CBacres ex horse barn shop

[Bob Heine]

Taking a truck load up and coming home empty.

Craig, are you saying for the first time this century you are not going to pick a single item at a hoard?
EDIT: Andrew, I see I'm not the only one who knows who he is. Next we'll hear Shorty say he's not going to bleed while at the party.

 

[cbacres]

Craig, are you saying for the first time this century you are not going to pick a single item at a hoard?
EDIT: Andrew, I see I'm not the only one who knows who he is. Next we'll hear Shorty say he's not going to bleed while at the party.

Wait a second now, I just said empty, as in not filling the back of the truck up. I’m sure there be a item or two, 3, whatever.
I’m trying to pawn off my over indulgences on some of the attendee, so they can experience the fun of a great pick!

I‘m bringing the appropriate items for blood, hopefully Andrew has notified the local EMS of his exact shop location in case their called, cause it’s likely none of us will think to go out to the road to direct them in. We’ll be in the back squaring off on our wagers on the amount of blood that Shorty spills.

 

[harley jim]

Dip short in plastidip and he wont bleed all over the floor

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Dip short in plastidip and he wont bleed all over the floor

A spray can of Flex Seal may be in order.

 

[cbacres]

Dip short in plastidip and he wont bleed all over the floor

A spray can of Flex Seal may be in order.

Well, no blood yesterday, just some from me Friday night. I walking through house to check back door lock and slipped on dog slobber, gouged my arm on the corner of door casing. Go figure.

A near miss though.

 

[cbacres]

Back to the shop, I had bought some beams a couple of years ago, but they were a little lighter, so I bought some heavier beams earlier this year.

Decided to get rid of them and posted on FB MB, of course a guy wants to buy and pick up yesterday when I’m out doing a beer drinking in a buddies shop study with a bunch of guys from here.

Anyway, I pulled them out to get ready for pick up.

My steel pile is behind the shop, I wanted to get them up to the driveway.

I got this handy dandy yellow thing on wheels out of a dumpster a while back and it’s proved it’s worth today.
Once balanced, I could wheel anywhere.
Its was so easy, I decided to stack the second one on top.

I could still wheel it around, but do you all really think I’m going to hand wheel it 600‘ up front?


Another load rigged and hauled with the cart.

 

[racer-john]

Good move.

 

[cbacres]

I need a booster seat for my beer!

 

[Chrisb62]

That’s the beer for light weights.....correct?

 

[mybigwarwagon]

No you need a better beer.

 

[cbacres]

Beer plenty good.
No lightweight here, just got to get up twice as much to get beer

I don’t care for the taste a whole lot on all these other beers.
Maybe some day I’ll find one

 

[shortykorte]

Florida Safety Shoes work every time.
I like the Plastic Dip and flex seal idea. Thanks for the tip!

 

[cbacres]

In getting ready for the next shop project, I need this Vidmar out of the way.
I already had the 3/8” flat bar cut, I finished drilling and tapping the bolt holes.

The PO had cut off the boxed rails off the bottom, I needed to finish cleaning parts of it off.


Caster plates welded.

The bottom of the cab had a little bit of a bow, needed to use a clamp to pull down. The rectangle holes in the bottom was just big enough to weave a welding clamp in.

Painted up. I’ll never have it bottoms up again!

Casters being mounted. (procured from cbacres caster supply).

Another easy roller.

With all of the 12 plus cabinets I’ve bought and put into service, I never came across a bad bearing, much less a missing one. Luckily I have a extra slide frame.

Tomorrow finish lubing the bearings and then clear a spot out in the shed to park it.

 

[rmack898]

Aint that the truth

 

[Chrisb62]

Going to leave it multi colored or full paint job, before filling to brim? Repair looks great and probably rolls smooth as silk.

 

[shortykorte]

Chris, multicolored is his theme.

 

[harley jim]

Think theme, think Shopnut,
I had a theme once, I lost it.

 

[cbacres]

Going to leave it multi colored or full paint job, before filling to brim? Repair looks great and probably rolls smooth as silk.

This cab is going in the annex shed, so painting in there will be on the 2024 plan. I do have a blue cab with black trim theme that I started a couple years ago, it’s somewhere in the shop!
Yes, rolls real nice on the set of wheels. Now I won’t have to walk behind it to use the bandsaw.

Chris, multicolored is his theme.

At least I paint.

Think theme, think Shopnut,
I had a theme once, I lost it.

Spot on about Shopnut!

 

[cbacres]

Finished the Vidmar, yes I said finished!

Ran a wire brush on a angle grinder over the rails that the bearings ride on, had a lot of gunk, grit and some rust. I discovered a few boxes ago that cleaning these up improves the smoothness quite a bit.

After cleaning and coating with a dry lube. I started using dry lube as a way to keep the freshly cleaned and bare metal from rusting, and the dry lube won’t attract dirt.

I give the contact area on the bearings the same treatment.

These cabs are the most worn ones yet that I’ve bought. But there smooth as can be, a little sloppy, but it’ll give me years of service.

Heres my custom adjusted Vidmar/Lista bearing greasing tip.


I also cleaned/coated the rails on the drawers that the bearings ride on.

Put it all back together and drawers sliding effortlessly and smooth, so much that when I moved cab to edge of concrete on the way to shed, when it stopped, the the drawers self opened before I could get on the other side and ver she went! I didn’t get a picture as I was rushing to get it upright, drawers back in and the contents back in the drawers before it got too wet from the rain, that and I was pissed,

 

[rmack898]

Craig,
I have a few Vidmars that could use your attention to lubrication detail, do you make house calls?

 

[shortykorte]

What no tip over shots!!!!

Mack think we can get a 2 for 1 deal?

 

[cbacres]

What no tip over shots!!!!

Mack think we can get a 2 for 1 deal?

Do one cab and get paid for two? I’m in!

 

[harley jim]

Saw this caster **** today, thought I would share.

 

[cbacres]

Saw this caster **** today, thought I would share.

That’s a deal.

 

[rmack898]

I think Craig needs to change the name of this thread to "Casters Anonymous"

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Offroad wheels too.

 

[harley jim]

Oh, a support group
See what I did there, casters/support

 

[cbacres]

Back to the hoist beam project.
I’m setting the trolley beam on the existing A frame that I now use for lifting. A cross beam and posts will support the other end. I needed to make a flat mounting plate for the top of A frame.

The A frame is built out of a 2”x4” rectangle tube on top of 4” sch.40 pipe. I mage two saddles that are notched out for the tube and will sit on the top half of the pipe.
Layout ready to be torch cut.


After a few trips up and down the ladder, I finally have the saddles tweaked. Here it is tacked for a test fit.

Clamped up for welding. Have I mentioned how much I like my Fireball angles?

I got carried away and welded beyond the angles, one side pulled in on me. Nothing a couple of wedges couldn’t fix.

Welded up and ready to be set on a frame. I didn’t take picture, I transferred the holes on the saddle to the underside of the I beam.

Once this is welded to frame, it’ll be the reference point for the rest of the beams.

 

[cbacres]

I think Craig needs to change the name of this thread to "Casters Anonymous"

God knows I have plenty in my closet, I mean shed.

Offroad wheels too.

Man, if it wasn’t so far..... they’d be great for my blast cabinet.

Oh, a support group
See what I did there, casters/support

Yep, help people get moving again, roll over those bumps in the road.

 

[harley jim]

That look like it's going to work well Craig.

 

[cbacres]

That look like it's going to work well Craig.

It was the best way I could figure a mount and not raise the height too much. The top of the 8” trolly beam is going to be close to the roof sheet metal. I’ll pick up about 10” of lifting height from where the electric hoist is hanging now, so that’s a bonus as I’ve run of of height in the past, but that was usually when unloading a 60” tall Vidma, shouldn’t be too many of those in the future.........

 

[harley jim]

A hoist is so handy. I would like to put a jib Crane just inside of the overhead door so I could swing it out the door to pic things out of my truck.

 

[Chrisb62]

It was the best way I could figure a mount and not raise the height too much. The top of the 8” trolly beam is going to be close to the roof sheet metal. I’ll pick up about 10” of lifting height from where the electric hoist is hanging now, so that’s a bonus as I’ve run of of height in the past, but that was usually when unloading a 60” tall Vidma, shouldn’t be too many of those in the future.........

Gee that’s a shame I had one I was going to sell real cheap...........





Only kidding.........

 

[cbacres]

A hoist is so handy. I would like to put a jib Crane just inside of the overhead door so I could swing it out the door to pic things out of my truck.

I don’t know how I lived all this time without one. My current one is fixed, but seems like I use quite a bit.

A jib crane inside the door is the way to go.
If I get into a taller shop some day, I will definitely have a job set up like you said.

At my last job, I laid out three cranes, two by doors. I set them off the inside wall enough to get maximum reach outside the door, just barely clear the door jamb on the other side and had great coverage inside.
They take a big footer and lots of j-bolts, but it’s well worth it.

 

[cbacres]

Gee that’s a shame I had one I was going to sell real cheap...........





Only kidding.........

I left me a opening

 

[cbacres]

A frame mounting plate in and welded.

Welding base plates and top brackets on posts is next.
The yellow carrier is coming in handy this week.

Using old hoist to pick up posts for new hoist.

Set on stands for fabbing.

To help you guys see what I’m doing, here’s a couple pics of the porch area where trolley is going.
Front wall of shop, blue line will be the top of the cross support beam, posts will be approximately 12” on each side of door.

View from standing in shop just inside door looking at a frame. Trolly beam will run from front wall to a frame.

That’s all for now.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

That trolley will be handy.

 

[cbacres]

Now I’ll be able to see what I’m welding.

 

[cbacres]

I got tired of misplacing my 8 tape measures so I decided to make a quick mount close to the front of shop.

 

[cbacres]

My next project should of been simple. Our son is having their baby shower this weekend and I’m cooking, which means I need to tote the grill up to his place. It needed new lights, so after pulling those off, the wood shelf should be replaced as it was broke the first time I put it in 10 years ago when some friends let the grill go over backwards. I decided to build a frame that extended out more to support the wood in case it goes backward again and add a support leg.

Still needed to come up with a way to mount tail lights. I had some oval LEDs and some 4” aluminum channel, now I have a plan, sorta.

Grill as it been for 10 plus years.

Light mount that will also serve as a bumper.

Now I need to extend some steel for bumper mounts. I built the grill in the 80s from all kinds of misc. scrap, modified once or twice with more misc scrap, so the frame work is made up of different shapes.
Here is a classic case of taking something super simple and turning it into a semi complicated process.

There was a 2“ angle across the back frame, yes was, I cut it out.

Then I made this special cut out square tube to extend out for the bumper mount, but I wasn’t happy because it was conflicting with lights more than I anticipated.

It fit just as I wanted.

Heres how it ended up.

Just simple stubs of square tube welded to the angle that I welded back in.