Is there no "how not to" heading?

[EdK]

(10-16-2012, 05:56 PM)stevec Wrote: Thanks for the support guys but I was only talking about making the outer support plate that looks like ski goggles.

OK, a day and a half then.

Ed

[Highpower]

(10-16-2012, 04:58 PM)stevec Wrote: All the above blather to explain the point that I'm dismayed at the time it takes me to do things now, there had to be 5 Hrs. involved in figuring, making and installing that simple plate today.
If anyone can reassure me that it takes them similar times for similar jobs it would be a help .

You and me both Steve.

It would have taken me an hour alone just to find the tools I needed to do the job.

I complained about not moving as fast as I used to during a doctors visit a couple of years ago. The doc's diagnosis was.... "Well, you aren't 18 years old any more!!!"

[f350ca]

Quote:All the above blather to explain the point that I'm dismayed at the time it takes me to do things now, there had to be 5 Hrs. involved in figuring, making and installing that simple plate today.
If anyone can reassure me that it takes them similar times for similar jobs it would be a help .

Steve, everything takes twice as long as I think it should. Was going to fire the boiler up Sunday but decided I'd build a quick and dirt hand pump to bring up the pressure before I fired it or it would never get built. Its now Tuesday and the shop is still cold. Will post picks if I ever get it done. If I don't it will soon be too cold for the camera to operate.

[sasquatch]

Like the Bumper sticker says:

" Ladies,,, if a man says he will fix something,, he will!!

There is no need to keep reminding him of it every 6 months!" Lol

[claudef]

Well, SteveC that was a good post. Knowing how you loved and cherished your machines, it must have been a heart breaker to find them that way. How long did it take you to recondition the machines, so that they didn’t turn your stomach looking at them?
I think that this would have been a good test for dry Ice blasting, I wonder if that would have done more harm than good. Thanks for sharing the adventure it looks like a lifetime project.
Now for the sprocket plate… the time required to make this is dependent on material selection or availability and machinery.
From experience I estimate the time required to go through all the steps of machining the features of the part, then take this time and multiply it by 2 and that my friend is pretty accurate for me.
Good luck with the snow blow.. I would just have turned the seat around and get a remote.
Claude

[stevec]

I was searching for a thread of mine on my new log splitter project (Haven't found it yet) and as I was going through this one I noticed I failed to reply (on at least 2 occasions) to queries of how I managed to "de-rust" my machinery.
Basically it was elbow grease, scrapers, oil scotchbrite, disassembly, more elbow grease.
I drank a lot of beer, mainly to reduce the tears that were creating new rust!

Now that most of my stuff has been returned to useable condition I've found that I have ongoing rust potential. because I don't keep the shop heated all the time the cold machinery condenses the moist warm air that comes in when outside temperature is warmer.
I read somewhere a fan can help. So, I installed a ceiling fan that had become redundant in the house, so it goes on with the lights whenever I pop in for a few minutes of cold work or to get something, it seems to be working!
Sorry for the tardy reply guys, if I do that again don't be shy to whack me upside the head (verbally of course.)

[sasquatch]

Good heavens, i think this has to be the L O N G E S T response time i have ever seen on a posting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(We all had to go back to check to remember what the question was !!!!!!!! ) LOL

[stevec]

Sasq, whether I go back to remember what I started posting now or back to something when I joined this great forum, I seem to have the same recall (minimal).