Todays shop time.

[Oldpath05]

BTW, I DID get a LITTLE done on the "Crane-Tainer" (nice ring to it, huh?? :laughing: )
OP05, just noticed I didn't include that link to JeepnFord's thread - no wonder you were confused, sorry 'bout that - here 'tiz...
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/welding/386590-welding-table-build-6.html

All caught on the MAGnificent drill over on the jeep trail, but those holes couldn't they been done by a standard drill press, I picture a mag drill for overhead or on the wall drilling.

But now I'm a little behind the nine ball again with "Crane-Tainer"<<<"A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift........... Tainer<<<<Someone who lies on the beach to get a good sun tainer...........either way you should have more done by now on in at the Crane-Tainer, after your done filling out the Hurt Feelings Report.

 

[Oldpath05]

Richard-- I'll still do the bolt/plate adjusters for stationary benches. Just too easy to make.
I usually face a 3/4" bolt head in the lathe then plug weld to a heavy galvanized washer.

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Here's where I plan to mount the adjustable floor locks on the weld table. I used 3/8" plate for the mount and gusset.

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I still cant picture how those floor locks work, what exactly turns to adjust the height, the bars, the butterfly effect or the round wheel on the floor? It is better to have a level table to square work, nothing worse than being a half bubble oof.

 

[Big Barn]

Oldpath:
Turning the round floor pad (welded to 3/4" bolt) accommodates levelling.

Using your foot to press down on the flat lever RAISES your table (or whatever) ONE INCH, effectively RAISING your existing caster wheels off the ground eliminating rolling.

To lower back onto the casters PUSH either of the winged round stock levers ahead with your foot.

Of course I'm assuming that's how they work. The store only had two four inch units in stock and had to give me a rain check.

 

[BukitCase]

Oldpath - "but those holes couldn't they been done by a standard drill press, I picture a mag drill for overhead or on the wall drilling. "

Yeah, that's what mag drills were intended for and I've used them for exactly that - and yeah, I could've done the 26 holes in each leg adjuster with a drill press - but ANNULAR cutters, with a rigid enough press, are several TIMES as fast AND do a cleaner job - this is because they don't need to remove ALL the metal from a hole, only the CIRCUMFERENCE.

Each of those bottom leg adjusters took me maybe 10 minutes TOTAL to do 26 1/2" holes, with nothing more than a single scribe mark to start. After that, each hole took about 5 seconds to index and about 12 seconds to drill, without even a pilot hole. I finished ALL THREE legs (total of 81 holes counting one I welded a nut over on each leg) in LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.

"Crane-Tainer" in this case, is a coined word I made up to denote a Container with its own CRANE built in - and I haven't given up on that, there's just a few more details to figure out than I originally thought, including a "porch roof" I'll need to fab up BEFORE I get started -

That end of the container gets prevailing winds, and we're now into our "horizontal rain" phase here so I've been gathering materials for a 10'x10' roof that will plug into the corner sockets on the container and allow both doors to be open and still DRY inside - it'll also allow me to back my Subaru Outback up to the doors and load/unload stuff without the use of SCUBA gear.

So don't give up on the "Crane-Tainer" thread, there's a LOT more to come before it's over... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

Got a little closer to being able to actually DO something the last couple days - my weld table (30"x84"x1" top) was NOT EVEN VISIBLE when I started - somethin' about flat places attracting crap - once I got MOST of the stuff off, it ALL looked like the part under that clear tote on the right -

A 9" Hitachi grinder with a 7" 36 grit flap disk and two arms that didn't work much afterward, and most of it is now clean - I put 3 mag-base 100 watt bulbs under it to slow down flash rust, and promised meself I wouldn't let it get this bad EVER AGAIN (or until I forget what a PITA it was to clean )

The first pic shows a new 2'x4' storage shelf I put together today, blocked it up level and screwed to the wall - the honey oak stained object to its left was SUPPOSED to be a WORK bench; now, maybe it CAN...

The other pics are more relevant to the Container Weld shop thread so they'll go there... Steve

 

[BukitCase]

Got things a little more organized today, should be about ready to get back on the "quickie" cart for the new MM211 - then (hopefully) back on the "porch roof" for the weld shop container, then on to the bridge crane -

Been meaning to consolidate all my "tinker toys" I build for doing various rigging, etc, with the backhoe FEL - any time I can't see a way to accomplish a particular task with what I already have, I add another "toy" to the set - it's reached the point now that I seldom need to build another adapter to rig something for a job -

There's a couple "store-bought" pieces in there, but nearly all are built by me. Some are male-male, some male-female, some female-female, some tees, 45* in several different directions, whatever seemed like a good idea at the time

One of the "toys" isn't there, but is in one of the earlier pics - the receiver mount vise seen on top of the weld table... Steve

 

[dragoneggs]

Love that first pic, Steve. My job time has seriously interfered with my shop time. Walked out this evening and couldn't find a pic and story that was worthy of posting. Can't wait to xmas time and I can get back at it.

 

[BukitCase]

Thanks Dragon - until I put that shelf up, half the time I coudn't find the particular "toy" I needed - now, all I gotta do is remember to put stuff BACK Earlier today I found a couple of the "TT's" in one 40' container, 4-5 more in the 20' container, 3-4 more in the wood shop, another 3 on my 18' flatbed under a tarp along with several implements, and a bunch on the smaller steel "mag drill" bench (still not cleaned off, BTW)

I keep thinking I should build a "rigging stand" that could be moved by hand truck/pallet jack/forks, etc, but when I see all this stuff together I doubt anything but the old Case could MOVE it ...Steve

 

[Big Barn]

Got things a little more organized today, should be about ready to get back on the "quickie" cart for the new MM211 - then (hopefully) back on the "porch roof" for the weld shop container, then on to the bridge crane -

Been meaning to consolidate all my "tinker toys" I build for doing various rigging, etc, with the backhoe FEL - any time I can't see a way to accomplish a particular task with what I already have, I add another "toy" to the set - it's reached the point now that I seldom need to build another adapter to rig something for a job -

There's a couple "store-bought" pieces in there, but nearly all are built by me. Some are male-male, some male-female, some female-female, some tees, 45* in several different directions, whatever seemed like a good idea at the time

One of the "toys" isn't there, but is in one of the earlier pics - the receiver mount vise seen on top of the weld table... Steve

Shiny. AND organized !!

 

[Oldpath05]

Got things a little more organized today, should be about ready to get back on the "quickie" cart for the new MM211 - then (hopefully) back on the "porch roof" for the weld shop container, then on to the bridge crane - Steve

If there's one word that always catches my ear, it's crane, now what we putting a crane on a bridge, what bridge........... This past winter I spent 6 weekends making a wooden jib crane to move 100 lb bundles of slab wood, from point A to point B. Since it works fairly good I want to make one for the inside, but out of a steel I beam, dont think wood will lift 500 lbs, although if I had a bridge in my shop that might work better..............