Ugly but functional....

[Gumby]

Here's an air line stand I knocked together with some scrap. I bought a cheap Chinese air reel from Harbor Fright...knock off of a Rapid Reel. It's actually not too bad. A little smaller than a Rapid Reel and light gauge steel. Turns smooth. I added the old wheel (when was the last time you saw 5 lug bolts on a split rim!) for ballast. The reel swivels around. It's ugly but it works.

(I hope I get the picture right).

[Gumby]

Yet another welding table design...

Here's a welding table I built last winter. The top is about 3 ft. square. I used 3/16" plate for the top...it was all the welding shop had on hand and I had to finish the project then. I wish I'd held out for at least 5/16" plate. I made a wing from grating that will fold up and down for the plasma cutter to blast away on. I'll post a pic of the wing up and down.

I placed the casters as "outriggers" to keep it from tipping. It's as stable as they come. Overall, I'm satisfied.

[Gumby]

Wing in the up position

The wing in the up position.

[Sberry]

Good stuff. I had a piece of grating laying on the bench just before I see your post and had been planning something along those lines except permanant as mine is used several times daily. I am going to weld a 1 inch strip along the ends to stiffen it. Yours is an inspiration for a quickie project to start out the morning.

[echo8287]

Nice table

I like your table, looks Grate. Hey I was wondering about the spacing on your grate is it 1" or wider. I am fixing to make a cutting table and I wanted to know the spacing. I like the dark blue color also. David

[danf]

Looks like that wheel on your hose reel is from an early PowerWagon or M37, do you know where it came from?

[Gumby]

Additional pic

The grating is spaced on 1" centers. Each "fin" is 1.5" tall x 1/8" thick. I had some left over from the used stuff I picked up at the steel yard to put in the shop floor drain.

I don't know the origin of the ballast wheel. It was in my dad's old farm shed. I'm sure it was in the shed when he bought the farmstead back in the late 1980's. I had to cut an old truck tire off of it. The tire was half rotted away.

Here's a pic of a "foreman's desk" I built a few years ago. Space for the ol' stereo (about 25 years old and still going strong!). I should have made the shelf part a little taller... I have too many books/manuals. The writing surface tilts up to store stationary supplies. I'm also very pleased with this project. Comes in very handy.

[Sberry]

The desk is great. I bought one for junk and had to add bottom shelf in. There is a drawer and I added a light and pegboard back up top. Yours is much nicer. I see you have goods place to wash hands too.

[Franz]

Gumby, I notice an Xtrol tank next to the sink, is that the only tank on the system, or a secondary tank to provide better water flow at the sink?

[bjdenommee]

Franz
I think that type is for thermo expantion?

[Gumby]

Better flow...

My plumber friend suggested I add a tank to my water distribution system when I installed the sink/water line, since the well head was about 220' away. I guess it helps; I have nothing to compare it to, as I didn't run the system without it before.

I learned my lesson, though...don't put in cheap hydrants!!! I installed a cheapy "made in China" farm hydrant up stream from my shop sink (and other hydrants it feeds), only to discover the seals on the cheap hyrdant allow air and silt to backflow into the water line and flow downstream. I've lived with that problem for about 2 years. Soon, the plumbers doing the water line to the new house will replace the crappy hydrant with a good quality Woodford brand. Some things just aren't worth going the cheap route.