Bobioz1
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Sometimes I actually have to look at the pin up girl too. But I usually don't tell anybody!
nine4's projects, restorations and blunders
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drivesitfar
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Nines: you have some awesome talent and don't understand how you can be depressed. maybe it's all that night time alone time with your research videos and pictures that's causing it. get back on NPT and we are here to enjoy more of your projects.
also get the auction purchases up and running again because i think those made your juices flow.
cheers
also get the auction purchases up and running again because i think those made your juices flow.
cheers
wingnut_1
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Hey Nine, yesterday on the Garage Sale thread I posted an old paper towel holder that I wanted paint & decal "old school". You liked the idea and even thought that someone on GJ just did one 
, I said that I remembered seeing it and it was a loop towel type. Now, I'm reading your last couple of pages today and find myself laughing out loud at a couple of pictures that you have of........... yep.......an "old school" dowel dispenser. LOL, don't I look stupid. Well played my friend, well played 
, I said that I remembered seeing it and it was a loop towel type. Now, I'm reading your last couple of pages today and find myself laughing out loud at a couple of pictures that you have of........... yep.......an "old school" dowel dispenser. LOL, don't I look stupid. Well played my friend, well played
Thanks Drives, I think it's the NPT along with the upcoming time change that's depressing me I appreciate you dropping in and cheering me up!
Hey Wingnut, I had to pull your leg a lil, all in good fun ! You are welcome to post your paper towel project in here if you'd like, I love seeing other peoples work!
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I appreciate you dropping in and cheering me up!Hey Wingnut, I had to pull your leg a lil, all in good fun ! You are welcome to post your paper towel project in here if you'd like, I love seeing other peoples work!
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Strouty
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Time change ***** for sure. I wish they would just leave it alone.
Strouty
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It was original to save energy and now people say it is to keep the kids safe waiting for school buses. I say crock of **** and they should leave it alone. I understand the need for time zones, but DST is by far the worst answer to a non problem I have ever seen.
dlcwent
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The switch ***** for sure, but I think the worst thing is the short days. I don't like dark by 5:00 thing. By 8:00 I'm ready for bed. Oh wait....what's different??? never mind.
dlcwent
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I would become very depressed if I didn't see daylight for days or nights /whatever.
Hell. I get depressed if I don't see sunlight for a few days. Not really depressed, just irritable.
Hell. I get depressed if I don't see sunlight for a few days. Not really depressed, just irritable.
dlcwent
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So what is going on for a new project?
drivesitfar
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Nines: do you have a white board to make your To Do list? also don't erase the completed To Do's so you can see what you've done. if you are like me it gets pretty overwhelming with everything as we acquire stuff that we forget a few of the fun things we bought to use or restore.
or just get a spiral notebook and write down all the To Do's and just start doing them as you can.
have a great day and hope you find something tucked under a bench to pull out and work on that you forgot about or whatever that can put a little smile on your mug.
cheers
or just get a spiral notebook and write down all the To Do's and just start doing them as you can.
have a great day and hope you find something tucked under a bench to pull out and work on that you forgot about or whatever that can put a little smile on your mug.
cheers
DLC, for fun, I'm working on redoing my shop chair upholstery. It's slow going, I don't have all the material needed on hand so I just made a test panel and pattern templates so far. I'll probably get by the supply store later this week for the rest of the material.
Drives, I keep my main lists in the "notes" app on my phone but I do keep a short list written in chalk on the side of my file cabinets of new ideas. The chalk notes are right next to my computer monitor so every time I sit down, I can see what new ideas I had and decide whether it's a good one worth pursuing or if I was tripping when I came up with it and should erase it before anyone else sees it.
I do feel overwhelmed occasionally but I try to remember "I don't dump my plate in my mouth when I'm hungry, I take bites until the plate is clean". Meaning, I can't do everything at once, things take time and I just need to focus on what I can do and not let the rest bother me.
I do have a couple vises I'd like to clean up, restore and sell but they are small, not worth a lot so they are farther down the list. Only reason I mention them is because I keep moving one from one workbench to another due to being in the way. I would also like to refurb a few Craftsman vises I have and get them mounted so I can actually use them. I only have one vise mounted right now and it's not in a convenient location so I rarely use it.
Thanks for stopping in, hope you guys have a great day!!
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Drives, I keep my main lists in the "notes" app on my phone but I do keep a short list written in chalk on the side of my file cabinets of new ideas. The chalk notes are right next to my computer monitor so every time I sit down, I can see what new ideas I had and decide whether it's a good one worth pursuing or if I was tripping when I came up with it and should erase it before anyone else sees it.
I do feel overwhelmed occasionally but I try to remember "I don't dump my plate in my mouth when I'm hungry, I take bites until the plate is clean". Meaning, I can't do everything at once, things take time and I just need to focus on what I can do and not let the rest bother me.
I do have a couple vises I'd like to clean up, restore and sell but they are small, not worth a lot so they are farther down the list. Only reason I mention them is because I keep moving one from one workbench to another due to being in the way. I would also like to refurb a few Craftsman vises I have and get them mounted so I can actually use them. I only have one vise mounted right now and it's not in a convenient location so I rarely use it.
Thanks for stopping in, hope you guys have a great day!!
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drivesitfar
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Nines: sounds like you have a plan. i'm guessing your naps in the middle of the day are because you have to rest after your nooners? 
looking forward to seeing your next project and get out in the rain and look at it this way it's less crowded and sellers are more negotiable.
cheers and have a great day
looking forward to seeing your next project and get out in the rain and look at it this way it's less crowded and sellers are more negotiable.
cheers and have a great day
My middle day naps are caused by not sleeping nights. Like right now, I've been awake since yesterday evening. I went to bed yesterday morning, was up since the afternoon before. I generally sleep 5-8 hrs a day like normal people, I just don't do it at normal people hours.
If I take a short nap, I've been up all night the night before and want to try to get up early the next day. Say for instance if I have plans for tomorrow before noon, I would either stay up til lunch today then sleep til 6-8pm then be up all night to do what I need to do before lunch, or sometimes I might just stay up til 3-4pm today, then take a couple hour nap til 5-6pm when my girl gets home and hang out with her until midnight-2am or so then crash out for 6 hours and be awake before noon.
Mornings are the hardest time for me to do anything, I have to plan for at least a day if I have something that needs to be done. I've been like this all my life, makes regular jobs and relationships hard.
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If I take a short nap, I've been up all night the night before and want to try to get up early the next day. Say for instance if I have plans for tomorrow before noon, I would either stay up til lunch today then sleep til 6-8pm then be up all night to do what I need to do before lunch, or sometimes I might just stay up til 3-4pm today, then take a couple hour nap til 5-6pm when my girl gets home and hang out with her until midnight-2am or so then crash out for 6 hours and be awake before noon.
Mornings are the hardest time for me to do anything, I have to plan for at least a day if I have something that needs to be done. I've been like this all my life, makes regular jobs and relationships hard.
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Strouty
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I hear you on the mornings. The funny thing is it is only like that for me around NPT mornings. If I get up and out the door around 5:00 AM I am very productive. The problem is my GF's schedule makes it difficult as she needs to be at work, whereas I only want to be at work.
I really want to start getting up at 4 AM and heading to the gym, then go from there to the shop, then come home and socialize, then hit the sack around 9 PM.
I really want to start getting up at 4 AM and heading to the gym, then go from there to the shop, then come home and socialize, then hit the sack around 9 PM.
Same here, I want to be at work but my girl has to be at work. She works in the mortgage industry for a big bank company, lots of stress and steady hours. 99% of my work can be done at any hour so I rarely set my alarm or go to bed at a certain time. I like to work til I'm tired, then sleep til I'm not...
Speaking of, I'm getting tired now, trying to decide whether I'm going to crash out or monkey around til noon...
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Speaking of, I'm getting tired now, trying to decide whether I'm going to crash out or monkey around til noon...
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upndown
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No alarm clocks in this house either! If a ladyfriend is still there when I wake up fine. If she's gone, that's fine too! Just another reason I love living in the desert, no messing with the clock, tough enuf remembering the important things! Now we're did I leave my boots? 
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:longlivepunk
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Nines, sounds like you need project storage. An area where anything you aren't working on this very moment goes and sits out of the way until you can get to it. That way you aren't moving stuff all the time. It'll make you more efficient so you can be this guy more often:
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Yes, I have a storage unit for the larger items but I have a lot of smaller items packed in every nook and cranny of my shop.
The day before yesterday I was actually measuring for some more pallet racking. I need to sell a few things first then I should be ready for it. I'd like to put three 10' verticals 2' deep along the lathe wall with shelving above the machines. I think if I had three shelves between each pair of uprights spanning 22', I would have the perfect amount of storage for my usage without sacrificing ANY floor space. I considered building a loft over that side at first but it would be faster, easier and less expensive to buy the used pallet racks, not to mention if I ever move I can take the racks with me.
I'm also gathering supplies to build a lean to off the back side of my shop, I'd like to go about 10' wide and 20-30' long(shop is 30x30), that would give me lots of dry storage for things like all my lumber, the sand blaster, compressor and all the lawn/garden **** that's in the car port closet now. It would free up a lot of space in my shop and that outdoor closet.
Thanks for stopping in and posting!!
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The day before yesterday I was actually measuring for some more pallet racking. I need to sell a few things first then I should be ready for it. I'd like to put three 10' verticals 2' deep along the lathe wall with shelving above the machines. I think if I had three shelves between each pair of uprights spanning 22', I would have the perfect amount of storage for my usage without sacrificing ANY floor space. I considered building a loft over that side at first but it would be faster, easier and less expensive to buy the used pallet racks, not to mention if I ever move I can take the racks with me.
I'm also gathering supplies to build a lean to off the back side of my shop, I'd like to go about 10' wide and 20-30' long(shop is 30x30), that would give me lots of dry storage for things like all my lumber, the sand blaster, compressor and all the lawn/garden **** that's in the car port closet now. It would free up a lot of space in my shop and that outdoor closet.
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dlcwent
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I'm thinking a lean to(so to speak) off the back of my shop is something I'm strongly considering. It would allow more shop space. And we never have enough of that.
Sam'sAutoParts
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Like the pallet rack idea, wish I had done that in my last shop. I built a few permanent shelves that where nice, but I couldn't remove them and use them at the new shop.
Strouty
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The auction I am going to next week has several hundred sections of pallet racking, I may buy some just to setup outside along the wall of the shop. I am going to be redoing the roof soon and I can probably add a bit more overhang to help cover them.
IDK about your scenario but in my case it would help tremendously.
I have one pallet rack above my filing cabinets and computer desk on the upholstery side now, if I could put a rack down the machine side I could gain about 132 sq ft of storage. That's a lot of bang for my buck in a 900 sq ft shop!
Didn't you just scrap a lot of pallet racking earlier this year/last year?
Strouty
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The pallet racking that I scrapped was all bent stuff. I picked through it and got all the straight stuff for my narrow rack that holds the furnace. I scrapped a lot of shelving, but it was all 12" deep stuff that had been outside for a few years. That was one of those things were it would be nice to keep it if I had room to store it, but I made an active choice to send it away and it was a good one. I have to keep looking at my long term goals and things are starting to become clearer.
dlcwent
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Nines, I thought you were going to be on NPT for awhile. You are slipping my dark friend.
What do you have going on this week? And how did that auction turn out for you? (I probably missed what you said about it.)
What do you have going on this week? And how did that auction turn out for you? (I probably missed what you said about it.)
A while for me is two or more days 
No big plans this week, gotta finish cleaning and prepping the pool for winter, time to bathe and groom the dogs again, need to hit the dmv and junkyard one day before the weekend, then I have a couple small vices to restore and get on eBay. I'll probably post them in here once I'm done.
The auction was awful, there has been a serious inrush of idiot bidders that think this **** is gold or something when in reality, what's not broken or worn out is worn out AND broken... I got outbid on a couple industrial sewing machines first thing that morning, then again on a card file cabinet minutes later. We went and had breakfast then came back to get outbid on a cool old dental/medical cabinet. After that we waited a couple hours so I could get outbid again on a pallet of tools with two very large vises on it. I posted them in the vise thread Saturday to get opinions on value. After that I got outbid again on two mismatched snap on wall cabinets but won the second set which were also mismatched. All in all, I spent $100 and half a day for the two cabinets, they are posted in the garage sale thread on Saturday.
Thanks for stopping in, anything good happening with you this week?
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No big plans this week, gotta finish cleaning and prepping the pool for winter, time to bathe and groom the dogs again, need to hit the dmv and junkyard one day before the weekend, then I have a couple small vices to restore and get on eBay. I'll probably post them in here once I'm done.
The auction was awful, there has been a serious inrush of idiot bidders that think this **** is gold or something when in reality, what's not broken or worn out is worn out AND broken... I got outbid on a couple industrial sewing machines first thing that morning, then again on a card file cabinet minutes later. We went and had breakfast then came back to get outbid on a cool old dental/medical cabinet. After that we waited a couple hours so I could get outbid again on a pallet of tools with two very large vises on it. I posted them in the vise thread Saturday to get opinions on value. After that I got outbid again on two mismatched snap on wall cabinets but won the second set which were also mismatched. All in all, I spent $100 and half a day for the two cabinets, they are posted in the garage sale thread on Saturday.
Thanks for stopping in, anything good happening with you this week?
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dlcwent
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Very busy week. I shouldn't even be here now. But had a few minutes to unwind. Now I have to get back at it. A couple for alignments today and stripping down a Subaru 2.5 so it can get re-sealed.
fourjeepin
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Re: Home Depot Clearance Thread 2015
Just finished all 37 pages and love your work Nine! You might have shown it and I missed it, but what is the machine on the left of the belt/disc sander?
Here is the sander, I just finished the cord so it is now belt ready. I also wired up the light on the drill press but need to pick up a CFL for it. Also, I am starting a "wanted" ad for a Craftsman belt sander base plate for that disc/belt combo sander in the pic. I have a block of wood rigged up on there but I'm ready to find a base plate and finish that thing too so if anyone has one or knows where one is, let me know please.
Just finished all 37 pages and love your work Nine! You might have shown it and I missed it, but what is the machine on the left of the belt/disc sander?
Hey fourjeepin, thanks for making it all the way through my thread!
The machine in the center of that picture on the square base is a Baldor 2x48 belt sander I just finished spiffing up, just need to order the belts for it now and I'll be in business. I got that sander and the Baldor buffer to the left of it from an auction for a steal, then did some horse trading for the stand with member Bluebolt. I hope to try my hand at knife making once I fab up a forge so stick around! Thanks for posting!
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The machine in the center of that picture on the square base is a Baldor 2x48 belt sander I just finished spiffing up, just need to order the belts for it now and I'll be in business. I got that sander and the Baldor buffer to the left of it from an auction for a steal, then did some horse trading for the stand with member Bluebolt. I hope to try my hand at knife making once I fab up a forge so stick around! Thanks for posting!
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jakemac
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Nine - One of the sales I went to today was at an estate sale for a deceased shoe maker. His basement workspace was piled high with shoe lasts, leather scraps, and women's heel blanks.
BUT ........
You would have committed homicide to get your hands on the sewing machines they had for sale. One of them was a stand-up for stitching around tight curves on the heel of shoes and was operated by a foot and knee pedal. They weren't cheap, but they were definitely bargain prices.
I thought of you instantly.
BUT ........
You would have committed homicide to get your hands on the sewing machines they had for sale. One of them was a stand-up for stitching around tight curves on the heel of shoes and was operated by a foot and knee pedal. They weren't cheap, but they were definitely bargain prices.
I thought of you instantly.
Sounds like awesome machinery!
Cobblers are hard to find these days. I've got a good father-son team who owns a shop in the middle of town. Great guys. Have no clue where to go if they closed/retired.
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jakemac
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Nine - No, I didn't pick up any leather. I still have a bunch of leather and scraps from when I was doing leatherwork for re-enactors.
Bonneyman - You're right, it's quickly becoming a lost profession.
I have only made one pair of shoes, and one pair of sandals. I WILL NEVER MAKE A PAIR OF SHOES EVER AGAIN !!!!!!!! I still have the shoes, but have had to replace the soles 3 times (from walking on pavement during Parades). Thank goodness I don't do that anymore. The shoes are in the bottom of a chest in the attic, and I'll be happy if I never see them again.
I can't imaging doing that for a living every day for decades. But I can admire those who do, and the skills they have (especially the patience).
Bonneyman - You're right, it's quickly becoming a lost profession.
I have only made one pair of shoes, and one pair of sandals. I WILL NEVER MAKE A PAIR OF SHOES EVER AGAIN !!!!!!!! I still have the shoes, but have had to replace the soles 3 times (from walking on pavement during Parades). Thank goodness I don't do that anymore. The shoes are in the bottom of a chest in the attic, and I'll be happy if I never see them again.
I can't imaging doing that for a living every day for decades. But I can admire those who do, and the skills they have (especially the patience).
danfromsyr
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take a look into your local college(s) at mine (SU in Syracuse) they have a 'excess property' site and only wednesday sales day where they gather and unload all the obsolete student/office equipment. filing cabinets are $10/drawer. regular or lateral.. so $30 for nice 3drawer cabinets. when there's remodels or between sessions.
worth a little Q&A with the maintenance and property management people.
worth a little Q&A with the maintenance and property management people.
I've heard of "unobtanium". As in, super-rare (generally vintage car parts) you can't even afford to look at, let alone buy.
You sure score a lot of nice "obtanium" in your neck of the woods! Between scads of scrap metal vultures and the retro-junk hipsters in this town, I can't find any metal laying around. Obtanium is very rare 'round these parts. In fact, I'd say it's almost unobtanium.
Love all the creative re-purposing you do with your projects. Nice work!