Model A Ford garage

[oldironfarmer]

That old Belsaw looks like new!

Keep staying safe!!!

 

[bolensboneyard]

That old Belsaw looks like new!

Keep staying safe!!!

1944 vintage rebuilt in 94. You also have a nice Thanksgiving.

 

[bolensboneyard]

To all concerned thank you. The next few days will show some of the construction techniques I have used for the saw shed.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: I'm looking forward to more pictures and your thoughts on how and why you built the shed for your mill if you have time. Keep up the great progress.

Happy Thanksgiving and hope you and Ginny have a very relaxing day.

Cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!

So the saw was rebuilt after 50 years. Make a note to do it again in 2044.

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: I'm looking forward to more pictures and your thoughts on how and why you built the shed for your mill if you have time. Keep up the great progress.

Happy Thanksgiving and hope you and Ginny have a very relaxing day.

Cheers

thanks drives. The simple answer is I like to keep my equipment out of the weather and in proper order. I have spent enough time restoring the effects of rust and moisture to know what it takes to leave something unprotected. Unfortunately, with as much interest I have in things many have to stay outside for lack of funding and time to protect them.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!

So the saw was rebuilt after 50 years. Make a note to do it again in 2044.

My thinking exactly Andy. Hope to have a picnic on that day and we all can watch the grand kids do it.

 

[dlcwent]

Bobby, I just wanted to say hi and hope that all is well with you. I'll try to get back to being an active member here.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, I just wanted to say hi and hope that all is well with you. I'll try to get back to being an active member here.

Dan things are good glad you are OK good to have you back.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Check out the bracket braces I made up for the Y braces to secure the bottom.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I love the old windows in the gables! Nice touch.

Brackets look like they will hold the braces for a while. At least until you need to rebuild the saw.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thanks Andy. You made my day. I like to view any project as art and thought it would make the conventional sawmill look something more. This is also why I chose to paint the supports red to match the mill colors when rust or flat black are more of what would be expected. The windows do open even though they probably will stay closed. I extended the ridge beam at the other end and gave it some more support also.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I think keeping the windows closed is good, it will help keep dust out.




Or in...

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: did you just happen to have those steel brackets laying around or did you have to make them? i also like the windows on the ends and wondering if you might be planning on extending the one end's roof 6 feet to cover the mill since i think you said you extended the ridge board.

how do you like the building? since the belts were hooked up is the mill already functional?

hope you had a great Thanksgiving. we actually had a pretty quiet one this year cause 4 of our 5 kids were at their in laws so we flew down to California to see our son who moved there. i can't say i like 90's and no AC, but it was sure different than snow or cold and wet and having 20 to 30 people at our house.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: did you just happen to have those steel brackets laying around or did you have to make them? i also like the windows on the ends and wondering if you might be planning on extending the one end's roof 6 feet to cover the mill since i think you said you extended the ridge board.

how do you like the building? since the belts were hooked up is the mill already functional?

hope you had a great Thanksgiving. we actually had a pretty quiet one this year cause 4 of our 5 kids were at their in laws so we flew down to California to see our son who moved there. i can't say i like 90's and no AC, but it was sure different than snow or cold and wet and having 20 to 30 people at our house.

cheers

drives glad you got to see your son on the holiday. I plan to put a shed roof addition to cover the six feet but only on half of one end; under the window. This will accent the look and not cost me what six more feet of pole shed would cost with no benefit.
I cut and forged twelve brackets, each with four holes, from the fender and seat supports on three of my lawn tractor parts tractors. They are three inches wide and 5/16 thick. All had to be angled 45 degrees.
The mill will have to be partially rebuilt and the power plant redesigned for more efficiency of use.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Sorry drives I missed one. I like the building especially now that it is ready for sheet metal. Tomorrow I scrounge through my steel and see if I can come up with enough.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: part of the reason you've got me tagging along and more than a little interested in the doings at your place is that you do answer all my questions no matter how simple or maybe dumb they sound.

thanks for that cause i'm always trying to learn or see what makes some of you TICK.

i had a feeling you made those support brackets yourself and WELL DONE SIR!!

best of luck on finding the materials to finish your project either laying around your place or maybe at a friend's.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: part of the reason you've got me tagging along and more than a little interested in the doings at your place is that you do answer all my questions no matter how simple or maybe dumb they sound.

thanks for that cause i'm always trying to learn or see what makes some of you TICK.

i had a feeling you made those support brackets yourself and WELL DONE SIR!!

best of luck on finding the materials to finish your project either laying around your place or maybe at a friend's.

cheers

Drives I believe I have the steel and have started to cut and paint it. I will have pictures when I get one side done but it is a slow process as I am having to work with weather and cut with a grinder. Panels are also heavy as they were made to use for buildings but it is coming along. Thanks

 

[bolensboneyard]

Roof panels cut and painted. I have to figure out how to get some on the other side as there is no access. I have several thoughts in mind. Once my old back recovers from pulling thirty foot panels and cutting them on my sawhorses. My help is my other arm.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: any chance you can push them over the top and maybe have some sort of rope or chain with a hook or some way to hold them in place after they go over the top?

good luck and first section looks great.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Roof panels cut and painted. I have to figure out how to get some on the other side as there is no access. I have several thoughts in mind. Once my old back recovers from pulling thirty foot panels and cutting them on my sawhorses. My help is my other arm.

Bobby, you have done well so far..

I don't need to remind you but take care..

Regards

 

[dlcwent]

Roof panels cut and painted. I have to figure out how to get some on the other side as there is no access. I have several thoughts in mind. Once my old back recovers from pulling thirty foot panels and cutting them on my sawhorses. My help is my other arm.

Looking good Bobby. Don't over do it and put yourself out of commission.

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: any chance you can push them over the top and maybe have some sort of rope or chain with a hook or some way to hold them in place after they go over the top?

good luck and first section looks great.

drives I got the first one up yesterday and secured from the gable end. I hope to get two more up today by putting them over the ridge from the opposite side. Problem is the tractor needs to be inside as it is my staging. It also is my lift. I may try to use the forklift and my back once again but the old back is getting tired. I have already sprained a thumb cutting this stuff with a saws all and bad weather comes in tomorrow; at which time I will look for impact gloves.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, you have done well so far..

I don't need to remind you but take care..

Regards

Will do Steve. Thanks

 

[bolensboneyard]

Looking good Bobby. Don't over do it and put yourself out of commission.

Dan my body thinks it is already out of commission. If this keeps up I will have to install a lift to get myself out of bed.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: yep having enough LIFTS hanging around to get all this done sounds like an issue, but looks and sounds like you are so congrats.

might I suggest buying and using an inversion table made by Teeter ups and hanging 5 minutes a day to give your back some relief? i've had mine for almost 10 years now and haven't taken an advil for back issues since using it. it's not a perfect cure for a bad or sore back, but i've had many friends and clients even cancel back surgery after using it. also my 85 year old mom was taking pain pills and had an MRI for her sore back and all the Dr. offered was a shot so she came over to my place every day for a week and was off the pills and after a month she hasn't been back to just hang and that was almost 3 years ago now. sometimes you just need to stretch out what gravity and all the work we do does to our old bodies.

ok i'll go back to hauling cedar to my backyard and get off my Doctor's coat.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: yep having enough LIFTS hanging around to get all this done sounds like an issue, but looks and sounds like you are so congrats.

might I suggest buying and using an inversion table made by Teeter ups and hanging 5 minutes a day to give your back some relief? i've had mine for almost 10 years now and haven't taken an advil for back issues since using it. it's not a perfect cure for a bad or sore back, but i've had many friends and clients even cancel back surgery after using it. also my 85 year old mom was taking pain pills and had an MRI for her sore back and all the Dr. offered was a shot so she came over to my place every day for a week and was off the pills and after a month she hasn't been back to just hang and that was almost 3 years ago now. sometimes you just need to stretch out what gravity and all the work we do does to our old bodies.

ok i'll go back to hauling cedar to my backyard and get off my Doctor's coat.

cheers

No injury or serious problem just old muscles that do not recover like young ones. I would not use an inversion table due to risk of stroke. Take care drives.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: did your Dr. mention you could get a STROKE from hanging upside down on an inversion table? i've been hanging for almost 10 years now and i'm not that young or that fit so just curious cause you are the first person to mention that.

i know that if i haven't hung for a while i'll get a bit dizzy and light headed so instead of hanging 5 minutes i might cut it short, but if i hang every day for 5 minutes i'm usually reading GJ or playing Suduko upside down. some guys and gals can't handle hanging upside down cause they get a rush of blood to their heads and i had to work up to the 5 minutes when i started 10 years ago.

good luck with the roof!!

 

[don long]

Bobby
I chuckle as I read about the aches and pains from working at our age
As I sit here with a hot pack on my back after playing framing contractor all day

My new saying!!
Getting old aint for sissys

 

[dlcwent]

Bobby
I chuckle as I read about the aches and pains from working at our age
As I sit here with a hot pack on my back after playing framing contractor all day

My new saying!!
Getting old aint for sissys

How true. As the youngster of the group (60) I'm impressed with all the things you guys get accomplished. It takes me an hour or two every morning just to walk without limping.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby
I chuckle as I read about the aches and pains from working at our age
As I sit here with a hot pack on my back after playing framing contractor all day

My new saying!!
Getting old aint for sissys

Don ice packs are a regular follow up for a day at the "office" any more. The biggest complaint I have is that it takes away from the time I have left in the day. Had to buy a pair of gloves to absorb some of the shock from using a saws all to cut sheet metal. That could have went toward some extra sandpaper or something!

 

[bolensboneyard]

How true. As the youngster of the group (60) I'm impressed with all the things you guys get accomplished. It takes me an hour or two every morning just to walk without limping.

Dan, it's only a matter of ignoring the pain, limping, stiffness, ache, cold, heat, mirror.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Hope everyone is staying warm. Below freezing here but I have picked up a cement mixer and ridge cap for when it warms up.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: speaking of cement work i still have a little cement work i want to finish myself. i don't like pouring it when low night temps are going to be below 40 degrees so is that a good rule?

also since you now own a mill and probably know a bit more about storing milled wood than i do how does this pile of cedar look that i'm stickering and storing until spring under a tarp?

hope this little break from full on building mode helps heal up your back and stops the aches and pains.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: speaking of cement work i still have a little cement work i want to finish myself. i don't like pouring it when low night temps are going to be below 40 degrees so is that a good rule?

also since you now own a mill and probably know a bit more about storing milled wood than i do how does this pile of cedar look that i'm stickering and storing until spring under a tarp?

hope this little break from full on building mode helps heal up your back and stops the aches and pains.

cheers

drives looks good from here. My back and hands are feeling good from the rest. I believe I would stay above freezing with the concrete. I can be poured below with antifreeze but I couldn't tell you how.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Started cutting panel steel with my circular saw and an old carbide tipped blade yesterday. Also cut upside down and was able to make a cut in less than a minute that took five times that with the saws all. Must be working too much not to have thought to do that first. Panels painted and ready to go. It's 33 F right now looking for an excuse to work inside.

 

[drivesitfar]

Bobby: i've been waiting until about 10 or 11 to get started working outside my home this week cause even though it's not raining it's been icy on my sidewalks and last year I made a couple near falls and probably ripped something in my knee that took more than a few Advil and about 6 months time without going to the Dr. before it quit hurting.

i was cutting some 3/4 inch rebar and i swear i wore out a sawsall bi metal blade on the first cut so I came in to Google what might be better and saw a guy sending sparks everywhere with his 4.5 inch hand grinder so i grabbed one of the maybe 4 or so that i own that had a disk on it and made some sparks and cut the rebar in seconds compared to minutes with my sawsall.

i'm not saying a flap disk might be quicker than a circular saw cause that may be the right tool, but if you have a hand grinder handy you might want to give it a try and stay safe.

good luck with the cutting and especially the installing since your roof might be slipperier than my sidewalks.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

Drives I have used a grinder but it doesn't get into the ridges well and is prone to breaking. I do use a shield and safety glasses to cut with anything, circular saw included, as to do otherwise is not smart and I would not recommend it. Common Sense always.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Been painting and repairing panels I bought a few years back for $100. Should be able to do the whole shed. I have seven up and 10 feet of cap so far. This is the largest set of monkey bars I have climbed since I broke my ankle. Going up again today to touch up paint and install more. The last one I did was two piece and the final piece had been stretched at some point and would not nest in the last bay. Try doing tin work with a hammer and pliers while doing a figure four balanced on furring strips.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Looking good! Hope you don't bounce back (by not falling to begin with).

I may have mentioned, I gave up turning saw blades backwards to cut tin and it works great and super fast.