That’s good to hear Daniel.
And more junk.
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Sounds like it was an interesting and rewarding career, Bill. We had some pneumatic controls where I worked the first 5 or 6 years I was there. It was a snakepit of lines and wires. dang tough to find air leaks, and spiders loved to live in the control boxes! Not the systems fault of course, it was the environment they were in.
That guy sure likes to collect junk! If I was in a location that had the room and was hidden, I'd probably be the same way- except I would sell some stuff instead of just keeping it all. The solvent paint spray bombs usually survive freezing just fine. Just can't use them obviously! If all my spray bombs won't fit in it there will be some in the garbage. They are all in a closet in the shop office right now and it's time for them to go.My friend that is a hoarder has dozens of them panels all laying outside rusting away. I use to have a large wall cabinet inside the shop for spray bombs. I got tired of bringing them all in the basement in the winter time so I keep them stored there now year round. Doug I would probably have to have three of them to store mine.
That’s interesting Bill bad the way you had to leave on such a short notice. I had ten years as a hard candy maker for the Kroger Company but got terminated along with close to 1300 others because of plant shutdown. It was a union thing. Like you I took a lot of pride in my job and miss it sometimes, I think missing the people is the biggest thing. We had a lot of good times working together.
I remember when you were working for that company and how much you enjoyed it. Gawd been 7 years since you left! How time flies.
My insurance won't cover the corrective replacement lenses, so I will still need glasses for stuff up close still. I see pretty good at 2 feet and further out. Would be about 3 grand per eye on top of what insurance covers. Will be nice to not have the "haze" though.
I actually communicated with people for a good bit of the day today! Pretty much a hermit most of the time except when I get on here---LOL! I messaged back and forth win my neon girl who is a veteran of the sign business, just she didn't get going in it until the early 1990s, about 10 years after me. She's about that much younger too. She is a first class neon bender and has her own plant in her garage at home now. Apprenticed under the best bender I ever worked with. I needed some info about the neon sign I posted about a few days ago. Talked about old times working for various local shops and how crazy it was at times. Going to go with a modern power supply on the sign I posted as they run cooler and are lighter. Will make hanging it in the house much easier.
Then I went to the sh!t plant to get 2-1/2 dozen eggs. It was a reunion of sorts as a couple other of the guys that retired right after me showed up too. One to buy eggs and the other, who retired after 33 years there has taken a seasonal job of mowing around there. Friday we are going to have breakfast at a local restaurant and one of the retired electricians will be there too.
Damm I'm getting too long winded here but I did make some progress on the spray bomb cabinet too.
Got my antique toy fold-up table saw out to cut some particle board shelves. Would have been faster to just use the cordless saw, but had to know if it still works. It's got an old skilsaw in it that the switch went bad in. It was stuck on power all the time. The table has a switch so it works fine in it. Blade was still sharp. I didn't set up a guide. Just eyeballed the cuts with drawn lines. Made 3 shelves but decided to go with 2.
Cut some angle iron for shelf supports and pop riveted them in. Dang when those steel rivets pop my hands sure don't like it anymore!
Of course even though I measured twice I still managed to put one of the angle irons on the wrong side of the line. Had to drill 3 rivets back out and move it. Plenty of room for those 9-1/2" tall cans.
It dawned on me to remove the door after mounting the angle irons and it sure made it easier to handle! Sat it on that table saw ansd slit it into the area where it will be hung.
That's it for today, finally!
DAC
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Hard to believe someone threw that panel out! Those aren’t cheap.
We build similar ones for control stations for many different mine site installations. Control systems do change a lot. Mining became highly technical. A lot of the machinery uses VFDs. Which makes for very precise controls!
We build similar ones for control stations for many different mine site installations. Control systems do change a lot. Mining became highly technical. A lot of the machinery uses VFDs. Which makes for very precise controls!
These cabinets were VFD cabinets. This one I hauled home still had a good UPS in it. Still using it too. Like I said, I could have hauled home a lot of them of various sizes. Resisted the temptation.
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That turned out nice Doug, I like that. I prefer wall cabinets or shelves much better than I do base or floor cabinets.
I wish I could take some pics of my friends stuff it would drive you all crazy. It’s been eight years I’ve known him and I still see things I missed before.
I wish I could take some pics of my friends stuff it would drive you all crazy. It’s been eight years I’ve known him and I still see things I missed before.
Thanks, Jim. Not done yet, still have to build a mount on the wall and will hang it on lag bolts a little higher. I have a lot of floor cabinets too, and getting to the bottom shelves is a chore any more! I would prefer all hangers too.
Sounds like that guy is the definition of a hoarder.
DAC
When I read this I thought to myself "that's me all the way" and then laughed. It's nice to know that there are others out there that can understand the way my mind works. Carry on!
It never fails, Chris! Always have to redo something!
On the run all day, no shop time. New shingles got stocked on the house roof this morning. They may be stripping and pounding tomorrow.
DAC
Just once? I figure it isn't right until the third time.
You have a nice looking place Doug. The yard work is paying off.
Did the cat ever come back?
Nice looking Doug yeah when I done some roofing I always stocked the roof first then come back the next day.
Back in the mid 60's we would bring the shingle bundles up to the roof as needed. Couple guys laying felt, couple or 3 doing the shingling and 2 or 3 more carrying shingles. All depending on the size of the roof. I am talking wood scaffolds and ladders. Every time someone went up the ladder they took a bundle of shingles with them.
I do that most of the time too Chris!Thanks! It's not grass, it's hay and weeds but it's sure green right now! Nope the cat was seen 3 times after it made a run for it and the last time was late December.
I'm not going on the shop roof anymore, so I don't have to watch where I step, Roger---LOL! It got hail damage too but the insurance wouldn't fully cover the house so re-roofing the shop money had to transfer to the house. There was a "depreciation endorsement" added to the policy a few years ago and if they notified us about it, we missed it. That meant the older the roof, the less you get to put it simply. Our roof was 17 years old at the time of this hailstorm we made the claim on. There is enough in the insurance claim to get someone to go up there and pull old rotted screw and washers out and replace with fresh rubber washer screws----hopefully! I have to find someone that is willing to do it and buy the new screws. The bank will reimburse me for it supposedly.
It was still that way in the mid 70's when I was in housebuilding. My boss hated carrying them up a ladder as bad as we did and bought a "shingle ladder". It was a conveyer powered by a gas engine. One or two guys on the ground throwing bundles on and usually 2 or 3 on the roof running them. Finally he got where he could sub the roofing! We didn't have to do that crap anymore!
Thanks, Jim. This is a crew of Mexicans that will be doing the job. They bust a$$ and keep the workplace clean. At least the foreman will speak English if we need to talk. I have heard of this crew from other folks and everyone is very happy with their work. Unfortunately they couldn't do the job today. Rain and even s-word until mid afternoon.
Yeah you read right. S-word actually fell today. Nothing stuck at least, down here. Up in the hills is another story! After breakfast in town where it was really coming down at times harder than out here, had to do a bunch of online medical crap, then finally got out to the shop and hung that cabinet. Didn't get the paints transferred yet. Maybe tomorrow---hopefully.
Slapped some magnetic stickers on it like a shop fridge.
I've got some of those turn latches that aren't keyed around here somewhere, and when I find them the key lock will get replaced.
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Your welcome, Noel. It fit perfect over a hole drilled in the door!
It was a busy day. Loree told me this morning that she needed help moving a dresser from her office building to a client's apartment. She wanted me to take the 3rd row seat out of the Denali to do it. That seat is heavy! The weather was good so at first I was going to use the '72 GMC but it needs gas. Didn't want to stop right now. The '55 GMC had half a tank and even with the toolbox the dresser would fit. That thing has to earn it's keep now and then!
Loaded at her office building. Didn't realize there was a fat finger in the picture---LOL!
Unloading at the apartment.
Got home and she had to go help a different client so I was able to do some work in the shop. Got the spray bomb cabinet loaded. Just barely got them all in there! It's plumb full!
I would like to take credit for the way the welder and wooden roller cabinet fits so nicely, but it was accidental! I didn't think the wooden cabinet would fit under it but it slides right under it---barely!
Got that done and still had a bit of energy yet so it was time to service the GT5000. Oil and filter change, air and prefilter change and greased the zirks. It doesn't have too many hours on it since I first did this kind of service back in August 2022, but that was when I first got this thing and brought it back from the dead. I'm guessing less than 20 hours. Who knows, the oil I drained out of it back then might have been original!
No way to do that without oil spilling especially removing the filter, so cleaned that up, fired up the tractor and no leaks. About that time I got a message from the roofing contractor and he said they will do the roof tomorrow! Getting that done before they cut in to my right eye Tuesday will be a relief!
DAC
Thanks, Roger. I don't make a habit of moving furniture anymore either, but Loree asked!
Those roofers didn't waste any time even with S wind gusting up to 45mph! They started about 7am and were done by 1:30.
We went to Sam's Club while they were working to pick up our order. On the way there something happened that changed my afternoon plans a bit! Will have to make another post about that!
I went ahead and did a fast mow the the GT5000 after we got back too. It ran great! I hate mowing in that strong of wind though.
Go to the next post please. It definitely has something to do with "More Junk"---LOL!
DAC
Well it happened again. Hauled home more junk! It was not my fault this time---LOL! Blame Loree! On the way to Sam's, about a quarter mile down the road, she said "Did you see that free trailer?" I missed it completely. She said "Turn around, I think you would want it". I did and since we were under time constraints due the the pending Sams club pickup, I went to the house and gent with a Vietnam Veteran hat came to the door. I asked about it and he said, "Exactly what the sign says". I told him we had an appointment but could come pick it up in about an hour. He said tear the sign off of it and pick it up when you are able!
Went and picked up our stuff and on the way back it was still there so he didn't let anyone else get it that may have seen it. Didn't get any pictures until it got home. Just so happens I had built a male receiver that I thought might work for the hiem end hitch, and it did. I'm thinking it was a motorcycle trailer. Definitely home made but done decent. The owner didn't seem inclined to talk much about it so I didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. Pulled it home with the Denali.
Built out of a pickup toolbox. It was kind of a mess inside.
That missing fender was inside.
Has a monoleaf suspension with buddy bearing hubs.
Fully wired with the same connector the same as my trailer.
Kind of cool rails on top the door.
The hitch. Spherical bearing.
Stuck the sign back on the side before it went in the garbage with all the foam and rubber lining that was in it. I did scrape and vacuum the inside and bolt the fender back on.
No plans, it might just become a toolbox again for my trailer. Will have to think about it for a while. Obviously, it was titled at one time but didn't ask him about that either. I really doubt I will ever be hauling it on the highway.
Anybody got ideas what to do with it?
DAC
Went and picked up our stuff and on the way back it was still there so he didn't let anyone else get it that may have seen it. Didn't get any pictures until it got home. Just so happens I had built a male receiver that I thought might work for the hiem end hitch, and it did. I'm thinking it was a motorcycle trailer. Definitely home made but done decent. The owner didn't seem inclined to talk much about it so I didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. Pulled it home with the Denali.
Built out of a pickup toolbox. It was kind of a mess inside.
That missing fender was inside.
Has a monoleaf suspension with buddy bearing hubs.
Fully wired with the same connector the same as my trailer.
Kind of cool rails on top the door.
The hitch. Spherical bearing.
Stuck the sign back on the side before it went in the garbage with all the foam and rubber lining that was in it. I did scrape and vacuum the inside and bolt the fender back on.
No plans, it might just become a toolbox again for my trailer. Will have to think about it for a while. Obviously, it was titled at one time but didn't ask him about that either. I really doubt I will ever be hauling it on the highway.
Anybody got ideas what to do with it?
DAC
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Boy, you could put a lot of ice and BEER in there. Looks like a good deal to me.
Don't have enough beer drinkin' buddies anymore to do it, CJet---LOL! 30-40 years ago---oh yeah!
DAC