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Thanks Mark.
Is it a score if don't really need it?
Circa 1952, 6" by 48" sears Roebuck belt sander.
It was set into a plywood box by what it seems to me, to have been a crafty ol geezer that made things happen.
It has a an old Craftsman 1 hp motor. It's got some pitted rust on the case metal, but sings like a pro. Zero side lash..... The motor alone was a score.
I haven't decided what to do with it or how to mount it for my usage. It will take up some real estate. I might see how hard it is to push out the two bronze bushings on the drive pulley and press in new ones. They are a little sloppy and will probably work fine....... but if I'm gonna refresh this puppy, I might as well do it right..... right enough.
Hey, ......35 bucks. Belts aren't expensive either.
Anyhow, gots me a project.
Circa 1952, 6" by 48" sears Roebuck belt sander.
It was set into a plywood box by what it seems to me, to have been a crafty ol geezer that made things happen.
It has a an old Craftsman 1 hp motor. It's got some pitted rust on the case metal, but sings like a pro. Zero side lash..... The motor alone was a score.
I haven't decided what to do with it or how to mount it for my usage. It will take up some real estate. I might see how hard it is to push out the two bronze bushings on the drive pulley and press in new ones. They are a little sloppy and will probably work fine....... but if I'm gonna refresh this puppy, I might as well do it right..... right enough.
Hey, ......35 bucks. Belts aren't expensive either.
Anyhow, gots me a project.
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Up at 7:00
Got strawberry yogurt from the fridge and filled the coffee maker.
Sat down to scan the news and do a little surfing.
8:00 grabbed my coffee cup and discovered....
I didn't flip the switch all the way on.... No coffee got brewed.
Life is complicated. Off-On-Timer.... why so many choices? Why do the have to make these appliances so complicated?
I'll be fine... just fine.
Got strawberry yogurt from the fridge and filled the coffee maker.
Sat down to scan the news and do a little surfing.
8:00 grabbed my coffee cup and discovered....
I didn't flip the switch all the way on.... No coffee got brewed.
Life is complicated. Off-On-Timer.... why so many choices? Why do the have to make these appliances so complicated?
I'll be fine... just fine.
At 130 this morning, I started hearing a chirp from the family room. I thought it was my other half's cell phone, and someone sent her a text message, so I ignored it. Well, every 30 minutes I'd hear a dumb chirp, so I got up at 5 am to investigate. It appears the motion detector for my alarm system needed a new battery. Damn, there went my beauty sleep for the day!
I never heard of anyone putting yogurt in their coffee maker before.
I'm gonna go back and check to see what I typed.......
.....if there isn't coffee, the entire world just goes to hell In a hand basket.
.......now I'm googling hand basket.
I've never done seen one. Heard of them, just never seen one.
.....are those like a guy purse for women?
Ok........ It made sense to me as I typed, but rereading what I typed ....yeah, a little bit was left to the imagination.
Great suggestion tho........
......whaddya think, 50/50 vanilla yogurt to water ratio?
I mean, my Mr Coffee isn't remotely new, so
what's to lose?
Intellectual property laws have me protected guys, so... don't... even ...think of making or marketing a yogurt coffee maker!
I will protect my new creation like a mad honey badger.
(Daris gets 10% after expenses)
I measured the upstairs of a home today. Its about 16 by 37 and entirely the master bedroom.... Dressing room/closet and bathroom. The main bedroom part is about 16 by 18.
The guy is the ultimate diyer. Everything is well proportioned and well designed. His craftsmanship and attention to detail is top notch.
Here's the shower. You can access it from the bathroom at the far side of the image, or though the dressing closet as seen here.
The photos don't do this justice. The stone on the floor and wall in real life look the same color. In the photo, the floor is much lighter/washed out.
It's roughly 6 by 9..... absolutely beautiful.
The guy is the ultimate diyer. Everything is well proportioned and well designed. His craftsmanship and attention to detail is top notch.
Here's the shower. You can access it from the bathroom at the far side of the image, or though the dressing closet as seen here.
The photos don't do this justice. The stone on the floor and wall in real life look the same color. In the photo, the floor is much lighter/washed out.
It's roughly 6 by 9..... absolutely beautiful.
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How do you air out the shower after a fart? Somebody could die.
Finished this beast yesterday
The “activities room “ at the Marriot Grande Vista in Orlando on International Drive
Welded Sports floor “eco floor”
The “activities room “ at the Marriot Grande Vista in Orlando on International Drive
Welded Sports floor “eco floor”
Welded flooring? Please explain this for me.
Havasu if you look about three feet in front of the vacuum you can see a seam it’s welded and skivved
If you close in you can see small stripes in the flooring , those are seams. This flooring is imported from England it has a rubber backing about 1/4 inch thick.
Urethane adhesive has to be used. Like taffy. The rolls are 10 meters by 72 inches so a butt seam occurs every 30 feet or so. Factory edges are used for side seams unless you want to lose quite a bit of material by using selvage. We weld it with a heat gun and urethane 3mm string and cut the top off with a Mozart knife I use a Crain groover
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This is half way through completion of the entrance area as compared to the rendering
On the tripod
On the tripod
This looks kinda like a new style of linoleum.
Incense
.......or maybe a small fire?
The "sports floor" we installed was almost always rubber but we did a handful of Tarkett vinyl very similar to what's shown above. It's just sheet vinyl with a dense cushion backing. We had a lot of troubles getting it to lay flat in the glue as it came with a lot of seriously deformities straight off the roll-----probably how it was handles/delivered and stored at various times before install. We wound up using bricks to weight it down flat whilst the urethane glue sets overnight.
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Wow, that's spot on.
Your projects scare the crap out of me.
Do you have a brick and paver truck follow you to every job site?
Don't feel left out, I scare easily.
