Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

When Kyle's daughter is hanging her art in the Museum of Modern Art in 20 years, we all can say we knew her when. :thumbsup:
Nice to see creativity at work.

Successfully lifted a two row transplanter and a two bottom plow out of the deep woods of my neighbor's. Must have been back there at least ten years; I was knocking down one inch brush getting there.
Kind of a waste of time, nothing was three point, all proprietary IH old quick hitch or regular IH, not exactly the Ferguson system for sure.
I might go over tomorrow and see if his hiller will run on my Massey, not sure if tires line up with rows already made.
No calls from the Massey dealer today so my new little Massey's front differential gasket did not come in yet. Maybe all the way from Japan.

I found it highly interesting that a basically brand new 6 series MF, a big tractor, was split inside the shop, getting new clutch packs for the trans put in, originals were jerky. I asked the shop manager who made the tractor for Agco, and we hunted the sign, and I was really surprised, a really big Iseki. I had no idea they made tractors that big. Eric owns a nice one.

So a good weekend to finish the mower painting so I can make room for the next project in. As soon as I get the new tractor it's getting jacked up, all four wheels taken to local tire shop, and while the wheels are off I can get to the tractor for thorough maintenance and cleaning.
I think most of it other than the red, which is awful, could recover with some soaking with 303, but much needs a paint job.

I also hope to start working on the rear carryall tomorrow. Need 20 2 1/4 inch bolts, so a run to TSC tomorrow. Then lots of sawing and drilling, none of which is hard. Tonight I'm studying all the TBN threads looking at member custom builds.

 

[B7510HSD]

Doing my part, Drew. I also bought a new guitar amp this week for my studio. Wife wasn't all that thrilled about that, but I found out the company announced they were going out of business and liquidating everything, and this was the amp I've been wanting for several years. I got the last one they had. Even at their liquidation price, though, it was still a considerable boost to the San Diego economy.

Oh MAN you bought a Carvin?? Lucky Dog!!

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 68F this morning clear, light wind. High temp 90F, moderate wind and clear sky, rising humidity. Did get a bike ride in today, had trouble restarting after lunch so not much else got done .

 

[mostly_gas]

Kyle love the turtle, nice pic of Finnly :thumbsup: :turtle:

Ron congrats to you and your wife on your anniversary :drink:

Drew on of the drawbacks for the older Japanese tractors is lack of parts. My old Shibaura built Ford had a lot of stuff no longer available and it was a '79 :thumbdown:

Eric, cool fish story, very glad it had a happy ending for the fisherman.

Don have not seen a lot of snakes here period, but we are a ways to any unmowed area.

RNG interesting story on saw blade, used to do a lot of sawing at work, carbon steel and tool steel. Blade would last for 50-60 hours of hard sawing. Nice paint job!

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. Sad to keep hearing as each day passes of yet more people who have died in the California wildfires.

A few drops of light rain this morning, though I can't complain as it was actually warm enough yesterday to be able to sit comfortably in a chair outside and watch the dog hunt in the longer grass. Don't think Max has quite the patience of Gray2, he failed to catch any gophers and I haven't the heart to tell him there are none in the UK.

Kyle, that is a great picture of the artist at work. Now take a couple more pics to prove what angels they have all been while mum was away and you will get major bonus points come Sunday.

PJ, basement stairs look smart, your wife certainly has a good eye for decorating. You wouldn't get me down there though - not with spiders the size of that one the 6th step.

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:laughing:

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. 57 going to 77 and sunny. Going down to 36 mon and tue nights. Mom has been tired lately and when she went to her heart doc he sent her to another doc and they found fluid on her left lung and got her some antibiotics. Really hoping that takes care of it. took all afternoon but well worth it if it helps. Got two lines drawn on the pantry yesterday but at least I made some progress. :laughing:

Kyle. When are you starting to make the frame? I Like it.

PJ, Those are good looking steps.

Have a great day. Ed

 

[Buppies]

61 high of 76 later today under increasing sunshine even warmer tomorrow 83 for high

Kyle great picture by your daughter

Ed your your mother heals up soon

 

[daugen]

Good morning all.
awhile back I posted a pic of the world's ugliest weld, created by yours truly.
I have a competitor...
This is the bottom of the carryall that smacked me in the side of the head.
It has a steel bird's nest on the bottom. Quite remarkable this got past inspection.
I'm going to do a little more welding on the whole thing before I refinish it.
Typical TSC/AgriSupply stored outside rust job. Then I will bolt on the 2x6 decking.

It would be really neat if I could reinforce the bottom and somehow have a ball hitch receiver on the end, so I could tow the trailer without switching implements.
I think it sticks out too far that any kind of heavy wagon pull on an angle might bend something. Not worth it. When I take this carryall off, it will go right on a large rolling floor cart
I have, making reattachment much easier.

Ed, prayers for your Mom, Toppop yours too.

Did get a bike ride in today, had trouble restarting after lunch

Mostly, sounds like vapor lock on a hot engine, just won't start again
A cup of good coffee coming up, Mother Nature's starting fluid...

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 59° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to off and on rain all day. Did not cut lawn yesterday. Did other projects. Weather forecast for next week looks good to get it done any day I pick. Going to East side for a sea food dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. Meeting with fellow retiree that I worked with for 40 years. He is having lung surgery Monday. No other plans for today.
Thanks for all the Anniversary wishes.
Don, only saw one snake all summer. The one that normally spends the summer around the garden pond did not show up. Lot's of frogs and even a turtle showed up.
PJS, lots of work to get the finish looking good.
Ed, hope your mother feels better soon.
RIP Charles.
Good Morning All

 

[daugen]

66 going to 77 today in clouds and a shower later perhaps.
Only one inch of rain so far this month, we need more.

State road crew stationed in our little city dug out my neighbor's road culvert yesterday that has been the backup problem ever since I got here.
So many of my new plants have been drowned because of backed up water creating lakes near the road, and drowning the plants because it would take over a day for the water
to dissipate. Now it leaves in a matter of hours, and with this new work, hopefully even better. I have constant dirt rings on the bottoms of my white fence posts from the water rising four to eight inches. I'll drive out and the bottoms will be just covered in pine needles, clearly showing how high the water got.
We are so flat here that everyone knows you have to work at it to move the water where it should go, or your place will get wrecked. So cleaning out ditches and drains is a priority, particularly for the big farmers. I'm just glad my roses are still blooming out there, been the best summer yet.

 

[daugen]

I'm thinking that my resident barn black snake is gone, because I have a whole new family
of little friends hopping around in there with me. Frogs galore, geckos coming up to say hello, not scared of me one little bit.
I just worry about stepping on them.
Carrying on a conversation with a gecko is great fun.

With so many commercial weedkillers being used in our farm fields today, and those snakes are slithering through there, can't
be good for them. Like your dog getting sick from lawn treatments.
Snakes up in the mountains are probably doing fine...

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-10-14, 0654.

53 right now...high in the low 70's.

Plans are to do everything I put off last week...dump run, haircut and pick up that Ruger American Ranch rifle. I'm hoping to get to my buddy's camp to sight the rifle in, but he was pretty sick yesterday and might not be available.
Also, it's mowing time today, I think...I'll need to get some fuel too.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning.
55 headed to 61. Heavy rainfall warning in effect. for today, tonite and tomorrow. Up to 2" coming.

I'm going back down south for work tomorrow and will be away for the next two weeks I think.

I am going to go 'head to head' with the fleet manager and then possibly with the equipment manager over their 'lack of good judgement' in putting rims on my truck that were rubbing on the tie rod ends and setting up a shake in the steer axle. The shop created the problem, then when I barked about the shake they charged time against the truck for 3 days and didn't fix it. I took it to a different mechanic and he found the problem in 15 minutes and he corrected it. It cost them $3543.oo CDN for two new tires (stock size,11.00R22.5 Michelins), 2 new rims again stock and two new tie rod ends.
We'll see what happens come Monday. Maybe I will be out of a job by Monday afternoon, but that is better than being dead thanks to a steer axle failure.

 

[PJSprog]

64°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 90° today. Front coming through tonight should push us back into the 60s for tomorrow.

Had to come into work for awhile this morning to help get some new product up and running for a new customer (Woods is redesigning their batwing mowers, and we're making the support frame parts).

 

[PJSprog]

Oh MAN you bought a Carvin?? Lucky Dog!!

I got the V3MC guitar combo amp. I've been wanting that thing for years. I've had an MB10 bass combo and 115MBE cabinet for many years now, and it's a great little amp. I've long been an Ampeg guy, because I worked there for 10 years and got a lot of free stuff (prototypes, leftovers, production samples, etc.). I've always liked the stuff Carvin was making, though, and they had a great business model selling direct from the factory. It's too bad the internal family turmoil destroyed that.

(stock photo from the internet)

 

[B7510HSD]

I got the V3MC guitar combo amp. I've been wanting that thing for years. I've had an MB10 bass combo and 115MBE cabinet for many years now, and it's a great little amp. I've long been an Ampeg guy, because I worked there for 10 years and got a lot of free stuff (prototypes, leftovers, production samples, etc.). I've always liked the stuff Carvin was making, though, and they had a great business model selling direct from the factory. It's too bad the internal family turmoil destroyed that.

(stock photo from the internet)
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Yes it is. Nice setup!

 

[daugen]

I've long been an Ampeg guy, because I worked there for 10 years

I bet most folks don't know who Ampeg is, but having owned a Radio Shack in the 80's, and selling some pretty low quality
Realistic brand guitar amps to budding musicians, I knew that Ampeg was the good stuff.
Welcome To Ampeg
I think I even sold something called a wawa pedal. When distortion was a cool thing.

It's neat that PJ and quite a few others have an electronics/IT background plus are musicians. The rest of us learn from you.

Part of the stock I inherited when I bought this tiny Radio Shack in a very small town was a whole range of tubes, tubes such as used in what is today the
highest end of audio. And tube checkers, had to have one of those. The guy who owned the business fixed tv's from the very beginning. Which I promptly gutted, doubled in size and
ran differently, but I had this very odd stuff that went up on the wall for clearance. And the word got out, all the techies in the Princeton-New Brunswick corridor of NJ would come in looking
for good deals. Including the whole box for ten bucks stuff. Boy did I see smiling guys going out. They actually knew what the parts were, the triacs and thermistors, and
if it wasn't current Radio Shack stock, out it went. I was never a musician so I never understood all the mixing boards, and there wasn't much demand for it.
But amplifiers? Those guitars needed to get plugged in somewhere. No more air guitar. Jimmy Hendrix II is in session. Thankfully they didn't test the equipment in the store.

I think I sold over a hundred pair of Infinity speakers to local families. They weren't used to that from the department store. Kenwood, Panasonic, Pioneer and Onkyo receivers, never did high end, no super fancy turntables. But still an adult toy store. I had been reading Stereo Review since I was 16, not for the music like PJ understands, but because I found the electronics fascinating. Led to building many Heathkit gizmos too. I wonder how many of us have built a Heathkit. Perhaps a dying art. But good to know when the big EMP goes off and nothing works.
You just know RNG has something already figured out...

now it really is time to get to work. Enjoy your day.

 

[wngsprd]

62 cloudy mist going to 75 with some sun promised.

Ron, hope you and your wife had a special anniversary.

Ed, hope you mom is improving.

Don, we've probably had our usual snake visitors this year, frequent blacks, a garter, a green, an earth snake, hognose, ringed-neck snake...but haven't seen any copperheads back in the woods for maybe the last 10 years...before that would see one every summer.

Changed the oil in the Tundra yesterday...no more freebies from the dealer...the skid plate went back on much more easily than the first time I changed the oil. I was so happy...funny how a small victory like that can really make my day.

Went to the opening on the Folk Festival last evening...great Texas swing band from Austin, then a Dixie land band from New Orleans, some Zydeco, then a master blues guitarist. Going back for more.

 

[Buppies]

Dynaco amp preamp and tuner driving OHM F speakers no sound like it. Hated to see that amp burn up a long time ago. OHM Fs had a membrane flaw that got mine, now packed away in a closet just no time to listen to if they did work and as hearing has deteriorated over the years doubt I could pick up what they were capable of delivering

 

[B7510HSD]

I've long been an Ampeg guy, because I worked there for 10 years

I bet most folks don't know who Ampeg is, but having owned a Radio Shack in the 80's, and selling some pretty low quality
Realistic brand guitar amps to budding musicians, I knew that Ampeg was the good stuff.
Welcome To Ampeg
I think I even sold something called a wawa pedal. When distortion was a cool thing.

It's neat that PJ and quite a few others have an electronics/IT background plus are musicians. The rest of us learn from you.

Part of the stock I inherited when I bought this tiny Radio Shack in a very small town was a whole range of tubes, tubes such as used in what is today the
highest end of audio. And tube checkers, had to have one of those. The guy who owned the business fixed tv's from the very beginning. Which I promptly gutted, doubled in size and
ran differently, but I had this very odd stuff that went up on the wall for clearance. And the word got out, all the techies in the Princeton-New Brunswick corridor of NJ would come in looking
for good deals. Including the whole box for ten bucks stuff. Boy did I see smiling guys going out. They actually knew what the parts were, the triacs and thermistors, and
if it wasn't current Radio Shack stock, out it went. I was never a musician so I never understood all the mixing boards, and there wasn't much demand for it.
But amplifiers? Those guitars needed to get plugged in somewhere. No more air guitar. Jimmy Hendrix II is in session. Thankfully they didn't test the equipment in the store.

I think I sold over a hundred pair of Infinity speakers to local families. They weren't used to that from the department store. Kenwood, Panasonic, Pioneer and Onkyo receivers, never did high end, no super fancy turntables. But still an adult toy store. I had been reading Stereo Review since I was 16, not for the music like PJ understands, but because I found the electronics fascinating. Led to building many Heathkit gizmos too. I wonder how many of us have built a Heathkit. Perhaps a dying art. But good to know when the big EMP goes off and nothing works.
You just know RNG has something already figured out...

now it really is time to get to work. Enjoy your day.

I used to frequent Radio Shack for years buying electronics parts now most of the parts I use need to be ordered online as there are no stores that carry the parts needed. Seems everyone wants toys and cell phones now and when electronics break they throw them out and buy a new one.