By the Ironworker for the Ironworker

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My Uncle once told me "Everything I own is for sale, some prices are just higher than others."

It's the same with me to a certain extent. The only difference is IF I don't want to sell something I WILL NOT sell it. My tractor is only used for snow clearing.I purchased it Aug.2008 and right now it has 134 hours on it. I've spent almost as much as that time getting it the way I want it which is the way it is now so to sell it and start over, No I don't think so. Not even if I was offered what I paid for it.

That being said. A few years ago I had a rather tall antique gas pump In my main garage. The pump was around the 1920's era. A fellow showed up one day here at the shop and we were having some conversation so about a half hour later I asked him if there was anything he needed and he said "I'm here to buy that tall pump".

Well I replied "sir that pump is not for sale". He replied "It's for sale, you just know it yet".

He started spitting out numbers and when he left he had the pump in his truck. I guess money do talk after all. :laughing:


Here's a before and after pic of that same pump.

 

[mjncad]

Please see interspersed comments.

Matt. That's a statement I'll never believe. You hack nothing sir and I know that for a fact

Thanks Paul; but if I was proud of my hack carpentry, I'd make a web album to share my work. I just never got enthused about woodworking. I can admire it; but like gardening and landscape work, I don't enjoy doing it. My brother-in-law is the woodworker in the family.

When it came to doing the house renovations we tried to get a contractor and they kept telling us "next week". Next week would come and they would tell us "next week" again so I said the heck with it I'll start in and see what I could do my self. The next thing i knew my wife and I had it all done. Three months of working every night and all weekends but It was done very nice if I must say so myself. I laid down all the ceramic flooring and did all the carpentry work my self including all the windows in the house (13 of them). My wife and I did it all with out loosing one hours work in the shop so that was great plus by doing it ourselves It gave us extra money that we didn't have to spend on labor to put extras into the house.

I'll have to take a pic of my carpentry shop and show you one of those days. That's a side of me you haven't seen yet

The best part of doing it yourself if you have the skills, tools and time is you get it the way you want it done. My brother-in-law has his own one man handyman business and to call him a contractor is considered an insult to him. We want to see your carpentry shop!


The funny part about all of this Ironworker project is that an engineer who frequent our shop for his vehicle repairs noticed the Ironworker and started asking questions about it. I started to explane what I did and showed him how I did it.

Turns out this guys owns a Hugh fabrication plant in the city and looked at me and said " Your coming to work for me". You'll have the plant managers job with an excellent salary, new truck that you can use for personal use and I'll include profit sharing" :shocked:

I said "Ya right". He replied "I'm dead serious" Come in and look at the operation which I will next week. You never know who's watching do you?

Does he have a Colorado location? :laughing:

My Uncle once told me "Everything I own is for sale, some prices are just higher than others."

A good friend who is a retired realtor told me the same thing.

 

[rjmack]

" Your coming to work for me"

the cream does rise...

and let's not forget the 30 year, overnight, success stories either.

 

[Stampeder]

Paul:

One of the other websites I frequent has a "YOU SUCK" award for those who do something particularly well or who make a great score on a piece of equipment.

In my mind you win the "YOU SUCK" award for the rest of the year.

I'm a little late on congrats over the ironworker. BEAUTIFUL machine. I can see how nice one would be in my shop......IF I had some room.

The gas pump is a definite home run!!!! You really knocked that one out of the park.

Down here there is a show called American Pickers and these two guys go all over looking for those.........GREAT REST!!!

I've decided that when I come back in my next life, I'm coming back as one of your sons......that way I could use all those great tools in your excellent shop. I just don't know how I could handle the snow and cold again.:laughing:

Glenn.

 

[4shorts]

the cream does rise...

and let's not forget the 30 year, overnight, success stories either.

Thanks man. Not sure if that applies to me and my case but it's very well put.

Paul:

One of the other websites I frequent has a "YOU SUCK" award for those who do something particularly well or who make a great score on a piece of equipment.

In my mind you win the "YOU SUCK" award for the rest of the year.

I'm a little late on congrats over the ironworker. BEAUTIFUL machine. I can see how nice one would be in my shop......IF I had some room.

The gas pump is a definite home run!!!! You really knocked that one out of the park.

Down here there is a show called American Pickers and these two guys go all over looking for those.........GREAT REST!!!

I've decided that when I come back in my next life, I'm coming back as one of your sons......that way I could use all those great tools in your excellent shop. I just don't know how I could handle the snow and cold again.:laughing:

Glenn.

Thanks Glenn. When I first started doing this stuff as a hobby my two sons thought I was nuts.

I'm not sure if it's because they grew into adults or because of all the builder shows on TV but they came to realize that maybe there old man isn't nuts at all, Maybe he's just crazy :laughing:

I sold the old pump because the new owner would give it a better home. It was to tall to add to the rest of the collection and I thought it would be only a matter of time and it would get damaged here in the shop. I'm not Rockefeller, I'm the other feller so the extra cash didn't hurt either :laughing:

You don't have to wait to come back as my son. Drop by anytime if you want to use the tools This will make the first time someone said "You Suck" and it put a smile on my face Thanks buddy. Paul


Someone asked me the other day where I got my inspiration and I pointed to this on my wall. Just love it

 

[Stampeder]

Paul:

I love your poster. Got a real bang out of it.
I showed it to my wife.....she's still laughing.

I sent a copy to my boss and I haven't heard back from him......he's either still laughing and can't type or he's getting it framed for his wall.......

I have a question coming for you about how to get two broken 10.9 grade 1/2 bolts out of the block of my tractor. I was pushing over a tree with the front end loader (I know I shouldn't have but it was pretty rotten) and I broke these off. Problem is they are behind the frame of the FEL mount running the length of the tractor. I'll be some pictures today and post them. Oh, the other piece of good news about this is that there were two 1/2 plate spacers between the loader frame and the engine block that the bolts passed through so it will be not picnic trying to get into the sheared off bolts in the block. The thought of having to remove the entire loader frame does not thrill me.

Later.
Glenn.

 

[4shorts]

Paul:

I love your poster. Got a real bang out of it.
I showed it to my wife.....she's still laughing.

I sent a copy to my boss and I haven't heard back from him......he's either still laughing and can't type or he's getting it framed for his wall.......

I have a question coming for you about how to get two broken 10.9 grade 1/2 bolts out of the block of my tractor. I was pushing over a tree with the front end loader (I know I shouldn't have but it was pretty rotten) and I broke these off. Problem is they are behind the frame of the FEL mount running the length of the tractor. I'll be some pictures today and post them. Oh, the other piece of good news about this is that there were two 1/2 plate spacers between the loader frame and the engine block that the bolts passed through so it will be not picnic trying to get into the sheared off bolts in the block. The thought of having to remove the entire loader frame does not thrill me.

Later.
Glenn.

:laughing: Glad you enjoyed it Glenn. You got to admit. He's not giving up. Man what did you go and do that to your tractor for? Email or post a few pics but I will tell you that anytime I got to get a broken bolt out and if it's no deeper than flush with the surrounding area I'll put a flat washer over the bolt and mig weld it on to the broken bolt. I'll then mig a nut to the washer, let it cool and remove. Nutt'en to it. Paul



My email is: specialtyrepairs@nf.sympatico.ca

 

[varmint]

Ah- I see a future for you, posting daily or weekly tips on how to do stuff, like the idea of welding a washer then a nut over a broken bolt to extract it. You probably have hundreds of good techniques for doing stuff that leaves most of us scratching our heads and worrying. Maybe even a printed manual, for the shop bookshelf, since most of us don't have computers in the shop.

 

[4shorts]

Ah- I see a future for you, posting daily or weekly tips on how to do stuff, like the idea of welding a washer then a nut over a broken bolt to extract it. You probably have hundreds of good techniques for doing stuff that leaves most of us scratching our heads and worrying. Maybe even a printed manual, for the shop bookshelf, since most of us don't have computers in the shop.

There's lots of tricks out there , no doubt about it but you give me way to much credit varmint. If you took my brain and put it in a bird the poor thing would fly backwards :laughing:

 

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Paul:

The thought of having to remove the entire loader frame does not thrill me.

Later.
Glenn.

Glenn I may be getting ahead of myself here because I haven't seen the photo's but I thought I would post this so that everyone could see it. This is a extractor set made by Mac tools. It's a set I have had for some time now but it's an exceptional tool to own especially if you need to get broken bolts out. Each size has the drill size marked on it so there's no guess work. It's got me out of some bad situations at times.