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Peter Drouin

A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

red

One mans trash is another mans . . .

Honor the Fallen Thank the Living

Peter Drouin

A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

Ljohnsaw

There was a paint crew there and all of the stuff I salvaged was getting covered with empty paint buckets and tons of painter's paper and tape.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

Ljohnsaw

Listed for free on Craigslist - 6" x 36" Craftsman planer.  What!  No way!  I didn't think Craftsman made planers.  Well, it turned out to be a jointer ::)  I emailed the poster (pointing that out) and he liked my email and "wanted it to go to a good home that knows more about it than me".  He was quick to point out that the guard was pretty stiff and didn't know how to make it work.

I spent a few hours cleaning the rust off the bed, lubing up various moving parts and adjusting the infeed table so it was flat with the outfeed table.  And tightened about 2 dozen bolts that were supposed to be holding the stand together.  Also had to sharpen the blades - they were really dull on the right 2" where it was used all the time.  The other 4" on the left were almost new.  Added locking wheels to make it portable.

 

The PPO (previous, previous owner) added a chip collection chute made out of some 1/16" aluminum.  Works really well!

 

This replaces the 4½" x 24" jointer I have down in my shop.  Actually, I have about 90% of a second one as well that my daughter thought I needed :D
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

21incher

Wow, I got 60 bucks for mine when I sold it on Craigslist last year.  Sold it in a hour with 10 people in line. You got a good deal, they are a great starter joiner. Craftsman sold rebadged bellsaw planers at one time. :)
Hudson HFE-21 on a custom trailer, Deere 4100, Kubota BX 2360, Echo CS590 & CS310, home built wood splitter, home built log arch, a logrite cant hook and a bread machine. And a Kubota Sidekick with a Defective Subaru motor.

Onthesauk

I bought one of those new over 30 years ago and got good use out of it!
John Deere 3038E
Sukuki LT-F500

Don't attribute irritating behavior to malevolence when mere stupidity will suffice as an explanation.

Peter Drouin

A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

Kbeitz

Looks just like the one I bought from Sears in 1973 for $480.00.
I still use it and it has never give a problem.



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

samandothers

I cleaned up my dad's craftsman that had been sitting for years.  Plugged it in and the magic smoke left the motor! :-\

Kbeitz

Quote from: samandothers on November 29, 2017, 09:36:57 AM
I cleaned up my dad's craftsman that had been sitting for years.  Plugged it in and the magic smoke left the motor! :-\

Easy fix....



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

samandothers


Ljohnsaw

Took a while to connect with this guy but he listed a bucket of stainless steel bolts for $20.  Turned out to be about 3 gallons of bolt in 5 diameters (1/4" to 1/2") and lengths from 1" to 5" in 1/4" increments (6 to 8 sizes).  99.5 pounds of bolts!  I think I'm set for a couple lifetimes!



On the left side is random galvi bolts.  A little over 2/3s are stacked that I did during the rain today, the jarred ones were from yesterday.  I still need a few more PB jars to get them all put away.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

btulloh

Heckuva deal.

You sure do eat a lot of peanut butter.  :)
HM126

Ljohnsaw

Quote from: btulloh on March 01, 2018, 06:44:55 PM
Heckuva deal.

You sure do eat a lot of peanut butter.  :)
And that ain't half of them!  The skinny green lid ones are Parmesan cheese - love that stuff, too!  A couple are Miracle Whip.  We go through a big jar a month, maybe less.  Lately, the price per ounce is much less on the littler jars that are more useful for storing the not-too-long bolts.  Sooo much better than glass jars.
There are between 50 and 75 bolts on most sizes.  One size there must be 200.  I'm guessing close to 1,500 bolts.  One cent a bolt sure beats $1.00-2.00 at the local hardware store!
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

thecfarm

Even if those was regular bolts,it would be a bargain. Those SS are pricey.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

Ljohnsaw

Someone was cleaning out a storage unit and had 12 cement blocks to give away.  I use them as supports for my wood stacks.  Turns out he bids at storage auctions and does it pretty much full time.  He says its not like on TV - never found gold and rarely finds guns.  Mostly junk.  I asked if he had anything else in this unit to get rid of.  He asked if I wanted these two blocks of wood:

7½x14½x5½



10x15½x5


 
Black walnut.  As you can see, the ends were waxed.  A bit of check on the bigger one.  Thought about selling them on eBay but to get the best price, need to make usable blanks (cut them round).  So I figured if I'm going to that trouble, I might as well turn some bowls and such out of them.  I'm thinking the wider one (10") I'll resaw into two thinner blanks for making platters and the other into a couple blanks for deeper bowls.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

Ljohnsaw

Searching my memory banks, and relating to different houses I've owned, I say about 30 years ago I picked up a Craftsman 8" tablesaw (113.27580) at a garage sale for maybe $15.  It has a small top (18x22) with a 10" wing.  I've made a ton of stuff with it but always wanted a bigger top.  About 10 years later (in my current house) I found another, slightly older unit that was on a stand with a 4" jointer.  They shared the motor - you would take the belt off one end, slide the motor over and put the belt on the other end to switch tools!  I have that one set up just to do dado cuts.

Anyhow, I'm always watching for another free saw to rob the wings off to put on my first saw.  I did find one that matched the older so it has a bit bigger table.  Couple days ago, I see what looks like a clone to my saw - same fence, same front attachment and looks like the same open web cast iron wing.  I make the call and I'm first in line.  He got tired of it being so heavy and having to move it around when he wanted to use it.  He said he was cutting PT lumber for a fence when it stopped working.  He said he was an electrician and checked the cap but still would not go - figured the motor was burnt up.

I happen to have a spare tablesaw motor, so I bring it home.  I try a different cap on the motor, but no go.  There is a thermal overload breaker that doesn't seem popped and does nothing when I push it.  So I give it a good wack with a hammer.  I'm a fan of percussive maintenance. ;)  Works great now! 

Well, not the same as my first 8" - this one is a 10"!!! 8) (113.29991) and is a Craftsman "100" - the gold edition with a nice 60t? carbide blade.  I'm assuming it is a 100th anniversary of Sears?  Well, my total table size went from 28 (18+10" wing) x 22 to 30 (20+10" wing) x 27.  The extra 5" of depth is all in front of the blade.  I had picked up an old cast iron table top from another saw (PowerMatic) to make a router table (never got around to it) that is also 20x27.  I attached that to the wing (with some support legs) so I have a massive (to me) 50" wide x 27" deep table - all cast iron.  I had to spend about an hour filing the miter slots to straighten/widen them at the back end.  My miter fence was hanging up.  Now it works smooth as can be.

After pulling the nice cast iron pulleys from my old tablesaw, I noticed the arbor bearings were growling a little - it is due for an overhaul.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

Ljohnsaw

Yesterday a guy posts a single picture of garage cleanout pile - All or None listing.  I debated for about a half hour and finally called him.  The picture and description showed/said some scaffolding, ladders, a power miter saw, fishing poles, fishing tackle and some folding tables and hand tools.  I didn't want the two 8' brown folding tables - they are always warped and peeling plastic.

Well, I think I hit the jackpot.  Yep, the brown tables are trash but there was a Lifetime 6' plastic that was hiding behind them that is great.  I'll save the legs from the brown tables to make my own "work tables" from plywood at my cabin project.  The two scaffolding ends (6'x7' walk through) have the cross braces and wheels.  Need to re-assemble the extension/folding ladder.  Also a Little Giant type folding ladder.  

The fishing rods are decent, reels ok with a nice Pfluger Medalist in the box.  An assortment of flies and a bunch of fly boxes with two fly fishing vests (1 new), fly tying vise and some supplies.  The powered miter saw is an old Rockwell ~8".  Got a squirrel cage blower/fan with outlets on it.  Small but quiet and powerful.  A huge electric fish tape, a half a 5 gallon bucket of 3/4" bolts, washers and nuts (10" or so, all new) along with a cooler filled with "stuff".  Most of the stuff was random bolt and lag screws (all new) but there was a heavy flat metal box in the bottom.  I really nice OLD puller set - something I was considering to purchase!

Also in the cooler was a cannon ball the size of a tennis ball!  At first I though it was a down rigger ball.  Got a 5 gallon bucket of brass gate valves in ¾" and 1" and a few (new) plastic electric sprinkler valves (I have a few to replace).  A new-in-the-box air pressure gauge for a compressor.  A milk crate of ABS fitting and another of schedule 80 fittings.  A half bucket of giant nails (7") and 50 giant landscape galvi nails (12").  A receiver hitch cargo carrier - was looking to get one for my ATV to carry my chainsawing stuff.  Two 6' lengths of ¾ copper pipe and a few fittings.  A 5 gallon drum of Thompson's and another of boiled Linseed oil - both about 4 gallons left.

Then, there are these three things.  The first, I think, is the head bracket for a bull float?


 
Then this super heavy magnet - I think is from an OLD motor (like open windings in science class)? Strong but not like today's supper magnets!  (tennis ball for size reference)


 
And this "wrench" that has Flo Control embossed - cast aluminum.  For taking apart a big valve?  Or maybe irrigation pipe/valves?


John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

olcowhand

Olcowhand's Workshop, LLC

They say the mind is the first to go; I'm glad it's something I don't use!

Ezekiel 36:26-27

Bricklayer51

The first picture is from a bull float

GRANITEstateMP

ljohnsaw, what did you have to give for all that?  Sounds like a nice mixed bag of goodies!  Was it close to home or a long haul?
Hakki Pilke 1x37
Kubota M6040
Load Trail 12ft Dump Trailer
2015 GMC 3500HD SRW
2016 Polaris 450HO
2016 Polaris 570
SureTrac 12ft Dump Trailer

Ljohnsaw

$Free$!!!  It was a 10 minute ride up the hill.  He was throwing boxes on faster than I could arrange them.  He wanted it gone and now! 

I also got a new-ish 5 gallon gas can (that I needed) and a large garbage bag of halogen and florescent bulbs in boxes to get rid of (I'll put back on CL to find a new home).
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

GRANITEstateMP

Free is one of my favorite prices!
Hakki Pilke 1x37
Kubota M6040
Load Trail 12ft Dump Trailer
2015 GMC 3500HD SRW
2016 Polaris 450HO
2016 Polaris 570
SureTrac 12ft Dump Trailer

Ljohnsaw

The owners of the cabin that I get to use when I'm working on mine were looking for an IBC or two to hold water when they are burning brush to put it out at the end.  I found two 330 gallon ones on CL for free - they were "very dirty" and had wax chunks in them.  What it was, was (Tom) remnants of concrete cure sealer.  A wax-based water emulsion (i.e. poor-man's Anchorseal ;)).

Well, one tank was extra chunky.  Large pieces of yellowish wax in a milky solution.  I made a three foot extension for my paint mixer you put on a drill.  Took a bit of doing but drained that one.  The second was much more liquid with just a few big chunks.  All in all, I got almost 40 gallons of sealer!  The only problem is I don't have any hardwoods to use it on!  I've only been cutting pine and don't have issues with not sealing the ends.  Maybe it will come in handy when I do the Aspen for the flooring.

Anyone near me that could use a free gallon or 10?  Can't really ship it.
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

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