Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by RezDog

Looks waaaaaay better. That heel hook was crazy stuff. I’m betting your cousin won’t recognize it. Good work.

Thank you sir!

Good job reprofiling that, Montgomery. Back in biddness!

Speaking of which, this old sander was made back when Craftsman had some good, sturdy tools.
Weighs 40 lbs!

The bearings have been bad forever and finally, the drive belt broke about 6 months ago.
Unbolted it from the bench, cleaned it up somewhat and tore it down, perusing Ebay for bits. Wound-up replacing the 4 roller bearings as well as the 2 motor bearings with a new drive belt. Even bought an assortment of belts for it.
I guess it was worn-out as I got it. Never ran so smooth and quiet. About 55 bucks spent!

Nice restore on that old blade! Don’t think it’s cast though..
And you betcha that’s a nice combo sander Tom, nice work on it!
Will get so much nicer finishes off it now.

@Montgomery.

Nice save.!
What was your filler, for the epoxy.?

I've been thru my share of...oops! , while repairing horn.
In your scenario, I'd have touched it up with a sharpie, before laying down the CA.

But hey, a little more character isn't going to hurt.

@ Montgomery

Very nice save on that razor, well done. Those marks on the tang could be "cold shuts" from the forging process.

Bob

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I guess it was worn-out as I got it. Never ran so smooth and quiet. About 55 bucks spent!

Nice! I had a decent bench grinder a while back that succumbed to metal dust and let the sparks out. I dismantled it for parts, melted down the copper from the motor and the aluminium bits, and generally had a whale of a time taking it to pieces. Then I bought a new "Mastercraft" one. That's the house brand for Canadian Tire, a once-decent store up here that now mostly peddles cheap crap. And the new grinder was cheap crap. I kind of regret not rebuilding the original one, but the crapness of the new one was good incentive to build a 2x72 grinder, so it worked out in the end.

Satisfying to bring life back to a good tool, eh?

Indeed, I love fixing the old stuff where possible.

Checking things off the list. Pressure washer is apart waiting for parts. Parts came in for my Model A, so the strange adventure of adjusting valves is proceeding. It's only taken 30 years to hear a 'tick'?
Don't make em like they used to!



Getting closer to doing some razor work......I hope!

Boys, I am BUSY!

Parts in to overhaul the old NG Jennair grill.....Waiting for the pressure washer to get done.....


To-morrow brings some polyurethane on an inherited table...AND some A/C work!

All's lookin good, Tom. Model A, eh! Nice.!

I've rebuilt my Coleman 4500 BTU BBQ grill four times, in the last 20 years. Can't help it, haven't used another grill that I like. Bad boy chars up a steak like no other I've owned, and it takes on around 1000lbs. of beef, almost every year. Needs a new grill, can't find one that size no more. If I only had a small mig welder....

A/C..!! Still got 3 1/2 months up here, before worrying about that.

Originally Posted by outback

All's lookin good, Tom. Model A, eh! Nice.!

I've rebuilt my Coleman 4500 BTU BBQ grill four times, in the last 20 years. Can't help it, haven't used another grill that I like. Bad boy chars up a steak like no other I've owned, and it takes on around 1000lbs. of beef, almost every year. Needs a new grill, can't find one that size no more. If I only had a small mig welder....

I'm thinking if you ever wanted to justify getting yourself a welding rig, check out the prices on new good grills!

Seriously though, I'm sure you could get a little flux core rig that would do up a grill nicely for less than $100. Flux core will give you spatter so cleanup is a bit of a hassle, but you don't need any shielding gas so it's really simple to use.

SRP... when you need to rationalize a new toy, we're here to help!