a photoblog of what i did today..... - Page 29

chrisinhouston · 12-09-2012, 11:19 PM

Today I went wine tasting and shopping and found a neat winery in central Victoria in the town of Great Western that had a neat wine cellar that they let me wonder around in. The winery, Best Wines is about 150 years old and from the amount of cobwebs and bits of sunlight filtering through the rafters it made for a great little photo adventure. Some of the vessels for storage were of the largest I've seen in quite a while made of oak; a real testament for the craft of good cooperage. I think the images work well in color or B&W depending on your mood

And they had some really nice wines so I ended up with 6 to bring home next week. That makes 28 bottles so far!

ZenGum · 12-10-2012, 12:57 AM

Wow.

Australians. "Cellaring" wine in sheds for over 150 years.

Cause "shedding" wine sounds gross.

That last image is great. Have you offered it to them, maybe for their website or promo uses?

xoxoxoBruce · 12-10-2012, 02:52 AM

Beautiful.

Griff · 12-10-2012, 05:42 AM

Well done, Chris.

BigV · 12-10-2012, 01:07 PM

great.

now I'm thirsty.

zippyt · 03-13-2013, 07:50 PM

So i got thrown off into a cluster F**k of a job ( nothing new here but it still SUCKS ), F'd up old truck scale that we moved ( why , because the customer wanted it )

So we had to make some holes in new bace plates for anchors(Bace plate is 19"x 13"x 5/8" thick ) these holes need to be 1" so a 3/4" anchor can pass thru and secure the plate to the cement ,
I spent the better part of an afternoon drilling progressively larger holes with a Hand drill , Screw that stuff !!!!!!

Here is the bace plate ,

Photo422 by zippyt, on Flickr

So I called around and found a Houge drill , Truely a Cool thing !!!
Here is the drill , more milling Mec if you ask me ,

Photo423 by zippyt, on Flickr
it has a Electro magnetic bace and uses a Cool bits ( actualy called a Roto Broach ) that cut a core out of the steel

Photo425 by zippyt, on Flickr

Photo424 by zippyt, on Flickr

Photo429 by zippyt, on Flickr

Photo428 by zippyt, on Flickr

Photo427 by zippyt, on Flickr

Zip 20 holes later , it was harder jacking up and pulling the bace plates and putting them back in than it was cutting the holes .

BigV · 03-13-2013, 08:07 PM

cutting cores sounds like smart engineering. you have to move less metal to get the same amount of hole. Niiiice tool buddy!

footfootfoot · 03-13-2013, 08:38 PM

Plus, you get to keep the really short, ƒucking metal bars.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2013, 10:13 PM

And build a cannon to shoot them.

Hougen drills are the shnizzle, we used a lot of them at Westinghouse, where you needed big straight holes in 50 or 100 ton pieces, in the field.
zippyt is smarter than the average bear.

glatt · 03-14-2013, 07:34 AM

That's a cool tool. I love the electromagnetic base. Great idea. That final picture looks like it has some sort of oil tank on the side. Does it oil the cutting bit automatically, or do you have a helper squirting as you cut?

footfootfoot · 03-14-2013, 11:04 AM

If it's got an electro magnetic base I bet it has an automatic oiler. It looks like it might be that yellow hose leading from that plastic reservoir.

glatt · 03-14-2013, 11:07 AM

I kinda want one, although I have no use for one or space to store it.

footfootfoot · 03-14-2013, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I kinda want one, although I have no use for one or space to store it.

I'm sure your wife has a bunch of outfits she never wears, get her to give them to good will to make some room. Show her the bits that go into the thing and she'll see how cool and necessary it is.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-14-2013, 11:28 AM

I'll bet not many $1500 dresses though.

There's a ball valve at the bottom of the oil reservoir.

zippyt · 03-14-2013, 07:24 PM

Yes thats an oiler But im a paranoid feller so as holes were being cut I was giveing it a dose of cutting every now and then , l didnt want to mess up the only bit we had.
That it turns out we bought when we rented the drill , so when my boss took it back for me ,they looked at him funny when he asked about the bit, oh thats Yours, so I have acool thingee to add to the collection

12-09-2012, 11:19 PM	#421
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Today I went wine tasting and shopping and found a neat winery in central Victoria in the town of Great Western that had a neat wine cellar that they let me wonder around in. The winery, Best Wines is about 150 years old and from the amount of cobwebs and bits of sunlight filtering through the rafters it made for a great little photo adventure. Some of the vessels for storage were of the largest I've seen in quite a while made of oak; a real testament for the craft of good cooperage. I think the images work well in color or B&W depending on your mood And they had some really nice wines so I ended up with 6 to bring home next week. That makes 28 bottles so far! Attached Images

12-10-2012, 12:57 AM	#422
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Wow. Australians. "Cellaring" wine in sheds for over 150 years. Cause "shedding" wine sounds gross. That last image is great. Have you offered it to them, maybe for their website or promo uses? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-10-2012, 02:52 AM	#423
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Beautiful. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-10-2012, 05:42 AM	#424
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well done, Chris. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-10-2012, 01:07 PM	#425
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	great. now I'm thirsty. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-13-2013, 07:50 PM	#426
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I got to play with a new toy today So i got thrown off into a cluster F**k of a job ( nothing new here but it still SUCKS ), F'd up old truck scale that we moved ( why , because the customer wanted it ) So we had to make some holes in new bace plates for anchors(Bace plate is 19"x 13"x 5/8" thick ) these holes need to be 1" so a 3/4" anchor can pass thru and secure the plate to the cement , I spent the better part of an afternoon drilling progressively larger holes with a Hand drill , Screw that stuff !!!!!! Here is the bace plate , Photo422 by zippyt, on Flickr So I called around and found a Houge drill , Truely a Cool thing !!! Here is the drill , more milling Mec if you ask me , Photo423 by zippyt, on Flickr it has a Electro magnetic bace and uses a Cool bits ( actualy called a Roto Broach ) that cut a core out of the steel Photo425 by zippyt, on Flickr Photo424 by zippyt, on Flickr Photo429 by zippyt, on Flickr Photo428 by zippyt, on Flickr Photo427 by zippyt, on Flickr Zip 20 holes later , it was harder jacking up and pulling the bace plates and putting them back in than it was cutting the holes . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-13-2013, 08:07 PM	#427
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	cutting cores sounds like smart engineering. you have to move less metal to get the same amount of hole. Niiiice tool buddy! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-13-2013, 08:38 PM	#428
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Plus, you get to keep the really short, ƒucking metal bars. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-13-2013, 10:13 PM	#429
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And build a cannon to shoot them. Hougen drills are the shnizzle, we used a lot of them at Westinghouse, where you needed big straight holes in 50 or 100 ton pieces, in the field. zippyt is smarter than the average bear. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2013, 07:34 AM	#430
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a cool tool. I love the electromagnetic base. Great idea. That final picture looks like it has some sort of oil tank on the side. Does it oil the cutting bit automatically, or do you have a helper squirting as you cut?

03-14-2013, 11:04 AM	#431
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If it's got an electro magnetic base I bet it has an automatic oiler. It looks like it might be that yellow hose leading from that plastic reservoir. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-14-2013, 11:07 AM	#432
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I kinda want one, although I have no use for one or space to store it.

03-14-2013, 11:28 AM	#434
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'll bet not many $1500 dresses though. There's a ball valve at the bottom of the oil reservoir. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2013, 07:24 PM	#435
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Yes thats an oiler But im a paranoid feller so as holes were being cut I was giveing it a dose of cutting every now and then , l didnt want to mess up the only bit we had. That it turns out we bought when we rented the drill , so when my boss took it back for me ,they looked at him funny when he asked about the bit, oh thats Yours, so I have acool thingee to add to the collection __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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