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[user.69169]

You know you uptodown livin when you got Maytag gas washer on de porch and wirligig clothes pole in de yard spins over close to porch. Woman knows she appreciated cause you cut down on her needin to walk to de line too. You livin large if you got wash boiler next to Maytag wid propane burner.

 

[the old grind]

My Brother grabbed the wash boiler from the family estate to pile Time, Hemmings Motor News, and Road & Track magazines into. Copper on the outside is ~80% intact.

(I don't know how they get their linens clean. )

I'm, still looking for a wringer washer. I see 'em in yards rusting away with weeds growing around them.

I'd rather stumble onto one before it's put out as yard art.

 

[user.69169]

Know a lady collects wash machines, she got more den 50. Got one de 3 cup Maytags runs either gas or electric. She watchin me one day as I watchin machine run and measurin it. Asks what I measurin for. Tell her I wondering could my sister use it to knead bread dough and save time. Woman went from sweet lady to ragin witch chasin me wid her laundry stick looked like 2 tine fork.

Young fellow I know just last year score wood tub wringer machine runs from gas engine. He collects engines. Machine he scored 80 years old, never had water in it. It was floor demo unit in old hardware store for years, went to attic after dat, never used. Seems normal to me man has new washer in middle of his living room. Lot of fun watchin girlfriend's face as I explain laundry day to her.
No dalin, first you put water in boiler on stove, nope boiler ont go on wood fire. Den you shave up soap into water while gets hot stirrin wid stick, thing dat looks like pitchfork. Den dip few buckets into washer, fill boiler to here wid more water, add more soap and put clothes in to boil. Delicates can go in washer a while widout boiling. Put load of cleanest in boiler & work wid dasher, stick looks like tin plunger sweety. Wring off delicates into tub full of rinse water, be real careful, wringer grabs you it break your fingers, maybe wrist too, fork over batch from boiler to washer, let drain some and watch no water scald yer hand. Swish cleans in rinse tub and wring to basket. You get delicates hung while sheets washin.

Nope, wash water don't get changed till sudz all gone. Den you dip rinse water & maybe boiler water into washer and little more soap. Dip rest rinse water into boiler, repeat process. Poor girl completely not sure wash machine work saver. Probably for best I didn't tell her about scrub board fer undies & such. Nature of woman to compllain and not appreciate man who makes her work easy.

 

[stuckmotor]

In the '60s I walked over to the neighbor's house and she was making lye soap in the wash pot in the yard. Later, she gave me a bar of soap she'd cut out in the pan she'd poured it up in. She even showed me the soap recipe on a box of lye. By the '70s the back to the land movement came along and another neighbor had bought a mule and his wife was trying to make soap. The only kind of lye they could find was crystallized drain cleaner. He showed me some of their soap. It still had large undesolved lye crystals all through it and I didn't want any.

 

[SpringHollow]

Uncle Earl's Hand Healing Soap - I use the concentrated liquid mixed 50% with water dispensed from a foaming hand cleaner pump bottle. Works real well straight that way and then rinse.

Uncle Earl’s(R) Soap™ – Zebra Skimmers

I see several people mention latex gloves. In case they are not using that term generically for thin "surgical style" gloves, I would caution you to normally use nitrile instead of latex. Latex gloves are linked to an increase chance of developing a latex allergy. Save latex exposure for necessary medical devices.

 

[Sberry]

Pipe wrench holder.

 

[sea2summit]

My Brother grabbed the wash boiler from the family estate to pile Time, Hemmings Motor News, and Road & Track magazines into. Copper on the outside is ~80% intact.

(I don't know how they get their linens clean. )

I'm, still looking for a wringer washer. I see 'em in yards rusting away with weeds growing around them.

I'd rather stumble onto one before it's put out as yard art.

You can still find wringers https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...F2VKD&linkId=fd81ef46af7c30d836b708697615226d

 

[fried1765]

Pipe wrench holder.

NICE/HANDY !

 

[beowulf]

Pipe wrench holder.

I would have never thought of that, but would be really handy. . . knuckle saver.

 

[Big Barn]

Pipe wrench holder.

Excellent idea!

 

[Fuddy1952]

I don't have a picture but pipe wrench holder (actually storage) I think about at my home place all of Grandad's adjustable wrenches he mounted a board on one wall with 2"x2" blocks either end. All wrench jaws hang from it.

 

[PILOON]

How I store my pipe clamps:

I drive 10 inch nails (spikes) into the side of my top shop ledger spaced about 6 inches apart.
I then simply hang them from the screw clamp end ranged by size.

For my 'C' clamps I have a 1/2" rod below the pipe clamps that stands proud and I hang the open clamps on that rod ranged by size.

All in all this clamping storage takes up about 3 ft of wall space (and no floor space) with everything clearly visible for quick selection and minimal valuable floor space.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Most old pipe and monkey wrenches at home place don't have a hole. A 3/4" thick board wrenches are adjusted just over 3/4" so it works.

 

[Big Barn]

I welded up little brackets for pipe clamp storage...

 

[stuckmotor]

I welded up little brackets for pipe clamp storage...

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I like the height adjusters on your drill presses. They look like they add stability to the tables, too.

 

[Big Barn]

I like the height adjusters on your drill presses. They look like they add stability to the tables, too.

Thanks and yes they do

 

[dieselscout80]

I welded up little brackets for pipe clamp storage...

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Hey nice shop. :thumbsup:

I have the same drill press minus the mods.

I’d like hear about your mods to your drill press.

 

[Big Barn]

Hey nice shop. :thumbsup:

I have the same drill press minus the mods.

I’d like hear about your mods to your drill press.

No fancy mods. Just added a hydraulic bottle jack to one and a trailer tongue jack (side wind) to the other for table lift assist.

 

[dieselscout80]

No fancy mods. Just added a hydraulic bottle jack to one and a trailer tongue jack (side wind) to the other for table lift assist.

I didn't even notice the other drill presses.

However, what caught my eye is the switch on your floor model.

My drill press is like that one, but the switch is damaged and I'd like to find a nice replacement switch like yours.

The trailer jack is a great idea!!

 

[Big Barn]

I didn't even notice the other drill presses.

However, what caught my eye is the switch on your floor model.

My drill press is like that one, but the switch is damaged and I'd like to find a nice replacement switch like yours.

The trailer jack is a great idea!!

Those paddle switches are available from Amazon, Grizzly Tools etc.




Here's a closeup of the trailer jack if that helps...