New shop started

[thepumpguysc]

Very nice!!!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

You really are blessed.

 

[daugen]

He is. Kyle, we've been eyeballing guy's work areas for a long time, you just passed twenty years here, and this shop
is one of a handful that makes me really smile. The wish I had a man cave like this. In reality, it takes space, money and knowledge.
I'm a sucker for all tools, machine or otherwise, one thing I never got on my bucket list was a car/truck/tractor lift.
And we all want an overhead crane since we are always lifting something up to work underneath.

I admit to buying a tool just because I wanted to learn how to use it. Nice plunge router. Never did use it the way I thought I would.
so you can hang it on the wall to look interesting or you can really know how to use it. I never got to my get to it.

knowing how to build a tool to build another tool, that creative process, is a real talent which some of you have. You have to have the vision to know
where you want to get to, and then plan the steps there.
Well, at least I learned how to weld.

btw, that little sickle bar is the coolest thing, with its big warning letters.

this is the fun of an international site. You learn more.

 

[plastikosmd]

Thx all

Long way from the rusty plyers, hammer and dull crosscut saw of my youth

Frankly, I did a lot more with less and lost some creativity over the years “having the right tool for the job”

 

[plastikosmd]

Gonna need a bigger compressor
Needs 185 cfm to feed it but it should make blasting more fun.
Merry Xmas to me
Bye rust!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

A wee bit more heavy duty than a bead blast cabinet. I sand blasted for a few months, just out of high school. Was tough work. Blast, paint, blast, paint....

185cfm will fill your tire fast.

 

[daugen]

sounds like it's time for a nice new rotary compressor.

 

[plastikosmd]

^ I looked into that

It seems that only the most extreme examples could come close to that cfm

Diesel seems to be the way to go

( I do dislike my compressor but it seems I’m still stuck w it)

 

[daugen]

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need to find a nice low hour used one from some contractor
lot of ones that say 185 also say 135 working pressure.
so better go large

 

[plastikosmd]

Well, I guess I will be selling the electric hilti jackhammer!

 

[plastikosmd]

cleaning up my anvil stand for the new anvil.

Going from a 200#? Peter Wright to a 460#
Fontanini that has yet to arrive

 

[plastikosmd]

Got the plow installed on the 84 big red. Needed to fabricate mounting hardware.
This was my “beater” machine, maybe it it time for some TLC

 

[EddieWalker]

I never would of thought of a 3 wheeler as a machine to move snow!!!!

 

[plastikosmd]

More to “play”

The apron in front of shop or maybe some walkways. I don’t plan any serious work. Just allows me to enjoy the machine

Arm lift works well and overall balance is good.

 

[plastikosmd]

Sharpening the crosscut

 

[dstig1]

For hand-cutting dovetails in fine cabinetry?

 

[plastikosmd]

Honestly, it would probably be an improvement over my usual woodworking skills




Injury and illness have robbed me of many things so I have to do what I can to maintain

 

[thepumpguysc]

Now there’s a man who likes to work hard.!!

 

[dstig1]

WOW! You must be like the legend they told about Homer Simpson - 7-foot tall! With arms like tree trunks!

 

[plastikosmd]

So it was like 70 degrees today. I was feeling better so an adventure to pick up a “300lb” split drum lawn roller. (25$)

After lightly rolling it onto my toe, I decided to check the weight.

440lbs

It worked well and the split drum is great for turning



Now I can fix the field when I traverse it too early in the spring