Office today, have to assemble the desk and setup the computer, for the third time and unfortunately there will be a fourth and probably fifth time, maybe even a sixth when we replace the flooring. Still pretty hot out, but I survived yesterday, so today should be a piece of cake.
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
cbacres
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Nice saw! Caster setup is half shabby. Will that model stand up and have a clamp on plate to use as a vertical saw?
It looks like it can be used vertical as well, the only thing I don't particularly like so far is the cam lock clamp, seems a bit cheap. They offer a screw type vise, so I may have to invest in that, some things will be fine, others look like they could be a nightmare with the cam lock, especially long stock.
Been at the office all day, got a bunch done and will be here tomorrow too. At least I got to be in AC most of the day, it was still hot and I did have to carry some file cabinets upstairs, so that was not so fun.
Been at the office all day, got a bunch done and will be here tomorrow too. At least I got to be in AC most of the day, it was still hot and I did have to carry some file cabinets upstairs, so that was not so fun.
bowtiguy
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From now on it’s only OEM replacement parts for me. Bought some Duralast “gold” 1/2 shafts for my H3 alpha after the factory boots started leak at 105k. They were junk! One bad out of the box. 2.5 hrs later it was fixed. W/in 2k miles BOTH were clicking and one boot failing.
I spent the $450+ and put deco units in....smooth as butter. I’m done with cheap parts stores parts!
Some things from NAPA are OK, in the end unless you know what you are getting quality wise, it is a gamble. I went directly to GM for some headlights and could only buy one side (other side was back ordered for a long time) I ended up buying aftermarket headlights and they are so close to what the GM one was it was not funny. The GM version was a slight bit more refined, but they were both made in China. If you ever get aftermarket body parts, get CAPA certified parts, they are generally OEM equivalent that any insurance company would allow on a repair. They were double the price of the cheap full sets of headlights with markers, but half the price of the GM headlights. The full sets were so cheaply made, I don't know how they would survive more than a few months without getting water inside them, if I was flipping a truck, I would install them, but even then, they look like ****.
PelicanPines
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I'd put that side table on casters too... that saw is pretty
I was thinking the same thing Pines, it will need some nice locking casters, the way it is right now, there are casters at one end and the guy welded it to the base of the saw every time he used it. I am sure I could make a cleaner setup than that. At this point I am just happy to have it, I though the guy was going to back out on me. It needs a good cleaning and a bit of lubrication, the miter action is smooth, but the bearings are dry and it squeals when you move the head. I would like to add some upgrade buttons for on and off, there is no emergency stop and I want that for sure.
PelicanPines
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I assumed they were locking casters... I had the drop down kind on my old cast iron router... I have the OEM drop downs on my hybrid saw... don't know how heavy the band saw is... but my table saw is probably 450 pounds with all the cast iron extensions I added... pretty sure the router lift I added to the side is 70 more pounds way off center... the casters still drop just fine.
Now... raising the casters is another story... I need to buffer it when I lower the table...
Now... raising the casters is another story... I need to buffer it when I lower the table...
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The dry weight of the saw is just shy of 700 pounds. If ordered from the factory, they have it setup with wheels and a telescoping handle to act kind of like a wheel barrow. Honestly, every bandsaw I have ever had has had 4 swivel casters and none of them have been locking. Once you get it clamped down you could do a triple Lindy and not have an issue, well maybe not a triple, but a double for sure. 
PelicanPines
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My uncle used the banana peel method of moving his heavy stuff... he would lift whatever onto 4x6 timbers with Huge eyebolts on the ends and use a come along tied off to his buildings framing... I know he moved a ton a few times.
I am willing to bet we have all used leverage in a weird way at some point or other. I am still being dumb and using brute force to shuffle things around at the office. I just picked up a 2 drawer lateral file cabinet 42" long and carried it from outside the office to the back room, not very far, but through three doorways. I don't think I could do it without my suction cup grips (woods power grips), those are the best for anything that is semi smooth and not permeable. Glaziers use them, but I think everyone should own at least two, they work for sheet metal, refrigerators, and file cabinets just as well as on glass. I also used them to move fish tanks around.
cbacres
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Nice. It's same design as mine, just bigger. If I remember, there's grease zerts on the pivots.
Richard Cranium
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I am back from Vacation and boy is it hot.
I will have to download the manual and take a peak, it is definitely the bearings that were squealing, he had it stored in a cargo trailer and everything looked a bit like it had been damp. The saw cuts fine and moves well, the ram that holds up the head works well.
It isn't hot.
Up here it is the damn humidity that is killing us, relative humidity was 70 today and it was high 80s. I would gladly take 100s with 40% humidity any day.
southalabama
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Strange weather when Maine is having humidity comparable to the Deep South.
When you fly from west back to the south as soon as you land it hits you.
When you fly from west back to the south as soon as you land it hits you.
fowldarr
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Currently 65 degrees up here on the Oregon Coast.
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BoilermakerFan
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Nice score Strouty! The Bosch extrusion has a different internal profile and it is a metric extrusion. The company I worked for before sold TSLOTS which is 80/20s former extruder and major competitor. TSLOTS has the Bosch profile and hardware, so if you need to add or change anything, I can get you to the right folks to help you out.
The Parker actuator on that machine is probably more than $2K new as well... Depending on it's size, force capability, etc.
The first thing I did was to try and use one of the Bosch "Rexroth" T-nuts on a piece of 80/20, so I am glad you have some knowledge about them as trying to find used pieces looked like it would be a lot worse than finding 80/20. I have no clue when it comes to the actuators, I can't even tell if they are gear driven or some sort of belt. I am thinking that if they are light duty, it could be the start of a good sized 3D printer and if they are heavy duty, it could be for a CNC router. Either way, it looks like there will be some very usable parts and I know paying $100 for the thing was well worth it.
More office work today and probably tomorrow, but the weather looks like it will be less humid this weekend, so I plan on trying to get some shop stuff done.
More office work today and probably tomorrow, but the weather looks like it will be less humid this weekend, so I plan on trying to get some shop stuff done.
Going to the shop to pick stuff up, it is kind of like a tease because I can't do anything there. At least the office is absorbing lots of things from the shop, more space is a good thing. Being productive, even if it is not at the shop is a good thing as well.
On another note, I am now pretty sure I will be getting rid of the monster drill press, but I will be replacing it with another big drill press or two. I will be taking a look at at least one that is for sale locally, it seems like the best alternative and will actually be a better fit in my shop. Will post pictures when I can.
On another note, I am now pretty sure I will be getting rid of the monster drill press, but I will be replacing it with another big drill press or two. I will be taking a look at at least one that is for sale locally, it seems like the best alternative and will actually be a better fit in my shop. Will post pictures when I can.
I loaded up a bunch more stuff to bring to the office, tomorrow I will load up the last of the big stuff, will be great to have it cleared out!
The big drill press that I am looking at is 6 feet long, 3' 6" wide and 9 feet tall, so I guess it isn't much smaller than the "monster" one I already have.
It is more flexible as far as what it can drill and ultimately that is what I wanted originally. I guess now all it depends on is the price.
I forgot to mention, I bought a big rotary phase converter as well, I can't pick that up until maybe September though, but I am not ready for it yet anyways. Once I get that wired up, then I can test out the iron worker and see if it works, that will be one of the handiest pieces of equipment to have running.
The big drill press that I am looking at is 6 feet long, 3' 6" wide and 9 feet tall, so I guess it isn't much smaller than the "monster" one I already have.
It is more flexible as far as what it can drill and ultimately that is what I wanted originally. I guess now all it depends on is the price. I forgot to mention, I bought a big rotary phase converter as well, I can't pick that up until maybe September though, but I am not ready for it yet anyways. Once I get that wired up, then I can test out the iron worker and see if it works, that will be one of the handiest pieces of equipment to have running.
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Muzzy
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Strouty,
Those sawhorses look nice and heavy duty.
What's the history on them?
Like many others I'm looking forward to the tower build!
Those sawhorses look nice and heavy duty.
What's the history on them?
Like many others I'm looking forward to the tower build!
The saw horses were made by a fabrication company that went out of business, I bought them at auction and sold four of them to my Dad. They are certainly rugged and now that they are galvanized, I won't feel so bad storing them outside!
The tower build has slowed due to many factors out of my control, this last load of steel had parts we need for the foundations, so at least that is done.
The tower build has slowed due to many factors out of my control, this last load of steel had parts we need for the foundations, so at least that is done.
I mixed up the topcoat and applied it. At first I was freaking out as it washed away all the grain, so I decided to try the same thing I did on the Acacia too with the waterlox, before it was dry I polished it with a rag, it looks ten times better now. Unfortunately it is very hard to get an accurate picture of the color, I had to adjust this one a bit so it showed what it looks like to my eyes, the light in the shop is washing it out.
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I think my shop and I hate each other. I really have not gotten anything done, been here for three hours, did 30 minutes worth of work. Everything I look at is another issue, project, annoyance, or distraction. I am trying to just pick one thing to do, but I can tell I started out with too big of a goal and now it is defeating me. I am going to start cleaning up and see if that lets me clear my head and get something done.
xtremek
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Pick a corner and start working in one direction? I hear you on being overwhelmed by the shear amount of work needing to be done.
I think today was worse because I couldn’t really do much inside without making dust and screwing with the butcher block. I really wanted that done, it will allow me to finish the desk at the house and get a project out of the shop. I ended up taking the trailer to my Dad’s shop and getting my sawhorses. As it is now, I will need to go to the office for the first part of the day tomorrow, there is a bunch of stuff that needs to be unpacked and the suburban needs to be unloaded. I kind of wish I had gone and done that tonight, but I was really exhausted, I am about to go to bed now (8:30 PM), I will end up getting up early, will try and make it a productive day.
Slow start this morning, woke up at 4 went back to sleep then woke up at 6, now I am trying to get myself motivated. My back tends to tense up at night, so I wake up feeling much worse than when I went to bed. I have not found a decent solution yet, stretching before bed helps, but I think the next step would be to set an alarm halfway through the night to stretch again. I am not liking the idea, but if it works it would be worth it. I am guessing that if I had just gotten up at 4 AM, I would be in better condition than I was when I finally got up at 6 AM. The issue with that is I will be really tired by the afternoon.
Oh well, through trial and error I will figure things out. I need to see if we have eggs, I want to make blueberry pancakes with some of the blueberries from our plants.
Oh well, through trial and error I will figure things out. I need to see if we have eggs, I want to make blueberry pancakes with some of the blueberries from our plants.
fowldarr
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If Drives we’re here he would recommend an inversion table it seems to have done wonders for his back and several other people he knows.
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Man, it has been another one of "those" days.
I started organizing files at the office, just got two new file cabinets on Thursday and drag them up the stairs to the second floor, leveled them up, they look decent enough. Well they were advertised as having the ability to do side to side file storage, but with the adapters you can do front to back, I much prefer the front to back as it makes for easier reading and you can fit more in the drawers. After adding the brackets, the hanging file folders don't fit right. The two sides of the cabinet have these huge bump outs that hit the file folders and skew things. I am not interested in dealing with that type of hassle every time I open a drawer! I started the return with Staples, now I have to disassemble them and carry them back down stairs, then reassemble them again. They want them outside, ready to go, yet it is supposed to be rainy all week. I guess I can cover them with a tarp, as for the packaging, there was a bit of cardboard and it was wrapped in plastic, it has all been tossed as there was no good place to keep it, not like it was a box, just a few corners. Can't wait to see how this turns out.
I started organizing files at the office, just got two new file cabinets on Thursday and drag them up the stairs to the second floor, leveled them up, they look decent enough. Well they were advertised as having the ability to do side to side file storage, but with the adapters you can do front to back, I much prefer the front to back as it makes for easier reading and you can fit more in the drawers. After adding the brackets, the hanging file folders don't fit right. The two sides of the cabinet have these huge bump outs that hit the file folders and skew things. I am not interested in dealing with that type of hassle every time I open a drawer!
I started the return with Staples, now I have to disassemble them and carry them back down stairs, then reassemble them again. They want them outside, ready to go, yet it is supposed to be rainy all week. I guess I can cover them with a tarp, as for the packaging, there was a bit of cardboard and it was wrapped in plastic, it has all been tossed as there was no good place to keep it, not like it was a box, just a few corners. Can't wait to see how this turns out. Got the file cabinets out, not down stairs, but out of the office. I also dragged a couple of the old ones back in, so I would have some storage for now. Nothing like a good file cabinet drama to keep you awake at night.
I guess I have been spoiled, I buy these used cabinets for $150 or $200 and then when I buy a brand new one for $500 it is a piece of ****. When I looked into it, the used ones are like $1200 and up new, so I guess you really do get what you pay for when it comes to file cabinets.
Tomorrow needs to be better than today, even if it is just a little better, I will be happy.
I guess I have been spoiled, I buy these used cabinets for $150 or $200 and then when I buy a brand new one for $500 it is a piece of ****. When I looked into it, the used ones are like $1200 and up new, so I guess you really do get what you pay for when it comes to file cabinets.
Tomorrow needs to be better than today, even if it is just a little better, I will be happy.
PelicanPines
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Take pictures of how you left them to pick up... So they can't "make **** up" on you.
Guy down the street tossed a NICE heavy duty 4 drawer... tossed two empty drawers... somebody picked them... then two more the next week, empty... gone in an hour... the 3rd weekly toss was the frame/body... it was one of those high security ones... the guy works for the state. Bet he got it from work.
I know the scrap guy probably got it... I considered it but said... "don't need no more projects right now"
Guy down the street tossed a NICE heavy duty 4 drawer... tossed two empty drawers... somebody picked them... then two more the next week, empty... gone in an hour... the 3rd weekly toss was the frame/body... it was one of those high security ones... the guy works for the state. Bet he got it from work.
I know the scrap guy probably got it... I considered it but said... "don't need no more projects right now"
86turbodsl
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Keep working at it strouty. Perseverance. It always looks worse before it looks better.
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