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Rebuilding a Homecraft drill press to give to my son.
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On the F150 today, I replaced the second of two heater hoses and because of the spindle lift and wheel offset, I had to grind down about 1/8” of the knuckle for tire clearance.

Then I went to the storage yard and started the wiring for the electrical brakes. All the long runs are done and I’ll finish it up the connections, when I bring it home to load the 330, when I go to VIR Friday.

I was hoping the new trailer springs and U bolts would be here before I left, as you can see, they are flat and rusty.

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The springs are supposed to be that shape.
Our well pressure tank blew a hole last night. Its an old bladderless one. Im just going to weld it up till we gather up parts. Does anyone know if I have to remove the air valve in the well pipe when converting to a bladder tank?

Stall floor in part of the barn. As that part of the structure had been a shop when constructed 35 years ago, it had a conventional joist with hanger construction. When the space was repurposed I added a second layer of plank. Now the joist hangers have corroded and are being replaced with angle iron.
And so it goes.

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Les

Do they lose their spring ability? This is a 2006 model and I’ve owned it less than a year. You can see where the tops of the U-bolt are hitting the aluminum structure and the tires hitting the underside of the fenders.

I was going to replace the springs, u bolts and sand/treat the surface rust on the axles. At some point, I may replace the axles, just to be on the safe side.

Great Homecraft drill press project Rod. I love rebuilding old stuff.

The U bolts are quite long maybe they have been replaced and not cut off. At any rate I dont think its the spring at fault. Just over articulating in certain situations. Going through a ditch or whatever with a load on it. Thats not to say new ones wont improve the situation.

I got my pressure tank fixed up I was going to weld it but ended up just threading the rusted holes and using a bolt and rubber washer. with some jb weld over it for good measure. Maybe temporary maybe permanent. We shall see

^^^ Thanks

I finished rewiring the brakes on the trailer. It had a lot of the original wiring, that had been hacked on, over the years.

Loaded the 330 on the trailer and track supplies in the truck for the weekend. I have a few more things to do, wash the 330 and I’m off to VIR tomorrow.

Managed to set the tub in mortar today. I needed to use what's called a direct waste drain set up.... not enough space to rough in the p trap on the new center line, so, direct waste drain shoe. It's not often used in residential, so it isn't readily available locally.
It took a while to find one in stock locally, but we prevailed. Now I'm leak checking and waiting for the water weight te squish the morter.

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Got the back wall set.

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Cardboard over that tub edge you are scaring me! Great tile I always liked working with the glossy white subway tile on backsplashes and such. Not big ones like that those are cool.

Looks even better than I'd hoped. Thanks

I replaced my outside light over the driveway. And cleared a tub drain…. Whoop. You guys are awesome.

Dave

Replaced a tub cold side Pfister valve cartridge and it leaks worse than before… argh. Have a replacement will see if it’s any better.

Dave

Picked up my friend's 2019 Tacoma with 180k on it. Been sorting things out for the past couple weeks. Pulled the camper top, got a new set of wheels because the ones he gave me had bald tires. Installed running boards, a tonneau cover, pulled the rt rear 1/4 panel and installed a new rt rear bumper. That's it for the cosmetics and functionality.

As for mechanical, changed out the plugs and coil packs. Just did 1 upstream O2 and both downstream O2s tonight. Waiting for the other upstream to come in. Ordered 2 Bosch from Miami and the box that arrived was labeled 2, as did the invoice. Unfortunately, when I opened the shipping box, there was only one. I emailed the company immediately, but 30 hours later, no reply. I tried calling and there was no answer.

Still waiting for a new alternator and driver's door lock actuator to arrive.

Taping off and 1st coat on the drill press base and some polishing of the table.
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^^^ Nickel plating time...

Looks good! I thought about restoring my 1940s craftsman drill press, but I have decided to leave it as is.

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That looks fantastic. I like that you've gone with the white! I don't think I'd be able to keep a white machine tool clean, but it looks absolutely top notch, and I applaud your choice!

I wonder how hard it would be to have the apprentice marks brazed over and the table put on a mill to flatten it?

I think I have that same drill press!

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Got the new tires loaded and mounted on the tractor. It had been sitting on blocks for a week waiting for the new tires.
Got the floor repairs done on the other side of the barn.
Put in the last of the wood this morning. The wife did most of the two cords over the past week.

The next job will be to anchor the trampoline. It is in a sheltered spot, but the Missus wants it secure and I have no place to put it.

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Les

I'm all about leaving it as it was built, but unfortunately someone painted the guard and stand so I had to paint those. Everything else was dismantled and cleaned back to original. Pics will come when I'm done.

Someone had already painted these parts white and the only paint I had was white so I went with it.

Yes you do! Original paint it looks like too!

It's cast, so you would probably have to use nickel rod. Brazing would show up too much and it would look like a bad repair.

I pulled the durock down and added extra bracing into the ceiling joists.. then furred it down with 3/8" ply then put the durock back up. I also managed to get the tile set on the ceiling... 12 hour day. With the ceiling furred 3/8" the layout works with no cut tiles. 12 hour day. My neck and shoulders are killing me.


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Replacing the thru hull transducer in my boat. Been putting this off for a while, but I have a fishing trip coming up on a lake I don’t know and would like to know my depth at speed.
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Treated my little old gray market Kubota to a new seat. The old one was probably as old as the tractor - about 40 years. I really like this tractor. It has all the features my larger one has. Has run like a fine watch for the sixteen years I've had it.
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Grouting that should be quite fun also.

I normally dont do this much work for other people but this guy was kinda in a bind and its a cool car. Putting floor pans in this thing and patching up rust spots. It was at the last guy for over 2 years and he did very little. He is running out of time to enjoy it with his kids. Its so patched up and bondo'd already its fun because i dont have to do great work. I only had it a day and already got one side almost done.
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Wired up the relocated cruise control on the 330 tonight. The cruise control light on the instrument cluster came on but I won’t be able to test it until tomorrow.

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Refurbishment of the drill press and table is complete!
I'm glad I didn't keep track of the time spent. :D

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Fantastic job!

Thanks!
I almost don't want to give it to my son now.


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Great outcome! There is something so enjoyable about restoring old machinery.

Finally got around to replacing the front struts on my 2008 SAAB 9-3.

I think I got my money’s worth out of these, or rather someone did as I have only put about 6,000 miles on the car since I bought it last year. Ride was getting harsh and noisy.

One of the springs even had a portion broken off.

In the last month or so, besides the struts, I have replaced the front calipers, rotors, hoses and pads and the rear pads and rotors. I will say, that even with 150,000 miles, I’m finding the car pretty easy to work on.

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On the home front I'm closing in on my shower project. The end walls will be solid surface as i have several cut offs to work with.... no cost, except the adhesive, $25 a tube 3m 5200 quick set. Normally SS is cut in large sheets after it's seemed and then afixed with 100% silicone, in my case I didn't feel like seeming my cut offs into one solid wall end, plus I can't move it alone so I tiled them to a lft size that matched the subway stuff.. I readily accept my layout isn't on the mark but I'm happy with it as it's the first tile job in 20+years after quitting setting, roofing and general contracting. I'm remembering why I quit.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728449942.jpg
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At work I'm about ready to finish paint the skybolt fabric repairs. This strutt had a lot of bondo on it.. right on the fabric. When it let go of the flexible surface, the bondo that is, it left quite the jagged edge. I brought it through all of the dope process then loaded it up with flexible urethane (aerothane) then feathered on flexible bumper glaze(it sticks to catalyzed paint nicely) now I need to hit it with some sealer before I shoot it, hopefully be done with the whole repair before Friday.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728450595.jpghttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728450685.jpg

One of my customers who is getting along in years but loves to collect them, brought me this girl running on one cylinder. Trigger coil ohm'd way out of spec. Easy fix with new coils from Italy still available. Not a cream puff, he will be riding this one.


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He has a 916 and a 1975 750 sport In his living room. The 750 he got in pieces locally from Jerry Kosinski, I had the pleasure of building it for him.









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Got this craftsman r1000 from a neighbor thats moving for free. It was stuffed in the back of his shed hasnt been used in many years because the wiring was a mess. I deleted all the safetys and got it going again. But the carb was gummed up so i ordered a new one hoping it would save me some trouble. I also deleted the fuel shutoff on the carb because it was electrical. That was a bad move because it leaked when it was off. Iv done that 100s of times before and never had a problem. Got pissed off and tried to clean up the old carb no dice same problem. So I put the new carb back on and fixed the shutoff. Now it didnt want to run off choke. After all day fussing with it I figured out it ran good without the air intake on it. Must have been the wrong gasket and it was. The new carb has a vent hole that needs to be open. I put on the gasket with a cutout into the intake. Ran better but still not great. Seemed rich. So I made another gasket with a notch to vent the hole to outside the intake. Fixed! So the intake was sucking fuel out of the vent hole and making it too rich. Im going to be doing alot of testing before i sell it but my other neighbors son in law wants it because its small and will fit through his gate.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728521974.jpg

That's why I hate changing out carbs. I never know what bleed holes/vents need to be open/blocked. And they come with six gaskets...