanks for the kind words. Yes, initial construction of the Asylum was finished in 2005 and I joined this forum shortly after when I figured out this was the best place to share what I was doing and also to learn better how to do it from others on here. I’m sure my dedication and interest would have dropped off long ago without all the comradery this forum offers. Thanks to you and the others that have hung with me over the years. Wishing you and yours the best in 2016!!
shortykorte – Stop by if you’re still in need of some crimping jobs… I will never wear this one out with as few jobs as I do with it. My shop may be a complete disaster right now, but I know EXACTLY where that swage tool is!!!
Actually, I didn’t know about that Circuits software. It looks very interesting and thanks for sharing! I can see that getting me in all kinds of trouble… I LIKE IT!!! And I still have drawers full of electronic parts just itching to find their way into a crazy gizmo.
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Bob Heine – Thanks for passing on the info. It shows this forum can be great for saving money on tools as well as spending it on them (tools we absolutely can’t live without, of course!!)
mdbeck1 – Hey, that tool looks like it would make swaging a much quicker process than mine. Thanks for sharing!
Grizz1963 – Thanks for the kind words. Yes, initial construction of the Asylum was finished in 2005 and I joined this forum shortly after when I figured out this was the best place to share what I was doing and also to learn better how to do it from others on here. I’m sure my dedication and interest would have dropped off long ago without all the comradery this forum offers. Thanks to you and the others that have hung with me over the years. Wishing you and yours the best in 2016!!
shortykorte – Stop by if you’re still in need of some crimping jobs… I will never wear this one out with as few jobs as I do with it. My shop may be a complete disaster right now, but I know EXACTLY where that swage tool is!!!
Actually, I didn’t know about that Circuits software. It looks very interesting and thanks for sharing! I can see that getting me in all kinds of trouble… I LIKE IT!!! And I still have drawers full of electronic parts just itching to find their way into a crazy gizmo.
Vernmotor
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Good to see you posting
Rickochet
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Shopnut--thanks for sharing all of your wisdom!!!!
shortykorte
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Thanks and your welcome. The program does look fun, especially if you know what you are doing.
shortykorte
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Well things must be pretty crazy around the Asylum these days since you haven't posted. 
sublime68charger
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Shop nut, how's your weather down there? Most of wisconsin took one the the chin from Mother Nature yesterday!
Had 6-8" of nice wet and heavy white stuff yesterday!
Hope all is well!
Had 6-8" of nice wet and heavy white stuff yesterday!
Hope all is well!
Who would have thought moving could take this long – WOW! I’m still unboxing household goods! But part of the process involved adding MORE storage space to the living quarters. I couldn’t pass it up though, Lowe’s had a 70% off clearance sale on matching cabinets and I stocked up from three different stores (more to come on that soon).
Thanks for hanging with me guys during this slow shop improvement time! There’s still plenty to do on the Asylum and my task list keeps growing. The weather is perfect too this time of year for spending time out there.
Vernmotor – Thanks, it’s good to be (semi) back! I wish I could be posting more, but I don’t want to bore you guys too much with all the household upgrades.
Rickochet – You are very welcome. Thanks for “stopping by”
shortykorte – Crazy… YES!!! Shop Crazy… No, unfortunately. I’ve been working my tail off and have just about dug myself out of this hole. But I'm pretty good about sticking to a plan and the place is really shaping up!
sublime68charger – The weather has been bouncing between highs of 55 to 85F. I only saw frost twice so far this year. I used to love shoveling snow when I was younger (even that wet stuff!), but I don’t even know what end of the shovel to grab anymore!. All is well and spirits are high here, thanks! And I hope you can say the same!
Thanks for hanging with me guys during this slow shop improvement time! There’s still plenty to do on the Asylum and my task list keeps growing. The weather is perfect too this time of year for spending time out there.
Vernmotor – Thanks, it’s good to be (semi) back! I wish I could be posting more, but I don’t want to bore you guys too much with all the household upgrades.
Rickochet – You are very welcome. Thanks for “stopping by”
shortykorte – Crazy… YES!!! Shop Crazy… No, unfortunately. I’ve been working my tail off and have just about dug myself out of this hole. But I'm pretty good about sticking to a plan and the place is really shaping up!
sublime68charger – The weather has been bouncing between highs of 55 to 85F. I only saw frost twice so far this year. I used to love shoveling snow when I was younger (even that wet stuff!), but I don’t even know what end of the shovel to grab anymore!
. All is well and spirits are high here, thanks! And I hope you can say the same!