Above 1200 Sq/FT The Salvage Garage

[Strouty]

This dryer is from your neck of the woods, well it was originally, I think it is made in China now, but the quality is still there. It is a Hills Rotary dryer, I did a lot of research before buying it, probably too much, but I figure it was worth the money. The POS she has been using is always having trouble and I have had to rebuild it more than a few times.

https://www.hillshome.com.au/our-products/clotheslines/

I am terrible about clothes hanging out to dry, I have to put them in the dryer for ten or more minutes even after they are dry, I hate the feeling they have from line drying.

 

[BoilermakerFan]

Those are nice dryers. We use a single line outside, a retractable line run from the house to the garage so it's 40ft long. We use indoor drying racks when the weather doesn't cooperate. We rarely use the electric dryer. Your clothes last so much longer when line dried. All the lint in the dryer is from your clothes... it literally wears it off.

 

[PelicanPines]

My issue with line drying... if you put damp clothing out in the afternoon... wood roaches will migrate from the forest tree line to your clothing... burrow under a layer or find a pocket...

Wood roaches fly

Good news... wood roaches can NOT live in a house...

 

[Strouty]

I have some disappointing news, I will not be bringing anything to the auction this year, after much deliberation, I have decided that the time crunch and the tower job are not playing nice. Things that should have been done, haven't been done so I need to step up my availability and get the rest of it done. Today was a real eye opener and not in a good way. I don't feel like going into details, but some serious issues have risen out of me being essentially forced into a back seat position and I can't risk this happening again, we don't have time. So I have to put that off as well as a surgery I need on my forehead to have some basal cell skin cancer removed. I am not really happy about all this, but it is the only decision that I can see that will allow things to get completed and I just want this project done. In the end, having things done will change my life, seriously.

 

[PelicanPines]

schedule your mohs procedure... do what you have to do. A lot of mohs end up with a question mark scar...

We are pulling for you...

 

[xtremek]

^ What PP said. Good luck, I hope things go well for you.

 

[Craptain]

Sorry to hear about your issues, both health and work. But you need to take care of both, with health first. The shop will still be there.

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[Strouty]

Thanks guys, my GF is pissed that I am rescheduling, but it will be mid October, so not too far out. I just know that getting this project done will be a huge weight off me, it has strained things with my Dad and the family too. We are going into almost two years since I started the process and way too much money has been spent due to delays and changes made by lack of control. Today’s realization was that the base of the tower will have an elevation 3” or so below the plans grade and this is something that will be checked with GPS by a surveyor, we can’t just change the ground elevations as they are all designed by the landscape architect to flow all the runoff to a “rain garden”, if I do have to make grade changes I will need weeks for approvals and we don’t have the time.

 

[Strouty]

I just had the best packaged eBay shipment ever, it has made my entire day. The seller made a wooden box that fit a large flat rate box and held everything perfectly, they must have spent more than an hour making the box, I can’t wait to leave positive feedback.











Other than that, I have a cold, yet it is mid eighties outside. I feel like ****, feverish, stuffed up, but I just need to get some tools and then finish the laundry dryer mount. Then I can go home and install it, probably be in bed about midnight again. Last night was laundry night, except I forgot until about 10 when we got home. Oh well, at least I had clean clothes this morning!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Hang in there, it will get better.

 

[Strouty]

Dlcwent stopped by this morning, I have been to his place a couple times, so know he can say he has been to my shop. It was good to catch up on a rainy day.

Not much progress at the shop, I redesigned the mount for the dryer, so I have to redo it once again. This time it will work great, all the parts have been tested and I am happy with the structural portion, before it was too flimsy. He are some pictures to prove I did something.

 

[86turbodsl]

Nice. Sometimes forward progress of any kind is enough.

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[Strouty]

I am actually working on the dryer mount now, but it is going to be ugly. Nothing is straight, all my aluminum is warped or warping from the heat, I think in the end, I will be lucky if the dryer is plumb. I know the GF won’t care, so it needs to be one of those personal exercises of calling it good enough, otherwise I could spend several days trying to make it “perfect”.

 

[Strouty]

I tack welded everything together, then tonight I test fit it, the deck post I will be mounting it to is so crooked I don't think it matters what I do to try and make my bracket perfect, the thing will need to be shimmed or either that custom made for the post. I vote shims or spacers. I was actually thinking about welding some spacers in, that way they can't go missing on me, but then I thought if I ever redo the deck, maybe the new post would be better and I would regret a permanent spacer.

 

[PelicanPines]

Perfect never matters after you are dead... just a thought.

 

[Strouty]

That is definitely a good way to look at it.

Being a perfectionist really *****, I am working on it and I have seen some improvement for sure.

 

[OccupantRJ]

You can only be a perfectionist in what YOU do, not in what already is or in what others have done. Besides any “perfection” we perform will only be seen as imperfection by at least one other perfectionist.

Stop beating yourself up. Life already does that enough for us!

 

[Strouty]

I will stop.

 

[bimmer1980]

Candidly, the fit up of the parts look great!!

Weld it up and get the clothes line installed. When it works and the GF is happy, that is perfection!

I do understand the pressures for striving for perfection. I think all the pictures of "perfect" stuff on web forums, pinterest, etc drive that asinine pursuit of perfection....

Sometimes, good enough is good enough. If it works, you can move on to something that is worth spending the time going after perfection....

When it gets right down to it, NOTHING can be perfect. There are always limitations on machine tolerance, worker tolerance, time and money. A machinist told me early on in my career... if the part is just a little out of tolerance, take it over to the buffer and give it a good shine, the customer will accept it most of the time.... I got a chuckle over that...

I have started figuring out that having an item functions overrides the need to have it "perfect". I would still like certain things different, but sometimes just having the added function is worth it... I find that if I can look part the individual part/project and look to the anticipated function, that I can over look the endless need to chase perfection. Not all weld bead will be pretty, but they don't have to be. just sufficiently strong for the application.

As far as avoiding distortion, jigging or clamping to a rigid member during welding will help. Let the part cool sufficiently before removing it from the jig.

 

[86turbodsl]

Agree with bimmer. Install it. Correct any issues she brings up. Move on with life. It's easy to fall into the trap over and over. We're here for you.

 

[PelicanPines]

Strouty... have you made the appointment for your lobotomy? ... please don't put that off too long. Virtually 100% curable.

 

[Strouty]

Yup, being labotomized on Tuesday, expect drugged up one eyed posting when I get home that afternoon.

 

[xtremek]

I don't get it, so post a pic of the test fit so I can understand. As far as perfection goes, you can do a few things "perfectly", a bunch of things really well, a ton of things half baked, or nothing at all. I know, I know, I'm not telling you anything you don't know. I guess the question is, what are you comfortable with?

 

[Strouty]

I will post a picture when I get it mounted, it will make sense then, the picture you saw was just for test fitting and layout, it was horizontal, it will end up vertical.


I just bought another project, this is a cool one, but I can’t get it for two weeks as it is buried in the guys backyard and he needs to dig it out. More details to follow. Of course the guy was a machinist and we got talking, before you know it, I was buying things, he was giving me things, and now I also own a vertical bandsaw.

The tower project is starting to take shape, the crane will be coming next Friday, we will set the first 84’, then the crane will come back another day to set the remaining 96’. We are doing it this way because we don’t have a really experienced crew and I would rather spend the extra time and have everything safe than try and rush it and have someone or something get hurt.

 

[Craptain]

Sounds like positive stuff happening. Waiting to hear about the new stuff after it is dug out of the ground. Or maybe before????

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[Strouty]

It was almost dark when I got to the place, so I didn’t bother with pictures, but I bought something that is about 70 years old, was used by the military and has a 37 in its name. I am not sure I have ever seen one from this neck of the woods that was less rusty. I didn’t even dicker with the price, it was that good. So now I have another redneck project and a bandsaw, well in a couple weeks I will.

 

[jakemac]

Ooooooo ........... NEW TOYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Strouty great work

 

[ttpete]

It was almost dark when I got to the place, so I didn’t bother with pictures, but I bought something that is about 70 years old, was used by the military and has a 37 in its name. I am not sure I have ever seen one from this neck of the woods that was less rusty. I didn’t even dicker with the price, it was that good. So now I have another redneck project and a bandsaw, well in a couple weeks I will.

M37 Dodge weapons carrier?

 

[Strouty]

M37 Dodge is correct.

 

[Duker]

Dlcwent stopped by this morning, I have been to his place a couple times, so know he can say he has been to my shop. It was good to catch up on a rainy day.

Not much progress at the shop, I redesigned the mount for the dryer, so I have to redo it once again. This time it will work great, all the parts have been tested and I am happy with the structural portion, before it was too flimsy. He are some pictures to prove I did something.

How is Dan? Haven’t seen him on the forum much, or maybe I have just missed his posting....

And as for completing projects, my wife tries to remind me to try and enjoy the journey as well as the destination... it’s her nice way of reminding to “chill out” when I get frustrated with my progress. Slowly that comment has begun to sink in and while I still get frustrated with the pace of my projects it has made me appreciate the whole experience. Of course, she seems to be more patient when it comes to my projects...not hers... [emoji51]



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[racer-john]

I didn't see any of the mentioned pictures on page 115.

 

[Strouty]

Dan is doing well, just really busy.

I have heard others having issues with pictures, not sure what is going on, but I suspect it is tapatalk not playing nice. I am on my phone and can’t see page numbers, so not sure what pics are MIA.

Will be at the shop soon, getting breakfast now.

 

[Strouty]

I unloaded the burb, ended up with the fenders, drivers door (unfortunately not the original one, so it has some rust), and the hood. Also bought another Kurt vise and he gave me an assortment of HSS cutters.

 

[Craptain]

It's good to have a few extra milling cutters. You will probably break a few in the beginning. It's pretty easy to do. Ask me how I know.
Nice Kurt. I have a 4" Kurt and a 6" Abwood. Usually just use the smaller one as I can lift it on and off easier.

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[Strouty]

I have a ridiculously heavy 8” palmgren, that thing ***** to move. These 6” are so much better, I would imagine a 4” would be even easier. The only reason I ended up getting 6” was availability, eventually I am sure I will stumble on a smaller one.

Had a couple friends stop by, so not much has been done yet, I need to clean up the mess from unloading Bev. Not even sure where to put the stuff, that is why it was in Bev in the first place. At least most of it is light bags of bubble wrap.

 

[ttpete]

M37 Dodge is correct.

Some people have done conversions to a 4BT turbo Cummins.

 

[Strouty]

I am not sure what I am going to do yet, I may use a 6 liter chevy. I have been wanting to build something with one of those engines for a while, I have all sorts of ideas. The biggest issue is that I need to choose one project, but I have a few already going. The M37 will probably sit this winter out, I really would like to get the suburban project done, then I have the crew cab F-700 waiting too. I have been toying with the idea of not building a new burb, but buying one as pristine as I can find and just driving it. I found one in Colorado and another one in Oregon, fly out, drive back, have some fun, probably end up saving some money, definitely save a lot of time. Having too many projects can be frustrating.

I am working on the conex right now, I have today and tomorrow to get things together for the auction and I want to get a bunch of **** gone before winter. I didn’t think I was going to have time, still won’t be able to get the big stuff over, but at least I won’t be storing a bunch more junk this winter.

 

[ttpete]

I am not sure what I am going to do yet, I may use a 6 liter chevy. I have been wanting to build something with one of those engines for a while, I have all sorts of ideas. The biggest issue is that I need to choose one project, but I have a few already going. The M37 will probably sit this winter out, I really would like to get the suburban project done, then I have the crew cab F-700 waiting too. I have been toying with the idea of not building a new burb, but buying one as pristine as I can find and just driving it. I found one in Colorado and another one in Oregon, fly out, drive back, have some fun, probably end up saving some money, definitely save a lot of time. Having too many projects can be frustrating.

I am working on the conex right now, I have today and tomorrow to get things together for the auction and I want to get a bunch of **** gone before winter. I didn’t think I was going to have time, still won’t be able to get the big stuff over, but at least I won’t be storing a bunch more junk this winter.

M37s are not great over-the-road vehicles because of the axle ratios. It'll be screaming its guts out at 55 mph. My M38A1 was the same with 5.38:1 axles until I installed an overdrive unit that made it a 4.11 equivalent.

 

[Strouty]

I never said I was going to use those axles.

I have so many plans, it will be a remake for sure, probably use a newer truck chassis. I want to go solid axle, but not sure what I would use yet. I also have a set of deuce and a half axles, would look pretty good with some 54” tires.