Summer Plan

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:07 pm

This weekend-
I am off to the hardware store to get supplies for a new workbench. This is the plan I am going by. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/07/make_podcast_weekend_projects.html
Will add a few things to it to make it more personal than someone elses plan. (DONE)

Mid June to Late June-
Clean out the garage-Gonna go through the entire thing and throw out old junk we don't use anymore. Having dad buy supplies for insulation and osb sheets for the interior. Roof the thing since the shingles are terrible on it.

Mid July to Late July-
I am going to sell my rc aircraft to purchase a SRV 540 off a friend. Looking to do a complete tear down of the engine compartment. Engine new plugs, complete top end kit, clean/adjust carbs. Need to add a new hood and seat also. At my pace should take anywhere from 1 month-2months for the final time. Seems like it will keep me busy and will have an extra sled to ride if I'm wanting to do some ditch riding next winter.

Any of you have a plan for this spring/summer?

Well I think this will keep me busy throughout the summer and doing some other odd jobs that appear in the middle of these.

Jim

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:04 pm

Sounds great Rich. I will have to get some before and after pics of our garage. And yes it will be nice to work in a warm heated garage than a drafty one haha.

Jim

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:36 pm

I'm just glad to get rid of the dirt floor for this winter. Maybe the wrenches won't stick to my hands any moore. lol

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:03 pm

S_Kyle wrote:I'm just glad to get rid of the dirt floor for this winter. Maybe the wrenches won't stick to my hands any moore. lol

Dirt floor? You don't have concrete?

Jim

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:26 pm

Not at the farm. Just a 36 X 72 pole barn, no concrete, no heat and I have to work around the equipment parked in the shop as sleds come second. I actually froze my ears pretty bad this winter trying to get a sled ready for the next morning, hope I never do that again as they hurt all winter long when they got cold. Oh well will have heat and cement for this winter I hope.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:54 am

Sounds pretty exhausting Scott.

Jim

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:58 am

You do what you can with what you have.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:11 am

That is very true. Meh I hate having sinus problems right now haha.

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:36 pm

My only problem with the dirt floors is that, when you drop small nuts or washers it is almost impossible to find them.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:02 pm

TakeItToTheLimit wrote:When I was an Intern for John Deere Company, Columbus, I visited a dealership in KY that still had dirt floors (in 1978). There was a pot-belly coal stove in the middle of the "showroom" and about a dozen guys standing around it trading lies. Not putting down KY...just sharing how conditions and what is acceptable changes over the years.

-Rich

Man that would be a mess working on dirt floors.

S_Kyle · Post by **S_Kyle** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:06 pm

yeah you bring a tractor that's leaking oil bad and you will have a mess on your hands for a wile. I speak from experience here.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:01 pm

Well I got to the hardware store. Supplies were pretty cheap to make the work bench. Overall I am happy with the turnout and the great size off it.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:24 pm

Didn't notice till I was looking thoroughly at the pics that the Leopard is in the second pic in on the right middle. HAHA

Mr. Deere · Post by **Mr. Deere** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:49 am

Nice work that should last forever. I have two benches made like that and they are indestructible.

79 Spitfire · Post by **79 Spitfire** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:57 am

Yeah, I plan to put the grinder/wire wheel on it and a vise today.