"Cool" shop upgrade

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

This weekend I installed a 10k BTU window airconditioner. I picked it up @ HD last fall when they were blowing them out - last one on the shelf - $130.

I already had a wire staged in the wall ready to go, so all I had to do was hack through my beautiful

sheetrock job, do a little framing job, and mount it up.

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

Nice score for that price. And you'll need it in Carmichael come summer. But you'd Better get a little primer and paint on there quick before it rains some more! By the way, put some bird guard on top of it or there will be a permanent nest up there in no time and their poop will eat through the paint and rust out that sucker faster than you can imagine.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

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Originally posted by Dan in Pasadena
put some bird guard on top of it or there will be a permanent nest up there in no time and their poop will eat through the paint and rust out that sucker faster than you can imagine.

Great idea - didn't think of that...

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

What, no central air for that palace? That's a great garage!

mike f · 03-15-2005, 08:48 AM

Air conditioning? In March? You California guys have it rough. Come on over to the east. We have all the air conditioning you could ever want right now. And its free

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

You could probably lay a steak out on your front lawn and it would keep for a few weeks. Out here, it'd be medium rare by 2p.m.!

doozer · doozer's Garage

COOL!

First class chillin!

PS: I just bought a 5000lb Lodge & Shipley Lathe 24" swing 11' long built in 1915 - used by the Navy

Now where do I put the %^$%^#$ thing

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

Todd, A woman I work with told me she had an old table saw she wanted to get rid of and I went over to look.

Turns out it is a Fay and Egan table saw built sometime between 1893 and 1928. Talk about massive. This thing has a double arbor meaning one 12" saw blade runs on one arbor while another - in this case a dado set - is running below the table anytime the other blade is running up top - sorta acts like a flywheel I think. The thing's got about a 4x5" cast iron top. I told her I couldn't take it of course. Runs on multi phase 220 and probably weighs in at 4 or 500 lbs! A collector item to someone, could be restored really neat. Anyone want it, drop me a PM, I think she'll give it to you for taking it away!

doozer · doozer's Garage

WHERE? I want to be first in line

Dan in Pasadena · Dan in Pasadena's Garage

It's in Altadena, a smaller city adjacent to Pasadena. I may even have some pictures.

Wanna take a road trip out here to pick it up? I'll arrange it...but better bring something with a little more hauling power than your Porsche!!! :>)

Rot 911 · 03-15-2005, 01:15 PM

I have the same AC unit in my garage and it works well even on a hot, humid Missouri summer day. Just be sure the unit is tilted at a slight down angle so water drains out the back and not into the wall or garage.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

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Originally posted by Kurt V
I have the same AC unit in my garage and it works well even on a hot, humid Missouri summer day. Just be sure the unit is tilted at a slight down angle so water drains out the back and not into the wall or garage.

Yup. Actually, the pre-drilled holes for the brackets are set at an angle, so it's automatically at an angle.