Breaking in my new toys... from Yeehaw! to Uh oh!

[Spiveyman]

No particular comments to make, but this post lightens my day... keep up the good work gents

JC, there are folks around here that can wow you with perfect weld beads, innovative home made mods to their machinery, and both the vision to look at a forest and see an RV park with a lake and the skill to be able to make it reality. Since all of those roles were already taken, there seemed to be a nitch for someone with no real skills, experience, or much machinery who could probably make the average TBN'er feel pretty good about their own abilities in comparison. My family's always told me that if I can't laugh at myself, I'm going to feel left out an aweful lot.

I wasn't trying to give you a hard time. I really was just trying to show you that there are all kinds of cutting tools out there. Including metrics in half mm (or less maybe) increments.

No problem Danno, that was perfect. Like Abbott and Costello, a good straight man makes all the difference. Afterall, I did leave the door pretty wide open there.

Anyway FWIW, I have a nice corded DeWalt and an 18 V cordless DW. A few years back I had to drive some lag screws through 4x4s into 2x12s. The cordless actually had more torque!!! Still had to finish them off w a ratchet though.

Really? Hmmmm.... mine's a 19.2 V and does a very good job, but I always assumed a corded one would have more torque and reach higher rpm when needed.

A big enough washer will hide the "handiwork"

Words to live by.

 

[sandman2234]

For a little more torque, you could use a 110v gear reduction drill motor. I have one regular one, and another "Hole Hog" from Milwaukee Tools that is right angle. Both castings are threaded for a piece of pipe so you can get a good grip on it with a little leverage. When the drill bit sticks, either one of them will break your wrist if you try to hang on to it.
Pay particular attention to the center punch post by John_bud, as that really is the way you need to do it. You will be surprised at just how easy a good sharp drill bit will cut.
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

Ok, it's been a couple of days, and even Spiveyman could have figured out that he has to bring the tractor closer to the barn to plug the drill in and get those holes done.
Wife must have the camera, or he decided to go with the torch method and it burnt off all the paint and he is scared to post a picture of it till he gets some more paint on it.
What do they look like???
David from jax

 

[Spiveyman]

HA!!! I've been waiting on the electric company to run a line out to the other side of the barn. I guess I could have driven around or used an extension cord, but that seemed like so much hassle.

ACTUALLY, the dang tooth bar still isn't in!!! I've called about 6 times. All the people at the shop know my voice now. I call and say "howdy" and they reply with "it's not in yet, call back next week."

In the mean time I have purchased a nice drill, Sears had a sale, and found a 9/16 bit, but haven't located all those in between sizes yet. I'm thinking wallering with a 1/2" may be my best bet, but I'd kind of like to know the size of the bolts before cutting.

Here's what I've been doing in the mean time....


We (my beef company) co-sponsored a BBQ at a local exotic game preserve. I just got that shoulder mount and made a stand for it so we could haul it around. The new drill was overkill, but this is America.

Still waiting on the metal so that I can breech the world of "handiness."

 

[3RRL]

Ha, LMOA! You guys are too much.
Hey Tim, nice looking stuff there. You look like a Texan now.
Oh, be sure the 9/16" drill you got has a shank size that will fit your drill motor chuck....like a 1/2" shank. What size (capacity) drill will yours hold? Some are only 1/4", 3/8" and larger ones are 1/2" capacity and maybe even 5/8"(my largest hand drill is 1/2"). So you need to look at something like a Silver Deming drill set so it will fit your chuck. Don't recall if you thought of that or not?
8PC, 9/16" TO 1" SILVER DEMING DRILL BITS SET TITANIUM - (eBay item 230176397035 end time Oct-03-07 10:59:16 PDT)

 

[Spiveyman]

Ha, LMOA! You guys are too much.
Hey Tim, nice looking stuff there. You look like a Texan now.
Oh, be sure the 9/16" drill you got has a shank size that will fit your drill motor chuck....like a 1/2" shank. What size (capacity) drill will yours hold? Some are only 1/4", 3/8" and larger ones are 1/2" capacity and maybe even 5/8"(my largest hand drill is 1/2"). So you need to look at something like a Silver Deming drill set so it will fit your chuck. Don't recall if you thought of that or not?

Yeah it doesn't take long to make friends here at TBN, and once you do I think everything is fair game!! It's kind of like Roy's hat, if no one cared they wouldn't take the time to poke fun at it. So in that respect I obviously don't mind the joking.

I'd say that I ALMOST look like a Texan, I'm only 5' 10". I always wished I'd been from Texas, then I would have at least made it to 6', right?

My cordless has a 3/8" chuck and the new corded has a 1/2". Believe it or not, I was paying attention to that because I didn't want to do something stupid and then have to come here and confess in front of all of these experts. Even though my new drill will hold 1/2" shanks, I got a Dewalt bit that has the reduced shank so that if I ever had to I could still use it with my cordless (you know, like just in case the electric company doesn't get that new pole set before my tooth bar comes in and I have to use the cordless drill!!! )

 

[jbrumberg]

Spiveyman:

I appreciate your sense of humor, good naturedness, as well as your openess ! TBN has become a confessional to many probably because of the sense of community that exists here . Jay

PS: I purchased larger sized washers at TSC to cover my egged out drillings . I will add that my "handiwork" with the drillling has not negatively impacted on the tootbar's performance.

 

[Spiveyman]

Thanks Jay, it is kind of liberating to be able to air the stupid things out that we do. Definitely a kind of therapy for tractor-a-holics.

Now that I think of it, I have to run by TSC tomorrow for some fencing stuff (we're moving about 50 longhorns to my place Thurs - Sat) I might as well go ahead and pick up the biggest washers they have. That way the pictures will look so much nicer IF they ever do get my tooth bar in!!! Right now though my tractor maintenance facility has been transformed into a cutting/working facility so we can tag, band, and brand some future hamburgers.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'd say that I ALMOST look like a Texan, I'm only 5' 10". I always wished I'd been from Texas, then I would have at least made it to 6', right?

I sure wish I new this earlier in life!!! I'm the same height as you, but born and raised in California. If I'd have moved here sooner, I might have grown that extra 2 inches too.

If they gave me more room for my signature, I'd steel this quote from you and add it to my others!!!

Eddie

 

[Spiveyman]

If they gave me more room for my signature, I'd steel this quote from you and add it to my others!!!

Wow, now that is a compliment. I don't usually get to hang out with the Teddy/Winston crowd. I usually fit in better with Earl Pits.