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Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT "DaBarn"
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Workspaces between 705 and 1200 squarefeet.
don long
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I love the new look of your stand. Did you burn it or stain it? What ever you did it sure pops
jon72vega
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Bears Fan,
Merry Christmas from my family to you and yours!
Any updates to share?
Merry Christmas from my family to you and yours!
Any updates to share?
don long
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Merry Christmas Tony Thanks for all the support over the years
shortykorte
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Merry Christmas!!!
PugetDude
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Thinking the same thing... It's been a long dry spell...
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Merry Christmas Bears Fan. I noticed that you didn’t do Secret Santa this year. Hope all is well.
Jayman17
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We need an update Tony. We need to see some more of your creative projects! Hope things are good with you.
All is well here in Northeast Indiana, I went through the whole Photobucket debacle thing, that sucked! then I was using SmugMug, which was a great site, but they raised their price to where I thought it was to high for me to continue. To say the least I was frustrated and just stopped posting. My old photos will probably start to disappear and I don't want to take the time to go back and replace them all 
I have also been dealing with a very old leg issue that has gotten worse over the years and that has slowed me down some.
I also have a granddaughter in girls high school wrestling that we follow very close and she went all the way to state again this year, so that took a lot of time out of my schedule, but it is total awesome following her
I will stop crying now and pick up where I left off posting about my anvil that I was working on.
Don had asked if I had burnt the wood on my anvil stand, I did not burn it, I just put on a couple of heavy coats of MINWAX dark walnut stain, let it soak in for a while, then rubbed it out, the Douglas Fir is soft and really soaked up the stain. I really like how it turned out
Scott said the anvil needed to be orange, so I stripped her down and created a new badge for it too.
Anvil ****
I have also been dealing with a very old leg issue that has gotten worse over the years and that has slowed me down some
.I also have a granddaughter in girls high school wrestling that we follow very close and she went all the way to state again this year, so that took a lot of time out of my schedule, but it is total awesome following her
I will stop crying now and pick up where I left off posting about my anvil that I was working on.
Don had asked if I had burnt the wood on my anvil stand, I did not burn it, I just put on a couple of heavy coats of MINWAX dark walnut stain, let it soak in for a while, then rubbed it out, the Douglas Fir is soft and really soaked up the stain. I really like how it turned out
Scott said the anvil needed to be orange, so I stripped her down and created a new badge for it too.
Anvil ****
PugetDude
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Welcome back, Tony! 
I have been looking for your GJ profile on my milk cartons....
Anvil looks great.
Let me know if you need any more suggestions..
Scott
I have been looking for your GJ profile on my milk cartons....
Anvil looks great.
Let me know if you need any more suggestions..
Scott
Where my daughter lives they had a fall community wide bulk item pick up (AKA trash), I was over to her house and her neighbor threw out this old cast iron bench, I didn't get a before picture of it, but it was in rough shape.
This was some of the wood that was on it
I went out into the wood shop and ripped down some new hard wood boards.
After cleaning the cast iron legs with some Scotch-Brite pads, I gave them a couple of coats of clear to seal them up then I drilled and test fit the new boards.
I removed the boards and put a radius on them with the router, then sanded them down.
I put two coats of stain on the new boards.
I set the boards outside and used some spray urethane on them to seal them up.
I put the bench back together and placed it on the front porch
This was some of the wood that was on it
I went out into the wood shop and ripped down some new hard wood boards.
After cleaning the cast iron legs with some Scotch-Brite pads, I gave them a couple of coats of clear to seal them up then I drilled and test fit the new boards.
I removed the boards and put a radius on them with the router, then sanded them down.
I put two coats of stain on the new boards.
I set the boards outside and used some spray urethane on them to seal them up.
I put the bench back together and placed it on the front porch
don long
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That bench turned out great Tony. I have 2 of them in my western town that needs the same treatment. Too bad you are so far away
Had to replace the service door into the barn this past fall, the install went off without a hitch, I just bought a storm door for it, but its still sitting inside the barn, we had a artic cold front blow in that made me lazy and want to stay inside 
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madison069
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I hear you about the cold, it’s a force to be reckoned with on productivity.
I'm trying to catch up with what has been going on in DaBarn, I decided for Christmas that I would make my son a pub table for his place, it turned out so much better than I thought and the pictures don't do it justice, I will be quiet now and just post the pics of it from start to finish
I poured two part epoxy over the top of the table and it turned out amazing, the photos don't do it justice
I poured two part epoxy over the top of the table and it turned out amazing, the photos don't do it justice
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PugetDude
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That was a lot of Bud Light to pour out.
madison069
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I like Bud Light, but never seen Bud Light Golden Wheat. What’s it like?
I don't think they make it anymore? but you would have to check, I did like it! I do enjoy a good wheat beer now and then but I don't buy Bud Light anymore.
Vette60
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I was wondering the same thing and took a quick spin on the Google and it was discontinued in 2012! Saving those caps for a special occasion. Table looks great - last time I tried a small epoxy pour I messed it up and the epoxy never set right. Remained sticky forever.
Thanks for the updates - things are looking good at Da Barn!
I also purchased this Sinclair sign, its 2' tall and 14' wide, the picture is of it hanging in his garage, its still sitting on DaBarn floor waiting for a good cleaning and new hardware to hang it.
What's the old saying, "If I die I hope my wife sells them for what they are worth and not what I told her I paid for them".
What's the old saying, "If I die I hope my wife sells them for what they are worth and not what I told her I paid for them".
slik560
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Well done! I'd like to check that old boy's inventory for a Marland Oil sign. A friend has an old gas station that is now his car resto and machine shop. It was a Marland station way back in the day.
Also subscribed for the fabrication work too. I like to see people doing things well that I used to screw up.
Indiana? My dad's family was in Princeton.
Also subscribed for the fabrication work too. I like to see people doing things well that I used to screw up.
Indiana? My dad's family was in Princeton.
PugetDude
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My neighbor was in the drilling business in Oklahoma; his garage (4 cars + RV bay) looks very similar to that one, Tony.
I call it the "Little Party Garage..."
I call it the "Little Party Garage..."
jon72vega
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Tony, good to see you posting again.
Great work on the anvil & stand and the bench!
Nice scores from that old guy's collection as well.
Great work on the anvil & stand and the bench!
Nice scores from that old guy's collection as well.
Jayman17
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Great to see an update and to hear you are doing well. Top notch work the anvil and stand! That guy has some goodies stuffed in his garage. 
Thirdyfivepickup
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I'm trying to catch up with what has been going on in DaBarn, I decided for Christmas that I would make my son a pub table for his place, it turned out so much better than I thought and the pictures don't do it justice, I will be quiet now and just post the pics of it from start to finish
I poured two part epoxy over the top of the table and it turned out amazing, the photos don't do it justice
MY table turned out great!!!! I'll be by to pick it up soon!
PugetDude
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The pub table is now at my son's house, you will have to wrestle him for it! I'm too damn old for that ****
I had a friend wanting to name his newly built man cave, so I suggested "The Dog House", because he had his birthday party there for his guy friends, well he fell asleep (AKA Passing out) and never made it home until daylight, to say the least his wife was not happy, we have all been there before.
So over the weekend I made him a sign to hang in his new mancave, um I mean Dog House
I started by laying out a design on a piece of .060 thick 3003 aluminum sheet 2'x4'.
I used my new bead roller to lay out a simple radius 1 3/4" in from the edge all the way around, then I punched holes 3/4" in from the edge.
Not quite perfect, but I like how its turning out
Then I added brass rivets to dress it up a bit.
I designed some lettering and cut it out on my vinyl cutter.
For a quick little job I like how it turned out
I had a friend wanting to name his newly built man cave, so I suggested "The Dog House", because he had his birthday party there for his guy friends, well he fell asleep (AKA Passing out) and never made it home until daylight, to say the least his wife was not happy, we have all been there before.
So over the weekend I made him a sign to hang in his new mancave, um I mean Dog House
I started by laying out a design on a piece of .060 thick 3003 aluminum sheet 2'x4'.
I used my new bead roller to lay out a simple radius 1 3/4" in from the edge all the way around, then I punched holes 3/4" in from the edge.
Not quite perfect, but I like how its turning out
Then I added brass rivets to dress it up a bit.
I designed some lettering and cut it out on my vinyl cutter.
For a quick little job I like how it turned out
PugetDude
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Nice!
Are you setting the rivets by hand or with a pneumatic hammer?
Are you setting the rivets by hand or with a pneumatic hammer?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PXGSMY9?tag=atomicindus08-20
Scott, No I don't have any fancy rivet tools. I cheated on this project, I used solid brass split rivets. They worked out fine for the sign and no one will ever see the back
I thought the sign looked a little bare, so I added some claw marks to it
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Last year for Don's 75 Birthday I made him some BPG oil cans, I designed and printed off some extra vinyl decals to make another set for myself.
I finally emptied out a gallon can and one quart can to make my Big Party Garage oil can set
I cleaned up the tops and painted them a metallic blue.
Now I have one of only two sets known to exist in the world of Big Party Garage oil cans
I finally emptied out a gallon can and one quart can to make my Big Party Garage oil can set
I cleaned up the tops and painted them a metallic blue.
Now I have one of only two sets known to exist in the world of Big Party Garage oil cans
PugetDude
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You can send me a set as penance for your hubris.Last year for Don's 75 Birthday I made him some BPG oil cans, I designed and printed off some extra vinyl decals to make another set for myself...
Now I have one of only two sets known to exist in the world of Big Party Garage oil cans
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harley jim
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You do the best cans Tony!
Very nice.
Very nice.
don long
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I display them proudly
Thank you
Thank you
harley jim
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Merry Christmas Tony.
PugetDude
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Merry Christmas Tony!
No need to wait out by the mailbox this year.
(Follow me for more helpful holiday hints.)
No need to wait out by the mailbox this year.
(Follow me for more helpful holiday hints.)
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Merry Christmas Tony. Hope all is well. Also it’s a little late but what did you think of those sauces I sent you a few years ago? I’ve been meaning to ask but never got the chance too.
jon72vega
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Tony,
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!