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Started by Kbeitz, September 01, 2017, 07:01:17 PM

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Kbeitz

This is the first I seen the top of my work bench for about 10 years.



 

Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

grouch

Now that you have all that spare time...
I have a garage that needs the same attention.

;)
Find something to do that interests you.

btulloh

Thanks for posting that picture. I heard rumors about workbenches having tops but I've never seen one around here.
HM126

Kbeitz

I got another one to do.... Different workshop..



 
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

I have 23 work benches to keep cleaned off.
8 work shops or should I say 8 different rooms in 5 buildings with work benches.
Machine shop, Weld shop. wood work shop, out building and grange.
8 benches need attention or cleaned off. On my things to do list.
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

kensfarm

What is that long swinging arm for in your first picture.. I guess that's your welding table.
A clean workbench give you new ideas to clutter it back up.   ;D

thecfarm

At my other job one guy in the shop put a mig welder on a swing arm. The welder was always above your work and no need to wheel it around from one corner to the next.
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Kbeitz

Quote from: kensfarm on September 02, 2017, 01:27:09 AM
What is that long swinging arm for in your first picture.. I guess that's your welding table.
A clean workbench give you new ideas to clutter it back up.   ;D

That's my home-made metal bender. One of my most favorite tools. It gets used often.



 



 



 



 


Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

That's one reason that I had to clean my table. The junk was deep enough
that the handle was hitting things. To much stuff from the junkyard.
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

coxy

Quote from: Kbeitz on September 02, 2017, 06:25:29 AM
That's one reason that I had to clean my table. The junk was deep enough
that the handle was hitting things. To much stuff from the junkyard.
:D :D your killing me  :)

sandhills

Just go on ahead and leave your place to me in your will, I won't mind  :) (of coarse I'll probably go first though :D).

grouch

I can help: You'll have a lot more room if you send me that vise.
Find something to do that interests you.

Kbeitz

Quote from: grouch on September 02, 2017, 12:47:16 PM
I can help: You'll have a lot more room if you send me that vise.

You would not want it... You gotta take it apart in two pieces just to move it...
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

grouch

Quote from: Kbeitz on September 02, 2017, 05:25:16 PM
Quote from: grouch on September 02, 2017, 12:47:16 PM
I can help: You'll have a lot more room if you send me that vise.

You would not want it... You gotta take it apart in two pieces just to move it...

That's a small sacrifice to help a fellow FF member in need. ;D
Find something to do that interests you.

whitepine2

Quote from: Kbeitz on September 02, 2017, 05:25:16 PM
Quote from: grouch on September 02, 2017, 12:47:16 PM
I can help: You'll have a lot more room if you send me that vise.

You would not want it... You gotta take it apart in two pieces just to move it...
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I got that same vise,would not get red of it for any reasonable price,best one of the five I use often. Why do we heap our benches so high my whole shop is piled high,spent the whole day moving stuff to storage and looks like just scratched the surface Why O Why??

Kbeitz

I'm a vice collector. I have somewhere around 100 vises.
Some of my better ones.



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

sawguy21

You need that many vises, you keep losing them. :D Regarding vices, I don't think we want to go there.
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Kbeitz

Quote from: sawguy21 on September 03, 2017, 12:05:06 PM
You need that many vises, you keep losing them. :D Regarding vices, I don't think we want to go there.

You only seen a very small part of that collection... Yep I need them all. It's an addiction...
Kinda like saw mills.
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

I just knew I had a can of this somewhere... The things you find while cleaning you bench...



 



 
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

DFILER2

Your shop looks great and well used. Is the "Liquid Smoke" for when the smoke leaks out of an electronics project, there's been a few times that would have come in handy:)




WV Sawmiller

   Reminds me of the old placard - If a cluttered desk indicates a cluttered mind what does an empty desk indicate?
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Kbeitz

Quote from: DFILER2 on September 04, 2017, 09:34:09 AM
Your shop looks great and well used. Is the "Liquid Smoke" for when the smoke leaks out of an electronics project, there's been a few times that would have come in handy:)

Yea when all the smoke leaks out of your electric motors they wont run
any more. It's always handy yo have a bottle of smoke around but
getting it back in some of these new motors can be a real pain.
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Claybraker

I've had the magic smoke leak out of more than one item over the years, mostly when I was a rookie tech in the Army, but I didn't have to pay for it,  ya'll taxpayers did. I didn't make enough money then to pay taxes.

Question on the Blinker Fluid, is it compatible with BMW's current fluid ? I bought a new BMW X3 six months ago with all the options. and it had blinkers, but the dealer nailed me on dealer prep topping off the Blinker Fluid. They did include a few days at their driving school in Spartanburg SC to teach me how to drive like an MODIFIED BY ADMIN, so I guess it's a wash.

Regarding cluttered desks I dug a few exploratory trenches in mine and found enough money to pay for  the BMW, I may continue that project later.  Currently I've only gotten as far as the Bush I era. Might be a fun project for my heirs and assigns.

Kbeitz

Quote from: Claybraker on September 04, 2017, 04:29:41 PM
I've had the magic smoke leak out of more than one item over the years, mostly when I was a rookie tech in the Army, but I didn't have to pay for it,  ya'll taxpayers did. I didn't make enough money then to pay taxes.

Question on the Blinker Fluid, is it compatible with BMW's current fluid ? I bought a new BMW X3 six months ago with all the options. and it had blinkers, but the dealer nailed me on dealer prep topping off the Blinker Fluid. They did include a few days at their driving school in Spartanburg SC to teach me how to drive like an MODIFIED BY ADMIN, so I guess it's a wash.

Regarding cluttered desks I dug a few exploratory trenches in mine and found enough money to pay for  the BMW, I may continue that project later.  Currently I've only gotten as far as the Bush I era. Might be a fun project for my heirs and assigns.

BMW's uses all season Blinker Fluid... It cost more and it's not compatible with others.
Sorry...
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Ianab

QuoteBMW's uses all season Blinker Fluid... It cost more and it's not compatible with others.
Sorry...

Yeah, but it lasts a long time....

No BMW driver ever uses indicators.  :D
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Larry

That's a good looking metal bender.  They really are useful.  I have a Hossfeld but not enough room in the shop to use it.  I made a bracket so it locks onto a fork on the forklift, than I use it under the shade tree (shop annex). :D

When I hit 69 Imma gonna turn over a new leaf and keep my workbench clean. ;D
Larry, making useful and beautiful things out of the most environmental friendly material on the planet.

We need to insure our customers understand the importance of our craft.

newoodguy78

Kbeitz after looking at your bench pictures I've come to a conclusion...I think you suffer from FSS (flat surface syndrome) the main symptom is when you see a flat spot you need to fill it to max capacity. The downside is there is no known cure. The upside is you're not alone, many people suffer from it myself included  :D :D

Don_Papenburg

Bench stratification could be cured with a simple three stage hoist cylinder mounted on one end of the bench top and hinges on the other .  place a small tote box on the hinge end , lift the other and then return to horizontal and commence filling .
Frick saw mill  '58   820 John Deere power. Diamond T trucks

Kbeitz

Quote from: Don_Papenburg on September 04, 2017, 11:19:37 PM
Bench stratification could be cured with a simple three stage hoist cylinder mounted on one end of the bench top and hinges on the other .  place a small tote box on the hinge end , lift the other and then return to horizontal and commence filling .

And who's going to help me tote it away when it get full every day...
If I could just stay away from the junkyard the whole problem would go away.
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Papa1stuff

Quote from: Kbeitz on September 05, 2017, 03:58:17 AM
Quote from: Don_Papenburg on September 04, 2017, 11:19:37 PM
Bench stratification could be cured with a simple three stage hoist cylinder mounted on one end of the bench top and hinges on the other .  place a small tote box on the hinge end , lift the other and then return to horizontal and commence filling .

And who's going to help me tote it away when it get full every day...
If I could just stay away from the junkyard the whole problem would go away.

I bet your wife thinks that also ;D
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sandhills

That maybe so Kbeitz but what fun would that be for us, we wouldn't get to see all the cool stuff you find  :).

Don_Papenburg

Well you have all them garden tractors , one of them could help.  Put wheels on the tote ,You got wheels also .  Then you could haul the stuff to any place on the farm , well except the house if your wife is like mine . She hates the tools in the Kitchen drawers.
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sawguy21

 :D My wife found a pair of pliers in the silverware drawer, did I ever hear about that one. She probably knocked them in while looking for the scissors. smiley_horserider
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

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