Situation reassessed, going to clock out from almost all personal projects for the next few months and try to get the office back on track. I can’t do both and I don’t have a job without the office, so it wins.
We really should start taking bets.
Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
Im in for already boughtWe really should start taking bets.
To be fair, I am not buying any projects, tools are a different scenario in my mind. Regardless, the plan is still ton concentrate on the office for the next couple months. If some tools stumble into the equation, no big deal. I don’t want anymore projects though, that includes repairable tools/equipment, if I buy anything it will be capable of being used as is and not as a paperweight or lawn art.
Apparently I have to setup the dehumidifiers, crazy results after just a few hours of running. It is a bit warmer inside now, but I am blowing the hot dry air right into the shop, still feels so much better, humidity is about 20 points down from where we started. Water bucket has a few gallons in it, only been on since about 12:30, so four hours.
86turbodsl
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You got that much in a couple hours??? WTF.Apparently I have to setup the dehumidifiers, crazy results after just a few hours of running. It is a bit warmer inside now, but I am blowing the hot dry air right into the shop, still feels so much better, humidity is about 20 points down from where we started. Water bucket has a few gallons in it, only been on since about 12:30, so four hours.
jack stand
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The Lincoln smoke filter?
I'd say
I'd say
kaymccampbell
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You try not to put it that close.
Plastikosmd
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For around here about 1/2 that price paid will be added to the electric bill at the end of the month!
The electricity costs are definitely a factor. From what I have seen so far, if I set up one of the fixed units, I could probably just set it on a timer and let it run for a couple hours a day. I am going back over there today, it will be interesting to see what the floor looks like, it was humid/rainy all night with warm temps. The other thing I was thinking about is to reclaim all that water to use for the pressure washer, at least then the cost to produce this water would be offset by the fact that I don’t have to haul it in. Not that it is a cost effective way to get water, but using the byproduct would be better than dumping it on the ground and having it cycle back through the slab again.
I got a bit of a late start today, but I hope to have the dehumidifiers fixed. Not sure when I will be able to set them up, but having them ready to go is half the battle. The plan was to have one at the Salvage Garage and one for under the house at the Hill, but I may end up putting the other one in the shop at the Hill and using the portable one in the basement area of the house.
So the floor wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday, but it was still a lot worse than I had hoped. I suspect to keep things at a decent level, the dehumidifier would have to run about 8 hours a day if it was all at once, maybe less if I could set it up on a timer to run one hour every four hours. Of course this is after running it for a good solid amount of time to get the initial humidity out of the space as best as possible. I am going to run it now and I am going to turn the AC up and let them fight. Unfortunately I don't have a tube large enough to easily discharge the hot air outside. I should be able to order one for next week, it would be good to have regardless, it would just live with the portable dehumidifier.
My hard neoprene pads showed up today, so I could attempt to move the Matsuura, but I think it might be a lot safer with two people, especially another someone that doesn't have any broken fingers.
My hard neoprene pads showed up today, so I could attempt to move the Matsuura, but I think it might be a lot safer with two people, especially another someone that doesn't have any broken fingers.
I am not really sure if these will hold up, but they were only $20 each, the ones that is suspect would hold up to about anything we’re almost $50 each, so I figured I would try these out. I think they were rated for 1500 PSI and the other ones were 4000 PSI with cloth reinforcements inside the material. The Hilman website says that the pads they offer are Neoprene, of course they had 1/2” thick and I got 3/8”, only other option was 5/8” and quite a bit more money.
Mission creep in full effect today, going to try and mount the fork level indicator, thought it would be easy, but my mast makes it difficult to mount. It is going to be mounted kind of goofy, but I need it to easily be able to lift up and place the green pallet shelves. I know from experience that it is a RPITA without two people, this should take the place of the other person, will it work, only one way to find out...
I think I am making more of a mess, had to move a bunch of things to get to the pallet jack, then one thing spiraled out of control and now I have moved more than I should have. I guess it is time to play a game of Tetris, I need to make room to set the Matsuura anyways, I guess it just makes sense to do it all right now. Hopefully I can actually do it, might be that there is just too much stuff inside right now, if that is the case, it is definitely not getting done quick. Tomorrow is supposed to be rain most of the day, so I may swap my schedule and just do paperwork, then on Monday I can move stuff around outside when it is supposed to be dry.
OK, I have a plan, but no way is it going to happen this weekend. I think it will take a full dry day with a helper, a long day, but I think it can be done. I just have to set the stage so that when I have help we aren't tripping over things or just moving things redundantly for no reason. I am resigned to the fact that I will not be setting up the stock room this year, there is just no way, it will take a month or more of dedicated work to get that setup and that isn't going to happen this year. This is going to involve setting up more of the green Vidmar shelving, kind of in the center of the shop space, between the two overhead doors. The only sucky part is that there isn't enough room on the back side to use the forklift to load the shelves, I need 9' of space and I will be lucky to get 7' 6". I can still use the floor area for things with the pallet jack, then I can hand load lighter things onto shelves above that stuff. Ultimately the top of the two rows will store the bridge portion of the crane that ultimately will be in the stock room. By doing this, I can clear up floor space so that this winter I can use the shop, for real, I do not want to go through another winter where I can't really use the shop for anything other than storage. This shop is going to end up being the fabrication shop, the Hill will essentially be the automotive shop with basic fabrication tools/equipment.
I have spent the last couple hours measuring things and playing around with possible layouts and the path forward is laid out, feels good, even if things need tweaking as it goes, I can see the path forward. I like that.
I have spent the last couple hours measuring things and playing around with possible layouts and the path forward is laid out, feels good, even if things need tweaking as it goes, I can see the path forward. I like that.
Jayman17
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Is everything good, I don't think I've seen this much time pass between postings? 
bulletpruf
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Is everything good, I don't think I've seen this much time pass between postings?
According to his profile, our fearless leader logged in yesterday...
Not 5 minutes after posting this, Dad called, he was on the side of the road with his boat, the axle had decided to take a break, literally. He wanted to get the crane and another truck and boat trailer, then lift the boat off the broken trailer, then put the boat on the new trailer. He was on a blind curve of a narrow road with 8” tall granite curbs on both sides, not happening. I told him I would be there with the ramp truck and we would load it on and at a minimum move it to a safer place. By the time I got there, the police were there to keep traffic under control, it took about 20 minutes to get the boat onto the ramp enough to safely move. The cop was more interested in how we were going to load it than anything. I was glad, because the ramp truck wasn’t inspected or registered. Made it back to Dad’s house, totally forgot to take any pictures, but now I am beat, my finger hurts so I am icing it now.
Craptain
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Not being unkind but I have to laugh. It seems like your dad can do it to you every time.
bimmer1980
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Oh boy! Good hustle taking care of the dad projects!! Lol. Did you happen to measure your overall height? The pic makes it appear close to the over had line... Maybe it's just the angle of the photo.
On the upside, at least no tickets and the ramp truck seemed to perform well!!
On the upside, at least no tickets and the ramp truck seemed to perform well!!
bulletpruf
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Nice work, Strouty.
jack stand
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Is that the one you recently fetched from MA? or somewhere south of here?
68400BIRD
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And now you get to fix a trailer. Your work is never done.
