Andy you will not know yourself when you get your storage bins done as there is nothing like getting things sorted..
I should be kicked for not having already done that.
There is only one thing worse than a picky paying customer and that is a picky non-paying customer.

Not surprised that you are tired Andy... you've been working hard and cleaning too!
Now I feel bad for almost taking the whole weekend off.
Picky customers, paying or non-paying don't get much attention around here any more. I'm learning why old people are considered crotchety. I just don't have time for whining.
If you don't like my hay go somewhere else. No, I said go somewhere else. It's not for sale anymore.
I agree wholeheartedly with you Andy on the use of the push sticks and the tablesaw. When I was taught by my dad he refused to use the guard for the same reason. He always said the only carpenters he knew that were missing fingers or had a serious accident at the saw was because of the guard. But push
sticks were plentiful around the shop. He even had a couple he knew tell me their stories on their accidents.
We argued though on the terminology he used when I was using his power tools. He always told me to fear the tools. I argued that if I feared something then I wasn't going to be around it, however if I had a deep respect for what it was capable of then I stayed aware and focused on the use and where my body parts are. I've had very few kickbacks but my hands still have all of my fingers.
I am hoping to find a planer this year so thanks for your review of the Grizzly. I keep hoping that the stars will align for me and I will find one for sale and the money will be there at the same time. So far I haven't had the timing thing right yet.
Keep up the great work. I really enjoy your thread every day even though I don't post to it much.
I agree with you on the respect but not fear. It is hard to safely be around anything you fear.
A used planer would be the way to go. Most home tools don't get used very much.
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Nice job Andy! I enjoyed catching up with your thread while having my morning coffee, I'm with you on hating miter joints!
Thanks! When I was making hundreds of miter joints I was jigged up for it and that makes them easy. I struggle to do a few.
Bolt bins are indispensable!
They have some at a store here in town. They are closing after 70 or so years. The store was called Merchandise Mart originally, then turned into a Sentry Hardware, then a Ace Hardware. The building is over 100 years old. It got to be where they were in completion with Wal Mart and the bigger lumber yard.
They did have hard to find parts on the older appliances, but not enough to keep the business going.

anyway they are selling all the fixtures and shelving. They have the nut and bolt bins that look like the ones you have, they were asking $20.00 each small section.? I was one of the first to leave my name when the time comes for them to close. They said they wouldn't sell the bins until all the content is gone. But I did notice a welder shop guy came in and bought about 40 bins with all the stainless
I think I paid $1 per drawer. That seemed high to me, but not as high as trying to make that many. They do stack nicely. You probably need to wait and go to their liquidation auction.
I got out early today and rammed up a trivet. The molds are coming out nice now.

A lot less cleanup

Poured the trivet and the burner guts. The little boss came out perfect, even though it was up in the sand.
Sawed off the sprue
And turned it between centers. The foam was glued together a little crooked (who did that?) so the casting was crooked. So I center drilled each end in the mark left by the nail in the center of the foam circle. Then mounted between centers so the large section would be true to the centerline of the center drills. Then I can chuck up on the big part and drill through from one center mark to the other. Chucking up on one of the ends made the other end wobble. Wobble baby wobble...
Yes, that's a center punch in the chuck, I couldn't find a center and didn't want to take the time to make one. WW1/2CD?
Turned it down to about 0.003" under the pipe bore, I can't remember what that was, I wrote it down somewhere, and the piece fits in well.
Drill through, cross drill, tap and pressure test and it's done. Pressure test because scrap aluminum may leak, if so I'll seal it with sodium silicate.
My helper took Bob over to the development to fill potholes on the road and he quit working. We got him home but I may have to work on him tomorrow.
Thanks for the visits, guys!!