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Originally Posted by Desert Ryder
(Post 23370158)
4 bolt main Gen 1 Small Block Chevy 10.5:1, worked 2.02/1.60 fuelie heads, 488/488 cam, Factory LT1 Winter high rise dual plane aluminum intake, headers, delta 40 Flowmasters. Normally run a Holley 750 DP but current carb is a 650 Holley 4 bbl. single feed.
Sounds like a great combo to make power and there's nothing sweeter than a hi lift H.C. to make the power, unless it a Duntov 30-30 with solids :D.......does the 650 give enough air at the top end? In any event, I know it must sound awesome and really move.. Best, Ben |
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https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c1fae57e51.jpg A bit cluttered but I use it for a wide variety of projects...just finished prepping my snow thrower for winter...not much room for more tools, etc. on my peg board lol but I do use every tool on it...While I love the window for the amount of light, it faces eastish, it does double duty as more shelving space...my wood carving setup takes up a bit of room but I use it every day all winter...I love my little shop |
Originally Posted by xiaoman1
(Post 23369208)
Andy, What kind of racks are those and where did you buy them?
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mine is more of a mess than normal, am thinking need do a reorg. it is left side of garage.....we do park one car
beside bike projects there are 2 kayak related projects https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0d66449f6c.jpg |
Invested in a 36x72 inch enclosed cabinet this year - Really cleaned up the small space (yes it is full).
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There’s some great-looking shops here…and some relatable, cluttered, multi-purpose shops 😀. Here’s mine. Not shown is the Park PCS-9 folding stand usually out in front of the garage. That get a lot of the quick projects and the Bike Hand gets a lot more longer projects.
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Multi purpose of course https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0b4d34c545.jpg When I was grinding and filing away getting this exhaust to fit, at one point I had my laptop on the workbench. A few days later I noticed the speakers were very distorted. Still under warranty so I took it in. "Needs a new motherboard - lots of communication errors. Take 2-3 weeks." Two days later I get a call: "Sorry for the confusion but it's not the motherboard. Upon closer examination we found that the speaker magnets and the motherboard connections were contaminated with metallic dust. I used a soft brush on everything and all is good now." Oh yeah. Metal filings and voice coils don't mix. It's funny the stuff we learn early, forget, and have to learn all over again. |
Small 100+ year old house, and only half the basement is dug out with a sort of crawl space under the rest. And over half of that half is taken up with the stairs and the laundry (and where Laurie hangs her bikes). So my basement shop has 8' x 5' of usable floorspace where I can stand. After subtrating the workbench, storage, lathe and mill.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8e4f0ceaf8.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d5d7427c48.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2238fa2e4b.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6105bd0edf.jpg I have a Park pro stand in the basement (Xmas present from wifey) seen in the pic above, but I have to slide it around to get it out of the way of whatever I'm trying to do. I end up mostly working on bikes in the outdoor shop. This below in the driveway, with an awning over it, mostly enclosed like a tent so it stays dry-ish, but obviously unheated. Workbench is screwed to the side of the house with big ol' lag screws into studs so very solid, can align tandem frames here. The house will fall over before that vise moves. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...84d64e784a.jpg The "modern art sculpture" on the wall of the shed is my frame tacking jig, partially disassembled 'cuz the stuff that sticks out is in a high-traffic area, and so it gets assembled in the rare case where I need to tack a frame. It rotates to any angle needed (in one plane only, parallel to the shed wall) because it's attached to a Park stand that's inside the shed. I cut a hole through the wall to let the jig plug into the park socket. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5c05fa4c2e.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b6eb9ed305.jpg Check out that buffing wheel, motor is 1 horse, 3-phase on a VFD, best buffer I ever had. The thing on the old grinder opposite the wire wheel is a Scotchbrite EXL deburring wheel which I wouldn't want to live without, they're awesome. The belt sander is a Kadrmas, not sure if they're made anymore, pretty decent for the money which was cheap. It was a assemble-it-yourself kit. 2 horse motor, I cannot slow it down no matter how hard I try, it's a metal-munching monster when I need it to be. Also has small-wheel adapter for grinding a radius as small as 1/4", and has a 12" contact wheel for the other end of the spectrum, like putting a hollow-grind on a knife. The other bench grinder has two grades of stone for grinding HSS lathe tools and sharpening drills. More machinist/framebuilder stuff than bike wrenching, but good tools to have if you have room for 'em. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...dbfaec6344.jpg I bought that tool chest with the bike stickers on it already! On Craig's List, terribly cheap, probably because most people didn't want all those stupid stickers. Well a few are mine, like 27.2, Paragon Machine Works, Lugs Not Drugs and a few more. The lateral filing cabinets were free, an office closing during the pandemic, they hold a lot of steel, aluminum and Ti. |
Holy bageebees, Bulgie. Lots of cool equipment!
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Originally Posted by Steve B.
(Post 23369191)
You folks have a lot of bikes. I’ve sold off or donated half my fleet as I really only need 5. No room in my basement for more, I think I have 6 right now until I sell my old rim brake road bike. I did organize my tools though, that was well worth the time and money,
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8660a1795.jpeg Low hanging fruit, I know. |
Originally Posted by Pompiere
(Post 23372504)
I like the Kennedy 526 and 52611 Machinist Chests. I've never seen them stacked like that, with the top cut off. Forgive me for nerding out, my grandmother retired from Kennedy, so they have been part of our family for many years.
The upper one I bought new, in the '80s, from Sears so it says Craftsman on it. It came with a riveted-on nameplate with my name on it, nice touch. Also visible in that pic is the Campy toolkit on drawer glides under the workbench. Please notice the two bronze Campy belt-buckles attached to the right and left, they do two things: (1) hide the unsightly drawer glide hardware, and (2) let me use those buckles for something. On both of them, the little nub in back, that goes into the holes in the leather, are broken off. Bad castings? After the first one broke, the distributor gave me another buckle. When that one broke, I gave up on Campy belt buckles, other than as easter-eggs for bikies to notice (or not) on my toolkit. |
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Absolutely no motor vehicles permitted https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...36507ccee3.jpg Still cluttered, even after I moved my electronics bench and a lot of my tools to the basement https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4cb0826036.jpg Also sharing space with a circa 1961 Allen organ |
Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 23372669)
Good eye! I got the lower one (sorry I don't know the numbers) cheaply because the top was smashed in. So I amputated it!
The upper one I bought new, in the '80s, from Sears so it says Craftsman on it. It came with a riveted-on nameplate with my name on it, nice touch. Also visible in that pic is the Campy toolkit on drawer glides under the workbench. Please notice the two bronze Campy belt-buckles attached to the right and left, they do two things: (1) hide the unsightly drawer glide hardware, and (2) let me use those buckles for something. On both of them, the little nub in back, that goes into the holes in the leather, are broken off. Bad castings? After the first one broke, the distributor gave me another buckle. When that one broke, I gave up on Campy belt buckles, other than as easter-eggs for bikies to notice (or not) on my toolkit. 526 is the upper chest, 52611 is the lower one. There is some logic in the numbers, 26 is the width, 11 is the number of drawers. I have a 526 that was my dad's. He sent for the nameplate when he first got it, around 50 years ago. I also have the stack unit that goes with it. I also have a Kennedy small parts cabinet for nuts and bolts. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...42a15a43de.jpg Kennedy 526 and MC-28 https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...23e4dd32db.jpg Kennedy 5-D small parts cabinet |
It’s cool that a lot of these spaces look like vintage bike shops.
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Originally Posted by dmarkun
(Post 23372289)
. . . we found that the speaker magnets and the motherboard connections were contaminated with metallic dust. . . . . . funny the stuff we learn early, forget, and have to learn all over again.
and very true, after 25 years doing a job, we forgot what we learned the first 5. |
I work on my bikes outside hanging the bikes from the door sill. And dont mess with my stuff! I know where everything is...
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There’s been some re-arranging in my basement shop, so ready for new pics. Note that this is just part of the ~1k sq ft basement original to our house built in 1852. Some of the floor is poured concrete, some is dirt, some is a combo of the two. We don’t have a garage.
West wall, where most of the bikes live: https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b725df6ba.jpeg East wall where the main workspace is (as well as the table saw): https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...06c5757ba.jpeg South wall, where some bikes hang in various states of completion: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...05cba99ed.jpeg North wall, where most of the tools are: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...24f4dc68e.jpeg Next room over with a view of some frame hanging and the wheel closet in the background: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0f30ec27e.jpeg |
Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 23372355)
...More machinist/framebuilder stuff than bike wrenching, but good tools to have if you have room for 'em...
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...03c543648f.jpg Yep... Very nice shop!!! |
some really nicely attenuated work areas in this thread.
Q: does hanging a bike for extended periods from a wheel rim cause any deformation (rim)? thanks |
Originally Posted by zandoval
(Post 23372988)
Yes! Real nice! But come on man... Now your just showing off! . . .
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Originally Posted by southpier
(Post 23373014)
i don't see a pencil sharpener, or one of those shoe shine gadgets bracketed to the support post.
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