so my x-mas prezent to myself showed up the other day, and I had to throw it together. I ain't done yet , it's got a pre set up hydro bench at a buddys shop coming for around the shop , but I'm also setting it up for mobile usage. I'm gunna hafta drop it a couple inches and I think make the riser rotational. It also happens that I have an extra valve on the pikker, so ya it'll be gittin a cylinder and a couple hoses

So sweet! Ahh the fond memories of assembling the bender in Ted's shop with beer galore and the gas axe!

whut the fuk? wheres the damn BBQ?

_see the crate in the background sittin on the car?, it goes inside there ontop of all my fittings, usually strapped to the back.
_gotta have the 'que, the Sirious, the 'lectric cooler, an the dvd,....ya we like to werk in comfort.

least u gawt yer prioritys straight.

yup yer gunna need the ability to turn that sucker er yer gunna find out at the worst time that you need to bend sumthin rite into a tool box.

Paint me green I'm full of envy!!!! Nice

onto more shop talk, does anyone have any neat little tips for a tidy shop?, I'll post pix tomorrow of what i have on the go.

Yes...don't buy any bigger equipment, don't do anything(just clean your shop), don't start two or three projects at once, don't save anything...throw it all away, when you need something just buy it new
Don't try to put 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5 pound bag (oops...that was Dolly Partons boobs)

And dont ask Dan for garage cleaning tips, he doesnt have a clue what that means.

You luck out ted, already got a spare room attached to your shop and a good whack of cabinets and drawers to start off with.

I know one thing I will need soon and thats a diff rack.

pffff.... whuts the point of keepin it kleen when its just gunna get derty again....

as u well know jackass the best way to kleen a shop is to simply toss shit in the garbage... but when it comes to hidein junk well cupboards are nice and so are old skool locker's.... thinkin bout gettin some more now...

its also nice to have overhead storage on pully's if you have a decent ceiling height.

well , looky what followed me home the other day,


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..ummm Rusty.....why does all the old stuff hafta be yellow?.......... jaundus perhaps ?

oooooo purdy..... well.... fuggly as hell but hey it werk's i bet.

well to keep my shop clean I have a mezanine all crap that I'm not using in the next week goes up there. Ted where did ya find that critter? Dan's right it's pretty fugly but has enough charecter that it needs a name. Oh and Rusty I don't think you could fit a 15lb sack o potato's in there but if you need somewhere to put that Rodex I have a nice spot for it.

yeah, she's a cute lil bugger hey?, it seems it's gunna git disected and morphed into something much prettier.
.I have a couple rooms behind, that harbour misc. crap like the furnace, air comp and parts, kinda a shitty pic, but I gots cupboard space.....lotsa lotsa outta site storage.

What are the dimentions of that? mine is still awork in progress. Still need to get the proper elec in it and insulate the roof. At least most of my friend quit calling it the summer cabin

it's kinda a creative build colin, i'll git better pics as the bender build goes, but fer example,.. i can fit in a toyota on 35's a f150 on 40's and a f250 reg cab diesel in (but i have to climb out the rear window of the f150 to git out of it ). Overhead trolley hoist, large sungathering window, and storage space.. cupboards , and cubbyholes everywhere, not too mention the room with the air comp., furnace and all our camping gear, then there is another room on the rear rear that has the deepfreeze, beerfridge and more you guseed it,, storage. also in the far corner you cant see there is enuff cold storage for about 6 snowmobiles, Plans include anothe 20ft addition this spring, the floor and wall footings are in place I just have to put in a dozen er so reciever hitches in the floors iron werk before we pour.
an outdoor pic fer size reference...........

Huh I don't see the huge con rod there! Hey do you own up the rocks there? Looks like some testing grounds. I had my shop up for about a day and started to draw plans for an ads on for the bogger and sleds. Ya know so there not taking up shop floor!

Well...not quite done yit but real close........


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..justa bit o screwin around to come up with a foot pedal set up and throwin some tars on it.

LOOKS GREAT!
How about some casters as well for movability, Ted?

Powered by hydro, we know but 110, 220 or 12V over hydro?

That's why you have bin so quiet. you bin busy working! Looks good now come and twist up my cage and we will do a product analisis on it

heh heh...another new toy, gotta git this pronto.
http://www.smptools.com/PopItMainx.html
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..guess whos cuttin up some box end wrenches tomorrow,...these I need.....
http://www.smptools.com/Piper.html
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..Rusty.....build me this..
http://www.smptools.com/ValveOut.html

Ted...that flange spreader...I'm thinking the idea there...you put the pins in the holes...tighten up the tension bolt...the ears kawk over sideways a bit and wedge themselves into the holes....correct?

I've never used that type but thats what I git out of it, I'm on a quest, I AM gittin the poppit, I need that.
I work mostly by myself and ya git up into the 3" 300+ ansi shit it gits heavy to manipulate. I have a slight mod in their "valve out" unit, I need it to also have a sort of cradle underneath it to hold valving/spools till I git my line ups in (slots in the varied lil spacers fer straps er somethin)