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What's on your Work Bench?

These are on my work bench now. A pair of homelite 55 4 stroke outboards. One is a 63 the other is a 64. One is going on my 1961 alumacraft queen merrie and the other is either going to be used as a core for a rebuilt motor out become a parts engine.

 
Got my recent 8274 acquisition shipped off to a forum member on Friday, so I decided to make some progress on my own. Still need to work on the solenoid pack and wiring, but its coming together.

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I had been making up some clone Peterson 410 lights and selling them on Ebay for these winches. Stumbled across a set of NOS ones.

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Rosco1974 said:
Got my recent 8274 acquisition shipped off to a forum member on Friday, so I decided to make some progress on my own. Still need to work on the solenoid pack and wiring, but its coming together.

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I had been making up some clone Peterson 410 lights and selling them on Ebay for these winches. Stumbled across a set of NOS ones.

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That looks awesome. Is that a new freespool knob, and if so, where did you get it?
 
craveman85 said:
These are on my work bench now. A pair of homelite 55 4 stroke outboards. One is a 63 the other is a 64. One is going on my 1961 alumacraft queen merrie and the other is either going to be used as a core for a rebuilt motor out become a parts engine.

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Didn't know anyone made a 4 stroke outboard that far back. Very cool
 
I've been jumping all over the place on projects. My ADD doesn't make it easy to get anything done because I get distracted so easily.

After 40 years of not having an air compressor, my wife bought me a 33 gal Craftsman last year for Christmas. I have been amazed at how much more I can get done using air tools.

As usual, when it rains, it pours. Friend of mine who is a farmer, and who doesn't take care of any of his equipment, drops off this MitM wheelbarrow compressor and says "If you can fix it, you can have it."

I had to pull the cylinders off the pump, hone them (pistons were seized to the cylinder walls with rust), new gas tank, carb, pull start, and air cleaner on the Honda GX160, new unloader valve on the air pump, new regulator, new air pressure gauge, and new hose. Added a ball valve to the tank drain.

It now runs great, starts on one pull, pumps up quickly, and is portableish. Total cost about $160.

While I was still working on the MitM, Dad found a Tannewitz bandsaw on Craigslist and enlisted me to go with him to get it. Thing was about 10 feet tall, weighed about 3K lbs. We drive out to the middle of nowhere to a farm shop, load the saw up, and the guy said "I have a compressor over there if ya'll want it. It came out of the same liquidation sale as the saw."

So I have a Speedaire compressor now too. Had to rewire it from 220 to 110, but it looks to be in great shape. Have to put in a 120amp outlet to pull the motor, but this will allow me to put the big compressor in the shop, keep the Speedaire in the carport for tires and little stuff, and I've got the MitM in the truck now to use on the farm and wherever I might need air away from the house.

So now that I'm compressor-rich, I'm back to ATV engines. That's a Honda Rincon motor I'm rebuilding for a buddy. I HATE working on the Rincon. I've rebuilt several Ranchers and Foremans (Foremen?) over the last couple years, but Honda made the Rincons to have as much as possible, in the smallest possible spot. Nothing is easy to do on this thing. Same guy that gave me the MitM. Been friends since childhood and no way I'm gonna make him pay $100/hour to the Honda shop to fix this thing, so I'll tear into it in the next day or two.

My Jeeps have been VERY neglected lately.


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wm69 said:
Didn't know anyone made a 4 stroke outboard that far back. Very cool
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Homelite started making them in 62. It's a 59" engine based off the crosley 44. In 67 the company that makes Boston whaler purchased the rights and named them the bearcat 55. They made them into 72 but gave up and got rid of the tooling 6 months before the gas crisis. They were pretty good on fuel but heavier than a comparable 2 stroke. I don't know why I'm drawn to all this rare obsolete stuff but I like it. Now off to go reload some 32 Remington.
 
Much cheaper to load than to buy them. And it becomes another obsession. My 375 h&h is 70$ a box of 20. Or I can load it for about $1.25 per round assuming I get 10 reloads on a case. I often get many more than that.
 
craveman85 said:
Much cheaper to load than to buy them. And it becomes another obsession. My 375 h&h is 70$ a box of 20. Or I can load it for about $1.25 per round assuming I get 10 reloads on a case. I often get many more than that.
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Oh yeah. I just picked up the 45/70, mainly because Walmart was closing out the Marlin 1895's for $299 and Marlin had a $50 rebate on them. Not a JM, but still, for $250....

I've been looking into casting my own boolits, but have been itching to shoot a box or two out of it. Already have components for everything else I have. Just need to set my bench back up. Haven't shot much lately so haven't loaded in quite a while.

That's that 375 shoot? Old man had a Pre 64 Supergrade that he picked up before I was born. Don't think he's ever fired it.
 
Casting bullets is a whole other can of worms. I used to have a sharps 45-110 I launched 570 grain cast bullets over black powder across the countryside. Probably one of the best moulds to start with for the 4570 is the lee 405 hollow base mould. Cast with wheel weights and thrown at moderate velocities and you won't need a gas check. The good thing with hand loading a marlin 4570 or a ruger #1 is that you can use data for a 450 marlin. It's a 4570 with a belt loaded to the strength of modern rifles. Factory 4570 is super low pressure for use in anything chambered 4570. My 375 h&h I'm currently loading right now actually. It's a 260 grain nosler partition with a muzzle velocity of 2780 fps. Surprisingly it doesn't do a ton of damage to deer. A high velocity 300 or 7 mag ruins more meat. It's substituting as my main rifle while hart barrels turns my beloved worn out Remington 700 243 into a varmint contour 260 Remington with an 8" twist. I forgot my reloading bench counts as a work bench too. Oh the 375 is a ruger#1 with a kepplinger single set trigger and a leupold vx2 1-4x20. After this season it's getting a stainless hart barrel with a vais brake. It just copper fouls way too much. I can't shoot lead in it because of the fouling. But those hart barrels are hand lapped so they're nice and smooth inside.
 
Jeep stuff

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It getting cold out and i see most of u had snow so finally built my harbor frieght portable garage to cover my work in progress. Its acually worth the money. I crossed straped it with ratch straps and is very solid. More then i thought it would be.
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20x10 i dont think they make them like that anymore. There more squared off from the looks of the pictures. This is there first version from when harbor freight was mail order in ny. Also came with a set of steak knifes if anyone remembers there awesome giveaways.

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Lol yea all i was thinking when i was building it was i better have all the pcs!!

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Had the fire suppression system down so no welding yesterday. Took a few a built a quick dustpan. Anyone need one I may go into business make my these.

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