Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

Whewee! I got up this morning at 4 a.m. to the sound of heavy rain, thunder & lightning. The lights flickered once in the house, but didn't really affect anything except the modem restarted. I'm not sure just when the rain started, but it was all over about 6:30 a.m., and I went out and poured about 4.05" of rain out of the gauge. Most rain at one time that I can remember in several years.

 

[PJSprog]

70°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 90° today. Storms rolled through here yesterday at evening rush hour, and packed quite a punch. Fortunately, they didn't last too long.

That's A LOT of rain at one time, Bird. Hope you avoided any flooding issues.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! No rain in central TX. Bird I can see your rain on the radar but it's moving east not south so we will stay dry. The 3rd cutting of coastal hay is in full swing in the county. With Temps in the 100s and lots of sunshine some are cutting in the morning and baling in the afternoon.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, if you would like to see pictures of the finest English shotguns, then have a look at this company Customer guns - Boxall & Edmiston Gunmakers - Bespoke Shotguns, Shropshire. They are an up and coming ******* manufacturer only about 20 miles away. When I first heard of them I thought it would be nice to be able to support a local company, however it turned out that they are aiming for the very top end of the market, almost a 21st century Purdey, with prices to match (Prices are eye watering - with or without Bell's )

Those aren't just shotguns, Eric, they're works of art. Wonderous to see; I only wish the photos were larger and showed the detail in all its splendor. Similar guns from those traditional English manufacturers find their way into the display cases at some of this country's best museums, and that's probably as close as I'll ever get to one. So in that respect, the photos are much better because in a museum setting you can't get close enough! The only problem is that with enough looking comes the grave danger of igniting a wanting, and then the shotguns already in the safe no longer satisfy. I suppose in these days of $50,000 compact economy cars, $45,000 for a fine ******* isn't that outrageous. But at least the car would come with its own alarm system, and having been raised in a home that was twice burglarized and all the guns stolen, that's not something to be taken lightly!:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Mostly, got my bike out yesterday good to ride it after several months. Not sure I need to take it in yet. But gear changes do not work right. I did it last year with good success.

When the bike was put away, was it put in gear such that all the tension was relaxed from the shift cables, Ron? If not, they've probably stretched and the indexing of the shifters is now off. Backing out the cable adjustor will very likely lead to a fix.:2cents:

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good Morning All, 69 now going to 86, with a 60% chance of T Storms. NWS has been missing it on the highs lately, was 91 here yesterday and I think they called for 84 or 86 yesterday. Got to mow grass today and working on an old looking finish that don't stink. Am trying a mix of linseed oil and fire to make it look old. We will see.

Don, Cut in morning and bale in the evening. WOW, it must be hot and dry.

Have a great day all. Ed

 

[ronjhall]

When the bike was put away, was it put in gear such that all the tension was relaxed from the shift cables, Ron? If not, they've probably stretched and the indexing of the shifters is now off. Backing out the cable adjustor will very likely lead to a fix.:2cents:

That's probably part of the problem. It also spent 2,500 miles on a bike rack. When we came home from AZ. Shifting cable runs along under side of top rail. Sits on bike rack. Will give the tensioner adjustment a try.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 5:45AM. Sunny. High near 95F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

I wouldn't recommend any kind of synthetic filler to close up a hole that wasn't supported from the back, Drew. It may look OK for a while, but eventually it'll crack and perhaps even fall out. If you can get your hands on a chunk of aluminum or copper at least an inch thick, you can hold that up against the back of the hole and weld over it. Try to keep the heat on the edge of the hole and let the metal slump onto the chunk, and avoid letting the arc play directly on the block of backing metal. You need to get your eyes close enough to the molten puddle to see what's going on in enough detail such that it's clear when the metal is liquid and when it's frozen in place. With any welding method, if there's a secret, that is it. If you think stick welding is difficult, wait 'till you try TIG. Instead of having just one thing to move around, now you have both torch and wire to worry about, and often as not you'll put the wire on the electrode instead of in the puddle. And you'll have to learn to feed that wire using just your thumb and fingers, with gloves on.:shocked: Perhaps you could find someone with a MIG outfit that knows how to use it, or even better go out and get one of your own!:stirthepot::laughing: After years of struggling with stick and a cheap TIG outfit, I finally bit the bullet and picked up one of these: POWER MIG(R) 18C MIG Welder Cry once and get it over with and start looking foward to using it when something breaks instead...

Found some more detailed pictures of that centerstand tang yesterday and decided that the shape on the one I'd made was too far off. It needed to be more of an oval in cross section, and the one I had was a rectangle with rounded corners. Figured I could get close by using a larger radius cutter and biasing it toward the long side of the rectangle, leaving something of a corner on the short side that can be rounded over on the belt sander. I'd just put a new blade on the bandsaw and it just zipped through a chunk of 1/2" plate and the rest was just time spent cranking handles on the mill. One small error to fix this morning, as one end should be necked down above where the tang gets welded to the stand, and I moved the cutter too far in one spot. This morning that'll get filled up with a few spots of MIG (Gas Metal Arc) weld and no one'll know the difference.:laughing:

Hang in there, gang. Friday's comin'!

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low this morning was 44*, yesterday high was 80*. The forecast for today is partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.

The plan for today is to take the grandkids over to look at a old railroad ghost town. There are some charcoal kilns still standing and few buildings. If we have time maybe try fishing again.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[hawkeye08]

Years ago, we brought home a case of the Macnuts when we vacationed in Hawaii. Family and friends thought they were great. The price has went up at least 10x since then...

80s during day, nice break from the 90s the last month. We returned a window AC unit we got when the smoke got bad and we couldn't cool house at night.. we decided that a few weeks of discomfort is worth it to be able to open the bedroom window the rest of the summer. I will find a small single hung window that would go above an air conditioner so we could have both, open the window to cool when we want, run the ac when the nights don't cool or too smoky.

Got a few projects done last night, it really helps the spirit to get something tangible done. One of my wife's nephews is working as the shovel/stick man for a septic/drainfield installer. He loves the work, he can see what they accomplished at the end of the day, feels like he is contributing to the community (he is excited as a new housing development is going in and they are doing the septic (yep, still have areas that do not have sewer).