What did you do today?

[Handy Don 13,111]

3 hours ago, 953 nut said:

16 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

This one was set up specifically for working on transmissions and to have the big vise at a low mount.  

I believe the top is around 28" off the floor.  

Just the right height for sitting on a roll-around stool while working.

18 hours ago, rjg854 said:

@ebinmaine how high is it off the floor looks low

That should be just right for you Randy.              

 

I have two rolling stools and they have made it possible to have (mostly) pain free extended sessions in the shop.

Friendly warning, however: these are both absolutely magnetic to shop visitors, especially grandchildren. I have to constantly remind them that it is my shop so I have first dibs on seating! Often I’ll get up to get a tool, a part, or some supplies and turn around to find the stool I just vacated occupied. 

 

One like this from Craftsman for working low down:

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And one like this but with casters for regular bench height work:

 

Edited yesterday at 04:46 PM by Handy Don

[ebinmaine 69,812]

6 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

+50F here today, so I shut down the wood stove and cleaned the pipe and chimney.    

We haven't broken freezing yet but we should before the end of the day

[Handy Don 13,111]

1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

We haven't broken freezing yet but we should before the end of the day

Finally had to stop sledding as the hill now has too many bare spots. It was fun while it lasted!

[ebinmaine 69,812]

4 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 

I have two rolling stools and they have made it possible to have (mostly) pain free extended sessions in the shop.

Friendly warning, however: these are both absolutely magnetic to shop visitors, especially grandchildren. I have to constantly remind them that it is my shop so I have first dibs on seating! Often I’ll get up to get a tool, a part, or some supplies and turn around to find the stool I just vacated occupied. 

 

 

 

I would tell the offending seat Thief to go help/ bug their mom or Nan Nan. (BBT)

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 

One like this from Craftsman for working low down:

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And one like this but with casters for regular bench height work:

 

 

 

 

 

I have a usable medium height shop stool but I probably should get something better for lower work such as the bench in this thread.

 

For now I'll try a spare chair or something.

[Ed Kennell 39,805]

11 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I probably should get something better for lower work such as the bench in this thread.

Get an adjustable height with a tool tray.     I couldn't work without mine.

[WHX?? 49,953]

Installed a new shop door opener. Only took three days between feeling like crap and teaching the recliner a lesson. 

This is a great opener so far knock on wood. Liftmaster LJ8900W with wifi and battery backup. Little more $$ than a conventional chain drive but worth it I think. 

Replaced a 36 yo Moore o matic screw drive that just plain wore out. Door is a 18x8 that's fairly heavy. May try and repair it (again) and use it on a very light door on the she shed. 

[ebinmaine 69,812]

18 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Get an adjustable height with a tool tray.     I couldn't work without mine.

 

 

You or @Handy Don have recommendations?

[Handy Don 13,111]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

You or @Handy Don have recommendations?

The short stool has a tray as its base but I don’t use it often since it requires bending way over and, invariably, the tool/part I wanted was the farthest away!

Ed mentioned a while back that he has a clamp on tray for his short stool and I might give one of those a try!

I do sometimes use a small (14x20) movable “side” table for tools and parts to keep them off the main bench. 

[lynnmor 7,497]

27 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Installed a new shop door opener. Only took three days between feeling like crap and teaching the recliner a lesson. 

This is a great opener so far knock on wood. Liftmaster LJ8900W with wifi and battery backup. Little more $$ than a conventional chain drive but worth it I think. 

 

I have 8 garage doors and only one is compatible with this opener.  The one door with the Liftmaster is quieter and smoother, I wish they were on all of them.  On the other hand, there is one door with a Genie screwdrive that has been operating multiple times a day for the past 50 years.  I am holding down my recliner feeling like crap as well, some kind of bad cold I guess.

[Ed Kennell 39,805]

52 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

feeling like crap and teaching the recliner a lesson.

 

17 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

I am holding down my recliner feeling like crap as well,

Had my recliner vacation 2-3 weeks ago.     Super snotty sinus and a upper resp. cough.    I'm back to work this week.   Cleaned the chimney and wood stove this AM and heading to the woods now to drag in a blow down for firewood.

[ebinmaine 69,812]

36 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

 

I do sometimes use a small (14x20) movable “side” table for tools and parts to keep them off the main bench. 

 

Is this a clutter reduction effort?

Or convenience? 

[ebinmaine 69,812]

Carb rebuild supplies set up. 

 

Bench vise all bolted down.  

 

 

 

 

 

[squonk 41,964]

20 hours ago, rjg854 said:

@ebinmaine how high is it off the floor looks low

I thought the same thing. Was looking for some of those Playskool plastic tools on it! 

[Wayne0 743]

41 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Carb rebuild supplies set up. 

 

Bench vise all bolted down.  

 

 

 

 

 

Nice vise. Is that a Wilton?

[Handy Don 13,111]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Is this a clutter reduction effort?

Or convenience? 

Convenience, I suspect. When I put tools down amid what I’m working on, I end up hunting and juggling. Making myself put it on the side means it’s easier (quicker?) to find. Also, since on only have one each of many tools, it is easier to keep track across several projects without putting everything away after each work session. 

So maybe memory crutch is the better description? 😉

[Ed Kennell 39,805]

3 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

You or @Handy Don have recommendations?

Here's mine.   The upper tray as several compartments and rotates around the center support.  Handy for holding nuts and bolts

 

 

 

[lynnmor 7,497]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

Had my recliner vacation 2-3 weeks ago.     Super snotty sinus and a upper resp. cough.    I'm back to work this week.   Cleaned the chimney and wood stove this AM and heading to the woods now to drag in a blow down for firewood.

Sounds like the same clap, glad you're feeling better.  I raked up the plastic from the recent deer kill and didn't have the gumption to continue with a planned cutting of a cherry blow down.   Maybe tomorrow, all I will do is clear the trail and cut the tree free from the stump to stop the sap from rising.  Small steps, don't want to get worse.

[Ed Kennell 39,805]

Pulled the blow down to the wood shed.

[Wayne0 743]

Mother nature providing heat!

[ebinmaine 69,812]

3 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

Nice vise. Is that a Wilton?

 

This'n's a Yost. 

Imported one. Not a USA made model. 

I've had it a few years. It's pretty heavy duty for such a price competitive piece.  

 

 

I also have an ancient (to me) Parker. 

It'll be mounted somewhere out in the new workshop as well.  

 

Here's a thread on that one. 

 

 

 

 

[Beap52 1,043]

Cut down an ash tree I planted 20 years ago.   Ash borers got to it . There's a couple of sprouts coming up.  I asked local nursery about leaving them or planting new tree.  He said leave them.  He said they quit selling ash trees 15 years ago but there's a belief that the borers have done their damage and moved on so they are considering selling ash again. (He may have mentioned that there are some varieties of ash that are borer resistant.) They are such a slow growing tree I'll be 6 feet under before it's 8 feet tall.

[Wayne0 743]

Never heard of a Parker, but that's a beast for sure!

I have a big Columbia that was Granddads. Dad had a big a$$ vice which my nephew has now. I don't know the make, but that sukker would open up to 10" with 5" jaws.

 Had to weigh 25-30 lbs. I wish I had taken it, but I was being the "nice guy".

[Wayne0 743]

6 minutes ago, Beap52 said:

Cut down an ash tree I planted 20 years ago.   Ash borers got to it . There's a couple of sprouts coming up.  I asked local nursery about leaving them or planting new tree.  He said leave them.  He said they quit selling ash trees 15 years ago but there's a belief that the borers have done their damage and moved on so they are considering selling ash again. (He may have mentioned that there are some varieties of ash that are borer resistant.) They are such a slow growing tree I'll be 6 feet under before it's 8 feet tall.

Ash is pretty common here. The one wood you can burn half green. Some firewood sellers ask for it. When the hard wood is sold out, you can always sell Ash.

Up here, in the north east, the Indians (oops, Native Americans) wove baskets from Ash. Some still do.

[Ed Kennell 39,805]

20 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

Never heard of a Parker, but that's a beast for sure!

I have a big Columbia that was Granddads. Dad had a big a$$ vice which my nephew has now. I don't know the make, but that sukker would open up to 10" with 5" jaws.

 Had to weigh 25-30 lbs. I wish I had taken it, but I was being the "nice guy".

May have been a Prentiss.

Here's my # 21 .   5.25" jaws, 8" opening, 360 rotation, and weighs 109 lbs.

 

 

 

[squonk 41,964]

I sold a vice about the size of Ed Dog's to a college maintenance shop. Brandy new when I worked at Napa. I remember we needed a hand cart and a couple of guys to move it. They solved the issue of moving it easily. They brought it back the next day in 2 pieces and I don't mean they wound it all the way out and took it apart. They split the casting in 2. I don't remember how they did it but it must have been a big hammer!