New shop started

[plastikosmd]

Sounds like you dodged a bullet on that particular boat!

That’s sad in regards to the maintenance. I think the boat is a perfect combination of cruising and fishing. It checked off all my must-have’s including cabin where the admiral can relax, rebirth, Galli, bathroom with shower, quarter birth for additional sleeping room, cockpit for fishing, diesel power and stability when sloppy.
I was attracted to the Downeast style type of boat but realized to get everything that I wanted I was going to have to step into something closer to 35’+. This is a very “big” boat for 31 feet

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice boat! Nice rods and reels.

I love fishing. Don't get to go often enough.

 

[plastikosmd]

^ I hear u

Post Christmas shopping done
Bird seed and 300lb of scrap steel (one 2”x2”x2’ square and 4 3.5”x2’ round)



Also went out for some firewood
Quadractor doing what it does best, I should tear it down
and refresh it again

 

[Big Barn]

Cool!

Any plans for the round and square stock?

How much a pound are you paying for scrap?

Merry Christmas!

 

[plastikosmd]

No plans just hitting up the scrapyard for “treasures”
Price was close to 100$ so around .30?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ahhh, treasure.

Our CNC lathe at work has a 4" thru spindle, but I have a Royal 16C collet setup on it and it only accepts up to 1.625" stock. I have to put the real heavy chuck on for bigger stock like this. It is not a job I enjoy (exchanging chuck for collet setup)....

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

That's a neat buggy. Is there a build thread anywhere on it? Assuming hydraulically driven?

 

[Big Barn]

No plans just hitting up the scrapyard for “treasures”
Price was close to 100$ so around .30?

That’s fair.

 

[plastikosmd]

No build thread as they were factory produced in late 70’s

4wd, 4 wheel steer, weight is 500 lbs but can pull a lot
All belt driven in a rather complex Tho robust fashion. (these are the same belts that have been on this machine for the past 10 years since I originally rebuilt and then sold the machine and then got it back after somebody didn’t take care of it as well as I would’ve liked)
Read here for more info
The Incredible Quadractor From Traction, Inc - Modern Homesteading - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

No build thread as they were factory produced in late 70’s

4wd, 4 wheel steer, weight is 500 lbs but can pull a lot
All belt driven in a rather complex Tho robust fashion. (these are the same belts that have been on this machine for the past 10 years since I originally rebuilt and then sold the machine and then got it back after somebody didn’t take care of it as well as I would’ve liked)
Read here for more info
The Incredible Quadractor From Traction, Inc - Modern Homesteading - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Interesting....never seen them before, and I've been involved with ATV's since the early '70's.

 

[dragoneggs]

No plans just hitting up the scrapyard for “treasures”
Price was close to 100$ so around .30?

I miss the old days when scrap metal was pretty much given away. Now too many are wise to the value because too many are wise enough to repurpose. Oh well.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Salvage yards are paying only about $.03-.05/lb for steel. So selling it to you at .30 is ten fold markup.


Price of titanium 6Al4V varies from $27 to $35 per pound depending on what/how much you buy.

Scrap titanium (chips and shavings) is not worth much at all. Not sure why.

 

[plastikosmd]

I understand the markup I sell scrap also.
I don’t fault them, still a good price, pricing mild steel at 3.5”x24” I would have paid close to 100$ without shipping (per piece)
All together it would have been 480$ plus shipping on 300#

 

[plastikosmd]

Time to start installing the 3 point hitch subframe

Another old pic for the quadractor fans

 

[MickeyDBC]

Salvage yards are paying only about $.03-.05/lb for steel. So selling it to you at .30 is ten fold markup.


Price of titanium 6Al4V varies from $27 to $35 per pound depending on what/how much you buy.

Scrap titanium (chips and shavings) is not worth much at all. Not sure why.

Aluminum 6061 is running about $2.15 a pound and we are getting $.15 a pound on chips right now. Steel chips are worth zero - they will take them if you deliver them but they will not pickup. I won't even run steel jobs now due to waste.

 

[plastikosmd]

Started back on this old 22LR 1919 conversion project. I had some pierced primers. Before shortening the spring a bit I considered whether the 22 cartridge was really seated into the 30 caliber “dummy” round. I seated them gently with a press to ensure they sat against the shoulder. There was some “stickiness” in the last 1/16” that makes it hard to seat with thumb pressure. No piercing. I will have to take the dummy rounds and make sure that they are fully cleaned up any cosmoline that is possibly causing the interference.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Now that looks fun.

 

[plastikosmd]

It is a hoot!
A lot cheaper to feed than 308 (mine is 308 not 30-06)

 

[EddieWalker]

Love this!!! I've been over thinking how to organize my ever growing collection of fishing poles, and this is so simple!!! Thanks for posting the picture.

 

[rangerfredbob]

A friend of mine did similar but mounted them to the rafters, instead of conduit clamps he drilled a 1/2" hole in one side and a smaller hole in the other and just used a single screw into the rafter, I think he has another a few boards down for the other end of the pole to take the strain off. Once I get my shop built, I'm definitely doing something either on a wall or ceiling to hold poles... but I need to pare my collection down...