Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT 3rd time's a charm with a 3 car workshop
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Workspaces between 485 and 705 squarefeet.
Hooray ...finished ....for now
Next up is to move stuff around so that I can free up where this misc scrap wood is sitting so it can find a new permanent home here.
After that I need to get the welder buzzing so a bit of electric work. Horror Freight has welding consumables 40% off today so may go pick up a 2 lb spool of fluxcore as my order from Cyberweld isn't in yet. Fedex has my gas cylinder still and keeps saying it's ready for pickup but then they load it on the truck and attempt delivery on something that requires a signature so it's been a struggle to try and get that. Attempted pickup 2x so far and it's not supposed to go out for delivery....but they've said that before and it's been on a truck. It's not the end of the world and it's not critical so I'll manage. Once the bottle shows up will make a spot to put it...thinking left side but might try the back? Shelf will be large enough to hold 2 bottles, from a storage perspective I think the side works better, from usability back is likely better....so will see what I come up with.
Next up is to move stuff around so that I can free up where this misc scrap wood is sitting so it can find a new permanent home here.
After that I need to get the welder buzzing so a bit of electric work. Horror Freight has welding consumables 40% off today so may go pick up a 2 lb spool of fluxcore as my order from Cyberweld isn't in yet. Fedex has my gas cylinder still and keeps saying it's ready for pickup but then they load it on the truck and attempt delivery on something that requires a signature so it's been a struggle to try and get that. Attempted pickup 2x so far and it's not supposed to go out for delivery....but they've said that before and it's been on a truck. It's not the end of the world and it's not critical so I'll manage. Once the bottle shows up will make a spot to put it...thinking left side but might try the back? Shelf will be large enough to hold 2 bottles, from a storage perspective I think the side works better, from usability back is likely better....so will see what I come up with.
OutlawDrifter
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FedEx is has been terrible for years around here...took them a week to deliver a 2-day package on the last go-around.
If they even smell mud/snow/ice...forget about getting anything delivered down a rock road from them! My UPS guy is a champ, he'll hold the loud pedal to the floor and let that truck eat
If they even smell mud/snow/ice...forget about getting anything delivered down a rock road from them! My UPS guy is a champ, he'll hold the loud pedal to the floor and let that truck eat
M.Brane
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I've had multiple instances of FedEx claiming they attempted delivery when they clearly didn't since there was someone here all day.
XJSuperman
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They're so bad that another forum I'm on has a whole thread dedicated to how they still exist lol. Almost everyone around the country seems to agree, not all, but majority it seems agree Fedex is awful. Forums/threads tend to skew results by attracting those to pile on of course.
I would probably struggle with the increase in cost of living....but have to agree that if you're going to live in Florida or probably anyplace known for beaches/mountains/lakes etc I would struggle to not be close enough to easily take advantage of it.
Logan, the feature that matters with a toothed metal cutting saw is the speed of the blade. I put an abrasive blade on my 10" wood miter saw and cut some exhaust tubing. It produced a massive collection of 'burr' and enough sparks to force me to cut the tubing outside and even then I hung around for an hour to be sure a brush fire wouldn't spring up.
I went back to my Portaband/SWAG setup but 90° cuts were lucky guesses.
I broke down and bought an Evolution 14" chop saw but the cheapest one they offered and made a really cheap stand. It fits under the shed workbench if I hold the blade guard down to its lowest position. Less planned, more dumb luck.
I bought it for $200.09 from Home Depot in 2018. It sells for $350 now on the Evolution site:
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As mentioned, the motor turns at only 1,450 rpm, unlike the standard miter saw that turns at 3,800 rpm.
Logan, I often wonder if its cutting, compared to the abrasive saw. It is slightly louder than my Portaband.
I think I've settled/resigned myself in my head that an Evolution will join the garage....the question is timing. I'm going to see how long till I burn thru the new blade on the abrasive chopsaw and evaluate it when it's time to change that blade. The faster that blade diameter drops, the sooner the Evolution shows up.
Good grief Logan, we live in the same universe. I have a set of four upper and lower ball joints and a complete set of red Energy Suspension bushings. The bushings box weighs almost 9 pounds because the '87 Corvette has bushings everywhere.
Need to figure out the over/under for a date for when I would like them installed....Going to go out on a limb and say end of January. From reading online the work isn't hard or especially long...but getting decent enough weather/roads in January for me to want to bring it back aligning with a weekend or day off work may be challenging.
Happy Birthday my friend!!
Thanks Gents....here's to another cycle around the sun for all of us!
Thanks sir.....I only hope it's something that can be partially sustained. I know that I've got some sort of internal "need" to physically accomplish/build/make a certain allotment of "stuff" and it normally needs to be me doing the work so the day job doesn't generally fulfill too much of it. As many on this forum probably can empathize with, I don't always "sit still" well on vacations for too many days in a row.....so when I got back I was overdue for some "accomplishment" and had spent some time making mental or phone lists on what to work on. Little bit of progress builds....so hopefully now I can keep things rolling!
Speaking of rolling....cleared out some junk....rolled the table right over!
Super excited with how well it rolls and no wobbling! I was expecting to need to shim at least one of the legs but so far no need.
Tried to get the outlet wired up tonight....but apparently 50 amp GE breakers are out of vogue at my local big orange box. So no biggie...I can at least get the box in and wire run....until I found out I'm out of 3/4" EMT and don't even have a 3" long scrap which is all I need....oh well. Tomorrow will be another opportunity
Nice work on the table. I have a surgical table in my shop that needs a new pocket for a caster. I used some janky program and made one to 3d print. Dimensionally it was correct but there wasnt a hole for the caster to insert into. My computer is too old to run fusion and I hate asking to use my wifes laptop to make something plus its a macbook and foreign to me. Oh and I **** at fusion so its a difficult task snytime I try to model anything. I need to sit down and learn it so I can take advantage of our 3d printers capabilities.
XJSuperman
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While I haven't personally spent any time doing it, that certainly sounds like a piece that could be done in the slicer. Just primitive shapes right? A couple cylinders?
Exactly what I was going to say. For a lot of the basic modifications...add a hole here, cut a piece off a design, split a design into smaller pieces you can do the modification directly in the slicer program. I'll show it here on Bambu Slicer as it's what I've got on the work machine....other programs should be similar:
I'll start by adding a "primitive" which is just a basic solid shape as selected
With that base shape created(or the file/design you imported) you can then add "negative parts" aka holes/cuts etc as necessary via the Negative Part feature. You can then adjust the size of the negative feature using the scale tool, and the placement of it by clicking/drag.
Measuring of locations/sizes are a bit cumbersome but it does exist
Once you get it like you want....hit slice and off to the races!
It lives!
After striking out on multiple big box retailers for the breaker I hit online and saw it listed as clearance in two stores....hum....
So I do a search to see if GE breakers are discontinued where I learn ABB bought out GE residential line and they're now sporting ABB logos but are the same damn thing and were at both of the stores I've already stopped at.....drat! One of those times where maybe asking an employee in electric may have been helpful.....maybe.
Now to call FedEx in the morning and find out when they're going to stop driving around with my gas cylinder on the truck and leave it at the damn facility so I can pick it up as they've told me I should be able to have done since Thursday afternoon. Oh well, better then the guy I was chatting with last week who was on day 5 of a piece of equipment being down. Wasn't critical on day one so had it shipped ground out of Chicago...was supposed to arrive next day anyway. Nope...day after scheduled arrival can't find it...no tracking updates so orders another and sends it FedEx overnight by 8am delivery ...he waited till noon to go to the facility...had been there 30 minutes and no success so far when I left the other day. If they couldn't find he he was booking a 3pm flight to Chicago and he was going to put it in his carry on for the return trip back 2 hrs later....no idea if they found it or not!
After striking out on multiple big box retailers for the breaker I hit online and saw it listed as clearance in two stores....hum....
So I do a search to see if GE breakers are discontinued where I learn ABB bought out GE residential line and they're now sporting ABB logos but are the same damn thing and were at both of the stores I've already stopped at.....drat! One of those times where maybe asking an employee in electric may have been helpful.....maybe.
Now to call FedEx in the morning and find out when they're going to stop driving around with my gas cylinder on the truck and leave it at the damn facility so I can pick it up as they've told me I should be able to have done since Thursday afternoon. Oh well, better then the guy I was chatting with last week who was on day 5 of a piece of equipment being down. Wasn't critical on day one so had it shipped ground out of Chicago...was supposed to arrive next day anyway. Nope...day after scheduled arrival can't find it...no tracking updates so orders another and sends it FedEx overnight by 8am delivery ...he waited till noon to go to the facility...had been there 30 minutes and no success so far when I left the other day. If they couldn't find he he was booking a 3pm flight to Chicago and he was going to put it in his carry on for the return trip back 2 hrs later....no idea if they found it or not!
FANUC?
Was for a print shop so don't think it was robotics
gearhead1960
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......behind on my reading.....Happy belated Birthday 
And the MIA gas cylinder has been found
Only took several trips to FedEx, a couple phone calls and significant patience but it was found. Would've expected that since it's labeled as hazardous and has to be stored in particular locations it would've been easier to find....apparently not.
Still dont have the cyberweld order so not ready to go yet anyway
Only took several trips to FedEx, a couple phone calls and significant patience but it was found. Would've expected that since it's labeled as hazardous and has to be stored in particular locations it would've been easier to find....apparently not.
Still dont have the cyberweld order so not ready to go yet anyway
slik560
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Is that something you could get from Airgas? They have a store in Omaha: 10433 J St Omaha, NE 68127
With the mess this was to get it, probably should have called more local gas shops. I called one of the major ones(don't recall which one) and they didn't carry the smaller bottles and I wasn't interested in the larger, more common bottle sizes as at this point I don't do much welding.
In college I worked at a now defunct company down off 12th st in Omaha - Disbrow & Company. Big supplier of Anderson windows, pre-hung doors and custom millwork. I was allowed to take scraps and cut offs and would glue together and create slabs of walnut, maple, etc with their giant machinery and make cutting boards for people as gifts. I like your wood project, although the 2-tailed veggie shark design is a little freaky. Maybe for a PETA or Sierra Club member.
I had to look up Disbrow...thought I knew about where it was but wanted to confirm. If you weren't aware...that's currently about the center of one of the hottest areas in Omaha! Lots of of development, new apartment builds, warehouse conversions to apartments, people trying to locate offices in that area etc. Last month they released a proposal for a new soccer stadium to host the Omaha ULS team just to the east of the old Disbrow factory(north side of Abbott Drive as it curves up to the airport). I've got a couple projects going in that area so am there probably once a week and based on current pace of development will be there frequently for the next couple years.
Thanks sir! Now to make the gas bottle shelf! Then the next doodad!
......behind on my reading.....Happy belated Birthday
Thanks gents!
Minor progress on the Nova today....it's officially a Nebraska car as it was warm enough for me to head down and register it. Nebraska requires a $10 "VIN Inspection" for all out of state items....fortunately it's only 10 bucks and takes about 3 minutes...verify the Title matches the VIN plate and nothing looks out of line, take your money and pass you down to the treasurer. 10 minutes later and $50 bucks poorer and had a set of plates for it.
New 3 point seatbelts supposed to arrive tomorrow....would be pretty happy if by end of the month I could have either the subframe bushings or seatbelts done. We've got 40's and 50's forecasted for the next week or so which is unseasonably warm for that many days in a row...maybe something productive will happen out of it
Harbor Freight Hydraulic Lift Cart continues to be a pretty useful thing to have around:
Currently has the electric mobility/lift chair from the estate sitting on it. Supposed to have someone coming tomorrow to look at it....they're coming from 3 hrs away so expectation is they're buying it. The chair probably weighs at least 150 lbs if not more and center of gravity is very low so bit of a bear to move. But muscling it onto the lift cart wasn't terrible and made rolling it around to hook up to the Volvo battery to see if I could could it to operate to prove it works(which was a success) much easier. Stomp the cart pedal a few more times to jack it up and should be able to slide the chair right into the future owner's vehicle and then I can crack a drink or 3 to celebrate the last of the physical items being sold and out of the garage
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Envious of your welding adventure. I've been wanting to learn how to weld and get all the required gear, but not really sure what I would be doing with the hobby long term past messing with stuff around the house. I know I would want to weld indoors in the winter, which means ventilation and all that. For now I will live my adventure through you!!
Merry Christmas to me
Hammerli/Walther 22 rifle with a toggle action and swappable .22 LR and .22 Mag barrels...both threaded for barrel mounted hearing protection devices
A basic 1-6 optic is on the way....nice case...should be a fun farm varmit, plinking and precision paper punching gun
Hammerli/Walther 22 rifle with a toggle action and swappable .22 LR and .22 Mag barrels...both threaded for barrel mounted hearing protection devices
A basic 1-6 optic is on the way....nice case...should be a fun farm varmit, plinking and precision paper punching gun
slik560
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Nice. Last year I got a new Rossi RS-22 in 22LR with the threaded barrel. Still in the bag. Ready to go. Unused as yet.
OutlawDrifter
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I like that stock, and 10/22 magazine capacity, that's cool! Savage makes one that does the same now as well.
Bob Heine
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@jonshonda, I think I wanted to learn to weld the first time I saw someone do it (I was probably 10) but put it off until I was 63. It's so much fun just practicing that you'll start sticking broken stuff together and wonder how you lived without one. I won't predict you'll love it but a starter machine and accessories will set you back around $150. I started with a Harbor Freight machine for $80, a pair of welding gloves, two pound spool of wire and a helmet for another $60. The price has gone up but Amazon has the machine, wire and gloves for $107.
https://www.amazon.com/ARCCAPTAIN-M...-Equipment/dp/B0DGGDG8ZM?tag=atomicindus08-20
I made do with the Harbor Freight $39 helmet (https://www.harborfreight.com/adjus...eOqVaWRGSmbjhbHmG1WGSZMJe8Up6tJwaAtEpEALw_wcB)
Didn't take long for me to upgrade to a $499 Eastwood MIG (with aluminum spool gun), add a $499 Eastwood TIG, which forced me to buy a much better auto darkening helment for three hundred something pesos. Decided to try welding stainless steel exhaust pipe so the Eastwood MIG got special 98% AR/2% CO2 and replaced the flux core HF machine with a HF MIG with 75%AR/45%CO2 so I have three welders and three small tanks like Logan. Eighteen years later and I'm still thrilled to make a ton of booger welds on anything I can. I have no business playing with this stuff at 81 but my family didn't throw an intervention party when I was a drunk (quit on my own at 59) so I suspect they'll leave me alone until I burn somethig down. I do need to get to the gas store to get my oxy/acetylene tanks filled so I can make some really hot flames.
Sorry, ignore the above screed, it's probably another terrible idea and my dementia is getting worse.
Nice. Last year I got a new Rossi RS-22 in 22LR with the threaded barrel. Still in the bag. Ready to go. Unused as yet.
You've got 60+ forecasted next week....go hit a range! Going to try and do the same thing here ..scope is supposed to arrive tomorrow
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Costco trip just cost me several hours of work as they had chuck roast for 4.99 lb which is as cheap as Ive seen for a long time, so will cut this up into roasts, some steaks and turn a lot into ground beef
Had never seen romex at Costco, 500' of 12/2 for $199
Plus the bonus of not needing to find an employee to unlock it from a cage like the big box stores
Back in the garage...
Making a bunch of different coasters for gifts
Decided this afternoon to try and focus on the collection of **** on the main table
Probably 2 years ago I bought a ring light intended to put in the drill press around the spindle. Well it was on that pile of **** on the table....so some back and forth on how to mount and ended on this
The ring light has threads for 1/4-20, so found a leftover metal bracket from something, drilled a 11/16 hole to put on the bottom side of the quill stop thread, then a 5/16" hole for the ring light bolt and voila it's mounted!
Next up is to work on the wiring. I believe I should be able to power it from the built in transformer on the VFD so it'll be on when the vfd has power
Had never seen romex at Costco, 500' of 12/2 for $199
Plus the bonus of not needing to find an employee to unlock it from a cage like the big box stores
Back in the garage...
Making a bunch of different coasters for gifts
Decided this afternoon to try and focus on the collection of **** on the main table
Probably 2 years ago I bought a ring light intended to put in the drill press around the spindle. Well it was on that pile of **** on the table....so some back and forth on how to mount and ended on this
The ring light has threads for 1/4-20, so found a leftover metal bracket from something, drilled a 11/16 hole to put on the bottom side of the quill stop thread, then a 5/16" hole for the ring light bolt and voila it's mounted!
Next up is to work on the wiring. I believe I should be able to power it from the built in transformer on the VFD so it'll be on when the vfd has power
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slik560
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Playing with the laser on some cherry I intend to make into serving boards
Playing with settings on speed and power to try and find a balance
Little bit of sanding then toss this finish on
And let's see what this looks like in the morning
Playing with settings on speed and power to try and find a balance
Little bit of sanding then toss this finish on
And let's see what this looks like in the morning
The type of wood is always an issue in the quality of the laser engraving... we found Teak and Maple to be the best for engraving without any additives...
If you are not using this for food (cutting board), you can coat the area you are going to engrave, with a borax solution, let it dry and engrave away. It tends to create a darker, almost black, engraving.
If you are not using this for food (cutting board), you can coat the area you are going to engrave, with a borax solution, let it dry and engrave away. It tends to create a darker, almost black, engraving.
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I actually picked up some Borax yesterday to try out on the mahogany coaster blanks I've got prepped. Engraving wood on the fiber laser is pushing me harder to getting the CO2 laser working....the alignment on the tube to laser head got totally jacked in the move and it's never been right since and every time I get started on it I get frustrated and move on....need to find some time in the next week or two and dive in and fix it.
Oh, they are some great ones available. I make the best one at home
. Meaning, I just pour it with an orange twist and a maraschino cherry... Wife loves it!
We need to try that one from Costco. I had not seen it...
madison069
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The cat one would fit well in my house, my orange cat doesn’t seem to like my wife much. But he will run up to me to be petted and cuddled when I come home. He will push my wife’s face away with his paw when my wife tries to cuddle with him.Few more coasters for gifts
It was a price I thought was too good to turn down and should help me finish the larger CNC project a bit faster ....though zero progress in the last year isn't hard to beat.
Speed control is already handled as seller upgraded the normal router motor to a actual spindle with a vfd which gives speed control. Working envelope is around 30 x 18 I think so not terrible size range and total size is small enough it will fit on the larger CNC bed so no new footprint.
Bits show up on Saturday so gives me some time to get it setup, rewired a bit and download the software
OutlawDrifter
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I think I was watching the same one or one similar!