WOW!!!!

in between flattening the scraps glue-up I poster earlier and gluing those into panels, I'll be switching power over from the old sub-panel, adding a junction box to the new service entrance. This involves cutting into the conduit adding a junction box and running only a few feet of wire. I'll need to add circuits for the drum sander and air compressor. it'll will be nice not having to turn one off to use the other. 
Saturday night I get to help my brother load up my old planer and dust collector. Ahhh more shop space freed up, it'll be like a ballroom in there now.

hoping the ductwork comes in early next week to plumb the new dust collector so I don't have hose running all over the floor. but man 1900 cfm is alot better than 600.
By Sunday i best be starting to build inventory for next weekends show in Chicago. 

Went to an estate sale today but all the tools were gone and it had just started. Did find some paints and brushes (art supplies). The afternoon was spent practicing turning a scoop. I have the woodworkers club over tomorrow and demoing turning a scoop.

Yesterday, we finished the shop work on the vanity. Planed all the glued up drawer fronts and cut them to size, then loaded it on son's truck. He'll finish it up at his shop. Then, the three of us went out for a delicious Sushi lunch to celebrate. Then, I came home and cleaned up the shop....sorta. 

All day yesterday, I thought it was Saturday??? So, instead of doing tool maintenance on Sunday, as I thought, I'll do it today. 

Ran out of propane for the shop heater so, it being 30°, metal tool maintenance will have to wait until I can get a refill. Or, just put it off until tomorrow when it's supposed to hit 71°. Decisions, decisions, decisions.....

11 hours ago, Cal said:

Pretty cool ol' building Larry, thanks for the pics

 

You're welcome Cal.

We think the original part of the building was one of those Sears & Roebucks kit buildings from early in the last century.

There are two more very similar old school buildings in the county from the same time period.

One is now going through extensive rehab due to having sat empty for several years with no maintenance.

 

BTW the name of the Antique Mall is "Cool School Antique Mall". 

20 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

We think the original part of the building was one of those Sears & Roebucks kit buildings from early in the last century.

 

That would be interesting (to me at least) to know for sure.  I used to milk cows in a S&R dairy barn.  There were a lot of pegs used in the timber construction.

Is the second floor used for anything today?

 

Just to make me feel old today Larry... the school building where I attended K-12 was completed in the early 1930's, it is still in use as the K-12 school today.  When I started K in the 1950's it would have been considered "relatively new".  In about 10 years it will have been in use for a full century! 

24 minutes ago, Cal said:

Just to make me feel old today Larry... the school building where I attended K-12 was completed in the early 1930's, it is still in use as the K-12 school today.  When I started K in the 1950's it would have been considered "relatively new".  In about 10 years it will have been in use for a full century! 

Same here, Cal. Except the 30's weren't as far back, for me. 

D-4 of Snowmageddon. Yesterday, spent about 5 hours, 1+gal gas, and 4 pair of gloves relocating snow; oh and 6 Xtra Strength Arthritis Tylenol. That was fun..

Today, I plan to hold my lift chair recliner to the floor.

This little project was performed between domestic and nursing duties. Some neighbors tossed a perfectly good all cherry bed to the curb.  I brought it home and took what I wanted and made fire wood with the parts I could not use.  Some of it has gone into rolling pins and pens.  These are 2 of the feet of the bed.  

 

 

From these . . . 

 

 

 

 

To these ^ ^ ^.  Will ship on Monday to Virginia.  The neighbors moved from here to there so this is a parting gift.  The protective cover for the pizza cutter is available at Rockler for $$$$$ but a really nice protectant of the blade and the user.  

Edited February 5, 20224 yr by FlGatorwood

3 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

Some neighbors tossed a perfectly good all cherry bed to the curb.  I brought it home and took what I wanted and made fire wood with the parts I could not use.  Some of it has gone into rolling pins and pens.  These are 2 of the feet of the bed.  

Excellent Steve. A great job of re-purposing someone's throw away into practical, elegant gifts. Well done.

I have been building shop furnture and tuning up machines for what seems like an eternity but the results are in and I am pretty happy with how things are coming along.    Test and tune on an old red oak board that is stable.  

Dimensionally 1” x 3” x 26”.  Started as rough 5/4 stock, processed by milling 1 face, 1 edge on joiner, thicknessed to 1” on planer, ripped to 3” on table saw.  All faces are 90* according to my little Starrett machinist square. Measured width with calipers is 3” +/- .008” and measured thickness is 1” +/- .003”.

I am pretty dang happy with the results and feel that I am in a good place to actually start building nice things

2 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

To these ^ ^ ^.  Will ship on Monday to Virginia.

 

Really really nice Steven!

 

5 minutes ago, StaticLV2 said:

I am pretty dang happy with the results and feel that I am in a good place to actually start building nice things

 

I believe I would be happy too!

Steven, great job on those handles. 

Love the handles Steven.  Great repurpose.

 

Thank you, gents for the kind words. So easy to turn and they were bored and turned on a Shopsmith.

Those turned out really nice Steve!! 

Great Job!!

 Yesterday started with another phone call stating there's no pressure showing on the gauges but the water's blasting out of the faucets etc...  ... WT# ...  ...Go right over and the gauges were pegged to the back side of the zero stops.

Shut down power to well pump and checked pump pressure switch. Froze again but with the pressure switch stuck in the on position. Asked when was the last time the tank air cushion was charged and got the reply oh probably about three years ago when they put the new pump in.  

So thawed the switch stack and got the pressure switch to open drained both the underground and in building well tanks charged the tanks to 30 P.S.I. and threw the pump power switch. 

 

Back to normal. 

 

Started replacing F&T Steam Traps last evening after they closed at 6:00PM.

Went for the one behind the boiler at the south end of the west tunnel.

Pulled it out as a rusted/crusted unit. We've had a couple of retired Steam Workers that came through the store ask why we aren't rebuilding the old units. When we tell them what we got the N.O.S. Steam Traps for price wise they reply Where the heck are you getting them for at those prices we couldn't get the rebuild kits for those prices. (Three 1" traps and one 1 1/4" for $275.00 all N.O.S.  )

A few slight spacing differences between the brands required a little rework of the piping but we "Gotter Done".

And while we were at it we added Blow-Off valves so cleaning the strainers and traps will only take about a minute each to do. 

Sorry about the dark photo but...

Next we go up to the north end of the west tunnel and tackle a rusted mess that we patched about a month ago just to keep the system running. 

 

Can't quite see the mess from the north trap door so...

Let's get a closer look.

On this mess everything from the 2 1/2 X 1" reducing elbow to the condensate return line will be redone and be able to be removed as a strainer/trap unit. I'll also be moving the trap towards the left so getting past it will be a bit easier.

How are we doing this? 

Why of course...

We go... "Old School at the Cool School".

The reference board from yesterday has been transformed into a paper towel holder because I needed to stop the paper towels from falling into the sink.  Turned the dowel, cut the tenon on the table saw, and mortised the other piece by hand.  Messed up and had a little bit of a blowout on the back side of the mortise but for knock together shop stuff I am not too worried about it.