POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

That's a Monster starter motor:oops:
That's pretty normal for one of those old direct drive Delco style. You should see the original ones for a 6.2L diesel.
Life Hack: DB Electrical has a gear reduction Denso style that will work on almost any Chevy, and will wing a 454 over like it's nothing. But it's not listed for that application. You have to search for "Fed-Ex" apparently whatever engine they used in those box trucks uses a Chevy pattern starter.
 
It’s not perfect yet but I have my nearly free lathe stand almost done. Just a little more positioning and a few more bolts and it’ll be finished. For now….

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Side cabinets off Craigslist free, center drawers from a desk that was on the side of the road, even most of the fasteners are salvage. Can’t wait to finish and load it up with stuff thats scattered around other boxes, shelves, etc. Need to free up more room in my little shop.

John
 
Well,
You gotta get Into the shop to do something there don't you?
Had about a foot of wet, heavy snow in the last 30 hours here so I spent some time moving it out of the way. My wife snapped a couple of photos of me on the little Ford moving snow.
 

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I think he makes the commute from Kumanovo to Skopje every day in 5:00 minutes flat...
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I stick to the paved roads but they are full of potholes, couple days a week i do have to take that type of rute. You can see the houses but the road is where ever you make it, also the weather is 12 degrees celsius still and we haven't had snow yet this year.
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It’s not perfect yet but I have my nearly free lathe stand almost done. Just a little more positioning and a few more bolts and it’ll be finished. For now….

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Side cabinets off Craigslist free, center drawers from a desk that was on the side of the road, even most of the fasteners are salvage. Can’t wait to finish and load it up with stuff thats scattered around other boxes, shelves, etc. Need to free up more room in my little shop.

John
Finished, for now.

Raised the center section so I can get my engine hoist underneath (the bottom shelf in the brown cabinets comes out so I can actually get the hoist positioned correctly to lift the lathe). Snugged everything up and put some screws in to hold it all together. Now on to the other side of the shop.
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John
 
Finished, for now.

Raised the center section so I can get my engine hoist underneath (the bottom shelf in the brown cabinets comes out so I can actually get the hoist positioned correctly to lift the lathe). Snugged everything up and put some screws in to hold it all together. Now on to the other side of the shop.
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John
Nice and compact set up with storage. Looks great. I need to make something better for my lathe, as I have a critical lack of storage.
 
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