DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[DavidR8]

.... well, like they say, "boat" is an acronym for "break out another thousand"...... I doubt sail makes it cheaper. Good luck, and hopefully you plan on bringing us along as you bring the old girl up to snuff....

Yes I will but I think I’ll start a different thread.

 

[YYCHM]

Does your boat have an engine?

 

[Dabbler]

Does your boat have an engine?

All boats below 25 feet require a paddle. Even if it is a sailboat, or has a motor. In the straight, it is not good practice to sail without a backup motor. If the tide is contrary, it can save your a**.

 

[DavidR8]

Does your boat have an engine?

Yes, a 7.5 hp four stroke Honda.

 

[DavidR8]

All boats below 25 feet require a paddle. Even if it is a sailboat, or has a motor. In the straight, it is not good practice to sail without a backup motor. If the tide is contrary, it can save your a**.

There’s one passage where in my Crown 34, flat out against the current I could only do 2 kts over the ground. 15 hp Yanmar pushing a 12x8 two blade prop. I definitely wished for more power Scotty that day.

 

[DavidR8]

Made some chips in the new shop
I need to put my wood lathe on a mobile base but because it’s nearly four feet long, any mobile base I found was too short.
But there were handy tapped holes in the bottoms of the cast iron legs. Dug through the scrap pile and found these pre-bent chunks of 1/4 aluminum. They came in a box of materials with all those machines I bought years back.

They were exactly the right height for the casters. Drilled a hole for the bolt to thread into the bottom of the leg and enlarged an existing hole for the caster.

 

[DavidR8]

Last of the cabinets are up.

 

[DavidR8]

Last bins emptied, floor is basically clear now. Just need to build a stand for the sandblast cabinet.
Gotta say, this has been a transformation. I’m bloody tired but very happy with the new space.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Last bins emptied, floor is basically clear now. Just need to build a stand for the sandblast cabinet.
Gotta say, this has been a transformation. I’m bloody tired but very happy with the new space.
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I say give it a month and you won't be able to see the floor. Then the rest of us will stop feeling bad about ourselves..........

 

[DavidR8]

I say give it a month and you won't be able to see the floor. Then the rest of us will stop feeling bad about ourselves..........

Nope, no way, no how.

 

[Susquatch]

Last bins emptied, floor is basically clear now.

You know, if you steal buy a few more new machines, you can put them back to back in the middle like an island and improve your workshop capabilities by 25% or more......

Or move those tool cabinets to the middle and replace them with a few more hot machines.

 

[140mower]

Nope, don't like it...... Too much floor for my likings.
Okay, maybe just a little bit jealous.

 

[jorogi]

Does this qualify for a " you suck " ?

 

[140mower]

Does this qualify for a " you suck " ?

I think that is what we're gunna be calling him pretty soon, now that he has some shop time again......
Although, it sounds like he's planning on spending a lot of time cleaning, so that should slow him down a little...

 

[DavidR8]

Does this qualify for a " you suck " ?

I think so

 

[DavidR8]

Up coming projects:
Finish the Honda CB360T
Build a bookcase for my dearly beloved.
Start cleaning the interior of the boat.
I might start on one of the engines I brought to the last meetup.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Up coming projects:
Finish the Honda CB360T
Build a bookcase for my dearly beloved.
Start cleaning the interior of the boat.
I might start on one of the engines I brought to the last meetup.

Totally forgot about the boat. Kiss that shop time goodbye.

 

[DavidR8]

Totally forgot about the boat. Kiss that shop time goodbye.

I have to get it off the trailer and drop the keel.

 

[Bandit]

Wow, only 6 things on the list, and 3 of them are boat stuff. Oh wait there's the stand for the sand blaster.
At first I wasn't sure what the off white/gray surface was. I do not often see that much at a time!

 

[DavidR8]

Made a stand for my bench top sandblast cabinet.