Ever see a tire do this?
It was my own fault -- that tire was easily 20 years old.
You and me both.
Thanks. I'm still not really certain of how the bench will look when it's done. But I think I've got all the pieces I'll need in hand now.
Thanks. That's actually the 60 just west of the 710. (Note to non-Californians: for some reason we put a 'the' in front of our highway names when we talk.) The AAA dispatcher reminded me not to get out of the car. But I was stopped at the exit point of a curve where everyone was holding up their hand to block the setting sun. I decided to get up and out of the way, just in case somebody plowed into the car.
Thanks. But I'm afraid the whole thing would be too heavy to move.
New tires went on yesterday. They're Kumhos instead of BF Goodriches -- they're what TireRack had in stock. The shocks seem okay. Corner by corner it absorbs impacts pretty consistently. I guess I could pull them and have my race guy put them on a dyno. But I'll leave well enough alone right now. The clear and present danger was the fact that the tire that went had been the spare (and was already worn down to the end of its life) when I bought the Jeep in 1993.
Me too, buddy. One place to not be cheap is tires. People say to change them every 7 years if you don't wear them out. Well, we both have Jeeps and we both know tires can last a lot longer than that on a light vehicle that isn't driven hard. And driving a CJ7 hard is silly. Driving my '44 GPW at all is silly. So tires tend to die of old age on Jeeps, methinks.I'm lucky nothing (including me) got hurt.
I've told my employers on many occasions -- just because I happen to express myself well doesn't mean I'm actually intelligent.
I was on the way back from picking up this:
I've got a growing pile of orphaned tools I'm going to need to get rid of. And then the tool cabinet itself (which I've liked, but it doesn't use the under-the-bench space as efficiently as the new set of Equipto drawers will) is going to have to go.I'd offer to take the HF grinders off your hands, but at $9.99 each it's not worth the shipping!
Thank you very much.
Or the tiles for the floor. Or the Strong Hold cabinets. Or the old engine for the 911.
Jack,
Thanks, but I only find some. The drill press is great, but I didn't win it. I wasn't willing to pay more than $180 for it (although now I kind of wished I had).
I equipped about 50% of my shop with tools bought from Reliable....years back when a "good deal" could be had.
Their inventory of machinery used to be 10 times what it is now but the way I see it the economy is strong when the inventory of surplus machinery is low and the demand is high. Since they deal with manufacturing equipment I hope that its a sign of growing/expanding domestic manufacturing businesses.
...but I digress.
Nice score on the cabinet and the stools!
If you ever find yourself needing a hand with something let me know. I'm fairly close and have a 14' flatbed trailer....with new tires.
But it's very nice of you. And I agree about Reliable Tool's decreasing stock meaning (I hope) good things for the local manufacturing economy. All my cabinets, my lift and a lot of my tools came from those guys -- but I'd be happier to see local machine shops thriving and me having to settle for some Harbor Freight junk more often.I don't know how I missed that thread. But I just sent StevenBiars a PM offering pretty much everything I've got. As others said in the thread, this world needs more guys like him.
Thanks. In terms of basic tools, I'm surprised how much I'm using the portaband with a base attached to it. On the sconce project, i didn't even take the cut-off saw out. I used the portaband on the 1/2"x1/2" stock and a circular saw to cut the rectangles from the 16 gauge sheet.
Jack - Who makes that bench grinder you have in your garage?It's funny, it actually was a moment where what I've learned driving on a track carried over to a moment on the highway, Zeke. It was one of those instances where it isn't what you 'know' to do, it's what you automatically do when the rear end steps out. But e even so, it wasn't too sudden a change. I think most drivers could have handled this particular incident. That isn't always the case.
I won't defend having so many. And the thing of it is, that's an old picture. I got rid of the ones you see and replaced them with a set of seven that I got second hand. One is a 9", two are 6", and four are 4.5". Strange as it looks, it comes in handy to not have to be constantly changing between the four types of commonly-used discs.
The portaband is a Milwaukee '***********' saw -- there are also shallower ones, which won't work with these bases. The base is by SWAG offroad, and they recently improved their offerings for this. Here are the links:
As far as I can tell, the differences are the amperage of the units, and also the type of trigger. I like the paddle triggers for wire wheels and grinding wheels, but the other (more on-off) type of triggers for cutting wheels and flap discs. But I was buying used, so I also just took what I could get. Two of my 4.5" grinders are actually 6" grinders that I fitted with smaller guards.
It's a crummy little Harbor Freight 8" grinder. One day I'll replace it with a second-hand Baldor or something. It vibrates more than I'd like, but it gets the job done.
Thanks. Although a chicken coupe is probably bigger than my little two-car. And it's certainly better than some of the alleys and street parking spaces that I had to do automotive work in years ago.
