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   / Good morning!!!! #113,121  
72F cloudy sprinkle ever now than humidity increasing.

Ceilings back side of the house are finally painted :dance1: just have to hire artist with steady hand paint living dinning kitchen area...Mrs. said and that's fine with me.
Side Note... Do Not Attempt Painting With Kittens Around. :mur:
No plans for this evening other than setting flood light sensor hot shower belly full of grub and fluffing the pillow early.

Enjoy the evening all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,123  
I use no ethanol gas in the mowers. I add 4 oz.Seafoam /5 gal. gas to stabilize it. I have been thinking I should throw some in the cars which we are using so much less but I keep forgetting.

Chris
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,124  
I have a fuel leak in the chainsaw. Has anyone had a fuel leak in their chainsaw, Where should I look first? I noticed it when I was filling it up at the park and it was on it's side with the fuel cap up, my tailgate had gas on it, I did not spill, and it ran afterwards but the new bulb would not fill. ????
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,125  
If it's a Stihl, I'd start with the fuel line in the tank and follow it to the carb. The new gas really tears up that rubber.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,126  
Sussed out what I think will be the best approach.

Chased out the screw holes in one half of the vise with a 1/4-20 starter tap.

After really eyeing up how much meat is really there, I ran down to the local hardware store and picked up four 1" x 1/4-20 socket head capscrews. (Just for reference I don't think the originals screw were even a 1/2" long)

After turning down the head on one of the screws in the drill press with a file, I started drilling the holes in the one vise half deeper ...

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Drill one hole, then the other ... then use a probe to check depth. Then run the starter tap in, followed by the plug tap.

Repeat that cycle several times to get to the point where there is enough depth to screw the screw all the way in, so that it's countersunk in the jaw:

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I still have to drill and tap two holes the other side of the vise, turn down the heads on the other three screws, and deepen the countersinks on on three of the screw holes in the jaws ... but I think this is going to work pretty well, as it probably more than doubles the amount of thread available over what was there previously.

Probably just secure the screws with Loctite blue.

:thumbsup:

Drilling out the other half will be a little trickier, since it will have be clamped down to the welding table somehow ... since I don't have a functioning vise ... :laughing:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,127  
I have a fuel leak in the chainsaw. Has anyone had a fuel leak in their chainsaw, Where should I look first? I noticed it when I was filling it up at the park and it was on it's side with the fuel cap up, my tailgate had gas on it, I did not spill, and it ran afterwards but the new bulb would not fill. ????

fuel lines. Maybe can buy a kit that has the lines that run two and from the tank/carb/breather, and the rubber plug that goes into the tank. It might come with a new plunger bulb too.

Drew, you keep taking care of yourself. Glad social healthcare worker is there. Prayers.

I'm having problems with our manual lathe at work. Hired an expensive technician to come repair it. Put 1 new shaft and bearings in place, only to find out it needs more bearings put onto other shafts. Ordered 5 more bearings today. Cleaned out headstock's sump. I want to put an inline oil filter on it, to remove any particles. There are linkages inside and outside the headstock connecting the forward/reverse and emergency brake pedal. The inside is very similar to a Clausing Colchester, but a bit different.

Good progress PJS.

LS, is that the new "dog house".

RNG, sorry for the termoils....if you want something done right....

It seems that electronic bug zappers are in short supply here, I repaired my old one that needed some insulators to keep space between the inner and outer electrified cages. Sprayed some roundup on some weeds, and cleaned/unclogged 2 drains in my house....hair....

Riding lawnmower needs a new battery. I charged it a few weeks ago and it was OK, but my daughter went to start it today and it's dead again. Sticker shows mfg date of 7/14, so I guess it's due replacement. I'm charging it again, hope it will start 1 more time. Yard needs cutting.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,128  
Was getting pretty worked up with the stuff people was putting on FB tonight. Was like FP which I wanted no part of. So went out for a walk, another nice sunset.
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But after the sun went below the horizon it got even better off to the left IMG_4790.JPG

Off to the north east was a pretty cloud, that later had a pretty pink in it. And then I saw lightning flashing thru it.
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Looked on the radar, this was a large storm cell between York and Lancaster PA roughly 60 crow miles away.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,129  
Great pictures, BEF
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,130  
Good evening all. 70F for the start, partly cloudy light breeze. Some more clouds added during day, wind became moderate with some sustained gusts, and high temp was 91F. Mid 90's till Monday then low 90's, slight chance of rain Monday. Bike ride this morning, slow start so it got warm. After nap worked on wife's bike, tires pumped up, battery replaced in speedo and recalibrated. Lubed pedals, chain, derailleurs, then adjusted them, cables probably need replacement but they are shifting much better.
Covid update: Cooke 19 confirmed, 0 active, Montague unchanged , Grayson 355 confirmed, 54 active.
Buckeye sounds like cat in the dog house.
Roy sounds like a very nice workday.
Eric now the grass will grow and no tuck pointing till fall.
Thomas, I love painting said no one ever :)
Mike so you are buying grass seed and the grass is growing faster than you can cut it?
Ron sounds like the worst of the heat is over, how was the frog as a supervisor?
Billy Monday sounds much nicer than Tuesday
RNG what a glitch in the forward progress, it will work out in the end. I am shaking my head in disbeliefat the first pic.
Randy try not to get too hot mowing.
Roy nice looking firearm.
PJ nice progress.
Ron good the belt is replaced. Will the tension springs be hard to replace?
Ted glad the shed worked out. let me guess your house is under the sunshine.
Jay you went from soaking wet to bone dry in a hurry!
Drew sounds like progress. good to hear they won't let you fail.
RD good luck with the repair and finding the parts.
Buckeye good luck with drywall project with no scope creep!
Don that was a lot of cedar to take out!
Thomas I think I know why you suggest a no kitten policy while painting, glad you got done, are kittens white?
Don, my chainsaw only has one fuel line no bulb. I am going to replace it, think in is sucking some air.
Buckeye don't spend much tome on FB except to get Sunday morning chapel and Covid updates.
prayers for all, especially Drew
stay safe and healthy.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,131  
2020-06-04, 0312

49 right now...high about 80.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,132  
Ron, if the frog could borrow your camera, would it be taking your picture ? Or more likely ....
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #113,133  
Good morning, 10C/50F at 10am, with plenty of cloud cover temperature is not expected to rise much higher all day. That is a good thing as there is still way too much heat stored upstairs in the house.

Roy, the .300BLK should be good fun. Do you already have a scope for it ? I imagine a reticule with a few elevation marks would be handy for that looping trajectory when shooting more that 60 yds with sub-sonics

I was sure I had seen a rabbit in the garden, but Max said he couldn't find it :confused3:
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #113,134  
Sweet morning, suns coming up...77..heading to mid 90's again. Need to get the weed whacker out today before noon.

Heard PA got whacked by a derecho yesterday. Those storms are unreal. Had one came through this area a few years back, it took weeks to clean up.

The project team is once again, making me feel lazy. I am still looking a a front porch demo and rebuild. Sigh...

Hope all have a good day. Be safe.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,135  
55F clear sky 80 for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Paint under eve back side of house also door casing and that will be enough for today.

Enjoy the day all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,136  
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Thomas I think I know why you suggest a no kitten policy while painting, glad you got done, are kittens white?
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They like climbing step ladder than rough housing while I was painting,not paint upon kittens but couple times I want to.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,137  
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The project team is once again, making me feel lazy. I am still looking a a front porch demo and rebuild. Sigh...
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90 degrees with porch project that should be no show up day...stay cool.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,138  
68 high of 90 thunderstorms later maybe severe

Nice pictures all

Very hot yesterday 94 lots of leg cramps most of night

Prayers for Drew prayers for all prayers for our country

Prayers for my cousin who died Saturday night 63 years young
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,139  
Nice choice Roy I am sure you will enjoy
 
   / Good morning!!!! #113,140  
66 going to 94. Had some drops of rain while out feeding the birds, but couldn't find the cloud. The sky looks like's BEF sunset sky.

Eric, better take Max to the vet...looks like his tongue has become forked. :bunny:

Roy, nice looking rifle. How long does it take to get a suppressor these days?

Planted some more pumpkins and sunflowers in the garden yesterday, and then cooled off by taking a 3.5 hour run on the zero turn while the temps were in mid 90s.
 

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