Yes, four days old, and already cluttered....
It was on sale at Home Depot with free delivery, so I went ahead and ordered one. A trip to Harbor Freight netted me a belt/disc sander, and bench grinder, and finally, a decent vise.
The WEN drill press arrived Friday morning, and was a snap to assemble. The other drill press I had was more of a toy. It would do wood, plastic, and aluminum OK, but steel? Uh....no. It just didn't have enough torque to go through more than 1/8" of the stuff.
The belt/disc sander and bench grinder are Very Nice Things to have when fabricating, and nothing beats a wire wheel in a bench grinder for cleaning bolts.
The bench vise replaces the on I left in Long Beach like a dummy. I had the bench height adjusted where I like it, and then I put the casters on it, so now I have to lower it 2" to what I like.
And of course, a nice light over it.
Remember the "Electrical Board" I built for the grandsons? They LOVE it!
Definitely a hit, and I hear murmurs of his cousins wanting one now....
They thought it was MAGIC when I hooked a coil I wound to the voltmeter and ran a magnet through it.
ELECTRICITY FROM NOTHING!
They're having great fun learning new things, and getting patient, clear explanations of how it happens.
I love this picture for some reason...
And this is where I'm currently at.
Pulled the driver's side headlight bucket out to get at the RUST that was lurking under it. This has been completely scrubbed with a brush using my Magic Mix of Simple Green, Denatured Alcohol, water, and a good squirt of Dish Soap.
Then I went over it again with the same mix and green Scotch-Brite. That really got it clean. I even managed to get a good portion of the really stained areas back to being white. Now I'm working on the rusty battery shelf, and I have to pull the mounting bracket for the Front Strut Rod ( a 'Lateral Locating Link' in tech terms) out of the car to sand blast. Which means I have to take the other one out, too, or the finishes won't match. Not hard to do, and it has to be done to change the front sway bar, so I'll swap out the front bar when I put it back together.
The black shelf is the battery support, which I've already sanded and put a Rust Converter product on. The hugely rusty bracket is the one that has to come off.
And we had some really interesting clouds a couple of weeks ago.
Hope you all have a very Blessed and Joyous Easter.
Rejoice! He Is Risen!
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WOW! Altocumulus Lenticularis flying saucers. Very Cool.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter! Our numerous sins are washed away in the blood.
You stole my thunder!... I was gonna say to drjim, those lenticularis clouds are hiding flying saucers! Use to get them often when I resided in South Dakota. Nice work bench, I often eye them at Home Depot when I peruse the store, but don't have a garage.
DeleteYes, we have Visitors a lot out here. I'm surprised they haven't done a "reality" TV show about them.....
DeleteWishing you and Damsel a very Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteStanding alto cumulus indicates a mountain wave. Smooth air above and turbulent below. Somewhere I have a picture of them stretching from Longs Peak past Boulder taken at Barr Lake in Brighton.
ReplyDeleteKody The Weather Guy posts them on FB. I'd never seen the East of use before...
ReplyDeleteExcellent clouds! Gotta love 'em.
ReplyDeleteWe get some pretty interesting clouds because of the topography. Lots of turbulent airflow over the mountains and foothills.
DeleteIt's a rule, 'stuff' will fill every available space in a garage bench...LOL And good on ya for getting those 'pesky' areas cleaned up on the Supra!
ReplyDeleteI went through about half a barrel of Elbow Grease just doing the one corner in the engine bay!
DeleteThat almost looks like my shop. There is stuff everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThose "lennies" make the sailplane pilot in me want to be in the air. Those are where you can climb to near the stratosphere.
Yep, stuff everywhere, but we know where most of it is. I;m sorting out all the boxes of stuff I have, and grouping the parts together; All the brake parts in one area, the and same with clutch, engine, electrical, etc.
DeleteGotta start getting ready to put it all back together!