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'72 K5 - Greg's @MightAsWellK5 Build
- Thread starter Greg72
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This is the build description. I will improve this later. (GB)
One doesn’t need much articulation at one’s toes to stomp a foot feed that’s connected to a big block.
David
David
Yikes! That is a ghastly looking injury, Hope you heal soon!!
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
Foot injuries suck. Heal
Fast.
Fast.
How'd you manage to do that..? Don't think this is the first time we've seen injury in this thread...
....and it surely won't be the last!!!
I was moving a 3/4" full-sheet of plywood and dropped it from about 18" straight down "guillotine style" onto the instep of my foot.
Amazingly, my traditional MAW build footwear (Adidas Samba) offered no protection.
Lesson learned... I work alone... need more friends......should ask for help more often.....blah, blah, blah.
I'm healing and walking (kinda) and should be back to not posting any build thread updates again real soon.
-G
Dude... 
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tenderfoot
Guest
I gotta change my handle now
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
....and it surely won't be the last!!!
I was moving a 3/4" full-sheet of plywood and dropped it from about 18" straight down "guillotine style" onto the instep of my foot.
Amazingly, my traditional MAW build footwear (Adidas Samba) offered no protection.
Lesson learned... I work alone... need more friends......should ask for help more often.....blah, blah, blah.
I'm healing and walking (kinda) and should be back to not posting any build thread updates again real soon.
-G
I’ve been forcing myself to wear gloves, glasses, and boots to work on anything more and more. Just tired of injuries slowing me down. Part of getting old I guess? Even got a new welding jacket and gloves for a new level of protection. No more miniature pock marks from welding slag burning holes in the bottom of my bare feet or back of my knees.
I can only imagine some choice words were spoken. Or better yet shouted.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Yowzers! That sucks dude!
I hope steel toes are in your future.
Got to say once your used to them you won't go back. I'm not actually required anymore to wear them(at work) but I always do. And at home to.
I hope steel toes are in your future.
Got to say once your used to them you won't go back. I'm not actually required anymore to wear them(at work) but I always do. And at home to.
I put on hard toe boots after breakfast nd take them of at 9pm. For decades.
I have been wearing work boots since elementary school.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Steel toes help when a cow steps on your foot to....
Greg, I feel your pain. My first was dropping a 14 bolt FF loaded carrier onto my sneaker clad foot from waist high breaking my big toe. Most recent was a very similar injury to yours after dropping a 85 lb plate steel bumper guillotine style onto my "Van's" protected foot. I really thought there was one more bolt to cut through...
The irony is I'm required to wear steel toed boots while driving a garbage truck, a situation that definitely doesn't need steel toes...and at home working in my garage I really should wear them and often don't. After two bad foot injuries I do wear them more often now. Twice bitten, slightly smarter...that's my motto!
The irony is I'm required to wear steel toed boots while driving a garbage truck, a situation that definitely doesn't need steel toes...and at home working in my garage I really should wear them and often don't. After two bad foot injuries I do wear them more often now. Twice bitten, slightly smarter...that's my motto!
2020.01.26 - UPDATE! - 12 YEARS...AND COUNTING!!!
No thanks to @kgblazerfive this year (who normally reminds me of the build year anniversaries in this thread)... It's time to celebrate 12 YEARS since this build began.
A total of 19 years of ownership (Purchased in 2001)... but some of those early years were actually spent driving it. Time flies.
Obviously, everyone already knows that I've been laid-up for the last couple of weeks with this stupid foot injury so there is no real progress in the garage to report since then. HOWEVER.... as I sit around bored it does provide time to look at old photos and read through the thread.... create an index of everything that has occurred in the last dozen years and perhaps sharpen the focus of what needs to happen next.
There have been some progress items that didn't get shared over the last couple of months, and since I've got time. Let's take a look at a few photos and get everyone up to date.
A simple one to start:
I don't know HOW many years the bench grinder has been bolted to an old barstool.... but it's got to be at LEAST 10 years. Felt good to finally install it on something a bit more professional.
The rear wall of the garage (3rd garage bay) finally got the wall treatment completed. The man-door was rusty and ill-fitting, and had a big ugly dog door installed into it.... so in later pics you'll see that was replaced and painted as well.
The butcherblock maple benchtop got a few coats of polyurethane and came out great! Bolted that down to the benches and it helped everything to look a lot more finished.
A small furniture dolly from Harbor Freight served as the basis for a metal rack so that small loose scraps don't just end up banging around on the floor or leaned up against the walls. Thanks to @bp71k5 for this idea... that I blatantly stole for myself!
The overhead beam was originally covered in sheetrock, but it looks a lot nicer all sanded down with a few coats of polyurethane. The rear door was replaced, and re-trimmed and painted to match the other trimwork.
A bit of extra luxury. It turns out a 55" TV fits perfectly in the space where the upper cabinet pocket was created. (Almost like I planned it)
TV Installed.... and checking the streaming capalities of YouTube (CK5.com forums look pretty cool on it too)
Since the garage is being set up to be easy to clean with lots of cabinet doors to block dust from accumulating on the shelves, it didn't seem right to leave a TV exposed to grinding dust and debris. A set of bi-fold doors were built to seal the area, and some creative paneling work makes it all but disappear into the background until it is needed.
The one remaining unfinished area was the upper back wall of the garage where the water softener was relocated. Unfortunately, my original one was 12 years old and died shortly after it was relocated. So the walls were insulated, T&G planks were purchased for installation.
*SNAPS FINGERS* .... and just like that, the work was completed. LOL
Christmas came, and Santa brought me a fresh set of OSHA-approved work boots. (These were the ones I was happily wearing when "the incident" occurred 2 weeks ago)
....and probably most shockingly of all. My son Charlie turned NINE YEARS OLD yesterday. NINE!!! He was not even born when this whole adventure began, and now he's an awesome, fun 3rd grader who constantly leaves me wondering where the time has gone....
So.... there you go. That basically catches everyone up on the garage progress. The foot is still a little tender even today, so I'm not doing all that much work yet. But next steps will be to install the overhead airlines so that the hose reel can be hung from the ceiling... then a small project to convert the 20" APEX grinder to 220V (from 110) and maybe put a few large items like that onto lockable casters so that they can re-positioned around the shop to fit the work that is going on.
This is the year. 2020..... didn't ever expect that it would take me TWO FULL YEARS just to set up the new Texas garage space, but the time is finally here to roll up my sleeves (and garage doors) and get back to work!
-G
No thanks to @kgblazerfive this year (who normally reminds me of the build year anniversaries in this thread)... It's time to celebrate 12 YEARS since this build began.
A total of 19 years of ownership (Purchased in 2001)... but some of those early years were actually spent driving it. Time flies.
Obviously, everyone already knows that I've been laid-up for the last couple of weeks with this stupid foot injury so there is no real progress in the garage to report since then. HOWEVER.... as I sit around bored it does provide time to look at old photos and read through the thread.... create an index of everything that has occurred in the last dozen years and perhaps sharpen the focus of what needs to happen next.
There have been some progress items that didn't get shared over the last couple of months, and since I've got time. Let's take a look at a few photos and get everyone up to date.
A simple one to start:
I don't know HOW many years the bench grinder has been bolted to an old barstool.... but it's got to be at LEAST 10 years. Felt good to finally install it on something a bit more professional.
The rear wall of the garage (3rd garage bay) finally got the wall treatment completed. The man-door was rusty and ill-fitting, and had a big ugly dog door installed into it.... so in later pics you'll see that was replaced and painted as well.
The butcherblock maple benchtop got a few coats of polyurethane and came out great! Bolted that down to the benches and it helped everything to look a lot more finished.
A small furniture dolly from Harbor Freight served as the basis for a metal rack so that small loose scraps don't just end up banging around on the floor or leaned up against the walls. Thanks to @bp71k5 for this idea... that I blatantly stole for myself!
The overhead beam was originally covered in sheetrock, but it looks a lot nicer all sanded down with a few coats of polyurethane. The rear door was replaced, and re-trimmed and painted to match the other trimwork.
A bit of extra luxury. It turns out a 55" TV fits perfectly in the space where the upper cabinet pocket was created. (Almost like I planned it)
TV Installed.... and checking the streaming capalities of YouTube (CK5.com forums look pretty cool on it too)
Since the garage is being set up to be easy to clean with lots of cabinet doors to block dust from accumulating on the shelves, it didn't seem right to leave a TV exposed to grinding dust and debris. A set of bi-fold doors were built to seal the area, and some creative paneling work makes it all but disappear into the background until it is needed.
The one remaining unfinished area was the upper back wall of the garage where the water softener was relocated. Unfortunately, my original one was 12 years old and died shortly after it was relocated. So the walls were insulated, T&G planks were purchased for installation.
*SNAPS FINGERS* .... and just like that, the work was completed. LOL
Christmas came, and Santa brought me a fresh set of OSHA-approved work boots. (These were the ones I was happily wearing when "the incident" occurred 2 weeks ago)
....and probably most shockingly of all. My son Charlie turned NINE YEARS OLD yesterday. NINE!!! He was not even born when this whole adventure began, and now he's an awesome, fun 3rd grader who constantly leaves me wondering where the time has gone....
So.... there you go. That basically catches everyone up on the garage progress. The foot is still a little tender even today, so I'm not doing all that much work yet. But next steps will be to install the overhead airlines so that the hose reel can be hung from the ceiling... then a small project to convert the 20" APEX grinder to 220V (from 110) and maybe put a few large items like that onto lockable casters so that they can re-positioned around the shop to fit the work that is going on.
This is the year. 2020..... didn't ever expect that it would take me TWO FULL YEARS just to set up the new Texas garage space, but the time is finally here to roll up my sleeves (and garage doors) and get back to work!
-G
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Post #7877 was screwed up for the last couple of hours... but should be visible with photos corrected now.
Enjoy!
-G
Enjoy!
-G
