What did you do in your shop today?

FranklinWorkshops said:
Does the bells and different sounds work on it? Imagine a room with hundreds of these machines. Like slot machines or pinball machines on steroids.
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This one has two bells and 5 lights. It’s pretty noisy just in my shop. I can’t imagine how noisy a room full of them would be. From what I could find out this one is is probably early 70’s. Was watching a YouTube video of newer electronic one, now that one has all kinds of sounds and lights.
 
In the early 70's a friend of mine got one for Christmas, I was just a dumb kid and didnt know the significance of the machine. But I was a pinball wizard back in the day:cool:
 
I made a couple of menu stands to be used in restaurants, bars, weddings and dozens of other places. This one holds a full 8.5 x 11 sheet but the other holds the A5 size which is 8 x 5.5. Both are popular for menu and notice displays. This one is made with a base of the old growth mahogany like I sold here this week. The top is also South American mahogany but is probably plantation grown. In my humble (as always) opinion, this is the highest quality item in its category being sold on Etsy. Almost all others are made with stained pine. I plan to make a dozen or so different sizes with different species to see what happens. Unlike others on Etsy, the clip board is not glued into the base which makes it much easier to change the paper. The finish is an oil made for cutting boards topped with beeswax/jojoba wax.

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Todays work was actually in the garage shop, or the shoparage, lol.
First I unloaded my new used welder.
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I used these extruded aluminum ramps to roll it down. These are salvaged.
20200530_142213.webp Then I cut down the pallet on my garage 2 stage air compressor to move it to the back of the garage to make room in the front for the welder.
20200530_144557.webp This will make it easier to move. I like leaving it on the pallet to elevate it off the ground a bit, also quiets it down a bit. A 6.5 hp compressor isnt real quiet as it is. Thankfully it doesn't run much.
20200530_144732.webp This is where I want it. But there is a cabinet in the way, so I emptied it and removed it. It was a p.o.s. anyway.
20200530_152352.webp Cabinet is gone and the compressor is in it's new home. Now I just need to run the wire and hook it up.
20200530_153336.webp And the welder is in it's new home as well. I'll mount a 220 plug below the fuse panel for the welder. The panel is hooked up but not live yet so that's why the cover isnt on at this time.
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FranklinWorkshops said:
I made a couple of menu stands to be used in restaurants, bars, weddings and dozens of other places. This one holds a full 8.5 x 11 sheet but the other holds the A5 size which is 8 x 5.5. Both are popular for menu and notice displays. This one is made with a base of the old growth mahogany like I sold here this week. The top is also South American mahogany but is probably plantation grown. In my humble (as always) opinion, this is the highest quality item in its category being sold on Etsy. Almost all others are made with stained pine. I plan to make a dozen or so different sizes with different species to see what happens. Unlike others on Etsy, the clip board is not glued into the base which makes it much easier to change the paper. The finish is an oil made for cutting boards topped with beeswax/jojoba wax.

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That's a beautiful table! You make it?
 
gman2431 said:
That's a beautiful table! You make it?
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Thank you but no, a friend of mine in Boston made it about 20 years ago. The top is mahogany crotch veneer that is as pretty as I've seen. He has passed on now but his furniture will be around a long time. He was a period furniture maker but dabbled in veneered coffee tables as well.
 
Today I scored a 1/4" 1045 steel plate for free. Since I recently purchased a welder I'm going to need a welding table. This will be cut down to make a top for the table.
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Absolutely nothing......it's a/c season now here do I don't have much time left at the end of the day......as they ol saying goes. Make hay while the sun is shining. Even with a new hand at the shop I'm still struggling to keep up with service calls. Things are opening back up here, we'll have been for a few weeks and everyone wants there stuff fixed NOW lol. Hit 40 hrs at 5 yesterday.....
 
Nothing yet. Hope to get into the shop later tonight. Lately the boys have been building forts with the couch cushions - part of the fun of being a child - but it's annoying when you want to sit on the couch and they really don't want you to destroy their fort. While out shopping the other day I picked up some 1/2" PVC and fittings from Home Depot and I'm going to build them a couple frames they can drape blankets or sheets over and make forts out of.

Eventually I'm going to also use some PVC pipe to build them an outdoor water play thing. My wife saw one done up as a mini car wash, so I think that's kinda what she's going to have me make. But I'll leave the decorating of it up to her.
 
Didn't get to work on the boys' PVC fort frames last night. Currently the only work surface in the shop is the outfeed table. Well, I have my bandsaw kinda taken apart right now. I had taken it off the stand and the motor off the stand as well. I've decided not to do a full restore on the bandsaw at this time - it has great patina without being rusty. I'd hate to lose that. But the stand, which I picked up later on (the saw was on a wood stand and I wanted an original stand for it) was rather rusty. So the other day I cleaned up the loose rust on it and then gave it a coat of BLO to seal things up a little. I had already bolted the motor back onto the stand, but was still needing to rewire it, so it was all spread out on the outfeed. So I worked on that last night, got it wired, tested wiring, go the stand down and the saw back on it. And then started taking the saw apart enough to get to the bearings - they need replacing.

I have enough space on the outfeed now that I could begin working on the boys' PVC fort frames, and hope to do that today.
 
Today I worked on the electrical in the garage some more. I'm progressing as funds allow. I mounted a weather proof outside gfci box for some outside power. Then I worked on running a 50 amp receptical for the welder
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Then I ran the armor cable for the compressor, mounted the on/off disconnect switch and wired it up. I need a short length of 10 gage wire to connect to the panel.
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Wired for the compressor, and welder, I'm happy with todays progress.
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