squonk 41,400 #51 Posted December 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, stevasaurus said: Hey Eric, you live in a forest...you can't tell me you can't find a 4" dia tree limb and cut circles with a chop saw. Might have to touch them up with a circular sander. After reading this, I could have cut them already. And finished building a tractor! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #52 Posted December 2, 2021 48 minutes ago, stevasaurus said: you live in a forest...you can't tell me you can't find a 4" dia tree limb and cut circles with a chop saw. Might have to touch them up with a circular sander. After reading this, I could have cut them already Why are you sitting around reading Redsquare?? Shouldn't you be out cutting trees for me? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,103 #53 Posted December 2, 2021 15 hours ago, Pullstart said: Rylee and her flip flops By the way y’all, I taught Rylee to use a vertical band saw yesterday. She has a class called Odyssey of the Mind. It doesn’t allow parents to help with design, build or testing. We are allowed to teach technique, safety, process, etc… but NO WORK can be done by ANYONE BUT HER on the project. Currently she’s working on a self propelled car. She’s playing with hydro power. Water falls through a holding tank into essentially a water wheel hooked to an axle. Eventually it’ll need to transport an item across a floor, over obstacles, etc. 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #54 Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said: https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Diameter-Kraft-Mailing-Tubes/dp/B082BGHT87/ Don't know if the shipping tubes are OD or ID though. If they fit maybe they'll be tight enough that you won't need glue. Maybe you can saw notches in the pipe to locate the dividers. You would use the thinwall stuff for this? I figured on using schedule 40 PVC because that's what I can get with easy access around here. These dividers might just be the ticket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,203 #55 Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: schedule 40 You can't get the schedule 20 stuff up there? So much lighter... probably quite a bit cheaper too. I bet with a heat gun you could put 'dimples' into the pipe to hold the dividers in place. 11 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: might just be the ticket Make sure to check the OD though! You might have to cut the little lip off to get them to slide into place. You could hang them with these: Edited December 2, 2021 by Jeff-C175 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,182 #56 Posted December 2, 2021 Or bigger 6" pipe for the for the big bolts? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,400 #57 Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Or bigger 6" pipe for the for the big bolts? Or fatter hands! Sorry Eric but Jim "Hung a curveball" and I had to put that one into the upper deck! Edited December 2, 2021 by squonk 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,182 #58 Posted December 2, 2021 Now that's him sassing you again EB not me! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,400 #59 Posted December 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Now that's him sassing you again EB not me! Cents I'm retired and you ain't, how come you got all this time to post? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bc.gold 3,403 #60 Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) I have several of these elevator buckets attached to the wall for larger items, these you can get used for free from any agriculture fertilizer or grain plant. Edited December 3, 2021 by bc.gold 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,182 #61 Posted December 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, squonk said: Cents I'm retired and you ain't, how come you got all this time to post? Flying a desk today.... 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #62 Posted December 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Flying a desk today.... Redsquare... Redsquare... Redsquare... Okay do some work. Redsquare... Redsquare... Redsquare... Okay do some work. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #63 Posted December 2, 2021 58 minutes ago, squonk said: Sorry Eric but Jim "Hung a curveball" and I had to No apologies necessary there brother man. That was a good clean return hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #64 Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said: schedule 20 stuff Hey thanks for the reminder. I thought about trying to find some thin wall PVC the other day but then my mind wandered off on shiny things or something..... I haven't taken a lot of time to look yet. At the two major box store companies here in my local area the thin wall PVC is actually more expensive by a dollar or two per stick. I put a call to my favorite small town hardware store and I'll see what they come up with. Like that idea on the plastic dividers quite a lot. If I needed to notch those lips I could just set each one of them on the bandsaw and snip into it around 6 or 8 places or whatever. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 17,084 #65 Posted December 2, 2021 I got all the 3" PVC schedule 40 pipe pieces you can handle! Plus the wood circles from drilling the rim joists for pipe to pass through. PVC pipe more than doubled in cost over the last 3 months or so. What's strange is the fittings didn't 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #66 Posted December 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, wallfish said: . PVC pipe more than doubled in cost over the last 3 months or so. Yeah I found that out today. Place I normally buy from used to get about $19 for a schedule 40 10 ft 4-in piece. Now he's up to $46!!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,182 #67 Posted December 3, 2021 Glad I'm not the only one that noticed that 'Fish....order 400 ft the other day and about fell off my barstool with the invoice. Fittings didn't for me either. How 'bout you Plunge @JCM? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,413 #68 Posted December 3, 2021 In 46 years in the trade I have never seen anything like it, absolutely ridiculous. @WHX?? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,572 #69 Posted January 11, 2022 On 12/1/2021 at 7:16 PM, ebinmaine said: He'd hold the board with his teeth and run the drill press with a sandal covered toe. Oh dear God I just spilled my can of coffee.... I may never get that mental picture out of my tiny mind. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,134 #70 Posted January 11, 2022 On 12/2/2021 at 1:47 PM, ebinmaine said: Redsquare... Redsquare... Redsquare... Okay do some work. Redsquare... Redsquare... Redsquare... Okay do some work. is work for her! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #71 Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, AMC RULES said: is work for her! Somebody around my place has to do the actual stuff. That way I can sit and play on the phone all day... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranger 1,760 #72 Posted January 11, 2022 For nut & bolt racks, how about putting up lengths of rainwater guttering along the wall with semi-circular pieces of wood or whatever for partitions. That way, the individual compartments can be whatever size/length you need! Easy to write the size/description in front of each compartment, and easy to extract what you want with very little obstruction, (whatever size hands you have), even if you have to reach above your head, and can’t see what’s inside because the description is written on the curved outer surface of the gutter which means it slopes slightly downwards, making it easier to read looking up. You can position ‘runs’ of guttering higher up closer to the eaves/ceiling in the shop, thus saving wall space lower down! Doug.🇬🇧 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,203 #73 Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, ranger said: even if you have to reach above your head, and can’t see what’s inside That always scares me around my place! I'm a dumba55 and put sharp things in drawers ... and one never knows what he's bound to get stuck in his finger! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,808 #74 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I though some one gave you or sold you a wood lathe. Or won't Trina let you near her tools afraid you will break them. Edited January 17, 2022 by Lee1977 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,461 #75 Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Lee1977 said: I though some one gave you or sold you a wood lathe. Or won't Trina let you near her tools afraid you will break them. You're correct. She let's me play with toys as long as I play nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
