Tom King

Here is that utility sink for servicing the sprayers, and its drain through the wall. I don't know what I would do with the sprayers without that sink. My sharpening sink has the same type of drain. No trap needed. I wouldn't live anywhere that wasn't zoned Agricultural. The sink is low enough below the faucet to easily service 3 gallon sprayers. The water is supplied by a hose hooked to a freezeproof yard hydrant at the corner of that shed. It can be drained down in freezing weather when no sprayer will be used anyway. There is no hot water. The stand for that pressure washer is a height that I can back the truck up to and roll it into the bed. It's used running in the bed of the truck, then easy for me to put it back by myself. It weighs a few hundred pounds.

What style doors? Probably the majority of cabinet makers these days buy ready made doors because they can't approach making them as cheaply as they can buy them made to their specifications. Here is one example of many: https://cabinetdoor.store/

I really liked these cheap pumps that Tractor Supply sells, but the reason I stopped using them was that no parts were available. I never even looked at what the warranty was. They were something like two for $26. The reason I went to the Smith pumps was that I thought it was a family business. I think I had even read that somewhere, but also parts were available on Amazon. I just checked and a replacement pump is available there for 20 bucks. I think I did have a pump fail with one of the cheap ones, but I think I used that exterior cleaner you see in the gallon container down on the right-don't ever buy any of that for anything. None of them really have many parts, so it shouldn't be a big deal for the company to keep some available. Certainly if they are for sale on Amazon, replacement parts are available. I did always have trouble with some of those cheap ones because I think the seals and O-rings on those are not made from better quality materials like EPDM, Buna, Viton, and maybe other choices. I was able to keep the cheap ones going sometimes with my box of Buna replacement O-rings. I don't have as many sprayers as these now because I've narrowed down the number of things I use for different things. I certainly couldn't afford to have half this many B & G's. I would expect great service from B&G, but you're probably buying that to start with. I do have one here that belonged to my Dad, but I never use it for anything. https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Pest-Control-Sprayer-gal/dp/B004GGNL82/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2JQ993HD1YM8X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.b6L4E-0PIpEHg1go3Ku2EVeLpMGvFl76D6lmaEfNEnNvzmNMb5jaKNDEQV_ylmdRtFqZeHh2Jkklz9nCbVgOZZn-djXId0oI-ct7JOw59lFQQ0D4eepim5Ydo68z5ju3fQ8AaI8eckW2vqSmhejTLewN-NKGZbkUHiZXk0iiwBT_abiCzkfpb2t1biQEpV8qGyPgIoTtchlyZLX-_qjCzbfA_FbmR5GgWFh2W1-XRPIlq-ZNS2dO0V0ru8zgeH7BcwZyp9tjFxxOoV3tvSMgcMCw3TnPx7nzc-glY7HB0wI.te5cdppZBYpQJ-R2XetqTR27DNkfKO9TnyUcmkg-adk&dib_tag=se&keywords=b%26g+sprayer+1+gallon&qid=1714049067&sprefix=B%26G%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.c3015c4a-46bb-44b9-81a4-dc28e6d374b3 That rack that holds the wands up in the air does help to keep the tips clear. I think they drain down some when I release the pressure in one when it goes back on the shelf. On the other side of that shed is one of those cheap plastic utility sinks for servicing them.

The 2' bury will work fine. The freeze depth may be different there than here anyway, especially since no one stocks the one foot bury. The bury depth is not critical. They just have different length pipes and it doesn't really matter exactly how much sticks out above ground other than for comfort of use. I would only use ball valves for cutoffs and not a regular faucet. There is some loss in flow from length, so better to go with 1" pipe. Any fitting smaller than that is a restriction and will slow flow. The hydrant fittings are 3/4" but that's so close to the end that there is no noticeable restriction. I put a Y1 at our garden instead of a Y34 and it can flow so much water that our well pump can't keep up. The Y34 is 3/4". I think the PEX would be fine. I have Lots of PVC in the ground here that's 44 years old and has been trouble free. Black poly is probably okay too, but I just don't like that the fittings go inside the pipe and restrict flow. Black poly is nowhere near as strong as PVC or Pex. PVC will flex a lot, but for sharper turns you just use different fittings. I have a PVC union at my well head so I can pull the pump if I need to without having to redo piping. I park the loader over the well head with a pulley on a chain attached to the bucket up in the air over the well and use the truck going backwards so I can see when the pump comes out of the well to pull it. I have the pump hanging on a stainless steel cable that goes through the block (pulley). The cable is through that pulley on a chain inside the well cover, ready to go. I can have the pump out of the well in five minutes including setup. I get Pam to handle the pipe as it comes out and back in.

Thinking about this more, I might side with the company. If anyone buys a sprayer and lets dirt get in it, or leaves something that will coagulate if left for any amount of time, like Sevin in it, it will clog, or doesn't keep the pump clean while it's out and going back in, any sprayer, even a multi-hundred dollar B&G is going to stop working. I've already found out they'll replace a broken part quickly and for no charge when it could be a manufacturing defect. If someone just wants a new sprayer simply because one stopped working in the warranty period for any reason, I can see where they can just pull one out of inventory for not really any noticeable cost to them, but wouldn't want to pay the shipping. Almost always it's going to be something simple that is just normal, day to day operating of any pump sprayer. The cheap ones aren't built to last though, so it could be they're simply made too cheaply or the warranty is too long for the cheap ones.

You can't jamb any kind of guide right up hard against the blade. The guides just keep it from getting too far out of line when and if it does. Don't worry about it until you get used to running a bandsaw.

Curly, why did the pump fail? Won't build pressure? Won't hold pressure? I have to work on them often, but don't usually require a replacement part and never a whole replacement sprayer. Like the one that the pickup tube broke in would build pressure but wouldn't spray. Sometimes the gaskets in the pump are just dirty. I have a utility sink in a shed just for filling and working on pump sprayers. I always rinse off the top before opening the pump. Maybe they are better about sending a replacement part than a whole new sprayer. I broke one of the relief valves on one of the ones on the back of my truck and ordered a replacement and spares off Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4HQ0MB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Three of them stay clipped to the back corner of my pickup in growing season. 2,4,D, Roundup, and Triclopyr for spot spraying keeping the Ponderosa up.

To me, this is the best of woodworking! You don't have to have the best of everything available in tools. I think Windsor Castle has an empty spot somewhere.

Solo quality has gone down too. I needed a 1 gallon one with a really long wand to spray high for spiders on the rental house and it looked like Solo was the one for that. It had a ridge in the casting around the top of the main part that kept the O-ring that sealed the top on from sealing good. I was able to modify that to smooth it out so it works fine now, but that was a manufacturing defect that I don't think a good company used to have.

Bummer. Looks like they have managed to bury the history of D.B. Smith sprayers online too. I did see they started with (not started) the brand in 2015. I found a 1969 D,B. Smith sprayer catalog on ebay, and I'm not sure what year this one is from but it looks older than the 1969 one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/285119656196?itmmeta=01HW822366YRZMWENYWQ0FKYCJ&hash=item426274b104:g:cr0AAOSwcvtjzxqh&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0EQZmPvDjSj0ITJkziZ92cAX4mAnvNcgwk0XT6eaMrgRK9p3uc2nHQAECXqJj222S4VI9oAxDbFNnkcTc3pW1Q6k5BQ4pX8yKpcyO0siKcfG6RDNUzeuX8rUvC5CIk2GynSjdGLH%2F01OhaET8S425XI%2FCTjUvBJfTd81ZE7PO56nrzPFiLHsDmg1boHwmiIIdIu8FTQTFdIOnxvN39SUeIW2mVj3hfu3ViC4%2FL7An61f5u2lrMotSSnm2hJHCos6Tfb%2BuxvEJ%2F1%2FpxUnqizXmFk%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5iziILiYw Looks like they bought Indian fire pumps too, which I saw in that old Smith catalog. I also own two of those. I hope they don't buy B & G. edited to add: Looks like they maybe started with building steam carriages: http://www.virtualsteamcarmuseum.org/makers/elite_smith_d_b_and_company.html

Get what you can out of it like it is before looking for improvement. I expect it will be fine. I don't find that guides make a lot of difference in properly tuned bandsaws. I even used my 24" once with the table and upper guides off of it to get more than stock resaw capacity for one job, and it didn't make much difference even with no guides at all.

Get a Woodford Y34 for 1 foot bury. They come in a bunch of lengths for different freeze depths. It is pretty simple. You can rent a trencher for half a day, dig the trench and carry the trencher back, then take your time hooking everything up and use your tractor loader to fill it back in. That's what I do when I need to run a waterline. ALWAYS dig your trench first, and then measure for pipe or wire. I never use a plastic female threaded adapter for anything. I use a brass street elbow at the bottom, and a male threaded PVC adapter into that. Use 1" PVC schedule 40 pipe and fittings. The past couple of years I've been able to buy it cheaper from Lowes than from my long time plumbing supplier. Get 20 foot lengths with bell ends if you can. Otherwise you'll need to buy couplings and do double the number of glued joints. Use disposable gloves for handling the primer and glue. The primer is much more liquid than water, and you'll get it all over everything including your hands. If you have an auger for your tractor, I did a hole where the hydrant goes and put a vertical 8" cinder block under the bottom with river rock to fill the rest of the hole up. The bottom of the hydrant has to drain as quickly as possible to be freezeproof. I just buy a couple of bags of river rocks from the landscape department in Lowes or Home Depot. Leave plenty of room around it to swing a couple of long pipe wrenches. You screw the top off to replace any of the parts. I've rebuilt them that were over 50 years old and they work like new. Once I had to screw the top off of one right after install because there was something in the new pipe that wouldn't flush out the faucet. It shot out the open top of the pipe with water though, so easier than having to dig it back up. I'll find some links: https://www.amazon.com/Woodford-Y34-1-HC-Freezeless-Hydrant-Finder/dp/B008N3ITK4/ref=sr_1_2?crid=16GWVK1V5QKIW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7hPySlqIgyhIbkeK2-GM1S8bX14kNRrRe4rCzK5dCsfEK1xW08MjbupyXwP3EHL9HChq9n0gu_8uyy6wyYED-rAXqKno7P7eIjTXfRA9YqmaSm10CfmnStISQ_sDFfgwF4gxrl8OthPFztf_2hYcv3NOJUY6YOumeIE1NH30jL-TotoJTLggk5Yvs_LpJMkgG4S2zClAW-JMjST2yHcSAO6_zCCNMow7-O1thNH7EOZD82nFi6XNdej-KiMU0vOjKTnrQmc75E7aazuWaH98vmgeMd60zO9puGt5TkUxTyI.lPInvOQ-RCNzaBmofK9vnC94JchXBNitcwqjzLspJxQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=woodford+y34+yard+hydrant&qid=1713912781&sprefix=y34+h%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-2 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQY9K0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01986ADEY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This should have everything you need to know about the hydrants. https://www.woodfordmfg.com/Woodford/Yard_Hydrant_Pages/Model-y34.html The Y has a linkage that pulls the rod through the seal straight up. The W doesn't pull it straight up.

Never heard of Fountainhead sprayers. I use a bunch of pump sprayers. I used to use cheap ones because I had so many, but they only lasted a couple of years. Currently having great usage, longevity, and customer service from Smith sprayers. The pickup tube in one broke. I know it was several years old and probably past any warranty time, but I called the number, talked to a person, and a new replacement was here in an envelope in two days. They aren't close to being the cheapest, but you really can't expect them to be and be good to. I needed a backpack sprayer last Fall. I bought a Smith. This comes with my personal recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AT587J6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Should be LH on one end and RH on the other. 5/8 lawnmower blade nuts should fit it. They come both ways and have a built in "washer" on one side. One example of many: https://www.amazon.com/CUB-CADET-712-05134-Flange-Ultima/dp/B0198RQ70M/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1IQQ66SURLHPB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3vbW7ImJ1R4U4pIajklqQ1_Hf6rQfPgoXJ62nyKihhQuM6k2Au3FE3HdRsgWucyOMSKnc5l1lcghmLr9j7FnC3BBy6_XDPsbf8--W_tnYyHKf9cmAHzyGqgcPktWjoaymSzmTxA97GpYHjg-EyvZeh29w-hk9-K6WRDOopw6cavyTdE6HicXNaQDS7PDJDsDCfbSDyU-i0srlGs_M3vUj21IWeqhpopcKzG1mI08rlM.PSqgoh5OB3lBFurLFMPlV8yeQve36eLpxQX2Urseclg&dib_tag=se&keywords=5%2F8+lawnmower+blade+nut&qid=1713660155&sprefix=5%2F8+lawnmower+blade+nut%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-8