New garage time!

[fatjay]

Got a few more pieces up. I ran out of metal, so I need to go to tomorrow to the metal shop.

I got this stupid magnet that says it holds 90lb but barely holds 20.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm jealous of your scaffolding. I can't count how many times I've told myself to buy a couple sets, and even gone to the store to look at it, and then decided not to spend the money. One of these days, I really need to spend the money!!!!

 

[fatjay]

I'm jealous of your scaffolding. I can't count how many times I've told myself to buy a couple sets, and even gone to the store to look at it, and then decided not to spend the money. One of these days, I really need to spend the money!!!!

It saves so much energy compared to a ladder. Also gives me a place to set the welder. I wasn't going to break it out but this ended up being a bigger job than I thought. Every piece needs put in place, clamped, marked, unclamped, cut, welded. It's a lot of up and down, which takes a lot of energy.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm dealing with ladders all the time. I have more then I thought possible, but they all get used. It's just a pain moving them around, and not having a decent place to put anything.

Seems like they sell for the same price used as they do brand new!!!

 

[fatjay]

I'm dealing with ladders all the time. I have more then I thought possible, but they all get used. It's just a pain moving them around, and not having a decent place to put anything.

Seems like they sell for the same price used as they do brand new!!!

They definitely do. I have a lot of ladders and they all get used, but working for an extended period of time with heavy stuff, it gets old. Fatigue on the feet.

The biggest pain is no where to put the welder, the leads are not that long to have the base on the ground and weld 13' up. I got hte platform hoping it would help, but still not great

 

[fatjay]

Finally got the 3rd support structure done. I had to cut the last piece 3 times, wasting a lot of material. The first time I somehow cut it backwards despite holding it up and marking. The second I took my eyes off hte bandsaw for a minute and cut through. 3rd was ok.

Also cut and drilled mounting ears for the panel racking and ground anchors. I'm going with 1/2x8" anchors, 2 per leg. That should hold it down.

https://imgur.com/LV8P5QU

 

[fatjay]

Picked up some 2-2-2-4 URD wire. Broke out the trencher. Went to disconnect the pool power wire. got my sharp knife out and was cutting the electrical tape pulling towards me and thought, this is dangerous. Then immediately it slipped, knife went into my index finger right at the first digit. It stopped when it hit bone. That bled, a lot. All over my clothes, ground, kitchen, wife. She was not happy.

 

[fatjay]

I needed to clean the trench out of all the loose stuff. I tried a 2x4, that didn't work. And a piece of angle iron was heavy. so I made a 3.5" hoe with an 8' handle.

 

[fatjay]

Tonight I made ground spikes. I cut the flat stock at 8", then bent it in my home made metal brake. Then wrapped it in electrical tape and cut a spike.

They'll be used to hold the water pipe to the bottom of the trench. I have 4" of sand and my depth is 28", where my frost line is 24". I have 300' of 1/2" ob pex so i'll have some room to screw up.

I'm also going to toss a pair of cat6e in.

 

[chim]

Sorry to hear about the blood loss. Hope your tetanus is current. Back when I was doing trench work we modified shovels by heating them and bending the sides up to form a scoop.