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Make stuff, Ride Bikes

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Wood bike grips made from pallet wood.

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I used the housing from an old furnace fan and built a blower for a blacksmith forge.

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Replacement trailer ramp.

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Two wood crates (left) made to match the existing one on the right.

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Just finished up this simple bench made from local yellow pine. Any hardware is hidden on the underside.

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It might not be the right way but I welded up the stripped teeth on this hand powered bench grinder shaft and cut them out by hand with a dremel cutting disc.

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Just a test of a “patina” finish. Clear coat over wire wheeled rust.

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I picked up this little camp stove for eight bucks. They are super simple to repair. I cleaned the generator tube as well as the burners and then flushed out the tank. It works great.

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Two new tractors.

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These lawn mower mufflers have two couplings for the pipes inside the muffler that always come loose. They are just pressed in place and must vibrate loose. Rather than spend $40 on a new muffler, it’s a fairly straight forward process to weld them in place. I drilled out the 4 press fit dimples in the top of the muffler and drilled two holes in each coupling through the pipe hole. Then I used two sheet metal screws on each coupling to hold them in place for welding. Four holes are welded, then the screws are removed and the other four holes can be welded. They shouldn’t come loose any more.

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Over the week I picked up some roadside junk. I made an ash handle for the screwdriver bit, with a little copper ferule cut from some old pipe.

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I turned a new handle for the froe from a piece of old pallet wood. The finish is danish oil.

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Some recent acquisitions. Three cultivator sweeps in graduated sizes, an inside caliper and a hand forged froe. I’ve been searching for a reasonably priced froe for a while.

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Today I found this mini maglite on the side of the road with a leaky battery stuck in it.  In the process of hammering the old battery out I messed up the switch. No big deal right. It turns out they want $10 for the tiny plastic switch. I soldered a new tab to the broken switch and it works as good as new.  Total cost was $0. Tools used: hammer, soldering iron, scissors.

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I did some work cleaning up the forge parts today. I’m excited to get it finished and start making some stuff.

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This blower housing from a late 1920's to mid 1930's Laco oil burning heater will be used for my home-made blacksmithing forge.