Show us your Shop and Equipment
- Thread starter Lil Foot
- Start date
Nice! Can you lock the wheels somehow? Or have other means to stop it from rolling away with some heavy grinding, etc?
Thanks!
I will once I get some locking casters for it. I threw on some cheap plastic casters I had for now just so I can move it around.
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Scored these at an estate sale; I have no specific need for plastic bar at present, but the deal was too good to pass up.
56' of 1 1/2" Lexan
8' of 2" glass-filled PTFE
5' of 2 1/4" PTFE
3' of 3/4" PTFE
12' of 7/8" PTFE
Most suppliers list the 1 1/2" Lexan @ $28/ft, and 2 1/4" PTFE @ $100/ft.
Paid $55 for the whole pile.
56' of 1 1/2" Lexan
8' of 2" glass-filled PTFE
5' of 2 1/4" PTFE
3' of 3/4" PTFE
12' of 7/8" PTFE
Most suppliers list the 1 1/2" Lexan @ $28/ft, and 2 1/4" PTFE @ $100/ft.
Paid $55 for the whole pile.
Great setup! We had one of those Craftsman band saws in my Dad's hardware store. It replaced an electric hacksaw I don't remember seeing used. We cut steel up to 3x3/8 angle for 20+ years . I drug it out a couple of years ago to cut the steel for my bridge project. Slow but steady.
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Been looking for a dial bore gauge for the shop for a while, and saw an ad on CL that showed two of them, plus some other machinist tools/tooling.
Checked it out, but the guy wouldn't split it up, so after some negotiating, I bought the whole shebang.
The clamp set is new, as are the 1/2" letter stamps, and an index with metric taps & tap drills.
The R8 45 degree insert cutter takes the same inserts as another cutter I have, so I have lots of inserts on hand.
Fractional, number, and 3 letter drill indexes, as well as some Silver & Demmings.
A bunch of other tools & cutters, slings, live centers, arbors, assorted wrenches, gauge pins, etc.
Some of the cutters are new, some regrinds, some used, both high speed & carbide.
Some light surface rust on some of it.
A lot of it I already have, so I will probably sell some of the duplicate stuff.
An hour after I left, he called me back said he found 4 more boxes that I could have (free) if I wanted them.
I was only 15 minutes away, so I went back & scored the 4 boxes of cutters in the last pic.
Checked it out, but the guy wouldn't split it up, so after some negotiating, I bought the whole shebang.
The clamp set is new, as are the 1/2" letter stamps, and an index with metric taps & tap drills.
The R8 45 degree insert cutter takes the same inserts as another cutter I have, so I have lots of inserts on hand.
Fractional, number, and 3 letter drill indexes, as well as some Silver & Demmings.
A bunch of other tools & cutters, slings, live centers, arbors, assorted wrenches, gauge pins, etc.
Some of the cutters are new, some regrinds, some used, both high speed & carbide.
Some light surface rust on some of it.
A lot of it I already have, so I will probably sell some of the duplicate stuff.
An hour after I left, he called me back said he found 4 more boxes that I could have (free) if I wanted them.
I was only 15 minutes away, so I went back & scored the 4 boxes of cutters in the last pic.
Last edited:
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Made a simple table for my portable band saw. I have a 4”x6” horizontal/ vertical band saw but there are times when I’m working on projects and I end up switching back and forth several times. Now, I can set up the porta-band and leave the other saw set horizontal.
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
I like it!
I've had my horizontal bandsaw in the shop, and my vertical bandsaw at the cabin, but I keep running into jobs that could be done better with the vertical, so I brought it back to the home shop last trip up to the cabin.
I've had my horizontal bandsaw in the shop, and my vertical bandsaw at the cabin, but I keep running into jobs that could be done better with the vertical, so I brought it back to the home shop last trip up to the cabin.
TheOldHokie
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
L3901/LA525, B7200DT/B1630, G2160/RCK60, G2460/RCK60
TheOldHokie
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
L3901/LA525, B7200DT/B1630, G2160/RCK60, G2460/RCK60
Heres the latest addition to my shop. I am not a very good welder - my version of a stack of dimes looks more like the inside of a piggy bank. I am hoping this table will improve my performance. First project is going to be my rendering of a press brake attachment for my 20T press. I was not enthralled by the kits being sold online so I designed this one. Its a lot less welding and it accepts American Standard press brake tooling.
Dan
Last edited:
Biker1mike
Well-known member
Equipment
B6200, Kubota 2030 Front Blade, King Cutter 60" finishing deck
Small stuff. Got 500 feet of Titan survival cord (1000 pound test) on a reel for a song. Made this jig and made 250 feet of 25 foot quick release wraps. Freebies to the guys that will put them in tackle boxes, trunks, and garages. Okay, I expect a beer or two out of them. Just pull the bowline loop and it streams out nice and smooth.
Lil Foot
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
Out of curiosity, how well does the blade welder work?
I have used probably 50 different welders over the years, and found that about 50% work flawlessly,
the other half were usually problematic.
I've worked in a lot of shops, the bandsaws were usually abused. The welders are a rather simple device, they just need to be maintained. The clamping mechanisms are usually abused and few will take the time to replace or repair the jaws.
TheOldHokie
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
L3901/LA525, B7200DT/B1630, G2160/RCK60, G2460/RCK60
I will do that. Its a very simple design and will require very little welding. Here is a pic of the tooling I mentioned. The dies just sit in a 1/2" wide slot on the bottom and the punches clamp into a similar slot in the press beam. The beam on this one is 2" thick by 3" tall and made up from three pieces of flat bar. In retrospect I should have machined it out of a solid 2 x 3 bar and eliminated all of the welding but I started with a different design in mind and changed at the last minute.
Dan
TheOldHokie
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
L3901/LA525, B7200DT/B1630, G2160/RCK60, G2460/RCK60
All I can say is it works. I don't have anything to compare it against. The saw was another gift from heaven - a local shop was closing up and I bought it for $500. Came with two 5 gallon buckets half full of drill bits and end mills. I did have to haul it about 35 miles in the back of my old Dodge Dakota PU. I don't know what it weighs but more than the PU liked....
Dan
PHPaul
Well-known member
Equipment
B2650, Pronovost snow blower, Landpride rotary mower, Howard tiller, box blade
This is my shop. 20x24 building originally built to be a tool shed. Crammed all the insulation I could fit in the walls, hung a ceiling and insulated that, tucked a forced air "trailer" furnace in a walled off corner that also contains the 12CFM Quincy air compressor.
I've since added a 4x4 foot welding table that I stole off Craigslist for $100 including a nice 5" Craftsman vice from long enough ago that Craftsman still meant something and this Walker-Turner 16" bandsaw that I got for free! off Craigslist. I geared it down and put a metal cutting blade on it as I already had a bandsaw for wood. I have less than $200 in it including pulleys, belts, new tires for the wheels, a couple of bearings and the casters for the stand.