Post by ninworks on May 22, 2020 17:54:00 GMT -5
Since I've retired I plan on doing some side work on motorcycles and ATV's in my 14X16 shed. I have been in a constant state of rearranging things to try and make it as ergonomic as possible.
3 years ago my dad gave me his old oxy-acetylene welder bottles and torches. He had the whole setup that he used in his automotive garage for decades. I had the bottles stashed in the corner behind all the "stuff" because I hadn't really had a need to set it up. I already had a small acetylene torch setup that I seldom used that was still functional. Since I plan on doing some mechanical work I decided it was time to get everything out of the box and set it up just in case I may need it. The only problem was...WHERE?
I finally got around to unpacking the hoses and regulators today. He had 2 sets of hoses connected together to make one big long hose. The longer section of hoses was seriously deteriorated and falling apart. The shorter section was still in good shape. I threw away the deteriorated section. I spent the better part of the morning moving stuff around and rearranging everything in the shed to where I could get the bottles close to the door. That way if I needed to use the cutting torch I could do it outside and not in my wood-floored shed.
The oxygen and acetylene bottles were all but empty so I took them to a welding shop to see what I had to do to get them filled. First, they have to be inspected before they'll fill them. The oxygen bottle hadn't been inspected since 1968 and they couldn't even find an inspection date on the acetylene bottle. So, they have to send them off to be inspected. That will take about 2 months. If they both check out then they will fill them and call me.
Some of the tips for the torch needed new o-rings. Some were dried and cracked and some were missing altogether. Some were fine. The welding shop didn't have any so I got online and ordered some.
I already had dad's old top toolbox that had been sitting in the floor, in the way, ever since I brought it home a couple years ago. I needed to get it out of the way so I took all the drawers out so I could lift it and put it on top of my old small roll around toolbox. I moved my air compressor to a different place as well. By the time I was done I had opened up quite a bit of floor space and everything will be readily accessible and I'll have plenty of room to work.
I even found my extra set of lawnmower blades that had been missing. Already sharpened up and ready to go. If it's not raining tomorrow I'll swap them out with the ones that are on it. Then I'll sharpen the dull ones and put them back in the box so they'll be ready for the next swap.
I had a busy day considering I didn't know what I was going to do today when I awoke this morning. I'm going to be really good at this retirement thing. I even played my guitar for an hour or so this morning before Mrs. Ninworks got up. One of these days I need to re-string some guitars. The ones I play all the time all have dead and I mean DECEASED strings on them. Time to give the herd some TLC.
3 years ago my dad gave me his old oxy-acetylene welder bottles and torches. He had the whole setup that he used in his automotive garage for decades. I had the bottles stashed in the corner behind all the "stuff" because I hadn't really had a need to set it up. I already had a small acetylene torch setup that I seldom used that was still functional. Since I plan on doing some mechanical work I decided it was time to get everything out of the box and set it up just in case I may need it. The only problem was...WHERE?
I finally got around to unpacking the hoses and regulators today. He had 2 sets of hoses connected together to make one big long hose. The longer section of hoses was seriously deteriorated and falling apart. The shorter section was still in good shape. I threw away the deteriorated section. I spent the better part of the morning moving stuff around and rearranging everything in the shed to where I could get the bottles close to the door. That way if I needed to use the cutting torch I could do it outside and not in my wood-floored shed.
The oxygen and acetylene bottles were all but empty so I took them to a welding shop to see what I had to do to get them filled. First, they have to be inspected before they'll fill them. The oxygen bottle hadn't been inspected since 1968 and they couldn't even find an inspection date on the acetylene bottle. So, they have to send them off to be inspected. That will take about 2 months. If they both check out then they will fill them and call me.
Some of the tips for the torch needed new o-rings. Some were dried and cracked and some were missing altogether. Some were fine. The welding shop didn't have any so I got online and ordered some.
I already had dad's old top toolbox that had been sitting in the floor, in the way, ever since I brought it home a couple years ago. I needed to get it out of the way so I took all the drawers out so I could lift it and put it on top of my old small roll around toolbox. I moved my air compressor to a different place as well. By the time I was done I had opened up quite a bit of floor space and everything will be readily accessible and I'll have plenty of room to work.
I even found my extra set of lawnmower blades that had been missing. Already sharpened up and ready to go. If it's not raining tomorrow I'll swap them out with the ones that are on it. Then I'll sharpen the dull ones and put them back in the box so they'll be ready for the next swap.
I had a busy day considering I didn't know what I was going to do today when I awoke this morning. I'm going to be really good at this retirement thing. I even played my guitar for an hour or so this morning before Mrs. Ninworks got up. One of these days I need to re-string some guitars. The ones I play all the time all have dead and I mean DECEASED strings on them. Time to give the herd some TLC.