DavidR8's shop shenanigans

[Doggggboy]

https://www.princessauto.com/en/26-in-5-drawer-rolling-tool-cabinet/product/PA0009002965

Picked one of these up today. They are an almost perfect base for a couple of the 3 drawer Husky boxes I had laying around from CT.
I had stopped at Peavey on the way there and almost bought a similar sized Husky base cabinet as it was 50 bucks less but it was very flimsy.
The PA cabinet weighs at least 40 lbs more and seems pretty sturdy.

 

[DavidR8]

Picked one of these up today. They are an almost perfect base for a couple of the 3 drawer Husky boxes I had laying around from CT.

Nice!
A pair of those plus a shop made cabinet with deeper drawers makes some sense for my build.

 

[DavidR8]

Scored this today off Marketplace.

 

[Doggggboy]

Scored this today off Marketplace.
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I'm sure there are lots of variations but the bottom looks identical to the one at Peavey Mart yesterday.
Same sticker on the front. $250.00 at Peavey

 

[DavidR8]

I'm sure there are lots of variations but the bottom looks identical to the one at Peavey Mart yesterday.
Same sticker on the front. $250.00 at Peavey

Sadly we don't have Peavey Mart here
I have the bigger version of this box and I'm very happy with it.
This one will replace a much smaller version with a two-door cabinet on the bottom which I find completely useless.

 

[Dabbler]

Sadly we don't have Peavey Mart here

It's an Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba thing. [update: there's one in Kamloops now!]

 

[DavidR8]

It's an Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba thing.

Yup I remember going to the one in Ft Sask.

 

[Susquatch]

It's an Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba thing. [update: there's one in Kamloops now!]

They are all over Ontario too. They used to be called Tractor Supply and then changed their name to TSC, and now it is Peavey Mart.

I liked the old names better. Peavey Mart sounds like a cheesy dollar store.

 

[DavidR8]

They are all over Ontario too. They used to be called Tractor Supply and then changed their name to TSC, and now it is Peavey Mart.

I liked the old names better. Peavey Mart sounds like a cheesy dollar store.

Or where you buy logging supplies.

 

[Tom O]

Looks like Airdrie for me that’s way farther than Princess Auto.

 

[Tecnico]

It's an Alberta, Sask, and Manitoba thing. [update: there's one in Kamloops now!]

It’s……spreading…..one even turned up in the Halifax area recently.

Now, if we can get a KBC out here we won’t frown when we hear all the stories about all the deals there!

D

 

[Tecnico]

The pandemic hasn't helped businesses. I've been trying to get an order at a large electronics distributor processed all week, I spoke to a rep. today and they said that it is still getting in their way with order interruptions so for such a big and successful company like them to still be wrestling with it, it shows it isn't trivial.

That said, when I hear a western company talk about the east, often they mean Ontario.....but we can hope.

D

 

[140mower]

That said, when I hear a western company talk about the east, often they mean Ontario.....but we can hope.

That's okay..... Out here when they say things like west and BC, what they really mean is the lower mainland......

 

[DPittman]

When I hear a western company talk about the east, often they mean Ontario.....but we can hope.

D

Ya the east to me means anything east of Swift Current or so.

 

[YotaBota]

From a BC boys perspective;

BC = west
Albersaskatoba = somewhere between the boonies and the toolies.
Ontario/Quebec = the middle east
Maritimes = the far east

 

[Tom O]

Yep go west young man but when ya hit the water it’s now what.

 

[Susquatch]

When asked if Universities in the West were better than those in the East, I remember reminding a group of University Student Presidents at a conference that if you go far enough west, you actually end up in the Maritimes and then Quebec and then Ontario.

They thought that was hilarious. Then again, they had a few drinks in them by then....

 

[DavidR8]

Cut up all the steel for the lathe stand today.
Tacked most of it together.
The MIG180 is very impressive, 3/16 steel, running 20.8v, 340 ipm with .035 wire.

 

[Susquatch]

Cut up all the steel for the lathe stand today.
Tacked most of it together.
The MIG180 is very impressive, 3/16 steel, running 20.8v, 340 ipm with .035 wire.

As you might know, I have a 180 too. But it's still a major mystery to me.....

Is that Flux cored 035 or do you run gas instead?

 

[DavidR8]

As you might know, I have a 180 too. But it's still a major mystery to me.....

Is that Flux cored 035 or do you run gas instead?

I run 75/25. 25 cfh
I’m super impressed by it so far, very smooth arc. The only thing that’s a bit odd is the wire speed only changes when you strike an arc. If you crank it up to 425 in/min nothing changes till you strike an arc.
I thought something was wrong at first.