Model A Ford garage

[oldironfarmer]

I'm feeling better now. Sawdust looks good! But I've never seen a saw sharpened on the stairs. Nice idea!

There is a waiting list for broom machines. And they just aren't there.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Change band saw blade and set up to cut a 1 inch dowel rod in half lengthwise in order to make half round for the front door. Can't find the stuff anymore and I will get eight feet of half round for $4.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: happy to hear you've removed your yellow jacket problem and just keep watching and trying to eliminate the little nests before they grow into basketball size ones.

It's looking like maybe your wood shop is a little tight for space so hope to see you get it organized a bit better and after watching Andy's broom room spiffing up i think any room can look good with a bit more effort.

good luck with the healing of your ankles and keep making sawdust as you have time.

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: happy to hear you've removed your yellow jacket problem and just keep watching and trying to eliminate the little nests before they grow into basketball size ones.

It's looking like maybe your wood shop is a little tight for space so hope to see you get it organized a bit better and after watching Andy's broom room spiffing up i think any room can look good with a bit more effort.

good luck with the healing of your ankles and keep making sawdust as you have time.

Thanks drives. The problem I have is that I have two full size antique beds, three chairs, and an antique dresser with mirror in the grain bin (this is my wood shop) that I have to sell in order to utilize the rest of the bldg. I also have to finish wiring for outlets (I have one only now) and lights (have none of those except on the machines) I can't wait to be able to have enough space just to put a ladder up to get some lighting. The furniture is too nice to put in a shed but no one wants to ship it.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Two pictures of my current project long over due repairs on the house. I will be adding some of the finished door design changes I made using some of the new toys in the wood shop.
Note the bottom layer of sheathing under the plywood shims. This house is over 100 years old and was built with one by six heart pine on a 45 degree angle nailed over full 2x4's. The sills are 12x12 live oak. The whole house is a hurricane brace but driving a nail into it can be a treat.

 

[oldironfarmer]

My house is only 60 years old but is built the same way. 1/8 pine sheathing on the 45 with 1x8 roof decking laid straight. Then they put a full 1/4" of tar on the roof. You just cannot cut through it with a circular saw - the saw blade smokes and then stalls. A reciprocating saw is all I've found that will cut it. I think you could lift the house from one corner and it all would come up together.

Repairs looking good!

 

[bolensboneyard]

My house is only 60 years old but is built the same way. 1/8 pine sheathing on the 45 with 1x8 roof decking laid straight. Then they put a full 1/4" of tar on the roof. You just cannot cut through it with a circular saw - the saw blade smokes and then stalls. A reciprocating saw is all I've found that will cut it. I think you could lift the house from one corner and it all would come up together.

Repairs looking good!

Thanks Andy. I will post pictures of the finished front tomorrow

 

[bolensboneyard]

The front of the house is finished except for the flowers that will replace the shrubs that we took out. I designed the Cricket/Gable that is over the door on the roof so that I would have something to shed the rain without using gutters. I did not want to remove the brick stairway but water was getting in under the door. I also made some molding to enhance the door making it match the general architecture of the house. This house is a medium size plantation house with ten foot ceilings and some of the door decoration has dry rotted over the years. I wanted to save the original pieces that were not decayed but design something that would complete it. The bottom half from the double bands on down is my creation. Aluminum brackets above and below the windows are for hurricane shutters made of steel that were also made and added by me; as were the replacement windows. The window trim is original.

 

[oldironfarmer]

WOW! Really nice work!

And that was fast, too.

The ankle must be healing

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thanks Ankle is coming along. Some days I can work all day others half a day. I guess it all depends on the type of work. I was eighteen feet up on a ladder yesterday and that took out some tendons that had not been stretched enough yet but it all has to happen sooner or later. It feels good to just be able to do things.

 

[oldironfarmer]

And, you were able to come down slowly?

Eighteen feet is plenty far enough to get you in trouble.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby, the restoration to your home is just awesome..

The home just oozes character and that's one thing that you should never change.. Love the entry steps..

Glad to read that you are on the mend..

Regards

 

[bolensboneyard]

And, you were able to come down slowly?

Eighteen feet is plenty far enough to get you in trouble.

I did come down real slow. No glory in falling off a ladder.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, the restoration to your home is just awesome..

The home just oozes character and that's one thing that you should never change.. Love the entry steps..

Glad to read that you are on the mend..

Regards

Half the steps are the reason I racked my brain for a way to shed the water without gutters and without replacing them with a porch. You should see the inside of this house. Thanks for the reply.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Finally got to make a table for the band saw welder that allows me to stand up and make blades. So nice! A lot easier to see if blade is straight. Did some rearranging with the swage block and anvil so I can install the heat treating oven under the motor on the boss hammer. Project for next week to modify the old welder table to make this work. Amazing what you can fit into a 36 x 12 foot space.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Started the GT after 5 months on Saturday. I am pleased to announce that it started and ran great. Never know about the dampness in Charleston as it has an effect on points and other electrical items and can make you crazy some times. Hope you all had a good weekend.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Really nice cone!

I have cone envy...

And great job on the welder table. Looks slick!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby, just a little reorganisation goes a long way..

Great to hear the GT is going well.

Regards

 

[bolensboneyard]

Really nice cone!

I have cone envy...

And great job on the welder table. Looks slick!

Thanks Andy. Turns out that a neighbor of mine had one. It was his father's and he was a blacksmith turn of the century. Had to talk him out of it and it cost me plenty. At least I didn't have to ship it!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, just a little reorganisation goes a long way..

Great to hear the GT is going well.

Regards

Tested the ankle on a roof angle yesterday to scrape the gable end of the house. Going to give it a days rest then paint it. No more roof after that just garage time for a while.

 

[Bob Heine]

Tested the ankle on a roof angle yesterday to scrape the gable end of the house. Going to give it a days rest then paint it. No more roof after that just garage time for a while.

Bobby, that ankle test is one of many in your future. My relatively minor elbow fracture gets tested as well. It's been 40 years and I can still get it to flare up when I overdo some repetitive moves. Taking a day off when that happens is the perfect recovery.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, that ankle test is one of many in your future. My relatively minor elbow fracture gets tested as well. It's been 40 years and I can still get it to flare up when I overdo some repetitive moves. Taking a day off when that happens is the perfect recovery.

Bob thanks for the info. Nothing like the voice of experience I say.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Today is a rest day from finishing the high work on the house. The first picture is the gable end of the house and can only be painted, without a boom, from the two foot wide roof over the dining room window. It is twelve feet off of the ground and pitched. The peak is another seven or eight. After two days of scraping and painting my ankle was tested to the max and should be good for a few years to come; pain free I hope. The chimney is on the back of the house and I built it about five years ago. The only other brick and mortar chimney I ever built was 37 years ago. Tomorrow should be the end of the painting on the house. Ginny will paint what is left on the lower half of the house. The chimney on the gable end was done by a professional brick layer many years ago. It is not usable. I try to get my hands into everything so I thought you would like to see some of the other projects.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Looking good! Glad you survived the high work!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Looking good! Glad you survived the high work!

Thanks glad to be doing something more fun soon.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby, done well with the painting.

Don't overdo things.

Regards

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, done well with the painting.

Don't overdo things.

Regards

I am trying but old habits are hard to break. I did manage to spread out over three days what would have had to be done in one six months ago.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Picked up a nice stand for my automatic filing machine. It came from a Rockwell band saw. The stand had many mounting holes but none lined up with the one hole in the heavy cast iron base on the filer. I chose to make a strap out of scrap flat bar and a leftover piece of threaded rod. The machine does not even vibrate with all that is going on with the file.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby, nice stand is right.

Great score.

Regards

 

[oldironfarmer]

Good job! I share your desire to not desecrate old equipment, even a band saw stand.

Thanks for sharing that!

 

[bolensboneyard]

I picked this up in the antique shop up the road. It is a reduction gear box made of heavy cast steel by Blount Marine. Keyed shafts 1/2 inch works smooth 9 to 1 ratio. Oil filled. Trying to come up with things to use it for. There are many of course but it is unique so I would like to come up with a unique idea. Maybe a battery operated go cart or a small shop crane?

 

[bolensboneyard]

Projects in process and projects pending. The two center mounts slide in a T slot for a Cincinnati tool grinder and the block is too big for my Covel Clausing. One has been milled down to fit and the other is pending. The bolts will be necked down in the slide area and the T's ground to fit the slots. I will then have a set of centering points to use so I can sharpen reamers.
The stack of 3/32 steel leaning on the lathe is sheared to make a new deck for my bushog. I am short some steel and when I get some this project should save me a few bucks. New bushog is @$2000.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Fine looking gearbox! Do the output shafts turn the same direction or opposite? It does need a good setting.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby, you never cease to amaze us..

Regards

 

[madoc1]

Fine looking gearbox! Do the output shafts turn the same direction or opposite? It does need a good setting.

x2. i bet they turn in the same direction. maybe used as an anchor windlass?

jim

 

[dlcwent]

Just caught up with you Bobby. You don't slow down much. The house looks great. I've got to agree with 1/2 on the entry steps. They're fantastic.

Either you're very lucky or there's a ton of vintage machinery in your are(or both). Your shop looks like the ones I used to visit as a young kid. I still plan on seeing it in person someday.

Not always commenting but always following along.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Fine looking gearbox! Do the output shafts turn the same direction or opposite? It does need a good setting.

The shafts turn in the same direction.

 

[bolensboneyard]

x2. i bet they turn in the same direction. maybe used as an anchor windlass?

jim

They do turn in the same direction. My first thought also was an anchor windlass. I just didn't remember if they did or not. My wife asked me if I wanted scrambled eggs for breakfast the other day. I said no. I already have them for brains.

 

[bolensboneyard]

With all the chatter about magnifiers I have been looking for an old one without the electronics to **** out and make it into junk like the one I had. I found this one and installed it on my bench with the Disston saw filing set up (vintage 1917). Works great. Has a built in outlet and actually stays where it is put. Also a lot easier to see the smaller saw teeth.

 

[madoc1]

wow, that reminds me i have one like that in white. was going to get the new one. i AM brain dead some times! thank you.

jim