Above 1200 Sq/FT The Retread Shed

[Gizmosity]

(Edit 7/12/17.......SLOWLY fixing links to the disaster that is/was Photobucket. I've noticed that some of the photos on PB aren't able to be saved so I'm getting what I can and will change links after I've downloaded as many of the photos as I can before they don't allow it at all.)


I bought this place a few months ago. It's seen better days. I think it's 12 years old. Half (the right side half with one bay door) is insulated/sheet rocked/painted and heated. The left half (2 bay doors) is raw framing and part of it was a dog kennel. The back wall has 3-4 holes cut through the wall and kennels were outside on a 12x20-ish pad. It's approximately 32' x 70'.

I'm limiting myself currently to the finished side. The outside needs quite a bit of work but so does the house so I'm sort of working on both. I'm a few months and a few more tools away from *using* the shop instead of *setting up* the shop.

It looks pretty good from far away:





It's "The Retread Shed" because I didn't build it (if I did it would be WAY different) and most everything Going in it, I get used. Some recent stuff I've drug home:



Nice old 105, actually I drug home two of them. This one is in the middle of a 12hp transplant.



My current project, a 1946 Walker Turner table saw. It's completely torn apart now. New bearings for it (and the Cub Cadet) should be in tomorrow. Got it, the craftsman bandsaw in the background and an old Champion air compressor in a package deal. Didn't really want the bandsaw, but it made the deal go down.




I'm still moving stuff around. I like this Craigslist bench in this location along the back wall. The air compressor moved again too. I'm in the middle of running some EMT, pulling wire and then being able to actually use it.

So, anyway, this is pretty much the beginning of my space and I thought I would use THIS space to track it's changes and upgrades.

Thanks!

Eric

 

[fastev]

Cool space, I'm looking forward to following along. Has a 'vintage' look to it that I like a lot.
Also love the intake on your compressor...

 

[Gizmosity]

That air cleaner is pretty sweet. I wish that whoever brazed the 2" pipe onto the stock intake port had spent just a *little* more time aligning things. The air cleaner would look less comical and more awesome if it wasn't 10 degrees off horizontal.

 

[HSpencer]

Welcome to Garage Journal. You have space!! I am impressed with the building. It is really nice to have plenty of room to get things set up and you have a lot of great vintage tools. I think you can do about anything you wish with that building. I love the workbench, and you have a great compressor but I might need to build it an outside home to avoid the noise. I am going to be very interested in your work on the great old tools and the shop itself. Please post up your projects!!
Welcome again!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[Gizmosity]

Welcome to Garage Journal. It is really nice to have plenty of room to get things set up and you have a lot of great vintage tools. I think you can do about anything you wish with that building. I love the workbench, and you have a great compressor but I might need to build it an outside home to avoid the noise.

Ah, space. I've ALWAYS been crammed into a small space, trying to cram 10 gallons of "stuff" into a 5 gallon bucket. I seriously considered knocking down the wall between the two areas. It's simply too much space for now although I have acquired quite a few projects.

I am a Craigslist stalker. Chicago and Milwaukee aren't too far away and that opens up quite a few opportunities. I sold a motorcycle recently to fund these equipment purchases. I scored that bench in Madison for $50 partially disassembled. I had nothing and jumped on it. Couldn't have built it for twice the price.

The compressor was a bit of a project. I performed my own hydrostatic test on the tank using a grease gun filled with water. Worked better than I thought. NOBODY I contacted within a 100 mile+ radius would test it. After I got done I learned a former student of mine who lives just down the road has access to testing. Ah well. She purrrrrrrrrs like a sleeping kitten. Really slow and quiet actually when I tested it before buying. Got it all back together and if my local hardware store carried 3/4" EMT fittings I'd have it wired up right now. I'll be in Madison this weekend and hit a box store for fittings and wire.

I sort of envision the side I'm on now being a temporary wood shop to get the house and shop repaired/remodeled. Eventually I'd like to move wood "stuff" over to the other side and set this up for auto resto. Put myself through about 3 years of school doing body and paint work. I had a couple nice trucks (68 C-10 and 72 K-10) that disappeared in a "relationship restructure" along with all of my stationary equipment. So I'm starting over.

The changes to the shop area will be small and far apart but I hope there are many equipment purchases and restorations.

 

[Nolift911]

Great space - great projects. Welcome!!

 

[Bib Overalls]

When I am dead and gone a new owner will walk into my 99% completed dream shop and say "this place has potential."

 

[Kevin54]

Ah, space. I've ALWAYS been crammed into a small space, trying to cram 10 gallons of "stuff" into a 5 gallon bucket. I seriously considered knocking down the wall between the two areas. It's simply too much space for now although I have acquired quite a few projects.

I am a Craigslist stalker. Chicago and Milwaukee aren't too far away and that opens up quite a few opportunities. I sold a motorcycle recently to fund these equipment purchases. I scored that bench in Madison for $50 partially disassembled. I had nothing and jumped on it. Couldn't have built it for twice the price.

The compressor was a bit of a project. I performed my own hydrostatic test on the tank using a grease gun filled with water. Worked better than I thought. NOBODY I contacted within a 100 mile+ radius would test it. After I got done I learned a former student of mine who lives just down the road has access to testing. Ah well. She purrrrrrrrrs like a sleeping kitten. Really slow and quiet actually when I tested it before buying. Got it all back together and if my local hardware store carried 3/4" EMT fittings I'd have it wired up right now. I'll be in Madison this weekend and hit a box store for fittings and wire.

I sort of envision the side I'm on now being a temporary wood shop to get the house and shop repaired/remodeled. Eventually I'd like to move wood "stuff" over to the other side and set this up for auto resto. Put myself through about 3 years of school doing body and paint work. I had a couple nice trucks (68 C-10 and 72 K-10) that disappeared in a "relationship restructure" along with all of my stationary equipment. So I'm starting over.

The changes to the shop area will be small and far apart but I hope there are many equipment purchases and restorations.

We all, or almost all have been there at one time or another. I did my "Starting Over" back in '90. It's tough, but it looks like you have a great slate to start out with.

Make sure you keep all of us informed as to your changes as we ALL like pics. Pics, Pics, and MORE pics.

BTW....welcome to Garage Journal and hoping to see more of you around.

 

[augustus]

How tall is your ceiling in there? Looks like you have a lot of room to stretch out, I'm jealous!

 

[Gizmosity]

When I am dead and gone a new owner will walk into my 99% completed dream shop and say "this place has potential."

This is too true.

How tall is your ceiling in there? Looks like you have a lot of room to stretch out, I'm jealous!

12 foot ceilings. I had to buy a new 8 foot ladder yesterday because I couldn't do much but change a lightbulb with my 6 foot.

We all, or almost all have been there at one time or another. I did my "Starting Over" back in '90. It's tough, but it looks like you have a great slate to start out with.

Make sure you keep all of us informed as to your changes as we ALL like pics. Pics, Pics, and MORE pics.

BTW....welcome to Garage Journal and hoping to see more of you around.

I went back to school, got a couple of degrees and lived in apartments for the last....12 years or so. I managed to accumulate quite a few hand tools and portable stuff along the way. This place is perfect for me, it was on the market for a long time and at a price range where most people who want a fixer couldn't afford it. Those who could afford it didn't want the hassle of a massive remodel. I could just barely afford it and don't mind living in chaos for a few years.
I'm on a 9 month contract so I'm home full time until late August. I hope to get quite a bit done so there will be updates.

 

[metalhead140]

When I am dead and gone a new owner will walk into my 99% completed dream shop and say "this place has potential."

Laughed out loud when I read this, it's too true. That probably described the place my wife and I have bought, and our reaction to it!

This place does look great and like it has a lot of potential though. Nice and big, and looks like the lined section at least is well setup. Reflects my own (and many others here) approach with the second hand tools and equipment too. I like it, keep us updated.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Welcome from downunder, Fantastic potential, a blank canvas so to speak, looking forward to seeing how you progress.

 

[Gizmosity]

The space really does have a huge amount of potential. It really does.

Here's something that was much less evident during the "polar vortex" that was going on during the purchase of this place:

Now that it's kind of hot? It reeks of dog piss. Also, all those huge windows that let all that natural light in and allow me to watch the deer frolic and bunnies munch on grass? Not one of those damn things open.

 

[coljar]

I never did see the "seen better days" part. From what you showed, it looks like a really nice place and you have some nice tools, too.

 

[jwh]

The space really does have a huge amount of potential. It really does.

Here's something that was much less evident during the "polar vortex" that was going on during the purchase of this place:

Now that it's kind of hot? It reeks of dog piss. Also, all those huge windows that let all that natural light in and allow me to watch the deer frolic and bunnies munch on grass? Not one of those damn things open.

Go to the local pet store and get a couple gallons of "Natures Miracle." Might help. I'm assuming if there were carpets there gone now?

 

[Gizmosity]

So today I had to go to a town 30 miles or so away to pick up some bearings. On a hunch I stopped off at a big surplus place just a bit farther away.

Score.

I think my hardware organization problem has been solved for the better part of my life.

Funny, I've wandered this place a half dozen times and most of what I see they seem to think is made of precious metal, the prices are just too high. These were dirt cheap....I kind of think I got a 2-fer. They balked after I'd paid because of some confusion over which ones I was buying and I told them I'd take my money back no problem, no hard feelings. "Nah, they're outside and need to be sold. Come back and buy more stuff."

I need to get all those stickers off. It's a hodgepodge cabinet. Each cabinet has two flip up lateral doors with a Dayton drawer unit inserted. They put 2x6's in the bottom of the cabinet for one drawer unit to rest on and bolted a steel support to the sides to hold the upper unit. The paint is so-so and there's some dents. I'm a little dented and so-so.

 

[Gizmosity]

Go to the local pet store and get a couple gallons of "Natures Miracle." Might help. I'm assuming if there were carpets there gone now?

I will check that stuff out. There's no carpet. The concrete floor must be saturated with it in the old kennel area.

 

[pitterpat]

Get some concrete, it may draw out the urine, I know it work so for oil & stuff.
Welcome to GO.

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[Gizmosity]

Spent the evening in Madison with my fiancé and her best friend. Had some awesome Greek food and hit a big box store for electrical supplies to wire up my compressor.

I may not be the worst at bending 3/4" conduit, but I bet I could take the bronze for worst. Haven't had to start over, but I probably should have. Running 3/4" and putting a few transition boxes in just to maybe make my life easier down the road.

And finally. I got some bearings. Things got a little disrupted around this area with tornadoes last week.

My semi-local tractor repair/parts house got me bearings. Walker Turner used an "odd" diameter on the shaft which caused some head scratching, but here they are. Now, I need to McGuiver that bearing pressed tight up against that arbor flange, without a vise. (Very high on my want list). I need to machine a arbor washer too. When I took it apart I discovered the previous owner just used a huge brass nut and tightened the arbor nut down on that.

And it's not raining so most of this will wait until after 3-4 hours of mowing.

 

[Gizmosity]

Got most of the tall grass mowed and some of my neighbors place mowed before I had to head to a buddy's new place to check out his new house/shop. I'm borrowing my neighbors mower so I spent an hour or so mowing his tallest grass. We"re due for 3-5 days of rain so it was a pretty high priority to get the tall stuff down. Hope to have my mower all put together and dialed in by the end of the week.

Got home tonight, fixed the vacuum, did some stuff around the house and then headed to the shop to get the compressor wiring done. First cut of EMT prepped but it won't cut....

I've had this thing forever. Time for a new one I guess. Not getting any wire pulled tonight.

So....I guess I'll show some tool organization I've done over the years.
My tool cabinet:




I bought a pile of Brazilian Cherry while I was working on my undergrad and stored it with the idea of building a drafting table. 6 years, a couple of degrees and I finally realized I was never going to build a drafting table . So I came up with this cabinet and built it over a Christmas break while I was teaching at a University in the northwest. One of the pluses of teaching woodworking and maintaining the equipment: being able to use the equipment. I found the knobs on close out at some upscale hardware store in Portland. They were $1 each and I told the girl at the counter to get ALL of them. Still not enough flat or phillips to do the whole cabinet so I just alternated. The top is a bunch of soft maple strips I pulled out of the dumpster and glued them together. Same for the base.



Mostly layout tools in the top drawer.



Chisels, some really nice ones in the front and then a bunch I still need to make handles for. Made those two hammers out of some old brass stock Id been lugging around forever.



Router bits, wrenches, collets, template guides, etc, etc.





Utter randomness. Still figuring out where to put stuff now that I have the space. I teach so I use my own bits and blades. Just drug this stuff home to actually use in my own shop. Lots of this stuff will get spread out eventually.




The Artillary. Really into a Type 6a stuff. The 3,4,4-1/2, and 7 are all that type.the rest of the bench planes I've bought because I needed them for one reason or another and I either couldn't find or couldn't afford a type 6a.



The only thing worth mentioning in this mess of a drawer are those three Adria saws. I waited a very long time for a couple of them. Truly works of art and they cut dovetails like a dream. Oh! And that hand plane in the middle? That was my Great Grandfathers. Cherished.

Well, that's that. Need to go into the office for a couple of days and I can pick up a new cutter for the EMT on my way so I should be able to tackle that and pull wire tomorrow.

 

[BMcC]

You have a great space to work with. I like the vintage hand tools.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Now thats one awesome collection of tools and cabinet
Thanks for posting.

 

[Gizmosity]

Finally got some conduit bent, wire pulled and buttoned up.

Dug around and found the regulator and filter that came with the compressor. All I could get my hands on semi-locally is a HF gauge. The two that came with the compressor were both bad, so was the replacement I bought a few weeks ago.

I will temporarily just run this with a hose. I'm going to run black pipe eventually like I've done in my other shops. What's holding me back? A 75 cent 1/2" ****** requiring a trip to town.

 

[Gizmosity]

Got that 1/2"x 2" pipe ****** (wasn't 75 cents it was $1.49). Also if you look closely you would see that the regulator is 1/2" and the filter is 3/8". Sooooo I really needed to get a 3/8" x 2" pipe ******.

The joys of country living.

I put a 1/2" to 3/8" reducer on the tank and had a 3/8" x 6" pipe ****** laying around. Got it all good to go, turned it on and the filter unit drain won't seal. Eliminated it.

Good to go, turned it on and there's a hiss coming from the pump. Posted a a question about it and it appears my check valve is bad or at least not sealing.

Doing a little online shopping for some new gauges of higher quality than I can get around here, a flex pipe to exit the compressor, and a check valve. Eventually I will plumb hard lines, for now hose will work just fine but the flex pipe will be on hand for when I do start piping air.

Need to clean the shop a bit, move some stuff around to make room for a few things I drug home on Tuesday and see if I can button up the Cub.

 

[jrb2]

The first thing I noticed about your shop was the windows. I like lots of natural light and those windows will be nice for that. I know you give up some wall space for them by in my opinion they are worth it.

 

[Gizmosity]

The light is fantastic. I work in shops/classrooms that have no windows for 9 months a year. I go to work in the dark, work with no natural light all day and then drive home in the dark....I'm envious of me and my windows.

But.........they don't open. It's hot and stagnant in there. I live along the Wisconsin River Valley where the bugs are just terrible. Can't open a bay door or you get eaten alive. American Players Theatre is just down the road....ask anyone who's attended a play about the bugs. Some areas of the house have the same issue: lots of glass but not any possible air movement. These are locally made window panes set into site made wooden frames. I see stacks of them for sale on CL in LaCrosse all the time for $59. My goal is to rip them out and replace them with a window that will open, has a screen and will fit a box fan in the open window. I might make a solar kiln out of them or something or just sell them to someone wanting to make a greenhouse (which is what they're marketed for on CL). Wallspace schmallspace.....I need air.

Moved some stuff around and started cleaning up. Here's what it looks like today:

Moving as much up against a wall as possible and taking "projects" out of this side. I have a friend who has a basement shop and a newborn. The two aren't mixing well. He's most likely coming here with some equipment and using the space as well in the coming months.

 

[Splitpi]

I have a friend who has a basement shop and a newborn. The two aren't mixing well. He's most likely coming here with some equipment and using the space as well in the coming months.

Good choice.... you get more equipment in the shop and can start training newborns with new hobbies and teaching them how to sweep the shop.

 

[Gizmosity]

Did some digging yesterday afternoon through some stuff I had been storing in my office for the last 6 years. One particular milk crate got my attention so I emptied it:

I bought this old Emmert from a fellow "Galoot" off the Old Tools List about 5 years ago. Several students wanted to dismantle, clean , measure and draw all the parts and create a working 3D model of it. I paid a fair price for it given that the front angle plate had the handle broken off. After dismantling it was discovered that the beam was also broken right where the thread starts. I'm going to attempt to weld this up in September (actually I'm going to have somebody else attempt it while some other cast iron repairs are done).

Later a student came to me and wanted to create a new front angle plate for a project. I let him take the broken one to measure. All I have in the crate is the 3D print of his part file coated with primer.....no original part. The idea was to use the print for the pattern and cast a new one in ductile iron. It looks like I will have to do that because that's all I have. On closer inspection......he didn't put draft on the part in some areas so it won't pull out of the sand. Not sure what I'm going to do......back in the crate for now.

 

[psychorugby]

So today I had to go to a town 30 miles or so away to pick up some bearings. On a hunch I stopped off at a big surplus place just a bit farther away.

Score.

I love these cabinets. Wish I could locate something like them for a reasonable price; I see several people that want $5-700 for them.

 

[Gizmosity]

I love these cabinets. Wish I could locate something like them for a reasonable price; I see several people that want $5-700 for them.

I said the EXACT SAME THING maybe 3 days before I found these. I gladly (and quickly) paid $90 for the whole shebang.

Keep some cash in your pocket, they're out there. You just have to find them before someone else does and tries to sell them labeled as "Steampunk storage" for $700.

 

[Gizmosity]

Today was/is all about bearings, clutches and brakes.....

First the old table saw bearing that's pressed onto the arbor all the way to the collar.

One last check to make sure it's right...

I lightly used a small cold chisel to get the bearing away from the collar.

Then some pry bars to get it down farther.

Finally far enough for a puller to finish the job.

Off!

This particular saw used an open bearing and the arbor housing was packed with grease. I'm putting in new sealed bearings. So in the freezer with you!

While that's hopefully getting cold enough to help just a little to get the bearing on (I don't have a press) I worked on the Cub clutch.

Bearing on and bearing keeper tightened.

Clutch on! Now if I had bothered to pick up some 30w while I was in town and had charged the battery.......

Back to the table saw bearings.

A 3/4"x3" pipe ****** worked perfect. I barely tapped it with a mallet and the bearing snugged down the shaft.

Got it installed in one of the trunnions on the saw and decided to work on bikes...

Big weeklong ride coming up and I need to adjust some stuff on the Ogre. The Trucker is my fiancées and the Canti brakes needed adjustment.

I turned a corner today: I worked IN the shop, not ON the shop.

 

[Gizmosity]

I was going to go to an auction today. There's one in particular that has a huge amount of stuff I want/need. Decided to pass and hold off on buying more welding/metal/automotive stuff and concentrate on the woods area and storage/organization. My friend will be bringing a bunch of his stuff over to set up a woodshop so quite a bit of what I have that's not woodworking will get moved to the "other" side. I had planned on not being home today so I started going through more stuff.

I scored these two cabinets the other day

They're awesome, but not what I was looking/planning for. I was HOPING to find some vertical card file cabinets. The ones with two trays per drawer, typically narrow and tall units. Mainly so I could use these:

I won't get into the super gory details as to why they exist and how and who and when. They were designed and manufactured specifically for hardware storage in a card file cabinet. I've hung onto these for about 8 years. One is glued together and one is just parts so I could easily set up to make more. Here's the parts:

They aren't particularly difficult or complicated to make. The handles were a little tricky but we figured it out.

We used a 5'x5' CNC mill for the sides but they could easily be made with basic woodworking tools.

I hope someone can use the idea. I've been dreaming of having about 100 of these for myself and now I don't need them, which is kind of a let down.

 

[Gizmosity]

Buttoning up a few projects:

Got the cub running with a fresh rebuilt 12 horse. Threw the mow deck on and got some mowing done before Armageddon hit our area again (4 flash flood warnings and two tornado "incidents" in the last couple days) although it was just a ton of sideways rain for 10 minutes. Still need to throw on the hood and get the battery ********.

Got the new check valve and gauges installed. She's running but still needs a little bit of work/tweaking. But there's no parts laying all over anymore...not quite the truth, but whatever. After school starts I will get some 2x3 rectangular tube, take the casters off and bolt it to that. Might stick some hockey pucks in there as well.

Next would be putting the table saw back together and getting all that firewood out of the shop and onto the concrete pad out back, under a still not made rack. The rack will get made out of the 2x4's and plywood that make up the remainder of the dog kennels in the other side of the shop. I still need to demo that...but....

We have had some "interesting" weather of late. Tornadoes touching down a few miles south of us and high winds, flash floods, pretty biblical stuff for this Idaho boy. I had a huge oak tree come crashing down this morning so I need to get it cut and stacked and add more to my already gigantic burn pile. I need to torch that soon.

 

[Gizmosity]

It just seemed like it was on the verge of raining all day so I didn't cut that tree up today. Instead. I worked on cleaning out our actual attached garage. It's still crammed with ****, although I did get a bunch of it sorted out. Still a bit to do in there. The garage door is a basket case. It's closed and keeps most of the weather and mice out. Replacing it in October when I get paid again so cars can be inside during winter.

I spent a bit of time doing some organizing in the shop after I found some stuff in the garage. I also went to town and visited our old place where we sort of still have some **** in storage. I sorted through that and grabbed a load of stuff that I actually cared about. The rest is her stuff and she can grab it or pitch it...I'm staying out of it.

I've been looking for the legs to this shelf unit for a month. I found 4 of them, still missing 4. Dug around through plastic bins and found the wheels and the shelf attachment clips and got this little corner organized.

Now I'm relaxing....

Oh, the Gerstner:

When I was dating someone else, her grandfather passed away. Her father was going to sell his dad's tools at a garage sale and was storing this in a leaky shed. I told him I'd do a bit of research and pay him a fair price for the chest and the tools in it. Ultimately he just wanted a new computer. So he told me what he wanted and I bought the parts and put it together. I had a bunch of parts laying around anyway because I was working IT while I was in grad school. I basically got the box and all the tools in it for about $200. I taped over his nameplate. He worked as a machinist in SoCal for a very long time.

He was 83 when he passed away. I'm not sure how antique that condom stuck behind the mirror is, but that's how it was when I opened it the first time and that's where it's staying. It's a 52 Journeyman and based on the date on the Machinerey's Handbook in the drawer it's from 1956.

I'm not a huge fan of new stuff. I'd much rather have tools that other people have owned and used, provided there's still some life in them.....and there usually is. Sometimes it's hidden and the average person sees it as old junk. Maybe it is kind of junk but I'd rather have old "junk" and spend a little time massaging it into a useful tool than just buying new stuff.

It works for me.

 

[Gizmosity]

I agreed to let a co-worker/co-hort/co-conspirator store his "ManVan" at my place while they are out of state for a few months. They're renting their house to some folks on sabbatical during that time and parking is tight at his place. "No problem, as long as you will also store that extra drill press you have and maybe an anvil at my place. I'll even see if I can sell it for you." Well, I got the drillpress anyway.

So I hop in the van and head to my future mother in laws place to hook up a dehumidifier for her while she's out of town. Damn thing won't turn on. Can't find a manual anywhere, it's dark in the basement and I'm half blind with these old prescription safety glasses I'm wearing until I can find my glasses....it's been two weeks, I'm about to give up.

Anyway, I throw the dehumidifier in the van and head for home. I can get online, download a manual, troubleshoot it and get it back later this week, or go buy another one for her, whatever.

"Rummage Sale, fri, sat, THUR". Uturn.

I had $7 on me. This I could afford. 5 bucks.

 

[48RON54]

You tell a good story. I look forward to updates.

 

[Gizmosity]

My grandfather wrote ****. They say it skips a generation....

Thanks. Glad somebody reads this drivel and enjoys it,

 

[Gizmosity]

Happy Fourth of July!

I can't remember where I was last Fourth of July. Two years ago on the Fourth of July I rolled into St. Ignes Michigan on my bicycle after leaving from near Dubuque Iowa about three weeks earlier. I can smell that day I remember it so well. U2's "One Tree Hill" came on the IPod just as I crested the hill into town and headed toward the campground. But last year? No clue.

Spent quite a bit of time getting stuff done in the garage and the 'Shed'.

I should explain why I call it a shed. The appraiser called it that in his report. "The property includes a shed." Wha? My agent got him to amend it and call it a garage but the appraisal was unchanged besides that one word. Yep, just a shed. A 32x70 shed.

I hung some shop art today

Picked this up while cleaning the melt deck after a bronze pour one morning, instead of throwing it into remelt I hung it on the wall.

Finally hooked up a stereo

I bought that reciever in September 1986 at Hawethorne Stereo in Portland Oregon. I paid what I thought was an insane amount of money for it. $325 I think. I paid $300 for the car I was driving back then.

The old fairing is off my KLR after a misunderstanding with a bull at about 45 mph. Netted me 12 broken ribs, some internal lacerations/bleeding and a punctured lung. Cattle aren't as quick with trigonometry as you would think. I spent some serious time in the hospital and discovered how amazing morphine is with that little adventure.

Finally got the kayak off the garage floor and mounted in the "other" side of the shed. Funny, when I was a single guy I paddled the hell out of it. Now I need to either buy another one or get a canoe.

Been working on the table saw

Got the base cleaned up and repainted and the top has all the rust taken off and cleaned up enough to use. Still quite a bit to do.

Tonight we are going to a play. Perhaps I'll remember today with as much clarity as two years ago.

 

[Gizmosity]

For the fifth of July Im sitting in my chair staring at a Craigslist add for "Welding Tables." A 4x8 with a 3/8" top or a 5x7 with a 1" top. Ladies choice....$250.

And I'm not pursuing it.

I have to have plenty of willpower. I have to because I've never used any of it up until today.

 

[Gizmosity]

Still trouble shooting the Cub Cadet. Engine runs great. PTO is fine but the adjustment for its engagement is a little finicky. Burnt up the fiber button. Got a new one (actually 2) as well as some new blades for the deck.

While I was heading that far out of town I stopped by the surplus place where I found those drawer units. They have 2 more that are in WAY better shape than the two I got a few weeks ago. I decided to pass. Found a big box of used 2" Pony spring clamps for $2 each that so I grabbed 10 of them that looked brand new.

Worked on getting the table saw put back together. Got it pretty much done except for mounting the motor. Still need to clean up the motor. I'm pretty sure I'm going to fab up a Beisemeyer style front rail and buy a fence from here:
http://vsctools.com/shop/table-saw-fence/

I like the idea of it. I've had several (maybe 8?) different saws over the years and most had custom ordered Beisemeyer fences systems. I think this is the way to go now.

She looks pretty good.

The replacement belts that came with the saw look like they were purchased when the saw was new.

When I had the table off and up on the bench I noticed that the casting had a depression where the motor pulley sat. Looks like the pattern had to be slightly altered to make room for the motor/pulley assembly. Whenever I see pattern modifications like this I wonder if the patternmaker freaked out or just sanded it down and moved on to the next job.

When I was taking it apart I noticed the front hand wheel had broken and someone had used JB Weld to put it back together. Put off cleaning up both wheels. I might dig around online and see if I can find some newer ones that will work. If I have to I'll clean up the broken one and use it as a pattern to make a new one sometime this winter when we pour iron.

It will be a decent saw. It's not in the same caliber as my old PM66 or previous Unisaws but I think it will work.

Spied a pretty sweet deal on a 8" jointer about 200 miles from here. It's 3phase and direct drive so I'm not sure if it's THAT great of a deal for me. Looking at VFD's, RPC's and SPC's to see what my total cost would be to go get it and get it working with single phase. Might just wait for something single phase to appear closer to home.