Drawings and Models For July
Added 2021-07-02 20:39:30 +0000 UTCHey Patrons! Here's the new link for the shared Patron Drive where all my drawings and 3D models live:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk?e=Juic5w
If you're new, I post this link every month because it expires (so don't bother bookmarking it). This is a repository of every project you've seen me build on my channel. No login or account is needed access the files. Enjoy!
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That sounds like an excellent dream! I have seen lots of stories of people building workshops into enclosed trailers. You can definitely do a lot in that amount of space. As for the house, my personal choice would probably be to look at an RV. Tiny Houses are neat to look at, but in the end (in my humble opinion) they're kinda just really heavy and cramped RVs. RV technology is very sophisticated and well thought out nowadays and it's hard to beat what they can do for the space and weight. Plus you can get one that will pull a big trailer with the workshop in it! Could be a great lifestyle.
Blondihacks
2021-07-18 17:16:43 +0000 UTCThese beginner episodes are great! I was wondering if you'd have thoughts about something on my mind. After moving around a ton and working in really inadequate spaces (landlord's basements/attics etc) I'm really pushing towards settling somewhere (probably Maine) and establishing a real workspace. My main interest is in making guitars, possibly semi production, on my own. I don't need a huge amount of space but would like a pleasant place to work. I'm mostly looking for a small house, I don't need or want a big place to maintain. But there aren't many of those. And I have this awful wanderlust that really shoots me in the foot. So I've been thinking about building a tiny house on a trailer, which I think could be super cool...I could design something that was aesthetically pleasing and not have to buy some piece of crap house (which is what I can afford). I used to live on sailboat...so the size thing is not really a problem for me. And just the knowledge that I could move it if I needed to would calm my brain, even if I never did. Anyway, the question is: I've been thinking about building a shop on a trailer as well (so two trailers). It seems super doable, on an 8' x 20' trailer I could have quite a bit of room for machinery and workbenches...seems bigger than many people's home shops. I would definitely have to manage weight of machinery on the trailer. But again, it seems like I could design a space that was pleasing to me to work in, versus adapting some pre-existing space. I was just wondering if you had any thoughts about that or reasons why that might not work? You're so good at pondering shop organization. If you have any thoughts, thank you and otherwise thanks for the great videos!
Paul M
2021-07-18 16:27:47 +0000 UTCyup, saw all the lens clips 3 seconds after i posted that, oops.
Gaunt596
2021-07-08 18:55:05 +0000 UTCYah, I'm going to be switching to propane. I have a torch for that on order that will run off a normal BBQ tank and should be cheaper and easier that acetylene. I'm going to try it without oxygen for now and see how it goes. It seems that many people solder boilers like this with regular propane, so I'll give it a go.
Blondihacks
2021-07-08 16:03:13 +0000 UTCThanks for this tip, Peter! You sent me down a rabbit hole of googling proper acetylene usage and I learned a lot. I'll be switching to propane for jobs like this in the future. Acetylene is not the best choice for many reasons, it turns out.
Blondihacks
2021-07-08 16:01:40 +0000 UTCive missed a fair few of the lens clips leading up to this, but have you thought about pre-heating the assembly using a propane powered turkey fryer burner? they are fairly economical, and propane is much, much cheaper than using acetylene. im actually looking at getting a oxy/propane torch kit for my shop, as ive found that that combo will cover all but the most difficult jobs youd normally use acetylene for.
Gaunt596
2021-07-07 16:05:09 +0000 UTCYou probably know this, but for the benefit of new welders, you have to be mindful about drawing acetylene faster than the recommended rate, which I was taught to be 1/7 of the tank rated capacity per hour. I now see (I haven't used an oxy/acetylene rig for quite a while (decades)) that the recommended rate is now 1/10 of the rated capacity per hour. And that is for intermittent use; if you're running the tank straight out they recommend 1/15. I don't know how long it took you to run that tank down to 40%, but you should be comparing that time to six hours (nine hours if you ran the torch continuously). If you ran out faster than that, your rosebud tip may be too big for that tank-size. I know I had to switch to a tank size MUCH larger than I needed in terms of capacity just to run a fairly sizeable rosebud.
Peter W. Meek
2021-07-07 11:19:22 +0000 UTCThat L-weight tubing also adds to the difficulty. I had a previous home plumbed with L-weight, and it was fun to see a later plumber (who was perfectly capable of making good joints in normal plumbing) struggle with a joint in 2" L-weight. He was using an acetylene/air torch, and it was just barely up to the job. When estimating the relative difficulty of raising heat in a joint (or a weld) it helps to be thinking about the AREA of the cross-section of metal leading away from the location to be heated. The additional thickness of L-weight really adds to the cross-section, and thus to the problem. (Thinking about those cross-sectional areas also tells you WHERE you need to apply the heat.)
Peter W. Meek
2021-07-04 13:28:06 +0000 UTC
