Craig Coburn
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Great work as always…love to see the variety of stuff you get into.
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Those are sweet rides…what’s the news on the truck?
I’m going to try that for sure. I usually just put up the fans – filters and plastic on the ceiling and a few more lights would be awesome.
That looks great. I take it that the fans are helping with air flow, but the plastic on the top of the frame is keeping the junk out? I should really hang some plastic on the roof for my next paint job – polishing is too much work.
That is everything bad in a home paint job/art car all rolled into one. WTF is up with the supercharger? What’s the point in that? So you can get away from the Vette lovers? :lol1 :lol1
Thanks Bondo – I’ll be doing a closer inspection on the weekend. Down to metal it is then build it back up with epoxy and 2K, then paint. There is a special place in hell for those that key paint.
Fire extinguisher is there for when you set fire to your desk? I’ve thought about just burning mine to the ground to get rid of all the paper!
Wow, that is very nice work. Congrats man.
Thanks Stone…sounds like a plan.
Several years ago I purchased a Craftsman 30 gal compressor (single piston) and it was one of the worst tools I’ve every had – made a lot of noise, did compress some air, could just barely keep up with a paint gun. I gave it to a buddy that uses it to power his air nailers. Last summer I bit the bullet and bought a 2-stage 5 hp Quincy (made in the USA) with a 60 gal tank. I plumbed my garage with 3/4 copper and have dryers and air drops everywhere I need them. I’ve run 2 DA’s at the same time with this compressor and never missed a beat. Go big the first time and save money.
Thanks for the link and advice…reading the instructions bites me again :lol1
I just finished polishing my car with the Ultrafine with the blue pad as my polishing with the Norton system was still leaving slight swirls in the finish. The Ultrafine took care of them with ease. Expensive, but worth it.
Best of luck Jimmo – “I love it when a plan comes together”
I think that what was being asked was completely unethical. Sure, I’m just a backyard hack, but in my day job – we’ve seen the same lack of leadership. Recently our administration has cut 2/3 of our support staff and recently let most of the cleaning staff go as well. Sure, they didn’t take a pay increase (and are now asking us for a pay cut) but when they are making six figure incomes it is sort of hard to not come off like a heartless bastard when you’re cutting off at the bottom.
To my way of thinking, this is the simplist solution for the guys upstairs (bosses, owners, share holders). They see labour as a fixed (and usually increasing) cost. If they can get you to work for less by tossing out a sob story, then they will (where are the books?). It keeps the share holders happy when the price of labour goes down. This sort of thinking got us unions way back and bought us lots of other troubles.
My Dad was the owner of a large machine shop and routinely took home less salary than the top machinist. The boys in the shop knew this as there was full financial disclosure (he’d do the numbers at lunch monthly). Never lost a single employee due to salary issues as he realized early on that a business is only about the people doing the work. Never had a need for a union as he paid better than union shops and had better benefits – sounds nuts, but it worked. Happy people work harder, take pride in their work, and are committed team players. This sort of thinking is a fast track to the bottom.