What did you do today?

[3 Phase Lightbulb]

One more course completed:


Finished, just as dusk fell, making the flash necessary:


This is how they looked almost 20 years ago when I first started working on them. Originally, there were just some concrete blocks.



I'm taking a break now...

Break time is over I suggest replacing that fascia with composite/PVC.

[Tungsten dipper]

Break time is over I suggest replacing that fascia with composite/PVC.

Maybe his paint brush fits his hand perfectly??

[plastikosmd]

Rain, had a few minutes so i popped all new seals, rings, wipers into the hydraulic ram. First one, didn’t go bad. Will see how it does under pressure!

[jdedmon91]

Finished up my clamp system for my HF bandsaw. Here is the build video.

https://youtu.be/94t-xrOtSwU

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[fixerdave]

Sigh...

So... background... shop is across town from the condo where I live. Lots of restrictions at said condo, but I can have a BBQ on the balcony. I don't BBQ. So, I picked up a "side of the road" BBQ, gutted it, and put a workbench ontop the grill. Works pretty good, mostly. Anyway, the condo gets all the 'B' tools, including an old Dremel scrollsaw that has a little disk sander off the side of the motor. That, I seem to use a lot, for lack of anything better, though it's a pain to set up and take down. Anyway, I figured taking that little disk sander attachment and sticking it on a motor that I could have permanently at the ready on the top-grill of said BBQ would be handy. Maybe put a wire wheel on it too when I needed it. Found an AC motor that had the right sized shaft, 3D printed a control box and mount for it, set it up, turned it on, and the disk blew apart in 3 pieces, near instant. Looked up the part number on the motor, vacuum, 10-20k rpm. Didn't think of that. Not a good day. No blood mind you, no expensive repairs, so not a BAD day either. But, whatever. So, screw it, I figured I'd just go buy a second 1x30 belt/disk sander for the condo and be done with it.

Before I managed to spend any money, I had the bright idea of just mounting an angle grinder and using that as a stationary tool... disk sander, wire wheel, grinder if I need it. Cheaper than the belt sander anyway. A little research, and I find that Home Depot is selling Milwaukee 4.5" units for $60, which is not a bad price. Cheapest junk was $25. So, I buy the Milwaukee (making angle grinder #5) and swap it into my shop for some old Crappy Tire grinder I picked up because I needed a new grinding stone on the quick, a decade ago, and they wanted $7 for a grinding wheel, or $20 for a grinder, with a grinding wheel.

Anyway, I stared at the grinder, found a nice clamping hinge I had salvaged out of something, and came up with various elaborate mechanisms that would allow me to mount said grinder in such a way that I could put a cutoff disk in it and use it as a chopsaw if I needed to... even though the hinge actually weighed more than the grinder did. I went through several design options, from ridiculously complicated down to stupid-simple... ended up drilling 4 holes in an chunk of aluminium angle and screwing that to a block of wood. Done.

So, yeah, I went shopping after changing my mind and doing a bunch of research, then sat in my shop thinking, changing my mind over and over again... until I drilled 4 holes. That was my shop-day. 4 holes, fairly close to the right place even. Deburred holes too, mind you. I don't remember who said it here, but that old German accented "zzz hole is not complete until it has been deburrrrred" keeps running through my mind every time I drill a freaking hole now. Cursed, I am.

Sigh.. there are times when I think I know what I'm doing. Today was not one of them. But, I got a nice new 4.5" Milwaukee angle grinder to go with its big brother now That's something.

David...

[hermetic]

Did the last major job on my workshop refurbish, fitted a roller shutter to replace an old up and over garage door. Good feeling that I have no more huge building jibs to tackle!

[DICKEYBIRD]

Did the last major job on my workshop refurbish, fitted a roller shutter to replace an old up and over garage door. Good feeling that I have no more huge building jibs to tackle!

We don' SEE no steenkin' workshop. No pics...it ain't done yet!

[3 Phase Lightbulb]

I went to Home Depot and picked up some Primer/Sealer and some floor paint for my new shed. I just finished rolling on a gallon of primer/sealer. I'll roll on two coats of floor paint tomorrow as I'm completely exhausted now.

[plastikosmd]

Love the shed. I am a bit sore about shed as I got my (small) deposit ripped off on a cl shed. Still working though that deal

Today I reinstalled the rebuild case hydraulic cylinder ( works great but now I found one on the bucket to do!) and investigated some excess rear sway in the dodge. Found one raised bracket that ties the rear-end to a link broken. Thought about welding but wrote to BDS for a replacement

[vpt]

Yall ain't got yer tow mirrors flipped up.

[plastikosmd]

Not sure if u mean me Andy?

Started cutting spot for sawmill location

[PStechPaul]

More work, "step by step"...








I think I had used high strength type S mortar when I built these steps ~20 years ago, not knowing that the indoor bricks would deteriorate as they have, and it is sure mighty hard to chisel out. I used new concrete bricks for the additional width on the left side, but for this repair, I have been using good clay bricks. There are still some old bricks that are not too bad, and I didn't feel like digging those out, too. There is yet more work to do.

[Darren M]

Working on resurrecting a Bainbridge 712 horizontal bandsaw. Got it running, blade still has some issues with derailment. However, I'm getting there.

[bborr01]

More work, "step by step"...








I think I had used high strength type S mortar when I built these steps ~20 years ago, not knowing that the indoor bricks would deteriorate as they have, and it is sure mighty hard to chisel out. I used new concrete bricks for the additional width on the left side, but for this repair, I have been using good clay bricks. There are still some old bricks that are not too bad, and I didn't feel like digging those out, too. There is yet more work to do.

An air chisel would probably make quick work out of them.

[danlb]

Wrote an obituary for my dad, only to find that they charge by the column inch. $400 to extol his virtues is kind of steep. Brother wants me to shorten it. I think a web page will work better in this day and age anyway.

This is a test. It is only a test. I passed it. It's the first time this week that I've been able to broach** the subject. No comments or condolences needed. It's just the first time I've been able to vent.


Dan
** broach is the machinist content that makes this on topic.