Good morning!!!!

[Dftodd]

Good morning fellas.

80° and fog at 6am this morning. Gonna be another scorcher.

Daughter showed up Tuesday at the hospital with pizzas. So we had a pizza party in the hospital room to celebrate my wife's birthday.

Wife got discharged from the hospital and hour after everyone left

Pooch was really happy that momma was home.

She never left her side that night or yesterday.

When I left for work this morning, gypsy was next to momma on the bed still guarding her

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 73 to 89 and sunny, getting hot again.
Some trees are dropping leaves already.
Did some watering after work and added water to the pool.
Need to go trim some bushes, but need to wait until it's cooler.

Surrounded by deer yesterday in every little field, keep seeing the same ones in large numbers.
We also got a report the bear is back in the area, did not see it on game cam from last time though.

BEF - that deck project is looking good so far, can't wait to see it done.

Work has been busy, but going well.

Be well,

After running around all day, mom dropped her off for some relaxing grass by the trampoline time.

See this guy daily with a doe and younger buck, he is getting the big buck attitude, but still not full size yet.

This is the doe to the fawn above. She is my new favorite as she was eating some of the vines out front so I don't have to pull them.

 

[daugen]

nice dog pics and dog stories

haven't had to worry about the squirrels this morning.
I think they are far up some trees.
earlier a red fox was near the feeders, not the nice full coated one I saw before but a greyer
thinner fox who took off a few seconds later and before I could get back with phone to take pic.

I wonder why some animals get rabies more than others.
might as well ask HAL's AI...
Animals like dogs, cats, foxes, raccoons, skunks, and bats are more prone to rabies because they are often predators or omnivores, increasing their chances of encountering infected animals through bites or scratches

apparently unvaccinated cats are very susceptible, no surprise, they are hunters

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice work Dennis How big is that pad ? I have a 2 bottom plow out in the lawn by the barn that I would like to make a pad for so it’s not sinking into the lawn with weeds growing up around it.

Hope all have a Super day

28” x 60”
Steps will be around 48” wide
Here’s an idea of how step will be

 

[daugen]

three years ago I bought a high capacity off brand battery for my Makita leafblower.
9AH instead of Makita's 5AH. Not sure if they make a 6 now. But I needed another battery
and I decided to get a second 9AH battery to match the first one I bought.
this way they can pair up to give me 18AH for my Makita chain saw. That thing sucks some serious juice
under load and those big batteries help.

Amazon.com

since the beginning I have been leary of any offbrand lithium battery. Always charge them on a concrete floor just in case, for a while.
but this one has worked. The Makitas will last ten years or longer, these off brands won't. But they cost one third to one quarter in some cases.
I try to buy the best of the clones. best way to get more Makita batteries is to find a combo of some tool you don't have that comes with two batteries. Yes it would be nice to have a cordless skilsaw but my corded Skilsaw works just fine, just used it in fact.
so I keep my eye out for something I never knew I could live without, that comes with two batteries.

they often show up just before Christmas.

 

[newbury]

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Considering the enormous cost savings of not having the dealer do this, I'll put up with some of this nuisance. This is a bell fender washer maybe inch and half wide. I asked parts guy don't you have a big drawer of these? Nope. Only in kits. I could buy a plain one and have Popgadget drill the hole in it. I wonder if TSC has a drawer of them?
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Do you have a picture of a "bell fender washer"? I've made some fender washers into a bell shape, but only because I overtightened them on soft wood.

 

[ponytug]

Thank you Peter very well said it is tough watching loved one go thru this after 48.5 years. Thanks again to everyone who listens my only vent network. I am on other social media but I do not discuss personal matters so they do not know

Any time! Please vent as needed, and look after yourself.

I think it is a tough row to hoe, no matter how it goes.

All the best,

Peter

 

[ponytug]

Do you have a picture of a "bell fender washer"? I've made some fender washers into a bell shape, but only because I overtightened them on soft wood.

I think that he's referring to a Belleville washer;

Belleville washer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It is basically spring steel punched into a cone, and has very high spring forces for the distance. You can also use them to take out backlash from linear worm drives, making cheap(er) equipment much higher in both accuracy and precision.

I love them, but pricey.

All the best,

Peter

 

[newbury]

So something like:this

from McMaster-Carr

 

[daugen]

Do you have a picture of a "bell fender washer"? I've made some fender washers into a bell shape, but only because I overtightened them on soft wood.

Peter nailed it, no pun intended, Belleville washer is full name
it's a little flying saucer washer that exerts its own force.
I saw them being used on my Gravely mower equipment in places.
apparently over time they lose their oomph and should be replaced but I doubt anyone does.
maybe on nuclear turbines or something critical