Good morning!!!!

[fishman]

Welcome back Fishman. I still remember your visit to Jinman痴 place to check out his lake.

Yes, I enjoyed that a lot. Sadly I didn't find out about Jim's cancer fight until it was long over.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Wish I were closer to some of you wood burners.

speaking of burning wood, need to let this pile settle down a little and have a nice bonfire. That pit is full up.

I wish you lived closer, too. I wouldn't need so many tractor implements of my own, and you wouldn't have to buck or split the wood to get rid of it.:laughing:

I get pretty good compression of burn piles by placing the bucket on the top and lowering it until the front wheels come off the ground. I pretty much do that after depositing every bucket full onto the pile. I would also not try to light that fire until it dried at least a month, in fact it is illegal to burn green wood out here.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

After a lot of fidding, hauling the big jack from one end of the shipping container to the other on the pallet forks, dragging it through the gravel, and swapping shims into and out of the stacks at each corner, I got within 1/16" of level. I was hoping that would make the doors work better, but it didn't help a bit. I can't even get the set on the front of the box to close all the way, and wonder if all that jacking has warped the door frame. Time for more measurements, this time of the door frame diagonals.


As mentioned previously, the laser self levels by manipulating a spinning mirror or prism on top of the unit. The beam can be set to remain stationary, scan in an arc, or to spin full circle, as shown in the video below.

This is today's data sheet; yesterday's was twice as long as the measurements after each adjustment were confounded by the container resting on the gravel base. Once it was up on the piers, the measurements could be used to guide the shim additions and subtractions, and it came down to finding pieces of wood or metal of the correct thickness.

 

[toppop52]

Went out and worked in the garage a while, first time any real time in there since May. Felt good to do something productive. Then I cooked dinner, turkey roast, baby Lima’s with tomatoes and mashed potatoes with gravy.

 

[sodamo]

After a lot of fidding, hauling the big jack from one end of the shipping container to the other on the pallet forks, dragging it through the gravel, and swapping shims into and out of the stacks at each corner, I got within 1/16" of level. I was hoping that would make the doors work better, but it didn't help a bit. I can't even get the set on the front of the box to close all the way, and wonder if all that jacking has warped the door frame. Time for more measurements, this time of the door frame diagonals.

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As mentioned previously, the laser self levels by manipulating a spinning mirror or prism on top of the unit. The beam can be set to remain stationary, scan in an arc, or to spin full circle, as shown in the video below.

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This is today's data sheet; yesterday's was twice as long as the measurements after each adjustment were confounded by the container resting on the gravel base. Once it was up on the piers, the measurements could be used to guide the shim additions and subtractions, and it came down to finding pieces of wood or metal of the correct thickness.

Interesting exercise, following to see how it comes out.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

By sheer luck I found missing game cam just inside the woods,that game cam doesn't work anymore from teeth marks.
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Sorry boo boo ruined a camera.

 

[sodamo]

Erector set together.
Cheated a bit and did not ream out the misaligned holes in middle section.

Wall is 2, 1/2”sheets exterior grade, treated plywood, glued and screwed.

Verticals secured with 48, 3/8x11/2” thru bolts
Rear shelves 24 5/16x1/14 lag bolts. Would have been 3/8x 11/2 but the other box turned out to be 1”. Maybe some day I’ll learn to check every box at HD.

Lost count how many 5/16x 3/4 bolting pieces together. 75+

Really misjudged paint.
Almost 2 cans primer,
1 super larger can bed coat (not enough)
2 cans gray enamel.

Wall will be lag bolted to existing structure. Hopefully tomorrow.

Finishing prep


Painted

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 60F for the start, winds calm, overcast and fog. Water did not cover the bottom of the bucket this morning, Fog and drizzle most of the day, high temp 69F. Thunder and lightning in area could get more rain tonight. Men's meeting this morning, too wet to go riding, did get nap in. Spent some time with wife today is her birthday went to stepdaughter's house for dinner and cake.
Roy hope you get something from training, glad it is tolerable.
L4N good luck with front cover.
Ron. great fall pic!
Buppies, there is vapor control on the fuel tanks so no dirt getting in if no fumes getting out.
RNG good luck with the container leveling, and have fun on trip.
Drew was it nice having the overhead guard?
Hawkeye, good to hear improvement of your health.
Drew, one thing to remember is the hard coating needs to be the outside coat to get full effect, got the blue light coating on my last pair, they already had a lens with ll but blue light coating, so guess which coating on outside, hint not the hard coat. Wouldn't mind it if you were closer either. I don't know many of the land owners around here, hard to get wood older than 1 yr. and hardwood does not fully dry out in that time span.
RNG nice video.
prayers for all.

 

[sodamo]

Happy Birthday Mrs Mostly
And many more

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Looks to be a nice day before wet and cold weather comes in, 75 high of today, and a freeze warning in effect for tomorrow.
off to arthritis doc, likely a waste of time, nice guy but needs to retire, don't think he is keeping up.
then hair cut and back to work outside.

Mostly, overhead guard is a great idea for all that glass, particularly dropping big branches like we were, but a bad design on it, probably fixable without
too much effort...they need to put one end of that steel grate on a hinge, so it can be lifted up to clean underneath. Nice to have the glass but hard to get it clean.

seems like the year is running out awfully fast.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. Woke up a couple of times in the night with the sound of rain on the roof. The predictions are for it to continue all day, but looking at the weather map we could be on the edge and miss some of it. It seems to have eased , so I'm I'm off out to check round the fields. Do I wear full waterproofs, or do I feel lucky ?

David, now I can clearly see your "Erector Set" must be the equivalent of what I grew up calling a "Meccano Set". Didn't like to ask too much before, in this country a set with that name would have many thinking of Pfizer's little blue pills.

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 32 here going to 46. Storm coming tonight with threat of snow happening. Trip into and out of Boston was uneventful. Glad is wasn’t the day before when mostly all of the main roads had accidents with hour long back ups. Work is making progress with looking for my replacement. We interviewed a few people and maybe picked one. HR has to decide.
I have most of my outside stuff put away for the winter. Need to pick up the water hoses and shut off the faucets inside. Going to try and hook up the snow blowers at the apartment house and at the neighbors.
Hope everyone is safe and healthy!

 

[RoyJackson]

2019-11-07, 0606

37 now (in Hartford, CT)...high in the mid-50s and rain most of the day. Drive north I expect rain and snow showers...not much accumulation, but enough to make it slick

 

[Buppies]

Happy Birthday Mrs Mostly

44 high of 62 very cold Friday and next week. I believe winter will be made up of cold shots quickly moderating then rinse repeat. The SE Ridge will be felt for the mid Atlantic all winter

New cap came it’s on weekend puts on plug for heater

Prayers for all

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning.
Temp this fine A.M. is 14 ｰF and going to a high of 27 F. Wind NW 13 mph. Partly sunny and partly cloudy.
At least there is no precip. The ground is starting to freeze up, so the snow that comes now will stay.
We did get about 2" last night. I will plow this morning.

I got my winterfront cut out yesterday and I will install it today. It is just a hunk of cardboard stuffed in front of the chaff screen.
More firewood to chuck in today, a dump run 1st thing and a town run this afternoon.

Happy birthday Mrs. Mostly.


Have a good day all

 

[Looking4new]

Buppies, if we are doing 'predictions' then I predict that winter will be colder than a well diggers' bu*t this season.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 31° with light snow this morning. Heading to 34° with snow ending in afternoon. Carpets are clean. Now need to put everything back where it belongs. No other plans.

Happy Birthday Mrs Mostly.

RNG, hope you get the doors straightened out.

Phil, my small town had a 3 car accident yesterday evening. Traffic was backed up all the way back to my place on a dirt road 5 miles from town. Lots of people had a late dinner. Big towns have muti lanes to park more cars on for miles. I try to avoid those places as much as I can. One of the perks of retirement.

David, do you have one of these Rust-Oleum comfort grips. Sure saves the fingers when spraying a lot. My fingers cramp up after spraying without it.

Prayers and best wishes for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[check]

Took garbage out front for pickup. Looked off to the right and seen this view. Still a lot of leaves to drop.
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Wow, nice. Our leaves are all done now. Snow is next!

 

[check]

This just in:
Weather advisory in effect for:

North Bay - Powassan - Mattawa
West Nipissing - French River

Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for today and tonight.

Cold westerly flow over the relatively warm waters of Lake Superior is expected to produce isolated snow squalls this afternoon and through tonight. The snow squall bands are expected to shift southward tonight moving out of the region.

Total snowfall accumulations of locally 5 to 10 cm (2-4") are expected by Thursday morning. Areas affected include Highway 69 south of Sudbury, Highway 64 and Highway 17.

Locally heavy snow is possible along with reduced visibilities at times. Falling temperatures tonight may also cause roads to become icy or slippery. Prepare for hazardous driving conditions at times.

I think winter is here.

Yup. Got the snow tires on at the Dorset Garage on the weekend. Also found out my (Chrome-coated) wheel studs on my 2016 F 150 are no good anymore because of “swelling”, and I was directed to buy “solid” new ones. $160 or so for 20 new ones - ouch! And I can’t put them on myself because some of the old ones are so bad that none of my sockets will fit them. (Nominal size is 20 mm.)

 

[ronjhall]

Wow, nice. Our leaves are all done now. Snow is next!��

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