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Having tbe CNC plasma table has taught me a lot about plasma cutting. Torch height, cut speed, current and voltage and air pressure all have an impact. When you get them all right, the result is really impressive. This part required no clean up. Naturally, I didn’t take pictures of parts...

You missed a generation!

Good Morning, 55° and foggy now, high in the upper 70’s after it burns off, with no chance of rain. This was from Saturday afternoon- Yesterday started off slow, wife at farmers market, leaving me to take care of daughter, Zoe and the dogs. Helped oldest son with some electrical work, he had...

Those cuts look great, is there any dross on the back side? How thick was the material?

Good Morning It’s 66° with a high in the low 70’s. No rain, which is great. We have only gotten 1/4” in the last three days, but it’s been in the form of a constant mist and drizzle , making it difficult to work outside. Maybe it will dry up enough to get some mowing done today. The sun is...

Actually we pulled the siding off to verify the elevation of the top of the footing on the lower left if that is what you were looking at.

It’s an “accessory dwelling unit” as it has a kitchen, bathroom and laundry, and separated from the main house, but attached through the garage. Keeping it attached did streamline the process, but I still needed a variance to make it a “multi family dwelling”, even though it’s my family. I’m...

I would second the Polaris, but after at least three decades with the water powered ones with a booster pump, we switched to the Polaris 9540 all electric version and it is a quantum leap upwards.

Good Morning 59° with a high of 65 and a slight chance of rain under partly cloudy skies. Yesterday was a busy day getting ready for construction to start on Monday. Had to clear out the area where the addition attaches to the house, here’s the before- And here is the after- It went...

I started the process in September when I applied for a zoning variance, followed by stormwater management exemption and board of health approval. Then submitted drawings for the actual building, including electrical, plumbing and HVAC. None of the steps were onerous, just time consuming.

Yup big old stone fireplace. For playing with fire and atmosphere, not heat. I’ll have gas fueled radiant floor heat and a SEER 23 heat pump for that. The only efficient feature of the fire place is going to be a fresh air vent for combustion.

Good Morning 62° with a high of 70. Overcast now becoming partly sunny with no rain. Yesterday was a productive day, pre-construction meeting went well, I took the last drawings to the township office and left with a building permit, which is a good thing, because digging starts on Monday...

Good Morning 62° with peeks of sun and a good breeze blowing. Not supposed to get to 70, but no rain and some sun. Yesterday was a mixed bag, started with a meeting at the airport about modifying the doors on the maintenance hangar. A previous tenant had “improved” them with structural steel...

Good Morning 59°, grey and drizzling, not supposed to change much throughout the day. Rain hasn’t amounted to anything, less than 1/10” since yesterday, just keeps it damp outside. Yesterday’s breakfast was good, daughter kept us entertained. Jeep went ok, I had to reclaim the charge that he...

I think Dennis was referring to the screws all being aligned vertically. (Which is how I do it).

Good Morning It’s 53° and sunny, supposed to cloud up with a good chance of thunderstorms by the time it gets to 70 this afternoon. Yesterday took a long time to dry out, but I did get the mowing done, except for inside the pastures. Here’s looking down the RC runway. Grandson helped me...

I forgot to mention the oldest son, grandson and DIL came up and brought wife flowers for Mother’s Day. Daughter told her mom that she was her Mother’s Day present. No lack of confidence there!

Good Morning 50° going to 70. Cloudy now, but clear skies forecast. Yesterday was a dreary one, nothing accomplished outside. Did spend time with Fusion, puttered around the hangar with the little plane a bit, but not terribly productive. Hopefully today the sun will come out early and dry...

Good Morning 46°, might make it to 50 today. Overcast and grey with chance of rain, we got less than 1/4” overnight. Yesterday started by making French Toast for daughter and myself, then puttering around in the shop for a while. Cleaned up the horizontal bandsaw, got lots of little cutoffs...

THIS!!!! No Delay.

Good Morning 48° and mostly sunny. A break in our overcast rainy weather today with a high about 60 and dry. Yesterday’s trip to Palm Beach was uneventful, the weather in N Florida and Georgia was to the west of our route but the strong winds aloft made for a bumpy ride in the climb. It didn’t...

Good Morning 50° and rain, not much change forecast for the day. Yesterday was a day of paperwork, didn’t rain but grey all day. Today I’m off to Palm Beach. Should be my last trip for at least a couple of weeks, and not a good day to work outside, so it must be a good day to fly…. Ron- the...

Yes, the house has an “open loop” forced air heat pump. The “old folks home” addition will have a propane fired combi boiler with radiant heat, and an air source 23 SEER2 heat pump for AC and spring and fall heat.

Good observation. I have tweaked the layout some, removing the loop from the long hallway/laundry room and using the feeds to all the other loops to heat that area. It will actually have a higher density of tubing than the areas with loops. That will leave a “cool area” for Zoe to sleep on...

Good Morning 66° with a high of 80 on tap. Line of weather just passed through, “I woke up to the sound of thunder”. We got about 1/8” of rain that’s going to be it for today as it clears up and the sun comes out. Happy belated birthday Frits. Yesterday’s breakfast was good as usual, when I...

Good Morning 62° and sunny with a high of just about 80 forecast. Yesterday was grey and damp all day. So I didn’t do any mowing. Spent the day inside doing mostly computer work. Building inspector needs a plan showing the plumbing layout with vent stacks, HVAC ductwork and radiant heat plan...

Good Morning 54° and overcast, fog is slowly burning off. High of 70 under cloudy skies with little chance of rain. We got about 1/2” of rain yesterday and overnight. Ground is still solid, but the grass is too wet to mow, hopefully later this afternoon I can get something done. Yesterday’s...

Good Morning It’s 48° and raining. Pretty much the same for the rest of the day. We only have gotten 2/10” since it started yesterday morning. Didn’t get any mowing in yesterday, the rain started too early. I did get some time in with Fusion, I cut some pieces of 10 ga 309 stainless for grill...

Texas style for me. Actually a blend of KC, Memphis and Texas. But definitely no sauce unless I put it on. And not vinegar sauce.

Good Morning. It’s a cool 53° this morning under a cloudy sky. Not going to warm up, rain is likely later. Yesterday’s trip went as well as it could considering I had an 8 hour wait in SC. We did find a local BBQ joint for lunch. It didn’t disappoint, but it reminded me how regionalized BBQ...

Good Morning. 56° and mostly sunny. High about 66 for the day. Yesterday’s trip to the derby was relatively uneventful. It was a zoo though. Has to park remotely and they took us to the FBO in a van. We had to hold, we were given an EFC (expect further clearance) time of an hour, but we only...

Good Morning. It’s 57°, high just under 80 this afternoon , after the fog burns off. Not many chores will get done today, I’ll gather up the trash and recycling, bring in a load of ice for the daughters cold therapy machine, but then I’ve got to head to the airport. Taking a group to...

Forgot the picture of the template- It’s about 20” long for scale.

Sure did. Admittedly I have not bought one in years though. Why are they not available anymore. They have been excellent cameras.

Good Morning. 64° with a high just about 80 today. Nice bright sun shining. We got about 1/4” of rain last night from a passing front, heard some thunder, but that was about it. Yesterday started with breakfast with the professor, we were just about done when I got an email from my camera...

It is a lot, but the neighbors all know it’s there, and it gets used, especially in the summertime.

Good Morning 58° with a high of 85 under mostly clear skies after the morning mist burns off. Yesterday started with scratch made waffles, all three kids and grandson were here. Then youngest son and I dealt with downed tree top. It was stuck into the ground 18”. We put a chain around it and...

Good Morning It’s 50° with a high of 78 on tap for today. Partly cloudy with little chance of rain. Yesterday went by pretty quickly, started off taking care of the daughter, who is very low maintenance, her dogs which are a bit more demanding. Zoe and I went for a walk around the farm, then...

To be clear- a Ryobi power planer

Good Morning 41° under partly cloudy skies, high of 60 with little chance of rain today. Yesterday was back to making space in the shop for alpaca wares. So far I’ve been successful at manufacturing space by organizing and consolidating existing space. Yesterday I found a power plane that I...

Let me know when you want to go, I’ll pick you up or meet you there.

I would !!

Good Morning. 33° with a high of 62 this afternoon. Another clear bright day. Everything is dried up, it’s nice to not be surrounded by swamp. Yesterday was very productive. Busy, but productive. So busy that I didn’t take any pictures. All the alpacas were sheared by 1pm, I cleared out the...

Good Morning. 42° with a high of 55 on tap for today under a partly cloudy sky. Today is alpaca shearing, the troops are gathering, I pulled the pork out of the smoker after its 16 hour cook and got it shredded- I’ll put it into a Cambro to keep it warm until lunchtime. Yesterday was...

Good Morning 48° with a high of 65 under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Pretty sure I didn’t check in for the last couple days, it’s been pretty busy. Been getting my daily dose of CAD tasks, I think at my age, repetition and the law of primacy are helpful when learning. Here was yesterday’s...

I’ll second the Bosch Dishwasher. We have an 800 series, primarily because there were not any 500’s in stock, and we needed one. I’m definitely putting another 800 in the Old Folks home.

Good Morning 41° with a brilliant sun in a clear sky today. High of 60 on tap. Yesterday was another busy, but unscripted day. Did a little cleanup, developed a plan to make more space for alpaca wares, put in a little bit of time with Fusion before heading outside. It was a grey, but dry...

I’ve played in bands at Shadfest, usually to large crowds.

Good morning 36° when I woke up, already 44 on its way to low 50’s under a clear sky. Yesterday was a mixed bag. Made room for over a dozen tubs of alpaca wares, but now have a mess to clean up, and full trash cans. Have to find quite a bit more room as well. Went to restaurant and measured...

Good Morning. It’s 52° and grey outside. No rain, but not particularly inviting either. High of 62 and a chance we might see the sun late in the afternoon. Yesterday was similar. Didn’t accomplish anything notable, did my time in front of Fusion, read up on plasma cutting consumables, cutting...

Good Morning 46° and partly cloudy, supposed to warm up a bit, but won’t see 60. Yesterday started with my daily dose of Fusion 360, then went and picked up a friend from the auto shop and took him home. About a 30 mile trip all together, the Prius had enough charge to not burn any gas. Went...

Good Morning 47° and grey. Not supposed to change much, but no real rain forecast. Yesterday we did get the welder loaded up and moved, but didn’t weld the hitch on the excavator, as my buddy wasn’t feeling great. Continued with Fusion lessons, it’s slowly coming together, at least in 2D with...

Good morning. 44° and the sun is shining. Supposed to rain late in the day with a high near 70. Yesterday’s breakfast and conversation was good, wife came along as well. After breakfast I made some progress with Autocad Fusion, I figure if I put in some time everyday, I’ll eventually get...

Good Morning It’s 54° with a high of 70 forecast under clear skies. Yesterday was similar and made it past 80. Yesterday was a mix of chores and too much time in front of the computer learning Autocad Fusion 360. I would alternate between the computer and outside chores. It’s getting to...

Only the water table is stainless. I used Borax to raise the PH of the water above 9, which supposedly won’t promote rust.

Good Morning. It’s 52° and sunny with an expected high of 70. Yesterday was a productive day, got the plasma cutter going and the calibrated it by drawing a 2” square with a 1” hole in it, then measuring what size it actually cut. It took 3 tries adjusting the kerf width in the CAM software to...

Reminds of seeing one of our kids brushing one of our Newfy’s teeth. The dog was easily 4 or 5 times the weight of the kid prying its mouth open. U

Good Morning. 50° damp and windy today. I think that we are done with rain for a day or so. Looks like about 3/4” since yesterday. Yesterday I pretty much finished up the plasma table, except for verifying that everything was setup correctly. We had a fun night of playing music, afterwards...

Good afternoon. 60° and rained on and off throughout the day. More on the way. Yesterday’s Costco run filled the back of the Prius and left my wallet $330 lighter. Spent the rest of the day in the shop. Spent pretty much the whole day in the shop again today. Got the plasma table just...

Good Morning 50° and overcast. High of 65 with chance of raining increasing until a near certainty overnight. Yesterday definitely kept me busy. Made a lot of progress on the plasma table, still a lot more to do today. Replaced the 12v battery in a friend’s Prius, I’ve got a “keep alive”...

That is good looking brisket! Made my mouth water just looking at the picture.

Good Morning. It’s 52° at home here in PA. High of 70 with slight chance of rain, increasing overnight. It is great being home, Zoe gave me quite the greeting. I got unpacked, changed into work clothes and headed over to the shop. Looks like the plasma table has more than “some assembly...

Good Morning. Nice day here in Kansas, nicer day going up to 75 and sunny at home in PA where I’ll be in a few hours. Can’t wait to get home to all that’s waiting for me, including chores. Last task before I leave is to get something for my grandson from the airport pilot/gift shop. It’s his...

Seeing all the people looking up with those cardboard glasses was probably more entertaining than the eclipse itself. Yes, the type rating is “CE-525S” which is limited to the 525 series Citations. it’s curious that the CE-525 type remains on my certificate as a separate rating. The 500 series...

Good Evening. Nice day here in Wichita, they let us outside to see the eclipse. Sky was clear, and got a good view through cheesey eclipse glasses. Then back inside for the oral exam and checkride. I now have a single pilot type rating that allows me to fly the jet without a copilot...

That would have been my choice. Not inexpensive, but the right tool for the job.

What rod did you use?

Good Evening. 70° and sunny here in Wichita. Yesterday winds were about 50, made it interesting opening doors. The picture doesn’t do it justice. I’ve spent most of the last 4 days either in a class room or locked in a moving box, so the outside weather is pretty irrelevant. Nothing else...

Nice job. It’s not easy brazing brass to steel, and in position like that without a fixture makes it even tougher.

Good Morning. Can’t tell you what the weather is at home, it was so windy and rainy yesterday that the flooding and downed trees have knocked out the FIOS service, so I can’t access my cameras or weather station. Apparently there are lots of closed roads, must of been an interesting experience...

Good Morning. 42° and staying there all day with more rain. So far we’ve gotten 2-1/4” on ground that was already wet. Manure pile will be a manure mountain before the ground is dry enough to move it. Yesterday was an inside day, letting the computer melt my brain while learning to use...

The parallel parking stalls that they actually use for the test in Dublin are available for practice after 5pm. They are behind the new Ace Hardware in the same plaza as the DMV.

Good Morning. It’s 45° and drizzling, that going to be the high temp for the day. Rain is supposed to get heavy. We’ve gotten about 1/2” since yesterday, supposed to get another 2” throughout the day and overnight. Yesterday’s trip to Pittsburgh didn’t happen, so I got another day in the shop...

This is great advice in my opinion!

PSI & GPM have the same relationship to power as Amps & Volts. To maintain the same power, one has to go down if the other goes up. On a pressure washer, nozzle orfice size is the primary control.

Use a high silver rod like Harris SafetySilv 56 rather than bronze rod. Another solution might be to turn a piece out of steel rather than brass and use your normal rod.

Good Morning 45° out there at the moment, high just over 50 and rain for the day. It’s not raining yet, but it’s pretty grey out there. Yesterday was a pretty productive but laid back day. After everyone left, I went back to the shop and did some more work on making room for the plasma cutter...

It cost me $0.85 per cubic foot picked up at the mulch farm. The dyed stuff is Pennies more. They also have mushroom soil. https://windybush.divvision33.com/mulch-and-soil/

Good Morning. Started out with a cloudless sky and 45°. Completely overcast now with rain coming by morning. Yesterday was spent putting up another bay of shelves in the shop and filling them up with stuff that was on carts. All part of making room for the plasma cutter. Also got 8 yards...

The one I got has that as well, it works by looking at the arc voltage, and adjusts the height to get at the target voltage. I believe that as the the height increases, so does the voltage to maintain the arc for the plasma flow. There is a voltage divider in the plasma cutter that can supply...

I am lucky that I have an overhead hoist in the shop. I picked it up off of the truck, which then drove out from under it. Then lowered it onto 1” sched 40 pipes to move it into the other room and into position. Just recycled the pipes as it rolled off of one, started the next one in the front...

Good Morning It’s 38° under a brilliant, cloudless sky. Supposed to make it to 50 with moderate winds. Perfect weather for drying things out. Yesterday I was productive in the cleanup department, I gave the trusty Bridgeport a good cleaning and lubrication. It does have a single point lube...

Good morning. 46° and damp outside today. Temperature is supposed to stay the same all day with intermittent drizzle until late afternoon. So far total accumulation has been about 1/2”. Yesterday UPS didn’t get here until 4pm instead of the usual 10am, but at least they did bring the grills I...

Good Morning It’s 42° with a high touching 50 under an overcast sky with rain likely later on. Yesterday was a typical day here with lots of small tasks consuming the day. I did take the Lazer for spin, mowed the area behind the patio, fortunately, everything worked as it should, so no...

Good Morning It’s 35° with a high just under 50 forecast under partly cloudy skies. Been a busy past few days, helping a friend deal with his wife’s recent stroke and getting some things done around here. Got things rearranged in the shop getting ready for mowing season, the Lazer that was...

Good Morning. (That’s a greeting not a statement). It’s 41° and absolutely miserable outside. We have already gotten over 1-1/2” of rain since it started about 2am. The Davis weather station says “it’s raining cats and dogs”. Present rain rate is 3/4” /hr. Yesterday I made a fair amount of...

Happy Birthday Sophie!

Looks very similar to mine. It is a very handy thing to keep on the Lazer for the first mowings in the spring, helps beat back the stuff that pokes out of the hedgerows. I take it in the tractor as well.

Good Morning 27° with a high in the 40’s under mostly cloudy skies. Nice day until after midnight when the rain starts. Looks like a couple of inches at a minimum. And the ground was just starting to dry out. Yesterday, I took the tractor out and drove across the ruts I made parking the snow...

I use the iPad 90% of the time, rest of the time split between desktop (Win 11) and laptop (Win 7 Pro). I have too many specialty uses that exclude a Mac, or I would definitely have a MacBook. For music production, I use the desktop exclusively.

Good Morning 41° with a high near 50. Grey sky with a chance of rain. Yesterday was a typical day. Kept an eye on the smoker, worked in the shop, looked at a plumbing problem for a neighbor, etc. Pork came out well- Plumbing issue was a split valve casting on an old stop and waste valve...

My iPad doesn’t have cellular service. I have unlimited data on my iPhone and use it as a hotspot. Drew, your phone should function the same, making the MI-FI superfluous.

Good Morning. 34° and might go up 44. Mostly clear skies and a decent breeze. Yesterday got the finish on the speakers completed. Got pork shoulders rubbed in the afternoon, and into the smoker when I got home from meeting around 10. Here is one tray- Today started with breakfast with...

Good Noon. It’s 41, been that since I got up. Yesterday worked on speakers, and changed the oil on the little plane. Not a lot else accomplished. Today, I put a couple of coats of finish on the speakers, took 10 gallons of waste oils to my buddy, he heats his shop with it. This afternoon...

I was 70 a few years ago…. :)

Good Morning. Started at 47°, it’s up to 51 and the high will only be in the middle 50’s. Partly cloudy and breezy. Yesterday was a nice day as well. I couldn’t stand it, I had to put the snow plow away. Now I have ruts to fix :(. Ground seemed dry enough when I walked it…. My luck...

Good day. Another warm and breezy day here, great for drying things out, but too breezy to fly RC, which was a good thing, I had too much else to do. Got the speakers ready for final sanding once the glue cures on the internal bracing. I found the tool I made to depressurize hydraulic quick...

The irony of that is that I’m sure that I’m condemned to carbon hell for the thousands of gallons of kerosene that I burn a month. But I do like my Prius….

His are way too big for my home shop.

Good Evening. Beautiful, but busy day today, just getting time to check in now. I think that we made it to 70° under a brilliant sky with gentle winds. This morning started in the shop getting some speakers glued up- By the time I got them all glued and clamped, wife was done in the barn...

LOL. when I got my first Prius 20 years ago, a friend said that it was pretty cool, but what would I do if I had to go somewhere during the day. I gave him a puzzled look, and he said “you don’t want to be seen in that do you”.

My rear remotes are the standard connector as well. They rarely are a problem, at least the male can be “popped” pretty easily. I made a tool for the female out of an old male plug, stripped the guys and welded a nut on the back side. Then you can just run a bolt into it to pop the ball and...

My average MPG for the 35k that I’ve put on it is 148. That’s of course considering no fuel consumption in EV operation. I routinely get upwards of 60MPG in pure hybrid mode when the EV use is exhausted. It is all the same battery, EV mode is disabled at a certain point, allowing only hybrid...

I have driven a Prius since 2004, the latest one is a plug-in. I couldn’t agree more. While the EV range is only 30 miles or so, that covers the majority of my trips. Its ultimate unrefueled, un recharged range is over 600 miles. But keep in mind that a hybrid, while efficient still gets all...

Good Morning. 38° with a high over 60 forecast under a clear sky. It will be breezy today, but not the howling winds that we had yesterday. The wind and warm temperatures helped dry things up a lot. Hopefully that will continue today. Yesterday was productive and busy, was able to get a lot...

Sure is! Here’s the one for the loader. I can remove or reinstall the loader in under two minutes. I always remove it to mow or use 3 pt implements.

I haven’t regretted for one second buying the “fancy connect option”. I have the 8 port version on the loader frame as well. As a matter of fact many others that have seen them in use on my machine have added them to their own. When I bought the tractor, the dealer had never seen them, even...

Good Morning. 36° when I got up this morning, wind was already whistling through the trees. High today in the upper 40’s with winds around 30kts. Yesterday was mostly in the shop, did some reading and research, cut up some speaker parts for the next batch. First I made 4 baffles for two...

Water Jet doesn’t care if it’s wood, leather, urethane or any other non conductive material! I send DXF files to my buddy all the time to have him cut stuff for me. But a 50,000 psi water pump and 15 x 20 foot table would crowd me out of my shop. So I plasma cut here and have him waterjet or...

Very cool. Thank you.

I’ve got a 5kw load bank that’s Honda branded, but was made by Sotcher Measurement. Definitely in consumer size.

Good Morning It’s 45°, which looks like the high for the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and windy. Otherwise dry, which is a good thing, we got over 1-1/2” of rain yesterday. Yesterday was a good day to stay inside and find things to do in the shop. I continued cleaning up...

Actually be one that I posted would work fine. If your golf cart uses 8v batteries connect it to 3 of them for 24v, if it uses 6v batteries connect to 2 of them for 12v. The USB port will accept 12 or 24v input.

Good Morning. Grey and 39° outside high in the middle 40’s, raining by noon. Good day for continuing the shop cleanup. My wife pointed out to me that if I didn’t do anything over there, I would have to cleanup all the time. Progress seems to leave a mess behind if I’m involved. Yesterday...

I put one of these on the carryall- https://www.bluesea.com/products/1045/12_24V_DC_Dual_USB_Charger_4.8A_with_Intelligent_Device_Recognition Tractor has a conveniently located lighter receptacle, so I just stuck a USB adapter in that.

Yes. Normally you can drive a truck to it, if it’s a bit wet, I’ll use the carryall, but it’s essentially a swamp now. It definitely less work to carry than to repair the damage driving to it would do.

Good Morning. 37° when I got up this morning. Already 48, on its way to 55. Sunny day, but way too wet to do anything outdoors. I even had Zoe on a leash so she couldn’t run and get all muddy. Met with builder and architect again yesterday, I think that we are all likely in agreement now...

I changed the engine on my Lazer its Kohler Command series and had 4 mounting bolts threaded into to it from below. I can’t remember if the clutch had to be removed to access the bolts.

If it’s a vertical shaft engine, can you just unbolt it and rotate it for clearance?

I’m so sorry to hear that news. Sadly whenever we get a dog, on some level we are aware that we will likely outlive them, but that doesn’t make it any easier. When we lost Emily (Zoe’s predecessor) we said that was it, we were not going to get another dog, we were both septuagenarians and that...

Good Morning. 52° and a reasonably high overcast without rain, which is good. We got about an inch over the last two days, and the ground was saturated before that. Yesterday morning I got both mower spindles rebuilt and some tools put away before the weather gods provided a window to get to...

Good Morning It’s 48° with a high of 50 and foggy for now. Yesterday didn’t do much other the trip to Pontiac. I managed to have breakfast with the professor and a little bit of work on the spindles. I got a new Chinesium puller from Amazon that works well, I think it will see a lot of use...

Went pretty well considering the weather. There were thunderstorms to the southeast of the airport, but we got to the airport after the weather had passed through it. We landed and departed to the west again and turned north on departure, so we never made it over you……

Good Morning 42° and raining, high in the upper 40’s. Yesterday was more of a catchup day than anything else. I did get the speakers out the door and on their way to their new homes on the west coast, WA and CA to be specific. Never got to the spindles, but I won’t be mowing for at least a...

Good Morning 45° when I got up, it’s now 60 which is likely the high for today under an overcast sky. Yesterday kept me busy, speaker work shop work, took a ride to a buddy’s sawmill to grab some scraps to make a walkway through the mud behind the barn. I’ll stone it later, but it’s way too...

Good Morning It’s 47° and mostly sunny, highs in the low 60’s today. Probably the only day for the next week without rain in the forecast. We got over an inch yesterday, we don’t need any more, the ground is saturated. Yesterday’s trip took up most of the day, but was unremarkable. Good lunch...

None of them were us. We did take off westbound, but ATC turned us to the north within about 5 miles of the airport.

We landed going to the west on the south runway. Was that over you?

Good Morning It’s 38° and lightly raining. forecast for a high of 50 with a total of 1/4” of rain throughout the day Yesterday was a busy day, but pretty much checked all the boxes. Finish is on the speakers, wife’s RAV4 is back in the garage, the cover is off Drew’s RV, and I even cleaned up...

The Parilla had a gear drive camshaft that was mounted high on the engine, but still had short pushrods and rocker arms. I agree about lights. If you look at the picture of my wrecked Sportster, you’ll see the tail light is on. About the only thing on that bike that wasn’t stock (or period...

Good Morning 26° and sunny, with a high of 47 forecast. Yesterday was busy, but productive. Got the finish on the speakers, took the wife’s geriatric RAV to my buddy’s shop to get the rear subframe swapped out for a new one. Definitely a job that requires a lift. In the first picture you can...

Speaking of motorcycles, this was my high school commuter, a Parilla 250 GranSport set up as a road racer from the factory. I bought it from the importer in Philadelphia in a crate, where it had been sitting for a few years. I rode it every day, regardless of weather, as long as I could start...

I had an RZ500, but mine was from Japan, the Canadian ones had a steel chassis, the Japanese one was aluminum. The Canadian ones had more power, but my engine was “massaged” to do better than the Canadian ones. I really should have kept it, looking at what it would be worth today. It was a lot...

Good Morning It’s 30° with a high of 40 forecast under mostly sunny skies. Windy, but only 15kts or so. Last night was so windy it sounded like a locomotive coming through the woods. Loud enough to distract Zoe when we went out for a walk. Today will be back on the speakers, crossovers need...

The 5 cylinder H1 was the creation of the builder extrordinaire, Allen Millyard. Look on YouTube for some more of his creations like the Flying Millyard 5 liter Vtwin. Wife is fine, thanks.

Good Evening Never got to post this morning wife had an early colonoscopy appointment at the hospital, and I am her chauffeur. Came home took care of Zoe, ate a bowl of cereal and built a couple of crossovers before I had to go pick her up. When I got home again it was back to work on the...

I did the same a long time ago. Money well spent if you use YouTube.

Looks like the version with 66 batteries will give you 2700 watts for 2 hours. Probably not very practical compared to a generator.

Good Morning It’s 32° headed to 60 today. It’s sunny now, will be raining by the time the temperature peaks. Yesterday had a batch of small chores interrupting the speaker work, but still managed some progress. I got a new 1/2” shank double spiral solid carbide flush trim bit that works great...

I’ve got a lot of Makita 18v tools, my 12v tools (including a heated jacket) are all Milwaukee. Quality seems equal, but Milwaukee has a broader offering. My fence stapler is Milwaukee 18v, I use a Makita battery with an adapter.

Nice day out there now, started out a bit grey and a few sprinkles, but it’s sunny and 54° now. A lot better that the 28 I woke up to. Yesterday was another speaker day, but managed to get a bit of RC in with the oldest son. I just flew his plane, I didn’t have anything charged up. Zoe came...

I’m way too “thrifty” to do that, and so far nobody has asked for a charter flight to do it. If someone does, I might schedule myself to take that trip!

That’s why I use AvGas. Can keep it full, it can sit for years, and start on the first oil or two. I also use the Makita for most smaller tasks, so the Stihl doesn’t get used as often as the 026 did.

I’ve got the MS261-CM. It replaced my good old O26 that one of my kids ran on straight gas. But I actually like the 261 much better, I would recommend the electronic version, it works flawlessly for me, running on AvGas mixed with Stihl oil.

Good Morning 18° with a forecast high of 40 under a clear sky today. Yesterday followed the plan pretty closely. Made some progress on the speakers, except for the internal bracing they are all glued up. Helo, they are made out of Baltic Birch plywood. Had a nice flight and lunch with son...

iCloud, Dropbox or email.

All space counts. Basement and lofts. This is for an “accessory dwelling” aka in law suite. There are no limitations if I were to build a new house. But doing it as an addition streamlines things.

Good Morning 37° and partly cloudy, that’s going to be the high for today, but it will transition to clear skies and wind will pick up. Yesterday I decided to build a couple of speakers, as I have a large backlog of people that want one. It’s nice to be able to build them whenever I feel like...

Isn’t the timing fixed by the placement of the coils around the flywheel? Set over the magnet? You said the gap is correct, did you use a brass or other nonmagnetic feeler gauge to set it? That compression is a bit low, I am assuming a compression release somewhere in the valve train. It’s...

If that’s the case, you can use the Sirius/XM app to stream to your RV or anything else that you want. I don’t pay any extra for streaming, the subscription for my car covers it.

I have found that the best deals are when you go to a new carrier. I’ve been with Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T. Presently with AT&T. For some reason, none of them seem to value existing customers, all the best deals are reserved for new ones.

Or just get new couplers- at this price it’s not worth fooling around with an old one. Less than a buck and a quarter apiece! https://a.co/d/9Mi3p9A

In previous trouble shooting, I found lots of leaking quick couplers, most often when something was left plugged into them. You could use soapy water to find problem areas.

Not a clue, but lightning protection would be my guess.

The Accutrak is a very good tool. It sounds like you have a perfect application for it if it’s available in your country. I have Sennheiser headphones in the studio, also use their electronics for in ear monitors to play with band.

Good Morning 22° with a high in the upper forty’s and rain moving in. Yesterday was pretty much a day in the shop. Spent a batch of time doing reports for the FAA and TSA. While I was at the computer, I noticed that the air compressor cycled a couple of times, and there was no demand for air...

The microphone samples the noise from outside the acoustic environment of the ear cup, and plays it in realtime through the speaker in the ear cup 180° out of phase, effectively canceling it. Pretty simple, no magic involved.

Good Morning. 18° out there this morning. Sky is clear, wind is calm. Forecast is to remain the same with a high in the upper thirties. Oddfellows meeting was uneventful other than having to reprogram a thermostat. Not sure why it lost its mind, probably dead backup batteries and a power...

Just thinking about Check’s photo question. What do most of you view and post from? I use an iPhone or iPad almost exclusively and always use Tapatalk with no ads. (Premium subscription). Almost all of my pictures are taken with the iPhone (15 pro) and are too high of a resolution to post...

The ones that I have are 3/4–16

If you are using an iPhone, a quick hack is to make a screenshot of the picture and post that. A better way is to make a shortcut to reduce the resolution, but that requires more expertise.

Good afternoon. Somehow the morning passed before I could check in. It was 29° when I got up, it’s balmy 40 now, and a perfectly clear sky. Spent some time with Zoe outside, she loves the snow. She raced around for almost a half hour, didn’t seem to wear her out a bit. A friend came...

Good Morning 20° out there this morning under a bright sun. High of 38 forecast. Yesterday started with breakfast with wife and son. She decided not to go to the Farmers Market because of the snow, so she came with me. Snow cleanup went well, got daughter shoveled out, hangar really didn’t...

They definitely do. I have gotten them from them. If it’s 3/4” I have some left over that I could send. Not sure of the thread pitch, I’ll look when I go back over to the shop.

Good Morning It was 28° when I got up this morning, still snowing. Now it’s partly cloudy and 34. Another 5” of snow. Yesterday I got the mower deck project finished and ready to mount back on the mower. Also freed, greased and cleaned the driveshafts, so they are ready to be re-installed...

The wings are in much better shape. They are all rear discharge decks and the rear mower gets buried in clippings. I have been very diligent about blowing them off before I park it, but that doesn’t make up for the many years it spent on a sod farm before retiring to my custody.

Good Morning 33° sunny and windy this morning. Won’t get out of the thirty’s, with snow coming in tonight. Yesterday was a busy day, but checked off every item on the list. Started with my buddy picking me up in his sprinter to head for the airport. Along the way we stopped at the welding...

I would recommend doing some online TSA training. It’s the best sleep aid that I’ve ever encountered….

Saddle Valves are terrible. I would suggest cutting it out, putting in a tee and a ball valve to the icemaker.

Good Morning. 17° and sunny, high in the upper thirty’s today. Yesterday was another day on the mower deck. I got all the patches cut out and welded on. Welds are not pretty, but they’ll do the job. I was welding stainless to badly rusted mild steel, so the result was about what I expected. I...

Good Morning. It’s 30° with clear skies and a good breeze making it feel quite cold. It’s not forecast to get above 35, so it will be a cold one. Yesterday I puttered around in the shop until the snow stopped, and then it was into the tractor to push snow. It was about 8” of heavy wet snow...

Good Morning 32° and snowing like crazy. Supposed to be sunny this afternoon. Looking out my over the kitchen sink- Yesterday was spent making slow progress on the mower. Picked up some more 11ga stainless sheet for making patches. Wire brushed and ground the areas to be patched. Ordered some...

Good Morning. It’s 32° with a high of 50 forecast under partly cloudy skies. Yesterday was mostly spent on the mower. I found enough bearings to get two spindles rebuilt with the parts stash that came with the mower. Plenty of other parts, like LH nuts and shims, but only 4 bearings. Like so...

Good Morning. It’s 42° and grey outside. High in the low 50’s and peeks of sunshine later. Yesterday was pretty much the same. Yesterday I pulled the progressive mower around to the shop and removed the rear deck and the drive lines to all the decks. Ive got to pull all the drive shafts apart...

Intercom/headset tester is all wired up and tested. Next step is to mount it in a box.

Nope. You go out in the order that you call for taxi. They will turn me out of the way once I’m airborne though.

Good Morning 37° with a high in the middle 50’s for today under partly cloudy skies. Another dry day. Yesterday’s breakfast was good, my wife joined us and added her two cents to the discussion at hand. After breakfast I made some progress in the shop. In the process of cleaning up, I came...

I was also a big John Prine fan, as well as Steve Goodman. Saw them together many times in venues so small my feet were on the stage. A Poco fan as well, but never saw them Iive. Interesting that two ex-Poco bassists were in the Eagles. (Meisner and Schmidt), in the same order that they were...

Good Morning. 27° and clear. High of 45 today. Yesterday was a travel day, here’s my view from 45,000 feet Our routing took us over a lot of states in a short distance, can you name them all? Today will start with breakfast with the professor, then some shop time, probably go reset...

If only I was in Hawaii! And I’d probably be on the the wrong island if I was. But it would be fun to play with those youngsters……..

The hobby shop we checked out was primarily cars, but had some planes. Nothing bigger than an EFlight 1.5m They had a lot of inventory though.

Good Morning It’s 52 and windy here in Jacksonville. Getting ready to head to Mansfield,OH. Yesterday was a slow day, checked out a local hobby shop, took some online courses from Uponor on Radiant heat installation. Talked with wife, decided to go with a gas range as long as I’m putting in...

Well, I landed in Jacksonville at 8:30 this morning. Of course we can’t check into the hotel until after 3, so we did some exploring. I don’t usually have this view on my way to the airport-

Propane. It will be a small unit, looks like the heat load is going to be about 30k btu. Interesting that a 110k unit can throttle back to 13k for demand.

Good Morning 27° with a high in the 40’s under clear skies again today. But I won’t be here to enjoy it. I’ll have to settle for partly cloudy and 60° in Jacksonville. Yesterday kept me occupied, I did a batch of research on radiant heat and combi boilers, did the manual J calculations for...

Good Morning. It’s 33 with a high of 45 forecast and a brilliant, cloudless sky. Yesterday was used up with the trip and all day wait in Ogdensburg. We considered crossing the St Lawrence into Canada, but unless we went to Ottawa there wasn’t any real difference from the US side of the river...

Well I had a bit of a reality check today while working on my building plans. A good friend that’s a builder was asking me about who was going to build it. When I told him that I was going to GC it and do what I felt like, he suggested that I was nuts, and that I would never be able to follow...

Good Morning It’s 39° which is about the forecast high. But the big news is that the sky is blue and I can see a big bright ball up there! Yesterday was not terribly productive, did some trouble shooting on runway lights, had a Chick Fila sandwich for lunch, and resisted the milkshake. Had a...

Thanks for the kind thoughts guys. She is fine, no symptoms, they caught it with a routine screening, I brought back for a second blood draw to be sure, and that confirmed that she had it.

Good Morning 39° and that’s within 5 of the forecast high. Grey, overcast and drizzling. Supposed to clear up later and be nice for the next week. I’m getting tired of the mud. Not much accomplished yesterday. Went out to lunch at a recently reopened restaurant. It used to be a dive bar with a...

Good Morning It’s 32° with a high in the low 40’s under a partly cloudy sky. Visibilities are improving, presently 3 miles or so. Haven’t really had anything noteworthy to report, just grey days and soggy ground, so no outside work. Been walking Zoe on leash because she turns into a muddy mess...

I used to help my neighbor that has a Christmas tree farm. Inevitably, someone would drive off the pavement back into the field to get a tree and get hopelessly stuck when the ground wasn’t frozen. Often times in expensive European sedans, not a truck, but trucks would get stuck as well. I...

Nope, but it looks pretty good to me.

I would say that they are excellent, as good as what they are threaded into, ie concrete vs block.

No real clue. But here is an article that sheds a little light on the news. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/science/amelia-earhart-plane.html

Probably

We don’t have any Super Bowl trips scheduled for this year, but have done many in the past. I’ve often been offered tickets to the game, which I have always politely declined, as I’m not much of a sports fan. But you could easily add $50k or more to that price if you travelled there by private jet.

Good Morning 36° and mostly overcast, but some blue is visible. High of 40 and no precipitation. Yesterday was a terrible day to be outside, cold rain and drizzle all day. Didn’t get a lot done, updated the databases in the little plane, did some troubleshooting on the remote switch to activate...

And I’m pretty sure that they don’t shed. Zoe is a great dog, but she does leave a reminder on anything that comes near her.