Doing a lot in a little space.

mason_tay · May 26, 2016

I'm 25 and spent almost two years looking for a house on at least an acre of land with a decent sized shop. I finally found one that suited my needs and pulled the trigger. After spending 2 months trying to close on the property, it finally happened and I couldn't be happier.

I'm sure it will be slow progress but I plan on sealing and insulating the building along with taking down all of the shelves and work benches the previous owner put up.

mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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First thing I did was move in the tools I absolutely needed at the time and a few tool boxes.

Then I moved in my 4wheeler and some of my junk for cars and trucks that I own and work on

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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We went to Boggs and boulders for their New Years ride and ended up breaking an axle on my truck, destroying a wheel bearing and locking hub, and the spindle that it all goes on.

Here are some pictures from our trip

I came home and moved the truck in and went to work fixing the front axle

As you can see the truck is a tight fit

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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I moved my 4wheeler and truck in to see what kind of room I would have. It was very tight in that half of the shop.

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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So I went out today and did some maintenance on my 4wheeler.

Then started cleaning and re-organizing and taking down some shelves that weren't needed.

As you can see the old furniture from my house is currently being stored in my shop. Waiting on my grandmas house to be finished so she can have all the old furniture. I'm so glad to be able to use both work benches and have almost the whole floor back though.

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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Any recommendations on a floor coating that will be resistant to welding, grinding, cutting, and oil?

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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Headed out to pick up my new (to me) metal work bench and tig set up.
I believe the welds will be a lot more aesthetically appealing on these with the tig.

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mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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Well here is my new to me tig set up and I also found an old roll cart that I put my small mig on so I could roll it around easily.

I also picked up some lights that I'm going to rewire 110. They're industrial lights and put out a large amount of light.

Then I straightened up these shelves some more. Have I mentioned how much I hate these shelves and can't wait to tear them down?

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Homebody · May 26, 2016

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Congrats and Welcome! You're gonna have a blast in your own shop & house! :thumbup:

mason_tay · May 26, 2016

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I built a few cars in a buddies shop and after a while I couldn't stand the mess and having 4 other people building cars there too. It was a total disaster. Here's a few pictures from inside the other shop and another car I've built. Here's my little girl helping me build my mud truck.

Here's where my Ls nova began

And where it ended up before I sold it.

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mason_tay · May 27, 2016

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As some of you know I work maintenance in a factory, we produce the aluminum tubes that go in ac condensers and I work on the 2500 ton extrusion presses, but I spend most of my time under a welding hood. I really would rather weld and fabricate all day but that doesn't pay the bills where I live. So I'll deal with a factory job.

Tonight I had to weld up a hole in a distribution block on one of our hydrostatic units, the two shifts before me just put a bucket under it. Anyway, onto the pictures.

Here I am welding up one of our uncoiler shafts, it had broken all of the bolts out of the backside (poor design, can't access bolts when assembled)

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dlcwent · May 27, 2016

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Just got here Mason and went through. I'll be following and I'm sure a lot of other guys will be too. I love the picture of your little girl "helping" in the shop. It puts the tire size in prospective.

That is a tight fit for the truck, but a fit nonetheless. You've already got a nice shop and I'm sure you'll be changing it to better suit your needs.

mason_tay · May 27, 2016

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Thank you for the compliments. If you look at the first picture of the outside of the shop you can see that the door is inset under the awning which I love, what I don't love is the room that was built on that isn't sealed properly or accessible from inside the shop. So I'll be framing up a 10'x10' opening to allow access for tool box storage and workbenches. Then I can start making room for my two post car lift.

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Power Sedan · May 27, 2016

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Congrats on the new home and shop, definitely a great find! The Nova project really turned out nicely, at the point of which you sold it! I don't blame you for finding you're own shop, I too like everything organized, and not having to utilize limited space around a messy shop floor. People often ask me "If anything ever even happens in my garage? " to which I answer, "Yes, it just takes half the time to finish projects, because I know where all my $#@! is!"

Thanks for sharing!
Keith

mason_tay · May 27, 2016

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It was time to sell it. I finished all of the hard parts, Ls swap, t56 (6 speed), Cadillac ctsv interior, suspension, fuel system. The whole build started out as a joke, a "what if we put the drivetrain out of this wrecked ctsv into that $300 nova shell you bought?" Kinda thing. I have two camaros and a 2 door torpedo back Chevy deluxe that I would rather be working on than a nova.

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mason_tay · May 28, 2016

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Got bored tonight so I made some wall art and a business card holder. What say you? Look good? Start over?

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montessaj · May 28, 2016

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The business card holder looks great. I dig it.

Grizzly Guy · May 28, 2016

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Congratulations on your getting your own house and garage.The work that was done on the Nova looks like a lot of effort went into the build.

mason_tay · May 28, 2016

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I appreciate it. My s/o wanted it for her desk and her birthday is coming up. Made sense.

Thank you for the congratulations, I put lots of money and time into that nova. I've never been a huge fan of them though

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mason_tay · Jun 7, 2016

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I haven't been in the garage as much lately. I've been working too much. But I did find a brand new Lincoln welders banner rolled up in the back of the maintenance shop at work. So I got that to hang on the wall.

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mason_tay · Jun 7, 2016

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Here is what I work on at work. 2500 ton extrusion presses

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sean Buick 76 · Jun 8, 2016

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Good stuff i like the truck and the art projects!

mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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Hopefully I'll have more projects going on after I finish some stuff inside the house.

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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Well I was helping my dad clean out an old friends shop and found these two welders. Anyone have any idea what they're worth?

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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A few people have asked about my Chevrolet truck so I'll upload some pictures from where it started to where it is now.

That's the day I brought it home.

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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The guy I bought it from insisted everytime I asked that all of the lights worked. He failed to mention he just meant all the lights that were actually in the truck.

There are expensive Euro lights under here. They bondo and Bedlined over the top of them. I put reflective tape under the covers to make it look like it had tail lights.

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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Then I started cleaning it up, first I removed the brush guard and put chrome mirrors back on

Then I ordered new front springs because I had plans for this truck. The 4" springs weren't cutting it. So a new chrome front bumper, new bushings, and new super lift 8" front springs were delivered

Here is the fenderwell height before the springs

Removing the old 4" springs

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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Here's the passenger side done for comparison

New fender height

after the lift was installed I took some stripper to the chrome on the grille. I thought it looked pretty good so I left it like this

Started putting the new bumper on

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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New bumper (looks pretty good huh?)

Added some seat belts to make it street legal

Replaced all the gauges with autometer ultralite 2 led backed gauges. I love them more than any other gauge I've ever had

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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After riding it around on the 37s for a while I decided it looked goofy, so I ordered up some 39.5x18 boggers and put them on some 15x14 barts wheels I had laying around

Size reference

Got them all put on. And no scrubbing. Yet.

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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I ordered a diff cover and new shocks since the old ones were just a touch too short. (Not pictured is all of the parts for my crossover steering, because the push pull steering is garbage)

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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One night at work I started cleaning up the new knuckle and later the holes out and drilled them, it has to be a flat top Dana 44 knuckle

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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I don't have any pictures of the install of the shocks, diff cover, or crossover, but, here it all is.

I got real tired of riding Cali so I ordered a diy4x shackle flip kit, I would recommend them to anyone. Work and customer service was top notch.

Finally got me a tailgate.

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mason_tay · Jun 8, 2016

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And here is where it sits now.

My little girl loves this thing.

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mason_tay · Jun 16, 2016

I haven't posted much lately because I've been trying to do some work to my house. Finally painted the living room

Then I did some work to the shop. Wired up my 220 plug

Hung two new lights (bad picture)

Then got bored and hung some banners that I've had in storage. (You can see the new light on the right. So much brighter)

mason_tay · Jun 19, 2016

Well. I picked up a new toy today. Happy Father's Day to me. It's a 1988 cimmaron 500 dx fish and ski.

Does anyone know how to clean up the clear coat on boats? This one has started to yellow and dull in some places. Wet sand and buff?

NKlamerus · Jun 20, 2016

mason_tay said:
Well. I picked up a new toy today. Happy Father's Day to me. It's a 1988 cimmaron 500 dx fish and ski.

Does anyone know how to clean up the clear coat on boats? This one has started to yellow and dull in some places. Wet sand and buff?

Couple things,

First. Sweet Chevy, love the boggers

We hunt about a mile down from B&B, great place to party for sure

As for the boat, I really can't push anything other than a Wet Sand and then 3M Restoration Wax.

Its expensive but dang its awesome

mason_tay · Jun 20, 2016

I appreciate the compliments. I built the Chevy as a truck to flip because of the market here, then my little girl fell in love with it so I decided to keep it.

I'll have to find some of that, is it for a buffer? Or by hand?

mason_tay · Jun 20, 2016

I just ordered that ($17) and their marine rubbing compound ($26) off amazon and they should be here by Friday. So I may spend Saturday trying to clean up the boat. I can tell on the insides by the colors that it will be beautiful if it can be cleaned up.

NKlamerus · Jun 20, 2016

mason_tay said:
I appreciate the compliments. I built the Chevy as a truck to flip because of the market here, then my little girl fell in love with it so I decided to keep it.

I'll have to find some of that, is it for a buffer? Or by hand?

You can use it for both.....

But I would STRONGLY recommend a buffer. I used it by hand once when my buffer quit, and ended up disassembling the buffer to use the neck and pad In a drill instead

Doing a lot in a little space.

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