Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 6:45AM. Sunny. High 86F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.
Before I got the edge finder, Ed, I turned one end of a piece of bar stock down to 0.190" and used a 0.101" feeler gauge between it and the work to tell when contact had been made. Still ended up moving the same 0.100" over to get centered, just took a little more time and had to be very careful not to bend anything. I think I used drill rod because it had a precision ground finish on it already, but any steel would work as long as you get it uniformly smooth and round. Another old trick is to use a piece of paper instead of the feeler gauge, and just measure the thickness of the paper so you know how much to offset the table.
I think it was Bell that came up with the first modern bicycle helmet, Don, and they were so poorly ventilated I kept wearing my vinyl one that looked like strips of inner tubes running over my head. That went over a cycling cap with a tiny little bill, usually put on backwards so my neck got a little shade. Most bicycle shops had the hats for a few dollars, some even had them printed with their shop name and logo. I liked the ones that said Campagnolo...
That's a lot of work, Lenny, but it'll make a lifetime of positive change for your daughter and granddaughter. What you and your wife are doing must feel wonderful!
The County Fire is now at 86,000 acres but is 35% contained, and the skies here were hazy but not too bad. Had a 200 acre fire yesterday afternoon start just west of Oroville airport, but it was quickly contained. Thank goodness, as the winds were blowing pretty strongly from the south.
A motorcycling buddy came up from Sacramento and joined my neighbor and I for dinner last night. The ribs were smoking all day and came out falling off the bone delicious, and with a few tips the fresh salsa turned out great, too. No fireworks here, just a quiet evening enjoying some music and the breeze on the back porch.
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