There was a car that the LEO ran the plate on that came back stolen, when the LEO tried to pull him over, he bolted. They just said he ditched the car somewhere on our road or just past it, and took off on foot. So it was a car thief. I did not get a look at him. Usually the gangs will let under 16 year olds do the stealing, so if they get caught, they won't get a long sentence.
I saw about 4 county SUV's, and one State trooper SUV. But I did not go down past our place to see how many more were there. I hope the brat got poison ivy.
Hoping Hawaii is battening down the hatches.
Today, my buddy and I tore apart our company's Craftsman table saw motor. When turned on, it would just turn slow rpm. We checked the run and start capacitors the best we could. I believe the motor is a 1.5 or 2 hp. We took off the end cap that has the fan under it, took off the fan blade to get to a set of centripetally actuated contact breakers. Ahhhh, they were a bit burnt looking. Nothing some emery cloth couldn't handle. Got them cleaned up and put everything back together and presto magico, it runs beautifully. The breakers, IIRC, switch the power from the start capacitor to the run capacitor. But, when burned, not much of nothing gets through.
Then, I helped another co-worker start rebuilding an Edwards vacuum pump. Similar to this:
Edwards Direct-drive rotary vane vacuum pump, dual mode, 2.3 cfm, 115/22 VAC from Cole-Parmer
I have another one (pump) to do on Monday. Plus, re-install the table saw motor.
It is still hot and dry down here. 103F some showers got close yesterday, but my dry soils scared the clouds away.
