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86turbodsl

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Got tired of tripping over this stuff, it was also cluttering my office.

Started by clearing out the window space under the loft and building right onto the pallet rack uprights.

Then decked with 2 sheets of particle board I had laying around. Glued and screwed.

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Then backer board. And poly on the surface.

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Added a shelf and brackets.

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Then started loading up the shelves.

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Looks great! The first picture had me a bit confused, but then I realized it was that I was oriented wrong, once I flipped my computer screen, everything made sense... Since the cold has set in, it reminded me that my iPod needs an upgrade and I don't have the space to do it right now. :(
 
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I can't figure out how to rotate images without downloading to computer and screwing with them.

I've needed this space for a long time. I've already used it to lengthen brake pad wear sensor harness.
 
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I think i'm about out of warm weather, so i will probably transition back over to boiler work. I actually don't care much for working on projects like that in hot weather. Something about having cold feet encourages continued work on it. Guess it's how i'm wired.
 
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Not a ton going on before Christmas, but i did get the wife's car in the shop and put a trailer hitch on it, and just got done closing up the shop and got the Reddy Heater i picked up on a yard sale this year for $20 repaired. It had a bad transformer. I replaced it and i'm at about $65 total right now. 110K btu. The old salamander is 75K. It took about 3 hrs to take the chill out of the air before, i am thinking it's probably ~2hr now. And the new one is much quieter. I think Reddy Heater has their **** together more than "remington" / Menards. So yesterday i got done putting outlets in the last of the outlet boxes on the walls. Shop has been "done" 20 years. I've never needed those last few, but with the electronics lab and tire area taking shape, i needed them. Once that was sorted out, i realized i had air leakage coming through the walls and picked up outlet insulation and stainless cover plates for the last ones. Once that's done, i'll get back onto heat. At least i will be able to feel my fingers.

If i don't get back on here before, Merry Christmas all who choose to celebrate it!

xmas
 
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Ok, i know some of you have been waiting a long time for this, here's today's action...

Cleared as much of the welding table as possible and started setting this up.

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Started by cleaning parts with the flap disks. Mainly weld joints.

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This stuff has been sitting around a good while, and gotten pretty rusty.

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Then got the tube in the ends and started squaring things up.

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I used 1/8" tig rod for spacers on the big pipe to get the clearance evened out. Seems to work pretty good.

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Then i had to run to horror freight to get some more clamps. Price was right, we'll see how well they hold up. Then i stopped by the welding store and grabbed some fresh 7018. I think the plan is tack on the backside with mig, then 7018 root pass and cover with tig as needed to hit leaks.

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I cut some hardwood sticks all the same length and used clamps to try to pull things to straight. As of right now, this is where we sit. We also have some conclusions.

1. My welding table is neither flat nor level. As my skill level progresses, i am finding this less and less acceptable.
2. My parts are not cut out straight. This is to be expected, i think these originally got cut out freehand before i had access to a cnc plasma. I *DID* cut the holes on cnc plasma much later.
3. I've now spent a couple of hours trying to tweak this into square-"ish" and its proving frustrating. Even with my nice squares.

I am probably going to just have to punt and tack where it's at, then the remainder of the parts will have to get cut to fit. Nobody else will see it, but it will probably bug me.
 
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Went to town this morning looking for more of the 2.25" DOM i needed for the small hole, and nobody had anything.

I did pick up some 6" tubing for the new preheat tank though. I have some changes to make that will make servicing and preheating much easier.
 
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Busted out the plasma, cut the one hole bigger and shoved a 2.5" tube in there. Buttered up the backside to fill the gaps. I hate freehand plasma.

the main fire tube assembly is tacked up. I need to start putting sides on it.

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Got one side tacked on, and it was too heavy to move.

So, I grabbed the forklift and stuck it on the floor. I have a angle grinder with a wire wheel sitting in the shop somewhere but I'll be darned if I can find it. I'm stalled.

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Well, as today appears to be the last nice day this winter, with temps in the mid 40s and very sunny, i worked outside this morning/afternoon, and pulled the mast off the clark forklift. Been meaning to do that for a while, but it was just so intimidating.

I guess somebody dropped off round tuits while i wasn't looking. Anyways, that forklift will never be as easy to work on again as it was this afternoon. See pics.

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It's now convalescing on the pair of barrels in the yard. The adaptation looks very simple and the hard part will be cylinder rebuild, which i reviewed again thanks to Bimmer. What is in question is if the Namco will even pick the thing up when i get that far. It felt like a very heavy lift on the Oliver. I might have to strap it to the car lift and drive the Oliver into to pin on.
 
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Hope everyone had a good new years. I spent New Years day finishing the conduit run and powering up.

I bought a new fish tape, twisted polyurethane. That thing works awesome. All the conduit bends you want.

All the lifts are powered up without cords and i have a plug in the tire room now. I ran out of steam before i got the tire machines rearranged and plugged in.

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I have 2 days until i bug out for Texas and i'll be back on it again next week.
 
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Sadly, DFW. I wish i had the bandwidth to come down there. Love to see you in person. I'm driving mom down to stay for the winter, this will be a yearly thing now. She's getting too old to drive herself 1000 miles.
 
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We got the crane designed and made a BOM for parts to order. I'll be back in town in a few weeks after everything is collected to do the welding for him and help him get it erected.

I flew back home last night and back at the office today. With it as cold as it is, not sure how fast things will go in the shop tonight. It was 5F this morning.
 

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Mine didn't actually disintegrate but the sidewall damage was not repairable. It was one of the four brand new tires I paid Tire Rack $453.01 to ship to Tire Kingdom for installation. In 2022 Tire Kingdom charged $173.14 for the install along with an alignment. I've had too many rubber stems leak so I thought this would eliminate the problem on our 20 year old PT Cruiser. Assuming they wouldn't have clamp-on valve stems in stock I brought a set of four with me. As expected, the bill included the extra charge for "their" stems. I also asked them to use stick-on weights to avoid the damage they caused to the aluminum rims on my Corvette. That's extra as well.
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The light rain on the two-block drive home felt like the road was coated in ice, based on the spinning front drive wheel with minimal throttle. Checked the tires and all four directional tires were mounted in the same direction so the two right tires were mounted with the arrows on the sidewalls pointing backwards, along with the obvious tread pattern. Took the car back and they corrected the problem for free.
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I assumed they couldn't screw up anything else so I drove home and parked the PT Cruiser. Made a few slow speed trips in town and did a walk around to be sure the tires weren't leaking. Went to Harbor Freight the next week, which involved a round trip on I-95. On the return leg I noticed a dead skunk smell. Figured I must have run over the remains because the smell followed me home. Turns out the Chimp that put the tires on had never installed clamp-on valve stems before. He tightened three but the fourth nut was barely started on the threads. Air pressure kept the stem from leaking until centrifugal force from the higher speed pushed the stem into the tire and allowed it to leak like a sieve. I had to tighten the valve stem to fill the tire with air so of course the failure was my fault. Paid full price for another tire along with mounting, balancing and disposal fees. They added a TPMS charge even though the '04 PT Cruiser lacks that feature. I wasn't carrying a weapon so this fiasco wouldn't involve jail time. Needless to say, that's my last encounter with Tire Kingdom.

I use a mobile tire service and the owner brings his truck and fully equipped trailer to my house and does the whole tire install and balance in my driveway. Charged me $120 to install and balance four tires on the Cadillac CTS-V and didn't put a scratch on any of the $500-600 rims. I gave him $150 because he knew what he was doing, including torquing the lugnuts to 140 ft.lbs.
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It was nice to see his Harbor Freight dead blow hammer among his expensive equipment (last photo).
 
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