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[k0ua]

I thought they might take a dim view of anyone carting off their rail. They are a very possessive outfit.:laughing:

 

[jwmorris]

BTW, after at least 2.5-3 years of that rail sitting there seemingly ignored,, I noticed a CSX truck parked across the street from it, with a gu y seemingly sleeping there in it....

That's the guy you needed to ask. An employee of the rail road that might rather let you have it than have to mess with it himself.

 

[PhysAssist]

Maybe he'll still be there waiting to catch me on Monday, and I can ask him then.

That's the guy you needed to ask. An employee of the rail road that might rather let you have it than have to mess with it himself.

 

[Gordon Gould]

This reminds me of the time a few years ago when I wanted about 60 used RR ties. I went to the maintence yard near by where they had a giant pile of them and asked the forman. He told me a long story about how it is against the law for anyone to have RR property or to even be on RR property and that he was not autherized to sell them but if I were to leave a case of beer on the porch of the little building he used as an office/house he didn't really see any problem with me taking what I wanted as long as I did it when the yard was quiet.

 

[PILOON]

"but if I were to leave a case of beer on the porch of the little building he used as an office"

LOL

I visit pour local city re cycle depot every so often and browse thru the paint collection shed.
Couple of well placed $$ lets me chose. My usual grabs are red black yellow tremclad paint and primers.
I have found qts that barely had more than a brush dipping or two. Best find was gal of primer and gal of tremclad gloss black.
Simply amazing what some folks heave out.
Oil based paints withstand freezing but not water based ones.
When it comes to tires he even helps me search for the size I want!

 

[chopped]

I dont understand why they want money to give back re cycle materials. So much paint is ''destroyed' and could me multi mixed and used. yet we have to pollute more and make new paint.lol

"but if I were to leave a case of beer on the porch of the little building he used as an office"

LOL

I visit pour local city re cycle depot every so often and browse thru the paint collection shed.
Couple of well placed $$ lets me chose. My usual grabs are red black yellow tremclad paint and primers.
I have found qts that barely had more than a brush dipping or two. Best find was gal of primer and gal of tremclad gloss black.
Simply amazing what some folks heave out.
Oil based paints withstand freezing but not water based ones.
When it comes to tires he even helps me search for the size I want!

 

[jwmorris]

Back to homade stuff. A belt sander conversion on an old bench grinder, complete with rollerskate wheel.

 

[3930dave]

Back to homade stuff. A belt sander conversion on an old bench grinder, complete with rollerskate wheel.

Nice setup.

Rgds, D.

 

[DaveOmak]

Nice...... Dave

 

[PILOON]

I dont understand why they want money to give back re cycle materials. So much paint is ''destroyed' and could me multi mixed and used. yet we have to pollute more and make new paint.lol

Recycle centers only take stuff that can be re processed and that they can sell. Rubber gets shredded, paint is multi mixed mixed into cheap 'Blah' colors, paper re cycled, and metals sold to smelters. They don't take construction debris either.

The $$ I gave to the attendant is basically a TIP to allow me to browse and help myself. They frown on folks stealing garbage and my TIP is real cheap shopping.

 

[arrow]

To make the degree sign ï½° , hold the <alt> then using the number pad, 248

Here is a great reference to the ASCI codes:

Special Characters — Alt Keyboard Sequences

Nice reference list. Thank you. I made this: º by pressing "alt" and just zero

 

[sixdogs]

Recycle centers only take stuff that can be re processed and that they can sell. Rubber gets shredded, paint is multi mixed mixed into cheap 'Blah' colors, paper re cycled, and metals sold to smelters. They don't take construction debris either.

The $$ I gave to the attendant is basically a TIP to allow me to browse and help myself. They frown on folks stealing garbage and my TIP is real cheap shopping.

Yep...a $$ tip has let me to a lot of great finds over the years at town recycling centers. That's the secret wit the gatekeeper.

 

[downsizingnow48]

I'm making some shafts on the lathe using HSS cutting tools. Got tired of standing there with a brush or an oil can which provides either too much or too little cutting oil. Decided to get a setup for directing cutting oil onto the work. But I didn't like the prices for a purpose built tank and pump, or the idea of yet another gizmo to be plugged in and maintained. So I rigged this thing up using a Harbor Freight air tank ($19), a Grizzly magnetic oil stand ($35) and some fittings for an adapter. The adapter I made up has a hose barb on both ends. One end is for a feed tube inside the tank and the other end is for an output tube leading to the oil dispenser. I put about a gallon of cutting oil in the air tank, and installed the adapter (with a bolt taped to the feed line to keep it on the bottom of the tank). I pressurized the tank to a few pounds, and there you are - a very precise amount of oil delivered to the working point. The whole setup can be easily moved to the drill press or milling machine as needed. I keep the tank underneath the lathe on a shelf out of the way, but for the photo I set it up with a short piece of tubing just to show how everything fits together. It seems to last a long time on one pressurization, presumably because the volume of oil dispensed is small compared to the volume of pressurized air in the tank.

 

[Big Barn]

I'm making some shafts on the lathe using HSS cutting tools. Got tired of standing there with a brush or an oil can which provides either too much or too little cutting oil. Decided to get a setup for directing cutting oil onto the work. But I didn't like the prices for a purpose built tank and pump, or the idea of yet another gizmo to be plugged in and maintained. So I rigged this thing up using a Harbor Freight air tank ($19), a Grizzly magnetic oil stand ($35) and some fittings for an adapter. The adapter I made up has a hose barb on both ends. One end is for a feed tube inside the tank and the other end is for an output tube leading to the oil dispenser. I put about a gallon of cutting oil in the air tank, and installed the adapter (with a bolt taped to the feed line to keep it on the bottom of the tank). I pressurized the tank to a few pounds, and there you are - a very precise amount of oil delivered to the working point. The whole setup can be easily moved to the drill press or milling machine as needed. I keep the tank underneath the lathe on a shelf out of the way, but for the photo I set it up with a short piece of tubing just to show how everything fits together. It seems to last a long time on one pressurization, presumably because the volume of oil dispensed is small compared to the volume of pressurized air in the tank.

I like it!! And portable too.

Terry

 

[jaotguy]

I'm too cheap for even the air pig .... small weed sprayer tank ... hand pump style ..... and a limiting valve on the end to regulate the flow .... move it from drill press to lathe to band saw ....

 

[downsizingnow48]

I like the weed sprayer, even simpler. might have done that if I thought of it.

 

[Tor Arne]

A friend of mine works in the woods running forestry equipment. He needed a tool to turn the pin in the locks of the chains on the machine, so here's what I come up With

 

[3930dave]

A friend of mine works in the woods running forestry equipment. He needed a tool to turn the pin in the locks of the chains on the machine, so here's what I come up With

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Any tool that helps get work done faster outside in the Winter is really valuable ! I'm sure that it's appreciated the rest of the year too.

Rgds, D.

 

[Gordon Gould]

A friend of mine works in the woods running forestry equipment. He needed a tool to turn the pin in the locks of the chains on the machine, so here's what I come up With

A nice gadget you thought up there. Looks to be a lot easier than the way I do it. I am going to steal that one. Thanks for posting.

 

[chopped]

Got my interest ... could you post how it works? thanks

A friend of mine works in the woods running forestry equipment. He needed a tool to turn the pin in the locks of the chains on the machine, so here's what I come up With

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