Todays shop time.

[daugen]

I thought there would be a lot more posting on this thread with the holidays but maybe too many of you like me are finding your shop just way too cold for shop time?

yup, unheated barn but woodshop is heated. I won't work on machinery until it gets to 60 out and that isn't far off for my area.

does anyone have a preference for bulb type while working on equipment? LED, cfl, incadescent, halogen,etc.

 

[300UGUY]

I have things I want to do, but it's 20F outside, and I loaned my heater to my sister. I need to insulate and heat my shop......

 

[aczlan]

does anyone have a preference for bulb type while working on equipment? LED, cfl, incadescent, halogen,etc.

LED, less bulk, less of a chance of getting burned or starting something on fire.

Aaron Z

 

[cabinhollow]

I thought there would be a lot more posting on this thread with the holidays but maybe too many of you like me are finding your shop just way too cold for shop time?

To much work to even have time to take pictures. Plus just took out my 9 year 5'x10' cnc plasma table and the new one will be here Mon.

 

[JLwoodworks]

The company I work for has been occasionally making dog houses to donate to different organizations. We just made 12 and sent them to a shelter 4.5 hrs north of here.
I was tasked with seeing this operation through so I volunteered my shop.

Jay

 

[countrybumpkin]

To much work to even have time to take pictures.

This is pretty much my problem too, or if I start working on something that I intend to try and document I get to involved in the work to mess with pics.

 

[dragoneggs]

LED, less bulk, less of a chance of getting burned or starting something on fire.

Aaron Z

Strongly agree. the new 4ft LED fixtures from Costco were a huge improvement to my shop this year.

 

[daugen]

Jay, that is neat to see, great job.
I don't have a dog, yet..., but have friends who want to visit with their dogs, which I won't let inside the house.
Too much carpeting and not animal proofed at all. So I've always wanted a dog house for visiting dogs. Lots to buy
online and elsewhere but thought it would be better to build one in my woodshop. Not very complicated...and I like your
metal surrounds. As long as they don't put their tongue there in cold weather...

I hope you put your shop's name on each one.

I am slowly moving to LED's but the CFL's sure last a long time too...
had already replaced everything with them several years ago, like I think most of us did. Flickery light at times, maybe my imagination. LEDs
are simply brighter, have one right over my work area in the barn. 2000 lumen I think. Mounted in rafters.

 

[dragoneggs]

I am slowly moving to LED's but the CFL's sure last a long time too...
had already replaced everything with them several years ago, like I think most of us did. Flickery light at times, maybe my imagination. LEDs
are simply brighter, have one right over my work area in the barn. 2000 lumen I think. Mounted in rafters.

Luckily for me, for once I was very slow on the technology trigger with CFL's so I went from incandescent and fluorescent lighting straight to LEDs... even waited until LED pricing became very attractive. :cool2:

 

[Redneck in training]

My wife just bought two recesed LEDs for 12.99 in Costco. At this price I am tempted to change all light bulbs in the whole house for LEDs and be done with it. We have about 10 recesed light with LEDs and like them.

 

[dragoneggs]

My wife just bought two recesed LEDs for 12.99 in Costco. At this price I am tempted to change all light bulbs in the whole house for LEDs and be done with it. We have about 10 recesed light with LEDs and like them.

Yep instant on and dimmable now too. Nice energy savings. I have switched most all my canned lighting.

 

[4570Man]

I was helping a buddy make a piece for his mom. It was going good until... It would have been a nice piece.

 

[Redneck in training]

Yep instant on and dimmable now too. Nice energy savings. I have switched most all my canned lighting.

Since she bought only two I installed them in our bathroom where we have a bank of two lights on a dimmer. Surprise. They dimm but not turn completely off. There is about 10-15 mA current still going in. One light bulb and LED combo shuts off compeletely. It seems to me that you have to have at least four LEDs for the dimmer (made way before there was even talk about LEDs) to switch completely off. The LEDs are FEIT brand. I put them in another room on ON/OFF switch. They have pleasant light color.

 

[dragoneggs]

Since she bought only two I installed them in our bathroom where we have a bank of two lights on a dimmer. Surprise. They dimm but not turn completely off. There is about 10-15 mA current still going in. One light bulb and LED combo shuts off compeletely. It seems to me that you have to have at least four LEDs for the dimmer (made way before there was even talk about LEDs) to switch completely off. The LEDs are FEIT brand. I put them in another room on ON/OFF switch. They have pleasant light color.

Does your dimmer not have an 'off' position?

 

[Redneck in training]

Does your dimmer not have an 'off' position?

No. It is fully electronic. Lutron Maestro 15-Watt Single-Pole/3-Way/Multi-Location Digital CFL-LED Dimmer - White-MACL-153MH-WH - The Home Depot It looks like this one but our was made 2004.

We have several banks of LEDs on the same dimmer and those work fine. But those are four lights and larger. We have two LEDs on a switch in our hallway. Both were also little glowing until the light in the switch died. I have a fluorescent light in the shop that also have lighted switch. It will "flash" just about every 5 minutes while turned OFF. Apparently the small current charges something in the ballast making it to do so.

 

[4570Man]

I made a prototype dump trailer dump. I've extended the stroke of the jack from 5 inches to over 30".

 

[fried1765]

I made a prototype dump trailer dump. I've extended the stroke of the jack from 5 inches to over 30". View attachment 496175View attachment 496176

Interesting ...... but .....What about the base of the jack?
That base of the jack angle is changing as the jacking is increased.
How would you mount the jack to compensate for the changing jack base angle?

 

[4570Man]

I'll mount it on a swivel

 

[4570Man]

I got my winch finished except for putting a line on it.

 

[4570Man]

My next project is a backhoe root ripper. Here's the blade I cut last year. I made this backhoe mounted scraper a while back and it has served its purpose in life. I was thinking about cutting it up and reusing the mounts, but I'm leaning towards building new ones.