new house for mikemike

[mr.mindless]

Gus is super useful now!! Don't pick on my littlest guy :p

[etk300ex]

Alright, I'll give ya that!

[M4wdFab]

That Tree mill looks like the size or bigger than my Beaver.  Looks like it also puts the bridge ports to shame in girth.  nice!   

variable speed head looks like?  what HP?   you plan on more machines and anything 440?   probably best to do what i did.  I like my system but id go 10hp for the rotary if i were to do it again, and need to reasearch swapping the caps to get my system more ballanced.  its way off on the line currents right now. 

[mr.mindless]

Didn’t look at tags on HP.
I think it’s gonna seem a beast when reassembled.



Definitely encouragement to get the forks operational. Kinda fills the garage and significantly impacts traffic flow



Should be able to lift off like I did the axles yesterday if trailer is needed sooner than forklift runs.







Time to pull a head off the Ram soon so I can hopefully have a truck again.

[mr.mindless]

As for other things, I almost think I’d get more use from a lathe than a mill. Idk if I’ll bother with a big drill press or not but just chucking a bit sure has appeal so maybe. Not unlikely for a cheap big lathe to be 3ph, so worth planning with that in mind.

[mr.mindless]

Under cabinet lights make everything better. Limited counter space is probably going to piss me off far less now that i can actually see it. Took surprisingly long to put up this morning.

[Wingman]

Love it!

[M]

Looks fantastic and those appliances are killer.

What did you use for under cabinet lights?   

[mr.mindless]

Two sets of these, I think I ended up using 5 on each side, both in 3+2 for cabinet widths. Cable management at the power supply end isn’t great but it’s out of sight.


Honeywell UltraPro 10in. Linkable LED Bright Strips, 5 Pack, 1700 Lumens 2700K Warm White Light, Low Voltage, Under Cabinet Lighting, Strip Light, Flat Plug, 44416 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VX7FWCH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Q7p3Eb2D32RB0


Excellent output and color temp.



Found a second issue with upstairs sink that had the bad drain: cracked feed between shutoff and faucet. Still had a leak when I tested but not from same place. Then noticed cold side was shut off. Hot backfed cold with faucet on, and leaked from cracked hard supply line.




Maybe there would have been something an inspector would have caught that I missed, after all. Wouldn’t have changed anything but I’d have been slightly more prepared.

[mr.mindless]

Old side of the shop has I think (11) 8’ fixtures, (2) 3 bulb and (1) 2 bulb 4’ fixtures plus (10) 4 bulb 4’ fixtures in the paint booth.

New side has (29) 8’ fixtures.

I think I could start with a single bulb in every 8’ or skip some fixtures and start myself with 2 of these 25-packs:
Quick goog says when my existing bulbs were new they put out ~4775 lumens.

CNSUNWAY LIGHTING 8FT LED Bulbs, 96" 45 Watts Single Pin LED Tube, 5000K Daylight, Dual-Ended Power, Ballast Bypass, 4800Lumens, Frosted Cover, Replacement for Fluorescent Light Bulbs - 25 Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DYKDT93/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_c.u3Eb2W1XP22

[M4wdFab]

i was excited until i read "Existing ballast needs to be removed or bypassed"


F that, rip all that shit down if you have to go in an change everyone any way and put up new modern stuff. 

[Wingman]

I think everything is in conduit...

[mr.mindless]

Yes, 100% metal conduit.

I’d strongly prefer to just leave existing fixtures for that reason.

Similar effort to rewire as to tear down. Have to dismantle a floro to pull it. Expect there are wire nuts inside already and I can pull bulb, pull cover, un-nut & re-nut and put cover back on.

I took measurements of everything today, will try to draw up some things.

Looking for super low profile lights for upstairs storage and some low-end inventory system to easily track where I shelve things.

[mr.mindless]

Very fast rewire in the new shop. Covers are even quick clipped.

Clip at tombstones on both ends, one end to black one end to white. Will need one extra wire nut at what’s photographed as the far end here. Super simple.

[mr.mindless]

Low lights in the old shop are the same. Higher lights are older but still have release clips. Probably similar.

Need to do the math on the new side to see if cost of running vs work ever pays off. Old side needs new bulbs and likely ballasts anyway so it’s a no brainer.

Anyone have a 12’ a-frame ladder? Didn’t see anything reasonable on marketplace this morning. Even if I borrow the lift for this job it’s still something useful here. Extension ladder isn’t useful inside!