[AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.

[Cecil Bearden]

I think I may have left out something.   If you have one of these roof 
systems like this.  I would nail a 2x4 across the top chord on that 
truss to connect the entire section of that board.  A strip of plywood 
would also work, probably better.

On 12/2/2020 8:56 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> 35 years ago I started acquiring machine shop equipment.  It started 
> with my South Bend Lathe and grew from there.  It is a sickness when 
> you start acquiring machine shop equip.  I also started collecting 
> automotive machine shop equip.  to rebuild industrial engines.  I can 
> bore blocks grind valves and If I could set a head up on my surface 
> grinder  could shave the head.  I brought in a Berco crankshaft 
> grinder from the oil patch.  It will grind a 7 ft long crank. It was 
> sitting on a trailer n a shed until the damned Oklahoma weather 
> decided to send a cat 1 tornado over my shed. It  laid it out.  One of 
> those Morton buildings. The 2x12 top chord of the trusses split just 
> below the hurricane anchor and the roof peeled off then the walls fell 
> out.   I figured how to build some steel trusses and just fasten them 
> on and set it back up. Then a North wind sent the entire building 
> across 20 acres...   I will never build another wooden building in 
> this country.  This one was moved in from 1/2 mile away...  I only 
> build with steel.....
> Cecil
>
> On 12/2/2020 7:00 AM, Mark Johnson wrote:
>> I think I might understand the logic...with partial to complete COVID 
>> lockdowns, all us old farts are finally starting on those engine 
>> rebuild/restoration jobs we've been promising ourselves we'd work on 
>> for years & years.
>>
>> Engine machine work, especially on old designs not familiar to a 
>> machinist under 50, must doubtless take longer to set up and perform 
>> than other stuff. So, the backlog gets bigger than it would, say, if 
>> a bunch of us were overhauling small-block Chevrolets.
>>
>> Anybody else buy my theory? It's entirely possible I could be full of 
>> **** :-)
>>
>> Mark J
>> Columbia MO
>>
>>
>> On 12/1/2020 5:48 PM, John Hall wrote:
>>> I am hearing on Facebook that engine machine shops are running 
>>> months behind. Can't really understand the logic. Don't know of any 
>>> mechanic shops that have slowed down. Manufacturing machine shops 
>>> are no busier than normal, just depends on the industry.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>> On 12/1/2020 11:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:
>>>> Spencer,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PS:  I did finally get a call back from one of the Machine Shops 
>>>> that I called yesterday that had been recommended to me by a local 
>>>> JD Collector.  Yes, we can do it but..... we are out 3 to 4 months 
>>>> right now.   If that is my only source that would essentially cause 
>>>> me to lose another year since I would miss all the shows here this 
>>>> snowbird season.
>>>>
>>>> Dean VP
>>>> Apache Junction, AZ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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