grease monkey
if ain't broke, you're not trying hard enough!
so current projects, thats a big question! guess I'll start with the latest... always wanted a 1st gen F150 Lightning, but find one... and then be able to afford it! So I did the next best thing, build one... started with a '96 F!50 reg cab short bed with a factory 300 6 cyl and matching 5spd manual trans, and customized it to match the Lightning specs, new rear end with 3:73 gears and an LS, sway bars installed front and back, KYB shocks like oem, lowering beam kit to bring it down, and whatever else our salty roads decided to unkind to, rust repair, and found a set of 2gen wheels to set it off, turned out pretty well I think, see 1st pic, 351w is in the shop waiting for a refresh and install into this...
ongoing now for a bunch of years, a small tractor restoration, (these happen frequently around here) 2 actually, both made by Simplicity in '74, a Montgomery Ward twin 20, and a Simplicity 9020, as of very lately they are both getting converted to a Kubota 722 super mini diesel, hence my new toys (mill and the lathe) will make this much easier, see 2nd pic,, I do own a third in this series of tractors, the commonly known Allis Chalmers 720, it will get this treatment as well, but it still runs and will stay that way till the other 2 are done, they came as basket cases sans engines, also see pic 4 of past green machines we've done... @140mower
other projects include mostly automotive truck style projects, including a wild marriage of a YJ jeep body onto a 1st gen Bronco frame and drivetrain,
my machining is mostly made for equipment part conversions and quite a bit of farm related fab work to rebuild or make better anything I come across, also not limited to using wood as base material, it machines very well when needed.
recently built a tiny home for youngest daughter who has now been 2 yrs cancer free, as you can all appreciate absolutely everything had to be custom made for the small accommodations, counters, bathroom, dinette, made a custom bathroom sink from a 9" stainless salad bowl, (have pics to prove!) also used a RV double sink, quite a bit smaller than the standard, turned out real nice.
I am constantly baffled by how often the old lathe got used for jobs ranging from custom bolts, to bushings and whatever else my Dad and I can dream up, the new mill should open up many more opportunities!
My son is autistic, on the low end of the spectrum, short on words, shows all the attributes with that diagnosis like the hand waving and verbal sounds, but get him in the shop and he can turn a wrench with the rest of us! so that's our thing, rebuilding tractors he really seems to enjoy, and so this has been our work here, rebuilt a 8 row corm seeder last summer, had a trip shaft that was worn out because of a couple failed bearings, it was keyed the whole length, and not having the mill yet, I welded it back up and turned it back down in the lathe, $950 shaft cost him less than $200 for parts and labor, he was thrilled! this new mill will change the game here I'm sure!
ongoing now for a bunch of years, a small tractor restoration, (these happen frequently around here) 2 actually, both made by Simplicity in '74, a Montgomery Ward twin 20, and a Simplicity 9020, as of very lately they are both getting converted to a Kubota 722 super mini diesel, hence my new toys (mill and the lathe) will make this much easier, see 2nd pic,, I do own a third in this series of tractors, the commonly known Allis Chalmers 720, it will get this treatment as well, but it still runs and will stay that way till the other 2 are done, they came as basket cases sans engines, also see pic 4 of past green machines we've done... @140mower
other projects include mostly automotive truck style projects, including a wild marriage of a YJ jeep body onto a 1st gen Bronco frame and drivetrain,
my machining is mostly made for equipment part conversions and quite a bit of farm related fab work to rebuild or make better anything I come across, also not limited to using wood as base material, it machines very well when needed.
recently built a tiny home for youngest daughter who has now been 2 yrs cancer free, as you can all appreciate absolutely everything had to be custom made for the small accommodations, counters, bathroom, dinette, made a custom bathroom sink from a 9" stainless salad bowl, (have pics to prove!) also used a RV double sink, quite a bit smaller than the standard, turned out real nice.
I am constantly baffled by how often the old lathe got used for jobs ranging from custom bolts, to bushings and whatever else my Dad and I can dream up, the new mill should open up many more opportunities!
My son is autistic, on the low end of the spectrum, short on words, shows all the attributes with that diagnosis like the hand waving and verbal sounds, but get him in the shop and he can turn a wrench with the rest of us! so that's our thing, rebuilding tractors he really seems to enjoy, and so this has been our work here, rebuilt a 8 row corm seeder last summer, had a trip shaft that was worn out because of a couple failed bearings, it was keyed the whole length, and not having the mill yet, I welded it back up and turned it back down in the lathe, $950 shaft cost him less than $200 for parts and labor, he was thrilled! this new mill will change the game here I'm sure!
