A couple of time saving tricks I came up with , or i think i did

[ultrarunner]

One of my treasures is my Rockford Nut and Bolt cabinet from a Defunct NAPA Auto Parts Store... I put a bid of $150 on it 35 years ago... which was a lot of money for me.

Did not get the brass fitting cabinet... went for $800.

For old Model T and A gas tanks a length of chain or several sliding around does a good job cleaning...

 

[hunter townsen]

I thought that's what you meant, I have never heard that term b4. I do use the wire brush and die method on critical bolts, and I agree and understand your point on the die method. For precision work you are absolutely correct. For most of my uses, then neglidgeable I difference is irrelovent. I.e restoring a car, the body panel bolts are fast taps , they don't need to be precision, to me its more important that they are clean and prepped for paint , etc. I think , at least in my situations, a combination of both methods is optimal.
Thank you for your information,
Rob

 

[hunter townsen]

One of my treasures is my Rockford Nut and Bolt cabinet from a Defunct NAPA Auto Parts Store... I put a bid of $150 on it 35 years ago... which was a lot of money for me.

Did not get the brass fitting cabinet... went for $800.

For old Model T and A gas tanks a length of chain or several sliding around does a good job cleaning...

I have several smaller cabinets, a few old dorman boxes that I got from my dad 40 years ago, I have no idea how old they are lol. I would worry the chains may ignite the fumes, I saw that happen once , it was my buddy doing it and man did he jump. His recgtangular fuel tank suddenly became round lmao

 

[ultrarunner]

I have several smaller cabinets, a few old dorman boxes that I got from my dad 40 years ago, I have no idea how old they are lol. I would worry the chains may ignite the fumes, I saw that happen once , it was my buddy doing it and man did he jump. His recgtangular fuel tank suddenly became round lmao

These old tanks have been sitting around for decades open to atmosphere... agree that anything recently used for gasoline would not be a candidate for chains sloshing around.

Love my old dorman and stant cabinets... they were not all that old 30 years ago and now have their own collector following as auto memorabilia...

My only fear is when I am finally able to have that nice shop in the right location I will be too old... subject for another thread.

 

[Tul01]

My dad has built a jig to bolt in stationary engine gas tanks in his. He uses a tank cleaning solution and some bolts inside to bang loose the rust flakes and the tanks come out good as new in a couple hours.

Brent

 

[hunter townsen]

These old tanks have been sitting around for decades open to atmosphere... agree that anything recently used for gasoline would not be a candidate for chains sloshing around.

Love my old dorman and stant cabinets... they were not all that old 30 years ago and now have their own collector following as auto memorabilia...

My only fear is when I am finally able to have that nice shop in the right location I will be too old... subject for another thread.

lmao, I have a nice shop in a nice location 150 ft from my house , my problem is its a 3 bay shop, and I can barely fit one car in it, all my project cars are in the way, then add my tools metal lathe drill press lol and so on. I am in the process of building a 40 x 48 pole barn. Im building that because my 3 bay addition I built onto my 3 bay shop, 6 bays total is filled also. lol. so hopefully by the end of summer I will have at least 3 bays open. then its going to take me another year to put it all away.

so I figure by my standards I will be done in 2 years , maybe , but in reality , I will be done 2 years after im dead, lol be carefull what u wish for ........

Don't get me started my stuff turning to memorabilia , lol. Last night I needed and oil pressure gauge for my truck, dug through my boxes of gauges that have been around since I was a kid, I remember putting them in a parts box about 30 years ago. Nos stewart warner gauges, I got to looking at them, thought ,hmmm , I wonder do these have any collectors value, so I checked them out and sure enough selling for 75 bucks plus on ebay, so I had steal a gauge out of another project lol. For years I have collected the old style oil cans full of oil, not for collecting but If I find them at a garage sale for .50 I buy them been doing it for years, any type of sealed fluids, I buy. lol I was checking them out on ebay last night , there going for 25 bucks a piece, now I have to buy more oil, its too valuable to use , lmao.

Rob

 

[ultrarunner]

It's nice to know where everything is and that it's safe...

The closest I've found to my ideal shop is 40 x 96... picture four 40' deep 24' wide garages next to each other, each with a large roll up door and a big door on one gable end...

Idea is to use the big gable end door so each vehicle could be taken out without having to move another... this would take 40 x 72 and the last 40 x 24 would be a real shop... room for the lathe, mill, welder, lift etc... kind of a 4 shorts shop on a budget...

It sure would save a lot of time not having to move a bunch of stuff to get to something.

 

[hunter townsen]

no doubt on the moving stuff, are u planning on dividing all the sections or just the last one? My 6th bay is actually going to be a paint booth , I have everything I need gathered, im going to use in floor heat . Im doing research about using hot water, my plan is to heat the booth with hot water , but with a woodstove, I have over 30 cord of wood bucked up lol. I just need to build a wood splitter , one of my next projects . I of course plan on having it isolated so it doesn't cause a fire hazard. I even have the tubing gathered lol.

 

[ultrarunner]

Only the last bay would be divided to keep the shop area separate and would add some structural strength with the shear wall requirements here.

Wood heat sounds like a winner... have all the oak I could want around the property... just can't burn it here in the Bay Area and Thurston County has lesser restrictions...

 

[hunter townsen]

very nice shop. I did the same thing with the dormers for added light. In my addition , I purlined inbetween tripled and gusseted trusses on each end, I have a 12ft span that goes up 16 foot in the center so I can put in a hoist, the rest of my ceilings are 10 ft.