Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium
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Workspaces between 485 and 705 squarefeet.
Steve, most of my friends have moved on or away so I really cherish the new and wider ranging set here on Garage Journal.Bob, so true...
Johnnie, I hope to be reporting on it for quite a while.
Bobby, my childhood travels in a tiny trailer taught me to make the most of limited space. When I used to travel a lot, Liane would give me a hard time for having only a carry-on and laptop bag for a two-week business trip. "Yes dear, I packed a suit, shoes, socks, dress shirts, ties and toiletries." and "Yes dear, there is still room for me to bring home some souvenirs from India and China but no, I will have the furniture shipped here!"Bob nice work but in spite of your considerable talent in many areas it is your drawer full of hammers that make you a master craftsman.
Andy, I'm positive you will pick up as many customers as you can handle but you might want to have someone reliable review your business plan. I'm certainly not complaining but I bet a GoFundMe with your name on it would fill up pretty fast.I was starting to worry about your broom. I sent it in plenty of time to get there by Mother's Day but it was an odd package. Glad she likes it!!(and thanks for the good words, maybe I'll pick up some more customers)
I bought a similar saw to the Rage2 from Northern Tool (I had a $50 coupon for merchandise only and their price was $200). I'm careful with mine to not cut alloy steel of which I'm unsure of the hardness. Mild steel it does a great job, as you say almost burr free. I think a hard steel might shorten the blade life dramatically. It is worth some extra blade cost to save time deburring and it's quieter.
When the Rage2 at Home Depot fell through, I found the Ironton Dry Cut Metal Saw at Northern Tool. It was (and is) on sale for $240 with free shipping. I was hoping they would send me one of their sale catalogs with an additional discount but this one popped up before that happened.
I don't have any immediate plans for cutting more stainless steel but if/when I do, the $105 stainless blade will be on my list of goodies.
JB, so glad to hear you are getting rich. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! If you see or hear from him, tell the Prince hi for me.
Thank you Vieux, always nice to have you stop by.That's cool!!!
oldironfarmer
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HiBob Jack!
A real Nigerian Prince story. I got the email at work. I decided to enjoy the conversations and replied positively. Told him how excited I was about the opportunity and I was very eager to help him out. He asked for banking information so he could deposit his funds for my safe keeping and I kept replying what a great deal it was and how excited I was. This went on for a few weeks with many exchanges and me getting more and more positive.
I got bored, and since I had been to Nigeria, I knew Victoria Island, in Lagos, was the seat of embassies and some government offices. So I told him after working in Nigeria I had some friends in Victoria Island and they were very eager to meet him. I heard nothing else.
Back to Bob!
A real Nigerian Prince story. I got the email at work. I decided to enjoy the conversations and replied positively. Told him how excited I was about the opportunity and I was very eager to help him out. He asked for banking information so he could deposit his funds for my safe keeping and I kept replying what a great deal it was and how excited I was. This went on for a few weeks with many exchanges and me getting more and more positive.
I got bored, and since I had been to Nigeria, I knew Victoria Island, in Lagos, was the seat of embassies and some government offices. So I told him after working in Nigeria I had some friends in Victoria Island and they were very eager to meet him. I heard nothing else.
Back to Bob!
Before the mail arrived yesterday, I spent a little time in the workshop.
I had planned to have around a quarter-inch space for air circulation around each audio component. When I measured for each and added the thickness of each shelf, my stack would exceed the space by a half-inch. Had to go back and tighten up each space so I now have about 1/8-inch for the two CD changers (they have no vents in their top or bottom). The receiver is the only component with a lot of vents on top so it will have the most space but I plan to install a 120v muffin fan in the back panel near the top of the stack. It will run continuously whenever the system is turn on.
I re-located my marks and routed the second slot on each side panel. To accommodate the back panel, I left this slot a little shy and will cut 1/2-inch off the shelf depth.
I can start laying out the location of the smaller shelves and drill the 1/4-inch holes for the brackets. OK, I can do that once Amazon delivers the brackets in a couple of days.
Instead, I thought I would set up the router to cut the dado for the back panel. I have a half-sheet of 1/4-inch oak veneer plywood in the garage attic so I need to retrieve that early one morning. I need to know if it's a full 1/4-inch or 13/64 because I have both router bits.
I thought I could save myself some time by installing the fence on the router and using that to rout the dado. Made a few passes without the bit and realized the fence might not be stable at the start of the cut. Added a piece of scrap to lengthen the fence and that felt more secure.
Based on past performance, I clamped a piece of scrap to the eventual target panel and started the router. Not sure when my concentration shifted but when I was six inches into the dado, realized the fence was no longer tight against the scrap. Backed up and made another pass.
Time to set up the Bora track and use what works for me.
After my annual prostate exam this morning, it seemed like a good time to pick up some 1/2-inch black pipe. I now have five 6-foot Bessey pipe clamps. I had planned to buy 5-foot lengths of pipe but they were $0.11 cents more than the 6-footers. Must be the same people who taught me arithmetic.
I had planned to have around a quarter-inch space for air circulation around each audio component. When I measured for each and added the thickness of each shelf, my stack would exceed the space by a half-inch. Had to go back and tighten up each space so I now have about 1/8-inch for the two CD changers (they have no vents in their top or bottom). The receiver is the only component with a lot of vents on top so it will have the most space but I plan to install a 120v muffin fan in the back panel near the top of the stack. It will run continuously whenever the system is turn on.
I re-located my marks and routed the second slot on each side panel. To accommodate the back panel, I left this slot a little shy and will cut 1/2-inch off the shelf depth.
I can start laying out the location of the smaller shelves and drill the 1/4-inch holes for the brackets. OK, I can do that once Amazon delivers the brackets in a couple of days.
Instead, I thought I would set up the router to cut the dado for the back panel. I have a half-sheet of 1/4-inch oak veneer plywood in the garage attic so I need to retrieve that early one morning. I need to know if it's a full 1/4-inch or 13/64 because I have both router bits.
I thought I could save myself some time by installing the fence on the router and using that to rout the dado. Made a few passes without the bit and realized the fence might not be stable at the start of the cut. Added a piece of scrap to lengthen the fence and that felt more secure.
Based on past performance, I clamped a piece of scrap to the eventual target panel and started the router. Not sure when my concentration shifted but when I was six inches into the dado, realized the fence was no longer tight against the scrap. Backed up and made another pass.
Time to set up the Bora track and use what works for me.
After my annual prostate exam this morning, it seemed like a good time to pick up some 1/2-inch black pipe. I now have five 6-foot Bessey pipe clamps. I had planned to buy 5-foot lengths of pipe but they were $0.11 cents more than the 6-footers. Must be the same people who taught me arithmetic.
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shortykorte
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Probing.....uh never mind.
Nice set of clamps. I think you’re about 8 clamps short of a Nigerian dozen.
Nice set of clamps. I think you’re about 8 clamps short of a Nigerian dozen.
drivesitfar
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Bob: your woodshop and tools are getting better every time I see new posts. Keep up the great work.
Btw some viewers might not know you only have one arm and I do and I’m amazed you get all the stuff accomplished that you do. Also is it hard for you to get wood up and down from above your cabinets or does your bride lend a hand?
Btw some viewers might not know you only have one arm and I do and I’m amazed you get all the stuff accomplished that you do. Also is it hard for you to get wood up and down from above your cabinets or does your bride lend a hand?
Stewart, I thought you might say something about me laying pipe so thanks for that. I would love to have more clamps but I am tempted to spend that same money on a new Corvette. Can't believe the price of large clamps!
Thanks Drives, I sometimes stop what I'm doing and think about asking my wife to help with something. Then I remember help comes with suggestions and questions. Suggestions like: "Why don't you just put the shelf back up the way it was? It didn't fall for ten years!" Questions like: "Don't you have a tool that lifts the concrete slab so you don't have to shim that window?" I usually figure out how to do it by myself -- kind of a risk/reward thing.
Over the years friends have offered to help but it seems to take me longer to explain how I did something than it does to do it.
After I pulled the big block cylinder heads off the old Corvette, a friend offered to help, not knowing the two 80-pound heads were already in the trunk of the Lincoln, waiting for the machine shop to open on Monday. A heavy chain over my head wasn't a satisfactory answer to the question "How?"
I was installing 4'x8' 5/8" sheet rock in the garage. A sheet on the ceiling, three sheets at the top of the wall and four sheets on the bottom were already in when my friend showed up. He asked where the drywall lift was and I said I didn't have one, why do you ask? I made coffee and we talked for a while. Didn't finish the wall until the next day. Never did explain the T-brace to hold the ceiling sheet or the ledger board to hold the upper sheet on the wall.
Most things can be done with one hand. If you have two there's no reason to try but if you don't you have have no choice -- you just DO.
oldironfarmer
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Bob only has one arm?
What? That's crazy talk.
I can count two on one hand: his right arm, his radial arm saw, and he may have an over arm router. I'm sure he'll set me straight.
One arm indeed, HAH! He wouldn't be able to do anything with only one arm...
Have you seen all the stuff he does?
I couldn't even pick my nose with one arm.
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Andy,
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Andy......... drivesitfar
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ALL: while you can't question that Handy Andy has a great sense of humor, Bob's response to my question about asking his bride for help was and is PRICELESS.
I even let my bride read Bob's post (and Andy's) and she even smiled.
OMG Bob it's fun reading your adventures about scamming roof cleaners, nigerian princes and your life in general.
hope you are having a great weekend and I'll keep watching and learning how to maybe make some cool stuff while i'm laughing and smiling.
cheers!!
I even let my bride read Bob's post (and Andy's) and she even smiled.
OMG Bob it's fun reading your adventures about scamming roof cleaners, nigerian princes and your life in general.
hope you are having a great weekend and I'll keep watching and learning how to maybe make some cool stuff while i'm laughing and smiling.
cheers!!
Dwight, you are very kind and I appreciate you stopping by and giving my [giant] ego a boost.
Andy, way to make a guy feel better. Technically I have two arms but only one elbow, one forearm and one hand. I take that back, I have a well-used mechanical elbow and hand as well as a slightly used electronic elbow and hand. I am blessed with multiple arms and hands, especially when you include the radial router and saw arm.
I think you're exaggerating about the nose but I do have to drop everything to take care of that chore.
Andy,
Steve and Simon, he does that a lot....
Drives, thanks for that and thanks for reminding me it is the real weekend.
When I had a normal job I had to go to the big box stores after work but more often on the weekends. I got used to long checkout lines, no help from the staff and never finding what I was looking for quickly. Now that I'm retired I almost never go to those places late in the day or on weekends.
I made the mistake of going to the big box store Friday afternoon. Apparently every working person was taking off to get an early start on the weekend.
Our new neighbors are very nice but they are always out working on the house so we can see them from our patio and obviously they can see us. Thus I was sent out among the Englishers to buy an indoor/outdoor bamboo shade for the patio. The nearby Home Depots had had 0 and 2 shades in the size I needed so I headed out West to the Southern Borough of New York, where the website claimed there were 12 shades in stock. Made the 19-minute drive (according to Google Maps) in just under an hour and found 0 shades in the size and color I wanted. Found a more expensive option but it was hard to tell the price because the 96-inch shade was in the bin for a 48-inch shade.
OK, I'm in the store and probably won't leave the house for another month so I better buy the stuff I need for my projects. That's two sheets of 3/4 (23/32) Sande plywood, two 10-foot lengths of 1.5-inch schedule 40 PVC pipe, two 3-foot 1.25-inch lengths of angle iron and a quart of Tung Oil.
I'm driving the PT Cruiser so I can't fit 48-inch wide sheets of plywood inside. I had the guy cut one of the sheets in half (24"x96") and the other into a 32"x96" and a 16"x96". Loaded the four pieces of plywood, PVC pipe, shade, angle iron and the quart of Tung Oil in the car. I am pretty close to the maximum width plywood so I had to sit catawampus in the driver's seat. The PVC pipe had to go out the passenger window but at least I could close the tailgate.
I forget to grab my sheet goods helper but this stuff is fancier than the stuff I usually kick around. I have two because I forgot where I put the first one. Oddly, as soon as I brought the second one home and went to put it away, the first one was there!
My usual approach is to carry too much and drop something so this time I made four trips from the driveway to the workshop. Suddenly realized my workshop, with a radial arm saw and equally deep workbench isn't that deep -- this is with the sheets touching the Workmate under the RAS.
Our new neighbors are very nice but they are always out working on the house so we can see them from our patio and obviously they can see us. Thus I was sent out among the Englishers to buy an indoor/outdoor bamboo shade for the patio. The nearby Home Depots had had 0 and 2 shades in the size I needed so I headed out West to the Southern Borough of New York, where the website claimed there were 12 shades in stock. Made the 19-minute drive (according to Google Maps) in just under an hour and found 0 shades in the size and color I wanted. Found a more expensive option but it was hard to tell the price because the 96-inch shade was in the bin for a 48-inch shade.
OK, I'm in the store and probably won't leave the house for another month so I better buy the stuff I need for my projects. That's two sheets of 3/4 (23/32) Sande plywood, two 10-foot lengths of 1.5-inch schedule 40 PVC pipe, two 3-foot 1.25-inch lengths of angle iron and a quart of Tung Oil.
I'm driving the PT Cruiser so I can't fit 48-inch wide sheets of plywood inside. I had the guy cut one of the sheets in half (24"x96") and the other into a 32"x96" and a 16"x96". Loaded the four pieces of plywood, PVC pipe, shade, angle iron and the quart of Tung Oil in the car. I am pretty close to the maximum width plywood so I had to sit catawampus in the driver's seat. The PVC pipe had to go out the passenger window but at least I could close the tailgate.
I forget to grab my sheet goods helper but this stuff is fancier than the stuff I usually kick around. I have two because I forgot where I put the first one. Oddly, as soon as I brought the second one home and went to put it away, the first one was there!
My usual approach is to carry too much and drop something so this time I made four trips from the driveway to the workshop. Suddenly realized my workshop, with a radial arm saw and equally deep workbench isn't that deep -- this is with the sheets touching the Workmate under the RAS.
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I managed to get the slots cut in the sides of the Musical Ice Box. I tried the 13/64-inch bit but the oak plywood was too tight a fit. I want to be able to remove the back with relative ease so I ran the 1/4-inch bit through and the panel slides in fine.
That went so well I drilled the 1/4-inch holes for the shelf pins. I bought the L-bracket pins with a hole in the bottom of the L. Once the shelf is in place, I can put screws in the brackets and the shelf won't move.
Those holes for the pins may look strange but the (11.5-inch) receiver is significantly shallower than the (21-inch) CD changers and the (8-inch) Blu-ray player is shallower yet.
When I achieve success doing something, I get sloppy doing the next thing. I have a Rockler shelf pin template to help me make repeatable holes. In this case the template doesn't help a lot because the shelf spacing is too precise. At least it should help line them up along the edge of the side panel. I managed to screw it up, using the second row of holes for the upper shelf pin.
It's at the right height so I should just let it go. I swear I don't have OCD but I know Jim Reed might stop by so I cut a solid oak plug from a scrap, sanded some oak dust and mixed it with glue. In a day or so I'll cut off the excess and sand the fix down.
That went so well I drilled the 1/4-inch holes for the shelf pins. I bought the L-bracket pins with a hole in the bottom of the L. Once the shelf is in place, I can put screws in the brackets and the shelf won't move.
Those holes for the pins may look strange but the (11.5-inch) receiver is significantly shallower than the (21-inch) CD changers and the (8-inch) Blu-ray player is shallower yet.
When I achieve success doing something, I get sloppy doing the next thing. I have a Rockler shelf pin template to help me make repeatable holes. In this case the template doesn't help a lot because the shelf spacing is too precise. At least it should help line them up along the edge of the side panel. I managed to screw it up, using the second row of holes for the upper shelf pin.
It's at the right height so I should just let it go. I swear I don't have OCD but I know Jim Reed might stop by so I cut a solid oak plug from a scrap, sanded some oak dust and mixed it with glue. In a day or so I'll cut off the excess and sand the fix down.
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I love Mother Nature but she can be a *****. She gave me clear skies and a blazing sun to dig the hole for the sprinkler repair. The scorching sun prevented me from working on the repair for very long. I was going to do the repair quickly so the lawn wouldn't dry out but Mother Nature came to my rescue and has been watering my yard every day for the last nine days. Much as I appreciate the gesture, I have all the pipe and fittings so I can make quick work of the repair.
Nine days of rain, sometimes heavy, means most of the dirt from my digging has been restored.
Nine days of rain, sometimes heavy, means most of the dirt from my digging has been restored.
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jimreed2160
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Bob, I sure am relieved that you filled the misplaced hole. I was ready to gas up the truck and head south with a pocketful of oak dowels. WHew!
oldironfarmer
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You certainly became a competent cabinet maker in a hurry, Bub. Looking really good!
Or maybe you were sandbagging earlier about your skill level.
I'm astounded by the heavy rains you guys get. Washing the dirt out of the buckets and into the hole was really something. we're hoping for a light rain. The poor area we live in can't afford much rain.
Or maybe you were sandbagging earlier about your skill level.
I'm astounded by the heavy rains you guys get. Washing the dirt out of the buckets and into the hole was really something. we're hoping for a light rain. The poor area we live in can't afford much rain.
TwoBytes
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Bob, apologies for digging up things from the distant past, but I'm slowly working my way through your thread from the start and I found this little nugget from Guster...
I'm reading "Ignition" too. Did you know they have recently reprinted it?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018...ble-book-on-rocket-science-is-being-reissued/
Hope you didn't pay $300 dollars for an old copy as referenced in that link you posted! (although it would be cool to have an original copy)
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Currently reading all about the race for the perfect propellant, a book called ‘Ignition!’. http://www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/archives/2012-04/001367.html It is a little scientific(understated) but great if you understand a little chemistry. It is almost as good as that site with all the chemistry lab stories when all the things you are told to never do happens in the worst possible way… Ah yes, http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/ Especially the “Things I won’t work with” series or “Sand won’t save you”. Some very schadenfreude stories.
Hopefully I’ve bought you a little time to get your “Manly Misfits” in order Bob.
I'm reading "Ignition" too. Did you know they have recently reprinted it?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018...ble-book-on-rocket-science-is-being-reissued/
Hope you didn't pay $300 dollars for an old copy as referenced in that link you posted! (although it would be cool to have an original copy)
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Guster
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Blast from the past!
Thank goodness no! That would be like +NZ$400 after delivery. I managed to find a PDF of it that converted fine to my Kindle.
Actually need to find it and read it again. Something nagging me about another story I read about the origin of the UK nuclear power station.
shortykorte
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Eagle eye Andy. For the Sunshine State, we do get the rains. The problem is with the soft sand, it floats. I guess you didn’t know that Florida means sand that floats in Timucua.
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oldironfarmer
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Somehow I fear my trend of gaining my knowledge base from shorty...
Very nice photo composition, TwoBytes. Good photographers know how to gain the interest of their audience with unrelated background items.
TwoBytes
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Very nice photo composition, TwoBytes. Good photographers know how to gain the interest of their audience with unrelated background items.
Oops, how did that get there...
I learned from the master.
LOL, that's too funny. Have done the same thing. Look all over for some little doo-dad or tool. Give up and go buy one. Think for a minute on where to put it after I'm done with it. Lo-and-behold there's the one I knew I had.
How is it when you think of where to put it away you find the other one, but can't think of that spot when you're looking for the one you 'lost'. Hah !!
Thanks for that,
BobL.
Jim, I heard you from 440 miles away. I wouldn't have known what to do if it wasn't for you. I also have an extremely sharp saw because of your Woodworking 101 thread. It is so sharp I had to put some painters tape around the plug.
I'm getting used to sharp tools but this Japanese saw went through that oak plug so fast the blade swung across the panel and dug into the surface. The damage is out of frame in this picture but I thought I would show how I have these little fails even when I'm going slow. I thought I lined up the grain in the plug to match the panel but obviously I didn't. I may have to stencil a sign inside the cabinet to point out the defect to others.
Andy, with a lot of help from the Garage Journal my boxes are improving but the "cabinet maker" is a real stretch. I am just happy to be working with wood bloodstain- and Band-Aid-free.You certainly became a competent cabinet maker in a hurry, Bub. Looking really good!
Or maybe you were sandbagging earlier about your skill level.
I'm astounded by the heavy rains you guys get. Washing the dirt out of the buckets and into the hole was really something. we're hoping for a light rain. The poor area we live in can't afford much rain.
I see there is rain in the forecast for at least a few more days. That'll teach me to dig holes AND wash the cars. This has been New York style rain, with less than an inch a day. Last year we had 11 inches of rain in one day and trust me, we paid extra for that.
Hi Mat! Thanks for stopping by and posting. I passed on the $300 copy but may have to use the Kindle version.
I am getting so forgetful -- I thought I left my HAndyammer in my workshop but there it is in yours.
Guster, I'm thinking the same thing. I guess it's time to subscribe to Amazon Audible.Blast from the past!
Thank goodness no! That would be like +NZ$400 after delivery. I managed to find a PDF of it that converted fine to my Kindle.
Actually need to find it and read it again. Something nagging me about another story I read about the origin of the UK nuclear power station.
Stewart, thanks for that. All these years living down here and I never learned to speak Tumicua. Spanish first and then....
Andy, Shorty is a font of knowledge but it's the kind my father accused me of having.Somehow I fear my trend of gaining my knowledge base from shorty...
Very nice photo composition, TwoBytes. Good photographers know how to gain the interest of their audience with unrelated background items.
It's tool **** that caught your eye. A lot better than tutu ****.
Mat, I take it you were just sitting down for a relaxing read with your HAndyammer. I enjoy spending time with mine because he follows Thumper's Rule: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."Oops, how did that get there...
I learned from the master.
BobL, it gets a little worse every year. Now I'm afraid to buy a tool when I'm in the store because I'm not sure I don't already have one.
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A week or so ago I noticed the faint sound of water trickling in the guest bath. It was an hour or so before dawn and I thought it was rain outside trickling down a window. Looked outside and it wasn't raining (at that moment). Stuck my head down in the toilet (like always) and sure enough there was water trickling down the sides of the bowl. Took the lid off and the sound got louder -- it was running into the overflow. I didn't want to test our very kind moderators so there are no pictures of the process but once Amazon got the parts to me, I replaced the valve (and flapper) and silence has returned to my throne room.
It was raining again when I finished with the plumbing but I have several umbrellas at both ends of the garage/workshop path so I headed down to the workshop.
I have created a problem for myself. Those 8-foot pieces of plywood that span the depth of the workshop are in the way but I want to break my normal practice of starting a new project before the other three (-teen?) are done. Jiggled and joggled the 32-inch 8-foot plywood piece on top of the 4-foot table and set about dry-assembling the Musical Ice Box again.
I cut a half-inch off the upper shelf so the 1/4-inch back panel could fit behind it. Also double-checked the size of the back panel after fitting it to one side's slot. I still have to rout a 1/4-inch slot at the rear of the lower shelf so the back panel can sit in it without being attached or glued. The back panel isn't square so the end needs to be re-cut.
It was raining again when I finished with the plumbing but I have several umbrellas at both ends of the garage/workshop path so I headed down to the workshop.
I have created a problem for myself. Those 8-foot pieces of plywood that span the depth of the workshop are in the way but I want to break my normal practice of starting a new project before the other three (-teen?) are done. Jiggled and joggled the 32-inch 8-foot plywood piece on top of the 4-foot table and set about dry-assembling the Musical Ice Box again.
I cut a half-inch off the upper shelf so the 1/4-inch back panel could fit behind it. Also double-checked the size of the back panel after fitting it to one side's slot. I still have to rout a 1/4-inch slot at the rear of the lower shelf so the back panel can sit in it without being attached or glued. The back panel isn't square so the end needs to be re-cut.
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jimreed2160
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Glad to see you are having productive rainy days. Same here but I can hear the grass growing outside. In the meantime I am spending relaxing sessions in my shop enjoying the new AC.
Jim, with all the rain we've been having, I had to lower the temperature in the workshop. It isn't that hot but it's so humid I think moss is growing on my back.
I was so busy at work in the late '80s I had to give up mowing the lawn. Then we transferred to Australia and had to have lawn service those two years. Came back and work was crazier than when I left. When we moved into this house in '96 my wife forbade me from buying lawn equipment so it was lawn service to the rescue. Now it's one of my many retirement luxuries -- I love the sound of commercial mowers and multiple edgers and trimmers in the morning.
I'm so glad you got the AC in your garage. Makes the place comfortable and work goes so much easier. Only down side is the amount of time you spend out there -- what am I saying? That's the up side (unless maybe someone wants to spend time with you).
Went down to the workshop to try to finish up the Musical Ice Box assembly. Drilled the correct hole for the shelf pin, cut the shelves and cut the back panel.
I measured three or four times and then cut once. Stupid stubborn old man... I cut the 27" panel 3/8" short rather than 3/8" long so it's 3/4" shorter than I planned. On the bright side, now I don't have to rout a 1/4" slot in the lower shelf to accept the back panel. I can **** the panel to the shelf. The back panel reaches the top panel of the box with a 3/8" attachment.
To make life easier, i'm going to cut a notch or two in the back of the upper shelf so I can pass all those wires to a notch in the back panel where it meets the lower shelf. Then I won't have to unplug all the wires from the system. Slide the components in through the back and on to their shelves, pass the wires into the cutouts and slide the back panel in place.
This might work out. Next step is to glue everything together, make sure it's square and let it set. If it ever stops raining I can get the spray gun out and mix up some automotive clear.
I measured three or four times and then cut once. Stupid stubborn old man... I cut the 27" panel 3/8" short rather than 3/8" long so it's 3/4" shorter than I planned. On the bright side, now I don't have to rout a 1/4" slot in the lower shelf to accept the back panel. I can **** the panel to the shelf. The back panel reaches the top panel of the box with a 3/8" attachment.
To make life easier, i'm going to cut a notch or two in the back of the upper shelf so I can pass all those wires to a notch in the back panel where it meets the lower shelf. Then I won't have to unplug all the wires from the system. Slide the components in through the back and on to their shelves, pass the wires into the cutouts and slide the back panel in place.
This might work out. Next step is to glue everything together, make sure it's square and let it set. If it ever stops raining I can get the spray gun out and mix up some automotive clear.
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sawduststeve
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Hey Bob,
Good work with the musical ice box and welcome to my club, measure twice cut once, measure again and cut a little bit more off, final measure again , and try to stick a bit back on.
. I'll send you a millimetres only tape, it's quite exciting to cut things wrong on a different measurement scale.
If I only worked when it wasn't raining I'd only work for a month a year, if that.
Steve
Good work with the musical ice box and welcome to my club, measure twice cut once, measure again and cut a little bit more off, final measure again , and try to stick a bit back on.
. I'll send you a millimetres only tape, it's quite exciting to cut things wrong on a different measurement scale.If I only worked when it wasn't raining I'd only work for a month a year, if that.
Steve
karl1672
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Bob, looking good.
oldironfarmer
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Hi Bob! 
You need to reread your posts before you post your posts. Some of them come across as really funny. I know you don't mean it, but I love reading your stuff.
By the way, one of the skills you obtain in woodworking is recovering from mistakes. Sometimes it does involve a design change. "No, that's the way I planned it".
You need to reread your posts before you post your posts. Some of them come across as really funny. I know you don't mean it, but I love reading your stuff.
By the way, one of the skills you obtain in woodworking is recovering from mistakes. Sometimes it does involve a design change. "No, that's the way I planned it".
TwoBytes
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He is very good company!
Hey Bob,
Good work with the musical ice box and welcome to my club, measure twice cut once, measure again and cut a little bit more off, final measure again , and try to stick a bit back on.
That's fantastic! Reminds of working with my son when he said "this is boring Dad, can't we cut first and measure later?"
oldironfarmer
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My mom said if you can't say something good don't say anything. I left home at sixteen as a mute.
That's fantastic! Reminds of working with my son when he said "this is boring Dad, can't we cut first and measure later?"
I think we all do that now and again.
jon72vega
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Bob,
The cabinet is looking good!
The cabinet is looking good!
Terrick down Under
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Well it definitely looks like you have been busy, some very nice work there young man!