Model A Ford garage

[bolensboneyard]

I just cut out one side of a big washer and weld it to a 3/8" nut to make a wing nut. You can still leave two flats for a wrench if needed.

Great minds think alike. I have done that and it works well. As the forge will see differences in extreme temperatures, I just went out and bought the right size in stainless. I do intend to return the 3/8. Just don't want to have to **** a wrench or find the threads seized. I purchased a whet stone foot driven sharpener yesterday. Have to pick it up today. The stone is in perfect condition and the machine is around turn of the century (20th) It has an iron seat though that is real uncomfortable but was priced lower that one on the net; and in deplorable condition. I have always heard mixed reviews on their performance. Decided to see for myself what new avenues one would open up in the world of sharpening. Love to have one of the fancy new combination stone and leather power driven jobs but the price would keep me awake at night.

 

[bolensboneyard]

New addition to the sharpening crew. I have sharpened one knife and one hatchet on this machine (never used one before) and find that once I got used to walking and using my hands at the same time I would not trade it for the six hundred dollar new age machine. I love it.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bobby, I see a new career in your future. A bell on the A-pillar and a box on the back of the Model A and you can bring "Bobby's Sharpening" to Charleston.

 

[jimreed2160]

bb--Nice stone. You might consider upgrading it with a water tray like the Tormek. Easier and less messy than the drip.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby that is one really nice stone..

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, I see a new career in your future. A bell on the A-pillar and a box on the back of the Model A and you can bring "Bobby's Sharpening" to Charleston.

I see the only sharpener in town. Work second to none; sharp as a cracker and twice as crumby.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Great stone. I don't know I have ever seen one with the logo still on. Congratulations!!

If you do use a drip tray be sure to drain it after each use. Stones have been ruined left sitting in the water.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Great stone. I don't know I have ever seen one with the logo still on. Congratulations!!

If you do use a drip tray be sure to drain it after each use. Stones have been ruined left sitting in the water.

Thanks guys. Andy that is exactly what my response was about to be to Jim. A tray is my thoughts also and I do agree with Jim the water should not lie on the floor; especially in a machine shop but I too have seen too many of these wheels end up square sitting in water. Main reason I have never bought one is the condition. This one happened to be one a friend of mine had just picked up for her antique shop; which is usually mostly pottery.

 

[jimreed2160]

True. Leaving the stone in water is a no-no. When I use the Tormek I am always surprised at how much water the stone soaks up. Sitting in a puddle is bad and subjecting a saturated stone to freezing temps is lethal.

The biggest problem I had was loading and the stone works much better when it is clean. I suggest getting a square wheel dresser (1x1x8) and maybe even a Wolverine jig system.

 

[bolensboneyard]

True. Leaving the stone in water is a no-no. When I use the Tormek I am always surprised at how much water the stone soaks up. Sitting in a puddle is bad and subjecting a saturated stone to freezing temps is lethal.

The biggest problem I had was loading and the stone works much better when it is clean. I suggest getting a square wheel dresser (1x1x8) and maybe even a Wolverine jig system.

I will check them out. Thanks Jim

 

[bolensboneyard]

Well finally got the tracks cleaned of most of the scrap welded to them. Stored inside. Hung a motor on my spare drill press and hope to clean and paint it today then build a aux. table on it to use in the wood shop. I have it down to 865 RPM anyone have an opinion on how slow is best for wood speed using Forstner bits mostly.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Andy thinking I will make a plate that will drop down to the bottom of the forge furnace and hang on a couple of tabs hooked over the tool rest bar on the front of it to stack the fire brick heat shield we discussed. I will have to custom cut them but it will be removable and clean.

 

[oldironfarmer]

That sounds good. I like your forge. The adjustable legs are very cool.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thanks Andy. Got several projects waiting on my SS check or the weather. Took this old Boyce Crane drill press and went through it to provide a drill press for the wood shop. It has been sitting without a motor since I stole it for the power hammer. I took one of my spare 1/3 hp motors (which had been bench checked for operation) out of storage and installed it with a switch on the dp. It hummed nicely but no go without a spin. Removed the capacitor and tested it NG. Replaced it with a new cap. (it also had a resistor on it?) Installed the capacitor alone, no go. Put in the resistor no go. As I will be using it for wood only and it is set at 865 rpm I decided to just give her a spin with two fingers above the chuck and let her fly. Already enough time and energy spent on an annoyance.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Nice old drill press!

If you have time to take the motor apart the centrifugal switch contacts probably just need to be cleaned.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby that is one sweet Drill Press and as Andy said it would be worth spending a little more time on the motor.

 

[don long]

Nice old Drill press Bobby.
It looks like the one my Dad had in our basement when I was growing up.
I used to play with it until one day when the basturd grabbed my shirt and spun it up in a very tight knot around my chest (I think I may have been 5 or 6)

He later bolted a muncey 4 speed transmission to it to change speeds quickly
You couldn't stop it in low gear,

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby that is one sweet Drill Press and as Andy said it would be worth spending a little more time on the motor.

Have to motivate myself to wire it one more time thanks guys. Focus this week is to get my friend's sanding machine out of my shop. I have been storing it but have no need for it. several months of having to move it back and forth to rip lumber has necessitated getting the beast back home.
I also have to focus on progress on the forge.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Nice old Drill press Bobby.
It looks like the one my Dad had in our basement when I was growing up.
I used to play with it until one day when the basturd grabbed my shirt and spun it up in a very tight knot around my chest (I think I may have been 5 or 6)

He later bolted a muncey 4 speed transmission to it to change speeds quickly
You couldn't stop it in low gear,

I would have liked to see that set up. So Don, even at five you were taking old machines out for a spin; or should I say they were picking you up and taking you for a ride?

 

[RickP]

... As I will be using it for wood only and it is set at 865 rpm I decided to just give her a spin with two fingers above the chuck and let her fly. Already enough time and energy spent on an annoyance.

I hear you about spending time on annoyances - two steps forward, three steps back? Sometimes I feel like I do that daily (or at least weekly).

Your "manual start" method brought back memories for me. When I was growing up, my Dad's table saw had a motor without quite enough torque to get the belt and blade started. So every time he started it, Dad would reach around behind the saw and lift the motor slightly to remove belt tension before hitting the switch on the front of the saw. My arms weren't long enough, so I couldn't use the saw (probably not a bad thing, now that I think about it!) The "manual start" method worked for him, and he still uses that saw 50+ years later, so I wonder if that was a good way to prolong the life of the motor?

Nice job on restoring that DP - it looks really nice!

 

[bolensboneyard]

I hear you about spending time on annoyances - two steps forward, three steps back? Sometimes I feel like I do that daily (or at least weekly).

Your "manual start" method brought back memories for me. When I was growing up, my Dad's table saw had a motor without quite enough torque to get the belt and blade started. So every time he started it, Dad would reach around behind the saw and lift the motor slightly to remove belt tension before hitting the switch on the front of the saw. My arms weren't long enough, so I couldn't use the saw (probably not a bad thing, now that I think about it!) The "manual start" method worked for him, and he still uses that saw 50+ years later, so I wonder if that was a good way to prolong the life of the motor?

Nice job on restoring that DP - it looks really nice!

Thanks Rick. More likely dad knew leaving it that way would save your fingers so you could enjoy working with you hands later in life. I had an arrow head my father found when he was a kid. He gave it to me with instructions not to tie it onto an shaft. It was perfect in shape and pure quartz with a red fleck that gave an appearance of dried blood on its edge. That conjured up all sorts of things in a small boy's imagination. I just had to lash it to a stick and see it fly. It landed in our rocky New England ground and broke in half; the point was gone, never to be found again. Sixty years later the pain of that lesson still stings; even though he said very little about it.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Finished with the dp. what a job moving it into the grain bin. I weighs about 250. Moving logs for the next two days and then back to the gas forge.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby well done with the DP.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thanks Steve. If I ever get a new shop built I will have to take it apart to move. It's very deceiving. The machine weighs twice what it looks like it weighs. Made back when steel was king by a crane company.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Look what I got! Andy sent me a surprise and though today is my last year in my sixties this week has made me a kid again. Thanks Andy. It's been a long time since something has surprised me; especially in a positive vain! It's the erector set I never got; and from a real engineer; and a real friend. Bobby

 

[Bob Heine]

Happy Birthday Bobby!

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

not sure what Andy sent you cause you might have been so excited you forgot to post the pictures, but I have a good idea.

great to know both of you and have you both here on GJ chat with since we live a few thousand miles apart!!

 

[jimreed2160]

BB--Happy birthday.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thank you Bob, drives and Jim. drives I can't believe I forgot to post the picture. I posted on Andy's site so I guess my brain did a ditto; or a dodo or a do duh ; anyway here it is.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: WOW. Andy sure did a nice job on that stuff and to think it was scrap parts or maybe some old soda pop cans not too long ago.

hope you had a great BDay.

 

[don long]

Bobby
I thought you were just kidding about it being your birthday yesterday. but I see you weren't.

Happy Birthday .

We will be having Bunt cakes in your honor tonight at YOUR party
Sorry you won't be here to enjoy it!!

IMG_0109 by don long, on Flickr

 

[dchance]

Happy birthday

Dwight

 

[oldironfarmer]

Some party Don threw for you!

 

[Redwolf947]

Happy belated Birthday Graywolf!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Thanks all for the good wishes. I actually spent my day Friday hauling logs pictures below. However, yesterday was a different story. The JD tractor, which has only 447 hours failed to start after running great on fri. I believe I have contaminated fuel. I have changed the filter/separator but it still will not start will try to bleed more tomorrow as the tank in not completely full. It may also be the solenoid for the injection pump which has already failed once. If it is both I am in for a treat until I kill the bad fuel problem. Just when the weather is about to knock me out for another week as the mud returns. Great cake Don. Hope nobody fainted trying to blow out all those candles. Bobby

 

[bolensboneyard]

The biggest logs are 24 inch 12 feet long.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bobby belated birthday wishes.

That looks like some party. Well done Don.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Nice log! Do we get to see sawdust at long last?

 

[bolensboneyard]

Nice log! Do we get to see sawdust at long last?

Andy at the rate the last three days have gone I don't dare start up the mill. I have spent two days on the John Deere and finally got it going by eliminating the timing advance solenoid that controls cold weather starting. Thanks to threads like JG and people helping people. I may buy another one for $50 but unless I try to start it at temperatures we never get here I will have wasted the money. I still have to treat my fuel as I may have an algae microbe in the fuel. Today I received a bill for an overdraft on my checking account that left me with a $300 difference in the bank's favor because I credited the deposit twice. What fun! Can't wait until tomorrow. I think I will pet my burner and wheels tonight; or maybe sleep with them for protection against the return of evil spirits. And God Bless all my friends in computer land where sanity still exists and every cloud has a silver lining. Bobby

 

[bolensboneyard]

More logging pics.