Projects from THE COMPOUND

[DRIVEN]

The small town of Marsing about 20-25 miles west of Boise on the west bank of the Snake. My spot is on an east facing hill about 1/2 mile from the river with a pretty good view of wine country. Just behind me is the Owyhee mountains. I'm right on the edge of where farm land turns to desert and the valley meets the mountains. It's a cool spot. I'm really excited.

 

[ssn696]

The small town of Marsing about 20-25 miles west of Boise on the west bank of the Snake. My spot is on an east facing hill about 1/2 mile from the river with a pretty good view of wine country. Just behind me is the Owyhee mountains. I'm right on the edge of where farm land turns to desert and the valley meets the mountains. It's a cool spot. I'm really excited.

Sounds like heaven. Close enough to civilization, but not too close. Congratulations!

 

[DRIVEN]

Since the Reaper project is pretty questionable at this point I figured I'd tie up some loose ends. Moved the Shotrod Sedan over to the shop and started to break it down for another trip to DMV. Evicted a couple mice and pulled the engine and trans. Then split them. I need to round up all the auction paperwork and hopefully tow it to town on Thursday or Friday. Once I know that's in motion I'll break the engine down for a reseal and Krylon rebuild. I plan to get it to the point that I can fire it up in-frame. Not necessarily driveable. Then decide if it gets sold or makes the move with me. I have a vision and still really want to build it but it may just not make sense.






Pinewood derby season again. This is my brother's entry this year.







Also, from Compound East, my dad is working on a teardrop trailer to tow behind his Harley. Not even done and already talking about selling it. Oh, where do I get it?









Side note: The last 2 pics were taken just a couple miles from my new/future home. While it was gray, rainy, windy and cold here -- it was sunny and clear there. Can't wait to make the move. Shipping the old 8N tractor and implements over next weekend. Still trying to organize and liquidate in the shops and house.

 

[DRIVEN]

I mentioned a few posts back that my brother wrecked his '36. We found a guy with a stash of parts and we each bought some stuff. He also located a replacement frame last weekend.



A couple pics of the carnage.


Thankfully he wasn't seriously hurt. Just some stitches in his face and bruised ribs. Also his insurance treated him pretty fairly so he at least has the funds to put it back on the road.

 

[DRIVEN]

Spent the weekend moving stuff. Hauled my brother's Z-and-a-half to new storage.



Hauled my nephew's bug-and-a-half to my house. They're going to be selling/ parting it soon.





Loaded the tractor and sent it to live in Idaho.

 

[ssn696]

Is that a home-built auger? That looks remarkably like an old truck axle...

 

[DRIVEN]

That's exactly what it is. That tractor belonged to my great grandfather and was used in Nebraska and Oregon from the '50s to the '70s. When he dies it was sold to a family friend who eventually did a cosmetic restoration. My dad bought it back around 1990 and it came with quite a few implements. I assume they are all from the farmstead (except the brushhog) but I guess some may not be. The auger was built from an old truck axle and I have used it to punch fence posts. My great grandfather had a Christmas tree farm so it's probably made a lot of holes over the decades.

Another interesting piece of family history; This weekend, while we were moving my brother's stuff out of the shop at the house he just sold (originally my maternal grandparents') we found a few old empty dynamite crates in the rafters. One had my paternal great-great grandfather's name written on the side. Not sure how it came to be there. Both were logging families and occasionally worked together but weren't necessarily friendly toward each other. Small world.

 

[DRIVEN]

I was given this old vise a few months ago. It spent years in the corner of a damp garage floor. Lots of surface rust underneath and a heavy layer of crud on the top.


Worked all the threads and pivots free then hit it hard with the wire wheels. Now it spins like new and the original dark blue-green paint is now barely visible. It got a heavy treatment of WD40.

 

[1evilregal]

you always find the stuff you didn't remember you had when you're trying to move..... lol

looks like new, great work!

 

[DRIVEN]

Thanks. I saw the guy who gave that vise to me yesterday and showed him a couple pics. He was really happy to see it back in service. Told me it used to belong to his dad and he figured it was quite a bit older than him and he's in his mid-late 50s.
It's been 16+ years since my last move so I'm starting early and pacing myself. This is a big change for us, not just a new house -- new jobs in a new state, I'll be transitioning into a new field altogether, going from crowded and rainy Portland to rural high desert, daughter off to college, living in a really small house while we build another, losing my shops and garage. I'm doing my best to stay in a hopeful frame of mind but my wife is already getting stressed. She's not a big fan of change and would be perfectly satisfied to do the same job in the same place for 50 years. I'm a little more restless.