@zmotorsports i love every one of your posts. You are so meticulous and have some amazing toys and an awesome shop.
General Tech What did you work on Today?
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
I need to paint the door frame light gray or something?
“Finished” up this room today. It’s been termed the dungeon so I kind of went with the theme a little. I need to figure out something for the fancy door?
I need to clean off some Sheetrock mud/debris from the concrete. Cool kids just start with soap/water and a scrubbing brush?
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Tonkaman
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- West Jordan
I’ve been really trying hard to free up wasted space in the shop. With my chemical cabinet complete I could finally use the other cabinet. I’ll use thus one to hold bigger tools that need to stay locked up but don’t fit in my toolboxes.
I also built a simple storage rack for spare tires. It’s just 1” pipe run through their centers
- Location
- West Haven, UT
Thank you. Although the shop is only about 3 years old now, I've been 30+ years collecting tools and equipment and I finally have the shop I've dreamt about my entire life. My last shop was nice but small.
Thanks for the comments.
Mike
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
Soap, water, soak, scrub, shop-vac. Repeat until clean. Do you plan on an epoxy or floor stain treatment?
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
I'm not sure what I'm planning for the floor? It's "complete" for our upcoming appraisal and gives us another 120' of value. I like the idea of the epoxy or stained floor but I'm really leaning towards horse trailer mats of all things.
Cushiony and easy to clean up. Something similar to a weight room floor/yoga studio? I've got a yard/garage to get together that will take precedence over the dungeon. This room will get MUCH more attention but it'll be a while. I can move my junk in there and get setup a bit and then work on improvements from there.
I'll admit I'm out of the loop on home value/mortgage stuff....but we measure money in distance now?
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
I'll admit I'm out of the loop on home value/mortgage stuff....but we measure money in distance now?
sorry.... I think I'm in a measuring mode... 120 sq ft
I've been working on a 9-year refresh of my plasma table. The bottom of the water tray has gotten all rusty and leaky the last couple years. so I had to do something about it.
I didn't get any "before" pics, but here's after drying out most of the water, removing half the slats and shoveling out the dross. It's basically mud, but heavy because it's all steel.
I removed 8 or 9 5-gallon buckets worth of junk total. Got to this: If you look closely, you can see rust holes here and there.
Test-fit half of the new water tray I had bent up:
And naturally I mis-measured when I ordered the bent parts, so I got to grind 1/8" off the entire edge. But now it fits in. Not shown here, but I welded the two halves together, so I'm now ready for new slat supports and slats.
I didn't get any "before" pics, but here's after drying out most of the water, removing half the slats and shoveling out the dross. It's basically mud, but heavy because it's all steel.
I removed 8 or 9 5-gallon buckets worth of junk total. Got to this: If you look closely, you can see rust holes here and there.
Test-fit half of the new water tray I had bent up:
And naturally I mis-measured when I ordered the bent parts, so I got to grind 1/8" off the entire edge. But now it fits in. Not shown here, but I welded the two halves together, so I'm now ready for new slat supports and slats.
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Would adding some kind of epoxy liner add life to the steel water tray?
XJEEPER
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- Highland Springs
I've been working on a 9-year refresh of my plasma table. The bottom of the water tray has gotten all rusty and leaky the last couple years. so I had to do something about it.
I didn't get any "before" pics, but here's after drying out most of the water, removing half the slats and shoveling out the dross. It's basically mud, but heavy because it's all steel.
I removed 8 or 9 5-gallon buckets worth of junk total. Got to this: If you look closely, you can see rust holes here and there.
Test-fit half of the new water tray I had bent up:
And naturally I mis-measured when I ordered the bent parts, so I got to grind 1/8" off the entire edge. But now it fits in. Not shown here, but I welded the two halves together, so I'm now ready for new slat supports and slats.
Carl, where did you source the bent steel from? I have a project that I need to complete.......
Dang, is that little old pc still running it too!? I'm surprised that thing has lasted. Not to jinx it or anything hahaI've been working on a 9-year refresh of my plasma table.
Probably. I used POR-15 on the old one and it lasted several hours before it peeled up and was useless.
The biggest change is that the original bottom was 14ga, and the new is 1/8". So I expect it to last another 10 years without problems--and by that time, the rest of the setup will be completely obsolete, if it even works by then.Kingdon Sheet Metal.
Still going! I still have a backup PC for it, but I STILL haven't installed the relevant programs on it to make it functional. I've been meaning to, for approximately 9 years though.
This one won't shut down Windows when I tell it to, but otherwise seems to be OK. 🤷♀️
This project has been on the back burner for a bit and I finally checked it off the list the last week or so.
I bought a 2005 CRF450R when I got out of college, I've rode this bike quite a lot and had a blast with it; throughout the years I've added upgrades here and there. A couple years ago I came across a really clean 2008 CRF450R for a good price. These two bikes are the same generation (small improvements to the 2008) so all my trick parts transfer over. I rebuilt the top end of the 2008, checked the bottom end out, cleaned/re-jetted the carb, added new chain/sprockets, braided brake lines, rebuilt the forks, and transferred all the aftermarket goodies from the 2005 (rekluse, exhaust, steering stabilizer, pegs, skid, bars, etc.). Took the bike out last Saturday and it ran great; rode around 5 Mile Pass just exploring the area as I've only been there once before. Need to get some new tires/tubes for the 2008, maybe add/tweak a few other little things. Plan to get the 2005 put back together and running good and then sell it.
I bought a 2005 CRF450R when I got out of college, I've rode this bike quite a lot and had a blast with it; throughout the years I've added upgrades here and there. A couple years ago I came across a really clean 2008 CRF450R for a good price. These two bikes are the same generation (small improvements to the 2008) so all my trick parts transfer over. I rebuilt the top end of the 2008, checked the bottom end out, cleaned/re-jetted the carb, added new chain/sprockets, braided brake lines, rebuilt the forks, and transferred all the aftermarket goodies from the 2005 (rekluse, exhaust, steering stabilizer, pegs, skid, bars, etc.). Took the bike out last Saturday and it ran great; rode around 5 Mile Pass just exploring the area as I've only been there once before. Need to get some new tires/tubes for the 2008, maybe add/tweak a few other little things. Plan to get the 2005 put back together and running good and then sell it.
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- Sandy, Ut
So somedays we go backwards in finishing up projects...
This sticker is from the mid to late 90's
This sticker is from the mid to late 90's
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- Sandy, Ut
Before the hate train comes down on me for that sticker. It predates my time with Cruiser Outfitters, they were made as best I can decipher in the 95/96 era? Things were different back then, certainly less PC but also Land Cruisers were the red-headed step child (also not PC) and Cruiser guys had to get their jabs in when/where they could. Fast forward a few decades and I'm glad there are Cruisers, and Jeeps, and Broncos, and Nissans, etc... Life and this hobby, sport, lifestyle, industry, whatever would be super lame if we didn't have so many neat options to build and be unique.
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Tonkaman
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- West Jordan
I actually found them in KSL last year. They were used to house batteries for a server backup. These things are so freaking heavy duty! The shelves are 1/8” galvanized! I told the guy I wanted 2 not realizing how awesome they are. If I would have known I would ha e bought them all.
I'd fly that sticker on my "jeep" buggy.
People are too sensitive about what they drive, it's sad you had to even make this follow up post.
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- Grantsville, Utah
