Todays Project - What did you do today?

[TomG]

(05-11-2017, 03:41 PM)Roadracer_Al Wrote:

(04-27-2017, 10:38 PM)Pete O Wrote: Upending and finding the wet spot.

Sounds like a great weekend!

[texx]

           
been doing my head in trying to cobble together a burner . got the hago nozzle and adaptor in the mail from patriot yesterday .1/8 nptf threads for both fittings . not good for me at all . i live in the bush and if its not 1/2 "bsp its not here so i had to rumage around found some old copper 1/4 and 3/8 straightened it out cleaned it up and fitted the oil one to the nozzle cos it cam with a fitting the air one not so easy had drill out the end of the adaptor and tap it 1/4 bsp then modifiy a 3/8 bsp fitting to screw into it cos thats the only way i could get around it . thas one end done the other end will have to wait untill i go to toowoomba .
also cobbled together an oil filter , made the filter body to take a Z9 cos they are common and cheap knocked up the rest with what i had ( the frame was a fish tank stand in another life )top tank was a horse feed bucket . it works filtering old wvo but its very slow ( gravity fed ) .realy needs a pump or pressure tank to push it through but i figure there is no hurry i can just pour some old oil in the galv bucket and forget about it for the day, once i have a couple of drums filtered i dont see that i would be in a rush for oil .
also doing it backwards cos i still have to build the new furnace ( get on to that next ) my old furnace is still fine but its only blanket coated with zircon paint and fired with LPG .
the new one is going to be a better furnace i hope . i have 3 bags of refractory waiting to be used its only rated at about 1450c but i think it will be ok .
got to make a spin vane yet too .
anyway next trip to the city will be shoping for needle valve ,air regulator,  some more fittings and i think some spare o rings too .

[Pumpjack]

Texx, what are you building there is it going to be a forge burner or are you going to heat with it?

[texx]

its for my new foundry furnace mate for metal casting .

johno

[TomG]

I not only worked with wood today, but really old wood.

This retirement thing is turning out to be a lot of work. I spent the day at my son's farm today helping him raise the barn (literally). The rock wall foundation is failing after 130 years and since he's having a new roof put on in a few weeks, we thought it would be a good time to do some repairs. We built cribbing in three areas out of railroad ties and raised the entire North side and part of the East (front) side to get it level and take the weight off the foundation. We figure some of the sections weigh around 20 tons, since a single 20 ton jack would barely lift them. Thursday, we deconstruct the front stone foundation, and if we have the time and energy after that, start pouring a concrete footing. The plan is to build a block wall on the footing to replace the stone wall, possibly adding a thin stone wall for appearance on the outside. We also stabilized a corner column that had rotted out. Eventually we will replace the rotted out part, but at least for now it's stable for the roofers.

Tom

[Dr Stan]

Yep retirement means you have time to do all those round tuits that have been piling up. :)

[awemawson]

And also everybody else's round tuits in my experience !

[f350ca]

I warned you about the retirement thing Tom. You'll be looking for a job to get some rest.
Are you going to be able to get a solid enough footing to support a block wall. The stone footings had the ability to flex with the frost.

[Mayhem]

There is raise and raze Tom, and both are pronounced the same. However, the latter is much less work (and some would say much more fun)...

[TomG]

Greg, the stones go well below grade and are about three foot wide. I suspect that is a pretty good base for the block wall footing. Whatever it is will be better than the crumbling wall it's sitting on now.

Darren, I think raising Cain is the most fun of all.

Tom