Projecting, tinkering, fiddle-farting around: whatcha building?

[The Jade Bean]

Converted an old metal surge “protector” into a magnetic one so I could stick it to my Toyota coffee cabinet. I know they sell them now, but I wanted a vintage look to go with the cabinet. The plastic screws I used went right through existing holes so no drilling required. The magnets I bought online with holes already in them and covered in rubber.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Cleaning some cast iron I bought. Next some wire wheel, grinder and seasoning.

 

[The Jade Bean]

A little smoothing.

 

[Rugy]

Busy few weeks working on the island home.
1. Painted the crawls space white so it is more reflective when down there.
2. Installed a plywood chase which will receive an 8" duct work for the kitchen hood fan.
3. Framed kitchen wall and brought the AGA burner to get converted and cleaned up before we reassembly the AGA stove.
4. Installed SIGA Majvest, installed with stinger staples, then Wigluv tape over our 56' wall of glass to make things airtight.
This is the only woodrame that is on the exterior of the house. Evertyhing else is concrete.
5. Lastly installed new batteries in the 96 F250 on the island.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Took out old fence and set new poles. 120’ of fence to build

 

[Hack]

Posted this in the wrong forum, so sorry for the cross-post.

The HF 14" bandsaw upgrades continue....

I never liked the location of the on/off switch, as it was awkward/difficult to reach at times:

Sooo... I decided to relocate it to a more conventional location on the back of the cast iron frame. I also wanted to add a outlet to run the work lamp and a perhaps something else.

I cut some 3/16" steel land had my son weld them together:

After cutting apart a perfectly new 12ga extension cord, I started wiring the motor/switch/outlet. I used PVC boxes along with Arlington cord connectors. The motor wiring was pretty straight forward, I only needed to 'modify' some ring connectors to accept the 12ga wire. Unfortunately, I had to shorten them up quite a bit. Similar ring terminals were used on the switch:

Drilled a new hole in the back of the base for the cord to go through, and started wiring the switch and outlet. I then decided on the location for the bracket to attach to the frame. When I was satisfied with the location, I drilled/tapped two 5/16-18 holes in the frame. I also added a couple clamps for the cords that I attached to the frame with a single 1/4-20 button head. I fashioned a plate to cover the old switch hole, added a bolt and plug to the front where the power cord originally entered the base. All hardware was stainless steel that I had left over.

Here's the final pics:

Next upgrade: Roller bearing blade guides and under table dust collection.

 

[Waorani]

Picked up a Hercules/Jaeger 3 1/2 HP hit 'n miss engine last year to tinker with. Built in 1925 and ran a cement mixer in its first life. Needed magneto rebuilt and new gas tank to get it running. May tear down and refinish someday but for now just needs a proper sled if I can find some oak 4x6 or better.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Picked up a Hercules/Jaeger 3 1/2 HP hit 'n miss engine last year to tinker with. Built in 1925 and ran a cement mixer in its first life. Needed magneto rebuilt and new gas tank to get it running. May tear down and refinish someday but for now just needs a proper sled if I can find some oak 4x6 or better.

Spectacular!!!

 

[Hack]

Picked up a Hercules/Jaeger 3 1/2 HP hit 'n miss engine last year to tinker with. Built in 1925 and ran a cement mixer in its first life. Needed magneto rebuilt and new gas tank to get it running. May tear down and refinish someday but for now just needs a proper sled if I can find some oak 4x6 or better.

At one time I owned a number of the old 'hit and miss' engines: 1 1/2 hp McCormick, 1 1/2 hp Stover, and one other that I can't recall the name. Also had a rather large Goold, Shapely and Muir which had HUGE flywheels. They were a good 36"+ diameter. My son has an old 1 1/2 hp Economy (my gandfather's) which needs assembly. I got out of collecting/restoring them a good thirty years ago. Still love watching and hearing them run.

You've got a good one!

 

[The Jade Bean]

Finally laying down the hardwood flooring.

 

[DRANGED]

So rad!

 

[The Jade Bean]

These doorways will be real fun.

 

[Hack]

More HF 14" bandsaw 'upgrades'...

I decide to swap out the stock blade guides (which use carbon/fiber blocks), for a set that uses ball bearings:

After doing some research, and burning a lot of bandwidth, I decided to order the upgrade set from sawblade.com. They list it as fitting the Central Machine (HF) 14" bandsaw. Well... Nothing ever just bolts on...

The HF upper guide uses a 3/4" rod, while the 'upgrade' uses a 7/8" rod. So... Off to my son's shop to have him custom turn a new rod with 3/4" on the top portion, and 7/8" for the lower:

A coat of gun blue, and it looks OEM:

Then a few 'issues' with the lower guide mount. It would not bolt into the factory threaded holes (M6-1.0). I tried making an adapter plate:

The plate worked, but I wasn't happy with the amount of material that needed to be removed from one side (so the bearing would slide/align). So.... I decided to drill/tap new holes in the frame. I went with 1/4-20 threads, as all the fasteners on the new guide set are imperial.

Continued

 

[Hack]

Bandsaw continues....

I bolted the upgrade lower mount to the frame using a couple 1/4-20 SS button heads I had in stock:

I'm using a 3/4" blade, because that's what the upgrade mfg says it will handle. And it does. I don't see many times I'll be using a blade that wide. Most of the time I'm in the 3/16-1/4" range. But at least I know I have the capability to go there.

Re-assembled:

Next I'll be tackling the dust collection, I've already removed the restrictive grill inside the oem port:

Added a Carter wheel brush while I was in there:

 

[DRANGED]

Finally getting around to sorting some of these shenanigans!

downstream of that junction box is now grounded, plus GFCI @ the washing machine and grounded switch box for the furnace and downstream hall outlet is now grounded.

 

[YMT]

Finally got around to making a greenhouse cover for the raised planter boxes. Got seedlings started indoors, and they're already outgrowing their tray, in just 2 weeks.
Picked up some polycarbonate clear currogated panels, and some 2x2s, the rest of the stuff I had laying around.

 

[Hack]

Bandsaw Dust Collection:

It took me about a week, lots of trips to the hardware store, Lowe's, Home Depot, and Woodcraft. Plus a few parts bought off Amazon. Those Loc-Line fittings are are real bear to snap/un-snap, but they provide adequate support for how I've got it installed. I put on a new Timber Wolf 1/4" ( 6 TPI), got everything aligned, and will put it to use when needed.

Brief test (to check table level), and it works decent. Probably catches 70-80% of the sawdust. My expectations never were for much more, as the basic design of this type of bandsaw isn't engineered for dust collection.

There's room for improvement, mostly sealing up a lot of the open areas around the lower blade cover. But that'll have to wait. Spring is just around the corner (I hope), and there's a whole list of things that need to be attended to.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Per usual I have multiple projects going on at once. Swing for kids and fire pit seats.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Done. Back fence in the works as well on my off days.

 

[The Jade Bean]

Tree swing finished.