Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

I see the snatch blocks I think on the top corners and assume the cables are running inside the web of the beam and using worm drive it can stop in any position.

This shows how the snatch blocks were used-

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Here's how bad of drought we have here...
Last year's 2021 total rainfall - 43.07"
Total so far this year - 17.31"
Total for October - 1.63" (1.6" of that in last 2 weeks).

Map only shows moderate to severe drought here, and they show the next county over even worse, but WE HAVE 2" LESS THIS YEAR THAN THEM. So the map doesn't tell the correct story IMO.

Ranchers are paying $100/bale for so so hay. Their pastures are barren, tan, no green, and only cow chips. The cows have nothing to eat.

Pop, great job on the press. Thanks for the pics! Does the pneumatic control give you enough of a fine control over the amount of pressure you want to use? Sorry about your FFA wasted $/time. I'm pretty sure our county airport doesn't charge to land. Not even sure if they charge for an overnight tiedown. They did have a courtesy car you could check out to go into town. Just in case your in the neighborhood and want to drop in.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got chased in by a skunk nearby, somewhere in the dark.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Skunk? Chase it in your side x side, with a shotgun, and when it gets a couple hundred yards away, blast it. Preferably downwind.

 

[Popgadget]

Does the pneumatic control give you enough of a fine control over the amount of pressure you want to use?
I'm pretty sure our county airport doesn't charge to land. Not even sure if they charge for an overnight tiedown. They did have a courtesy car you could check out to go into town. Just in case your in the neighborhood and want to drop in.

I think that the pneumatic throttles pretty well, but I haven’t used it for real yet. I saved the hand pump and can mount, and plumb it in parallel if the pneumatic lacks the feel.
What is your local airport? There is no rhyme or reason as to what airports charge. A stop in Boston will easily cost $1000, jet fuel is just under $12. Palm Beach is $40 if I buy some kerosene at $6.75. Montgomery, AL was free.

 

[m7040]

Pop, moving the table up or down on my press is a pain for sure. Thanks for showing how you did it

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I think that the pneumatic throttles pretty well, but I haven’t used it for real yet. I saved the hand pump and can mount, and plumb it in parallel if the pneumatic lacks the feel.
What is your local airport? There is no rhyme or reason as to what airports charge. A stop in Boston will easily cost $1000, jet fuel is just under $12. Palm Beach is $40 if I buy some kerosene at $6.75. Montgomery, AL was free.

We are KGYB, only 4000' long, 1 runway, small county airport, typical of Texas.

AOPA Airports

 

[Popgadget]

Pop, moving the table up or down on my press is a pain for sure. Thanks for showing how you did it

You’re welcome. HF had everything I needed, well almost. I wanted crimp type cable clamps, they had u-bolt type. Adding the center disc to the winch drum was the most time consuming part.

 

[Wagtail]

Good early (Sunday) arvo. A cold overnight Low of 2.6C with a heavy dew... probably also due to there being 2.2mm in the gauge. But there's a clear sky today and the outside thermometer is currently reading 20C!

I'm back from Church and I'm going to run the Z-turn around the house in a little while. YAY!!!

Tomorrow or Tuesday I need to make a run into Launceston. There're 3-4 things that I can accomplish so it makes the trip worthwhile.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[rswyan]

48F and clear @ 21:30, headed down to around 39F for the overnight low.

Results from leaf blowing with the Cub yesterday on the west side:

Still more to do of course.

Reasonable progress today, given how late I got started.

Don't think I got out there until around 15:00 or so and I had to do a little dirt work and add some fill on the back side of the barn to level out the approach to the back wall before I could really get started.

Think I got 10 or 11 sections of gutter cover installed on the back side - which is more than half the distance - plus replaced a bunch of the hidden hangers.

What got done:

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What still remains left to do:

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Woman ran out to the grocery store for supplies while I was working on the gutters. She brought me a Taco Supreme from the Bell and a Coke over for a little snack after She got back.

Then She headed back over to the house to make some stuffed peppers for dinner. After She got those in the oven She came back over and started oiling boards.

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Woman had just finished applying the second coat of BLO on the other side of the 2 x 8 x 14's when I pulled the scissors lift into the barn.

It was starting to get dark and cool off at that point so She headed over to the house.

I stayed for another hour or so.

Got a measurement taken for a panel on the west wall at the south end.

Dug out two more bays for foam board insulation.

Got the door jamb and trim replacement for the south man door ordered @ Menards. Went with the PVC this time around. They texted me that the order was ready for pick up before I even got back over to the house ... but I wasn't going to race down there to try and pick it up before they closed.

Also removed a broken rope on the south overhead door.

At that point I was getting hungry so I shut things down and came on over to the house for some chow.

Stuffed peppers with crushed red pepper and a little Parmesan cheese and a couple slices of fresh bread with butter ... was very tasty ...

Hope everyone had a great Saturday ...