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Bigblue&Goldie
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I'm tired of tripping on / shuffling the 11 bikes in my little 3 car garage. Picked up some cool hooks that trolley in unistrut. Grabbed some 2" 11ga square tubing, some triangle gussets (I added the speedholes to get my wife spicy), and leveling feet and went to town with the glue gun. Rather frustrating day as there was a steady breeze, and I already dislike MIG welding. I'll drop it off for powdercoat on Monday, trim the leveling feet stems down, and cap the tube ends with plastic pieces to clean it up. Nothing fancy with this one, but I'm glad to have the bike mess sorted.
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Large Sliding Hook - Shop Gear-blocks
The Large Sliding Hook is a great for making your own sliding bike rack using strut channel. This hook is fixed and works with mountain bikes and tires less than 3.5" [89mm] wide.
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strength_and_power
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Got the door stood up and installed Thursday along with the last of the welding. Came back Friday and got my equipment out and a few pics. Stopped at my next build a few miles down the road to see what I’m up against.
Here is the completed vault. GC is supposed to be turning over a finished store at the end of April, it will be interesting if they make it.
Here is the completed vault. GC is supposed to be turning over a finished store at the end of April, it will be interesting if they make it.
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strength_and_power
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Those hooks are slck, nice projectI'm tired of tripping on / shuffling the 11 bikes in my little 3 car garage. Picked up some cool hooks that trolley in unistrut. Grabbed some 2" 11ga square tubing, some triangle gussets (I added the speedholes to get my wife spicy), and leveling feet and went to town with the glue gun. Rather frustrating day as there was a steady breeze, and I already dislike MIG welding. I'll drop it off for powdercoat on Monday, trim the leveling feet stems down, and cap the tube ends with plastic pieces to clean it up. Nothing fancy with this one, but I'm glad to have the bike mess sorted.
Large Sliding Hook - Shop Gear-blocks
The Large Sliding Hook is a great for making your own sliding bike rack using strut channel. This hook is fixed and works with mountain bikes and tires less than 3.5" [89mm] wide.
PugetDude
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I have been really happy with 825 Powder Coating, Ryan. He quotes 2 week lead time and usually calls a few days later and tells me it's ready. Pricing has been really competitive, too.I'm tired of tripping on / shuffling the 11 bikes in my little 3 car garage. Picked up some cool hooks that trolley in unistrut. Grabbed some 2" 11ga square tubing, some triangle gussets (I added the speedholes to get my wife spicy), and leveling feet and went to town with the glue gun. Rather frustrating day as there was a steady breeze, and I already dislike MIG welding. I'll drop it off for powdercoat on Monday, trim the leveling feet stems down, and cap the tube ends with plastic pieces to clean it up. Nothing fancy with this one, but I'm glad to have the bike mess sorted.
Large Sliding Hook - Shop Gear-blocks
The Large Sliding Hook is a great for making your own sliding bike rack using strut channel. This hook is fixed and works with mountain bikes and tires less than 3.5" [89mm] wide.
KwikFab
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Cut and welded up most of my stool project.
Just need a few more things to arrive until I can finish it.
Made a new thread on it if y'all want to see the boring details.
Just need a few more things to arrive until I can finish it.
Made a new thread on it if y'all want to see the boring details.
Bigblue&Goldie
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Yeah, your patio furniture looked really nice.
larry4406
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Very nice!Cut and welded up most of my stool project.
Just need a few more things to arrive until I can finish it.
Made a new thread on it if y'all want to see the boring details.
Like to the thread for the shop stool?
Garage Junkie
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Man I'd love to have that in my basement....
KwikFab
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DIY Garage Stool
Haven't posted in awhile, especially my own thread so thought I'd start one for the hell of it. Been tired of my HF chair on account that it's too tall for the welding table, so it normally sits at my laptop. However, having people over means I normally have to stand so I need a second chair...
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kaymccampbell
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Keep a fair sized cardboard box on hand. They work great when you run out of mattresses. I've been using one for a wind shield for decades.
Beerhippie
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Those hooks seem like they'd have a place out in my garden tool shed for organizing all the **** I have to move every time I need to get something out.I'm tired of tripping on / shuffling the 11 bikes in my little 3 car garage. Picked up some cool hooks that trolley in unistrut. Grabbed some 2" 11ga square tubing, some triangle gussets (I added the speedholes to get my wife spicy), and leveling feet and went to town with the glue gun. Rather frustrating day as there was a steady breeze, and I already dislike MIG welding. I'll drop it off for powdercoat on Monday, trim the leveling feet stems down, and cap the tube ends with plastic pieces to clean it up. Nothing fancy with this one, but I'm glad to have the bike mess sorted.
Large Sliding Hook - Shop Gear-blocks
The Large Sliding Hook is a great for making your own sliding bike rack using strut channel. This hook is fixed and works with mountain bikes and tires less than 3.5" [89mm] wide.
Whoa! How much do you weigh? Those look like 2,000 lb-rated urethane casters!Cut and welded up most of my stool project.
Just need a few more things to arrive until I can finish it.
Made a new thread on it if y'all want to see the boring details.
KwikFab
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165lbs but my ego is a lot heavier than you think
PugetDude
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Started a little welding project, going to be a surprise for my neighbor. (He's a dentist.)
More to come.
More to come.
Beerhippie
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While I was liking the rusty look on the giant ice scraper project a LOT, it was starting to leave a rust streak on the wall where it hung. Can't have that.
Before:
It was actually much worse than that after a month of scraping salty ice and hanging on a wall in the snow and rain.
After:
No mo' rust.
Before:
It was actually much worse than that after a month of scraping salty ice and hanging on a wall in the snow and rain.
After:
No mo' rust.
Beerhippie
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Now it's really done:
Not the best stencil cutting job I've ever done. That's the brewery logo--or, as I'm informed by marketing, the OLD logo.
Not the best stencil cutting job I've ever done. That's the brewery logo--or, as I'm informed by marketing, the OLD logo.
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harley jim
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PugetDude
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BT, DT.
What about using a press for a log splitter?
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Man, that must be slow, haha! I guess it would be fine for a few logs
Beerhippie
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It occurred to me today that I hadn't done any welding in over a week. I was starting to feel a bit twitchy.
This contraption:
is something I made up a number of years ago for cleaning the three Rinnai C199s that are our sole source of hot water for the brewery. Since I use them in a recirculating mode to heat 600-1,200 gallons of water to 185 F and our water has a lot of carbonate hardness, I need to clean them between once and twice a month. It does the job, but those tiny casters... the smallest pebble brings it to a halt, and due to the tiny footprint and tall aspect, it then wants to turn turtle--not good with 10 gallons of hot acid descaler in it.
I have a pretty good stash of salvage casters, but none with that size threaded stem, so... Welder Time!
An hour later:
Much better! The front caster is fixed and the two rear ones swivel. Works pretty darn slick.
Now I need to find the original red oxide primer to match....
This contraption:
is something I made up a number of years ago for cleaning the three Rinnai C199s that are our sole source of hot water for the brewery. Since I use them in a recirculating mode to heat 600-1,200 gallons of water to 185 F and our water has a lot of carbonate hardness, I need to clean them between once and twice a month. It does the job, but those tiny casters... the smallest pebble brings it to a halt, and due to the tiny footprint and tall aspect, it then wants to turn turtle--not good with 10 gallons of hot acid descaler in it.
I have a pretty good stash of salvage casters, but none with that size threaded stem, so... Welder Time!
An hour later:
Much better! The front caster is fixed and the two rear ones swivel. Works pretty darn slick.
Now I need to find the original red oxide primer to match....
Beerhippie
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I figured out the mis-match of primer colors: the deeper red is X-O-Rust (True Value house brand), while the stuff I used to paint the new work was Rustoleum. I was thinking of over-painting with some X-O and then realized... it's Friday. I've used up every **** I had budgeted for the week already. It'll look fine from my house.
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PugetDude
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Better go buy some of that XO Rust since True Value is going +'+$ up.
Beerhippie
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I don't much like the stuff anyway--much prefer Rustoleum products.
Besides, True Value (why is the ue in value not pronounced the same as in true?) hasn't really been a hardware store in years.
PugetDude
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I really like our local True Value store, they are a lot closer than Agent Orange and had store personnel that actually knew what they are doing. Decent selection and a lot easier to get in and out of. Stopped in today for a bucket of drywall mud, all the Master Mechanic brand stuff is deeply discounted for close out. Irony is that they switched from Do it Best to True Value a few years ago, now switching back.
Old Man Roger
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Beerhippie
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Interesting. Our Wallowa County Grain Growers--once a co-op grange--was a Do It Best up to a few years ago, too. Now they're a Troo Valyou (correcting the pronunciation). I guess it's back to DIB, but I doubt I'll notice the difference. But Troo Valyou is much more fun to say.
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Beerhippie
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I just recall him smashing **** with a giant maul--I'd forgotten he was an actual comedian.
I'm sure George Carlin had something to say on the subject....
Old Man Roger
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Do yourself a favor and watch his old specials. Don’t get fooled by his brother.
stinkity stoink
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finally Got around to adding another arm to my workstation. I I mount a lot of tools and things I use to 1 inch round bar so I could clamp them in the station. I put things like my planishing hammer, shear
and various dollies.
and various dollies.Beerhippie
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Watch my welding posts--they'll make you feel better about your skills.I wish I could weld like that!
KwikFab
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PugetDude
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KwikFab
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Welding is hard.
Grinding is easy.
Grinding is tough, I hate it with a passion (the metal dust specifically) so I almost never grind unless someone needs it done!
Welding? Super easy!
Beerhippie
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Grinding is to a welder as caulk and paint are to a carpenter.Welding is hard.
Grinding is easy.
Beerhippie
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I prefer to grind outside.
I also prefer you grind outside!
PugetDude
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Jealous as hell at you planishing hammers.finally Got around to adding another arm to my workstation. I I mount a lot of tools and things I use to 1 inch round bar so I could clamp them in the station. I put things like my planishing hammer, shear