Workshop 88

[HSpencer]

That woodstove adds just the right cozy touch!! I like it!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[captain14]

I am sure somebody can provide a one pot recipe to slow cook on the stove all day. What ever I can fit in the crockpot gets cooked that way.

I am not sure what the cooking time for dried beans on a wood stove would be but canned products would work in a pinch.

Any wood stove recipes GJ members?

 

[Mr. 360]

That woodstove adds just the right cozy touch!! I like it!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

Thanks Herb! I'm a fan too!

I am sure somebody can provide a one pot recipe to slow cook on the stove all day. What ever I can fit in the crockpot gets cooked that way.

I am not sure what the cooking time for dried beans on a wood stove would be but canned products would work in a pinch.

Any wood stove recipes GJ members?

I suggested to my wife that the chili we were having a day or so ago could be done on the woodstove. Seeing as how that was half an hour before dinner it didn't happen haha.

A wood-stove recipe collection would be great. Up north I've done bacon, eggs, toast, hot cider, coffee, beans, KD (not really a recipe), etc. Lots of stuff in a cast iron pan but nothing really so far in a big pot. The flat topped stoves are better but this barrel could be just right for the slow cook.

 

[CallousedCal]

I am sure somebody can provide a one pot recipe to slow cook on the stove all day. What ever I can fit in the crockpot gets cooked that way.

I am not sure what the cooking time for dried beans on a wood stove would be but canned products would work in a pinch.

Any wood stove recipes GJ members?

Here's you one we like captain14

7 boned pork chops, 2 lbs deer meat, or 8-10 chicken thighs (already its good aint it)

1 cup flour
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
3 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons oil
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (can sub cream of chicken)


In a flat plate or big bowl mix flour salt mustard and garlic.
Wash chops.
Dredge pork chops in it.

Heat oil in large skillet. Brown chops until no longer pink in the center, about 8-12 mins per side. test one chop and dont tell anyone. If you live, keep cookin.

Place browned chops in empty crock pot or stove pot. Add cans of soup, rinse can out with water and add 1 can of water to crock pot for each can of soup (2 cans total).

Add any leftover dredge mixture to crock pot (to thicken liquid)
The liquid amount should completely cover the chops.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or 3 1/2 hours on high.
Serve over rice or mashed taters. Pick teeth with bones.

 

[Mr. 360]

Made a little bit of what I consider to be progress last night.

So far I have been very pleased with my woodstove. It throws some good heat once it gets going and keeps the place warm when the mercury dips below zero. However, with nighttime temperatures now sitting around -30 degrees C (that's -22F) and daytime temps of -20 (-4F), the woodstove really only holds heat in the back-half of the garage. When it's real cold the steel garage door really doesn't do much to keep the heat in, or the cold out.

The day I cut up all the wood I stumbled across a good find in someone's garbage. Apparently they had been renovating, and had a few bags of partially used pink insulation left-over, which they put at the curb. I picked it all up, and ended up with 6 pcs of 48x24x4, and 5 pcs of 48x16x4, some of it still in the bag. It was brand new material, and pretty clean except that it had been sitting in the snow, and it was raining lightly. They did get a little dirtier in transport and sitting on the floor, but no big deal. I built a steel rack over the woodstove and have been drying them for a couple weeks.

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Anyways, In order to put them to use, I took the big pieces and cut them up to fit into the recessed parts of the garage door, and screwed a 1x3 over them for now to hold them in place. I'll come up with a better cover at some point but for the moment this works just fine. All I need to do now is finish up the rest of the wall insulation and the whole place should be pretty toasty.

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I also got another cabinet from my folks, so that will go in the shed and I can get stuff more organized.

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[Mr. 360]

Here's you one we like captain14

7 boned pork chops, 2 lbs deer meat, or 8-10 chicken thighs (already its good aint it)

1 cup flour
1 tablespoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
3 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons oil
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (can sub cream of chicken)


In a flat plate or big bowl mix flour salt mustard and garlic.
Wash chops.
Dredge pork chops in it.

Heat oil in large skillet. Brown chops until no longer pink in the center, about 8-12 mins per side. test one chop and dont tell anyone. If you live, keep cookin.

Place browned chops in empty crock pot or stove pot. Add cans of soup, rinse can out with water and add 1 can of water to crock pot for each can of soup (2 cans total).

Add any leftover dredge mixture to crock pot (to thicken liquid)
The liquid amount should completely cover the chops.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or 3 1/2 hours on high.
Serve over rice or mashed taters. Pick teeth with bones.

Now that sounds tasty, a bunch of meats in one big pot!

 

[CallousedCal]

Looks real good. Price was right too They make a spray foam stuff called "Great Stuff" you can tape off and spray on the sides of the wall next to the doors if you get alot of draft around them. Good for any little cracks really. $5.00 a can last time I checked.

 

[HSpencer]

I did my doors using the Foil type insulation with bubbles between it (Reflextic) or something like that it's called. I bought two rolls and have had good success with it not only on garage doors but everywhere I needed to insulate. Cost for two rolls about $100.00. Also there is a pink foam (actually sill sealer) that I glued to the metal doors first.

In your case, you might be able to use 1/8" plywood to cut out covers for each door panel to house your fiberglass insulation. That should not add too much weight to the panels. That was my first thought, until I found the Reflextic on Amazon. If you actually could use 1/8" plywood to fix covers on your door panels, then you could hide all the fiberglass and then paint the plywood and it should look pretty good. It gets nowhere as cold where I live, but an insulated door sure is a big help.

Good work!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[Mr. 360]

Looks real good. Price was right too They make a spray foam stuff called "Great Stuff" you can tape off and spray on the sides of the wall next to the doors if you get alot of draft around them. Good for any little cracks really. $5.00 a can last time I checked.

Thanks, great stuff is a good idea. Last time I saw it here it was around $9 at home depot. The building overall is pretty tight but I can think of a couple spots I could use it.

I did my doors using the Foil type insulation with bubbles between it (Reflextic) or something like that it's called. I bought two rolls and have had good success with it not only on garage doors but everywhere I needed to insulate. Cost for two rolls about $100.00. Also there is a pink foam (actually sill sealer) that I glued to the metal doors first.

In your case, you might be able to use 1/8" plywood to cut out covers for each door panel to house your fiberglass insulation. That should not add too much weight to the panels. That was my first thought, until I found the Reflextic on Amazon. If you actually could use 1/8" plywood to fix covers on your door panels, then you could hide all the fiberglass and then paint the plywood and it should look pretty good. It gets nowhere as cold where I live, but an insulated door sure is a big help.

Good work!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

Thanks Spencer, that's kind of my idea with the plywood. We have a lot of 1/4" plywood at our warehouse left over from crates and skids, etc. Will probably try to put a bit of that on to seal it up nicely.

 

[bazzateer]

As you're in a cold climate I'd protect the insulation with a vapour barrier before fitting the ply otherwise the warm moist air may get to the insulation and start to condense when it meets the cold outer edge/garage door - this will lead to the insulation turning into a wet sponge.

 

[Mr. 360]

As you're in a cold climate I'd protect the insulation with a vapour barrier before fitting the ply otherwise the warm moist air may get to the insulation and start to condense when it meets the cold outer edge/garage door - this will lead to the insulation turning into a wet sponge.

Absolutely, I have a big role of VB leftover in the rafters, will lay that on before anything else.

 

[bazzateer]

 

[Mr. 360]

Scored this old steel tanker table out behind an industrial warehouse near where I work. It was sitting with another lovely 50's tanker desk but this was the only one I could fit (I need my truck badly). As I was taking the legs off this one to fit it in my car a scrapper snapped up the other one. It was another bittersweet moment in that while I managed to save one, the other piece is likely awaiting crushing as I type this.

Anyways, this unit is made by the "Sunshine" desk company. I have no real info on them but the table is 30"x60", sporting a nice steel top of 16ga material and ample bracing underneath. The plan is to use this as the framework for my replacement main bench, brought up to the height of my other benches and filled with built in storage. My current main bench has not fared so well after getting flooded so any times, and is swollen and mildewy.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Thats a great score, what a shame the other one has gone to the recyclers.
We are seeing more and more of that out here, there has been some nice stuff gone, never to be seen again.

 

[Mr. 360]

Thats a great score, what a shame the other one has gone to the recyclers.
We are seeing more and more of that out here, there has been some nice stuff gone, never to be seen again.

Very true, the only consolation is that the one I got had the nicer, made of a good gauge of steel. the other tanker desk had an old veneered wooden top in bad shape, though the rest of the desk was very nice. I might whip up a sketch of how I intend to use this new desk, we'll see what happens.

 

[HSpencer]

This brings back a bitter sweet memory of when I was stationed at Fort Carson, CO in the mid 80's. At that time, the Army was tired of the mid century steel furniture, and was buying all the "executive wood" (Particle board) items. There was this large fenced area where everyone could deposit all this great mid century stuff. You could "have it" if you hauled it away. Really great tanker desks, cabinets, tables, on and on. All the officers and NCOs were "upgrading" their office kingdoms to wood and leather. The old stuff was simply unwanted by even the motor pool shops. Everybody wanted new stuff. The scrappers made out like bandits.

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[NES]

Your drawings are awesome!

 

[Mr. 360]

That's too bad about all that furniture Herb. As much as I hate seeing something go, I know I can't take everything. No space and not enough time, and I also don't want to turn into a hoarder. The few pieces I do save though, will be well taken care of and and well used.

NES, thanks for the compliment!

Lastly, I did this super quick sketch of what I intend to do with the bench. I have some old drawers from my kitchen and can re-use the drawers from the old workbench. I am tempted to re-face them in sheet steel just so everything looks right, but who knows. The middle area will be recessed for storage of my shop stool, with storage in behind. This new bench is not as long as my old one, but is a few inches deeper. I should be able to use it for welding and layouts, since it's nice and flat.

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[Mr. 360]

Got a bit more insulation up in the corner of the garage on the weekend.

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This came about more as a way to not have to store the insulation than it did me trying to finish insulating. I had to put the stuff somewhere, so I just stuck it in the walls. it gets nice and toasty in there now, especially when there are a few inches of snow on the roof (which ends up sliding off as it warms up inside).

The shelving I built in the corner is getting near the end of its temporary service life I think. I am hoping to build more cupboards soon so I will have some more storage space to move stuff to, so I can get the 30 ton press in there. That, and I will need some space for the stuff in the cupboards below the workbench when it gets torn out. Much to do, much to do.

I also took a few minutes and continued cleaning up the ol Hobby Craft lathe. Cleaned up the ways and the bottom of the tailstock, along with the hardware and a few odds and ends on the tool rest.

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Hard to see in the last pic but on the upper left of the machined surface of the tailstock is stamped W.W.W., I'm not sure if that means anything?

 

[GregsRetroGarage]

Awesome score on that desk. I have an old 50s tanker which I use in my garage....holds a lot of my hand tools and nice flat surface for working on different projects. I look forward to seeing what you do with it!

 

[Mr. 360]

Awesome score on that desk. I have an old 50s tanker which I use in my garage....holds a lot of my hand tools and nice flat surface for working on different projects. I look forward to seeing what you do with it!

Thanks, I hope to use it in place of my current main bench, as per the sketch a little while back. Thinkin though now to put it on castors and make it mobile.

 

[santagary]

I've heated my garage with this All Nighter for 10 years and a house with a duplicate stove for 10 years. The 30 x 40 is insulated and the stove heats it fairly quickly...heating the tools and projects takes longer. My wife 5/8ths saw the oak in 16" lengths and I stack it in the garage after she dumps it with her 900 RTV Kubota. I bought her a new chainsaw last mother's day...a Stihl easy to start 16". I sharpen the chain and adjust the bar...it's the least I can do. Dead oak produces a lot of heat and my supply of cardboard helps start the logs. Great stove.

 

[Mr. 360]

I've heated my garage with this All Nighter for 10 years and a house with a duplicate stove for 10 years. The 30 x 40 is insulated and the stove heats it fairly quickly...heating the tools and projects takes longer. My wife 5/8ths saw the oak in 16" lengths and I stack it in the garage after she dumps it with her 900 RTV Kubota. I bought her a new chainsaw last mother's day...a Stihl easy to start 16". I sharpen the chain and adjust the bar...it's the least I can do. Dead oak produces a lot of heat and my supply of cardboard helps start the logs. Great stove.

Oak is great for burning, I've been using only ash lately though since it was all I had on hand. It's still a bit green so I try to burn scraps of old 2x4's and such to keep it hotter. I find if I light the fire in the morning, by mid afternoon things are finally warm in there (as in, tools etc). Warms up the air quickly though, and insulating the big door has been one of the best heat retainers yet.

 

[Mr. 360]

I must admit, even though the woodstove gets the garage as warm as the house, and is comfortable to work in, winter is finally starting to get the better of me. I call winter 'The Raider of Ambition,' and for good reason. I think most people who try to work on projects in the winter know what it's like to get home after work and it's already dark, and -20C outside... It's hard to get motivated sometimes.

At any rate, I recently broke down some old pallets with 3/4" hardwood slats. I found a good place that has a seemingly never-ending supply, all I have to do is pick the best ones. One trip on Friday yielded about 8' of boards, which I will use for my perimeter wainscoting.

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My wife also surprised me with an early 1st anniversary gift; a Milwaukee 12" dual bevel sliding mitre saw. What can I say, I've only done some brief tests on it and I love it. It absolutely puts my old 10" Craftsman (non-sliding single bevel) mitre saw to shame. Seeing as this saw is a 15 Amp unit, I'll probably run it on my 20A circuit so I don't pop breakers all the time.

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lastly, I spent a little bit of free time lately doing a bit of resto work on an old shingling/lathe hatchet I found buried underground on my parents' farm. It is a Kelly True Temper 'Genuine Underhill' (the model number escapes me right now). A Vinegar soak a while back stripped the rust.

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When I found it as a kid it was covered in rust, but I kept it because I thought it was cool. It was in good shape, but the milling on the head was all mushed. There was enough left however to re-file the grooves back into the face with a triangular file.



I then grabbed a chunk of the ash I had cut down, and split out a small rectangular section with a good straight grain, leaving extra at either end for holding. I roughed out the shape with an old draw knife.



I worked it down further with the draw knife, then finished it with a few grades of sand paper on a sanding block. I carved the eye with an x-acto knife and tapered the shoulder a bit. In retrospect if I did it again i would have thinned the handle more, especially up towards the shoulder. Oh well, next time.







I still have to burn in a logo and seal it with linseed oil, so that should darken it up a bit. Then I'll put a new edge on the bit.

 

[LOTW]

Looks great . It's near impossible to find tools with good ash handles without a thick layer of varnish.

 

[Bogdan M.]

Very cool restoration!

 

[Mr. 360]

Looks great . It's near impossible to find tools with good ash handles without a thick layer of varnish.

Thanks! I hear ya on the varnish. I find it's worse for blisters after long use. We'll have to see how this ash handle holds up, the eye is quite small on this hatchet.

Very cool restoration!

Thanks very much!

 

[Eddimuller]

Your sketches are cool! ;-) Nice workshop.

 

[Mr. 360]

Thanks for the comment Eddimuller, glad you like the place!

In other news, we've been seeing some strange freak weather this winter, and although many Ontarians are enjoying the fact that the mercury has peaked above freezing these last couple days, I for one wish it had stayed where it belonged. We got a rainstorm overnight here in the GTA, and when rain falls on snow/frozen ground, it has nowhere to go.

When I did my trenching in the summer, I ran out of o-pipe 2' from the end of the building, so the back left corner didn't get pipe, only gravel. Guess what happened...

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Anyways, the good news is that I have a woodstove and can warm the place up to dry it out faster. the bad news is that the temps are supposed to go back below freezing in a day or so, so I have to get it out or it will freeze over. That and, it's still raining. Anyways, I'm getting used to the flooding now, so at least I wasn't surprised when it happened. The flooding now only comes in from that one corner, which tells me that the areas I trenched are doing their job. Once the spring comes and the ground is soft I can dig out that back corner and fix it for good.

Oh, and the biggest positive is that my roof doesn't leak, which I am very happy about. gotta stay positive

 

[dubber]

Very cool salvage job on that special piece.

Sorry to hear about the un-welcomed guest to your pad.

 

[Mr. 360]

Very cool salvage job on that special piece.

Sorry to hear about the un-welcomed guest to your pad.

Thanks! and not to worry, it is a bit of a bummer but I'll get it all dried out soon enough. Tonight calls for a nice long fire in the woodstove to cook it out.

 

[xtremek]

I'm with you on the "sucker hole" Mother Nature just threw at us. And the end of next week is supposed to get really cold again with highs around 10F.

 

[Mr. 360]

I'm with you on the "sucker hole" Mother Nature just threw at us. And the end of next week is supposed to get really cold again with highs around 10F.

I think I'll be ok so long as I can get the water out by the time the temps drop, and for that I have a few tricks up my sleeve. I don't really care about the water damage to the grotty main bench, its days are numbered anyways.

 

[Mr. 360]

Came home today with the intent to start drying out the 'damp' garage. On the plus side, it hadn't gotten any wetter. On the downside, it seems the unseasonably warm weather has brought something out of hiding in search of a new place to call home. A furry little rat (squirrel) ripped it's way through a not quite finished piece of soffit and spent all day crafting a new abode for itself with what I'm sure seemed like limitless construction material...

The recess above the door had insulation in it, the squirrel ripped that out. It also helped itself to a heaping portion of my door insulation, not to mention the insulation to the left in the wall.

Hard to see, but it began foraging for cardboard as well. I assume to add rigidity to its new structure.

I had no choice but to rip out what he had been pilfering from. He made a huge nest on the upper shelf of my corner unit, when he made his (or her, actually) way into a box of some of my childhood toys.

This was mission control, and subsequently, this is where the little devil was hiding when I began prodding at the mound of insulation with a 2x4. He then launched straight up into the rafters emitting a shriek that I'm sure shattered most of the windows in a 3 block radius. He took off into the yard and I chased him with the lumber, desperately trying to end his miserable life with a good blow to the head. I was unsuccessful. However, with it out I temporarily stuffed his access point full of heavy objects hoping he stays out until I can patch it tomorrow. I ripped his home to shreds and then went for pizza.

This was stuffing his cozy little nook so tightly he probably wouldn't have lasted long before his lungs were full of little glass slivers... Maybe I should have left him.

Anyways, enough fun for one night. Tomorrow I get the place dried out and vermin free.

 

[xtremek]

Drowning and then vermin overrunning your place, what a tough run of luck. I doubt it'll take you long to recover though, as good as you are.

 

[captain14]

Seems to be a constant struggle keeping the animals out of structure during the cold seasons. I feel your pain. I have birds tearing my soffits up on my dormers. That is another project to do after winter is over


I see you have a vice grip in the overhead door channel. Is that to keep the the door locked or unable to open from the outside? I have thought of doing the same thing on my overhead door

 

[Mr. 360]

Drowning and then vermin overrunning your place, what a tough run of luck. I doubt it'll take you long to recover though, as good as you are.

Thanks for the comment! I think I have it under control now... This morning I went out and found it had been back and ripped up a bunch more insulation. I collected what was still useable and chucked the rest. I heard it in the rafters so I grabbed my 2x4 and gave some good stout shoves into any "nest zones" I could see. I hit his new home and sent him flying out the opening in the soffit. I then quickly made these hardboard fillers (1 per side), to last until summer. The gaps are pretty tight and I don't think it would like chewing the stuff, but I'll be monitoring it for sure. Note, the gap was created when I removed the old soffit when I stripped the old roof. I should have realized the gap and patched it then.

I also got the floor almost 100% dried out! and started on my wainscoting. Just running a series of 2x3's in between the studs, then attaching top and bottom. Will feel nice to start getting some finished walls in here soon. Also on the to do list is more cupboards. My new sliding mitre saw is an absolute joy, been using it any chance I get.

You can see I re-used a bunch of the pink insulation on the end there, used to be in the opposite corner. All in all, pretty good day all things considered.

I still haven't killed that squirrel yet.......

 

[machine_punk]

Very cool handle for the hatchet! I've got this little plan in the back of my head to get some vintage body hammer heads and make a matching set of handles for them. Very nicely done!

Sorry to hear about your recent garage troubles...sounds like you are getting a handle on it.

Oh...I'm taking an Ideation Sketching class at a local art college now.

Kev

 

[bored350]

If the hard board doesn't hold up in the squirrel battle (or other unwanted pests), I have found cement board to be a very viable solution. I had issues with a woodpecker a few years ago and left it feeling rather inadequate once I replaced the area it kept attacking, with some solid cement board.

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[Mr. 360]

Seems to be a constant struggle keeping the animals out of structure during the cold seasons. I feel your pain. I have birds tearing my soffits up on my dormers. That is another project to do after winter is over

I see you have a vice grip in the overhead door channel. Is that to keep the the door locked or unable to open from the outside? I have thought of doing the same thing on my overhead door

Ya, I figure that this squirrel might be a recurring problem, now that it knows of the nesting potential inside. I need to trap it and drive it way into the country, or kill it somehow... The vice grip is actually there because I still have no latch on my door, so that is my current lock setup. I don't open the door much so I never think of it.

Very cool handle for the hatchet! I've got this little plan in the back of my head to get some vintage body hammer heads and make a matching set of handles for them. Very nicely done!

Sorry to hear about your recent garage troubles...sounds like you are getting a handle on it.

Oh...I'm taking an Ideation Sketching class at a local art college now.

Kev

That's cool about the sketching class! Practice is the best way to build your skills. I have a bunch of old hatchet, boys axe, and felling axe heads I'd like the carve new handles for out of maple and ash.

If the hard board doesn't hold up in the squirrel battle (or other unwanted pests), I have found cement board to be a very viable solution. I had issues with a woodpecker a few years ago and left it feeling rather inadequate once I replaced the area it kept attacking, with some solid cement board.

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Thanks for the tip on the cement board, I'll have to keep that in mind if this little runt keeps coming back. Going to keep an eye on the current barricades and see how they hold up. Hopefully in the warmer weather I can finish trimming out the front of the building.