JHuston
Well-known member
Hi everyone,
I've been lurking here the past few weeks, taking notes and ogling garages; I suppose it's time to join the ranks.
I'm a power tool repairman in Canton, Ohio and I collect vintage Porter Cable power tools and stationary machines. My main shop is actually in my basement, but I am slowly knocking my garage ( a 1920's-ish one bay of model T proportions) into shape as ancillary shop space, especially for the dirtier aspects of metal work. Currently, it houses a Delta 10" cutoff machine from the '40's that is undergoing rehabilitation, my Porter Cable lawn tractor and riding mower, and an S.M. York 8" plain bearing bench grinder run via flat belt from an overhead motor.
Ultimately,I'll be adding my Delta spot/arc welder and a Rockwell horizontal band saw.
Other than the obvious uses of keeping hearth and home in good shape, my workshop is employed in keeping my 1985 Ford f-250 4x4, Elizabeth, in running order. I've never been a Ford versus Chevy guy ( I've known to many hard working Chevrolets to look down on them), but my truck has held up to a lifetime of backbreaking labor, having been originally used by my employer as a firewood truck. By my estimation, Liz has moved North of 5,400 cords of hardwood, at least a thousand loads of plants for our nursery, pulling a 7,000 lb load, and completed untold numbers of parts runs, mower drop offs and " hey, can you help me move?" requests, and she did it all with a straight six, a four-on-the-floor and street tires.
When she was put out to pasture ten years ago, I snatched her up and have tried to do right by such a solid, stolid maid-of-all-work. In three decades of a job well done, she has had less vacation time than most people, being off the road for repairs a total of three months in thirty years.
I really like my truck.
Anyhow, I've enjoyed a great number of posts, have gathered a lot of good ideas and hope to contribute in the near future.
Thank you,
-James Huston
I've been lurking here the past few weeks, taking notes and ogling garages; I suppose it's time to join the ranks.
I'm a power tool repairman in Canton, Ohio and I collect vintage Porter Cable power tools and stationary machines. My main shop is actually in my basement, but I am slowly knocking my garage ( a 1920's-ish one bay of model T proportions) into shape as ancillary shop space, especially for the dirtier aspects of metal work. Currently, it houses a Delta 10" cutoff machine from the '40's that is undergoing rehabilitation, my Porter Cable lawn tractor and riding mower, and an S.M. York 8" plain bearing bench grinder run via flat belt from an overhead motor.
Ultimately,I'll be adding my Delta spot/arc welder and a Rockwell horizontal band saw.
Other than the obvious uses of keeping hearth and home in good shape, my workshop is employed in keeping my 1985 Ford f-250 4x4, Elizabeth, in running order. I've never been a Ford versus Chevy guy ( I've known to many hard working Chevrolets to look down on them), but my truck has held up to a lifetime of backbreaking labor, having been originally used by my employer as a firewood truck. By my estimation, Liz has moved North of 5,400 cords of hardwood, at least a thousand loads of plants for our nursery, pulling a 7,000 lb load, and completed untold numbers of parts runs, mower drop offs and " hey, can you help me move?" requests, and she did it all with a straight six, a four-on-the-floor and street tires.
When she was put out to pasture ten years ago, I snatched her up and have tried to do right by such a solid, stolid maid-of-all-work. In three decades of a job well done, she has had less vacation time than most people, being off the road for repairs a total of three months in thirty years.
I really like my truck.
Anyhow, I've enjoyed a great number of posts, have gathered a lot of good ideas and hope to contribute in the near future.
Thank you,
-James Huston
