Mad Mike
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Looks like a motor or transformer enclosure that was used as a tool base. Did he ever have a small bandsaw, planer or tablesaw?
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Quite sure he has all 3 still…
The strange part is the locking door. I agree, it's most recent purpose was likely tool base. Not sure what it's original purpose was. I guess it could have been industrial use and they wanted to keep the line staff out of the danger compartment.
Mad Mike
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Transformer enclosure, tow motor charger? The locked door was probably access to fuses or configuration wiring.
The feet look to be for a bolt-down application which leads me to think it was originally an electrical enclosure rather than a tool stand.
I have one. I bought it from Busy Bee as a base for my milling machine. The newer ones have a larger door.
In today ‘WTF am I doing?’….
Was trying to put the grout / mortar in between the thin brick joints with the bag….what a pain in the *** that is.
Ended up with a small pointer tool and while labour intensive…not as bad as I thought.
Although I’m a tad concerned about why the bricks are so light in comparison to the ones on the right…
Any tips? Preferably quick.
Was trying to put the grout / mortar in between the thin brick joints with the bag….what a pain in the *** that is.
Ended up with a small pointer tool and while labour intensive…not as bad as I thought.
Although I’m a tad concerned about why the bricks are so light in comparison to the ones on the right…
Any tips? Preferably quick.
Did you pull bricks from various batches as you were going? Colours never match perfectly. Whether doing hardwood, brick, stone, whatever, it's a pain but try to pull from at least three batches/boxes/layers on skid at all times. More sources are better as they make the variations more random throughout the wall.
While real masons may shudder at this technique, I do it wearing Nitrile/Grease Monkey gloves I use a float or hawk to hold the mortar and my fingers to push it in. Replace gloves as they fail. Go back and finish it with the tools afterwards.
When I had my house repointed, they used what looks like large icing bags, but also this technique for some area's. This was after some of the mortar was ground out.
From there they used a repointing tool, like this one.
Then ran a broom over it for texture.
Mad Mike
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Wanna tip?
Scoop your mortar on a bricklayer's trowel, then slap the trowel like you would if you're laying blocks. Slappin the trowel firms up the mortar making it easier to handle and not as runny and sticky to brick faces. Take the mortar from the brick trowel to your pointing trowel.
Much easier to point as it's drier and not runny. Also much easier to clean off the brick faces.
Best of luck.
I watched them for hours as I know I'll have to do it again at some point, so wanted to learn as much as I can. They also used S type mortar.
Mad Mike
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I've repointed a few bricks over the years, I find the bag hard to use.
If your mortar is too runny (like toothpaste or peanut butter), it will droop in the spaces and be sticky on the brick edges and face.
If it's closer to cookie dough, it will hold firm without slumping and you should be able to brush it off the bricks with a broom.
Well it passed the wide acceptance test so no divorce.
How does one clean the grout that’s on the brick by now?
Mad Mike
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If it won’t broom off, your into wire brush country.
If the grout is less than a day old, it should come off with a pressure washer, but be careful as that can blow out the grout you want to keep.
Day 2 of grout work….MUCH MUCH better! Not sure what we did different…but it’s a huge improvement.
Also noticed someone at some point in the last year tried to break in through a basement window…they cut out holes in the screen to access the tabs.
Also noticed someone at some point in the last year tried to break in through a basement window…they cut out holes in the screen to access the tabs.
You’re referring to the screen cutting right? Right….?
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