nine4's projects, restorations and blunders

[nine4gmc]

Thanks BB, the uprights are 12', I'll need to cut a foot off for them to go where I want them to and it will be easiest to remove some from the bottom and some from the to to keep from having to move the support bars. I figure I may as well go on and paint them if I have to spend so much time making them fit. There are two 8' long shelves and two 9' long shelves that will go above my machines. One of the uprights has major cancer on both feet and another upright has a little on one foot so shortening them will remove all that as well. I cut a piece of scrap for the pads today, I'll cut them to size and weld them over the next few days, then paint next week.

Also, I finally just bolted that sander top plate you brought me to the plank of wood I used before and painted it to match when I just did the belt/disc sander resto. This will work fine until I find the correct top plate, I'll get with Merc and see if he wants your other sander though if you still want to get rid of it.

 

[motofool33]

Thanks BB, the uprights are 12', I'll need to cut a foot off for them to go where I want them to and it will be easiest to remove some from the bottom and some from the to to keep from having to move the support bars. I figure I may as well go on and paint them if I have to spend so much time making them fit. There are two 8' long shelves and two 9' long shelves that will go above my machines. One of the uprights has major cancer on both feet and another upright has a little on one foot so shortening them will remove all that as well. I cut a piece of scrap for the pads today, I'll cut them to size and weld them over the next few days, then paint next week.

Oh boy good luck painting them. Dont think ill try that again

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[nine4gmc]

You went ALL out on yours, they look great though! I won't be stripping these, they will get a wire wheel on the rough pitted areas but I'll probably just wipe down the rest and paint right over them.

 

[motofool33]

You went ALL out on yours, they look great though! I won't be stripping these, they will get a wire wheel on the rough pitted areas but I'll probably just wipe down the rest and paint right over them.

Id do the same

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[PSYKO_Inc]

I've heard 2 part tractor/farm implement paint can be sprayed right over rusty metal and is tough as nails, might be worth looking into for that job.

 

[DirtyJersey]

I've heard 2 part tractor/farm implement paint can be sprayed right over rusty metal and is tough as nails, might be worth looking into for that job.

Por15

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[nine4gmc]

Yeah, we just missed going to Tractor Supply tonight but I'll get by there and see what they have in some good two part though I already have a gallon of red and black Rustoleum on the shelf I may end up using again.

 

[Outlawmws]

Oh boy good luck painting them. Dont think ill try that again

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You went ALL out on yours, they look great though! I won't be stripping these, they will get a wire wheel on the rough pitted areas but I'll probably just wipe down the rest and paint right over them.

While I'm not generally a fan of blasting, I think for those I'd make an exception.

THEN paint... YMMV

 

[nine4gmc]

I went ahead and sprayed the lower roller with the PlastiDip too and I'll ask this question over in the belt sander thread but is that how the tension handle is supposed to be during operation? I'm on my slow computer and can not access the manual to tell if it is right or not. When the belt is not on there, the handle nests under the platen but with the belt on, I can not get enough slack to turn the tensioner past where it's at in the pic. Only thing left is button up the bearing covers and access plate on the motor and put the belt on. I'll polish the table back up and coat it to protect it and I would like to print out the two Craftsman King Seeley water slide decals that go on here later.

 

[bagged89s10]

I went ahead and sprayed the lower roller with the PlastiDip too and I'll ask this question over in the belt sander thread but is that how the tension handle is supposed to be during operation? I'm on my slow computer and can not access the manual to tell if it is right or not. When the belt is not on there, the handle nests under the platen but with the belt on, I can not get enough slack to turn the tensioner past where it's at in the pic. Only thing left is button up the bearing covers and access plate on the motor and put the belt on. I'll polish the table back up and coat it to protect it and I would like to print out the two Craftsman King Seeley water slide decals that go on here later.

My handle sticks out like this. Looks just like how yours sits

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks

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[Strouty]

Your welcome.

 

[nine4gmc]

And thank you too Strouty!

I cut 8.5" off the bottoms and 5.5" off the tops of the uprights so they will clear the roof support beams and I started cutting the new pads but ran out of discs. Hopefully I can grab those tonight and be ready to weld tomorrow. The lowest horizontal cross bar that got cut off will be welded back in when I weld the bottom pads on. Depending what else happens, I may get a coat of paint on afterwards.

 

[Richard Cranium]

so how many feet of pallet racking did you get?

 

[nine4gmc]

Three uprights, turned out to be 42" deep and they were 12' tall. I just cut them to just under 11'. There are four shelves, two are 8' and two are 9' so there will be a 17'ish run down my north wall above the lathe and milling machine. Here is the sketch I drew for layout.

 

[bczygan]

Three uprights, turned out to be 42" deep and they were 12' tall. I just cut them to just under 11'. There are four shelves, two are 8' and two are 9' so there will be a 17'ish run down my north wall above the lathe and milling machine. Here is the sketch I drew for layout.

9's,

I absolutely LOVE your legend!

"Junk I Already Have!"

"Junk I Will Have!"

Bill

 

[Fyrme]

Gotta love pallet rack. You're gonna hate me for this one Years ago my friend who lived next door was a warehouse supervisor for a distribution company. That was until they sold out and shut down his location. You know where this is headed right?.........

Anyway, he knocks on my door one Friday night about 6pm. He says, "we are turning the building back over to the leasing company Monday morning. You want all the pallet rack that's in there?" I said "HELL YEAH" Even though I had no use for even a few pieces of it living in a small house with a small garage and shed. He then told me, "the only catch is that it has to be all gone by Sunday night" I'm not talking about 50 or 60' of it, I'm talking 1000' of 16'x 42" rack still fully assembled. I hustled over across the street where one of the teenage muscle head neighbor kids lived and offered him $10 an hour for two days of ball busting work. We disassembled, loaded, unloaded, and stacked making 4 trips that weekend. I netted nearly $4500 form that blessing....

 

[nine4gmc]

That was a nice hustle Fyrme! I'm too much of a hoarder, idk wtf I would ahve done with it, maybe build an extension on the small house or garage with metal framing.

Thanks Bill! I had to add that so my girl knew what the shelf was for, I tried explaining it.

 

[slodat]

I have two good friends that are serious hoarders. You're still healthy

 

[rmalkow2]

Love the design plan. You gotta love a plan that allows space for "Future Junk"! I hope you get time to paint it.

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

this is gonna be sweet!

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks guys, it's definitely getting a quick and dirty paint job, just trying to decide whether I want it all black or black and red. I'm thinking since the uprights stick out into the bay a foot or so, I would paint them red to see them better and the shelf beams black. The last set I painted was the opposite and I after I set it up I immediately wanted it this way.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I thought that was quite funny also, Looks like you are planning on getting a lot more stuff.

 

[nine4gmc]

What you dont see in that picture is the pallet rack im clearing off. I have a 3'x12' long rack with three shelves in the upholstery side, ill clear 2/3 shelves so i should have room for all the things i dont know i want yet too.

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[Bears Fan]

I love your cad drawings, I think your south wall is one of the coolest things ever! Wow with the new racks you can increase your junk capacity by 75%...Just awesome, man remind me not to be picking up any of those racks and dragging them home

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

Nine, do you have any of your pedestal tools on casters? Was at HF earlier looking at the casters with studs debating whether the studs were tall enough or not.

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks Bears, you really do need a pallet rack or two though!

Rick, I just went through the mental process of adding casters. First I searched online for original single ball style rollers. There are a bunch, then I figured yet would bind up with dust, shavings so I went in HF and had a look. There were no studs long enough to work and the caster would hit the base if you tried using a shorter stud caster. I thought about using the hole in the base to bolt on an insert into the bottom and mount a standard caster, then I thought about how it would raise it and make it even more unstable so I ultimately decided against any style caster for my pedestal machines.


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[bluebolt]

Some of those pedestal machines are not very steady as is adding casters would make them worse!

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

lol Nine, said the same thing to the girlfriend earlier... Wasn't sure if I wanted to raise the height of the tools at all.

 

[jakemac]

Screw the pedestals to a piece of plywood. Then use blocks to attach two fixed castors in such a way that the wheels are on the side. Then you can tip the pedestal to engage the castors and roll the unit across your shop.

 

[nine4gmc]

I may do that on the tablesaw, the rest are manageable.

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[Craptain]

Screw the pedestals to a piece of plywood. Then use blocks to attach two fixed castors in such a way that the wheels are on the side. Then you can tip the pedestal to engage the castors and roll the unit across your shop.

That's similar to what I did with a drill press. Welded a couple of casters on a piece of angle iron bed frame. Then bolted it to the front of the base. Tip and roll.

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[Strouty]

So you plan on increasing your stuff by 300%????

That is bad, you should work on decreasing it by 300%, that is what I am working on and it is much harder to do!

 

[PSYKO_Inc]

I'm curious to see how the table saw base comes together. I've got an 80s Delta table saw with the unifence, but it's about 7 feet long assembled, which takes a ton of space in my small 2 car garage. Was thinking about making a frame out of 2x4s for the saw stand, and extending it out for the table support, so I can at least roll it against the wall out of the way since it rarely gets used. If I can find an 8' pallet rack I can put the lowest shelf just above the height of the saw so I gain some storage space above it.

 

[nine4gmc]

If i do anything with casters, it will be what Craptain did or a low boy base.

Strouty, the actual numbers may be different. I have 108 sqft of shelving on the old pallet rack, the new one has about 119 sqft. I will be able to clear 72 sqft off the first rack and some will go to other places besides the new rack. Either way i will have extra shelf space when im done and thats something i dont have right now.

Psyko, i have a pole stand base for the table saw, i considered building a low boy type base with outboard locking casters, i may try Craptains version though.

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[dlcwent]

Nines, it only makes sense to do what is right for you. Whether others agree or not. A lot happens at my shop that only works for me. But I'm the one that has to live with what I've done. Just saying.

 

[nine4gmc]

I had to pick up cutting discs at HF today and met Merc there to get a piece of granite from him. The granite will be a poor mans surface plate, good enough for what I do. I got the pads cut from 6" channel iron scrap I got from a server case or something similar, same gauge as the pallet rack, then welded 4/6 pads and 2/3 lower cross bars on. I'll finish the other upright up after Street Outlaws tonight or first thing tomorrow, then get started painting.

 

[dlcwent]

Lurking, but see nobody here. I'll just shut the door and come back later.

 

[nine4gmc]

I tried posting these last night but kept having wifi issues. All the pads are welded on and I have half the beams and one upright wire wheeled. It ate two cup brushes so I will be headed to pick up more today to finish.

 

[dlcwent]

Where are you putting them nines?