What's on your bench?

[Mastermind]

I'm not the best at explaining stuff but I'll try. Instead of listening to a generator and burning $5 gal fuel, this is an alternative to power 115v appliances, tools and charge devices and batteries in a power outage situation. It definitely does have limitations though such as battery size and quantity for run time and no sun equals not much or no charging but thats where a newer MPPT style charge controller over the old technology PWM controller is nice. It can effectively charge the batteries on cloudy days making it more efficient. Maybe only an amp or two but its something to keep things going longer. Panels produce current. More panels, more current although there is a limit to how many panels you can connect to a charge controller because of amperage. This controller is (4) 100w panels which equals 40 amps on a sunny day. Charge controller controls how much of that current goes to the batteries. If they're discharged or under power draw, it'll dump some amperage to them. If the batteries are near 100%, it'll just trickle charge them or go into a maintain mode. Batteries store the juice and the more batteries in the battery bank, the more amp hours/ run time you have. The style and size of batteries is another limiting factor. The bigger the AH, the more run time you get. You have to use deep cycle batteries designed for solar use and they come in different amp hour sizes and designs such as AGM, lithium, flooded, etc. Inverter converts 12vdc to 115vac. The inverter is limited by watts just like a gas generator. Higher watts equals bigger things you can plug in. This is only a 12v system with 1500w inverter and fine for my needs. Im only using this bigger setup to run the chest freezer if needed and the small one i built a few weeks ago for the fridge. You can go with different components to achieve a 24v, 36v or 48v system that gets into 220v in which batteries and panels are wired differently, usually in series and monster power inverters are used that can be wired into your homes fuse panel for power backup with a transfer switch. Whole home/off grid solar setups are beyond my knowledge right now but maybe one day I'll gain that knowledge too

Thank you. I understood perfectly.

 

[Mac131]

Super Pro 81 I'm in the middle of porting...hope to have it done this weekend.

 

[farminkarman]

Dad gave me a couple busted bale spikes use for making a round bale mover. These suckers cut hard and trashed the cutoff wheel on my 6” Milwaukee. Thankfully my carbide tooling handled it ok. I’m gonna mount both of them to a universal quick-change plate with some home home-brewed sleeves.

 

[Mastermind]

Dad gave me a couple busted bale spikes use for making a round bale mover. These suckers cut hard and trashed the cutoff wheel on my 6” Milwaukee. Thankfully my carbide tooling handled it ok. I’m gonna mount both of them to a universal quick-change plate with some home home-brewed sleeves.View attachment 342708View attachment 342709View attachment 342710

Very nice !!!

 

[Partner]

lathe with a view nice I would love to see what's going on with these skewers

 

[bulletpruf]

King pin Dana 60 from a 1990 F350. Converting the ‘87 crew cab diesel dually to 4x4.

 

[Partner]

A few welds and holes and the handle is ready, I will buy a heat shrink tube to cover these welds

 

[bulletpruf]

Won't really fit on the bench, but this is the organ donor for my '87 F350 crew cab 4x4 dually project that I picked up today. I'll yank the 7.3 IDI diesel and transfer case tomorrow and then sell the carcass.

 

[Woodslasher]

Won't really fit on the bench, but this is the organ donor for my '87 F350 crew cab 4x4 dually project that I picked up today. I'll yank the 7.3 IDI diesel and transfer case tomorrow and then sell the carcass.

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If you were on my coast I'd be interested in the axles, but shipping from Virginia would be a little bit pricey, methinks.

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

If you were on my coast I'd be interested in the axles, but shipping from Virginia would be a little bit pricey, methinks.

You would be surprised how reasonable fastenal to fastenal shipping can be. Might be worth looking into if you need something heavy/large shipped on the cheap.


Steven

 

[Mac131]

Super Pro 81 engine is now ported and assembled...very grateful for the porting threads that Randy started a few years back and everyone who shared their knowledge. I'm learning a lot.
Pic of the exhaust port...skills are slowly improving with every saw.

 

[stretch5881]

Put electronic ignition on an old fellows 1965ish lawn tractor. He still uses this thing.

 

[Gullet]

Knee deep in Shindaiwa 695's.

 

[Shane¹]

Got the multicolored 7900 finished up finally and made a little more progress on this 120 super si mix. The si top cover was not as nice as I remembered may look for a better one at some point.

 

[president]

Knee deep in Shindaiwa 695's.
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they appear to be well built saws.

 

[Gullet]

they appear to be well built saws.

Very light with great power to weight, I really grew fond of them after using one for a year (very tough, very reliable saws).

Build quality is as good as any brand, in some cases better than most.
The 695's are still supported by Echo.
Some parts are NLA tho, mainly cranks & pistons.
I was lucky enough to run across some NIB NOS OEM pistons on Ebay that were listed in the wrong category for super cheap.

 

[av8or3]

Getting a P100 ready for paint.

 

[bulletpruf]

If you were on my coast I'd be interested in the axles, but shipping from Virginia would be a little bit pricey, methinks.

Sold the carcass for $500. Front axle alone was worth twice that, but I didn't have the time or room to deal with parting it out. I have a 1 car garage and currently has 2x ZF-5 transmissions, 1 complete 7.3 IDI, one disassembled 7.3 IDI, one disassembled 6.9 IDI, complete Dana 60 front diff with a few pairs of springs, 2 transfer cases, a core support, my lathe, drill press, 2 ton cherry picker, tools, a dozen chainsaws, and a bunch of other stuff...

My wife likes to remind me that I'm an expert at stuffing 10 pounds of sh*t into a 5 pound bag...

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

I seem to be up a creek here with a Husky 327-PT5S tree service pole saw in need of telescopic shaft parts (or the whole shaft assembly minus the saw head). The assembly is NLA, though some of the individual parts are still available at ridiculous prices that would be more than the whole unit new. I've checked most of the usual domestic sources with no luck and only get 'availability' hits from dealers in Australia at this point.

The part number is 510 09 70-01 - 'Tube Driveshaft Assembly'. They're decent units and definitely worth reviving if at all possible.

TIA if anyone may be able to help or provide any leads.

 

[farminkarman]

I got mounting flanges from a local shop today, so it is time to get my universal skid steer adapter made up for my loader. Decided to employ the ol stick welder with some 7018 electrodes.