Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Good Morning !

68F and sunny @ 09:30, heading up to around 83F for the day's high.

A Special Weather Statement has been issued for elevated fire risk today. That's a fairly rare thing around here but it's pretty dry.

Put pallet forks on Kubota yesterday and removed the parts of the dying maple that had fallen down and threw those up on the brush pile. Took three trips to get them all:

After that I got the hopper feeder and the two tube feeders refilled.

Then headed up to the shop and got back into working on the saw.

Got VFD mounted in metal enclosure, then metal enclosure mounted on the saw cabinet.

Installed the worm gear, shaft, and hand wheel to raise and lower the blade.

Then after that I got the wiring done on the Snap Switch that will feed 220v power to the VFD:

That took more than an hour, as the box was so shallow that I had to relocate one set of wires from the bottom to the side, and replace the bolt securing the box to the cabinet with a flat head machine screw so there was enough room for the switch to fit in the box and get the cover on.

Even so, it was a very tight squeeze with the 10 ga wires.

After that I started wiring the power feed to the VFD. Will need to take another look at that today and make sure there aren't any stray strands of wire in places they shouldn't be.

Got notice from Renovo that saw parts had shipped, should be here on Friday.

Knocked off around 20:00 as I had gotten up pretty early and I was tired.

Agenda for today will be to get Cub cleaned off and replace the air filter and get it rolled over closer to the door.

Beyond that, probably work on prepping saw motor for paint. Have a gasket I need to cut for the junction box on that.

And of course, there's more downed wood that needs cut up with the chain saw and removed.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a good Thursday ...

 

[daugen]

RS, do you have formal electrical training or is this just natural talent?
you have great fab skills

headed out to maybe maybe pick my first strawberry.
watching them like a hawk looks for a rabbit...

 

[riptides]

Thanks for asking;
Doing OK most days, had a slight scare a bit back had some kind of flare up that put me in the hospital for 2 days, initially diagnosed as congestive heart failure now they are thinking it wasn't but don't really know what was going on.
...

Well Lou, you seem to be better. Take that as a positive and keep moving forward.

You'd think a congestive heart failure would be more readily id'd by now.

Stay well.

 

[rswyan]

RS, do you have formal electrical training or is this just natural talent?

No formal training to speak of.

you have great fab skills

Thanks.

Sometimes it goes better than others.

Good luck with the berry picking ...

 

[ronjhall]

Veterans here on TBN may not be aware that you can now get a free pass to all National Parks. My Son who spent 13 years in Army was not aware of this. Sent him this link.

Free Entrance to National Parks for Current Military, Veterans, and Gold Star Families (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[m7040]

HOA's can protect the property but can also be a pain in the neck. When the kids were smaller we ran into no parking of the motorhome in the driveway and we went to the meeting of the members and argued our case even though they would not recognize us to speak. Wife's were not allowed to speak so she stepped up and took over the mic and dressed them down and shamed them based on this is our car to fit the size of the family. We never heard another word about it so it must have worked.

 

[sodamo]

64°F and .71 inches rain. Raining pretty good as in more than just a morning shower.

Could definitely impact ability to work outside today.

H&F has been rescheduled back to this afternoon.shrimp curry on the menu.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Frits, thank you. I did start with a plan. Nicely drawn out on the computer, but that was only for the basic structure and solar. Adding the doors and closing in with the poly panels has been more impromptu with just minimal sketches.

A note that might garner a chuckle or 2. My primary design app is my Numbers spreadsheet. I can do scaled 2 dimensional drawings and any number of tables as appropriate.

 

[sodamo]

Ted, whim? LOL, only partially. My original planning was for the full 12 ft, but location of the support posts was dictated by the existing concrete and structure, less than 12 ft. I opted for smaller PV array, moving the top beam in. Also why array doesn’t extend to front requiring metal flashing. Figured the extra bracing wouldn’t hurt and made for interesting look at no cost.

 

[sodamo]

HOA's can protect the property but can also be a pain in the neck. When the kids were smaller we ran into no parking of the motorhome in the driveway and we went to the meeting of the members and argued our case even though they would not recognize us to speak. Wife's were not allowed to speak so she stepped up and took over the mic and dressed them down and shamed them based on this is our car to fit the size of the family. We never heard another word about it so it must have worked.

I can imagine some HOA would have decided you had too many kids.
Thankfully I’m married to our HOA and most times she can be reasoned with

 

[daugen]

flower pics
got driveway scraper picked up, golf cart picked up, and both put away.
Got behind new Corvette with great license plate. He got out to get his mail later on, white haired guy,
85 and sunny out, low humidity, very nice, but the a/c inside feels good
first strawberry was a work in progress but mighty good

 

[Buppies]

I think a Massey like you had would suit you better Drew. If you really want to go on the wild side a Porsche 911 GTS

 

[daugen]

I think a Massey like you had would suit you better Drew. If you really want to go on the wild side a Porsche 911 GTS

I could only fit in one of them...
In the garage where I picked up my golf cart, friend also has a BX3010? with a cab and 70 hours. Sitting doing nothing, never had to plow snow this year.
So I have a tractor to borrow, plus he has a truck and trailer to move it for me.
Just haven't found the right use yet.

Other friend confirmed we are heading to Pemberton NJ tomorrow morning to get the Gravely.
getting lots accomplished.
mowed the lawn again and watered all the flowers and veggies. Looking forward to rain this weekend.
I think the garden grows better on natural rain. Stuff seems to pop up faster...
likely just my imagination...but a good soaking in a raised bed is a happy thing.

 

[daugen]

I need to buy another receiver and ball for back of rv, to pull trailer with golf cart with me.
need to test it. Rv has an add on brake controller, and have no idea what was done to original harness when they added that.
actually since I know the trailer works fine, just used it and tested every bulb, issue is just the receptacle on rv.
my one ton trailer does not have brakes, will make the rv stop even slower. Rv has plenty of power to pull it, stopping is the usually ignored problem

time to root around in the freezer and find something good for dinner, with vegetables. More veggies, less bread.
what a dull world... Actually I have some sea scallops that I think will make a nice dinner

 

[sodamo]

Definitely rained out. But did take the opportunity to turn remnants of a Costco rotisserie chicken into chicken soup.

 

[txdon]

I can imagine some HOA would have decided you had too many kids.
Thankfully I’m married to our HOA and most times she can be reasoned with

Our HOA - Kids are not allowed. You agree to this before you buy. At closing you sign that you have read the HOA documents and will abide by them, period.

 

[Popgadget]

I don’t think that me and an HOA could coexist for long. I have lived nearly my whole life without neighbors I wasn’t related to.

 

[Thomas]

We have a Tom that gobbles near our bedroom starting at 5:30 every morning

Mother nature alarm clock.

 

[Thomas]

79F clear sky.

Work day pass quicky after lunch rake shovel cleaning bank and ditch line...whew,pretty sure I slept like purring kitten tonight.

Time to set on the deck for while see what critter show.

Have good evening all.

 

[sodamo]

Our HOA - Kids are not allowed. You agree to this before you buy. At closing you sign that you have read the HOA documents and will abide by them, period.

Back when stationed in Heidelberg, our son was a Senior in HS. Had a classmate whose parents were civilians who decided to return to Conus. They bought a house in such a community, then told their son, also a senior, he wouldn’t joining them as no kids allowed. He lived with us most of the school year. Never did figure out how parents could do that. Weird.