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Above 1200 Sq/FT Shorty's Shed

Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.

cbacres

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Hey Shorty, thanx for stopping by on Thursday. was great to meet you, I thought that table would never be more than a dog house but it looks like you have other plans....
My heeler keeps looking around for her shelter!

Did you check Shortys truck before he left?🤣🤣
 
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shortykorte

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Pa said a little elbow grease goes a long way. Boy does it. Wa-la!!!
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Ready for service.

Elbow grease was the 5 minutes to find this picture online. 🤔 mine won’t be as nice but it will be functional. Due to the rust, I will downgrade capacity from 2200# to #500.
 

Chrisb62

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Pa said a little elbow grease goes a long way. Boy does it. Wa-la!!!
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Ready for service.

Elbow grease was the 5 minutes to find this picture online. 🤔 mine won’t be as nice but it will be functional. Due to the rust, I will downgrade capacity from 2200# to #500.
You can replace some of the rust with new metal and with your welding skills :unsure: ummmmm..........never mind. :spit:
 

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Shorty, from my quick once over, I think once you scape the rust off, you’ll find it to be fairly sound.

You could scrape and wire brush it, coat with Ospho.


I would drill a hole through the pipe legs to check wall thickness, worst case you might have to replace those, at least thatd keep you out of trouble from a collapse.

I’m having flashbacks to the large object that had you pinned to your shop floor.☹️

Have fun with it, look forward to what you do with it.
 

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Cold? Buffalo is cold, Strouty is cold, we're a little chilly here, you're tepid at worst. No blood shed?!?!?! What are we going to do for this weeks safety meeting?
 
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shortykorte

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The big guy (a 9# toy mini schnauzer) is feeling sh1tty so the morning was spent at the vets. ☹️

Put the new lift cart to use.
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Speaking of lumberjacks (not left coast kind) 😜
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Got to get some sleep, lumberjack by day tomorrow.
 
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shortykorte

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Safety First.

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Buck didn’t show so we’ll see who saws.

Dropped another tree. I watched a video on this technique and so far so good. You cut the wedge , then on back cut straight in trying to keep the center as parallel as possible.
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I’ll attempt the largest tree that needs to come down tomorrow. 🤔

Spent about 30 minutes knocking the surface warts off and hitting the top a little with the wire cup. I think with a little buffing, it will look great.
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shortykorte

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I don’t have a tractor or skid steer so my old beat up lawnmower stepped up to move yesterday’s trunk pieces to the termite area.
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Also finished up trimming the branches.
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Then it was off to cut down the 85’ pine with 72” circumference. To test out my new technique I put up two stakes about 7’ apart as my target. After cutting the wedge I felt the tree would miss to the left.
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Timber!!!! I think this is good enough. 😋
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Delimbed this tree and cut 4 more down then off to lunch.
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shortykorte

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Finally finished up a welding project made up of mostly scrap pieces. This is my pine straw and branch rake.
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The main angle is a rusty piece from metal rack, the tow bar is the original fence runner from my CM table saw. Just saw Tractor Supply has a pine straw rake for $400 😳
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And being imaginative, for a truck bed tool box, I went Dixie County redneck.
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Oh, picked up my mom’s curio and transferred stuff out of the gun cabinet to it.
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