Just junk.
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Old Man Roger
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I aint see'n nuffin.
XJSuperman
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This post is junk lol. No pics!
EDIT: Ah! Pics are in now. Nice workbench. I need one like that with less of the tools hanging on it.
EDIT: Ah! Pics are in now. Nice workbench. I need one like that with less of the tools hanging on it.
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richeyc2000
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Old Man Roger
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AHH! There it is..lol Whats the grate looking thing on the end of the table?
Ok, I am an old timer, they are there. Here was a job a minute ago, lost a pin, sawed one from a scrap.
I found a piece I had scrapped, it was kind of unique and there was just enough to make by .25. Cut it off, drilled a hole and went back to the chop saw to finish the groove a little, could have been done 4 1/2 too.
1 1/8 pin, .125 thick flat, 180 mig 030. Right in the vise above.
I found a piece I had scrapped, it was kind of unique and there was just enough to make by .25. Cut it off, drilled a hole and went back to the chop saw to finish the groove a little, could have been done 4 1/2 too.
1 1/8 pin, .125 thick flat, 180 mig 030. Right in the vise above.
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richeyc2000
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Pretty sure the grate looking thing is a BBQ.
Is this a where’s Waldo. I’m still looking.
Is this a where’s Waldo. I’m still looking.
Old Man Roger
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I don't know if my welding table is where I want my BBQ? lol
Old Man Roger
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Nice!
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Hence the "GDS" Skunkworks: "Gotta Do Something" and now I can add "with it"..."GDS with it".
I get it...I am a pack rat when it odds and ends of tubing and bar stock. Never know when something might come in handy.
I save a lot but I semi process it to allow storage. Its so rare I got to do more than simple cuts, a piece or 2 as I can find something close most times. I try to collect what I use, not really a hoarder so much as salvage and while I used to build a lot of custom I now find as much ready made as I can.
My tools are simple, I did manage to find my way to the little drill press the other day mostly due to the fact a drill motor wasn't handy at the moment. Pat has any tool to make any thing at any time and my collection of junk isn't needed and would be in the way and with other resources and stock too costly and slow to sort thru. Took me about 5 minutes the other day to find something "just right" but the upside was it was just right and fab time was only in the minutes.
If I had more easier cheaper stock and better tooling would do it a bit different. What I do there is no better faster easier cheaper way. I am more pit stop these days vs really being a fabricator.
I am in rural area, I started before a lot of the modern stuff was available and am 5 miles from town, 2 down brutal road and on a dinky power line. I use engine drive for water pumps and if I was to have opened a real fab welding machine shop it would have been in town in the industrial park where there was real line power. I am kind of past that, I got way simpler and got by with common electric service. I do have a 300 synch but rarely use it and don't really have anything else would overheat a number 10 wire.
If I had 3ph line would have bought some bigger tools, would have had shear, brake, punch mainly. The nature of the biz and more modern equipment reduced a lot of wear and got away from so many older tools were job shop built and parts shopping and stock has come a long way and some of it would be so difficult to do even with some more stuff it got easier and cheaper to buy. I found myself trying to fix some part a while back, I finally priced it and it was 60$, so hard to make and would have been a challenge even in a complicated shop, the mfg/dealer could get them gang made. I couldn't believe it was that cheap.
If I had 3ph line would have bought some bigger tools, would have had shear, brake, punch mainly. The nature of the biz and more modern equipment reduced a lot of wear and got away from so many older tools were job shop built and parts shopping and stock has come a long way and some of it would be so difficult to do even with some more stuff it got easier and cheaper to buy. I found myself trying to fix some part a while back, I finally priced it and it was 60$, so hard to make and would have been a challenge even in a complicated shop, the mfg/dealer could get them gang made. I couldn't believe it was that cheap.
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Lots of dealers got a lot better. They used to hose over belts, bearings and filters,, some other parts and guys started finding other outlets and some parts got a lot better or cheaper that it took some pain out of it.
Some parts are pricey, most rarely needed but I bought a tractor tach from JD a while back and it looked to be job shop built in Taiwan maybe but it was intricate, had hundreds of little parts, was 145$. I was impressed someone figured out to make it, get it in to the system, vend it for that kind of money.
Some big truck parts like that, look how complicated a slack adjuster is and how little it cost. Prices of some reman and new went down recently and its ok to fix something but if it needs any parts its not worth it.
Some parts are pricey, most rarely needed but I bought a tractor tach from JD a while back and it looked to be job shop built in Taiwan maybe but it was intricate, had hundreds of little parts, was 145$. I was impressed someone figured out to make it, get it in to the system, vend it for that kind of money.
Some big truck parts like that, look how complicated a slack adjuster is and how little it cost. Prices of some reman and new went down recently and its ok to fix something but if it needs any parts its not worth it.
ddawg16
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Doesn't look like junk to me.....
Took me a long time to learn I didn't need to "rebuild" everything. Can wash it off once a year for a small leak, got to get a grip that its not going in to full time service but used only occasionally, its got to work, just a difference in 5000 miles over 10 years than 50K a year. Half pads or shoes will work as long as I can use it, so much more fix than rebuild these days.