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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Two In A Row

Needed more bench space and shelves.  So I made this 12' bench to act as a divider in the two car side of the garage. It soon became obvious that it would really work well if I could move it across the Prius' parking space and get temporary working space, while the Prius was briefly outside.


So I designed this pivoting set of casters to go on each end of the bench.

The 2x4 pivots on a 1/2" bolt. When you push it down it raises the front of the bench with very little effort. Then the wheel passes the pivot point and the weight of the bench works to lower the other end to this position.
Then you push the aluminum arm (which is pivoting on a pin at the top) and it easily moves to the vertical.

And voila, the bench is 3/4" off the ground and easily rolls across the floor to the other side of the garage.


The remarkable thing is that this is the mark I version. Usually it takes three or four modifications to get to this stage. It actually works better than I expected and it all went together as planned.

I'll be running over to the 7/11 to buy a lottery ticket as soon as I finish this.

Emil called today to suggest a fishing trip Monday. I figure my luck will change for sure by then.
Though, the weather should be perfect.

The following weekend we are heading over to Portland for the Timber's playoff game on the 24th. Should have some good photos after that trip.

Stay warm

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