Air Line Installation Project July 2020

Air Line Installation Project July 2020

Main Character - Bruce the Plumber (Professional Plumber), Bruce Nash of Custom Plumbing

Goal:  provide air line drops to all areas of the shop/garage complex for all air related activities.  This includes using air nailers, air sanders, pin nailers, air drills, air grinders, spray finishing, tire filling, and general dusting/chip removal.

Total drops installed:  Ten

     Drop 1 -Wall Reel (Harbor Freight) - Sanding Area - 25' long - Main Shop
     Drop 2 - Wall drop Quick connect -at South Door of Main Shop
     Drop 3 - Overhead Reel - (Menards) - Assembly Area of Main Shop
     Drop 4 - Wall drop Quick connect - at Hegner Scroll Saw - Center Shop
     Drop 5 -  Overhead Reel - (Menards) - near Lathe - Center Shop
     Drop 6 -  Overhead Reel - (Menards) - in stall #1 of Old Garage - Spray Finish area
     Drop 7 - Wall Drop -Quick connect - at West Door of New Shop
     Drop 8 - Overhead Drop - Quick connect at middle front of New Garage
     Drop 9 - Wall Drop - Quick connect - at south Door of New Garage
     Drop 10 - Quick connect at Manifold - Mechanical Room

     

 Overhead Reel - 30' long (Menards) - near Lathe - Center Shop

Air Line coming from Mechanical Room into Main Shop 

  

 Quick Connect - Wall drop at South Door of Main Shop

 Drop 1 -Wall Reel (Harbor Freight) - Sanding Area - 25' long - Main Shop

  Overhead Reel -  30' long (Menards) - Assembly Area of Main Shop

 Quick Connect - Wall drop at Hegner Scroll Saw - Center Shop

 Overhead Reel - 30' long  (Menards) - in stall #1 of Old Garage - Spray Finish area

 Quick Connect -Wall Drop at south Door of New Garage

 Quick Connect - Overhead Drop - near middle front of New Garage

Quick Connect - Wall Drop - West Door of New Shop 

 Manifold with Air Filter/Regulator, On/Off Valves, and Quick Connect in Mechanical Room

Quick Connect - Manifold in Mechanical Room

Air Compressor and Manifold in Mechanical Room

Notes:

Installation took three days:  July 10, 13, 21, 2020.

This included parts acquisition.  Air Filter / Regulator was ordered from Amazon.  Air Reels were purchased from Harbor Freight, and Menards Online.  Pipe used was PEX A.  Red coiled hose is for truck air brake lines, also used to air up truck tires - it was purchased at auction.  We used it to connect the compressor to the air lines system (maybe over-designed just a little?)

Auction Finds 6-20-2020

We picked up some auction treasures today from local auctioneers Messner and McPherson.  (Click on any photo to see a slide show of the photos in this blog.)

The first item of note was a hand sewn, hand quilted, quilt as shown below:

Auction cost was $42 dollars.  Very reasonable, and is about 10% of the cost of building a full size quilt.

The next item of note was a tote full of seven hand made quilt tops as shown below.  They are all hand sewn and are old fabrics, but most likely all new.  I put names on them as best as I know, but I could use help identifying them.


Quilt #1:  Roses and Buds Quilt Top
(This top is in two pieces, and there are smaller pieces in the tote to fill in the missing parts.)

Quilt #2:  Ice Cream Cones Quilt Top

Quilt #3:  Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt Top - with gray borders

Quilt #4:  Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top

Quilt #5:  Embroidered blocks quilt top

(one edge is not complete, will need more green and white)

Quilt #6:  Quilt top is made of large blocks (17")   (Not sure of the pattern.)

Quilt #7:  Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt Top - with white borders

Auction price was about $1 per quilt top.  I would like to make them into real usable quilts...  This will certainly keep me busy for the rest of the foreseeable future!

At Home - Projects - March - April 2020

March 2020

April 2020

Rocking Chair - Re-upholstery of Seat and Back

This chair was given to Kathie by my Dad just as we were leaving SD to move to CA in January 1973.  We have replaced the covering of the seat one time earlier.  The covering was un-born calf's leather.  Dierdra gave Kathie a large piece of leather a few years ago, and we have now used it to recover this heirloom rocking chair.

Kathie replaced the backing material with leather and special decorative tacks in March.  For some reason, there are no pictures of that.

Then we needed to re-tie the springs, and talking to Aunt Cecelia we learned that we needed to use a type of rope called:  Italian Ruby Twine.  So we ordered it online from amazon and waited for it to arrive.

  Then we had to research the tying technique, and we found a very helpful website:  https://www.upholster.com/how-to-upholster/how-to-tie-coil-springs.html

So I first removed all the wire and string from the previous repairs.  Then I re-tied all the springs with the twine.

So we started the seat from by adding a layer of batting to seat frame, using tacks and the power stapler.

 Then we cut the foam pad to size on 18" band-saw (or equivalent).

Then we added a 2nd layer of batting, this time over the 3" foam pad.

Then Kathie sewed up the seat cover using a leather needle on an older sewing machine.

Then we proceeded to attach the leather cover to the frame with the power stapler (5/8" staples).

And here it is, all done.  Finally.

Leftover foam

 

the beginning --- of a comfortable rock.