10-31-2015, 05:54 PM
(10-31-2015, 03:41 PM)Highpower Wrote:(10-31-2015, 12:02 PM)RobWilson. Wrote:bloody hell Ken ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sad to hear your selling off your shop .
Rob
"The force is strong in that one." He'll be back with an even bigger and more elaborate shop Rob. We all know you can't resist "the force".
I can't say for sure if I'll ever put one together again, and it would take a $10000 miracle to bail me out from selling what I got. Both of the forced hot air (by natural gas) furnaces @ my two-family home are goners. Since I'm forced into doing it, time to pony up and add central air conditioning. Need more insulation, new doors, and some other updating. Homes have to come before shops. I've not been using it much in the past six months anyhow.
One curious thing though, I needed it today to refit the tenant's furnace. The pulley end of the blower assembly self destructed. I got an "agricultural grade" bearing at the local hardware store (it's all they had) and found the 3/4" shaft had worn down in one spot to under 4mm! I found a piece of 3/4" 316 stainless and solved that. Made a Delrin (acetal) bushing to replace the tattered rubber anti-vibration mount and counterbored it for the bearing.
It's making heat for her safely for now, but I know both units are of the same age and have to go.