The "pedestrian" garage

[BSAschields]

I found power washing wood left scars on the wood. Like you could see the path of the washing wand kinda scars.... How do you avoid this ?

 

[tinbender 66]

I found power washing wood left scars on the wood. Like you could see the path of the washing wand kinda scars.... How do you avoid this ?

The one I was using had an adjustable nozzle (they probably all do?) so I set it about halfway and it worked pretty good. If I hovered over one place too long it would still leave a mark. Stubborn spots I shot at a low angle. I just tried to wash at an angle and keep moving. Not sure this answers your question but that's about all I can offer. Practice.

 

[Wingnut65]

Nice work, TB. Kinda makes my weekend of running errands seem meaningless. That work looks great! I'm sure you will find something to do with the excess.

 

[PassnThru]

I found power washing wood left scars on the wood. Like you could see the path of the washing wand kinda scars.... How do you avoid this ?

The one I was using had an adjustable nozzle (they probably all do?) so I set it about halfway and it worked pretty good. If I hovered over one place too long it would still leave a mark. Stubborn spots I shot at a low angle. I just tried to wash at an angle and keep moving. Not sure this answers your question but that's about all I can offer. Practice.

Yes - using a wider nozzle on wood is best. I think the one thing most people forget when pressure washing wood is that any given piece of wood has different densities. Those densities determine how much water the wood absorbs. How much water the wood absorbs determines how dark or light the wood looks to you. So - you pressure wash a piece of wood and some of it looks lighter and some of it looks darker. The problem comes when you try to get it all to match the lightest part. That's not gonna happen without damaging the wood. You need to realize that once the wood dries that the difference is going to be much less pronounced.
Next time you have a wood cleaning project - just do a little and let it dry and see how it looks.

 

[tinbender 66]

Nice work, TB. Kinda makes my weekend of running errands seem meaningless. That work looks great! I'm sure you will find something to do with the excess.

Thanks man! It's a lot of work but enjoyable work. I liked it so much that I did the fence today. Nice weather in the 80's here so I might just get that fence painted too. Been sayin' that for a couple years.

I'll think of something for the extra wood (my wife already is brainstorming). I think I'm gonna go across the front around the 3 gd's. That'll force me to do something like you guys did with my **** ugly garage doors!

 

[tinbender 66]

This isn't about the garage itself but one of it's occupants. I already told how I got the bandsaw and table saw/jointer from my neighbor for free. The table saw is about done. I still need to do the stand, the blade guard and the motor. I found a pdf of the owners manual at vintagemachinery.org. It was a lot of help in getting the far end of the fence back together (you need several tools and at least 3 hands). There are also a lot of adjustments to make after it's running and the manual explains it all.

Tomorrow I start some more fence board work'


Before:

After:

 

[Red Leader]

Holy **** that was a fast restore! And looks great to boot!

Did you replace any bearings or just give it a good ol' spit n' polish?

-RL

 

[tinbender 66]

Holy **** that was a fast restore! And looks great to boot!

Did you replace any bearings or just give it a good ol' spit n' polish?

-RL

Pretty much spit and polish. The only bearings are the ones on the pulley/blade shaft. They feel free and smooth but I won't really know until I get it running and put a load on it. Same with the motor. I've run it and it sounds sweet (quiet). If anything is amiss I'll take care of it then. I should have the stand and motor cleaned up by next week. Still need to get a pulley for the motor. It helps when you don't have to waste time going to work.

One more:

 

[Red Leader]

Excellent.

Paint color used?

 

[Wingnut65]

Looks great, TB. It's amazing what types of old manuals can be found on the net. Having one for that machine is worth its weight in gold! Nice work!

 

[tinbender 66]

Excellent.

Paint color used?

Thanks. The paint is Hammerite. It doesn't say the color on the can or the cap bit it's a light blue (duh). Next time I go down to the old hw store I'll get a name but it's a color that's available off the shelf most anywhere that sells it.

 

[tinbender 66]

Looks great, TB. It's amazing what types of old manuals can be found on the net. Having one for that machine is worth its weight in gold! Nice work!

Thanks Wingnut! That manual was a life saver. I take a lot of pictures when I take something apart. Then I can put my laptop on the bench when it's time to reassemble but the manual has drawings with sections so it really helps. Funny, the saw was built in '53 and the publish date on the manual is '43 but it is identical. Free too.

 

[flybefree]

TB...great job...that is some serious spit and polish job!

 

[rickairmedic]

TB you and RL are forceing me to go tomorrow night to look at an older Craftsman floor model drill press to fix up . The saw looks fantastic better than new even.


Rick

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

TB66, what an amazing transformation of the old table saw/joiner!

You must have used a 25 gallon drum of 'elbow grease' to get it looking that good. What steps and equipment did you employ? Have you shown your refurbish effort to the old gentleman that gave the tools to you? I'd bet he's a happy camper knowing they went to a good home. What would really be cool is if you could make him a little something he could enjoy with those tools, like maybe a rustic rocking chair made out of reclaimed fence wood for his front porch. You know what they say, "What goes around, comes around".

 

[tinbender 66]

TB...great job...that is some serious spit and polish job!

Thanks a bunch fbf, nothin' but fun.

TB you and RL are forceing me to go tomorrow night to look at an older Craftsman floor model drill press to fix up . The saw looks fantastic better than new even.


Rick

Thanks Rick!! You can blame RL for everything cuz he's the one that kicked me down this slippery slope. It's really satisfying to do too.

 

[tinbender 66]

TB66, what an amazing transformation of the old table saw/joiner!

You must have used a 25 gallon drum of 'elbow grease' to get it looking that good. What steps and equipment did you employ? Have you shown your refurbish effort to the old gentleman that gave the tools to you? I'd bet he's a happy camper knowing they went to a good home. What would really be cool is if you could make him a little something he could enjoy with those tools, like maybe a rustic rocking chair made out of reclaimed fence wood for his front porch. You know what they say, "What goes around, comes around".

Thanks Omphaloskeptic!

For the cleanup of the castings I used a wire wheel and a cup brush on an angle grinder. On my other angle grinder I keep a hook and loop backing pad and use Scotchbrite pads. The Scotchbrite medium and fine were used to smooth the table surface.

Then, I sprayed the main pieces with engine degreaser and pressure washed them. I dried them immediately with an air nozzle.

The shafts, handles etc. I derusted with a fine wire wheel on my bench grinder, then followed up with the 3m EXL wheel. The handles, knobs, miter guage etc. were buffed with muslin pads on the bench grinder (gotta get a buffer). First with tripoli then jeweler's rouge.

Here's a trick: When I painted the main castings I took a small acid brush and coated the machined surfaces, Delta badges and anything else that couldn't be removed that I didn't want paint on. I just used some lithium that I had laying around. When the paint dries, you just wipe the grease off and presto! No paint.

I showed it to the old boy yesterday and he asked if I wanted to do his (he has the exact same Delta combo in his garage). I said sure! but I think he was j/k. He just turned 84 and he's getting pretty rickety. He still drives his lawn mower but that's about it. I mow the part of his property next to mine, do all the weed eating, branch cleanup etc. When I moved here 22 years ago he did a lot of stuff for me. Some for money, but a lot for free. Payback time.

Oh yeah, he just told me that he has a whole pile of 5/4 cedar boards that I can have! Him and his wife both are awesome people.

Sorry if this was long winded but hey, you asked

 

[flybefree]

Not at all long winded, I really wanted to know how you did it...thanks!

 

[shopnut]

Even the worm drive on the tilt seems to be in perfect condition. Very nice job TB66! Hopefully she runs as good as she looks.

 

[tinbender 66]

Even the worm drive on the tilt seems to be in perfect condition. Very nice job TB66! Hopefully she runs as good as she looks.

Thanks shopnut. I hope so too! The worm gear is nice but there are a couple teeth missing from the tilt thing (trunion?). The set screw in the crank handle is stripped too so I'm guessing that someone tried a little to hard to tilt it with it locked down. It's an aluminum casting. At least the broken ones are in the 0 deg. position. I can drill and tap for the next size bigger set screw.

 

[smsteve]

Amazing garage and amazing resto of the vintage machinery. I just love how you turn old nearly abandoned or given up on items into revitalized and functional pieces. You probably could time travel back to the 50's and return that table saw for some unseen warranty issue, lol. It looks that good! You are inspiring to say the very least. Talent is not in short supply in your garage!

 

[Ziggy'sSpeedShop]

Thanks, I really want to do it but we'll have to see what kind of deal I can wrangle. I'm going down to South Everett next week to pay some union dues and visit at two shops I used to work for. One of them I was shop foreman for and one of the owners is a friend. I'm thinking that MAYBE I could go in and do some fab work for him as a trade for some #4 16ga. SS. Might work. The union wouldn't like it but what they don't know.......................

Are they union shops ? You should be able to work 40 hours a month for a union shop even after retirement without effecting your pension. (my dads retired from local 66 also)

 

[tinbender 66]

Amazing garage and amazing resto of the vintage machinery. I just love how you turn old nearly abandoned or given up on items into revitalized and functional pieces. You probably could time travel back to the 50's and return that table saw for some unseen warranty issue, lol. It looks that good! You are inspiring to say the very least. Talent is not in short supply in your garage!

Stop it Steve, you're gonna give me a big head!! Seriously, thanks very much for the kind words. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Money is gonna be a little tight here for a couple more years then it gets way better. It's importent to keep the project moving so I try to do a lot with a little. A lot of the ideas come from right here at Garage Journal.

The old machinery is just a bonus. I couldn't believe it when my neighbor gave me those things. It's really satisfying to take a rusty old thing and make it nice again.

Thanks again

 

[tinbender 66]

Are they union shops ? You should be able to work 40 hours a month for a union shop even after retirement without effecting your pension. (my dads retired from local 66 also)

Yeah, they are union shops. I know about the 40 hours a month deal. The places that know me just aren't busy enough to use me. At this point it would have to be shop work as I'm just a little too beat up to go back out in the field. Last place I worked was Northshore Sheet Metal. Awesome place to work but when they signed a contract they insisted on paying into the 401 instead of the international pension. The pos pension fund made a new rule that if you didn't have 870 contributing hours in your last two years of work you have to wait until 65. That's almost 20K a year I thought I would be getting. Nice raise in a couple years I guess.

Where did your dad work? Maybe I know him.

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

TB66, thanks for that excellent description of the restore process you performed!

Ask your neighbor when he wants you to start on the restoration of his equipment, maybe he wasn't just kidding. Even if he never uses it again, he can admire it and enjoy the fact that you did it for him; maybe it would be better than a gift of a rustic rocking chair? lol
I'm sure they appreciate having a good neighbor (as you do) and that's comforting in itself.

 

[tinbender 66]

OOOOOOOOOk..........I got a little more done on my fence board project.

First, I want to show what the place looks like when I'm actually doing something. Usually I put everything away and sweep up at night, but I was too beat. This is yesterday morning.

My new workbench is already all dirty and I don't even have trim on the front yet. Don't worry, it'll get worse

 

[rickairmedic]

Paul looks like your getting stuff done out there so a little mess is ok .


Rick

 

[tinbender 66]

Night before last I did the wall with the bathroom door. You can just barely see the corner of the 1x6 wall I posted the other day. I had to start with this wall because of the way the framing is.

Late today after I painted the fence, mowed the lawn etc. I did a little more. The 1x4's are gonna run right into the 1x6's at the corner. You won't be able to see it unless you are standing where I took the picture and that's only by invite. The boards around the plumbing were put on with screws. Just in case. I just noticed that I had yet to put a valve on the hot water pipe. I think I'll use a Sharkbite instead of setting fire to the place with MAP gas The work will then continue straight back to the left of the loo door and across the wall behind where my shop desk should be. Also, I will build a "parapet" wall to hide the storage above the office/bath.

 

[tinbender 66]

Paul looks like your getting stuff done out there so a little mess is ok .


Rick

Slowly but surely. I'm just real happy to finally have a bench to mess up.

 

[Red Leader]

Paul,

Looking very, very classy with that wood.

Also, great detail in your write-up on the resto of that table saw. Some people don't like the smaller-bladed saws, but if the arbor is tight and you get a good carbide tooth blade on there, you'll probably enjoy very fine cuts as the smaller blades produce less deflection.

Let us know when you fire it up!

 

[tinbender 66]

Paul,

Looking very, very classy with that wood.

Also, great detail in your write-up on the resto of that table saw. Some people don't like the smaller-bladed saws, but if the arbor is tight and you get a good carbide tooth blade on there, you'll probably enjoy very fine cuts as the smaller blades produce less deflection.

Let us know when you fire it up!

Hey!! Watch who you're callin' "small". She's got one whole entire horsepower and a 10" blade. J/k. Thanks for the comment. I got a lot more done today. Finished that wall and got the table saw/jointer stand stripped and almost ready for paint.

 

[Red Leader]

Hey!! Watch who you're callin' "small". She's got one whole entire horsepower and a 10" blade. J/k. Thanks for the comment. I got a lot more done today. Finished that wall and got the table saw/jointer stand stripped and almost ready for paint.

Wait, really?? 1HP and 10"? In that case I rescind my comment, although you still could put a smaller blade on for less deflection

 

[tinbender 66]

Lol, nice "spin" RL.

 

[Red Leader]

Heh heh. Be sure to post tons of pictures of that combo machine rebuild. Strange people like me get excited about painting a metal stand

 

[tinbender 66]

Yesterday I finished the wall that I last posted and got the cabinets and light back.

Had a "day off" today and went to a great car show. I did get the table saw mounted on the stand though. Gotta get on that jointer, the saw looks lonely. The jointer is a little more technical but I'm studying that manual!!!

 

[Red Leader]

Lookin' good!!!

 

[Wingnut65]

Nice work. And those light brackets are creative! Shop looks nice getting it all together.

 

[rickairmedic]

Paul the wood on the walls looks great but that saw looks amazing. I may have to steal the wood thing for my seating area though . Currently it has old stained plywood on the walls in that area but I am not fond of the look.


Rick

 

[Motofixxer]

I'm liking those diamond plated shop lights and cover plates. Where would a guy find some like that? I need to add a little bling after I paint, so I'm looking for ideas.

 

[tinbender 66]

Lookin' good!!!

Thanks Dave. Got some more done today but no pics yet. It was HOT for around here.

Nice work. And those light brackets are creative! Shop looks nice getting it all together.

Thanks Jeff! I had those "light brackets" left over from something else. Cheap too.

Paul the wood on the walls looks great but that saw looks amazing. I may have to steal the wood thing for my seating area though . Currently it has old stained plywood on the walls in that area but I am not fond of the look.


Rick

Thanks a lot Rick. I stole that idea from gearbanger so you might as well keep the crime wave going