Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
cliftonbros89
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Just did some dirt work myself. Couple hundred acres already. Up until we got rain yesterday.
Many times a day the girls make me want to scream but then they do something like this and make up for it all.
I got some quality shop time this afternoon while mama and the girls went to something called a 31 party. I got the shop swept up and all the tools back where they belong. It's been awhile and I forget how many things I have that I forget I have.
I have purchased a few, or so I thought only a few, vise grips this winter because I can never find one when I need it and I think I found them ALL back today ..... good grief ...
I gotta show off my drawer of adjustables. Say what you will, they are handy.
I gathered screwdrivers from every shed and every corner I could think of and am only missing a few .... I think ....
While I was feeling good about cleaning up and finding lots of things I forgot I had I built 4 more garden tubs. A single 275 gallon tote makes a pair of them. Gonna have tomato's in 4, onions in 1, radish's in 1, strawberries in 2, peppers in 1, beans in 2, carrots in 1 and herbs/spices in 1. I need to make another pair yet. They worked very well last summer and I can move them around with the skid loader if needed.
I got some quality shop time this afternoon while mama and the girls went to something called a 31 party. I got the shop swept up and all the tools back where they belong. It's been awhile and I forget how many things I have that I forget I have.
I have purchased a few, or so I thought only a few, vise grips this winter because I can never find one when I need it and I think I found them ALL back today ..... good grief ...
I gotta show off my drawer of adjustables. Say what you will, they are handy.
I gathered screwdrivers from every shed and every corner I could think of and am only missing a few .... I think ....
While I was feeling good about cleaning up and finding lots of things I forgot I had I built 4 more garden tubs. A single 275 gallon tote makes a pair of them. Gonna have tomato's in 4, onions in 1, radish's in 1, strawberries in 2, peppers in 1, beans in 2, carrots in 1 and herbs/spices in 1. I need to make another pair yet. They worked very well last summer and I can move them around with the skid loader if needed.
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What used to be in the totes? We have some of those at work, but they are full of oil...which would probably take forever to get clean enough to grow stuff in.
The white ones had either phosphoric or sulfuric acid or chlorine. The brown ones had iodine, glycerin, lanolin, PVP and a few other things in them. Wash em' out good and they're fine.
All products that are used on dairy farms. They've been sitting empty and airing out for almost 3 years now. The clear ones contain chemicals used to clean and sanitize the stainless milk lines and brown ones contain products to keep the cows teats healthy.
All products that are used on dairy farms. They've been sitting empty and airing out for almost 3 years now. The clear ones contain chemicals used to clean and sanitize the stainless milk lines and brown ones contain products to keep the cows teats healthy.
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Bib Overalls
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A few of the ones around here, for some inexplicable reason, originally held chocolate syrup. They can get pretty nasty when they sit out in the sun with a puddle of residue on the bottom. I know a couple of guys who use them on the farm to collect waste oil that they burn in the winter to keep their maintenance sheds warm.
Not sure why the photo doesn't show up but here it is.jbl...lovin' your thread but your worries are not with equipment, farm or the vehicles... you gotta take care of that freakin Samsquatch right quick bro!
I think that is a pile of rocks against the steer shed but I'm not sure. Maybe it is the bigfoot !!!
Every once in a while I get a call from someone that has something they think they can convince me that I need. I was told about a few pallets of these nifty looking boxes. I wonder what could be inside ?!?!?!
Look at all the switches and PLC stuff !!!
Well look at that .... There's a 1000w true sine wave inverter hiding back there ... I'm gonna have to see what it takes to make this mine !!
Here's another neato find I was alerted to. There are a pair of these 1350w battery backups to be had for the low price of new batteries.
I've been collecting adjustable wrenches made by the Diamond Calk Horse Shoe Company in Duluth, Minn for awhile now and finally started hanging them up. I recently acquired a 6" from the early 1920's and it completed the set (minus the fabled 24")
The left has the set from pre 1920 and the right I'm working on a complete set from their last production run as the Diamond Tool & Horseshoe Co. There is a regular tool steel version as well as their trademark Diamalloy, both in a black and silver finish. I was working on getting them all in black and then stumbled across a 24" Diamalloy in silver so that may change things. The double ended wrenches are neat, not sure how practical they are but they sure are neat.
Here is a mildly hard to find 24" ....
Look at all the switches and PLC stuff !!!
Well look at that .... There's a 1000w true sine wave inverter hiding back there ... I'm gonna have to see what it takes to make this mine !!
Here's another neato find I was alerted to. There are a pair of these 1350w battery backups to be had for the low price of new batteries.
I've been collecting adjustable wrenches made by the Diamond Calk Horse Shoe Company in Duluth, Minn for awhile now and finally started hanging them up. I recently acquired a 6" from the early 1920's and it completed the set (minus the fabled 24")
The left has the set from pre 1920 and the right I'm working on a complete set from their last production run as the Diamond Tool & Horseshoe Co. There is a regular tool steel version as well as their trademark Diamalloy, both in a black and silver finish. I was working on getting them all in black and then stumbled across a 24" Diamalloy in silver so that may change things. The double ended wrenches are neat, not sure how practical they are but they sure are neat.
Here is a mildly hard to find 24" ....
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Stuart in MN
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I like your collection of Diamond Caulk tools. 
I've been collecting them myself but have nowhere as many, but I do have a Diamond Caulk crate opener: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4052758&highlight=diamond#post4052758
I've been collecting them myself but have nowhere as many, but I do have a Diamond Caulk crate opener: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4052758&highlight=diamond#post4052758It is a bit of an addiction .... once you start it just snowballs until you have a wall full of useful tools. I was debating on trying to collect one of every tool ever made by every company that ever existed or just focusing on one product line by one company. I decided to focus on adjustables from the Diamond line from Duluth.I like your collection of Diamond Caulk tools.
I've been working on a 28 camera install the last few weeks and when you work solo a lot there are a few handy little things you create to save you time and headache. I made a bunch of "Cable Mike's" to help me pull wire easier. Here is the one I use the most.
Today I got a call from someone who had one camera stop working. It wasn't difficult to narrow down the problem. There is a 48" diamater fan hanging from each set of brackets weighing 200ish pounds squashing the Cat5. When I was doing the initial install they didn't think the extra time of running conduit to put the wire in was worth the added cost so I had to run another wire stapled to the rafters to get this camera working .....
We got an estimate back awhile ago for the shouse plan a few pages back and it
came in WAY over where we even wanted to think about it so we redesigned. We
met with the builder to go over it all and he gave us a bunch of ideas to reduce
the cost and here's what we came up with. We like it better than the last one.
First floor plan.
Second floor plan.
It's been very windy here the last few days with 30-40mph sustained and 50-60mph gusts and the doors blew off the shed I park my work van.
came in WAY over where we even wanted to think about it so we redesigned. We
met with the builder to go over it all and he gave us a bunch of ideas to reduce
the cost and here's what we came up with. We like it better than the last one.
First floor plan.
Second floor plan.
It's been very windy here the last few days with 30-40mph sustained and 50-60mph gusts and the doors blew off the shed I park my work van.
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Sounds like you got the storm we had last weekend...very windy! During the day Sunday, it was really beating the **** out of the place, I was glad to have only lost a few shingles off my roof.
ABSTIFFGS
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^^^ HAHAAH!! 
fergus
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Well I decided splitting some wood would be a good idea today. I was getting poopered out so I decided to do one last piece and be done. She's a beaut Clark !!
Using science to overcome gravity. Gravity is inconvenient sometimes. Father Time and Mother Nautre were kind enough to help out with the low tire on the splitter so that is nice.
It's a tibdly bit large for the splitter. It made the ol' Farmall H bark a bit.
Not a bad little pile for one piece of wood.
Read this to the tune of Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" .....
"My tote of many uses
That my sawzall made for me
Made only from junk
But I use it so proudly
Although it has no roof
it is handy as can be
It's my tote of many uses
My sawzall made for me"
Using science to overcome gravity. Gravity is inconvenient sometimes. Father Time and Mother Nautre were kind enough to help out with the low tire on the splitter so that is nice.
It's a tibdly bit large for the splitter. It made the ol' Farmall H bark a bit.
Not a bad little pile for one piece of wood.
Read this to the tune of Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" .....
"My tote of many uses
That my sawzall made for me
Made only from junk
But I use it so proudly
Although it has no roof
it is handy as can be
It's my tote of many uses
My sawzall made for me"
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I purchased this off a farmer for $5 thinking it was neat and it would be really handy. It is even called the "HandyBoy" so I must be on to something. WRONG. What a horribly inconvenient tool. As a plierwrenchscrewdriver it fails at all of them. It's a neat piece though, just not a "HandyBoy".
Terrick down Under
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JB, I am glad to see that someone else uses the correct corrosion resistant adjustable (square to round) fixings that I use...but I really prefer then in black. Top job.
Terrick down Under
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JB, just curious...is the black fitting on top just an access point and vent?
The pipe is all used oil well pipe and a lot of it had a lot of schmoo on it so painting or otherwise would have been a nightmare PLUS it would be this color by now anyway. The round square thing happened 83% on purpose and 17% on accident. We have adjusted a few of them and they moved nice and easy. We tell everyone that asks it was planned but I feel I can be honest with y'alls.
The top white pvc fitting is PVC->NPT Threads with the intent of putting a screw plug in for access to the wiring and power supply. I however didn't have a nice screw plug so I used some leftover sprayer parts with the cap from a can of starting fluid. I'm calling this thing the "WiFi cam V1.0 Beta". I put this one together as a proof of concept and I love it. This morning I reconfigured the NanoStation to be an access point and connected to it with my phone and logged into the camera. I am going to "pretty it up" so I can take it with me on sales calls to show customers what it looks like in their barn. It should be a great sales tool as most people like to touch and see what the product does before shelling out the $$$$$$$.
Terrick down Under
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Absolutely great idea, push on with it, please. Have you thought of running it from a small solar panel with a battery?
I have and one of the lovely people at Ubiquiti has worked out a similar scenario to the power draw of a NanoStation and one Camera. I can't seem to figure out how to do it with stuff I have laying around so it'll probably not happen until the need arises.
Link to said similar scenario.
I will be playing around with it a bit and am going to add a weather tight RJ45 connector on the bottom so I can access the NanoStation and Camera hardwired from a laptop to change settings onsite.
Well I've been hard at it at work the last week and haven't done much interesting stuff so yeah. I decided to try using clic-it's for cable management in the power supply/switch boxes on my current camera install. I feel rather "meh" about it. Don't judge the mess, it's a working work in progress, or rather a hurry up and make it live before the weekend sort of deal. Blue lines are internet, white are cameras and the black is a spare.
Since daylight savings time has magically given me another hour in the evening to work I got some bird netting up in the steer barn. There were WAY too many of those damn flying rats known as pigeons living in my overhang so they had to be evicted once and for all.
I'll be installing a UniFi 24 Port (US-24-250W) switch at the next camera job so I decided to get it here a little early to play with it and learn it's in's and out's. I like it. I'll probably have to purchase one eventually.
This made me laugh so I'll share it. One of his pen pals poopered on his back and he looks really chill considering the steamy hot pile sitting on his spine.
It was in the low 50's today so we all wandered out to the chicken barn site and had a walk around. Our 4 year old saw a huge flat area and took off running. T'was fun until she got mired in the clay and I had to rescue her. She was freaking out because she couldn't figure out why she couldn't move her feet. Poor kid, we were laughing at her and she was crying and she probably thought we were the mean-er-est parents ever. Oh well. 19 seconds later she was laughing and running again.
Since daylight savings time has magically given me another hour in the evening to work I got some bird netting up in the steer barn. There were WAY too many of those damn flying rats known as pigeons living in my overhang so they had to be evicted once and for all.
I'll be installing a UniFi 24 Port (US-24-250W) switch at the next camera job so I decided to get it here a little early to play with it and learn it's in's and out's. I like it. I'll probably have to purchase one eventually.
This made me laugh so I'll share it. One of his pen pals poopered on his back and he looks really chill considering the steamy hot pile sitting on his spine.
It was in the low 50's today so we all wandered out to the chicken barn site and had a walk around. Our 4 year old saw a huge flat area and took off running. T'was fun until she got mired in the clay and I had to rescue her. She was freaking out because she couldn't figure out why she couldn't move her feet. Poor kid, we were laughing at her and she was crying and she probably thought we were the mean-er-est parents ever. Oh well. 19 seconds later she was laughing and running again.
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Well, that's the best way to learn 'em to stay out of the mud...let 'em get mired in it.
The corn head we have needs some TLC so we've been looking for a different one. Low and behold we found one for a decent price at an auction on Thursday. Drove down there and had it loaded up.
The trailer is about a foot too high for the combine to pick it off and we weren't all that crazy about using the tractor and loader to lift it up so we got creative.
Dig a hole to back one side of the trailer into so it drops down about a foot and we should be good.
It sure looks like it'll work .....
Mark this one down as a decent idea. Worked great and didn't even require that much effort to make it happen.
It has a lot of new parts and has been repainted so it looks sharp.
The trailer is about a foot too high for the combine to pick it off and we weren't all that crazy about using the tractor and loader to lift it up so we got creative.
Dig a hole to back one side of the trailer into so it drops down about a foot and we should be good.
It sure looks like it'll work .....
Mark this one down as a decent idea. Worked great and didn't even require that much effort to make it happen.
It has a lot of new parts and has been repainted so it looks sharp.
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I assumed it was brand new, considering how clean it is. Looks good!
Stuart in MN
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This is a late response, but for $5 you did well. They are awful as a real tool, but the collector value is pretty high - when I do see them at swap meets I think the price tag is usually more like $30 or $40.
These corn heads were produced from 1986-1996 and this one looks to be early 90's.
After getting it home and doing some research on it I know we really did get a good deal. Every single wear part was replaced and the whole things was dissembled and painted/cleaned/repaired. There is a farm in Iowa that rebuilds them over winter and trucked a pair of them up here to the auction we purchased this one at. We paid less than half of what they have them listed for on their website. They probably won't be bringing more up here so good thing we got one when we did !!
In very unrelated news, I wrapped up a 25 camera install this week. Feels good to be done. All in I used: 9,000 feet of Cat5e, 1x24 Port Unifi Siwtch, 1x16 Port Unifi Switch, 1x8 Port Unifi Siwtch, NVR PC has a 4Tb drive running Ubuntu. Furthest camera from the office is almost 600'. Most are recording 24x7 with a mix of 480p, 720p and 1080p resolutions. I also installed 4x PicoStations and they have WiFi in/on damn near every corner of the building site. It turned out very nicely and they seem happy, which is good !!
Here is a view of all 25 cams. I told them we need to find somewhere to put another one so all 26 spaces are used in this view. It'll probably happen.
My poor van was a DISASTER afterwords so I tore almost everything out and cleaned/organized it. Man it feels good to have it cleaned again !! These are from mid-way through said cleaning ....
Here are a couple shots of cameras in their installed locations. I didn't get shots of them all but most of them. This is the first time I co-located them on one 5x5x2 box. It worked VERY well !!
One of them looking over the maternity pen.
One of 4 PicoStations I put in the barns and shop. Camera is on the left, PicoStation is on the right. These little access points are VERY powerful and are quite inexpensive.
Everything gets run in conduit and all the cameras get mounted on the cover of a 4x4x2 box (with the exception of the access points as there is no way to do this nicely)
I have mixed feelings about mounting these two so close together but it all checked out and works great. The PicoStation provideing WiFi in the shop is running in the 2.4Ghz band and the NanoStation is in the 5Ghz band so all is well.
In the remote locations I put the switches and patch panels in a 12x12x6 box. Seals everything up nicely and keeps it all nice and dry. I was worried about heat at first but haven't had a single failure in the last year and a half on dozens of other farms so it must be ok. The sign on the UPS reads "If I'm Beeping: 1. No power/unplugged 2. My battery has to be replaced (The LED should be red)"
Here is a view of all 25 cams. I told them we need to find somewhere to put another one so all 26 spaces are used in this view. It'll probably happen.
My poor van was a DISASTER afterwords so I tore almost everything out and cleaned/organized it. Man it feels good to have it cleaned again !! These are from mid-way through said cleaning ....
Here are a couple shots of cameras in their installed locations. I didn't get shots of them all but most of them. This is the first time I co-located them on one 5x5x2 box. It worked VERY well !!
One of them looking over the maternity pen.
One of 4 PicoStations I put in the barns and shop. Camera is on the left, PicoStation is on the right. These little access points are VERY powerful and are quite inexpensive.
Everything gets run in conduit and all the cameras get mounted on the cover of a 4x4x2 box (with the exception of the access points as there is no way to do this nicely)
I have mixed feelings about mounting these two so close together but it all checked out and works great. The PicoStation provideing WiFi in the shop is running in the 2.4Ghz band and the NanoStation is in the 5Ghz band so all is well.
In the remote locations I put the switches and patch panels in a 12x12x6 box. Seals everything up nicely and keeps it all nice and dry. I was worried about heat at first but haven't had a single failure in the last year and a half on dozens of other farms so it must be ok. The sign on the UPS reads "If I'm Beeping: 1. No power/unplugged 2. My battery has to be replaced (The LED should be red)"
Well the brake lines on the ol' Buick gave out and I don't feel like fixing it SO I hath purchased a different vehicle. I bought it from a high school buddy who's parents got it for him 14 years ago with only 20k miles, it now has 132k. 2001 Dodge Neon, $500. Runs, drives and does what it's suppose to I guess.
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Nothing wrong with a cheap little commuter car.
Looks like it's in pretty good shape, too.
Looks like it's in pretty good shape, too.ABSTIFFGS
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That car looks like a prime candidate for Subaru engine swap.
