Duck Pond Redneckery
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BlackBart
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Duck
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My shop air compressor took a shit.
6 year old belt driven twin cylinder model.
The check valve on the tank got stuck open by several pieces of debris from the pump that was black and brittle. I'm thinking head gasket. The unloader valve let everything out. It was back-flowing through the pump to the switch.
When the pressure was low enough to turn on the pump, it couldn't turn it because of the air pressure in the pump.
The head bolts were tight.
I dunno..
I cleared out the check valve with the garden hose sprayer and put it back together and it ran, built up to 160 psi and shut off like normal. Check valve closed and sealed.
I dunno
Maybe it was just a piece of the head gasket that extended into the interior of the pump.
I did run the pump a few seconds before hooking the aluminum pipe back up to the tank so if there was any more crap in it, it would blow it out from there instead of sending it through the check valve.
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6 year old belt driven twin cylinder model.
The check valve on the tank got stuck open by several pieces of debris from the pump that was black and brittle. I'm thinking head gasket. The unloader valve let everything out. It was back-flowing through the pump to the switch.
When the pressure was low enough to turn on the pump, it couldn't turn it because of the air pressure in the pump.
The head bolts were tight.
I dunno..
I cleared out the check valve with the garden hose sprayer and put it back together and it ran, built up to 160 psi and shut off like normal. Check valve closed and sealed.
I dunno
Maybe it was just a piece of the head gasket that extended into the interior of the pump.
I did run the pump a few seconds before hooking the aluminum pipe back up to the tank so if there was any more crap in it, it would blow it out from there instead of sending it through the check valve.
Duck Pond Redneckery
We had 3 of them at the last job I worked. Got to drive one a few times and liked it. Braking is so smooth. A different feeling all together. Takes off like a rocket too.
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4mer Trucker
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Seriously? You have new wood and you want to make it look shitty?
Then there's this:
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I've been reusing this stuff. But the stuff that was too shitty to even make 1x4s out of went on the burn pile.
Can't do much on the barn til Menards gets my steel so I replaced some missing pieces on the corn crib. This little access hole in the middle was missing and the floor boards in there are rotting so I scrapped a new door together with old siding planks from the other barn, cut down to size on the table saw. That's new wood in primer at the bottom but the center thing is old wood from the other barn.
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Then I said fuck it. Took it in the shop, cleaned it up with a nylon "wire" wheel and painted it.
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Because fuck that old weathered look. It only looks like that because nobody has painted it in 30 years. That look is for dumbass city slickers who watched two episodes of Hee-Haw and decided to move out to the country thinking they're going to sit around in overalls eating peaches all day and raise chickens and goats.. (as pets because they're vegan).
Ya missed a spot under the Can
Duck
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BlackBart
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Yeah thats what it sounds likeMy shop air compressor took a shit.
6 year old belt driven twin cylinder model.
The check valve on the tank got stuck open by several pieces of debris from the pump that was black and brittle. I'm thinking head gasket. The unloader valve let everything out. It was back-flowing through the pump to the switch.
When the pressure was low enough to turn on the pump, it couldn't turn it because of the air pressure in the pump.
The head bolts were tight.
I dunno..
I cleared out the check valve with the garden hose sprayer and put it back together and it ran, built up to 160 psi and shut off like normal. Check valve closed and sealed.
I dunno
Maybe it was just a piece of the head gasket that extended into the interior of the pump.
I did run the pump a few seconds before hooking the aluminum pipe back up to the tank so if there was any more crap in it, it would blow it out from there instead of sending it through the check valve.
Duck Pond Redneckery
We had 3 of them at the last job I worked. Got to drive one a few times and liked it. Braking is so smooth. A different feeling all together. Takes off like a rocket too.
are ya leakin air out through the head gasket now?
Duck
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Don't know. It's losing air faster than before but I think maybe that debris nicked the o-ring in the check valve.
Before, it would lose maybe ten pounds a week if the wall valve was closed. Now it lost 15 psi in like 4 hours.
I've got it up on top of the electrical closet, with the air plumbed through copper and brass into the wall below it for easy access to the drain valve and electrical switch.
The light switches... The dual switch plate is for interior and outdoor lights. The single switch on the left is a dual pole switch for the 240 volt outlet up on the wall behind the compressor.
(Since you're relatively new here, I built this shop myself. Took me like 5 months. This thread details the project.)
Duck
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Nah. It looks to be in good shape still. If I had a crane I'd build a platform on top. Good place for a snipers nest
BlackBart
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Needs a firemans pole so you get down quick in case somebody puts a laser on yaNah. It looks to be in good shape still. If I had a crane I'd build a platform on top. Good place for a snipers nest
Duck
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Nah ill just reflect it back on them with a mirror
SueAnn
Be safe guys, much love
From everything I've seen, the structural integrity has not only been compromised, it doesn't exist. I'll be very interested to see you save this structure. It's going to cost you a lot of money and time. You're very creative and incredibly knowledgeable, I can't wait to see what you do.The barn is built of "post and beam" construction, like old school Amish stuff.
Except the rear 15 feet is done with studs like a somewhat modern house. So they basically stretched it by 15 feet.
The lean-to on the east side is also post & beam type framing and its structure also switches to 2x6 studs for the southern 15 feet.
The studs are 1-3/4 x 5-1/2 and some kind of hardwood.
They didn't rot... They eroded like stone. Dig into the rotted edges with a screwdriver and it's intact wood just below the surface.
I got tree sap on my circular saw blade when I trimmed off the rotted ends of the three 2x6s they used for the corner post.
Duck
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Even before I rebuilt that south wall it was strong enough to stand up to the 50+ mph winds we get out here.
I have no idea how though. Magic?
The corn crib is reinforced like a brick shit house though. Tons and tons of cross bracing with bolted joints.
SueAnn
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Very nice! That's a better pic than what I was looking at.Even before I rebuilt that south wall it was strong enough to stand up to the 50+ mph winds we get out here.
I have no idea how though. Magic?
The corn crib is reinforced like a brick shit house though. Tons and tons of cross bracing with bolted joints.
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Duck
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This is a what a pain in the ass looks like. There's FOUR big ass vertical beams that gotta be supported by this horizontal piece I'm replacing, in addition to the corner posts. The old one fell off.
There's really no need for 4 big ass 4x6 (actual) hardwood BEAMS for studs over an 8 foot span.
I dunno.. It's a corn crib. Maybe when it's totally full with like a bazillion trillion tons of corn upstairs.
F*ING squirrels carry these walnuts over here. The nearest walnut tree to where I was working on the corn crib was probably close to 500 feet away. These things are nearly invisible when they're on the ground and they HURT when you put your knee down on them.
There's really no need for 4 big ass 4x6 (actual) hardwood BEAMS for studs over an 8 foot span.
I dunno.. It's a corn crib. Maybe when it's totally full with like a bazillion trillion tons of corn upstairs.
F*ING squirrels carry these walnuts over here. The nearest walnut tree to where I was working on the corn crib was probably close to 500 feet away. These things are nearly invisible when they're on the ground and they HURT when you put your knee down on them.
AK7
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We have 4 huge black walnut trees.This is a what a pain in the ass looks like. There's FOUR big ass vertical beams that gotta be supported by this horizontal piece I'm replacing, in addition to the corner posts. The old one fell off.
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There's really no need for 4 big ass 4x6 (actual) hardwood BEAMS for studs over an 8 foot span.
I dunno.. It's a corn crib. Maybe when it's totally full with like a bazillion trillion tons of corn upstairs.
F*ING squirrels carry these walnuts over here. The nearest walnut tree to where I was working on the corn crib was probably close to 500 feet away. These things are nearly invisible when they're on the ground and they HURT when you put your knee down on them.
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Almost every morning when I do my pretrip,the squirrels have a walnut or two stashed on my deck plate or on one of the airbag brackets on the truck.
Found one the other day balancing on top of the pintle hitch.. lmao
AK7
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