Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[mybigwarwagon]

Chico is the oldest resident at the Ark, while Pat and I were working tonight the phone rang and the answering machine picked up and a lady wants to adopt him so she is coming in next week and if Chico wants to leave with her he can, if he dosnt want to go out the door with her, she cant have him. Sounds crazy but that's how it works.

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That is not a bad policy. I have had 2 rescue dogs that picked me out. Leo was a Jack Russel that actually climbed the gate to his pen to get on eye level with me. He was a traffic dog.

Carmel was at a Petco rescue day in a pen next to the door. When I came in I patted her on the head, then went off to get whatever it was we were getting. She dragged the pen across the floor to follow me. She is 16 now, and still my baby.

 

[harley jim]

I think it's a great policy, people also have to come in two times to visit the animals with different staff on duty. They have denied people because it didnt look like a good fit.
We are almost finished, Pat is going to finish the painting tonight. I need to find some trim for the closet.

The sink fit nice

I had to make all new clips to hold the sink down

I got lucky on the sink having little holes punched around the lip. I put a machine nut under the lip and threaded the bolt from a toggle bolt into the nut, I cut the head off of the bolt and installed the clip and another nut. I got 12 of them around the perimeter.

Finishing the paint on the closet doors.

Back door.

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[harley jim]

Time to go home for the night.

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[kaymccampbell]

Looks good.

 

[shopnut]

Yes, awesome!

 

[drivesitfar]

nice out of the box thinking with the sink mounting. you manage to do some fab work even when updating a kitchen.

looks like you and your group did a great job and super quick too. WOW!!

 

[mybigwarwagon]

When you bring my truck you can remodel my kitchen!

 

[xtremek]

Very nice and very quick.

 

[harley jim]

We went back today and finished up some trim and touch up paint. We are officially done with the kitchen.

I took my camera today, Mike asked if I could get him some good pics for there web site.
Now it's time to get back into my shop, I recieved a package of gas pump parts last week that I really want to get into.

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[BuffettFan]

Everything looks great Jim!

It's great that they have someone with your talents to help them out.

 

[PelicanPines]

Kitchen looks great...

 

[Kevkx125]

Great job you and your crew did on the kitchen Jim, they are lucky to have a friend like you.

 

[shortykorte]

Ditto. Room turned out great.


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[harley jim]

Thanks guys,
If I were able to work I would be doing this full time. All of the people at the Ark have treated Kayla like family for the past two years and several of the younger group come to the house for game night and firepit so it was a fun project to help them be able to function better while they are working.
Tomorrow it's back to my shop. [emoji106]


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[harley jim]

Got a package of parts Saturday, I had time today to inspect them.

Gas pump parts

I started on the railings for the Ark

This is there logo, I plased it out and will insert it into the railing

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[turbowoodworker]

Don’t ya love Gas Pump Heaven? They were life savers for my visible G&B.

 

[harley jim]

So far yes I do,
I unpacked the box and had one of the four pieces of glass broke. I called them and in a couple minutes she had my order pulled up and she shipped a replacement piece.
Cant wait to get back to the pumps.

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[harley jim]

So far yes I do,
I unpacked the box and had one of the four pieces of glass broke. I called them and in a couple minutes she had my order pulled up and she shipped a replacement piece.
Cant wait to get back to the pumps.
Turbo, do you have a pic of your pump that you can post.
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[harley jim]

I went to the scrap yard this morning for a look, they had some nice 2" copper pipe, and this electric cart. I got the cart, it has independent drives on both sides. For ten dollars I will take a chance on it for a future project I have waiting.
Titan scooter

Got all of the plastic off

The motor, transmission, and wheel is a complete unit


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[harley jim]

Busy day today, my new sandblast cabinet showed up so I set it behind the shop for now.

New blast cabinet

I also got some more done to the handrails.
I dont have any plans for tomorrow and Pat is going to the grocery store so I'm hoping to get the rails done and delivered to powder coat and then get back to my gas pump.

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[mybigwarwagon]

I never thought of using a tank for a sand cabinet.

 

[harley jim]

I need something I can get bigger stuff into so I've been looking around. We had a large cabinet at the fab shop and the owner always said he had the plans somewhere and would let me use them but I'm tired of waiting on him. So now this one is on my list.

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[xtremek]

I got my blast cabinet, so I'm set. But I'm definitely interested in how you bring it all together.

 

[harley jim]

I've got the standard HF blast cabinet it is due for a rebuild, the gun is worn out and I want to install a mixer in the bottom so now will be a good time to just build new and replace the smaller one.

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[drivesitfar]

JIM: have you seen Don Long's sandblasting set up? I think he cut a shipping container in half and he closes the door and I think that's his cabinet where I think he also spray paints in there too. TOO BIG?

looks like you are so busy, but since you have a choice on what you'd like to get up and do I bet you are happy doing all this so keep up the great work!!

 

[harley jim]

Drives
Yes, I saw Don's blast booth and I love it, my neighbor gets machine crates from time to time, I got one last year and made a garden shed out of it I believe it was 17'x 8' it holds all of the lawn care stuff. I'm hoping to get another one and that was a thought to make a walk in blast booth but for now we got a tank.
Most days I get to choose what I do and it is great, some days I get a curveball like today, the plan was to get the handrails done but the bil had brake problems and we had to get him back on the road, cant have him not working.
I did get a little done on the handrails before cocktail time derailed the work.

I got the top rail tacked on today

Brake time, it is 5:00

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[xtremek]

How much handrail are you building?

 

[harley jim]

Not very much on this one I keep getting interrupted. One piece 103" and one 60ish" two stair rails. Maybe tomorrow unless something else happens.

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[harley jim]

Well it happened again, a buddy of mine called and said his mailbox was killed in a drive by.
So he wanted to know if I could build him a new one and I told him sure and to make the check payable to the Ark.
So I got it knocked out in a couple hours.

I found this pipe in the stock pile out back.

It had a bad cut on the end

Trued it up and coped it.

Found another piece of pipe in the pile.

I cut out and drilled two mounting plates.

I cut out four gussets and coped them. I welded all four together and cut them at one time.

Cleaned up and adjusted.

Welded them in place.

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[harley jim]

Finished

David and his neighbor share the post.

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[racer-john]

Very neighborly effort. Thank you Sir.

 

[BuffettFan]

Nice job Jim!

 

[Kevkx125]

Nice work on the mailbox post Jim!!!

 

[harley jim]

Thanks guys, he is an old friend and ownes a maintenance supply company, he has kept me in TP through the pandemic, actually he has for many years.

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[mybigwarwagon]

Nice job on the pole.

 

[harley jim]

Thanks Uncle Willie maybe tomorrow I'll get back on track.

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[Jayman17]

HJ to the rescue, keeping the USPS delivering. Nice work on the mail post!

Jay

 

[Andrew Drizmo]

nice!

 

[harley jim]

Jayman, thanks buddy
Andrew, thanks and welcome

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[harley jim]

I got to work in the shop for a while today.

I rolled a piece of 1"x .125 flat stock into a 20" ring.

Plased out the logo for the Ark.

Cut that one close.

Cut out an A

Welded up and cleaned up.

I will insert it into the handrail.


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