bluej said:This now the COC thread. Cab Over Chooch
Is it wrong I read this as 'Cab over Cooch'? 
bluej said:This now the COC thread. Cab Over Chooch
Is it wrong I read this as 'Cab over Cooch'?
Congrats on Ms.D 's new endeavor.....
Things not going as planned just means it's a different kind of adventure. I'm sure you will all land upright and dry. You seem to react well and plan better. Congrats on the new gig, I hope she enjoys what she is doing. Now start getting paid for your writing already.
One of the things I'm going to try to do moving forward is be more open to buying tools. I don't bat an eye at the prospect of spending $25k on a car, but I still cringe at spending $250 on a blasting cabinet. It's all in my head, but it's got to change.
mazdeuce - Seth said:One of the things I'm going to try to do moving forward is be more open to buying tools. I don't bat an eye at the prospect of spending $25k on a car, but I still cringe at spending $250 on a blasting cabinet. It's all in my head, but it's got to change.
Kinda noticed that I while back, but probably because I am the polar opposite. The car hobby is really just an excuse to buy and use tools.
mazdeuce - Seth said:One of the things I'm going to try to do moving forward is be more open to buying tools. I don't bat an eye at the prospect of spending $25k on a car, but I still cringe at spending $250 on a blasting cabinet. It's all in my head, but it's got to change.
It has been my experience you will pay for a tool even if you do not purchase it, the payment is usually in blood from busted knuckles and colorful language for the neighbors to,,,,,,,, enjoy, :) yes that is what i'll call it.
Best of luck in the new source of income for the better half.
Scott
I've always been ok doing things the slow painful way as long as the results are ok. I don't mind spreading gravel by hand or building trusses with a hammer. However, I'm not sure I'm actually getting the results I want with a wire wheel, and if I'm going to write about this sort of thing, I don't think a two month delay while I do the same repetitive task the slow way is the way to please an audience. Time to experiment.
My wife accuses me of starting projects just so I can buy tools... lol
Tools are a funny thing. I still have a lot of the original set I bought, almost 50 years ago. I have some tools from one off projects that just take up room. Kinda like stamp collecting I guess.
By the way, I sometimes get called a "Tool". What's that mean?
I think (guessing at my own psychology here) that I'm not quite used to having a place to properly store big tools. For a very long time buying something meant that it was coming home to start decaying.
Anyway, the cabinet is assembled and I tested it on one side of the battery box. This is going to improve my quality of work dramatically, and as a bonus, I stay clean. Awesome.
so, can you unhook it and say, use it to clean the entire frame instead of wire wheeling it?
Mad_Ratel said:so, can you unhook it and say, use it to clean the entire frame instead of wire wheeling it?
You technically could but it's inconvenient because the suction hose can't be very long. A dedicated sand blaster would be a better tool for that. For what it's worth if someone buys a sand blaster they should really purchase the suite and hood to go along with it. Sand blasting is nasty. If you're not wearing all of the gear the second you pull the trigger there's sand in every orifice in your body.
Nice. Put one of these before your vacuum and you will drastically increase your vacuums life.
In reply to Willis :
I'm building a draw through water filter tomorrow, though it occurs to me that it would be easier to recycle media from the cyclone than a bucket of water. We'll see how it goes.
I was going to do the same thing but it was important that everything fit on my cart, so I went with the dust deputy. You'll see the pic in your grosh thread..
Saw this yesterday on Barn Finds. Thought I'd share it.
http://barnfinds.com/rare-crew-cab-1964-jeep-m677/
I think it ended up selling for like $18K
One thing you might look in to is soda blasting, instead of sandblasting. It's much more driveway friendly, and the consumables are dirt cheap compared to sandblasting. Plus, you can rent the soda blaster for a weekend and do the whole frame and then some.
So I had a great plan where I would show the T-shirt in various spots from the SEMA show. But I forgot!
To prove it was there, I have a shot from the hotel room.
I could post many pictures of cars, but they are all over the Internet from way better photographers with real cameras. So heres just one nice shot.
The T-shirt is great and will last long after aching feet of walking the show is forgotten.
Thanks Seth!
Gustaf
About time you got a media blaster! I can only hope the purchase included a second extension cord...
In reply to therealpinto :
I'm glad the shirt made it to you. Someday I need to make it to SEMA myself.
In reply to Recon1342 :
The previews for that look good. It will be interesting to see how they interpreted the story. The book is so short, simple, and beautiful that I worry a little bit about what sorts of filler are needed to make it into a feature film. I'm not looking forward to answering the question "Ferdinand? Like the movie?" No, like the book.
Som days I feel like I designed and built and flew the space shuttle and I'm awesome. Other days I work on and off all day and end up with four casters screwed to a board.
I did get the rally kart going for some laps around the yard. That was fun. I'll call it a win.
Back when I was restoring old motorcycles, I had a similar blast cabinet, and found "Black Magic" to be the most aggressive media to strip everything from paint to rust to undercoating. I also liked using the outdoor blaster you can buy at HF for the bigger stuff that won't fit in the cabinet. You need big air (wired up to 220, 221, whatever it takes) to run either. You can usually find good deals on older Ingersoll Rand compressors on CL.
Willis said:Nice. Put one of these before your vacuum and you will drastically increase your vacuums life.
What you talking 'bout Willis?
How have I not heard of that previously, and why doesn't Ridgid use that design INSIDE every vacuum?
Thanks for that Sunday morning rabbit hole.
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