I just spoke to Norman at iSaveTractors. I can say he knows his stuff and has Great customer service. I'll be buying all my tractor supplies from them for now on. Thanks Norman!
Thank you Norman for the shop tour. Great money saving tips and organizing ideas. Just bought a property with a 30 x 30 shop so this was just what I was looking for.
This is an awesome video. I just bought a house in New Hampshire and it came with a wheel horse raider 12, simplicity 5212.5 and a 2 car garage. Your channel has been awesome prepping me for what I’m getting into and how I can set up my garage. I can’t wait to get to work on them. Great content 👍🏼🤘🏼
Thanks for the tour Norman. That's what I love about the old garden tractors-simple design and not any special tools needed. I always enjoy talking to you on the phone. The exhaust valve and keeper I bought from you works great in my Kohler MV20. We'll have to start thinking about snow cab builds before we know it. Looking forward to your uocoming build!
👍👍👍My wife wanted me to organize my tools so she could find and use them 😁😁😁😁I made a small bag with tools that she could use instead. Great video as always, keep it simple is a great philosophy! Now all you have to do is a tour of your property. Just ride around with one of your favorite tractors and show us how you live. BTW if your shop is messy it makes me feel better about my own messy workshop! Have a great day!
Norman was great in sending parts over to Australia for me. I have a Gravely 812, i did an engine oversize piston rebuild, and Norman was right onto it! Gravely's aren't common over here, and i fell in love with the 812 as SOON as i saw it. Thanks Norman. Hey,,, your work benches could do with stainless steel sheet tops, saves wood chips getting into parts. I'm amazed at what you have built, totally impressive!.
I like your thinking. Keep it simple and get it done. I honestly believe many people are losing this idea of making things work with what you have, glad to know someone else is doing this beside me.
Hey Norman.......love ya shop and yes i practise what you preach, do not touch my tools haha even a close will not return them ! There is just something about a tidy work shop, love it man, thanks , isavetractors number 1
What more does one need right Norman ! Love what you do and nothing gets me more excited than a vintage garden tractor looking like new with very little if any plastic on it. Made of steel to last a lifetime if properly taken care of, been patiently waiting for your next build, are you going to let us in on the secret of what it is or are we just going to wait it out ? lol Nova Scotia Canada.
My grandfather used to say "a clean shop is the sign of a bored man' lol. I see you are a lot like him and Me lol I love what you are doing. I have decided to restore Dads Gravely 432 commercial in the next year. Then maybe I can sell off 2 or 3 Gravelys lol. I'd like to get back down to 4, the 432, the 450, the 816 and my xt52 zero turn mower.. It's nice to have a new resource , great job.
Thanks for sharing Norman! I like the way you think. This is not how nice your shop is or how much tools you have. It's all about what you do with it, with your imagination, your skills and your will. And you got them all! Most of the time I see a very nice and clean shop filled with super nice tool boxes, then it happens the owner does nothing with it... Thanks again!
Norman, I can't diss agree with anything you've said here. Though I think your shop is huge but I work on my tractors in a 12x24 garage. I really respect what you're trying to do as I love old tractors too. But I really prefer the newer OHV engines myself. I especially agree about the welders, I've got 2 HFT Flux welders and I've built and repaired tons of things with them. Keep up the good work
A great little shop and a great little tour of it. You are a man with a true passion for what you do. I know your time is very valuable but maybe for the holidays some year in the future maybe you could make a video with your children building one of your pens as I think it would be interesting seeing them and seeing the way you teach them and perhaps the pen that they make with you could end up being one of the grandpas or grandmas Christmas present from them. I think it would be a very interesting video even if it's going off track of the lawn tractor line. It still shows you teaching them how to use the lathe and to measure, I just think it would be interesting. Also I love your tool signs and the order that you have them in with the last one saying "Don't Even Look At Them" I would be curious as to were you found them. They have an old look to them. As a suggestion to you I would consider making and selling them either out of wood or metal or even magnets, but I would keep that old look to them. It just a thought but maybe it can help you out. It may be something to contract out or I don't know what you wife does but maybe it's something that her and some of her friends can do to get involved with the business or as the kids get bigger a way for them to make money. If they were hand made and not exactly perfect it would make them better. I liked how in the one video where you had the business secretary come out and help you remove the engine from the Simplicity. Anyway just some ideas and I love your videos. Oh ya and best off all I love seeing the old tractors that you save and turn into a thing of beauty!
thats a pretty good shop mine is 24 x 36 I find it big enough for sure, especially when I have to sweep the floor..lollove this channel lots of good content.keep up the good work.
Norman - This is great. Thanks for sharing the reality of your shop. Now I don't feel so bad about my own shop. BTW - I also use a lot of magnets - just like you do. They are sooo handy. I buy 50-100 1/2" rare earth magnets at time on eBay and use them for some products I manufacture as well as to hold just about anything just about anywhere. I do the same with my drill press chuck key - only I use a small rare earth magnet - but same idea. But I have some drawers clumsily filled with wrenches and pliers, etc. And, I have unused magnetic bars. I think it's time to put them to use. I hang my Dremels, palm sander and angle grinder on inexpensive "U" brackets on the wall. That way, I always know where they are (same as you) and can always simply reach out and grab the tool I need. It sure does save time vs opening a tool box or drawer and rooting around.... But something else - I buy two-sided velcro by the roll at Office Depot and use it to wrap my cords. It works great. I just grab the roll, grab the handy scissors and cut off the length I need, wrap it tight around the wire near the plug, then roll up the cord and wrap it loosely to keep it neat. Saves time, too. One more thing - I have replaced my old fluorescent lights with 4' LED shop lights - well worth the (reasonable) cost - and far, far better light to work by. I also have lights above each of my tools - the lathe, drill press, etc. Having focused light helps a lot. And recently, I got smart and began storing my hardware in one area and my tools in another. Gotta keep them apart and organized. I just spent an hour looking for my unused feeler gauge and found it inside of a nice, neat (but unmarked) little box with my lathe tools. When I put it away, it will go into the drawer that holds my calipers and other measureing devices. Getting organized is worth the effort. It saves time when you need something.... I like the idea of having the tools visible. I'll be following uour lead on that as well. I guess I'll have to do a shop tour of my place one of these days. When i do, i will stop by and share the link... BTW - you save tractors; I save old printing presses. As an old printer, it's great fun. I use 3 cub cadets outside on my own 3.5 acres - for cutting the lawns, plowing the snow, pushing piles of gravel around, leveling the gravel I push around (with my own home-designed leveling blade that pulls behind the tractor) or pulling one of the little trailers I carry the gravel (& just about anything) in. (I'd rather have a bucket loader, but that's a big project!) Sometimes repairing my 3 old (1970's) Cub tractors takes away from my work on the old printing presses, but I'm getting better at it - thanks in no small part to your videos - especially that great one on basic wiring. That got me (almost) through my latest challenge - rusted old ignition switch on my Cub 782... I did mix two wires, but will review your video and figure it - out and hopefully get it running tomorrow. I gotta - the grass is growing too fast! So. Thanks again. I will be back!
I am Born and Raised in Maine. I don't heat the shop. ;) J/k. I use a propane torpedo heater. I heat it until I don't shake, then I layer up my clothes. My shop in the winter gets warmed to about 40 degrees and that's what I work in. For critical measurements I bring everything into another space thats heated to 70
The only thing I was surprised at was no lift table. I got one about 10 years ago and regretted not getting it much sooner. I'm much older than you and don't like working on the floor. It can be used for a lift as well as a work bench. Nice shop, though.
Nice man cave norm ! I've been working on mine to be able to grab tool off the wall ,I'm fed up looking in drawers and shelves .im done now my first job is strip a Briggs 1200 head I think valves sticking as its throwing fuel straight back up through filter .will start when I've got my trail bike off the bench and finished tarting it up .all the best great vids Ant from Wales UK .😎
Exactly! I use 1/2 of our 2 Car garage (though all of it would be nice) to "TWEEK" on stuff mainly at night when I cannot sleep. Hoping to build myself a 200sqft workshop/she'd within the next couple of years so that my wife doesn't have too "look at my mess". I (currently) love the late 80's Craftsman GT6000's & early 90's GT5000's. So simple and "BEEFY"! As for engines, I'll take a Kohler Magnum M18S/MV18S or M20S/MV20S over an Onan anyday! Talk about dependability and durability! And the TORQUE... WOW! That Kohler Twin Opposed, the K531 I believe, is what I want... CAST IRON BLOCK! I have been enjoying your videos for over a year now, you DON'T DISAPPOINT! P.S. -2 peices... 1) Do you know of any Seasoned/Experienced Kohler Magnum Opposed Twin Engine Mechanics? I am currently working on a MV18S. I'm looking to boost the Horsepower/Torque output by performing a Valve Job and adding Stiffer Valve Springs, but I can't find anyone... I'm also looking for a carb from a M20, because they have a "Slightly larger" venturi and larger jet. The only one you have is just tagged as Magnum 16-20hp... I frequent the MTF Forum, Taryl -Utube, and Sprockets Garage -Utube & Facebook. 2) Also, do you have any leads torward finding any "PDF" Service Manual for a Roper 633a Transaxle? I have made "simple" repaired to the three I have (2 spare), but I'm looking for clearances & ware tolerances... Thanks again for your Engineering and Mechanical Wisdom! MERRY CHRISTMAS -Thomas (12) Port Orchard, Washington
I'd like to see a video on how to adjust carburetors on these old tractors. I know there are guides but a video would be a big help for those of us that a better with visual guides
Hi, Does iSaveTractors have a video of converting a 1970s 12hp Gravely/Kohler from breakerless/electronic to points/condenser ignition? I bought your ignition parts package, but I was told there were some other parts such as the push rod that I have to get elsewhere. It would really be helpful if I knew what they were and where to get 'em AND I'd love to have a 'how-to' video or at least an instruction sheet. Pat
Nice suggestions, I have been planning on doing something like that for a while, except I have not come across any tractors in my area with the breakerless set up. I can however give you personalized tips on the conversion via email. Send us an email through our website and I will get back to you on how to do it.
Its nice to see harbor freight tools. Drill press, Shop press, Sandpaper, magnet trays ect. On the bigger drill press. How do you like it? Would you recommend it ?
filing cabinets are great,i have them in my shop and basement. i notice you have zero insulation in the shop,i havent finished mine yet but i have a 90,000 btu oil fired hot air furnace from a house that was converted to gas which allows me to work in a t shirt all winter. i also have air conditioning for those days we approach 90 or better. most of my shop tools are old,my one atlas lathe is from ww2 and i still use it. as i find good old tools,i sold off the china stuff which in some cases paid for the tool it replaced
Nice shop you got there. I can certainly relate to it never really being clean enough...lol.. you mentioned Wisconsin engines. Will there be any vids on those engines in the future? :-)
Man I know this video is older but I can give u a little bit of advice if you want it. Welding with flux is kind of a pain and it hard to weld thin metals especially if your using .035 cause in all honesty .035 is for more heavy equipment repair. if you used .025 or .030 with shielding gas you would thank me later cause that shop you have is fine for welding with gas cause you are covered mostly for no wind. I weld I'm my Gurage with shielding gas all the time have have no issues and the thinner wire is going to keep you from melting threw those thinner metals and if you need thinker welds just do multiple passes and your good.
Thanks for your comment. I now run both. I use gas and thinner wire for sheet metal and still use .035 Flux core but now from a 200 amp welder. Have 2 welders. One set up with gas and one not. Thanks for watching.
I didnt think any were worthwhile, but last month out here there was a guy selling two older MTD tractors, one had a 3pt lift which I have never seen. They were gone before I got around to asking about them. Those I thought were cool.
hi i am an old guy approaching my end of life. I have a few tractor parts to find a good home for. would you be interrested in picking up these items. a wards tractor complete iin goodcondition it has the BS engine 12 -15 hp ? with electric start/generator, hydrostatic drive with front dozer blade. i have a new bs engine with carb etc, looks likee neever started just like the one in my wards tractor. i have a third engine just like the oyher two with new pistin roller brarnings, etc from a sears vintage tractor with elecctric start. you have to cme pick them up i live near redding ca.
Joe, Did you get rid of the equipment you talked about. I save tractors as well and woud love to do it full time. I am leaving my chemical engineering job to restore vintae tractors and small engines. If you still would be interested, i could come and pick up what ever you would kindly let go of. I will give them a great home and my goal is to completely restore the engines. thank you. get in touch and if you leave me an email I will give you all my contact info. I am in PA. thank you.
Where is the left or work bench. I use to work in a shop that had a few lefts to drive the work up onto so we could work on it there. This is a mess and no real work area.
I just spoke to Norman at iSaveTractors. I can say he knows his stuff and has Great customer service. I'll be buying all my tractor supplies from them for now on. Thanks Norman!
Thank you for what you do. Repairing old garden tractors is my new hobby. Keeps my mind off life for a few hours a week.
Thank you Norman for the shop tour. Great money saving tips and organizing ideas. Just bought a property with a 30 x 30 shop so this was just what I was looking for.
This is an awesome video. I just bought a house in New Hampshire and it came with a wheel horse raider 12, simplicity 5212.5 and a 2 car garage. Your channel has been awesome prepping me for what I’m getting into and how I can set up my garage. I can’t wait to get to work on them. Great content 👍🏼🤘🏼
Thanks for the tour Norman. That's what I love about the old garden tractors-simple design and not any special tools needed. I always enjoy talking to you on the phone. The exhaust valve and keeper I bought from you works great in my Kohler MV20. We'll have to start thinking about snow cab builds before we know it. Looking forward to your uocoming build!
Thanks for the tour Norman. I really love your work. Keep saving the antique iron.
I would love to see a hydro rebuild from an older Cub... Great shop, a lot like mine, simple, but you get the job done!!!
👍👍👍My wife wanted me to organize my tools so she could find and use them 😁😁😁😁I made a small bag with tools that she could use instead. Great video as always, keep it simple is a great philosophy! Now all you have to do is a tour of your property. Just ride around with one of your favorite tractors and show us how you live. BTW if your shop is messy it makes me feel better about my own messy workshop! Have a great day!
My garage is my "shop" so it's nice to see your setup and why it's set up that way. Thanks.
Awesome video my shop is messy too but slowly getting better thanks for the tour keep it simple for sure !!!!!
Norman was great in sending parts over to Australia for me. I have a Gravely 812, i did an engine oversize piston rebuild, and Norman was right onto it! Gravely's aren't common over here, and i fell in love with the 812 as SOON as i saw it. Thanks Norman. Hey,,, your work benches could do with stainless steel sheet tops, saves wood chips getting into parts. I'm amazed at what you have built, totally impressive!.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind what is an empty desk a sing of? Thanks for the video.
I like your thinking. Keep it simple and get it done. I honestly believe many people are losing this idea of making things work with what you have, glad to know someone else is doing this beside me.
Thanks for the shop tour, now I don’t feel so bad in my small shop. Just recently discovered your channel and so far really enjoy watching your work.
Hey Norman.......love ya shop and yes i practise what you preach, do not touch my tools haha even a close will not return them ! There is just something about a tidy work shop, love it man, thanks , isavetractors number 1
Hi Norm I just saved 2 tractors 73 jd 110 , from the scrap yard. Now i'm happy. BEN alliance alberta canada
Always enjoy your videos. Thanks for the shop tour!
What more does one need right Norman ! Love what you do and nothing gets me more excited than a vintage garden tractor looking like new with very little if any plastic on it. Made of steel to last a lifetime if properly taken care of, been patiently waiting for your next build, are you going to let us in on the secret of what it is or are we just going to wait it out ? lol Nova Scotia Canada.
Love the idea of filing cabinets for tool storage. Gonna have to get a couple! Nice video!
Your tools, your shop, your rules no problem!
My grandfather used to say "a clean shop is the sign of a bored man' lol. I see you are a lot like him and Me lol I love what you are doing. I have decided to restore Dads Gravely 432 commercial in the next year. Then maybe I can sell off 2 or 3 Gravelys lol. I'd like to get back down to 4, the 432, the 450, the 816 and my xt52 zero turn mower.. It's nice to have a new resource , great job.
That my friends is what a working man's shop looks like.!
Thanks for sharing Norman! I like the way you think. This is not how nice your shop is or how much tools you have. It's all about what you do with it, with your imagination, your skills and your will. And you got them all! Most of the time I see a very nice and clean shop filled with super nice tool boxes, then it happens the owner does nothing with it... Thanks again!
Great job !!!!! It is Chris from New york
Great Shop Norman
Nice shop lookin forward to the Bolens 1886 soon.keep up the good work!
You do nice work Norm.
24 x 36 is a nice shop, that's what mine is and I find it great, its insulated and has heat, but this is all you need.
Norman, I can't diss agree with anything you've said here.
Though I think your shop is huge but I work on my tractors in a 12x24 garage.
I really respect what you're trying to do as I love old tractors too.
But I really prefer the newer OHV engines myself.
I especially agree about the welders, I've got 2 HFT Flux welders and I've built and repaired tons of things with them.
Keep up the good work
Cool shop !!! Thanks for the tour!!!!
That’s an effective way to work,thanks for the video
Really nice shop. you can tell a lot of great work happens there. I like your lathe by the way.
A great little shop and a great little tour of it. You are a man with a true passion for what you do. I know your time is very valuable but maybe for the holidays some year in the future maybe you could make a video with your children building one of your pens as I think it would be interesting seeing them and seeing the way you teach them and perhaps the pen that they make with you could end up being one of the grandpas or grandmas Christmas present from them. I think it would be a very interesting video even if it's going off track of the lawn tractor line. It still shows you teaching them how to use the lathe and to measure, I just think it would be interesting.
Also I love your tool signs and the order that you have them in with the last one saying "Don't Even Look At Them" I would be curious as to were you found them. They have an old look to them. As a suggestion to you I would consider making and selling them either out of wood or metal or even magnets, but I would keep that old look to them. It just a thought but maybe it can help you out. It may be something to contract out or I don't know what you wife does but maybe it's something that her and some of her friends can do to get involved with the business or as the kids get bigger a way for them to make money. If they were hand made and not exactly perfect it would make them better. I liked how in the one video where you had the business secretary come out and help you remove the engine from the Simplicity. Anyway just some ideas and I love your videos. Oh ya and best off all I love seeing the old tractors that you save and turn into a thing of beauty!
Loved that tour Norman,thanks :)
thank you for showing us you shop.
Appreciate the tour. A great shop !
thats a pretty good shop mine is 24 x 36 I find it big enough for sure, especially when I have to sweep the floor..lollove this channel lots of good content.keep up the good work.
Hi norm, I would say you have a place for everything and everything in its place. Keep up the good work. Brian mt. Hope pa.
Nice job!
Norman - This is great. Thanks for sharing the reality of your shop. Now I don't feel so bad about my own shop. BTW - I also use a lot of magnets - just like you do. They are sooo handy. I buy 50-100 1/2" rare earth magnets at time on eBay and use them for some products I manufacture as well as to hold just about anything just about anywhere. I do the same with my drill press chuck key - only I use a small rare earth magnet - but same idea. But I have some drawers clumsily filled with wrenches and pliers, etc. And, I have unused magnetic bars. I think it's time to put them to use. I hang my Dremels, palm sander and angle grinder on inexpensive "U" brackets on the wall. That way, I always know where they are (same as you) and can always simply reach out and grab the tool I need. It sure does save time vs opening a tool box or drawer and rooting around.... But something else - I buy two-sided velcro by the roll at Office Depot and use it to wrap my cords. It works great. I just grab the roll, grab the handy scissors and cut off the length I need, wrap it tight around the wire near the plug, then roll up the cord and wrap it loosely to keep it neat. Saves time, too. One more thing - I have replaced my old fluorescent lights with 4' LED shop lights - well worth the (reasonable) cost - and far, far better light to work by. I also have lights above each of my tools - the lathe, drill press, etc. Having focused light helps a lot. And recently, I got smart and began storing my hardware in one area and my tools in another. Gotta keep them apart and organized. I just spent an hour looking for my unused feeler gauge and found it inside of a nice, neat (but unmarked) little box with my lathe tools. When I put it away, it will go into the drawer that holds my calipers and other measureing devices. Getting organized is worth the effort. It saves time when you need something.... I like the idea of having the tools visible. I'll be following uour lead on that as well.
I guess I'll have to do a shop tour of my place one of these days. When i do, i will stop by and share the link...
BTW - you save tractors; I save old printing presses. As an old printer, it's great fun. I use 3 cub cadets outside on my own 3.5 acres - for cutting the lawns, plowing the snow, pushing piles of gravel around, leveling the gravel I push around (with my own home-designed leveling blade that pulls behind the tractor) or pulling one of the little trailers I carry the gravel (& just about anything) in. (I'd rather have a bucket loader, but that's a big project!) Sometimes repairing my 3 old (1970's) Cub tractors takes away from my work on the old printing presses, but I'm getting better at it - thanks in no small part to your videos - especially that great one on basic wiring. That got me (almost) through my latest challenge - rusted old ignition switch on my Cub 782... I did mix two wires, but will review your video and figure it - out and hopefully get it running tomorrow. I gotta - the grass is growing too fast!
So. Thanks again. I will be back!
Thanks for your comment, I enjoyed it very much!
That’s the cleanest I’ve seen the garage. I’m surprised you don’t have magnetic socket holders yet.
he's way braver than i am-to show things. ha!
BigJim57
Same here, Norman has seen my mess though.
You have a great shop and I like your ideas. I do have a question....how do you heat your shop?
I am Born and Raised in Maine. I don't heat the shop. ;) J/k. I use a propane torpedo heater. I heat it until I don't shake, then I layer up my clothes. My shop in the winter gets warmed to about 40 degrees and that's what I work in. For critical measurements I bring everything into another space thats heated to 70
nice shop keep it simple
The only thing I was surprised at was no lift table. I got one about 10 years ago and regretted not getting it much sooner. I'm much older than you and don't like working on the floor. It can be used for a lift as well as a work bench. Nice shop, though.
Nice man cave norm ! I've been working on mine to be able to grab tool off the wall ,I'm fed up looking in drawers and shelves .im done now my first job is strip a Briggs 1200 head I think valves sticking as its throwing fuel straight back up through filter .will start when I've got my trail bike off the bench and finished tarting it up .all the best great vids Ant from Wales UK .😎
Exactly!
I use 1/2 of our 2 Car garage (though all of it would be nice) to "TWEEK" on stuff mainly at night when I cannot sleep.
Hoping to build myself a 200sqft workshop/she'd within the next couple of years so that my wife doesn't have too "look at my mess".
I (currently) love the late 80's Craftsman GT6000's & early 90's GT5000's. So simple and "BEEFY"!
As for engines, I'll take a Kohler Magnum M18S/MV18S or M20S/MV20S over an Onan anyday! Talk about dependability and durability! And the TORQUE... WOW!
That Kohler Twin Opposed, the K531 I believe, is what I want... CAST IRON BLOCK!
I have been enjoying your videos for over a year now, you DON'T DISAPPOINT!
P.S. -2 peices...
1) Do you know of any Seasoned/Experienced Kohler Magnum Opposed Twin Engine Mechanics? I am currently working on a MV18S.
I'm looking to boost the Horsepower/Torque output by performing a Valve Job and adding Stiffer Valve Springs, but I can't find anyone... I'm also looking for a carb from a M20, because they have a "Slightly larger" venturi and larger jet. The only one you have is just tagged as Magnum 16-20hp...
I frequent the MTF Forum, Taryl -Utube, and Sprockets Garage -Utube & Facebook.
2) Also, do you have any leads torward finding any "PDF" Service Manual for a Roper 633a Transaxle? I have made "simple" repaired to the three I have (2 spare), but I'm looking for clearances & ware tolerances...
Thanks again for your Engineering and Mechanical Wisdom!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
-Thomas (12)
Port Orchard, Washington
where did you get the magnet strips?? love them!!
Ray Ferris, you can get the magnet strips at harbor freight
Lockheed had the skunk works, IST has this shop =)
ayeeeeeeeee i got a isavetractor sticker on my toolbox :D
So that’s where all the magic happens. Nice👍.
Nice place!
Great shop Norman. Do you sell your pens ?
I'd like to see a video on how to adjust carburetors on these old tractors. I know there are guides but a video would be a big help for those of us that a better with visual guides
U should start selling that tool rules signs I need one
Hi, Does iSaveTractors have a video of converting a 1970s 12hp Gravely/Kohler from breakerless/electronic to points/condenser ignition? I bought your ignition parts package, but I was told there were some other parts such as the push rod that I have to get elsewhere. It would really be helpful if I knew what they were and where to get 'em AND I'd love to have a 'how-to' video or at least an instruction sheet. Pat
Nice suggestions, I have been planning on doing something like that for a while, except I have not come across any tractors in my area with the breakerless set up. I can however give you personalized tips on the conversion via email. Send us an email through our website and I will get back to you on how to do it.
How did you get started doing this
Its nice to see harbor freight tools. Drill press, Shop press, Sandpaper, magnet trays ect. On the bigger drill press. How do you like it? Would you recommend it ?
I like the big drill press a lot. Gets daily use and does everything I need of it
Where can I find u springs for seat? Gravely 20
I love what you do and i have a wheel horse
Have you ever restored a gravely walk behind tractor
filing cabinets are great,i have them in my shop and basement. i notice you have zero insulation in the shop,i havent finished mine yet but i have a 90,000 btu oil fired hot air furnace from a house that was converted to gas which allows me to work in a t shirt all winter. i also have air conditioning for those days we approach 90 or better. most of my shop tools are old,my one atlas lathe is from ww2 and i still use it. as i find good old tools,i sold off the china stuff which in some cases paid for the tool it replaced
Harbor Freight magnetic tool holders FTW
Nice shop you got there. I can certainly relate to it never really being clean enough...lol.. you mentioned Wisconsin engines. Will there be any vids on those engines in the future? :-)
Yes more videos of Wisconsin engines as we roll out more parts for them. Thanks for watching!
Your workshop has MoJo it does the business. 😎
Man I know this video is older but I can give u a little bit of advice if you want it. Welding with flux is kind of a pain and it hard to weld thin metals especially if your using .035 cause in all honesty .035 is for more heavy equipment repair. if you used .025 or .030 with shielding gas you would thank me later cause that shop you have is fine for welding with gas cause you are covered mostly for no wind. I weld I'm my Gurage with shielding gas all the time have have no issues and the thinner wire is going to keep you from melting threw those thinner metals and if you need thinker welds just do multiple passes and your good.
Thanks for your comment. I now run both. I use gas and thinner wire for sheet metal and still use .035 Flux core but now from a 200 amp welder. Have 2 welders. One set up with gas and one not. Thanks for watching.
What is the best tractor you have?
How do you heat your shop?
I use a propane torpedo heater for really cold nights, otherwise I use a kerosene heater.
No torch set?
I do have one but its stored on an outer part of my shop.
I know a lot of people aren’t to fond of what I’m gonna say, but I would like to see a MTD garden tractor being restored
RobHoey RELOADED
I too would like to see an MTD featured, there are some great older mtd's out there
I didnt think any were worthwhile, but last month out here there was a guy selling two older MTD tractors, one had a 3pt lift which I have never seen. They were gone before I got around to asking about them. Those I thought were cool.
Matt Brennan yeah, they have a front and rear attachments, I know because I have one
that....is cool!
The old MTD's were as tough as anything. Very hard to find parts.
Rebuild a Bolens tractor!
Génial, 😉
hi i am an old guy approaching my end of life. I have a few tractor parts to find a good home for. would you be interrested in picking up these items. a wards tractor complete iin goodcondition it has the BS engine 12 -15 hp ? with electric start/generator, hydrostatic drive with front dozer blade. i have a new bs engine with carb etc, looks likee neever started just like the one in my wards tractor. i have a third engine just like the oyher two with new pistin roller brarnings, etc from a sears vintage tractor with elecctric start. you have to cme pick them up i live near redding ca.
Joe, Did you get rid of the equipment you talked about. I save tractors as well and woud love to do it full time. I am leaving my chemical engineering job to restore vintae tractors and small engines. If you still would be interested, i could come and pick up what ever you would kindly let go of. I will give them a great home and my goal is to completely restore the engines. thank you. get in touch and if you leave me an email I will give you all my contact info. I am in PA. thank you.
Would sale one of your tractor's
Yes, I am working on cataloging my projects for sale. I can't keep them all. I will eventually have them on our website: www.isavetractors.com
Where do you live
Nice shop but be careful with your exposed Romex electrical wiring a fire waiting to happen.
Where is the left or work bench. I use to work in a shop that had a few lefts to drive the work up onto so we could work on it there. This is a mess and no real work area.
I have a 214 John Deere
TOM PIPPS . FOAM - BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA USA . HI HELLO . I LINK YOU WORK .
Hi and thank you!
a real shop is almost never clean