What did you do in your shop today?

ripjack13 said:
If Kevin saw that, he'd have to bust your b's on that. He did that to me everytime I painted something. But then again, I painted everything I could when I had my hernia. It was the only thing I could do....:blush:
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Funny, now that you mention it I remember that. Maybe this is a new tradition when you have hernia surgery, you have to paint for therapy, lol.
 
rocky1 said:
Yeah, that would work too, and the local truck stop or truck dealer would probably have those on hand new and shiny too!!

The used conveyor belt is typically polished a little coming out of the coal mine, as long as it isn't slap worn out, and a continuous piece leaves no gaps for metal filings to hide in is the only advantage there. By the same respect, mud flaps would allow you to drag one out at a time and clean easier than a continuous piece of belting. (Power plant and mine employees up there in ND where I was, are allowed to haul anything off out of the garbage pit, costs them $5 a truck load I think it is, so conveyor belting is really cheap when they get it!!)

Either one would get the job done and be beneficial though!!
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Conveyor belting is not something I ever see around here, But semi mud flaps I can get, usually free from the freightliner dealer by my work. And like you said I like the idea of being able to move them one at a time when cleaning needs to happen.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Conveyor belting is not something I ever see around here, But semi mud flaps I can get, usually free from the freightliner dealer by my work. And like you said I like the idea of being able to move them one at a time when cleaning needs to happen.
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Another thought if you have farm supply place near you is chunks of cattle mat.
 
Schroedc said:
Another thought if you have farm supply place near you is chunks of cattle mat.
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Interesting, I have a tractor supply near me I can check it out there, thanks. But it's going to be pretty hard to pass up free! You know how I am about re purposing things, lol.
 
Because these things won't cast themselves....

@duncsuss - Sorry it's taken a while, they'll mail out on Monday probably. did you want me to take the carbide end mill and square them up while I'm at it?

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More hernia surgery therapy, also known as painting, lol. Bases all primed, did the base for my Baldor tool grinder while I was at it.
Started today with wire wheeling everything. Chipped all the weld spatter boogers off too.
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See my little stool, since I can't lift these and put them at a good height to paint them, I sat on that little stool because my knees would not like all that kneeling.
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Next is 2 coats of paint. At least 2 more days to finish these up.
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That's awesome! Cody well done, you will definitely know that ones yours.
 
Got the first coat of grey on today, hopefully i can get the second coat on tomorrow and be done with painting these.

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Did a little bit more cleaning and organizing in the garage.

Also started checking out my new (to me) tool to start familiarizing myself with it before firing it up and using it. Stihl 011 AV. Should suit me well for what I need to do at the current time - and it's hard to beat the price. Dad didn't need two chainsaws so, when he found out I was trying to save up for one, he said he'd give me one of his. He gave it a thorough cleaning and going through before passing it on to me. Will be extremely nice to have a chainsaw now - I have a pile of small logs to process that I couldn't think about processing until I had a chainsaw.

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That's a great saw, it will serve you well. Run good fuel in it and good oil, drain the fuel out of it when your not using it before you put it away.
 
woodtickgreg said:
That's a great saw, it will serve you well. Run good fuel in it and good oil, drain the fuel out of it when your not using it before you put it away.
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Thanks, Greg. I'm hoping to get fuel and oil for it in the next week or two and start putting it to work. When I fuel up, what should I run for fuel - should I avoid gas that has ethanol in it? Or, especially since I'm not going to use the saw heavily, should I look at the premixed fuel/oil that Stihl or others sell?

Also, any good tutorials on sharpening that you might recommend? I'm looking to get a sharpening guide and files to keep it sharp. Dad may have sharpened it when he was working on it, but it will obviously won't stay sharp forever.
 
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Finally am getting around to something I've been meaning/talking about for awhile now....View attachment 125548
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First of all, wow just wow! That is pretty!

Now what I did. I cut some of my mahogany down further into guitar neck blanks! Yay! Also cut some of the Bees wing Euc into knife or gun scales. Pretty stuff but cracked so much that is about all I could get.
 
Sprung said:
Thanks, Greg. I'm hoping to get fuel and oil for it in the next week or two and start putting it to work. When I fuel up, what should I run for fuel - should I avoid gas that has ethanol in it? Or, especially since I'm not going to use the saw heavily, should I look at the premixed fuel/oil that Stihl or others sell?

Also, any good tutorials on sharpening that you might recommend? I'm looking to get a sharpening guide and files to keep it sharp. Dad may have sharpened it when he was working on it, but it will obviously won't stay sharp forever.
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If you can get fuel without ethanol run the mid grade and stihl oil. but still drain the fuel when you are done with it. I won't run anything but the fuel from the manufacturers in mine, I run vp fuel and echo red armor oil. It has a 2 year shelf life and no ethanol, 94 octane too. But it's expensive, so is my 95cc husky.
 
woodtickgreg said:
If you can get fuel without ethanol run the mid grade and stihl oil. but still drain the fuel when you are done with it. I won't run anything but the fuel from the manufacturers in mine, I run vp fuel and echo red armor oil. It has a 2 year shelf life and no ethanol, 94 octane too. But it's expensive, so is my 95cc husky.
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Thanks for the info, Greg! I'll definitely follow that advice. While it may not be as expensive as your 95cc husky, every tool is worth being well taken care of.
 
Sprung said:
Did a little bit more cleaning and organizing in the garage.

Also started checking out my new (to me) tool to start familiarizing myself with it before firing it up and using it. Stihl 011 AV. Should suit me well for what I need to do at the current time - and it's hard to beat the price. Dad didn't need two chainsaws so, when he found out I was trying to save up for one, he said he'd give me one of his. He gave it a thorough cleaning and going through before passing it on to me. Will be extremely nice to have a chainsaw now - I have a pile of small logs to process that I couldn't think about processing until I had a chainsaw.

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Is that the $25 ebay filter in the background?
 
ripjack13 said:
Is that the $25 ebay filter in the background?
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Yes, it is. Still haven't done anything with it yet. Waiting until I can afford to buy a cyclone so I can rebuild my DC setup all at once.
 
Yesterday I got the last coat of paint on the grinder stands, This will get 2 grinders off of the benches and 2 off of the floor. I do think I am going to make one or 2 of them with quick interchangeable tops in case I get more grinders. Like some kind of system where I could keep the grinders not being used in a rack on the wall and swap out as needed. But I have to wait till I go back to work to find the materials to do so. I'm thing 8" channel cut to 12" wide to mount the grinders on.
 
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