The Supercar Registry - Setting up Shop in Dayton (aka Cholla's Retreat)

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Re: Setting up Shop in Dayton (aka Cholla's Retreat)

copper.org :-)

Ryan

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Love that copper tubing, looks old, old school and just pretty cool.

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Love the shop.. I enjoy seeing what others are doing and getting ideas of what I want or dont want when I am able. I will be so happy when we sell our current home and find or build the next one.. I want to do an old barn and turn that into a shop.

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Thanks guys. Finished making my drill press mobile. It moves around very smoothly and easily. These wheels are rated at 120 lbs a piece. It is not quite as stable as I would like as there is a bit of flex in the tires, but I think it will work if I lock the wheels and swivel action so that the wheels are at their widest stance (last photo below). We'll see.

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File this under the category of <span style="font-style: italic">fixing-rather-than-replacing </span>or <span style="font-style: italic">I'm-too-cheap-to-buy-a-new-air-reel</span>… I tracked down the air leak at my overhead air reel. I bought this air reel for my shop in Arizona 12 years ago and it has worked well since then. After I moved here to Ohio and set up my compressed air lines is when I discovered the reel had a significant leak (am guessing the different climates were a factor [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]) . When I took apart the brass block with the banjo bolt passing through the center, I saw that the two o-rings that seal this area were compressed and very hard. The pneumatic/hydraulic shop that I use provided me with two hi tech replacement O-rings. Each of these has 4 ridges to better your chances of creating an air tight seal. Even though I detected a couple of slightly worn depressions inside where the O-rings contact the brass block, these new high-tech o-rings have done the trick. Tight as a drum! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

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Here is one of two o-rings to be replaced. Shop owner recommended a "monkey snot" to help with the sealing.
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Some folks are blessed with the ability to achieve perfection (or close to it) ! Sam is just such a fella! I visited Sam recently. A real nice shop. I have never seen a man cave with an African flare? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] lol

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Ha! It was great hanging out Bentley. Yes my betrothed spent a good part of her childhood abroad including Southwest Africa (Namibia today). Mixing and matching is my mantra in the shop - lots of themes! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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I tabled my "intercom" project about a year ago as I could not figure why my large Western Electric wall mount phone would not transmit. Tonight I traced the problem down (broken solder joint on the push-to-talk mechanism) and all systems are a GO. Next is to set up the house portion of this intercom with another Western Electric (desktop handset with separate metal battery box). Now the Mrs can get a hold of me to come in and do my chores that I am most likely avoiding! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

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