Building a bigger toy box.

[Harry]

The fall weather is holding nicely for your move. I spy a Honda twin OHV engine. Harry

[Spike188]

@Harry The Honda OVH came with the 646LBH. There was a lot of stuff packed in that trailer

I didn't quite finish cleaning up this afternoon.

[RoamingGnome]

@Spike188 You have been busy!!!
Got to make the most of any remaining warm days we can get

[DavidBarkey]

Mother nature has been kind to us in Southern Ontario this fall so far . Hopefully it will continue until Christmas . I know it will help me out and certain it would help Eugene and others .

[thebuildist]

This was our mobile shop when I started in 2002.20241018_181627.jpg It served it's purpose well for 10 years on the road.20241018_184224.jpgThe was used a few more years as a stationary shop, before becoming a tool bin. It is equipped with an onan generator, 2 heater/AC units, lots of shelving, a workbench, and tiedowns for welders. This is the first time it has been moved in 15 years. It took a 1/2 day of moving stuff to get it pulled out of its spot under a tree

Today with a bit of help from a nephew, alot of stuff was moved across the yard.20241019_160142.jpgAll that remains to be moved is the original forklift shed.20241019_155546.jpgIt is 10 × 10 and will be replaced by a 30 x 40 building. Hopefully permits and concrete will be in the ground by Christmas.

I'm so stinking jealous! Congrats.

[Spike188]

found stashed in the overhead neck.

new and never mounted. Complete with hoses and trailer side panels.

[JSinMO]

found stashed in the overhead neck.20241118_103712.jpgnew and never mounted. Complete with hoses and trailer side panels.

Don’t you love it when you find a gem you forgot you had!

[MattA]

found stashed in the overhead neck.20241118_103712.jpgnew and never mounted. Complete with hoses and trailer side panels.

Very nice
I'm still trying to score a nice unit like that around here.

[Spike188]

The end of an era.

Many, many hours were spent working in climate controlled comfort and quite doing light curtain tune up and repair in this trailer. The largest system repaired on site was a 48 beam safety curtain that bounced around three corners via mirrors. The transmitter unit would be mounted near the work bench and the receiver at the far end. The transmitter unit would turn off if any of the uv beam modules failed or were misaligned. The safety relays and a/b phase controller contained 4 ice cube relays that made an audible click when a phase pulled in or dropped out. Removing the complete safety system to the trailer for service meant being able to hear the clicks without needing to set up an oscilloscope to monitor the relays. The scope was used to measure the signal strength of each set of transmitter and receiver modules . Small press breaks and stamping presses used 24" curtains. Press breaks could be a challenge because the transmitter/receiver units were typically 9' apart but up to 21'. Alignment/aim of the each set of t/r units was critical because a poor alignment could cause cross-talk between phases and be hard to cleanup.

Most of the repairs were replacing the sending module and or the related resistors. A lot of soldering was preformed at the workbench.

In short the trailer meant being able to do a repair turn around in less than a day.

The light curtain technology changed dramatically about 20 years ago and that part of the business slowly faded away. Also as control boards and electronic components shrank repairs became impossible in a mobile setting.

Later, the trailer also became a clean room when doing bearing packing on gear boxes.

At the end of the day everything in the trailer was packed into the 10X10 shed, awaiting sorting and organizing when the new toy box is completed.

[Spike188]

I don't know how I could get anything accomplished without the 646 beast and trailer.

The first of many loads this morning.

Lots of paving stones moved.

The max that could be pulled up hill without loosing traction with 3 stones in the bucket also.

Old logs moved.