Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

five hours of mowing, two doing the fields, started off doing the easy part, then got into
the overgrown collard field of the now abandoned farm next to me.
What a mess that was, Massey worked hard with a BH15 bush hog behind me, but got it done.
8 trillion bugs jumped on my bare legs. Eeesh. Lot of flailing around, not so good for straight rows... but no one was keeping
score here.

locust plague.... that is a lot of greens. Everything is brown here. Rain all around us, but as it gets close, the dry ground sucks the moisture out of the clouds....

Nice job Ed, I wish you lived nearer, I'd give you a handful of blank leftover rounds and odd pieces of resultant stocks. Mostly smaller than 2".

 

[Ed of all trades]

locust plague.... that is a lot of greens. Everything is brown here. Rain all around us, but as it gets close, the dry ground sucks the moisture out of the clouds....

Nice job Ed, I wish you lived nearer, I'd give you a handful of blank leftover rounds and odd pieces of resultant stocks. Mostly smaller than 2".

Thanks, wished we lived closer too. Ed

 

[txdon]

David, it is used to trickle the last few grains of gun powder into the scale when reloading spent brass cases.

Don Chucked the main body in the lathe and turned the base down to size and then used the compound to turn the outside of the funnel. Cut it off at the top of the funnel with the band saw. Made some soft pads for the chuck jaws out of come copper pipe and turned it around and put the base in the chuck and squared the top of the funnel. Drilled a small hole in the funnel and stepped it up until I had a 3/4" hole in the funnel. Turned the remainder of the inside of the funnel and sanded it while turning it on the lathe. Chucked an aluminum arrow in the lathe and sanded the camo off and down to size to fit the hole I drilled across the body of the trickler. Then took the 3 jaw chuck off and put on the 4 jaw so I could center a square piece of alu i had and turned it down for the stops on each side of the body and the knob. Put it all together and drilled a 1/4 in hole in the tube with a end mill. Glued it together. Little more than that but that is most of it. Ed

Sounds like fun and skill. What glue did you use?

David i had to look it up and found this Youtube - RCBS Powder Trickler Review - YouTube

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We eat at 5. People should be starting to show up soon, or i will have lots of leftovers.

I can almost smell it....

Hope you are feeling better.

 

[txdon]

Labor Day traffic jam.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Labor Day traffic jam.View attachment 569629

Does the course only allow carts with alloy special rims?

 

[txdon]

Does the course only allow carts with alloy special rims?

Don't think so the rentals all have black steel rims.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Sounds like fun and skill. What glue did you use?

David i had to look it up and found this Youtube - RCBS Powder Trickler Review - YouTube

Just used super glue, it was what I had.

Everyone have a good night, see you. Ed

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75F for the start, overcast, calm wind. Wind stayed light, sky overcast with rain showers, and a high temp of 80F. Changed over the pedals from the Trek to the Volagi, moved the cadence sensor, rack bag, etc for a bike ride on the Volagi. Decided to mow till the trash guy came, got sprinkled on some but still optimistic about the ride. Rain became more frequent and heavier. Got .6 in by early afternoon and threw in the towel on the ride. 2+ inches so far today.
Thanks for the anniversary well wishes, Mrs Gas says thanks as well.
Don, that traffic jam looks familiar
Ed nice work for your first project.
Kyle most of the people here opt for some level of customization. There are 3 carts that look like a 57 Chevy that I have seen, several pink carts etc.
Thomas, bad news on those mice. Does WD40 slow them down?
Prayers for all

 

[txdon]

Started Kubota letting it to warm up do some fel work all of sudden to 2 mice ran across the hood...not a good sign,shut the tractor off open the hood right in front grill where the battery sets mouse nest almost size of shoe box good cleaning spray the area well w/WD40,hadn't use the tractor about week and it didn't take long for those buggers to build...better check before use might cost $$$'s.

This is the only thing that kept the mice out of the gate opener. White Lithium Grease, it last about 3 months before it gets dry.
https://www.acehardware.com/departm...m_term=4581664954588628&utm_content=Catch All

 

[newbury]

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Started Kubota letting it to warm up do some fel work all of sudden to 2 mice ran across the hood...not a good sign,shut the tractor off open the hood right in front grill where the battery sets mouse nest almost size of shoe box good cleaning spray the area well w/WD40,hadn't use the tractor about week and it didn't take long for those buggers to build...better check before use might cost $$$'s.
<snip>

If it's inside or under cover try propping the hood open, somewhere on TBN that was recently reported as being a solution.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good evening to all. Just a quick sprinkle today, lots of rumbling though. Rain chances are now decreased for the next couple of days. Went to a high of 76°, so very nice.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! To Mr and Mrs Mostly Gas. Hope your day was special.

BEF, hope the burgers and brats made you feel just a little better.

Drew, lots of mowing , looks really good!

Well, the county finally got their act together and straightened out the messed up property tax issue. so, tomorrow is a trip up to the courthouse to get them paid. At least they didn't try to get any interest or penalty fees.

Everyone have a great start to the week. Prayers out for those needing.

 

[sodamo]

Sounds like fun and skill. What glue did you use?

David i had to look it up and found this Youtube - RCBS Powder Trickler Review - YouTube

Thanks Don

 

[RoyJackson]

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Fun time is over...back to work!

70 and muggy right now...how in the low 80's today.

We had a pretty fierce storm late yesterday afternoon...high winds and rain. My neighbor lost one tree and the area lost power for about 4-5 hours. I have some branches down and a lot of leaves flown about.

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning. Either I'll have to start getting up later, or accept that soon the light will have to be turned on in the kitchen as it's getting difficult to tell by color how strong the tea is when poured from the teapot these darker mornings.

Spent a little time yesterday making a long crude wrench to wrap around the pillar drill chuck in another attempt to get it to release the stuck drill bit. Half expected to hear something snap, either in the chuck or my wrist. Instead it released without any fuss. :dance1: Strange, the pleasure that comes from finally correcting something shouldn't have been done in the first place.


Rick, good luck with the bolt search and take care - it's that time of year when squirrels start to hide the nuts too.


Ed, great to see you making good use of the lathe already.

For those that use tricklers, or just appreciate a good bit of engineering, have you seen the "Targetmaster", that works in conjunction with a standard beam balance ? Worth a look at the video to see it in action (a minute or so in and the background music will make some think this will turn into a Monty Python sketch) TARGETMASTER - An altogether better trickler

 

[riptides]

77 outside this AM. Temps into 90's with heat indexes into the triple digits. Looks like a nice day to lay in the pool. Nothing else will get done with any efficiency.

Have a great day all. Be safe.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 68 going to 90 with a 20% chance of T-storms. Need to go to the grocery store today and also Fastenal to get a couple studs to fit my tool holders for the lathe. Don't think the grass will wait til Friday and the cooler weather so I might get that done today too, will see.

Eric, that is a cool trickler.

Have a great day, prayers sent to all in need. Ed

 

[Buppies]

71 high of 90 today very humid no rain.

Great Va Tech football game last night best I’ve seen them play in a while

Prayers for all those in need

 

[Thomas]

Roy
We had a pretty fierce storm late yesterday afternoon...high winds and rain. My neighbor lost one tree and the area lost power for about 4-5 hours. I have some branches down and a lot of leaves flown about.
..........................
Same storm just brush us 4 mins or so w/light rain,one could hear thunder see dark clouds fro distance.

 

[wngsprd]

72 going to 93.

Ed, great job...just amazes me the way you can make that "at home."

Buppies, I fell asleep when it was still 10-3...but saw highlights this morning. Great game.

BEF, hope your cookout was as much fun as your food looked great.

Don, they look like hot rod golf carts.

Spent the afternoon taking the blades off the zero turn and sharpening them for the first time. Then of course, I had to take them out for a one hour test drive. Very nice heavy duty blades...cut looked better. Had 54 hours on them.