Above 1200 Sq/FT The Warthog Hidey Hole

[jbmatth]

Well all of the pictures went missing so I had to go back and edit all of my previous postings to get them to show back up. How do I keep from having the thumbnails at the bottom of each post with pictures without getting a photobucket account? I won't get photobucket as it doesn't agree with my computer here for some reason.

The next stop on the T^4 (Thanksgiving Treasure Trove Tour) was back in my home town. When I was in 7th grade I was riding the bus home and saw that a door was open to a barn that had never been open that I had seen before or since. All I saw inside was rows of old cars, I didn't know much back then, but I knew they were old. Fast forward 12 years when my first daughter was born I thought it would be a good idea for us to build a car for her that would be 100 years old at some point during the restoration. That would mean I'd have to find a 1927-1929 for her or a 1930-1932 for the younger daughter. I was brought back that day in Jr. High on the school bus so I decided to pay the old farmer a visit. Turns out his father was the one who sold my grandparents the farm my family lives on now. He did in fact have cars in the barn and allowed me to go take a look at them and said they would be for sale for an appropriate price. Not a screaming deal but about what I could expect to find anywhere else. Enough talk on to the pictures.

I don't know what this is or the year other than it is/was a ford.

He had these 4 at his shop and 3 more at his fathers old shop, he didn't say what the others ones were, but these 4 are all 1929-1931 Ford Model A's and two of the sedans are 29's. I am thinking about buying all 4 with a friend of mine from college. He wants the truck and I'll take the 3 sedans if we can come to terms on price. I'm really excited about this and will try to get them purchased in the next few months. This is me doing the happy dance.

He also has three grill surrounds for what I would presume are also for Model A's.

Just when you think my week of T^4 couldn't possibly get any better there is more on the way...

 

[jbmatth]

The next stop on the T^4 was actually at my parents house the day after Thanksgiving. I had the cabinet makers bench and the Keller powered hacksaw loaded into my truck. The day after Thanksgiving my mother always fixes breakfast for the 20-30 family members who come into town to give them a meal prior to their travels. One of my older cousins asked what all that was in my truck and when I explained them to her she seemed intrigued. Then she said the sweetest words I've ever heard, "I have all of my dad's old tools in my shed, if you want them come to Texas and you can have them." I was surprised but figured she was talking about a few hand tools and maybe some power tools. Then she said the second sweetest words ever, "There is a heavy table saw that will take a few people to move, a metal lathe about this big(5'x1.5'x1.5'), a bunch of old power tools in their cases, a welding table, some cutting torch stuff, and other things." By this point I was about to faint, I've been talking to her to set up a time to go for a visit and bring back my Tool Treasure Trove (T^3). I don't know anything else about the tools for now, but will keep everyone informed.

 

[MacTexas]

Looks like you have ALOP (a lot of projects). You are going to have a difficult time deciding which to work on first.

 

[jbmatth]

MacTexas, Thanks for stopping by, I am working on the CMB (Cabinet Makers Bench) right now, there were quite a few pieces of split wood on the parts I'm trying to save. One of them was split while Mr. Johnson (the gentleman who most likely last used this bench in the pre-Restored 1930's Auto Shop) was using it for a blacksmith table. There was dirt and grease up to .5" (1.25 cm) thick on the top. Some of that dirt and grease made its way into the crack and now I'm having a heck of a time fixing it without destroying the dimensions. I'll update when I get that problem solved. Much more to come.

 

[madoc1]

love your new place. you are so lucky to find something like that when you are young and have the energy to improve it..

jim

 

[madoc1]

interjection (hack) mactexas, just got back from a cruise and met one of your county commissioners . forget his name. raises llamas.

jim

 

[jbmatth]

interjection (hack) mactexas, just got back from a cruise and met one of your county commissioners . forget his name. raises llamas.

jim

madoc1, I have no idea what you are referring to here, could you please explain?

We are very fortunate to be able to have the "House of Our Dreams" at such a young age. My wife and I have both worked vary hard in our lives to get to where we are now. She grew up in a lower middle class family and area, and I in a low class dump of a house. We did however have families that encouraged us to put our nose to the grindstone and try to make more for ourselves. She has a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management and manages two hotels near us. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and work in the oil industry. Although not a rags to riches story, we have certainly stepped up from where we were initially in life. Luckly my parents have since gotten better jobs and are now much better off than they were 15 years ago. We have been exposed to hard work and dedication our entire lives and will do our best to instil that trait into our children.

Sorry to get off topic, I just didn't want people to think we were "privileged kids", I've worked a lot of long hours in hot fields to pay my own way through school and am now able to splurge a little on fun stuff rather than just enough to survive. However, the Warthog Hidey Hole will not be a no expense spared endeavor, it'll be built with time and effort over the long haul. Up next will be a FBBfaFSS (Free Bench Build from a Former Swing Set).

 

[jbmatth]

Earlier this year prior to building my Garden Shed (Linked Below) I decided that my daughters needed a better swing set than the one that was there. It was falling to pieces and was in major need of destruction. I knew there was really no saving it, and in the end the only things I reused was some of the hardware, the slide, and the swings. The tire swing is something my father made for my daughters so it had to be saved.

This is what I started with:

As you can see it wasn't in usable shape and had lots of loose fasteners and rotten wood.

Under the main area was an old stump that was mostly gone and was causing lots of havoc on the foundation:

A quick lumber run later this is what I was had to work with:

Then the completed project, I used a router and lettering jig to make the names in the 4x4 beam then burned the letters with a small torch:

That is my older daughter on the slide and my niece waiting in line, and my youngest brother assisting them:

My older daughter again swinging and the younger one in Pa's tire swing:

Another quick photo of my older daughter painting her first time, luckily she didn't even spill a drop:

Next the actual FBBfaFSS (Free Bench Build from a Former Swing Set)...

 

[jbmatth]

After the swing set was complete I kept all of the old lumber thinking it would come in handy even if it wasn't in great shape. I was working on the CMB (Cabinet Makers Bench) one afternoon and realized I didn't have enough working surfaces to go around the dry rotted plastic saw horses I was using were falling apart. So I put two and two together and came up with a plan. I'd throw some of the lumber together and make a quick bench as big as I could with what I had, which was this pile:

As well as this pile:

In about an hour I had this:

It is by no means something I'm thrilled with, but is more or less level, it is rock solid, and weighs enough I can beat around on it and not worry about it coming apart. If any of the boards on top get too damaged I still have plenty more leftovers I can use to replace them. I used all torx headed screws and I LOVE them, I'll never go back to flat head or phillips head screws unless it is for a restoration like the CMB.

Sorry for the crappy pictures, I mostly work out there from 4:30am to 5:30am before work, and after I get home after sunset. I really need to get more lights hooked up, but sadly with the recent move and still owning our old house the budget won't allow any real spending money.

This concludes the FBBfaFSS (Free Bench Build from a Former Swing Set).

 

[Therembeens]

that's a great place

 

[jbmatth]

that's a great place

Therembeens,
Thank you for the kind words on my little slice of heaven and only your second post, I'm honored! If you have a garage you are working on make sure to post it and let me know so I can check it out.

 

[MacTexas]

interjection (hack) mactexas, just got back from a cruise and met one of your county commissioners . forget his name. raises llamas.

jim

Steve Berry, he is a good guy.

 

[MacTexas]

Earlier this year prior to building my Garden Shed (Linked Below) I decided that my daughters needed a better swing set than the one that was there. It was falling to pieces and was in major need of destruction. I knew there was really no saving it, and in the end the only things I reused was some of the hardware, the slide, and the swings. The tire swing is something my father made for my daughters so it had to be saved.


Another quick photo of my older daughter painting her first time, luckily she didn't even spill a drop:

Next the actual FBBfaFSS (Free Bench Build from a Former Swing Set)...

Looks like you are enjoying your daughters and very involved with their well being. They get old faster than you think so enjoy them when they are young and you will have some lasting memories. I know because I have two daughters and a son. My son turned 30 last week and my youngest graduated from college two years ago. It seems like yesterday we were having fun swinging and painting. Great memories.

They can even help in the garage.

 

[jbmatth]

Looks like you are enjoying your daughters and very involved with their well being. They get old faster than you think so enjoy them when they are young and you will have some lasting memories. I know because I have two daughters and a son. My son turned 30 last week and my youngest graduated from college two years ago. It seems like yesterday we were having fun swinging and painting. Great memories.

They can even help in the garage.

We have a blast together and we spent all night last night playing little red riding hood and running around the house trying to find the wolf. LOL, the things I never thought I'd be doing before I had kids. She asked for me to get her some tools for Christmas, but insisted they had to be pink and purple. You win some and you loose some. However, she will be getting her tools for the times when the job is just too much for me to handle alone. I look forward to having her as my little helper.

 

[jbmatth]

Time for a little update, I only have about an hour or so each day to get much done on this stuff until either I have to go to work in the morning or my family gets home in the evenings. For the most part I've been working on the CMB, it was in really rough shape to start off with as you could see in the previous pictures. I was able to get it all disassembled and take an inventory of the parts I needed for the rebuild. Here are some of those photos...

Here are the legs of the bench and beams (I'm not sure what they are called, so they are beams to me, correct me if anyone knows the proper name.) that connect the legs to one another. All of the joints use mortise and tenon joints, and the frame is connected to the legs with these joints as well as bolts.

The 7.5" long square headed bolts and nuts use a 1/2" x 12 thread with a point machined in the end of the bolt. 1/2" x 12 sadly only exists if you have them made so I'm going to have to get them in 1/2" x 13 in 8" length and machine the point on myself. I can only find them non-plated raw form from www.blacksmithbolt.com and they are about the same price I'd expect to pay for similar ones that don't look original. I've decided to do the rebuild as close to original as possible within reason and not spending way too much money on it.

Here are all of the parts for the top:

As mentioned before the center board isn't salvageable with my skill set, and may not be at all. It is REALLY warped and has some major cracks with lots of grease build up in them. However, the rest of the pieces I am in the process of restoring.

Here is the mess it made during dissassembly, I did a little scraping to get some of the major gunk off, but there is plenty more where that came from.

Here are the drawers that I'm planning to reuse on the resurrected CMB, they won't be beauty queens, but will clean up pretty well I'm sure:

Now for the tail vises, they were a pain! One screw is missing so I'll have to buy a replacement for that but it'll be all shiny and new looking, but that isn't the end of the world. They each have a dog house (Where else would the dogs stay?) in the end, and one dog did NOT want to come out easy! I ended up shattering that piece trying to hammer it out, but it was already cracked really bad and even had lots of greasy gunk built up in the crack.
Here it is after I glued and screwed it back together with clamps and a unique counterweight:

This is the other side that was already split as well, but is now back into shape:

This this is one of the parts for the tail vise that was also split while trying to remove the stuck dog:

All glued up and ready to put back together. I ended up having to drill out the dog with progressively larger bits then chisel it out, luckily I didn't damage the tail vise any more in that process. More to come...

 

[jbmatth]

I've spent the last two work session in the Warthog Hidey Hole cleaning up the CMB top. I'm also on the lookout for a place to purchase a 4/4 by 16" wide and 6'-7.125" long board (2.54 cm x 40.64 cm x 2 m) to replace the center board with. I have some woodworker friends I'll probably have to call to see if they can help me out with this. I'm sorry for all of the low quality photos I've posted and these will be no exception, eventually I'll upgrade my iPhone 4s, but for now you are stuck with these. I've already done some cleaning on the boards prior to these pictures, I scraped all I could without hurting the wood then pressure washed it all. I let it dry for a week or so before I started this round of work.

Here is a close up of the board near where the blacksmith vise was located, there was dried greasy gunk about 1/2" (1.27 cm) thick in spots and around the vise was the worst:

In these next two photos it is hard to tell just how rough the surface is in spots, but some of the gouges, groves, nicks, and saw marks are .25" (.635 cm) deep or more:

Here is where I am as of right now:

The board on the left was the back of the bench when Mr. Johnson was using it as a blacksmith table so it is in much better shape and cleaned up easier than the front board did. I'm only going to sand until I feel like I have most of the gunk off and finish it from there. I don't want to ruin all of the history of the bench by taking all of the imperfections away, but don't want it to look neglected either.

Each of these marks has a story that is lost to time, but they were all earned and I'll never be able to "fix" them.

Another view of the work in progress:

Here is the quick sketch I've made up to get an idea on a board list and a rough cut list. I'll build each board to fit starting with the legs and working in from there.

That is all for now, I'll be doing a lot more sanding over the next few days then disassembling the tail vises and sanding the exposed pieces of that prior to finishing them. Does anyone have any recommendations on what I should use to put a finish on the wood? There are going to be oil stains in it I can't get out and probably some grease I won't be able to remove as well.

 

[jbmatth]

I wanted to start off by say thank you to everyone who has read all of my ramblings thus far and would also like to with everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year from my family to yours. The next two pictures were taken at Thanksgiving so they are a little old but are our family Christmas photos.

They were "excited" to stand out in the cold for a couple pictures with the CMB:

You can get an idea on how rough it is in these pictures so you know what I started with.

Here it is as of now:

I have gotten the legs all made to size and all of the beams. I'm cutting the mortise and tenon joints by hand so it is slow going. The legs are attached to the top in this manor as well as each of the beams to each of the legs. It takes me about an hour to do one set so a total of 20 joints would mean a lot of hours spent making this thing fit. I'm happy to report all of the measurements are coming out great and it is all square and looks better in person.

On a side note I've taken over my wife's old phone so all of the new pictures will be much better quality. Also I'll have a more detailed update in a few days when I have more time. Have a safe and happy holiday season!
JB

 

[Mike.ASC]

I just discovered your thread . Congrats on the acquisition of your house & shop . Looks like your getting some nice use out of it already . Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year to you and your family also .

 

[jbmatth]

Mike.ASC, thanks for stopping by for a visit, I've been trying to get as much done as I can, I don't usually watch much TV so that leaves more time for the garage. Hope you all have a good time with family.


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[jbmatth]

Sadly with my new phone I don't have any pictures on my computer yet, but I've been busy. I have the CMB back together with all of the main framework built and assembled. I'm still not finding any 16" wide wood for the center section. I have a sawmill about 1.5 hours away from me I'll be calling buy they are only "open" 4 hours a week. I'm at a standstill with that project until I can get that piece.

In the meantime I've started the dissassembly and cleaning of the HASPHS (Heavy as Sin Powered Hack Saw). It is going great so far other than being really cold in the Warthog Hidey Hole. It has been in the teens and 20's lately and I don't function very long before I have to warm up. I did manage to re-purpose the old T-12 lights in the shop and made them T8's with 6500k bulbs. I just really like the brightness these bulbs give and don't really care if it changes colors for the time being. I need to do some wiring and install a few more that are around the shop. I made a shelf for my youngest daughters 1st birthday using some of the old trim boards from the house with her name engraved in it. I'll add photos later of all of the progress.

Keep moving forward,
JB

 

[BUGTHUG]

Hey JB, nice looking place there. Are you going to see ZZ Top next week at the 7 clans casino in Newkirk? Later

 

[48RON54]

nice work on the bench! more updates. love the pics!

 

[jbmatth]

Bugthug, I didn't even know he was performing there. Sadly I won't though as we have some friends and family over Saturday for my daughters birthday party and will have to get ready for that. I'll post a teaser picture of the CMB as it sits now. I don't know how much time I have in this thing, but there are many many hours in it to this point and many more to go.

Hopefully this will come through for ya'll. thanks for stopping by and checking out my shack.


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[jbmatth]

I'm going to update what all I've been up to as far as the CMB and the HaSPHS. This post will cover the CMB.

Here is one of the tail vises, this is the before picture, all I'd done to it by this point was to scrape some of the gunk off of it, but very little sanding:

Here is the same tail vise all sanded and put back together:

For the legs I started with some 3.75" x 3.75" (9.525 cm x 9.525 cm) Ceder fence posts, they were rough sewn and needed to be cleaned up. I ended up borrowing a hand planer to finish them up nice and pretty. I'll end up sanding them down more to make them look that much better. Here is a before and after shot to show the difference:

Here you can see how I attached the legs to the stretchers (I don't know what to call them, so that is their name for now.) I used a router table to make 2.75" long .5" wide 1.5" deep (6.985cm long 1.27cm wide 3.81cm deep) tenons. Some of the wood was cut off by hand some using the router table, and some sanded/filed off. I cut corresponding mortises into the legs designed to be press fit. I used a drill to remove most of the material and a chisel to clean them up. The mortises weren't pretty so I didn't take a photos of them.

I then used an 18" long .5" drill bit (45.72cm long 1.27cm drill bit) to drill 7" (17.78cm) long holes through the leg and into the stretchers. Once that was drilled I then drilled through the side of the stretchers for the square nut to be inserted.

Here is what I used to drill straight holes that deep:

It is a couple of pieces of scrap screwed together to form a 90 degree angle then clamped to the stretcher. It worked remarkably well and I wasn't more than 1/8" (.3175cm) off center on any of the holes. Here is what they looked like with the semi-traditional square headed bolts installed:

Each of the Mortise and Tenon joints took about an hour to hand fit and another 20 minutes for each of the bolts to keep everything as tight and small as possible. For this being the first time I've ever made these type of joints I'm satisfied with how they turned out, it could have been better, but I'll take them.

Here is another picture to show where the bench is right now:

I may have located some old thick big boards to use for the center, but will have to acquire them before I know for sure if they will work. Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[jbmatth]

Lately between working on my '67 Comet (yes I still have it, story to follow.) and the CMB I've been cleaning up the HaSPHS (Heavy as Sin Powered Hack Saw).

Here are some pictures oh what it looked like before cleaning:

I was going after this thing with a scraper and wire brush for about a weeks worth of mornings and afternoons to create this much mess, wow that was a lot of gunk and grime built up.

This is how it was a couple of days ago, I've started using a wire wheel on a drill and it has made this go WAY faster. Some of the metal shavings had combined with grease to make a concoction that was nearly impossible to remove and looked a lot like the cast finish:

I'm still working on it, and will have most of it back together by the end of the week, I'm dropping the motor off to have it checked out this week and will test run it before I pull it all apart to finish it off. What are ya'll thoughts on how I should finish it, paint, POR 15, or something different? I still haven't messed with the base yet so don't worry it will get cleaned up more before I'm done.

Now for a quick story on the Comet. I've been trying to sell it and haven't had much luck, it hasn't been running right since the cold weather hit and I couldn't figure it out until yesterday. The choke wasn't activating and was causing it to run choked until I was giving it a lot of gas. I was able to fix that only to find a leak on the power valve that I'll have to get fixed before driving it again. That valve leaks gas onto the exhaust manifold which isn't good!

I was telling my wife about the troubles with it and she said well if you sell it and paint the inside of the house I'll let you get another car. Another car??!!! Yeah buddy, the only stipulation is it had to be complete and running so I wouldn't have to work on it all the time. So I'm on the hunt for a fun car that I can drive year round. I'm thinking anything from an old beetle to an M35A3 to a Nova to a turbo LS swapped car. I don't know what the budget will be yet as the Comet has to sell, and the old house has to sell as well.

 

[BUGTHUG]

Looks good. I think I would of taken it all apart and have the very bottom part of the stand /tank sand blasted. I don't think it would cost over $80.00, then have that part inspected for rust holes then powder coated a old machine green or color of your choice. I would leave the machined top part and just oil it down, And powder coated the other parts, and spray paint the electric motor. I hope all the bearings and gears are all good shape. Cost a lot of money to replace.

 

[jbmatth]

Looks good. I think I would of taken it all apart and have the very bottom part of the stand /tank sand blasted. I don't think it would cost over $80.00, then have that part inspected for rust holes then powder coated a old machine green or color of your choice. I would leave the machined top part and just oil it down, And powder coated the other parts, and spray paint the electric motor. I hope all the bearings and gears are all good shape. Cost a lot of money to replace.

I'll either have the base sand blasted and powder coated, or try out electrolysis on most of the rougher parts as there are places I just can't get clean with all of the recesses. I've never paid to have anything powder coated before but have heard it really isn't all that expensive to do. The gears and pulleys are fine, and the bearings... Well that is an interesting topic lol. There are basically journal bearings in it, but as far as I can tell they are integral to the parts. The surfaces were clean and the tolerances were tight, but I can't see where there would even be bearings to replace. I'll take pictures of this when it comes back apart for paint.

Now Bugthug do you have any advise on what my next play car should be? I'm sure based on your name you won't be biased in any way.

 

[madoc1]

things are looking good. how do you convert a 12 to a 8 bulb? I missed this.

jim

 

[jbmatth]

Madoc1 I didn't really spell it out in my thread, and don't have any pictures. I have the 4' 4 bulb T12 fixtures in my shop. They each had two ballasts, I replaced those with a single T8 ballast and wired according to the diagram on the ballast. The only tricky part was connecting both pins together on each end of each bulb. There are other forum discussions that I read this that would be better at explaining it. It wasn't bad, even I could do it so you should have no troubles.


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[Kevin54]

jbmatth.......let me ask you a question........if the guy is decent on his prices, and if he has some cars that are pretty much totally trashed except for the inside, and he's willing t cut one up, I would love to have an old dash out of a car. I really want to find an old dash, fix it up to where the lights work, add a stereo in behind it somewhere and make a wall hanger out of it to the point it lights up and the stereo works.

Don't make a special point to go there, but possibly write yourself a note and put it in your wallet as a reminder for the net time that you may be out that way. I don't want to pay hundreds, but i'm not looking for paying $50 either. Maybe somewhere around $100-$150. Somewhere in that area if possible. You just can't find anything like that around here that the rust mites haven't ate completely up. It's nota huge deal, but just something I want to do in my spare time to make a cool wall hanger. If you forget, don't worry about it. Someday the stars will align and I will find one.

 

[jbmatth]

jbmatth.......let me ask you a question........if the guy is decent on his prices, and if he has some cars that are pretty much totally trashed except for the inside, and he's willing t cut one up, I would love to have an old dash out of a car. I really want to find an old dash, fix it up to where the lights work, add a stereo in behind it somewhere and make a wall hanger out of it to the point it lights up and the stereo works.

Don't make a special point to go there, but possibly write yourself a note and put it in your wallet as a reminder for the net time that you may be out that way. I don't want to pay hundreds, but i'm not looking for paying $50 either. Maybe somewhere around $100-$150. Somewhere in that area if possible. You just can't find anything like that around here that the rust mites haven't ate completely up. It's nota huge deal, but just something I want to do in my spare time to make a cool wall hanger. If you forget, don't worry about it. Someday the stars will align and I will find one.

Kevin54,
I can't remember if you've commented on here before or not, but either way welcome to the Warthog Hidey Hole. Which era are you interested in for the dash, 30's, 40's, 50's? I have to drive by there pretty regularly when I go back to visit my parents so I'll try to remember to stop by. The next hurdle will be to try to get it out of the car... Maybe it is time to get a battery powered recip. saw and angle grinder. Woo Hoo an excuse to buy tools!!!!

 

[80WTI_55_CHEV]

Just stumbled across this thread and glad i did, love the builds on the table and saw and glad you are showing heaps of pics, looks like you have some great places for picking. I have almost the same table as yours here in Australia.

 

[80WTI_55_CHEV]

After a light sand and oil.

 

[jbmatth]

After a light sand and oil.

80WTI_55_CHEV,
Thank you for stopping by and paying me a visit. That is one massive looking table, and had tons of character, I love it! I don't feel like I'm much of a picker, but I do know of a few places stuffed back off of the road to find neat stuff. I discover most of them when I go for bike rides or runs as you can go slow and look a little closer than you can while driving in a car.

I have a little update, but no photos right now. I've been cleaning the HaSPHS and it is coming along slowly. I've decided to have the entire thing powder coated, and should get it dropped off next week. You will have to wait and see what I have planned for the color though as I'll let it be a surprise.

I received some bad news back on the motor, it is shot and they said there is no repairing it. I'm not sure where to go from here, I could either try to find another old looking motor, or buy a new motor and stuff it into the old case, I'm not sure what to do right now. Some research is in my near future I do believe. Thanks to everyone for reading my ramblings, have a great day and keep moving forward.
JB

 

[madoc1]

thx. for the light info. for a motor, maybe check and see what w.w. grainger has? does the motor have a tag with the hp, etc?

jim

 

[madoc1]

I believe any old motor can be rebuilt. google vintage motor rebuilders. there's a lot. don't know the price tho!
I used to own a small tool repair shop I the dallas area, and I used a guy the that either had any armature you would need, or could rewind yours. fields are not hard to do either. really not much to small motors.

jim

 

[jbmatth]

I believe any old motor can be rebuilt. google vintage motor rebuilders. there's a lot. don't know the price tho!
I used to own a small tool repair shop I the dallas area, and I used a guy the that either had any armature you would need, or could rewind yours. fields are not hard to do either. really not much to small motors.

jim

No there was no tag on the motor whatsoever. I'll see what I can find, but the gentleman that runs the shop here said there isn't anything he can do to make it usable again, I tried as best I could to persuade him to make it work any way possible and he was adamant it couldn't be done. I have a motor now and will see what I can make happen. Thanks for the info and if someone thinks they can rebuild it I can always send it off and have them try.

 

[jbmatth]

I'd like to give you another quick update on the HaSPHS. I was able to purchase another motor that will work wonderfully but is much too new for the rest of the HaSPHS, so I'll see what I can do to disguise it some. Here is a picture of how it was after all of the initial disassembly and cleaning. (I didn't do much to the base as I can't get it into the blast cabinet so I'll have to have that done.)

Here is the switch after I cleaned most of the grease off:

Man did it shine up or what after a few minutes with a couple of baby wipes. (Those things are great for cleaning random stuff off and are really cheap too!)

I'm slowly taking the parts back off that have be wire brushed and media blasting them prior to taping them off with high heat tape and delivering them to the powder coating facility. With any luck I should have this thing back in one working piece in the next couple of weeks. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.

 

[Mike.ASC]

I remember using one of those saws in Jr High school metal shop . Seeing yours brings back memories .

 

[jbmatth]

Mike.ASC,
Do you happen to remember what color it was? I'm starting to wonder if I should go with a different color than I have planned. The only color I've found on the entire thing was black on some of the parts. I've cleaned up some more on it and only have a couple hours more of media blasting left before I take it to the powder coating shop.