Legopnuematic’s Shop Projects

[idahovette]

@legopnuematic it seems you are neglecting your squares for a multitude of either foreds or moapares..............maybe you should get back to basics??????..............but, the money is GOOD .......lol

 

[Grit dog]

Before the other bright green object showed back up, I had dug into the free chainsaw I was given a few months back. It had sat under a deck for about 20 years (in the case), I got it to pop off on some spray, I had put some fuel mix in the tank and it pumped fuel, and proceeded to leak fuel from the handle all over. I set it aside and finally decided to take a look as I had gotten the other free chainsaw a coworker gave me running (needed a new primer bulb of which I had on hand).

Luckily on this saw a single screw and the handle top comes off exposing the fuel line. Or well, what once was a fuel line. It must have been mostly one piece as it began pulling fuel before it crumpled. Removed the chunks and replaced with a new piece of line and got it to pop off (after a little oil and carb cleaner sprayed down its throat) and after the smoke cleared was running off the tank.

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For a smaller saw (32cc I believe) it seems pretty peppy. I need to get a shorter bar and chain for it. I think a 12” bar would do nice on it. I have my big old Homelite (super xl 925, 82cc) for big stuff if needed.

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This makes three free chainsaws that required $0 to make run and operate.

Gotta love good $Free.99 stuff!
I got a nice old Stihl weed whipper , old enough that the shrouding was metal not plastic. Got it running and made it a blackberry killing machine for a couple years. Took it to work one night, we had a bunch of hand clearing in a wetland to do and an extra machine would help. New laborer walks up while I’m talking to the foreman (he didn’t know me or that I brought in the weed whipper he was using) and drops it on the pavement and tells the 4man, this old piece of **** is no good! (Also cracked the shrouding from hittin the pavement.)
Kenny looks at me and then looks back at this kid and says, “boy you just fcked up.” Then he asks me, “You wanna tell him or should I?”
lol.

Saws, my dad used to bring old saws home from the North woods when we’d go up there on summer vacation. Used to be Lots of logging up there and he’d get used saws from the local saw shop for $10-20. Bring ‘em home get them running and sell them to the city folk who wanted a saw. Was always funny seeing some guy show up in his Chevy Citation wearing boat shoes and walk off with a ported 10-10 Mac or some other real felling saw!
Was a pretty good side hustle for dad, but we usually had to keep our feet up in the back seat on the drive home because the floorboard was full of old chainsaws!

 

[Grit dog]

No chain brake.

Nope, that saw is probably from the 70s when men were men and fingers and legs were disposable!

 

[Grit dog]

That’s a thought, a wall clock was my first idea.


I was very happy to get them, and super pleased they worked out like they did. I didn’t measure them beforehand, just said I’ll take them.

People either want crazy money for them or wrong time/place/etc when a deal comes up. Wasn’t letting these slip by. And new ones (like new age) are nice (but you pay for that), but I really like the character of used ones.

Storage density and organization are of course a large factor, but protection from dust and swarf are a nice bonus too.

Can’t beat old metal shop cabinets!
Wish I had more. Got one big standup one from Boeing (well from an estate sale). Gave the lady $20 for it and it had a whole bunch of vintage new oils/fluids in perfect condition cans. And enough newer fluids (from gear lube to paint reducer etc) that I probably scored $200 worth of useful fluids.
Optimisticaly my new shop will be done in a month and the floor coated by mid Oct latest (I have 4 gal of epoxy left over from last year, dude in MT sold me all their old stock for half price).
Sadly, I may never unpack everything as I may be moving again within a year.
It’s a curse. I’ve built 3 detached shops or garages over the years and every time I build one, we move within a year….
Oh well. It’s been a good roi every time…

 

[Grit dog]

@legopnuematic lets see a real pic of that Roadrunner!!
68-69 GTX/Roadrunner is easily my 2nd fave muscle car behind a 70 Chevelle!!

 

[legopnuematic]

@legopnuematic it seems you are neglecting your squares for a multitude of either foreds or moapares..............maybe you should get back to basics??????..............but, the money is GOOD .......lol

Well you might be pleased to hear that I may have a job doing the wiring on a 57 Chebbie. Nothing set in stone yet, heck I haven’t even met or talked with the owner yet. He goes to church with and is friends with my bosses parents, he has a nice shop (lives in an air park, has a hanger and plane along with shop building for the autos), but I guess wiring is voodoo. Greg had asked me if I might be interested and I said I sure would be.

The extra bread is certainly nice too. Helps offset things for sure. At some point I’ll need to buy a complete interior and glass for the 79, that’ll be a little chunk.

 

[legopnuematic]

Nope, that saw is probably from the 70s when men were men and fingers and legs were disposable!

Wayne said he bought it new in 1978. That was their main and only saw for quite a few years by what I was told. New saws are realistically better all around, but there is something I love about the raw arthritis inducing feel of the old stuff. My chainsawing needs are almost zero at this point in time, I’m sure I’d think differently if my livelihood was based on running saws.

Can’t beat old metal shop cabinets!
Wish I had more. Got one big standup one from Boeing (well from an estate sale). Gave the lady $20 for it and it had a whole bunch of vintage new oils/fluids in perfect condition cans. And enough newer fluids (from gear lube to paint reducer etc) that I probably scored $200 worth of useful fluids.
Optimisticaly my new shop will be done in a month and the floor coated by mid Oct latest (I have 4 gal of epoxy left over from last year, dude in MT sold me all their old stock for half price).
Sadly, I may never unpack everything as I may be moving again within a year.
It’s a curse. I’ve built 3 detached shops or garages over the years and every time I build one, we move within a year….
Oh well. It’s been a good roi every time…

Nice! That’s a score for $20.

I guess one benefit of moving and building again is the opportunity to take what you learned from the last one(s) and get closer to perfect on the design and features.

 

[legopnuematic]

@legopnuematic lets see a real pic of that Roadrunner!!
68-69 GTX/Roadrunner is easily my 2nd fave muscle car behind a 70 Chevelle!!

Ask and shall receive.

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It’s a decent 20 footer and photographs ok, but it’s pretty rough around the edges (literally). From what I have deduced working on it as much as I have, it appears to have been a reasonably decent base to build off of, with a lot of wrong turns taken in the process. The sassy grass color isn’t original (or even available in 68), it was Matador Red originally, which in my opinion, paired with steelies like this would be way better:

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Here’s my posts about it with the first round of work I did on it:
Post in thread 'The Conversation Thread'
https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/the-conversation-thread.15/post-1077855

 

[Chevrolado]

This thread started off with a bang. That wiring business is wild! Nice.
Looking forward to seeing all these fun shop shenanigans.

 

[Grit dog]

Wayne said he bought it new in 1978. That was their main and only saw for quite a few years by what I was told. New saws are realistically better all around, but there is something I love about the raw arthritis inducing feel of the old stuff. My chainsawing needs are almost zero at this point in time, I’m sure I’d think differently if my livelihood was based on running saws.

Nice! That’s a score for $20.

I guess one benefit of moving and building again is the opportunity to take what you learned from the last one(s) and get closer to perfect on the design and features.

Ya it was a good buy for sure.

sorry for jacking your conversation….
Thanks for putting positive spin on the shop situation! lol

 

[CountKrunk]

Not to be a bear but the green and the wheels it has look WAY better than the red and those steelies.

 

[Grit dog]

Not to be a bear but the green and the wheels it has look WAY better than the red and those steelies.

Man I’d take the red and steelies all day long and twice on Sunday!

 

[legopnuematic]

Not to be a bear but the green and the wheels it has look WAY better than the red and those steelies.

We might have to agree to disagree on that.

Just to get out of the way, the 17s on cars is not my thing, unless if it has giant disc brakes that need the room or built to handle like it’s on rails. But, not my car, not my money, not of my concern.

However, with this specific car, my grumble grumble comes from the fact it has all these bling parts on it, while having had dangerously bad brakes, roached fuel system, running hot, a non functioning dash, etc. Tons of deficiencies. A lot of money spent on things that don’t matter while ignoring things that do matter.

That’s where I’m coming from on this specific car.

 

[legopnuematic]

We have been having temps in the low triple digits this week

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And I am very pleased with the performance of the AC in the Ram, sub 40⁰ in triple digits!

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This was from a repair job at work, rather impressive to have stripped the 5/8-11 thread on one and buttress the other one. These are slide hammers and the thread is just for a nut that’s gets tack welded on.

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I decided to buy a new mini fridge for the shop too. This one is over double the size of the old one, the other one worked fine, just tiny.

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[legopnuematic]

Dismounted the tires from these slots I got.

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I know these center post machines are not really made for aluminum wheels, I just flipped it over to use the bottom bead breaker on both sides and then used a piece of Teflon in-between the tool and rim face to protect it, worked slick.

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