Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I do follow his build. And I saw that. Just trying to assist with ideas.

A good idea I might add. I haven’t priced one yet.
One of the ideas of a shed with man door, is a cot could be placed in the back if I wanted to stay the night. Put in a solar battery light.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Afternoon - currently 74°

Going to leave in the morning and take some time off..Going to go to Mt. Airy to visit again..My wife likes going there and spending some time doing nothing...It is a very nice place..We go at least once a year...

Hope everyone has a great weekend..

Mark

We like it there also. Enjoy. Say hey to goober.

 

[m7040]

Finished greasing the mower. The two drive shafts, one from the motor to trans and one from trans to deck are not accessible from above. I drive it up on ramps to be able to crawl under and reach grease points.
The best sharpening tool is a belt sander as used by knife makers bacuse of its ability to grind without a lot of heat. A hand file is good too but takes forever. I don't have one but I would not be surprised if Popgadget has one. He seems to have all good things.

 

[txdon]

Don, that's a lot of chainsaw work! How many miles of trail work have you done?

great day!

We are working on the “improved camping” - that is the RV park.

 

[txdon]

Harvested 65 more pounds of potatoes for a total of 80 pounds from 10 pounds of seed potatoes.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got trailer switched on the truck, in AM I’ll load the ZT and head south to see how bad the grass got in 3 weeks. Didn’t really want to go on a Friday as returning traffic will be heavier.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Wow, guess I can’t complain about $250 on a few things.
I did get another timber ridge reclining chair for the porch. And splurged on a rotisserie chicken for supper
After a mission run for lunch.
Did consider a $350 portable AC heat pump unit to use at dad’s. No AC there and I sleep upstairs where it gets hot.

Not much else happening here today.

We purchased one of those portable heat pumps about 5 years ago. Works great!

 

[Popgadget]

The best sharpening tool is a belt sander as used by knife makers bacuse of its ability to grind without a lot of heat. A hand file is good too but takes forever. I don't have one but I would not be surprised if Popgadget has one. He seems to have all good things.

I do not have one of those belt sanders, although I’ve often thought about gettin one. I usually use an angle grinder an flap wheel for mower blades. If I’m particularly fussy, I’ll take the over to my neighbor’s and use his 3hp commercial mower blade sharpener, but I’m not usually that fussy unless the blades are like clubs.
I use stones for sharpening other tools like chisels and knives, and have a Makita whetstone with an excellent guide for things like planer knives.

Makita USA - Product Details -98202

Blade Sharpener

www.makitatools.com

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My priorities are shifting to have do something to shore up the structure. Will have to gather up screw jack and supports and rig it up.

Maybe get Norm Abrams out to do a series on it?

Good Morning.
33 degrees out there this morning, visible patches of frost on the ground. High of 60 forecast under clear skies. Light winds, might be good for flying RC this afternoon or evening.

Yesterday started with a good breakfast with the professor. As a retired lawyer and constitutional history professor, all the news and political shenanigans kept him pretty animated.

When I got home there was a motorhome in front of my shop, so we got right to work. I think that I managed to check off everything on Drew’s list. Fortunately, he brought a stamped steel socket for the water heater element, as my socket would not get around the Venturi tube for the gas burner. His socket had a hole through it to turn it with a bar, but it didn’t quite clear the edge of the RV, and looked like a knuckle buster. So I welded a plate to the end of it and welded a nut to that plate to turn it with a socket and breaker bar. The Faucet was easy, except the old one had 1/2” MPT connections and the new one was 3/8 compression. A trip to the hardware store got us the required fittings. I think that Drew liked the Prius V.
Because I’m not as flexible as I once was, I removed the cabinet doors and sliding drawers for access, that combined with putting it back together took longer than the plumbing.


Also need to get to the Sellersville Theater to pick up two more tickets for the Asleep at the Wheel show in August. As a member of the theater, I get to buy tickets for the front rows before they go on sale to the general public.

Thank you for helping our buddy Drew out!

I have been an ASW fan for a looong time. Saw them live in '75, along with Alvin Baker and the Pleasant Mountain Valley Boys.

 

[rswyan]

1/16 flat edge?

shouldn't have to be so thick if the metal is harder, which may be the point here.

Yup.

this looks a lot less than 1/16th

The Marbains that came on the Cub and the extra set I purchased for it were certainly less than 1/16th.

anyone with good eyes want to guess what these hardened blade edges are measured at?

I wouldn't say that I have good eyes so that leaves me out ...

I could run my finger over the edge easily without worry of being cut.

Probably so ... but I'm not sure I would try that after they have been ran for a bit.

but rev that up and getting it up to full rpm and I want to go mow a big fat pine cone.