[TheForge] Shop Cranes was (Yes you do need power)

[Jerry Smith]

Bruce,

It is vented and I have 3 CO detector in the house.
They all work, because I started up my generator last
week with out ducting the exhaust, all three of them
went off.

Jerry
--- Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If that's an unventilated heater, I suggest you get
> one or more CO detectors for your house.
> Bruce
> NJ
> --- Jerry Smith
> <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Frosty,
> > 
> > 2 Years ago I could have gotten a Bobcat, 1 year
> out
> > of the rebuild shop for 5K, now I can't find
> > anything
> > like that.
> > 
> > I have a gas radiant heater in the basement, it
> > requires no blower to heat the house, sort of like
> a
> > gravity furnace from the old days. It uses less
> gas
> > than the furnace does and keep the house toasty,
> it
> > just take a 3 hours to warm the house up..
> > 
> > My shop is a lot of new and old stuff, I have a
> Bed
> > Knife Cutter, nearly a milling machine in quality,
> > but
> > a great grinder. I do have a knee mill, it is a
> Jet
> > with DROs, it was cheaper than than buying a
> > Bridgeport and having it rebuilt or finding a Kent
> > that was in good shape or one of the Italian ones.
> > 
> > I have a couple of things to do yet tonight,
> > 
> > Take care and thanks,
> > 
> > Jerry
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > One of the "mistakes" (sort of) I made when we
> > > started 
> > > building this place was not buying a backhoe. 10
> > > years 
> > > ago there was a glut on the used market and I
> > > could've 
> > > picked up a mid hr. Case 580 or Cat 416 for
> around
> > 
> > > $12-14K and a low hr one for under $20K. I
> didn't 
> > > because I wanted to put the money into the house
> > and
> > > 
> > > shop instead. I can't say I've spent that much
> in 
> > > rentals but I wouldn't be surprised if I have.
> > > <sigh>
> > > 
> > >  If I had picked one up I could've made it pay
> > it's
> > > way 
> > > in side work easily not to mention saving the
> > rental
> > > 
> > > money. I'd also have a raft of attachments made
> > for
> > > the 
> > > thing: a thumb, (no brainer) forks, log grapple,
> > > roto 
> > > tiller, barn cleaning rakes and bucket, etc.
> etc.
> > > 
> > > There's no glut of hoes now and I'll be happy to
> > > find a 
> > > halfway decent forklift I can afford. I'd settle
> > for
> > > a 
> > > Bobcat, skidsteer, etc. but I'm not all that
> fond
> > of
> > > 
> > > them. Too many years getting beat on by heavy
> > > equipment 
> > > to want to ride one of the bucking buggies.
> > Besides,
> > > 
> > > one in decent condition isn't that much more
> than
> > a 
> > > halfway decent backhoe.
> > > 
> > > Heck, I'd be thrilled with a pickup truck that
> > > wasn't 
> > > 20 years old!
> > > 
> > > Our auxillary power is my Lincoln Ranger 9
> > portable,
> > > 
> > > 9kw is plenty to run the house and our grid
> power
> > is
> > > 
> > > pretty reliable anymore. The wood stove is more 
> > > important in a power failure even though the
> > Viking,
> > > 
> > > propane range top will put out more BTUs than
> the
> > > oil 
> > > fired boiler. <grin> Neither Deb nor I want to
> > > breath 
> > > the CO from even a well adjusted range top
> longer
> > > than 
> > > necessary.
> > > 
> > > What I've been kicking around lately is designs
> > for
> > > the 
> > > shop heater. I'm thinking of making it a wood 
> > > gassification unit with coils to heat the
> infloor 
> > > radiant and a largish aimable stack robber with
> a 
> > > blower for warm air delivery. It'd be about
> double
> > > the 
> > > work of a plain steel fire box with a stack but
> > it'd
> > > 
> > > not only burn cleaner it'd double as a charcoal
> > > retort 
> > > as well.
> > > 
> > > It might actually get up to almost freezing
> today!
> > 
> > > WooHoo! It's been a long cold one hereabouts.
> Kind
> > > of 
> > > puts your mind to heating you know. <grin>
> > > 
> > > Frosty
> > > -------------------------------
> > > If it ain't forged
> > > it ain't real.
> > > Wrought iron is.
> > > The FrostWorks
> > > 
> > > Meadow Lakes, AK.
> > > 
> > > http://www.artmetalradio.com/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > From: "Jerry Smith" 
> > > <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Frosty,
> > > >
> > > > I was think of a low mass forklift or a
> "Bobcat"
> > > with
> > > > a back hoe, as well as other accessories.
> Right
> > > now I
> > > > am looking for a tractor of any sort to help
> > work
> > > my
> > > > land. All the collectors have been buying up
> the
> > > old
> > > > medium size ones, which is what I need.
> > > >
> > > > So I may get a John Deer D and rebuild it,
> take
> > a
> > > > piece of rail road rail and make a plow out of
> > it.
> > > 
> > > > The
> > > > get some old lawn mowers and make a drag gang
> > out
> > > of
> > > > them.
> > > >
> > > > Or the ulimate thing: hire a guy with one of
> > those
> > > > great big giant tractors, when he or she is
> > done,
> > > the
> > > > tractor goes home. So I don't have to maintain
> > it.
> > > >
> 
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