Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium

[Vieux]

Very sorry for your friend.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Sorry to hear about your friend.

I see, however, you were rude to the guys I sent to scope out the new Colosseum Project. These are my friends...

 

[rmalkow2]

Dang, those NJ boys were quick to get down there already. I was just packing up my $79 HF pressure washer to come down to FL and make some extra money too.

Good story and hope they don't come back to hassle you. Hoping you friend gets better.

 

[jimreed2160]

The scammers don't bother us rednecks in north Florida because they know all the rich people live in Boca.

 

[Bob Heine]

Very sorry for your friend.

Thank you Vladimir.

Sorry to hear about your friend.

I see, however, you were rude to the guys I sent to scope out the new Colosseum Project. These are my friends...

I appreciate the condolences Andy.

I don't think I was rude. I listened to their pitch and patiently waited for a price. I also never laughed in their face. I was pretty sure you were the grandfather they were talking about so I was careful to be polite.

Dang, those NJ boys were quick to get down there already. I was just packing up my $79 HF pressure washer to come down to FL and make some extra money too.

Good story and hope they don't come back to hassle you. Hoping you friend gets better.

Bob, like you I recently bought a Snow Joe SPX1000 electric pressure washer for $68.20 from Amazon so I could start my own business. The coupler on the wand was defective so I had to wait for Snow Joe to send a replacement wand and hose. I've given up on the idea for now because the weather is too nice -- I'll wait until it is 130-degrees F on the roof before I chase the ring on the Gajillionaire wheel of fortune.

I am hoping the same for my friend.

The scammers don't bother us rednecks in north Florida because they know all the rich people live in Boca.

Jim, those guys had me confused with the rich folks in Boca. I have worn the fur off many a nickel's buffalo.

Lest I forget, Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans and Happy November 22 (EDIT: duh, 23) to the rest of the amazing passengers on this GJ bus.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Lest I forget, Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans and Happy November 22 to the rest of the amazing passengers on this GJ bus.

And a Happy November 23 to the rest of the passengers, too (in Oklahoma we celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, a bit out of step maybe, but we're rurals). Now please sit down and get your arm back inside the window.

 

[dchance]

Bob Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Having watched the struggle with dialysis makes me aware of how much I have to be thankful for.

Dwight

 

[bj383ss]

Happy Thanksgiving BOB!

Bret

 

[shortykorte]

Happy thanksgiving great grandpa


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[skrap metal]

nice

 

[sublime68charger]

Sorry for your friend Bob,
Nice work on getting your roof cleaned off by the pros!

I guess.

Maybe you could get them to help on the shed build some of the guys was talking about?

 

[driftpin]

Sorry to hear of the MRSA infection, and your friend's issues. You never know how-long you have.

There's a Cheetah in Pompano Beach about a one-minute drive from the FL Turnpike Coconut Creek exchange, just south of it. I'd say Boca Raton is probably a 15-minute drive from there, maybe less if you're in a hurry to dispense fistfuls of $1 bills.

That's a great story about the Travelers. We on fire-rescue used to get the police dept. give us a lecture every tourist season about the scams they ran. One was staging auto accidents, and since the city I worked in had lots of elderly people they were easy-pickings for a scheming itinerants. The driveway sealing scams were always popular, and there was a family that was always trying to set-up fortune tellers, but local ordinances made it easy for the local government to disallow the business tax receipt request. (business tax receipts are called business licenses probably everywhere else, in Florida, a state congressman sponsored and the state legislature passed a state statute to require that the name be changed to business tax receipt, because he claimed that's what it was. Every county's governmental jurisdictions had to comply, it was a big expense).

Here's one of the biggest accused and convicted Gypsy 'fortune tellers':
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...-20140303_1_rose-marks-federal-prison-clients who was convicted in various schemes to take millions of dollars from gullible rich people. Here's another look at the family: http://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/1073/kings-con-american-gypsies

I was doing planning for a local jurisdiction, and used to get calls from this family (above) trying to open a fortune telling business in the community. I told them to come-down and pay the not-cheap fees to apply, but the council would use anyone's complaint against the application to deny them the license. She kept calling back, and I kept telling her, "spend the money to apply, and see what happens," but she would rather call and complain. Once I suggested to her that if she was so-good at being able to foretell the future, she should see that the application would be turned-down, she got rude with me about that.

 

[Bob Heine]

And a Happy November 23 to the rest of the passengers, too (in Oklahoma we celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, a bit out of step maybe, but we're rurals). Now please sit down and get your arm back inside the window.

Andy, sometimes I forget to put my brain in gear before posting.

Bob Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Having watched the struggle with dialysis makes me aware of how much I have to be thankful for.

Dwight

Dwight, we had a great Thanksgiving. My son and his wife (and 7 children) prepared a meal for a mob. There were in-laws, outlaws, boyfriends, girlfriends, parents of boyfriend and girlfriend and some people I didn't recognize. Very little of the five turkeys and two hams were left over but my daughter-in-law forgot to serve the creamed pearl onions so I had to bring some home.

A good friend of ours is a retired dialysis nurse and shared a lot of heart-breaking stories.

Happy Thanksgiving BOB!

Bret

Thank you Bret, I hope yours was happy as well!

Happy thanksgiving great grandpa


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Stewart, it's good to be the King...

nice

Sorry for your friend Bob,
Nice work on getting your roof cleaned off by the pros!

I guess.

Maybe you could get them to help on the shed build some of the guys was talking about?

Sub, thanks for stopping by and I agree -- we should always hire the handicapped.

Sadly they didn't leave a business card or share their burner phone number.

Sorry to hear of the MRSA infection, and your friend's issues. You never know how-long you have.

There's a Cheetah in Pompano Beach about a one-minute drive from the FL Turnpike Coconut Creek exchange, just south of it. I'd say Boca Raton is probably a 15-minute drive from there, maybe less if you're in a hurry to dispense fistfuls of $1 bills.

That's a great story about the Travelers. We on fire-rescue used to get the police dept. give us a lecture every tourist season about the scams they ran. One was staging auto accidents, and since the city I worked in had lots of elderly people they were easy-pickings for a scheming itinerants. The driveway sealing scams were always popular, and there was a family that was always trying to set-up fortune tellers, but local ordinances made it easy for the local government to disallow the business tax receipt request. (business tax receipts are called business licenses probably everywhere else, in Florida, a state congressman sponsored and the state legislature passed a state statute to require that the name be changed to business tax receipt, because he claimed that's what it was. Every county's governmental jurisdictions had to comply, it was a big expense).

Here's one of the biggest accused and convicted Gypsy 'fortune tellers':
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...-20140303_1_rose-marks-federal-prison-clients who was convicted in various schemes to take millions of dollars from gullible rich people. Here's another look at the family: http://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/1073/kings-con-american-gypsies

I was doing planning for a local jurisdiction, and used to get calls from this family (above) trying to open a fortune telling business in the community. I told them to come-down and pay the not-cheap fees to apply, but the council would use anyone's complaint against the application to deny them the license. She kept calling back, and I kept telling her, "spend the money to apply, and see what happens," but she would rather call and complain. Once I suggested to her that if she was so-good at being able to foretell the future, she should see that the application would be turned-down, she got rude with me about that.

Philip, great stories.

Quite a few years ago we stopped shopping for Christmas presents for the grandchildren. My wife hates crowds so we always did our shopping in August or September. That meant we had to know what the grandkids were into. Unfortunately the result was disappointment -- they had moved on to something else by the time Christmas arrived. Our solution was to give them the amount we spent on them in cash. Instead of giving them a single hundred dollar bill, I got bundles of singles so it looked like a lot more money. Our daughter's 12-year old son complained that he was embarrassed because his friends thought he was hanging out in strip clubs. Obviously he wasn't commenting from his own experience -- he was parroting his father. No problem, everybody gets a C-Note. I expect to hear that C-Notes are hard to use at the strip clubs.

 

[Bob Heine]

Today started early. The sound of heavy rain at 2:00 in the morning woke me up. I suddenly remembered I had switched the sprinkler system timer back on. The sprinklers won't go on for another 24 hours but I will forget if I just go back to sleep. Went in the garage to switch it off and stepped in a puddle. I thought at first it was from the car wash mitts I hung up to dry but that was 5 days ago. Looked up and there was water dripping from the ceiling. I immediately grabbed a cordless hex driver and 1/2-inch drill bit and drilled holes in the ceiling to release the water. The wall looked like it had been wet so I drilled a couple of holes there as well. No water came out from those holes.

Back in April of this year I noticed this stain so I tested the stained area with my new moisture meter (purchased just for this stain) and the meter indicated it was dry. Obviously my dirty dirty roof is leaking. There was a lighter stain nearby but that one isn't dripping. Put a bucket on the window sill/cabinet and went back to bed.

For some reason I couldn't get back to sleep so I got up, found that the rain had let up so I went outside to see if there was an obvious problem. Well, it's dark at 4:00 in the morning so I took a photo with the flash. I think there is some rot at the end of the fascia where the two roof surfaces meet.

That's not a UFO, it's just a raindrop on the lens. The bad news is I have a leak in the roof. The good news is that I saved about 500 of those custom-made concrete tiles so it won't be a whole new roof even if there is damage to the plywood decking.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob, not nice.

It looks like some flashing or sarking around the new facia should do the trick.

 

[shortykorte]

Well dear we have a serious leak in the garage and requires major repair. I don’t think it’s safe for me to be up on the roof so we need a contractor. Oh by the way, since we have a contractor, it won’t be anything to install a 8’ wide door along the back and add on a 12x20 extension. That way the old Vette gets out of sight but more importantly you get park in the garage.


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[cbacres]

So who's driving the GJ bus? Is it you Bob?, but if your arm is out the window...... Let's continue the wild ride.
Sorry to hear about the roof, maybe you can call the guys that did the pressure cleaning and file a claim on thier insurance.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I was figuring they broke a shingle while cleaning your roof.

All in favor of having Bob drive, stand up.

Funny, you drilling holes in the sheetrock. A short time ago, ok, maybe thirty years, a friend started roofing his house. got it all tore off and called me to see if I wanted to help. I went over about 4 pm and we started shingling. Finally quit about 4 am with just his dining room and living room left to do. I got in bed and got a frantic call from his wife that they had a flash thunderstorm which tore all the tar paper off. He was up on the wet roof trying to get tarps and paper back down. I got over there and it all looked ok but was starting to rain again, and he didn't have the living room covered. We put a big nail on a stick and poked a hole between every ceiling joist and put a bucket underneath. Water running down everywhere. About 7 am we went back to roofing and finished a little after noon. The sheetrock all dried out with no failures and his wife got the ceilings repainted.

 

[krcoomer]

Catching up and seeing your roof leak story makes me question if Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, I mean TSK and SSK, did step on a slate and break the tile. I also wonder if in their professional education and training if they didn't miss the day where it was covered to not shoot water from a pressure washer uphill on the roof. Since you stepped in water it does sound like a broken piece or a damaged piece of flashing at that transition.

Good luck finding someone to repair it. Most of the crews from here headed to Texas or Florida a few months ago and have yet to return but I figure they are still working on total roofs. Since you have mentioned travelers I am sure you know to hire someone local. I have a locally owned hardware store that has referred me several times to people in a situation like yours for small repairs. Unless Bobby wants to come down. He has some good roofing experience.

Reading Andy's story reminds me why I am not in the roofing business. I have helped my roofer and still do from time to time as his needs and my availability coincide, but I will let him be the one who stays awake listening for raindrops. He told me one day that in over 40 years in the roofing business he has only had a couple of problems like that, both when he was estimating and selling for a larger company. One was when an entire crew left the job for lunch without felting the roof and a popup thunderstorm hit while they were gone. The worst was in the late 70's when he told the crew not to smoke on the roof. A hot ash dropped through between the sheathing and caught the insulation on fire after they had left for the day.

 

[lakeroadster]

Bob...

Maybe the scammer brothers drilled a couple holes in your roof...

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob, not nice.

It looks like some flashing or sarking around the new facia should do the trick.

Hi Steve, good to have you stop by. It has been my experience that roof leaks are either very obvious (hole in the roof) or nearly impossible to find. I'm hoping I have the former.

Well dear we have a serious leak in the garage and requires major repair. I don’t think it’s safe for me to be up on the roof so we need a contractor. Oh by the way, since we have a contractor, it won’t be anything to install a 8’ wide door along the back and add on a 12x20 extension. That way the old Vette gets out of sight but more importantly you get park in the garage.


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Stewart, I mentioned your brilliant idea (it was brilliant to me) to my wife and she wasn't as enthusiastic. She seems to think the 6-feet of master bedroom (not to mention laundry room) and part of the patio and pool should stay the way they are. I just don't understand that logic.

So who's driving the GJ bus? Is it you Bob?, but if your arm is out the window...... Let's continue the wild ride.
Sorry to hear about the roof, maybe you can call the guys that did the pressure cleaning and file a claim on thier insurance.

Craig, when my roof starts leaking, I'm more likely to be driving the porcelain bus.

I was figuring they broke a shingle while cleaning your roof.

All in favor of having Bob drive, stand up.

Funny, you drilling holes in the sheetrock. A short time ago, ok, maybe thirty years, a friend started roofing his house. got it all tore off and called me to see if I wanted to help. I went over about 4 pm and we started shingling. Finally quit about 4 am with just his dining room and living room left to do. I got in bed and got a frantic call from his wife that they had a flash thunderstorm which tore all the tar paper off. He was up on the wet roof trying to get tarps and paper back down. I got over there and it all looked ok but was starting to rain again, and he didn't have the living room covered. We put a big nail on a stick and poked a hole between every ceiling joist and put a bucket underneath. Water running down everywhere. About 7 am we went back to roofing and finished a little after noon. The sheetrock all dried out with no failures and his wife got the ceilings repainted.

Andy, much as I'd like to blame the leak on the pressure cleaner clowns, I don't think they knew how to break a concrete tile (I know, it's easy but so is running an electric pressure cleaner).

I'm up for the job of driver but I'd like to re-live my commute in New York. My carpool only lasted one day. It may have been because I was smoking and drinking a cup of coffee and asked my car pool buddy to hold my coffee so I could shift. The worst was having my good shoulder react to a fall (traumatic bursitis) after I drove to work. Had to put the Triumph Herald in third gear and once the car was moving steer with my knee.

I think your emergency ceiling drain approach was the right think to do. If this were the first time that patch of ceiling got wet I would probably just seal it and re-paint. Because it has been going on for a while, I don't think the sheet rock is going to heal very well.

Catching up and seeing your roof leak story makes me question if Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, I mean TSK and SSK, did step on a slate and break the tile. I also wonder if in their professional education and training if they didn't miss the day where it was covered to not shoot water from a pressure washer uphill on the roof. Since you stepped in water it does sound like a broken piece or a damaged piece of flashing at that transition.

Good luck finding someone to repair it. Most of the crews from here headed to Texas or Florida a few months ago and have yet to return but I figure they are still working on total roofs. Since you have mentioned travelers I am sure you know to hire someone local. I have a locally owned hardware store that has referred me several times to people in a situation like yours for small repairs. Unless Bobby wants to come down. He has some good roofing experience.

Reading Andy's story reminds me why I am not in the roofing business. I have helped my roofer and still do from time to time as his needs and my availability coincide, but I will let him be the one who stays awake listening for raindrops. He told me one day that in over 40 years in the roofing business he has only had a couple of problems like that, both when he was estimating and selling for a larger company. One was when an entire crew left the job for lunch without felting the roof and a popup thunderstorm hit while they were gone. The worst was in the late 70's when he told the crew not to smoke on the roof. A hot ash dropped through between the sheathing and caught the insulation on fire after they had left for the day.

Kenny, those two may have stepped on a problem and made it worse but they didn't create the problem (much as I would like to blame them).

I had a momentary failure to communicate and said something about fixing it myself. My wife's "Yes Dear" sounded like the intervention was already under way. I have done roof repairs in the past but this time I'm going to seek professional help.

I was expecting to have trouble finding a roofer but I thought I would give it a try. I did some searching on the internet and found three or four roofers who had no litigation pending (a sign of better than mediocre work). Filled out a request for a quote on Angie's list and one of the four called a few minutes later -- free estimate coming next week.

Bob...

Maybe the scammer brothers drilled a couple holes in your roof...

John, I don't think they know how to use a drill (based on them not being able to connect a garden hose).

 

[Bob Heine]

Not wanting to rely on the kindness of strangers, I removed the wet part of the ceiling drywall. In spite of my suspicions and the rotted fascia, it appears the leak has nothing to do with the junction of the two roof planes.

I adjusted the above photo because the auto flash didn't show the stain. The dark areas on either side of the hole are just shadows. Based on the color of the stain on the roof deck, this leak has been there quite a while.

I tried poking the dark wood and it isn't mushy so the bottom plies are not rotted -- yet. I checked both sides of the truss and this may be a joint that was wide enough for a crack to develop in the two plies of 90-pound roll roofing under the tiles.

My initial suspicion that the leak was higher on the roof, near the junction of the two roof planes turned out to be wrong. The rotted fascia still has to be replaced but it isn't the source of the leak.

The suspect junction is in the upper right of the above picture and the rafter in the center is the one with the leak but behind and near the end of the rafter. Rather than climb into the attic, I took these last pictures just shooting blind up in the hole in the ceiling. The other side of the rafter is also dry and showing no sign of a leak.

 

[sawduststeve]

Evening Bob,

Best wishes for your friend, may he get what he needs for a good outcome.
A Triumph Herald, I had one of those in the 80's for a while. Iirc, remove six bolts tucked under the head lining and you have a roadster, it did create a bit of body flex though, also you sat so close to the passenger it didn't really matter who changed gear.
Great start with finding the leak, good luck.

Regards
Steve.

 

[SmokeyBC]

Did those Harold’s have folding window cranks? I think my neighbour had one, and I got few rides in it when I was a kid.

 

[Craptain]

Bob, your Triumph Herald was hopefully a left hand drive model. A late friend of mine had a right hand drive model. But he noticed that the floor pan etc was already laid out for conversion. So he swapped everything across. The steering however was not a direct swap. And somehow the steering now operated in reverse. Undeterred and also impatient, he continued and actually drove the car for a few days whilst waiting for correct parts. All was well around the small town at slow speed. Until a lady pulled out in front of him and reactions kicked in. Naturally he turned the (right) wrong way. End of the Triumph Herald.

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[Bob Heine]

Evening Bob,

Best wishes for your friend, may he get what he needs for a good outcome.
A Triumph Herald, I had one of those in the 80's for a while. Iirc, remove six bolts tucked under the head lining and you have a roadster, it did create a bit of body flex though, also you sat so close to the passenger it didn't really matter who changed gear.
Great start with finding the leak, good luck.

Regards
Steve.

Hi Steve, thanks for stopping by. I am hoping for a good outcome but his chances are not good. The dialysis is keeping him alive and apparently it reduces his chances of moving up higher on the liver recipient list.

In the fall of 1962 my parents drove to Vermont to visit her parents. While there my father surprised mom with a car. When they returned home my father told my wife and I that he bought a Triumph sports car. I had visions of a Spitfire, Sprite, TR3 or TR4 and hoped to get to drive it someday. I had no idea he thought a Herald was a sports car.

I think this is a picture taken the day mom picked up the car. She's in the driver seat with her mother in the front passenger seat. That's my mother's sister, someone I don't recognize and my cousin in the back seat.

Did those Harold’s have folding window cranks? I think my neighbour had one, and I got few rides in it when I was a kid.

Smokey, I don't believe they had folding window cranks. The two best features of the Triumph Herald were the clamshell hood and the turning radius. You flipped the hood up and then sat on the tire to work on the engine. No bending over and everything was right there. The turning radius was less than 25 feet so I could have turned the car around in the my garage or driveway in an uninterrupted turn.

Bob, your Triumph Herald was hopefully a left hand drive model. A late friend of mine had a right hand drive model. But he noticed that the floor pan etc was already laid out for conversion. So he swapped everything across. The steering however was not a direct swap. And somehow the steering now operated in reverse. Undeterred and also impatient, he continued and actually drove the car for a few days whilst waiting for correct parts. All was well around the small town at slow speed. Until a lady pulled out in front of him and reactions kicked in. Naturally he turned the (right) wrong way. End of the Triumph Herald.

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Andrew, it was left-hand drive from the factory. Your friend probably should have had a pro do the conversion. Even today it's tricky to convert a car from one side to the other, especially if the manufacturer didn't plan to sell their car worldwide. I was amazed at the amount of work the Aussies put into converting some of the muscle cars that were only meant for the US market.

 

[sawduststeve]

Bob,

What a great photo^^^ thanks for sharing.
Five hotties about to tear up the hood in the little Britsh sports car.
I had a Trimuph GT6 after the Herald and changed the alternator sitting on the wheel, flip fronts are awfully handy.

Some LHD to RHD conversions here,Mustangs and beetles spring to mind, were done by way of a chain run behind/under the dash board to the re-sited column and steering wheel.Properly dangerous.I run now and have had a few LHD motors and it really isn't a problem.

Regards
Steve.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Bob,

What a great photo^^^ thanks for sharing.
Five hotties about to tear up the hood in the little Britsh sports car.

Regards
Steve.

I could not have said it better. I might not even have said it. I might even wish you hadn't...

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob,

What a great photo^^^ thanks for sharing.
Five hotties about to tear up the hood in the little Britsh sports car.
I had a Trimuph GT6 after the Herald and changed the alternator sitting on the wheel, flip fronts are awfully handy.

Some LHD to RHD conversions here,Mustangs and beetles spring to mind, were done by way of a chain run behind/under the dash board to the re-sited column and steering wheel.Properly dangerous.I run now and have had a few LHD motors and it really isn't a problem.

Regards
Steve.

Steve, those chain and sprocket conversions are the ones that made me cringe. I'm sure they work but I can't help but think a fair number were done by folks who, when asked if it's safe, start their answer with "hold my drink."

I could not have said it better. I might not even have said it. I might even wish you hadn't...

Steve and Andy, I was not there but I'm pretty sure (from my grandmother's expression) my father said something bawdy to get everyone to smile.

 

[Bob Heine]

I found a solution for end caps on the wood vise handle. Not really wood working but it did seem to work. It's kinda like metal/wood/plastic working.

The sprinkler system in my yard has a lot of PVC fittings and the threaded ones often get buggered up. For decades I dug a big hole, cut the damaged fitting out and glued a new one in. Wandering through Harbor Freight a few years ago I found a cheap set of NPT taps and dies, including the 1/2" size that most frequently gets buggered. At $14 it was too good to pass up. I can usually fix a fitting by removing the sprinkler head, tapping the fitting and installing a new ****** between the fitting and sprinkler head.

The dowel I used for the vise handle is 7/8-inch OD but I remembered that NPT fittings are based on 1/2-inch ID so maybe the die will work. Gave it a try and sure enough it started cutting threads.

OK, I wouldn't call the result of the first pass to be threads. More like it shaved down the dowel to a tapered 3/4-inch OD, much closer to the NPT thread size.

Because NPT threads are tapered, I thought (hoped) I could cut a decent set of threads by reversing the die. It isn't like a sharp cut set of threads cut in black pipe but it isn't bad and it cut the shoulder of the reduced dowel much better.

I took a couple of photos of the finished thread but they are all out of focus. You'll have to trust me -- the threads came out pretty decent.

The whole process led to the handle having simple threaded PVC caps on both ends. I had to use a strap wrench and channel-loc pliers to tighten them down. If they ever start to loosen, I'll probably drill a hole and install a fluted dowel.

 

[Bob Heine]

As I have been cleaning up the workshop, I find things on the bench that need to be stored with like things. I have made this difficult because a lot of my "stuff" is stored under the workbenches and the bins have to be dragged out, opened, the orphan stuff added and then the bin has to be slid back under the bench.

I decided I needed to put wheels under the bins and other stuff. Because of my workbench height, some of my things don't have room for wheels but I am putting cheap little casters on scraps of plywood to make it easier to get to the stuff I only need once in a while.

A few years ago I bought some small nylon casters so I could use just the wheels. We have three treadle sewing machine bases turned into tables and one of them is on the patio. The steel wheels were going to leave stains so I replaced them with the nylon ones. Because a bulk purchase was the cheapest way to buy the little casters, I had quite a few left over.

This jar was full a couple of weeks ago. In the past few weeks I've used 16 of them to make a dolly for the reciprocating saws. When I just set them on the floor under the table saw, it was hard to drag them out. Now I just pull the dolly out and the handle is right there.

The first dolly I made has four 5-gallon buckets on it, for scrap steel, scrap aluminum, scrap plastic and scrap wood. It's hiding behind the red strut compressor.

The last two dollies hold my electrical supply bins, one is full of electrical wire and the other is full of boxes.

 

[jimreed2160]

Bob--I like your caster idea. Lately I have been making more things in my shop mobile also but you have me beat by a mile. One of my best "wheelies" is the pancake air compressor. That thing always seemed to be in the wrong place and was difficult to move--even with the hose and cord coiled up on top. UNTIL I put it on one of those small HF furniture dollies. Now I just kick it out of the way.

Just keep on wheeling...

 

[dlcwent]

Hi Bob. I know it's been a while. Just trying to catch up a little. Sorry to read about your friend. Loved the story of the scammers.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob--I like your caster idea. Lately I have been making more things in my shop mobile also but you have me beat by a mile. One of my best "wheelies" is the pancake air compressor. That thing always seemed to be in the wrong place and was difficult to move--even with the hose and cord coiled up on top. UNTIL I put it on one of those small HF furniture dollies. Now I just kick it out of the way.

Just keep on wheeling...

Jim, I'm trying to lift fewer things and at the same time make open floorspace easier to access. I store my 12-ton press in the corner of the shop but it blocks access to one of the grinders so I wheeled it (or is that castered it?). The large HF dolly wasn't a perfect fit so I cut it up and used the wood and wheels to make the press mobile. Of course the spare pressure washer is also on wheels but it is only accessible...

...when I move the sandblasting cart out of the way. The cart has the small HF blast cabinet, the pressure blasting tank and the vacuum for the cabinet on it.

I like your small compressor on the dolly and I wish I could justify having one in the workshop. Instead I have the dead compressor tank (25 gallon) and a hose reel to connect it to the compressed air up in the garage. A little extra setup time but it works well for me.

A few more things still need to be wheeled but I'm getting there.

Hi Bob. I know it's been a while. Just trying to catch up a little. Sorry to read about your friend. Loved the story of the scammers.

Hi Dan, thank you and it's good to see you back posting. I hope all is well with you and yours. I did see your birthday posted on Facebook so I hope that went well too.

 

[Vieux]

Great idea to use the wheel.

 

[driftpin]

Hi Bob, greetings of the season, I also use the HFT furniture dollies for easier portability of equipment, and have 'borrowed' their wheels & used 5/4 PT lumber to make purpose-built frames better-suited to the job. I also found some garden dollies, round cast iron & powdecoated, on casters, which are good for Rubbermaid tubs or 5 gal buckets. I can't recall where I got them, but I recall they were v. cheap.

The Herald pic made me smile, as soon as I saw the post, I figured it must have been the early/mid-1960's. One of my high school classmates had one about '66-'67, it was slow but a Triumph, so it had some cachet, I believed. Another friend had a TR 4 not the A model w/IRS. He had a Union Jack he painted on it covering the hood. A bumbershoot donated its handle for a shift knob function. This was up by Lake Ontario in western NYS.

Been working on my new storage space, a HVHZ-rated pre-manufactured 10 X 20 X 8 ft ht. garage I had delivered. No floor, it's bolted to a slab I had poured for it. An OH gable-end garage roll-up door & a 36 X 80" impact fiberglass door I hung myself provide utility in entry. It's gonna be for storage, I wish it could have been bigger but zoning code said, "no." A variance request is $3K... . Anyway, this weekend the electrician is sending his laborer to trench for a sub-panel install. Now I am just running an extension cord, but the new service will allow 110/220 V for a variety of things. One thing at a time.

At college the other day, i saw one of my favorite car designs, whic reminds me of the Ford GT 40 'breadbox' designs. One of my fellow co-workers had a pair of performance cars from opposite ends of the spectrum, a 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500 convertible he bought new, and a Lotus Europa he got in the mid-1970's. He's gone now, so are the cars.

Wow, I cannot believe it! I just got my electrical permit after signing the application yesterday, having it notarized, and giving it to the master license-holder. He called me this morning, & said, " I've got your electrical permit I'm coming to your house!" As he mentioned, "that's the service you get when you have a forty-year relationship with the senior electrical plans examiner!" The city employee was his foreman when my electrical contractor was an apprentice in the union. Now he's a small business owner and runs his business as a Union shop. Being a 25+ year AFL-CIO member and now retiree (IAFF, the firefighters union) I am ok with paying for the quality of work, and the speediness of the permit issuance. Here's the master electrician, running me the permit (attachment). He said, "if FP&L cooperates (disconnect/reconnect), we should be done by next weekend."

I'm replacing the old original to the 1961 house 150 amp branch panel, outside disconnect, and meter can. I'm also getting a sub-panel in the garage, 80 amps, and 110/220 V outlets or boxes for the uses there, 220 V AC, air compressor, 220 V RA Saw, Powermatic 66 bench saw, welder, and 110V duplex outlets.

Bottom-line: this is my Christmas present. My wife helped, of course.

 

[bj383ss]

Bob I really like your ideas of having everything mobile.

Bret

 

[shortykorte]

Bob I really like your ideas of having everything mobile.

Bret

Bret, there’s two requirements to belong to the Florida chapter; know the secret handshake and have everything on casters so you can rearrange your garage weekly.


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[bolensboneyard]

Bob I have used HF dollies to store and move Model A engines and complete rear ends. Should be some pictures around of my modifications. I will post them if I find them.

 

[jimreed2160]

Bret, there’s two requirements to belong to the Florida chapter; know the secret handshake and have everything on casters so you can rearrange your garage weekly.

Of course, when you have everything on wheels but lack floor space, the reorg is more like a big game of tetris.