Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Not sure if you're still shopping for an iPod, Don, but B&H Photo has a sale going on. No sales tax and free shipping, too. I bought my MacBook Pro from them last year, and it was a fast and trouble free purchase at below Apple prices.

iPad | B&H Photo Video

 

[daugen]

after fumbling around in the dark pushing buttons I got all the lights to light up and this year's rendition of xmas lights seemed to be doing fine, including
all three of the solar powered ones. Light over the creche is 110V. If the deer chew on it, well....I might have some venison.

Got in the switches and related gear for wiring lights on the little Massey. As suggested, going to try holding the upper lights on using 110# pull super high power magnets,
not very big, but apparently holds like mad. Better take my watch off before working with that. Still have to get the wires down and while I can avoid drilling holes into
the ROPS with the magnets, the wires coming down on the outside can't help but be ugly, and are normally run inside.
But I'm not wild about drilling holes in ROPS. So that's an install detail I still have to ponder.
My stuff is so infantile compared to what RNG is working on, not like I can complain about complexity here...

 

[Buppies]

I guess it's an example of the race to the bottom to be "price competitive" ...


If you look at that 3PH section I posted a pic of, you'll see all sorts of little specs has where the paint is coming off.

Granted, the finish is probably 15 years old and the implement has likely been out in the weather for most of it's life, but I guarantee you that nowhere near a majority of them were due to something actually hitting the rake and damaging the finish.

Beyond letting HR steel "season" out in the weather before it's painted, there are no easy solutions for removing mill scale that aren't fairly time-consuming or tedious for an end-user.

Of course if one does that, then you have to deal with another issue: the rust ...

No free lunch ...

(BTW: beautiful pics ... thanks for sharing ... :thumbsup

A wheelabrator is the answer to cleaning scale and slag expensive machine but can deliver white metal prior to primer and finish coat. A shot blaster ours was 4 ft by 8 ft

 

[Looking4new]

'Daugen', Funny, still can start it with a hand
crank.

The easy starting with a hand crank is all in the ignition timing. There is a very fine line between busted thumb and easy starting, and still having power.
My Farmall C was easy starting by hand even at temps down to -30 F.

 

[rswyan]

A wheelabrator is the answer to cleaning scale and slag expensive machine but can deliver white metal prior to primer and finish coat. A shot blaster ours was 4 ft by 8 ft

We had one of those at the machine shop ... was one part of a three part cleaning system, primarily for engine blocks and heads. Used cylindrical rotating cages.

First station was an oven ... baked/burned all the oils out of the grease, carbon, and sludge. IIRC, it required a 3 or 4 inch gas line.

Next came the wheelabrator/shotpeening station.

Third station was a shaker which rotated and shook the cages to get all the shot out - which was real small - of the heads and blocks.

Don't recall what the system cost, although I should ... given that I had to personally guarantee the loan ... but it was pretty expensive.

Did a real nice job ... way better than the typical spray cab parts washers.

 

[Buppies]

Drew nice Christmas lights you are in the spirit

 

[Buppies]

For those interested in the weather our current western trough east ridge looks to break down around the 10th of December or so with a pretty good storm afterwards. SE look for rain mid Atlantic rain coast snow ice interior NE probably good dose of snow. Will have to wait and see if this change occurs

 

[txdon]

Not sure if you're still shopping for an iPod, Don,

Thanks but Mom did not really want to learn something new right now so I'll give her some time.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 46F for the start, clear, calm wind. Wind stayed light, sky stayed clear and temp made it to 72F. Went to chapel, worked on Christmas lights and watched some football.

 

[300UGUY]

'Daugen', Funny, still can start it with a hand
crank.

The easy starting with a hand crank is all in the ignition timing. There is a very fine line between busted thumb and easy starting, and still having power.
My Farmall C was easy starting by hand even at temps down to -30 F.

Friend of mine tried to hand start a AC wd45. It drove his thumb into his wrist, busted everything in the way. He ended up with 4 surgeries and never got back to where he had been.