trucker12349's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:22:27 GMT Hog nose clamps http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/7999 I recently viewed a project online that used what they called hog nose clamps to hold a corner together. Can anyone tell me what the heck they are???

]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:22:27 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/7999 trucker12349 trucker12349 son's computer table http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/7020 Yesterday we started working on my son’s 8’x2’ computer and gaming table. He is a great guitar player and has his receiver and mixing board that has to find a home, other then the floor. The table will have two 24” x 24” cabinets with shelves for all his equipment and consoles with a slide out shelf for his sound mixer. I cut all the parts yesterday and painted the inside of the cabinets flat black per his instructions. Today I cut the holes in all the shelfs and in two of the sides to run his wiring and cables. I also painted the outside of the cabinets white and assembled eveything today. Tomorrow I will do the pine trim on the front of the cabinets and stain it with a colonial maple stain. I will post some photos when the project is finished this week-end hopefully. This cabinet is being made with all recycled material that would have landed in the landfill or someone’s wood burning stove.
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]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:46:38 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/7020 trucker12349 trucker12349 storing plywood http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6797 Can anyone tell me the best way to store assorted sizes of plywood. I have them laying flat on a table now, but everytime I need a piece it always seems to be on the bottom of the pile. Does anyone have a plan for storing verticly. Thanks ahead of time

]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:17:59 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6797 trucker12349 trucker12349 shop photos http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6621 can anyone tell me how to add photos to my shop photos?

]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:26:30 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6621 trucker12349 trucker12349 Recycling http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6620 While on my weekly trash run to the transfer station I came across a perfectly good pair of work bench legs and an old solid core door. With these and a couple of 2×4s and a few bolts I now have a sturdy bench to hold all my material and get it off the floor.

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]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:16:35 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6620 trucker12349 trucker12349 Wives http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6618 I have seen a lot of comments on this web site about things being done to keep the wife happy. Here are two things my dad told me years ago.

1. NEVER criticise yours wifes judgement, look who she married.

2. If your wife isn’t happy you will not be happy, and if she is not happy long enough you will not be happy with just 1/2 of your stuff.

]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:33:34 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6618 trucker12349 trucker12349 "free material' http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6607 As i said in my last blog I found another man’s “trash pile”, actually it is a local crate company. I went back today and am I glad I did. I picked up the trash shown in the folowing picture,

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As you can see, I picked up a bunch of different sizes of hardboard also.

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and lastley is yesterdays haul

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Today I also picked up some 2’x2’ pieces of particle board and 4 pieces of 2’x2’ finnish 3/4” plywood. I now have to build a table to store the plywood flat so it doesn’t warp. That’s it for now.

]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:43:10 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6607 trucker12349 trucker12349 Neighborhood helper http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6593 When I was gowing up there was an “old” man down the street who seemed to be the one person you could go to if you needed help with something or needed to borrow a tool . I feel old today because while talking to my 21 year old I mentioned that man and my son said ” you mean like you are now”. I didn’t realize that I had turned into the “old ” man in my neighborhood until then. My neighbors always borrow tools and ladders and I have no problem with them borrowing, as long as they bring them back in the same condition they received them in. I’m sure a lot of you have neighbors or relatives who consider you the “old” man in the neighborhood. Isn’t it nice to be wanted and needed, lol.

]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:55 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6593 trucker12349 trucker12349 router table http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6569 I have always used a hand held router and have decided to get a router table. I would like to build one but, have decided to buy a cheap one to start. Because of the depression bouts I have I don’t want to get half way done and then just ignore the table when I lose interest. I have looked at the ryobi router/router table combo for under $200.00. This router is a 8.5 amp router with a 1/4” shank. I will also buy a ryobi 18 piece router bit set with the bearings. My old router bits did not have bearings, as I did not use them very often. Being on a very limited fixed income I can not afford to lay out a lot, so I will start cheap and work my way up, hopefully. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know that if I buy the “cheap” table, then I will have to upgrade as I get into more projects, but right now the cash flow is a trickle,lol.

]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:25:04 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6569 trucker12349 trucker12349 setting up the shop http://lumberjocks.com/trucker12349/blog/6562 I have spent the last two days cleaning up the basement to use as a shop. I shoud have done this a lot sooner but have just got out of a bad bout of depression and didn’t really care about it. I “found” a lot of tools that I forgot i had. They were “hiding” under the work bench. I guess I’m all set for now, here is what I found;

10” compound mitre saw
10” table saw
biscuit joiner
router
jig saw
finnish nailer
belt sander
table top drill press (hiding in plain site)
palm sander
orbital sander
detail sander
dremel tool kit
cordless drill, skil trim saw, jig saw
rotozip tool

all these tools plus many hand tools I have saved over the years. I guess I’m set to start on a couple of small projects such as a new radiator cover and a riser stand for my computer. These two will tell me if I still have it.

Here are a few pictures of the “shop”

Sorry cannot get the photos to work from photobuket for some reason. When I click paste, I get a script prompt ????

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