74 and very humid, was so muggy and sticky yesterday I stayed inside the whole day.
Which meant I needed something to do so I cleaned and put a coat of finish on my hallway hardwood floors. Engineered wood, required for dampness in this area.
Didn't have the right sized mop/applicator so down on my knees I went. An hour later it looked shiny and new and should last for quite
a while with the little foot traffic, mostly mine, it gets. I was quite pleased with myself that I didn't mess it up.
Today I set up my welding rig and practice welding while it likely will be raining out. A bit of this mower deck needs to be rebuilt/refabbed, so here
goes nothing. I expect to do a great deal of grinding of nasty looking welds, which when smooth and at least adequately strong, will hide under two coats of primer
and two of Gravely red a laughably poor weld. So some archaeologist looks at this rather rare Gravely wing mower a thousand years from now and wonders what primitive
species did this welding. Of course this is when the tunes of Sinatra fire up and at least I've got "my way" to hum.
I've watched a hundred YouTube videos, had a welder come show me how to use my machine, and today it's time to weld some practice pieces together.
Actually first thing I'm doing is building the six foot tall welding spark screens so I can partition off the barn. And for sure weld on the other end away from gasoline and other things that
don't do well with sparks.
RNG, good eyes, I have a Hobart blanket and the cheap HF one. Figured I'd wreck the cheap one...though my "table" is a plywood sheet underneath. Might get exciting if I got the wood on fire.
Pressurized water extinguisher literally three feet away. I was going to use the Hobart one on the floor to cover the rubber matting in spots. Can't imagine those rubber horse mats will like welding sparks on them. Otherwise a dirt floor.
I have a thread on this Gravely renovation but I promise to post a picture of my nastiest looking weld for your entertainment. I don't dare post it on the welding forum.
those guys are serious..., and I think they are all trained on the Lunar Rover. Actually those guys are super helpful, even if they are intimidatingly good at what they do.
off to do a little food shopping and then back to wait for thunderstorms. This is more like August weather than the lovely days we've had.
foot and ankle much better today, red parts gone back to white, yeah. Guess I'll keep that foot a while longer.
Two African bee stings (I looked them up-yup sweet little honey bee looking things but boy they aren't) within same area of ankle and one
on arm. Three shots of that bee venom thankfully on appendages was all I could take without a trip to the ER, and that was taking some leftover medicine
they gave me the last time. I have no idea when to use the Epi pen, but I think if I got stung three times again, I'm going to use that overpriced thing just to be safe.
Particularly if I get stung near the neck.
