It's ELECTRIC!!! 
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It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 12:57AM |
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Worked with a fellow today to install electrical service to the new shop building!!! Yeah.
Installed service box for the lower shop. Another big CHECK on the list.
Gary
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 04:59AM |
So, how much juice we talkin'?
Lon
Lon
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 01:38PM |
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Oh, lots of juice. Enough for one old guy to run one tool at a time. 
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 10:06PM |
Just like upgrading my computer. The older I get, the faster my current system gets.
Lon
Lon
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 10:30PM |
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There is a 200 Amp service at the primary shop. The lower shop will run on an underground 100 amp trunk line. Waaay more then necessary. So long as the elves don't turn on everything at once. Haha. So; I've put the switched extra high. 
Gary
Gary
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 10:36PM |
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Ran steel conduit and boxes today. Fir out and sheath areas before that. It's a lot of work. But soon there will be "life" at the lower shop. Yeah.
Also working toward the partition at the upper shop. Clearing stuff to get to that area.
Also working toward the partition at the upper shop. Clearing stuff to get to that area.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 20, 2012 11:59PM |
I was wondering about the elves, you're way ahead of me.
I can't wait to see how the shops take shape.
Lon
I can't wait to see how the shops take shape.
Lon
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 21, 2012 04:30PM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 21, 2012 08:19PM |
Gary,
Good luck with your first winter without snow. I hope you don't have some kind of de-tox.
Lon
Good luck with your first winter without snow. I hope you don't have some kind of de-tox.
Lon
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 21, 2012 05:40PM |
WhooHoo.! Let the Lathe therapy begin.! 
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 21, 2012 10:42PM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 22, 2012 12:12AM |
That is a Very Good Thing.! Hope it continues to work out.
I have been working on some Wood for the ReModel here as well. So far 3 coats of linseed oil.
I have been working on some Wood for the ReModel here as well. So far 3 coats of linseed oil.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 22, 2012 01:06AM |
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Hi Rick,
Whatever it is, it looks great. I see roof lines in the background. You aren't installing an oiled wood roof, are you?
Whatever it is, it looks great. I see roof lines in the background. You aren't installing an oiled wood roof, are you?
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 22, 2012 05:55PM |
Thought about it
haha No, That is a NEW Metal roof. The Wood is Hickory, going to be a false beam, 24' long when done, i HOPE.....
haha No, That is a NEW Metal roof. The Wood is Hickory, going to be a false beam, 24' long when done, i HOPE.....
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 23, 2012 12:02AM |
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Love Hickory. Whenever I'm at Lowes, I love the look and color of the hickory cabinets. Don't tell anyone. I'm always upstaged by some blasted tree after I've spent two years making a wonderful pneumatic machine. I made that simple bark/limb bed frame ya know. Without exception - everyone Kelly or myself has shown a picture of it to has said ... "ohhhh, I LOVE the floors!!!". So; ya see, I don't often let on that I like wood ...
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 23, 2012 01:56AM |
Well, i to Love Hickory, but i must say that the Metal work you do impresses me as much, if not more than your woodwork. Especially since i am hopeless at Both!
There is just so much More Time involved in working a piece of metal & there is so much more that can't be seen, but is more important than what can be seen.? ( i am not doing so good a job of expressing my thoughts, but i am sure you know what i mean.)
Better quit while i'm behind.....
There is just so much More Time involved in working a piece of metal & there is so much more that can't be seen, but is more important than what can be seen.? ( i am not doing so good a job of expressing my thoughts, but i am sure you know what i mean.)
Better quit while i'm behind.....
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 23, 2012 03:42AM |
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Haha.
Well, everybody lives pretty wood. Thing is, wood doesn't have to do too much in the situations where it's just supposed to sit and be pretty. Takes quite a bit to make a machine. And then the wood furniture, dash, knobs, etc., still steal the show. You can build a Rolls Royce and folks will talk about the dash. Haha.
Your hickory is beautiful. Gonna be a real focal point of the room. Just don't try to put anything else in that room. Nobody will see anything but the beam. Haha.
Wink.
Gary
Well, everybody lives pretty wood. Thing is, wood doesn't have to do too much in the situations where it's just supposed to sit and be pretty. Takes quite a bit to make a machine. And then the wood furniture, dash, knobs, etc., still steal the show. You can build a Rolls Royce and folks will talk about the dash. Haha.
Your hickory is beautiful. Gonna be a real focal point of the room. Just don't try to put anything else in that room. Nobody will see anything but the beam. Haha.
Wink.
Gary
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 24, 2012 03:27AM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 24, 2012 11:46PM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 25, 2012 12:09AM |
How about some End Grain Hickory.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 25, 2012 02:43AM |
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Very neat Rick. What type of glue did you choose to keep all that under control? Quite a mosaic effect. Well done. . Gary
. Gary
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 25, 2012 04:45AM |
That is one fine looking tabletop, lots of detail work there. You must be quite proficient with big pipe clamps by now.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 25, 2012 01:45PM |
While i appreciate the kind words & thoughts,
I did NOT make that. A place up in Michigan made it & shipped it down here.
While i can appreciate fine wood work, i myself can't make a simple bird house!
So Gary, when can we expect to see that end grain hickory stock?!
I did NOT make that. A place up in Michigan made it & shipped it down here.
While i can appreciate fine wood work, i myself can't make a simple bird house!
So Gary, when can we expect to see that end grain hickory stock?!
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 25, 2012 01:53PM |
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Shortly. I'm trying to decide between a herringbone or a twead pattern ...
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 26, 2012 01:49AM |
I see....
So, I guess that gets you out of questions about where one obtains a 60" wide planer.
So, I guess that gets you out of questions about where one obtains a 60" wide planer.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 26, 2012 02:11AM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 26, 2012 02:43PM |
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Guys,
That work can only be done with a 60" wide BELT/DRUM sander. You cannot plane end grain no matter how sharp the planer knives. Cabinet shops have these huge wide sanders. You run the work thru under the drum just like a planer.
The last alternative would be the "slack belt" type of sander. You have an enormous long wide belt. The work is moved under it on 3-d rollers. (ball rollers). The belt sings by just above the horizontal work, but not touching it. The workman uses a friction plate/pad above the portion of the belt that's rushing by. He presses down on what is the inside ifbthe belt and thus brings it into contact with the work. He does this while attempting to avoid being sliced up by the edge of the belt. By now, I'm sure it's all hermetically sealed and robotic.
And that's how ya's makes 'yer basic end grain table top - ya sees?
Gary
That work can only be done with a 60" wide BELT/DRUM sander. You cannot plane end grain no matter how sharp the planer knives. Cabinet shops have these huge wide sanders. You run the work thru under the drum just like a planer.
The last alternative would be the "slack belt" type of sander. You have an enormous long wide belt. The work is moved under it on 3-d rollers. (ball rollers). The belt sings by just above the horizontal work, but not touching it. The workman uses a friction plate/pad above the portion of the belt that's rushing by. He presses down on what is the inside ifbthe belt and thus brings it into contact with the work. He does this while attempting to avoid being sliced up by the edge of the belt. By now, I'm sure it's all hermetically sealed and robotic.
And that's how ya's makes 'yer basic end grain table top - ya sees?
Gary
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 26, 2012 03:31PM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 26, 2012 10:03PM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 27, 2012 07:09PM |
Learn something new every day. 
Extrapolating from what a belt costs for my dinky little hand-held belt sander, those five-foot wide belts must be very expensive.
Extrapolating from what a belt costs for my dinky little hand-held belt sander, those five-foot wide belts must be very expensive.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 28, 2012 02:11AM |
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 28, 2012 04:54AM |
And I guess if you tear a hole in a belt, you've got hand-sandpaper out the wazoo once you cut it all up.
That slack-belt system seems like the one for me. I've been accused plenty of times of being a slacker.
Natural talent, I suppose
That slack-belt system seems like the one for me. I've been accused plenty of times of being a slacker.
Natural talent, I suppose
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 28, 2012 06:34PM |
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And yet; bet me a dollar .... A high production shop with a 60" drum sander probally wouldn't take the time to cut up a damaged belt. They'd have forty boxes of every size and shape refill in the tool room. It would be for some young craftsman like I was, to come begging for their damaged belts, before the dumpster was picked up. . And the world turns ...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2012 06:37PM by barnespneumatic.
. And the world turns ...Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2012 06:37PM by barnespneumatic.
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Re: It's ELECTRIC!!! October 31, 2012 08:12PM |
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