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Lister Based Generators / Re: 1925 Lister 2T and Generator
« on: April 13, 2025, 02:03:49 AM »
Ok, I'm back for a bit. Put the Machine back in the shop. Leaking oil from the the cracked lower oil pickup. Other than that and some dust and rust, all good.
Pulled a ton o parts to take to the polisher to get them prepped for new Nickel plate. And am trying my hand at cleaning the nuts and bolts with a tumbler to see if I can get them spiffy without taking too much metal away.
I haven't decided on what to do with them, Paint, Nickel, Bluing or some other such.
Then the BIG Kahuna!! The 1000# Generator. Should be pretty straight forward to Disassemble, Clean, Paint and Reassemble.
I've been Kicking Ass this Year.
Last Dec 31st My company Folded. They warned me Nov 15th and gave me 4 months Severance. I was 2.5 months shy of 30 Years!
So being 63 and not looking forward to Job interviews, I started My Own Company using my old company customers. What I do Is pretty specialized and you you can't just sell experience! The Old Owners are in there 80s and just want to sell everything including the building and not look back. So I have 3-4 years to make some real coin and help my other office guy learn the tricks. We have been working together for 25 yrs and he is smart and for the last almost 2 years has been learning the field.
So here I am learning Quickbooks and he is learning how to make a burner not hurt anyone.
The building is supposed to be here until the end of the year so I have to move fast and work 6/12hr days at the same time.
So there's the POOP!
And here's some pics.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gG7PmhEuE6Xu8vEw6
Pulled a ton o parts to take to the polisher to get them prepped for new Nickel plate. And am trying my hand at cleaning the nuts and bolts with a tumbler to see if I can get them spiffy without taking too much metal away.
I haven't decided on what to do with them, Paint, Nickel, Bluing or some other such.
Then the BIG Kahuna!! The 1000# Generator. Should be pretty straight forward to Disassemble, Clean, Paint and Reassemble.
I've been Kicking Ass this Year.
Last Dec 31st My company Folded. They warned me Nov 15th and gave me 4 months Severance. I was 2.5 months shy of 30 Years!
So being 63 and not looking forward to Job interviews, I started My Own Company using my old company customers. What I do Is pretty specialized and you you can't just sell experience! The Old Owners are in there 80s and just want to sell everything including the building and not look back. So I have 3-4 years to make some real coin and help my other office guy learn the tricks. We have been working together for 25 yrs and he is smart and for the last almost 2 years has been learning the field.
So here I am learning Quickbooks and he is learning how to make a burner not hurt anyone.
The building is supposed to be here until the end of the year so I have to move fast and work 6/12hr days at the same time.
So there's the POOP!
And here's some pics.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gG7PmhEuE6Xu8vEw6
