Old Nick
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Rock’n’roll! Post up pics so that we can see it. Very happy for you.
Projecting, tinkering, fiddle-farting around: whatcha building? (5 Viewers)
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WOW! Now that’s a shop!
Not sure why I made the decision just today, but we dug for piers, too.
Also insulated the house today. Garage will get insulated shortly.
PS - don’t want to derail the thread’s purpose. Still fiddle farting…
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For those of you (spazzy and Old Nick) getting concrete work done, just some unsolicited advice:
-Add a dead man anchor before the pour.
Makes moving non-running vehicles easier. I had to drill anchors into existing, which is limited to the strength of the concrete.
Drilled and installed today.
I wish I could have gotten some anchor pots or something else with a cover that would be flush with the floor, but these will have to do.
Mounted a total of 6 along the back wall of my garage- went overkill for safety. I have a very gently sloped driveway. Can use a come-along and 3" straps to drag a roller into the garage (or a winch and pulley). Will add two more anchors on each side of the garage door too.
-Add a dead man anchor before the pour.
Makes moving non-running vehicles easier. I had to drill anchors into existing, which is limited to the strength of the concrete.
Drilled and installed today.
I wish I could have gotten some anchor pots or something else with a cover that would be flush with the floor, but these will have to do.
Mounted a total of 6 along the back wall of my garage- went overkill for safety. I have a very gently sloped driveway. Can use a come-along and 3" straps to drag a roller into the garage (or a winch and pulley). Will add two more anchors on each side of the garage door too.
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Old Nick
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Female threaded anchors with matching hex set screws for plugs when not in use are a good flush option without going to full-blown anchor pots.
Old Nick
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That is a very good idea. I’ve got pots on order and am hoping that they show before the pour (which is supposed to be Tuesday if it dried up… but it hasn’t). Maybe I’ll get lucky. If not, the anchor system you noted is the way I am going. The pots can be drilled out later.
So I made some modifications to a transmission jack I picked up: VEVOR Transmission Jack Modifications - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/vevor-transmission-jack-modifications.1329289/
And when I was done I powder coated the parts and while the powder coat oven was warmed up, I coated a couple cutouts I did on the plasma table while I was at it.
And when I was done I powder coated the parts and while the powder coat oven was warmed up, I coated a couple cutouts I did on the plasma table while I was at it.
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Old Nick
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Very nice looking pieces.
Fabricated two pairs of engine mounts for late 40's panel wagon and four door coup.
The engine tab is slopped 3.5º (right/left).
Squared up.
Tacked up.
Burned in.
Hard to see the slight slope but its there.
The engine tab is slopped 3.5º (right/left).
Squared up.
Tacked up.
Burned in.
Hard to see the slight slope but its there.
I have one of those calculators, super handy for framing and general layout, especially when working with feet/inches and fractions. But lately I've been doing smaller projects in metric, so much easier.
Now you can get an app for your phone: Construction Calculator™ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/construction-calculator/id1434258634
Very useful if it's not the sort of thing you do regularly enough to buy the "real" version.
Very useful if it's not the sort of thing you do regularly enough to buy the "real" version.
I never carry my phone on job sites, don't want the distraction when I'm up on ladders or staging. But the app would be cool for in the shop.
They also have an emulator that runs on a PC, for teaching. I had a copy that I would use to demo another method of calculating rafters and stair stringers in my class.
I have mixed feelings about Apple integrating iPhone apps to the desktop OS, but it does open up the possibilities of using things like this.
Able to keep the bears out? Heck, daughter left garage door open in town (Steamboat) one night and a bear got into our freezer and took stuff out. I always wanted to build a cold smoker, that is the bomb!
Putting together some bling for the workshop...
20 yrs ago someone gave me a 34" cookie from an approx 80 yr old loblolly pine. Always wanted to even it up and make a table or something out of it and came up with various designs of rigs to run a router over it. But recently stumbled across DIY router sleds on youtube and there was my answer, with linear rails from Amazon, for way cheaper than I could fab up. Gave it a brief try in the shop today and as expected given the mess, will definitely have to wait for nice day to carry whole table outside.
Old Nick
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Very cool set-up and a gorgeous piece of wood. That's going to make a lovely table.
We'll see. Loblolly pine isn't typically thought of as furniture quality wood. It's well aged and hasn't split but I'm worried as it gets thinner that might become an issue. Assuming I can get it close to flat/parallel, will probably get some kind of oil treatment.
I've got another much more interesting cookie from a longleaf pine in south Georgia. I didn't count but the rings but supposedly 400+ yrs old dating back to the late 1500s. About 24in so more of a wall/sitting on display stand type of piece. Bad thing is someone varnished it and it needs to be refinished.
