Letters add a nice touch Dan. The whole build turned out stellar my friend. Great job. Now get to work on projects IN the shop, we want to see more chips flying.
Thanks gents!
Just who are you people?BTW, finding the letters with the waffle irons should tell you something about how often we make waffles here at Odd Acres.
Thanks gents!
Still have one more outdoor project on the shop that I'm starting now. I will be installing coach lights on either side of the garage door and another one beside the man door. The one by the man door will have a motion sensor on it. Going out there in the night is tricky. It gets ****** dark out here, even with the low voltage lights.
We had some friends stop by a couple of months ago and they arrived relatively late and it was also nice to just flip the switch on and have them back their coach into our back yard with plenty of light.Hi Mike, thank you and I wish you, your lovely wife and son and his family a very Merry Christmas! Here's hoping that next year is better than this one.
Thank you John and I wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Happy New Year to you too Steve. I hope all is well!Dan,
Happy new year.
Nice work on the Xmas tree holder, any excuse for some shop work.
Steve
Thanks Rian! Funny, I often look at your posts and say to myself, "Does it ever stop raining over there?"
Thanks Mac!
Thanks Mike!
Hahahaha........ I don't know about stylish but it looks good (at least to me) and is functional.
While I was at it the other night, I took another picture of the shop while I had the door open.
I've got the same base for my christmas tree. I might try and do that upgrade.Yesterday it was time for some quality shop time.
This past Christmas was the second time we put up the tree and we swore it would be the last if I didn't do something about the tree holder. Moving the tree around on the travertine tile floor through the grout lines is next to impossible. So I decided to adapt some wheels for the base.
Here's the base with the wheel I'm going to use.
Next, I pull out a rod of 1" polypropylene out of inventory and start making chips.
Next diameter for the head
Over to the saw to cut
Then face the back of the bushing, drill the hole for the caster and tap into the legs of the base.
And here we are with the finished product that moves along on our floors as well as carpeting. Very easily, I might add.
I am pleased with the outcome.
Now we can easily decorate the tree and then move it to its location for the holiday.
Thanks for the kind words Madison! From what I understand, the owner of the winch had had enough of the wire rope creating a bird's nest when he unwound it. I forgot about the splintering you mentioned. I HATE that.
Thanks Mike! I enjoy the challenge to figure out how to hold and machine a work piece. I also enjoy figuring how to get "here" from "there".
My wife can now easily move that 9 foot tree around.
Hi Martin, I applaud you for getting through this thread and thank you!
Well Rick, as of this writing, the floor coating is performing very well. Absolutely no evidence of any hot tire pick-up, cracking or delamination of any sort. So far, so good!
Hi JB and Mike. Yeah, lately I tend to walk by those spots and flip them off.
Right now I'm going to just leave it be because I just can't bring myself to work on that right now. Phuckit for now...........That is a real bummer -- and too much work originally, to fail this soon.Floor Update
Well..........this is not good. I have started to see areas on the floor where the coating is coming off. Those areas are where the vehicles are parked under the tires. Yep, we have hot tire pick-up. But this is absolutely not due to the work and products my wife and I put down. What we are seeing is bare concrete under the cracked coating. This is due to the original coating that was on the floor. The original product is not able to withstand hot tires. The original coating passed the tape adhesion test but I never knew if it would come off due to hot tires. Damn this *****!
First off, I kept a couple of small mason jars of base and hardener so I can touch up if needed. What I didn't retain was the clear-coat. I called Rustoleum on the off chance they might have a repair kits. As is turns out, they actually do have them for base coats BUT only if you put down their tan or gray epoxy. Unfortunately we custom colored ours. But, they do have clear-coat repair kits and, as it turns out, will ship those free to you.
So fingers crossed I have enough base coat to patch eight areas (I doubt it). But the clear-coat kit they sent is way more than enough.
Damn this royally *****!!!!
Mac, thank you very much for the info on the shot blast machine. That looks like a really good option. I have to see if someone around here rents those.