Above 1200 Sq/FT T-Handles Workshop (The final destination??)

[Ronin22]

Those two drawers:

 

[T-handle]

I love your attention to detail.

Excited for even higher quality YouTube videos!

Thanks bdbecker!

Those two drawers:

Thanks Leo.. I mean Ronin22!

Is that from the Wolf of wall street? I watched that movie a while ago and it was Good! Lot of action

 

[T-handle]

I did some time traveling and swapped all my pictures on this thread. over 1000 photos re-sized and adjusted to look better. Lot of work and I'm not even sure do they look better
I re-sized my photos to 16:9. I think it's better for pc-screen and mobile. I think the pics look a bit sharper too.

I've been sanding the lathe parts. I did some prep work for the new paint. I'm going to paint the big parts when it's assembled back together. Avoiding the scratches that way for the new paint.

The big parts are now on primer and I'm working on the chip pan.

Shopdog Nelli checking the ways. She hates the air compressor buzzing when I'm sanding. She can open the doors so she splits right away when I pick up the sander

I've been learning the new camera. Dam there's too much to figure out

I'm so glad these things don't use film anymore Instead 20 shots you have 2000 where to pick from..

Have a great end of the week!

 

[nicholam77]

I did some time traveling and swapped all my pictures on this thread. over 1000 photos re-sized and adjusted to look better. Lot of work and I'm not even sure do they look better

[...]

I re-sized my photos to 16:9. I think it's better for pc-screen and mobile. I think the pics look a bit sharper too.

Wow, that's a big job! From a filmic perspective, a wider aspect ratio is more akin to the human eye -- we see things in panorama, not square. In that sense I think it's more cinematic to have a wider aspect ratio. Not everyone may care but I will go ahead and say they look nice in 16:9

I've been learning the new camera. Dam there's too much to figure out

I'm so glad these things don't use film anymore Instead 20 shots you have 2000 where to pick from..

Have a great end of the week!

It's a blessing and a curse if you ask me. Often times I'll take 10 pictures of the same thing and then I can't decide which ones to delete. Less risk in getting the perfect shot, but results in more storage space, more digital organization, more content. Sometimes it can be overwhelming.

P.S. Not sure I've commented here before but have been following a long while. Your shop, organization, and photos are absolutely stellar!

 

[rattle_snake]

Good to see you have a shop dog checking your work. My dog can open doors too (from both sides). Roll car windows down too.

 

[fartymarty]

HA! Why am I not surprised!

Seeing what you did to these hammers...

...it is only logical that you would go back through your thread and clean and polish it up as well.
Of course I had to go inspect it from beginning to end to make sure you didn't make any mistakes...I couldn't find any but my tool/shop envy might have prevented me from seeing clearly. Thanks for making me go back and see it all again.

I did notice one thing though, I think Nelli has lost some weight. Has she been on a diet?

 

[T-handle]

Wow, that's a big job! From a filmic perspective, a wider aspect ratio is more akin to the human eye -- we see things in panorama, not square. In that sense I think it's more cinematic to have a wider aspect ratio. Not everyone may care but I will go ahead and say they look nice in 16:9




It's a blessing and a curse if you ask me. Often times I'll take 10 pictures of the same thing and then I can't decide which ones to delete. Less risk in getting the perfect shot, but results in more storage space, more digital organization, more content. Sometimes it can be overwhelming.

P.S. Not sure I've commented here before but have been following a long while. Your shop, organization, and photos are absolutely stellar!

Thanks for stopping by Nicholam77!

It was a few nights uploading photos to Smugmug and here, Lot of tea and podcasts on background and it went pretty smooth. I've used the GJ photo album and it's full now. I can use it for quick reference picks now when need to.

Thanks for the input! That makes perfect sense. I think 16:9 looks better too. I hope that there could be a dark theme on GJ. I often go around threads with my phone in dark at night. Dark theme would pop the pics even better

I totally agree with the "too much where to pick from" situation. I have to upload all pics to the pc and then go through them. I cant see any difference from my camera or phone display

I've been following your thread too but I'm a bit shy to write comments. I have to do better on that

Again. Thanks for stopping by!

Good to see you have a shop dog checking your work. My dog can open doors too (from both sides). Roll car windows down too.

Hi Rattle_snake! Yes they can be pretty clever things
When Nelli was a pup she went outside for needs at night opening the front door. Only problem was that she didn't close the door and everybody was sleeping. There was about -25c outside. We figured out pretty soon and lock the doors.

Better not to teach how to press the horn when waiting in car I've seen those videos and it's hilarious

HA! Why am I not surprised!

Seeing what you did to these hammers...

...it is only logical that you would go back through your thread and clean and polish it up as well.
Of course I had to go inspect it from beginning to end to make sure you didn't make any mistakes...I couldn't find any but my tool/shop envy might have prevented me from seeing clearly. Thanks for making me go back and see it all again.

I did notice one thing though, I think Nelli has lost some weight. Has she been on a diet?

Isn't that a nice tool wrap It was a Christmas eve when I finished those hammers. Did a small holiday greeting to my Youtube channel.

Thanks for checking out how I did. I removed few blurry pictures without influencing the content. I'm not a great story teller and have a bit of a language barrier so my thread is a big picture book for grown-ups

Yes you are right. Sharp eye there! Nelli has dropped about 10kg of winter hair in our apartment She is a mix of Collie, White Shepherd Dog, Husky and a Alaskan Malamute.

She has this really thick under coat and when that falls of it's a mess. We destroyed two vacuum cleaners until I bought a industrial size Kärcher inside the house too

She grows it back when the weather gets cold again.

Thanks for stopping by FartyMarty!

 

[rixtrix1]

Wow. it's been about a year since I checked in and boy have you been busy! Fantastic job with all the cleaning, organizing and building! I really like the welding table project. A friend who works for a mining pump company has access to a scrap pile that rivals a metal supply shop. He built a similar table with 16mm holes mag-drilled into some 1" plate( from "scrap" lile). For hold down clamps, he found a bunch of 16mmx3" bolts in the same scrap pile, cut of the threads and welded the straight portions of some cheap bar clamps( much like the one in the first pics of your table build) to the bolt heads for a portion of what dedicated clamps cost. There's just enough play between the bolt shanks and the table holes to allow them to lock in place when the screw clamp is tightened down. Your lathe restoration is out of this world. it will look brand new, or better, when done! You have lots of innovative ideas and the attention to detail is awesome. Gotta say thank for sharing here and on youtube( rixtrix11 there).

 

[kruizer66]

Really enjoying your workshop and restorations. If only I had a shop that big...
I bet you could make a good living helping us Americans get our shops organized for us..

 

[T-handle]

Wow. it's been about a year since I checked in and boy have you been busy! Fantastic job with all the cleaning, organizing and building!
Your lathe restoration is out of this world. it will look brand new, or better, when done! You have lots of innovative ideas and the attention to detail is awesome. Gotta say thank for sharing here and on youtube( rixtrix11 there).

Thanks a lot Rixtrix1!

I have done a lot and there's lot to be done still, but I like it. Sometimes I hope My workshop would be ready and I could get my hands in to my projects. There's a few waiting But I'm getting there one day at the time.

I really like the welding table project. A friend who works for a mining pump company has access to a scrap pile that rivals a metal supply shop. He built a similar table with 16mm holes mag-drilled into some 1" plate( from "scrap" lile). For hold down clamps, he found a bunch of 16mmx3" bolts in the same scrap pile, cut of the threads and welded the straight portions of some cheap bar clamps( much like the one in the first pics of your table build) to the bolt heads for a portion of what dedicated clamps cost. There's just enough play between the bolt shanks and the table holes to allow them to lock in place when the screw clamp is tightened down.

Sounds like your buddy hit the gold pile One inch plate is a sturdy table for welding. I've been planning something like that for clamps too. I have to do few when I get my lathe running again. Thanks for the tips!

For now I'm using a ton of wise grips

Thanks for stopping by Rixtrix1!

Really enjoying your workshop and restorations. If only I had a shop that big...

Thanks for stopping by kruizer66!

Nice if your like my progress

I bet you could make a good living helping us Americans get our shops organized for us..

Hey that sounds like a business plan. I think I might be too slow






What is at the end of the rainbow? Well in here there's a sauna heating up

Have a great week!

 

[T-handle]

Small lathe update


The chip pan was pretty beat up. I guess it has been lifted with pallet forks under the chip pan. I tapped all the dings out with hammer and dolly. I tried to remove few bigger dents with heat. There was some "oil canning" but the heat trick didn't work, so I used a shrinking hammer and it worked great. The sheet metal is very soft on the chip pan.

I removed the old cooling sump from the pan. I have never used it and it is hard to clean from chips. There's a shelf under the chip pan and I'm going to place there some plastic containers for chips. So I made a hole on to the chip pan. I can clean it easy by scraping the chips to the container thru the hole.

I made a small lip around the hole to get some support on the pan. If I want to use a coolant I can make a separate coolant pump/container and drill some drains on the pan with hose connectors.

I spotwelded the lip on the pan and it came nice and rigid. I can make a lid to the hole if need to.


There was a small surprise under the larger lathe leg. All four leveling leg holes were busted. I guess the machine was bolted to the floor seventy years ago and they chipped the castings. Not sure. I have struggled to level the lathe sometimes and now I know why

I guess it's okay to look under the machine too to check the shape.

I had some Loctite chemical metal so I fixed the castings with that. There is a large washer between the machine leg and the leveling feet so the weight is spread evenly. All it needs is a good straight bearing surface.

The smaller leg was fine.

I made a mold for the Loctite and rolled some teflon tape around the leveling bolt so it won't stick.

I filed the Loctite straight and painted the underside too.

These old machines have some "nice" stink by sucking all the oil and smooh in to the castings over the years It's good way to seal it by painting all the surfaces. And it's easy to keep clean too. There was some casting sand too on few places.

Now I can put the base back together and move on. I've been hunting a special paint inside the headstock. There's a Glyptal insulating paint that is used in these but I cant get it from Finland. I have to visit my paint store and look for a different application. The old paint isn't so bad but there's a lot of pin holes and ruff places I liked to make better.



Have a great week everybody!

 

[cros13]

I can't wait to see the lathe finished. Your attention to detail is out of this world as usual.

Actually i cant wait until you get started on your zed too!!

Rudi.

 

[T-handle]

I can't wait to see the lathe finished. Your attention to detail is out of this world as usual.

Actually i cant wait until you get started on your zed too!!

Rudi.

Thanks Rudi! I'm looking for to spin some metal too

Zed?? I don't have a Datsun Z project.. I wish I did! Or do you mean my maZda deluxe or Chevy Zquarebody projects

 

[T-handle]

I had a great and relaxing weekend. I took some time off from the workshop. Did some workshop related stuff though.

Saturday morning me and shopmanager went to the local car museum to swap meet. There was some cool cars and old tools for sale.

I bought some vintage Finish made chisels from fifties.

This is the good stuff in here. Hackman is still alive and mostly known from frying pans.
Look's like a nice restoration project. I paid 3€ a piece.

I was having my afternoon tea on the porch and a bird flew to the window. It had a decent hit and wasn't moving at all. I picked it up and check the damage. No broken wings or legs and no blood. I kept it on my hand for half hour and it wakes up. Shopmanager gave it some bread and water. It pooped on the table for thanks and flew away Cool young finch.




Shopmanager started to build his own workshop on the backyard. I like this design with workshop on the front and a small house on the back attached

There's a watchtower for zombie attacks of course. And a runaway bridge if the **** hits the fan with zombies.
I'm working as a supervisor sitting in the wheelbarrow

There's a nice green supplies store on the background I helped with the rails and nailed some supports in to the structure.
No thumbs were damaged on the whole weekend

Saturday was a cheat day so we went to the town for dinner. Pizza was delicious.

Nice weekend and I got the batteries charged well. Have a great week guys!

 

[T-handle]

Lathe update

The base is back together. Looks a bit like a lathe again.

I used some new hardware, the old washers was so nice and heavy duty so I re-used those.
I was wondering, If you start a lathe factory, what lathe would you buy to make the first lathe and does it make the lathe that you bought better than the lathe that you are making

These are the bolts that adjust the headstock in line with the carriage travel. There's four bolts under the headstock to lock the headstock on place when it's straight. I have to buy a morse taper 4 alignment tool.

Now I can focus on the smaller parts. Lot of prep work before the primer and paint. I'm going to do the scraping work on the moving parts before painting those.

Slowly going in the right direction. I got a great deal with Koyo bearings from my local tractor supplies store. So Koyo I went There's a one self-aligning roller bearing from Switzerland and some new axle seals as well.

I had some serious supervisor job this weekend. Shopmanager is going for a third floor

Have a great week!

 

[Ronin22]

Your shopmanager's house is bigger than mine lol!!!
Nice progress on the lathe!

 

[cros13]

Thanks Rudi! I'm looking for to spin some metal too

Zed?? I don't have a Datsun Z project.. I wish I did! Or do you mean my maZda deluxe or Chevy Zquarebody projects

Aaahh! I'm getting you confused with JDMjunkies (Nils from Switzerland)!!

You have the blue Mazda you restored for your wife correct?

Whoops!

Lathe is looking great!



Rudi.

 

[bj383ss]

T you don't do anything halfway do you. The Lathe is looking awesome. The little one has an awesome playhouse. He is going to remember that forever.

Bret

 

[old_smokey]

T-Handle, just found your thread and read the whole thing in one go, I love what you've done with your shop! The organization, DIY tool holders and tables, it's all so good! I have a Finnish neighbour across the street who you remind me of at times. He just finished building a sauna on the back of a small trailer. He will tow that thing anywhere!

 

[T-handle]

Your shopmanager's house is bigger than mine lol!!!
Nice progress on the lathe!

Thanks Ronin22! Yes the shopmanager has huge plans I have to hide some pallets so the playhouse will be ready to play sometimes

T you don't do anything halfway do you. The Lathe is looking awesome. The little one has an awesome playhouse. He is going to remember that forever.

Bret

Thanks Bret!

I think I ruined my back by doing too much too fast. Now I'm trying to focus one thing at the time 100%. It's difficult to be super precise and it takes a lot of time.
Yes I think so too, I remember my first treehouse thirty years ago, those were the days.. He learns a lot by doing things like this, like the hammer will rust if you leave it in to the rain

Thanks for stopping by Bret!

T-Handle, just found your thread and read the whole thing in one go, I love what you've done with your shop! The organization, DIY tool holders and tables, it's all so good! I have a Finnish neighbour across the street who you remind me of at times. He just finished building a sauna on the back of a small trailer. He will tow that thing anywhere!

Thanks for stopping by Old_smokey!

Great that you have enjoyed my thread. I try to update it regularly.
Oh sauna trailer! sounds great. When I was a kid we had a camper made from old sixties Volvo bus. It had a sauna build in the back It was awesome. You have to go and test your neighbors sauna, it's a great experience.

 

[T-handle]

Aaahh! I'm getting you confused with JDMjunkies (Nils from Switzerland)!!

You have the blue Mazda you restored for your wife correct?

Whoops!

Lathe is looking great!



Rudi.

No worries Rudi. I think I mentioned sometimes that my brother used to have Datsun 240Z from 1972. It was gun metal gray with black interior. One of the nicest car I have ever seen live. I'm still mad to myself that I didn't bought it when my brother sold it away.

Yes I have (my wife has) a 1972 Mazda luce deluxe. I dug few pictures of the project we did together 2013.



We bought it under the spruce and there was a lot of moss on the roof But it was pretty solid and all the main parts were there.







First task after disassembling was lowering the car for right ride height. I lowered it about 2.5 inch.













There was a lot of welding to do. I replaced all the door bottoms, dust panels from back and part of the front, part of the floor and the rocker panels. I all the parts from 1mm sheets.



I sprayed the acid primer and the filler primer on my yard and block sanded for paint.









I sandblasted all the parts from the steering etc and painted those. Brakes and other stuff are a mix of parts from other cars. No parts available anymore.



Shopmanager (3years old) doing new exhaust









Girls did the interior work and it shows









And ready to go. It has a 106hp 1.8liter engine and four speed manual. It is a fun car to drive. We had nice success in drive-in shows with shopmanager. There's a lot of talking with strangers about the brand of the car.
it is often thought as a Alfa romeo. It is designed by Bertone from Italy.

Here is a small video about the car if you want to check it out

After few summers of driving the engine started burn some oil. I have the engine of at the moment and all new parts for the motor. The block is bored for oversize and all surfaces are planed. When I get my workshop ready I think this will be my first project to do.

Have a great day!

 

[gearhead1960]

T,
Love the Mazda. Nice job on the restoration. Reminds me of an early 70's Audi 100 model that I believe might have also had Bertone design or at least design influence...

 

[T-handle]

T,
Love the Mazda. Nice job on the restoration. Reminds me of an early 70's Audi 100 model that I believe might have also had Bertone design or at least design influence...

Thanks Gearhead1960!

That is one beautiful car too. There's definitely some same lines in the sides and hood area. I love those Audi coupes with low stance. Rare car these days..

 

[Bob Heine]

Tapio, great save on the Mazda. I don't recall seeing that model on the street here in the US but that's understandable with only about 1,000 being imported. One of the best parts of traveling to other countries is seeing the cars that never made it to ours.

 

[gearhead1960]

Thanks Gearhead1960!

That is one beautiful car too. There's definitely some same lines in the sides and hood area. I love those Audi coupes with low stance. Rare car these days..

I have soft spot for that car as the four door version is the car I learned to drive on. Learned to bang gears and grab a little rubber on occasion (that mom or dad wasn't in the car....LOL). The one in the photo is a extremely nice example and would be something I would love to do. If I could find a clean one, it would likely get a more modern Audi drivetrain. I'm sure something would fit.....

 

[T-handle]

Tapio, great save on the Mazda. I don't recall seeing that model on the street here in the US but that's understandable with only about 1,000 being imported. One of the best parts of traveling to other countries is seeing the cars that never made it to ours.

Thanks Mr Bob!

Only 1000? So it's pretty rare car in states. There's a rotary engine version of this car. That would be cool. There's also a coupe model Mazda Luce. One beautiful car also.

Thanks for stopping by Bob!

I have soft spot for that car as the four door version is the car I learned to drive on. Learned to bang gears and grab a little rubber on occasion (that mom or dad wasn't in the car....LOL). The one in the photo is a extremely nice example and would be something I would love to do. If I could find a clean one, it would likely get a more modern Audi drivetrain. I'm sure something would fit.....

Great stuff Gearhead1960! We had a green Audi 100 4door when I was a kid. My dad was a big rally fan younger and when the Audi quattro/Hannu Mikkola did some serious winning in the Wrc around the world early eighties he had to get one

That sure is a great looking car. Audi coupe 100 is often seen with four round headlights in Europe. Both styles looks good!
That car with modern engine would be a gem!

Have you watched Retropowercars series from youtube? Those guys build some great vehicles to be driven on the track or road.

 

[gearhead1960]

Have you watched Retropowercars series from youtube? Those guys build some great vehicles to be driven on the track or road.

I haven't, but I'm subscribed now!

 

[T-handle]

I had a weekend off from the workshop. I did a small house project. Can't keep my hands of from tools

I bought a tv wall mount. I've been planning this every time I watch tv Witch is not a lot.

Here is the before situation.

A ton of wires on the top. I made this tv stand/picture gallery when I build the house. We had some artwork on the wall but we have re-used those frames decorating the kids rooms. I would like a three 70x100cm frames there with some vintage movie posters. We are still debating what movies

Well back to the project. First I took the leg of from the tv. I opened it and cleaned from inside. There was some dust, the tv is about 10 years old and I have never opened it. I have been waiting for the 4K tv prices to go down so I could update it.

I screwed the vesa mounts on the tv but they were to low. There was some clearance issues with the gables. I have connected the tv to the home theater system with optical gable and it doesn't like any tight corners.
So I took some 30mm spacers (30mm connecting nuts) and now they fit fine.

I screwed the tv mount to the wall. I have a osb sheets behind the plasterboard so I can mount stuff to the wall where ever needed.

There was a small level mounted on to the mounting kit and to my surprise it was showing pretty good

I zip tied some zip ties on the backside for gable management. I had to do this two times because I forged the center speaker gable.

I took the oak top outside and drilled some holes for the gables. I rounded the holes with router both sides. I was out of top oil so I have to apply some oil to the holes when I remember to buy some.

Then it was time to assembly everything. The gables are now hide as much as possible. Looks better already.

Nelli was supervising the process

Then it was time to adjust the sound and blow the dust off from the cones with some rock'n'roll and Eurodance

Looks better and now it's easier to clean the top and devices.



Have a great week guys!

 

[murd]

Wow, just made it through the whole thread. Fantastic work on everything! I'll have to go back through to watch the videos.

 

[nicholam77]

TV setup looks awesome, super clean! Not that I'd expect anything else from you basement on your workshop!

A+ on the wire management.

 

[T-handle]

I haven't, but I'm subscribed now!

Nice! I found this channel some time ago and they build some awesome rides.

Wow, just made it through the whole thread. Fantastic work on everything! I'll have to go back through to watch the videos.

Thanks for stopping by Murd! Nice if you like my thread

TV setup looks awesome, super clean! Not that I'd expect anything else from you basement on your workshop!

A+ on the wire management.

Thanks a lot Nicholam77

 

[patlun]

I had almost forgot this thread when i looked in my bookmarks.You have been really busy.

The new photos and the new format looks fantasitc, some of them is of a very high photographic quality. Your work with restoring that lathe makes my smile and remembering my father, he had loved to read this and look at the pictures. He was a machinist and tool smith with training from Nohab in Trollhättan.

The Datsun is really nice! It is as old as me, and in better shape

Your work in and with the shop is really inspiring for me, maybe I can get some time to get my shop in order this Fall. I am earning two hours a day by working from home.

 

[Matias]

Great work on that lathe! Must be a nice thing to have. Always thought of buying just a small one due to space and money restrictions, just to turn spacers and such. A good mentor would be invaluable in learning the skills.

And I like the Datsun. Just well executed, and I like the styling. Something that one would see in the Retro Cars forum/mag.

And good luck for the shop manager... he's taken a deep dive immediately, with having a shop build running at the same time as his scooter project. But I'm sure with a dad like you as an example, he'll finish both of them and with excellent results

 

[T-handle]

I had almost forgot this thread when i looked in my bookmarks.You have been really busy.

The new photos and the new format looks fantasitc, some of them is of a very high photographic quality. Your work with restoring that lathe makes my smile and remembering my father, he had loved to read this and look at the pictures. He was a machinist and tool smith with training from Nohab in Trollhättan.

Thanks for stopping by Patlun!

Thanks! I have surprised myself too with few photos. I get better all the time taking photos and watching tutorials.

Cool stuff they build on Nohab. Locomotives, tanks, nuclear power parts. I wish I could get the info and skill your Dad had in his mind.

The Datsun is really nice! It is as old as me, and in better shape

Your work in and with the shop is really inspiring for me, maybe I can get some time to get my shop in order this Fall. I am earning two hours a day by working from home.

Thanks! It's actually a Mazda but same country, Your not the first one

Nice to inspire somebody. I have found it too from all these fantastic threads.
You have to make your own thread about your shop (if you haven't already)
Small office in the shop and you can combine work and hobby

Great work on that lathe! Must be a nice thing to have. Always thought of buying just a small one due to space and money restrictions, just to turn spacers and such. A good mentor would be invaluable in learning the skills.

Thanks for stopping by Matias!

It can be super handy to have. I have made a ton of parts with it. This is my first lathe and I learned to turn with it. It's pretty easy when you get the hang of it. I've watched hours and hours of Youtube videos and learned that way. Like Abom79 and Stefan Gotteswinter. There's some nice machinists to watch.

And I like the Datsun. Just well executed, and I like the styling. Something that one would see in the Retro Cars forum/mag.

And good luck for the shop manager... he's taken a deep dive immediately, with having a shop build running at the same time as his scooter project. But I'm sure with a dad like you as an example, he'll finish both of them and with excellent results

Thanks! I like to do small customizing but keep the original spirit. It's super fun car to drive. I can't wait to get my hands on it when the shop is ready.

Shop manager definitely has some gas in his veins. He is already doing a second version from the scooter. (We have two) He wants to build a lighter "skeleton" model so he can pull wheelies

 

[T-handle]

Not so much progress in the workshop. I did the annual firewood re-fill with 10 cubic meters of birch, flushed the gutters, raked the yard and the forests of Finland and so on. It's pretty warm here so I don't want to say that the winter is coming yet

We had a small water accident in our main toilet. The water tank from the toilet seat leaked inside the wall.

We have this wall mounted toilet seat, the water tank is inside the wall. I had the concrete floor sealed but the leak happened with pressure so it sprayed the water inside the wall

I'm happy that I noticed it almost right away. I took the toilet apart in few hours and now it's almost dry. I've had a dryer there for two weeks. I have a renovating company in my next door so I can borrow some good dryers and measuring devices for the concrete.

I took about ten inches of from the walls to make sure that all the moisture is gone.
There's been a lot of traffic in our other toilet. I'm happy that I have one in the workshop too

The longer wall is a carrier wall so I have a jack there for support.
There's also a geothermal heating pump on the other side of the wall so I have to do the other side backwards


I have done some work for the lathe. Cleaning and painting a lot of small parts. I found some good paint for inside the headstock. I deburred all the ruff parts and countersink all the oil ways. It's ready for paint but I think we need our toilet to be operating first

The shop manager has a project too. he's been riding his scooter all summer to get some driving skills. We had this other frame from the parts donator. He is building a "skeleton" version with tuned engine so he can pull wheelies and drift when the winter comes

I found a new friend to the workshop from the local craigslist. Peaceful fellow. Not much a talker but really good listener, hard to argue with. Not sure about his name, there's two options in his stand but he doesn't react any of those. Other is Lyrica and the other is Celebra.

Not sure how old he is. Definitely more active then a millennial so I guess 20 to 30 years

Have a great week everybody!

 

[gearhead1960]

Nice new friend you have acquired. Reminds me of a book (The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America) I recently read about the 1st serial killer in the USA. He would sell the bodies of his victims to companies who would in-turn sell the skeletons to schools and others for medical purposes. Fascinating book BTW.

 

[patlun]

Thanks! It's actually a Mazda but same country, Your not the first one

Nice to inspire somebody. I have found it too from all these fantastic threads.
You have to make your own thread about your shop (if you haven't already)
Small office in the shop and you can combine work and hobby

Opps! My bad! I was reading Rudi's Datsun resto in another tab at the same time

I have no thread yet, at the moment I have not that much to show. There is some old pictures from the shop in my introduction

 

[Unruh]

So many great projects! The lathe is gonna be better than new and I love the chisel! I really enjoy buying old tools at garage/estate sales and bringing them back to life like that. I watched the video and learned some neat tricks!

 

[T-handle]

Nice new friend you have acquired. Reminds me of a book (The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America) I recently read about the 1st serial killer in the USA. He would sell the bodies of his victims to companies who would in-turn sell the skeletons to schools and others for medical purposes. Fascinating book BTW.

Thanks Gearhead1960!

That sounds like a great book, I have to check it out..

Opps! My bad! I was reading Rudi's Datsun resto in another tab at the same time

No worries Patlun.

I have no thread yet, at the moment I have not that much to show. There is some old pictures from the shop in my introduction

Your shop looks great! Love the cabinets. Nice place to do woodworking and other projects.

So many great projects! The lathe is gonna be better than new and I love the chisel! I really enjoy buying old tools at garage/estate sales and bringing them back to life like that. I watched the video and learned some neat tricks!

Thanks for stopping by Unruh!

Yes I love that too. It's nice to bring those old forgotten tools back to life, And if you find something really old the tool quality is awesome too!

Did you watch the first or second chisel video Neat tricks on both of them LOL



Sorry for the late answers, I've been super busy couple of moths. Now I hopefully have some workshop time.

Have a great weekend everybody!

 

[T-handle]

Hi all!

Boy I have been busy. I've been doing this back problems rehabilitation thing for past two months. Lot's of exercise and physical stuff courses. I feel ten years younger already

Not much shop time but I managed to do something I've been dreaming for sometime now.
I had to move some machinery to be able to drive my good old friend John in to the workshop.



First thought was to do some oil check and fixing one hydraulic hose leak.

After those were done I started cleaning inside the cabin.













The interior have seen some better days The John Deere is from 1990 and have over 7000 hours of farming behind. The gauges work occasionally so over 10000 hours is a good estimate

So I decided to do a better cleaning and pulled everything out from the cab.




















After couple buckets of mother nature, broken class and upholstery foam it started looking a lot better. The upholstery foam was turned to dust and there was a ton of moisture behind the vinyl. It use to fog the windows all the time.





There wasn't a lot of rust what is a positive surprise. I removed all the rust with a wire wheel and treaded the spots with rust converter. Then painted all the bad spots with primer and gloss black. I did some electric work also. There was some broken wires and bad connections. Also some previous magic fixing skills were fixed





First I took the seat apart and sneaked the covers in to the washing machine. This is not the original seat, it was pretty dirty but functioning like new. I oiled the mechanism and but it back together.







Then I fixed the instrument panel. Now it's doing what it's supposed to, And I have a instrument lights too There was some broken soldering and a ton of dirt inside. I made a new "glass" for the speedometer from polycarbonate.


I searched some pre made upholstery sets, They looked nice but dam they were expensive. Upholstery set for lower cabin 815€ Upholstery set for the roof 725€ So 1540€ for the whole cabin was too much.

The main roof upholstery was perfectly good after a good wash. I re-glued some of the parts. The front part back panel had seen some better days so I made new panel from plastic sheet. I used some 15mm foam behind the vinyl.







I went to the fabric store and found nice color vinyl or "fake leather". I'm not sure what it's called. It was on sale so I bought 4meter x 1.5meter sheet. It cost a 70€. Then I bought some foam sheets with glue on the other side. I bought a 10mm and 20mm foam. Some with aluminum sheet on the other side. they were about 80€ total. Two cans of spray glue were 20€ total.

First task were the posts. I haven't done upholstery work before so be gentle



I used the old ones for a template, Didn't cut the holes until I glued them in to the cabin.





They look perfect but after the glue was dry and I glued them in to the cabin some wrinkles appeared. I'm not sure if it's in the foam or the fabric.



I had some upholstering pictures from other panels but I managed to lose them from my phone. Didn't want to use my new camera when my fingers were covered with spay glue

So here is the final result.









I even made a cover for the front loader "joystick"





All the stickers are gone so I made some reminders what happens from all the knobs. I painted the logos with white paint marker and cleaned all the plastic parts with plastic polisher so they aren't gray anymore



Some sound system for the tunes











Made a phone holder too, there's a bluetooth option in my stereo so it's nice to see how's calling











It's not perfect but looks a lot better now. I didn't get all the wrinkles off, Where there is a 20mm foam packing was the hardest to install.
Next time I but the foam first, then the hard plastic sheet. It's easier to wrap and stays wrinkle free

I was thinking a rubber floor matt but I think this looks better. There's a rubber matt under the carpet.

It's funny how the seat looks now the oldest thing in the cabin. It used to look like brand new before

Here's some before after shots.









I did some snow plowing and it's a a ton quieter then it used to be. I'm happy how it turned out. Next summer I'm going to take care the outside part. There's not a lot of rust but the paint is pretty faded and ugly.

Well that's all. Have a great weekend everyone. I hope it snows a lot now