Model A Ford garage

[drivesitfar]

BB: i'm sure i'm not the only one that wants to see and hear how you put that leather belt together and install it so if you can take and post up a few pictures that would be great.

your projects in that great brick shop are coming along nicely too.

I know it's a week early, but wanted to wish you a happy 70th birthday next Saturday cause if a quiet evening at home isn't perfect maybe your kids and or bride will take you someplace to celebrate. CONGRATS and as long as you keep moving I doubt you'll ever feel as old as you are.

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: i'm sure i'm not the only one that wants to see and hear how you put that leather belt together and install it so if you can take and post up a few pictures that would be great.

your projects in that great brick shop are coming along nicely too.

I know it's a week early, but wanted to wish you a happy 70th birthday next Saturday cause if a quiet evening at home isn't perfect maybe your kids and or bride will take you someplace to celebrate. CONGRATS and as long as you keep moving I doubt you'll ever feel as old as you are.

cheers

Thanks drives and thanks for letting me know the belt lacing would be of interest to you. It is not something I would have thought would be anything more than me showing off. I guess I'm just old school. I will certainly post pictures of the lacing process. I will continue to keep moving. Your enthusiasm fuels my spirit to do so.

 

[y'sguy]

I agree with drivesitfar, A lesson in belt lacing would interest me as well. I'll never need it, but I still think that method is fascinating and just enjoy seeing it. Keep up the great work.

 

[don long]

Hi Bobby
Just checking in tonite to see what's new. I will be back to see how you lace your belt (I lace my shoes not my belt)

It's been hot one day and cold the next around here but not so I can't work.

Your old bench is looking great and I see that you are using it too.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Hi Bobby!

Looks like belt lacing for a round baler. Do you have the tool or just pinch it in a vise without the tool? I could send you my tool if you like.

Glad to see you're getting the logs rounded up and ready to cut. I can't seem to find time to mill a log.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Hi Bobby
Just checking in tonite to see what's new. I will be back to see how you lace your belt (I lace my shoes not my belt)

It's been hot one day and cold the next around here but not so I can't work.

Your old bench is looking great and I see that you are using it too.

Thanks y'sguy and don. I will post pictures shortly (breakfast is almost done.)

 

[bolensboneyard]

Hi Bobby!

Looks like belt lacing for a round baler. Do you have the tool or just pinch it in a vise without the tool? I could send you my tool if you like.

Glad to see you're getting the logs rounded up and ready to cut. I can't seem to find time to mill a log.

Andy great to have you visit and I have been following your movements. I do have a tool but the handles are missing. I stuck some round bar in the holes so it does the job but the bars are a little short. Do you use the tool? I'm always concerned about wearing out the teeth and being without it. By the way, your broom is the only way I can get the shavings off of my cedar floor in the brick shop. Some things just can't be improved on.

 

[bolensboneyard]

These particular belts are rubberized so they require I hammer the front gently with a plastic dead blow hammer. The knife you see is a sliding shear made by Clipper to square the cut with the belt. The staples/lacing are also made for the purpose is various sizes. More pics to follow.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Closing the staples also, at times, will require some hammering with a light hammer to seat. With this belting I had to go one click up the ratchet ladder at a time hammering in between.

 

[y'sguy]

Very neat! The right tools for the job. Thanks for showing us.

 

[Matias]

Nice to see how it's done! Also a perfect example of how old tools still work... if it ain't broken, don't fix it (or buy a new one).

 

[bolensboneyard]

This is the chest of drawers I built for holding wood screws. Built from pine, oak, and maple (the knobs). Drawer insides are magnolia and cedar scraps. Drawers are rounded on the sides like the sewing machine drawers in the bench and I turned the knobs to look the same out of scraps of the burley maple. I plan to match this chest on the other wall over the bench with open bins (no drawers or knobs) for finish nails. What do you think?

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: thanks for taking pics and showing us how you stitch your mill’s new belt.

I personally love your cool little cabinet with bins for nails, but hoping either the bench will support the middle or you have a plan for extra support.

Love the story about the broom and even though I don’t have one of Andy’s I’ve been using one similar to clean our garage for years.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bobby, those drawers are beautiful. Has Ginny seen them? Around here, anything that nice will be re-homed in Liane's space before the finish dries.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Your tool is mighty fine. When I get back in the picture business I'll show you my tool since you showed me yours. Mine is really simple, but uses a big vise (supplied by you) to set the staples. That being said, I would hammer those staples right on in flush using a big hammer. Don't go easy on them.

What are you using for a link pin? 1/8" aircraft cable works just fine, kink 90 degrees on each end and it will stay in.

As usual your shelving is fantastic!

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: thanks for taking pics and showing us how you stitch your mill’s new belt.

I personally love your cool little cabinet with bins for nails, but hoping either the bench will support the middle or you have a plan for extra support.

Love the story about the broom and even though I don’t have one of Andy’s I’ve been using one similar to clean our garage for years.

Thanks drives. The screw bins are not directly over the bench but they are mortised in between each drawer and glued.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bobby, those drawers are beautiful. Has Ginny seen them? Around here, anything that nice will be re-homed in Liane's space before the finish dries.

Something was mentioned about a spice cabinet?? Ahh but I have the only key to the treasure chest.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Your tool is mighty fine. When I get back in the picture business I'll show you my tool since you showed me yours. Mine is really simple, but uses a big vise (supplied by you) to set the staples. That being said, I would hammer those staples right on in flush using a big hammer. Don't go easy on them.

What are you using for a link pin? 1/8" aircraft cable works just fine, kink 90 degrees on each end and it will stay in.

As usual your shelving is fantastic!

Thanks Andy. The belts are on now and working better than ever but I will keep my eye on the joints. I was cutting a big red oak that had been sawn all the way through except for a "hinge" in the center. I made one cant and then placed it so the hinge was parallel with the carriage and drove a wedge in it to keep it from moving. My twelve foot boards came out like tickets on a roll. I managed to stop the blade for a fraction of a second in one cut as it was going through the joint. Turns out my clutch (on the power plant) balked. Never would have happened with the old belts. The blade was slightly hot to the touch toward the center so I let it cool then set the kerf for a few more seconds on the following cuts and everything was right on the money with no problems afterward.
I have the steel pins from the old belts but the pins I got with the new ones have a wire cored plastic content. I did bend one side as the two carriage drives run close together. I will check them though to see if they have moved

 

[bolensboneyard]

I made it!

 

[jimreed2160]

Happy birthday to you!!!

 

[Bob Heine]

Happy Birthday Bobby!

 

[Redwolf947]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Redwolf,
Mike

 

[bolensboneyard]

Happy birthday to you!!!

Thanks Jim. Am I glad to see you back on JG. What do you think of the workbench?

 

[bolensboneyard]

Happy Birthday Bobby!

Thanks Bob.

 

[bolensboneyard]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Redwolf,
Mike

Thanks Redwolf.

 

[goodman2020]

That's great, man!

 

[Matias]

Happy Birthday! And the cabinet looks great!

 

[bolensboneyard]

That's great, man!

Thanks man!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Happy Birthday! And the cabinet looks great!

Thanks Matias. I have had family here for several days so I am finishing up the last drawer bottom I had to fix on the workbench. I also made up a few "hollow logs" for my neighbor's quail project. Pictures to follow camera is full up with family photos.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Our daughters on the beach during their stay.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Took this picture to show the route the drive belt takes. Trying to remember it is a chore any more. The belts have improved the function of the mill. I cut an entire half of one of the white oak log and ended up with eleven boards from ten to twelve inches wide. All were quarter sawn and mostly free of knots. I also got a 3x5 oak beam rough on one side; would make a nice cabin log

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: looks like a fun time out on the ocean. nothing better than watching a few waves with your friends, relative or just your bride.

glad to hear your saw is working better with the new belt.

for the non woodworkers can you describe how to cut 1/4 sawn wood cause I know I like the look?

again congrats on making it to 70 years old and hope you remembered to give your bride something or just a kiss and a smile.

Happy Valentine's day

 

[bolensboneyard]

drives in quarter sawing the log is cut into four quarters than plain sawn. More figure and more stability is the result. I do not do a true quarter sawing as it is to difficult for one man to stabilize the log and would be too labor intensive. I sawed two logs so far straight cut through each piece of two halves. It results not in a true quarter sawing but I still get the flecks common in the grain and a much more stable board than could have been straight sawn through a large log. I am learning that bigger is not better even in wood.

 

[bolensboneyard]

New belting. Now all I need is weather for working outside. Can't even get pictures taken in this dampness. Camera shakes too much.

 

[bolensboneyard]

"Industrial Age" reunion continues as another recruit hosts special visitors. We were delighted to spend some "Quality shed/mill time" with Andy and Carol. I'm sure happy to have seen the sun shine in Charleston after so many days of rain. It never rains when your smiling.

 

[jimreed2160]

Great picture. Glad to see that Andy and Carol made it that far north.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Great picture. Glad to see that Andy and Carol made it that far north.

Thanks Jim. Check out the high tech TV antenna in the background. Ginny thought I was nuts until she saw what that modification could do with a signal.

 

[drivesitfar]

BB: great picture!!

any tips from Andy about the mill cause I saw on his thread that you gave him the controls. or was he just loving it and the smell of fresh sawdust?

now that Andy is on the road again maybe the sun will shine more in South Carolina at your place.

the antenna looks like something we had 60 years ago and some things just work too good to not use so congrats for using it and making it better. do you get more than a few channels since when we used it there was only 4, 5, 7, & 11 here and later 9 & 13?

cheers

 

[bolensboneyard]

BB: great picture!!

any tips from Andy about the mill cause I saw on his thread that you gave him the controls. or was he just loving it and the smell of fresh sawdust?

now that Andy is on the road again maybe the sun will shine more in South Carolina at your place.

the antenna looks like something we had 60 years ago and some things just work too good to not use so congrats for using it and making it better. do you get more than a few channels since when we used it there was only 4, 5, 7, & 11 here and later 9 & 13?

cheers

drives save for the rain and limitations on time we could have played all day! As for the sun, it appears always in the smile of a friend. We get 17 channels when PBS is online.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Cutting Cedar. I modified my loading gate to accommodate canting logs forward and smaller logs. It also lets me move the gate for clearance. Andy, your ideas are cooking and I plan to implement them also with possible addendums.