I had to post this because it was cheap and it works.
I had to smooth a rough concrete slab so I took a old floor buffer and fasten some house bricks to it, it works
I had to post this because it was cheap and it works.
I had to smooth a rough concrete slab so I took a old floor buffer and fasten some house bricks to it, it works
There are a number of ways to achieve a level foundation and mudsill.
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Yea, that ought to knock the sheen off of that wax job alright.
Pure genius Brownbag... you may go head to head with the Segway on that one!
Necessity may well be the mother of invention but the other set of contributing genes is all too often Dr. duct tape.
Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Way to go and good thread title.
Did that self balance?
And did the bricks hold together or try to fling parts off?
When I set doorknobs a lot, A 15/16" chisle is ideal for the backsets. many yearsa go, I made one that was a perfect fit out of a file with a little time on a bench grinder.
Still use it.
I once visited an old timer in Oberlin, Ohio who had been a tinner/gypsy in WW2 and then immigrated after the war. His main job was maintainance man at a hospital but you should have seen the furniture in his house. Doors, millwork and every bit of furntiture was hand made. He showed me his collection of planes that he had built himself and how he did it. I still carry a strong impression of him even though I was only there for a day.
I think his name was Rozmarynowicz, tho I might be messing up the spelling. His son was a classmate for a short time..
Excellence is its own reward!
Edited 8/27/2003 11:15:04 PM ET by piffin
Yeah...
but what about safety ...the warrenty......resale value.....
Ahhh...screw it....
That looks cool!
As long as it works, ya know?
duct tape and baling wire......sometime an old soup can for reinforcement ...maybe a hose clamp if ya wanna get fancy....
and a coupla bricks screwed to the bottom of a buffer.......
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
duct tape and baling wire......sometime an old soup can for reinforcement ...maybe a hose clamp if ya wanna get fancy
exhaust troubles??
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Beautiful.
I gotta know -- how did you fasten the bricks and to what?
DRC
I assume that they weren't enforcing any anti-noise ordinances in your immediate area the day you ran that thing...
Say what? couldn't hear you
;).
Excellence is its own reward!
What the rental place say when ya returned the buffer?..lol
Its very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we invested in so heavily
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"I can see it now - "Redneck floor buffing"
Looks cool. I'm also curious how you held the bricks on. Looks like a piece of 3/4" ply, and they're wedged in with screws?
You can come up with some pretty wild stuff with some time and imagination. I once made a sort of garden tiller thingy with some parts from an old corn planter. Didn't work worth a darn, but I was 10 years old and it was fun. And I probably learned something from it.
I wonder if you could patent that???
If you go to a bookstore and ask a salesperson where the self-help section is, doesn't that defeat the purpose?
I wonder if you could patent that???
In Bedrock City maybe if yer names Fred Flintstone.
Its very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we invested in so heavily
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
No , its not balance too well, Its like the E ticket at disney land. Yes it will fling pieces of brick. Thank god it only 175 rpm and I got a pile of bricks. The bricks hold good with big sheet metal screws, I really have not solve that problem. And I bought the buffer at a yard sale for $50 to do my floors. The rental store for a concrete grinder was $75 a day.. If I switch from a red clay brick to a grey concrete brick it might work better.
No, its not really that loud about like a washing machine on a spin cycle
Edited 8/28/2003 10:31:35 AM ET by BROWNBAGG
Have you ever seen a customer want to try one of those type machines. Only to hear a big crash and see a big dent or hole in a wall or see the person caught unaware of how much torque and find himself getting thrown into a wall. I have seen it three times.
Oh its really fun, I,m just glad mine is the low rpm model. one of those 1100 rpm models will kill you. mine is only 175rpm but you need to see all the blue paint on the outside of the house left by the blue buffer