Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[rpenterics]

Gone for me too

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: looks like Photobucket is changing their policy again maybe changed owners or just want more money. they want you to upgrade to give you 3rd party picture hosting. i loved PB when it was free about 10 years ago and would have gladly paid to use them cause it was simple and worked. with all the changes they did i left them about 5 years ago and haven't used a PB link on my pictures posts here on GJ since.

i love your pictures and your descriptions so i hope you can figure it out. or downloading your pictures directly to GJ might be your best option like i do and i just click on the paperclip above where we write our posts in the middle sort of like attaching pictures to an email.

good luck and looks like all your pictures are on PB's site and not on GJ's currently.

 

[Grumblebum]

So did my photos disappear for everyone? Or is it just me?

Yep looks like the PB bear has been out again and made them disappear.

GB

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Victim of your own success, too many looking at your pictures and you have used up al your free data with them.

Bandwidth Exceeded (Look Who's Popular)

Free users have limited bandwidth for their accounts, and that limit is set to 10GBs of bandwidth per month.

If you need more bandwidth (or storage) Click Here for steps on how to upgrade your account.

Bandwidth consumption is counted by the amount of data that is transferred from your account to other sites across the web. The size of the image or video will increase the amount of bandwidth you are using when linking them out to other sites.

click for more http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/200724014-Bandwidth-Exceeded-Look-Who-s-Popular-

supposedly it resets every month on the numeric day you made your account.

 

[Vieux]

I also can't see your pictures

 

[oldironfarmer]

Gone for me too

Glad it's not just me!

Andy: looks like Photobucket is changing their policy again maybe changed owners or just want more money. they want you to upgrade to give you 3rd party picture hosting. i loved PB when it was free about 10 years ago and would have gladly paid to use them cause it was simple and worked. with all the changes they did i left them about 5 years ago and haven't used a PB link on my pictures posts here on GJ since.

i love your pictures and your descriptions so i hope you can figure it out. or downloading your pictures directly to GJ might be your best option like i do and i just click on the paperclip above where we write our posts in the middle sort of like attaching pictures to an email.

good luck and looks like all your pictures are on PB's site and not on GJ's currently.

I really don't like the small pictures attached directly. I usually don't click on them because it takes so much time, and usually can't see much on the thumbnails.

Yep looks like the PB bear has been out again and made them disappear.

GB

Hey! Vladimir will take exception to use of the term "bear" in any negative fashion

Victim of your own success, too many looking at your pictures and you have used up all your free data with them.


click for more http://support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/200724014-Bandwidth-Exceeded-Look-Who-s-Popular-

supposedly it resets every month on the numeric day you made your account.

Very interesting. I checked and my signup date was the 15th of the month. I checked my storage (knowing nothing about bandwidth limits) and noticed I am at 77% of storage and it indicated 0% of bandwidth used. Hmmm.... it's at 0% this morning too!

I greatly appreciate PhotoBucket giving me the opportunity to post pictures for free. And they also offer educational opportunities: you get to find out why your pictures disappeared.

The article indicated the only way to restore the pictures is to begin paying by the month. Makes me wannacry.

Oh well, it is my fault for not reading and understanding all the terms and conditions.

So I have started deleting photographs from current back to see if I can get to a restored condition by lowering my storage percentage.

When I click on any of the help link within PhotoBucket I get "Oops! You mistyped the link or it no longer exists". Somehow I knew it was me.

I also can't see your pictures

Thanks for checking in. We may have seen the last of my pictures.

I have really enjoyed Garage Journal...

 

[jimreed2160]

Geez, you'd think that something free would have better service...

 

[oldironfarmer]

Ain't that the truth!!

I'm making some progress, by deleting several photographs I no longer get the congratulatory message on how popular I am within PhotoBucket.

The good news is that it is an automated system so you just need to learn how to use the system. It has worked very well for me.

And I believe it will work in the future too!

We'll see what it thinks in 24 hours.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: i guess your FREE PB service is only as good as what you pay for it.

seriously i hope you figure it out without spending your grand kid's inheritance.

when i post a thumbnail if it looks interesting all you have to do is click your mouse twice and it's full screen size.

here's some pictures for your thread while yours are being recovered. i know you'll get a truck load of sand some day for all your forging so here's something the kids can make with it until you need it.

isn't it amazing what someone can do with some old rusty steel. this **** sits in front of a store in a little PNW town we just visited.

 

[BUGTHUG]

So did my photos disappear for everyone? Or is it just me?

NO PICTURES HERE better payup to photo bucket

 

[jimreed2160]

Did someone mention a load of sand????

 

[amkluttz]

Glad it's not just me!



I really don't like the small pictures attached directly. I usually don't click on them because it takes so much time, and usually can't see much on the thumbnails.

It is possible to post the photos on GJ and then image link them in your post (at least I have done it before) but that's a bunch of extra work! Enjoying your thread!

Andy

 

[hippie2cams]

photobucket pictures don't through

 

[oldironfarmer]

So, any other sites worth using? Flickr seems reasonable. What are the drawbacks?

 

[Bob Heine]

Andy, I don't have a real answer for your Photobucket issue but I do have a horrible workaround. My Photobucket account has 5,079 pictures and one short video in it and that has put my (free 2-GB) storage at 14%.

I discovered early on that full-size pictures from my camera (5152x3864 pel) eat up 5- to 7-MB of space. Before I upload a picture I open the file in a photo editor (Corel Paint Shop Pro X) and re-size it to 640x480 pel and it only eats up around 100-KB.

To reduce the space taken up by your pictures stored in Photobucket you can edit each one, select "Re-size" and pick a smaller number. PB then gives you the option to replace your original file. As I said, this is a horrible workaround but I guess the easy one is to cough up $60 a year.

 

[Craptain]

So, any other sites worth using? Flickr seems reasonable. What are the drawbacks?

I have a Flickr account and have no problem with it. However when I put pictures in my posts here I always attach them directly. Apart from being easier, they will stay here for the duration of GJ.

Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

 

[oldironfarmer]

OK, so I tried to open a Flickr account and that didn't go as expected. Some old photos I had posted on Flickr ten years or more ago showed up. Not all bad

But as of yet I don't see an easy way to link them to GJ. Any advice?

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: i'm feeling your pain all the way over here on the left coast this morning. i always enjoy your daily pictures with your comments above so using thumbnails just won't be the same. that said i do agree with what CRAPTAIN says that the internet might be here another 100 years and if you download pictures like I do they'll be here forever.

i've done some research for certain things here on GJ and other forums only to find that all the pictures were deleted cause either the member closed his account or had passed on and the estate or relatives didn't keep paying the fees. your call and looking forward to you posting pictures and showing your stuff again.

are you maybe at least making aluminum muffins while you are working this out? since you are out logging i thought a few logging pictures from my gramps old logging days might add some color to your thread. he also had a D9 to make some of those old logging truck roads in the mountains you might have heard about or driven on. that's him in his smaller D6 he used to have at his home to keep the weeds down and also a picture of him cutting a decent size fir tree down.

Jim: OMG you are quick and funny and love your humor.

BOB: great tip, but as you say it might not be an easy solution with as many pictures as Andy has in PB now.

 

[power wagon]

thought you might like a pic to see until andys pics come back

 

[jbmatth]

Andy,
I'm now back and caught up after being gone for a week and all excited to read your thread only to discover the picture fiasco. What I used to do is go to advanced post, use the paper clip to attach up to 7 photos, then drag the link into they typing pane once they are uploaded. Next copy that location address, click on the little gray and yellow mountain thing at the top, paste that location address there, then you can have the photos show up full size in the text.

The way I do it now is to start albums on GJ under my User CP then just link directly from there.

JB

 

[tym]

While we're waiting for PB to play nice again, I present a photo of The Tarp Camaro (aka The Madmaxmaro).

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: i guess your FREE PB service is only as good as what you pay for it.

seriously i hope you figure it out without spending your grand kid's inheritance.

when i post a thumbnail if it looks interesting all you have to do is click your mouse twice and it's full screen size.

here's some pictures for your thread while yours are being recovered. i know you'll get a truck load of sand some day for all your forging so here's something the kids can make with it until you need it.

isn't it amazing what someone can do with some old rusty steel. this **** sits in front of a store in a little PNW town we just visited.

Thanks for the great comments! Some neat sculpture there. I hated seeing a forge blower base on one, though

NO PICTURES HERE better payup to photo bucket

I guess I'm too stubborn to pay for what was supposed to be free, with no notice or warning, just the wannacry hold a gun to your head.

Did someone mention a load of sand????

Holy cat sh!t Batman

Now, since you provided that adorable photo through PhotoBucket, am I to assume if I get my volume back down my pictures will reappear? My "stats" are unavailable. From what Drives said I was afraid PB could only be used for posting pictures on GJ for $400/year. Are you paying?

It is possible to post the photos on GJ and then image link them in your post (at least I have done it before) but that's a bunch of extra work! Enjoying your thread!

Andy

Yeah, a LOT of work. Not as much as going back and restoring all teh photos, however.

photobucket pictures don't through

Thanks!

Andy, I don't have a real answer for your Photobucket issue but I do have a horrible workaround. My Photobucket account has 5,079 pictures and one short video in it and that has put my (free 2-GB) storage at 14%.

I discovered early on that full-size pictures from my camera (5152x3864 pel) eat up 5- to 7-MB of space. Before I upload a picture I open the file in a photo editor (Corel Paint Shop Pro X) and re-size it to 640x480 pel and it only eats up around 100-KB.

To reduce the space taken up by your pictures stored in Photobucket you can edit each one, select "Re-size" and pick a smaller number. PB then gives you the option to replace your original file. As I said, this is a horrible workaround but I guess the easy one is to cough up $60 a year.

Nice idea. I tried resizing in PB however it would not replace the original file, even with the box checked. The new file plus the old file both show up.

I might cough up $60 per year, but not $400. But not when they change their policy with no warning or options other than "Look who's popular".

I may just start a new thread. It may be with thumbnails, though, if I can't figure out Flikr/GJ interface.

ANDY: i'm feeling your pain all the way over here on the left coast this morning. i always enjoy your daily pictures with your comments above so using thumbnails just won't be the same. that said i do agree with what CRAPTAIN says that the internet might be here another 100 years and if you download pictures like I do they'll be here forever.

i've done some research for certain things here on GJ and other forums only to find that all the pictures were deleted cause either the member closed his account or had passed on and the estate or relatives didn't keep paying the fees. your call and looking forward to you posting pictures and showing your stuff again.

are you maybe at least making aluminum muffins while you are working this out? since you are out logging i thought a few logging pictures from my gramps old logging days might add some color to your thread. he also had a D9 to make some of those old logging truck roads in the mountains you might have heard about or driven on. that's him in his smaller D6 he used to have at his home to keep the weeds down and also a picture of him cutting a decent size fir tree down.

Jim: OMG you are quick and funny and love your humor.

BOB: great tip, but as you say it might not be an easy solution with as many pictures as Andy has in PB now.

Thanks for the pictures!

I really don't want to get hooked into a monthly fee. They have ways of rising. I hear Microsoft may go to leasing instead of selling, so you have to pay a lease payment every year for Word and Excel. Fine if it's cheap, not if it's not.

I was surprised by PB, and still don't know what the issue is. I signed up on the 15th of July and was cut off on the 20th of June. If usage numbers reset every month I have a month to wait.

thought you might like a pic to see until andys pics come back

Thanks! I appreciate the help!!

Andy,
I'm now back and caught up after being gone for a week and all excited to read your thread only to discover the picture fiasco. What I used to do is go to advanced post, use the paper clip to attach up to 7 photos, then drag the link into they typing pane once they are uploaded. Next copy that location address, click on the little gray and yellow mountain thing at the top, paste that location address there, then you can have the photos show up full size in the text.

The way I do it now is to start albums on GJ under my User CP then just link directly from there.

JB

Thanks for the ideas. I thought there was a pretty small limit on GJ User albums. Is that true?

While we're waiting for PB to play nice again, I present a photo of The Tarp Camaro (aka The Madmaxmaro).

Great shot! It looks even better than your avatar!

 

[Farmall450]

I could not go to scrap yards, I'd bring home too much stuff. Now it's getting to where you cannot buy from the recyclers. Maybe it was too much trouble to sell to the public, but around here they just don't sell used steel anymore.

And lots of companies are not very good at using their drops, they think it's cheaper to send it to scrap rather than "waste" an employee's time. I'm reminded of the union carpenter making cuts off a unit of 2x4's for the guys on the job. He ran out of lumber too soon. When we looked into it, he had a giant pile of scrap up to 6 ft long. If he got a request for a 27" piece he grabbed a full board, cut it off, and tossed the drop. When asked about using the scrap "It's not worth my time to dig through scrap to match what is needed. You aren't paying me to save bits of scrap". We were building scaffold and he was cutting 3, 4, and 5 ft pieces for toe boards and mid rails around vessels. He used enough material for the entire project in less than a week. Interesting mind set, and I understood where he was coming from. He refused to cut scrap so we were shut down a day building scaffold while we got another unit in.

Thanks for the visits and interesting comments!

Around here they won't sell it either. Imagine the temptation if you worked at one.

I'm pretty sure I'd send that carpenter packing and pay someone more competent $10/hour to be a bit more efficient. Maybe $15

 

[Farmall450]

We might have to pass around the hat to free Andy's pictures!

 

[oldironfarmer]

I had a lot of fun today. Went to Harbor Freight and bought one of their English wheels, and a combination shear/brake/slip roller. Got the 20% 4th of July sale price discount early. Store manager waited on me.

I also bought some steel to make patch panels out of. One sheet of 20 ga and one of 18 ga. Bought them at Stillwater Welding and Steel Supply. Nice guys with a great shop. Since my shear is 30" I asked how much to cut the 120" sheets in 30" pieces (3 cuts per sheet). "Oh, no charge" And picked up a 4" weld cap, 2-1/2", and 1-1/2", to use for mandrels. They are a really nice shape.

But first thing every morning I've been clearing brush. Here's a shot of Bob doing the heavy lifting. He's holding up two trees about 40 ft long total.

What a guy!

Here is Saturday morning (really), the before picture:

And this morning (after). If you look closely at the before picture you can see the big tree behind the others.

It's progress!

Not sure anybody saw but I had a 3" pin with a zerk on top which the cut tree butts would break off, on my tree shear. I removed the pin, drilled a well, drilled and tapped for a zerk, so it is protected now.

How did that hole get a flat bottom?

And installed on the shear

The shear gets a workout. Shear, push, shear, push. Bob winds up with trees all over him and in heavy brush I can't see the shear, just feel for the next tree then clip it and watch it fall.

Thanks, JB! This photograph management will work fine. I'll just keep deleting until PB comes back. And if it doesn't, most people just pick up where we're at anyway.

Thanks for staying with me, guys!

 

[oldironfarmer]

If anyone is interested, here's a short video of the tree shear felling a tree. It's a handy tool.

Tree Shear in Action

 

[Vieux]

I see again your pictures! Cool video!

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Make another PB account or 3 and rotate through them, that should keep the data use down.

 

[jbmatth]

Andy,
The new pictures are working great, I think the way you are adding them there is no limit, however I think people not logged into GJ can't see them. The limit to photos hosted in GJ albums is 1,000. I still have 600 left and started doing that about a year or so ago. The tree shear looks like a lot of fun.
JB

 

[GLTHFJ60]

That's pretty cool, I've never seen a tree shear before. Sure looks faster and more durable than a chainsaw!

Do you then dig/plow the stumps out with the skidsteer or leave them be?

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy i don't think i mentioned PB costing $400 a year, but i bet a small monthly fee with a few add ons might end up there.

so your new option is working, but if JB is correct with your 5 or so pictures a day you've got 200 days of postings to find another option, but it is working.

i'm still hoping you can figure out a way to have PB restore all your old pictures cause your thread has a ton of great pictures and information for anybody that happens to find it and read it.

JB: i think you have to be a member and be logged on to see any pictures, but i'm not sure. i know i joined so i could post and ask and answer questions and the pictures were a BIG BONUS. i might try adding pictures to my GJ album and see how that works, but i bet i've posted 5,000-10,000 pictures on here using the paperclip method so 1,000 pictures wouldn't be many to fill up even if i limited it to vintage tools.

 

[rmack898]

Nice tree shear Andy, how big a tree can it cut?

 

[oldironfarmer]

Around here they won't sell it either. Imagine the temptation if you worked at one.

I'm pretty sure I'd send that carpenter packing and pay someone more competent $10/hour to be a bit more efficient. Maybe $15

I'm wondering if I advertise that I'd buy scrap brass if I'll break any laws.

Union job, carpenter making union scale. I saw his viewpoint. It was different than mine.

We might have to pass around the hat to free Andy's pictures!

You can just send me money

Thanks for the thought!

I see again your pictures! Cool video!

Good news and bad news, it's only new pictures I'm posting outside of PB. It's' my new normal.

Make another PB account or 3 and rotate through them, that should keep the data use down.

Each person is only allowed one account. I did sign my wife up under her email account but that would not pass the "red face" test. I don't need PB.

Andy,
The new pictures are working great, I think the way you are adding them there is no limit, however I think people not logged into GJ can't see them. The limit to photos hosted in GJ albums is 1,000. I still have 600 left and started doing that about a year or so ago. The tree shear looks like a lot of fun.
JB

Thanks again for the method to post large pictures directly!!

Tree shear is fun, especially if you're trying to clear land. It takes a little practice to make good progress but it's going well now. Very few breakdowns, and no noticeable wear on the cutting edge. I've probably cut a couple of thousand trees with it.

That's pretty cool, I've never seen a tree shear before. Sure looks faster and more durable than a chainsaw!

Do you then dig/plow the stumps out with the skidsteer or leave them be?

It is faster than a chain saw, and safer, and much easier when there are briars, thick brush, and you can cut adjacent trees using the hydraulics to push the already cut trees aside. And when the trees are too tall and to close to fall you can lift them and push the **** aside to cut another nearby.

Stumps stay, and that's important. I'm cutting a sandy hillside which erodes easily if you bulldoze the trees off, removing the root balls and and leaving loose soil. The Soil Conservation Service warns against that. Primary reason I bought the Bobcat and shear was to avoid starting massive erosion. So far it's done well. I use Tordon RTU to treat stumps and kill them but it is tough to find them after you've cut a bunch and the residue is a tangle mess. The larger trees are cut by my woodcutter and he treats every stump.

Andy i don't think i mentioned PB costing $400 a year, but i bet a small monthly fee with a few add ons might end up there.

so your new option is working, but if JB is correct with your 5 or so pictures a day you've got 200 days of postings to find another option, but it is working.

i'm still hoping you can figure out a way to have PB restore all your old pictures cause your thread has a ton of great pictures and information for anybody that happens to find it and read it.

JB: i think you have to be a member and be logged on to see any pictures, but i'm not sure. i know i joined so i could post and ask and answer questions and the pictures were a BIG BONUS. i might try adding pictures to my GJ album and see how that works, but i bet i've posted 5,000-10,000 pictures on here using the paperclip method so 1,000 pictures wouldn't be many to fill up even if i limited it to vintage tools.

My option is as described by JB, not what he is doing. I'm direct loading like you but then posting full size, which is why the thumbnails show up below.

I don't understand the terminology. PB allows linking at their $100/year level. To allow third party hosting starts at $400/year. The blackmail banner states upgrade for third party hosting. I don't know whether I'm linking or hosting.

I'm still hoping the old pictures will reappear in due time. I continue to delete a few every day to reduce my participation. However, I don't know if they changed their policy so what worked before does not work now, or not. In any event, I kind of like having their little blackmail banner displayed permanently.

Nice tree shear Andy, how big a tree can it cut?

Thanks! It was advertised as 12-inch, but it will not cut a 12-inch tree. Maybe a pine, or a balsam tree. It does pretty good up to 10 inches. It depends a lot on the tree. It does well on Eastern Red Cedar, a pest tree around here. Elm and oak are difficult. You saw the tree in the video was a post oak and it took two bites to cut it at 10 inches. Surprisingly blackjack trees cut easily. It is a very hard wood but is also brittle and the shear snaps them right off. After I figured out what it would cut, I called the seller. He checked and called me back and said they needed to change their literature. I had checked my system pressure thinking something was wrong with Bob.

Thanks for looking in and commenting, guys!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, that's one mean set of cutters..

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, that's one mean set of cutters..

Toenails need clipped?

For reference, the pin is 75mm.

It has a 5" bore cylinder on it, so it can push a bit.

This morning I stacked all the trees I had cut yesterday. Now I'm wanting a drone so I can get some good aerial shots of the land clearing. My wife got real excited when I mentioned that.

Spent the better part of the day getting the steering gear out of the Massey. Not a small job. Remove steering wheel, disconnect all wiring and remove dash, remove hood, remove rear sheet metal, remove battery, remove air cleaner, remove rear fuel tank support, break both tie rod ends, remove two pitman arms, disconnect hydraulics and it's ready to come out!

Then I started making a stand for the new shear/brake/slip roller. My new chop saw setup got it's turn with 6" I-beam. Old bridge beam, I've got lots of it, and it will be a robust stand.

My blade is not new, about half worn so it won't cut through.

Flip it over, eyeball it, and finish it up

I had started the second cut when I thought to take a picture.

I cut two top rails, two uprights, two bottom rails, and a stretcher in just a few minutes. The saw setup works great.

My helper was here and painted some aluminum paint on rusty roof trim on the shop and barn. I told him to clean the brush out on the iron, so it looks bright. The stretcher is on the welding table getting coped. No picture

Thanks for coming by, and thanks for putting up with me when I lost all my pictures. Can't say I wasn't warned.

 

[dchance]

Andy enjoy the pictures and the new way works just fine for now. But the interaction that you add is better than the pictures.

Saw blade worked just fine. Beats running to town for a new one

Dwight

 

[oldironfarmer]

My brother came up today, we are selling the family farm in Missouri and want to put up a sign. He bought a fabric banner so we need some way to hold it up. He came up with some 12 ft 4" OD pipe for posts, and 2" pipe for cross arms. We welded some 2" OD stubs on the posts to fit into the cross arms. Plan is to erect it loose and use the banner to hold everything together.

Here's my new shear, brake, slip roller combination.

And I got most of the support frame for it welded up

And tomorrow is Saturday!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, a shear, brake, slip roller combination now I am really envious..

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy enjoy the pictures and the new way works just fine for now. But the interaction that you add is better than the pictures.

Saw blade worked just fine. Beats running to town for a new one

Dwight

Thanks for stopping by Dwight!

Loading pictures this way is faster so I'm really pleased. And, orientation is easier than with PB. As long as I get them right on my computer, they're right on GJ. With PB, I learned to not touch them and PB would orient them most of the time.

I'm just cheap on the cutoff blade. I have three or four more new ones and a few half size ones I took off when I needed a larger one. It seems I never put them back on. The time to change a blade trumps the value of a half size blade. Maybe I'll throw them away.

Maybe not.

Thanks for the visit. I'm ready to get the shear in operation.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, a shear, brake, slip roller combination now I am really envious..

It's only 20 gauge, but that is good for lots of things. And I'm sure it will roll and bend 18 gauge. I have a throatless shear on order as well. It's about time to start trying some sheet metal forming!

Now we'll see how long it takes me to learn the basics.

Thanks for the visit.

I'm glad to have the picture issue behind me, looking forward from here on!