Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

This talk of seat covers reminds me of the one and only time I added seat covers to a car myself. In 1958 or 59 I bought a 1955 Cadillac Coupe DeVille and I ordered, and installed seat covers from J. C. Whitney.:laughing: They actually fit and looked pretty good.

Today we start with 38 degrees going for 50 with a 30% chance of rain after noon, and a 100% chance of rain tonight in the forecast. I'm actually lookin forward to some dry weather in the near future so I can mow the yard.

 

[PJSprog]

27°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 44° today. Nice to see the sun shining again.

That's some "beater" you found, Randy. Looks nice.

Bird, I used to really enjoy perusing the JC Whitney catalogs in my younger days, especially the VW specific ones. I always used to ooh and aah at all the cool things I could do to my '73 Super Beetle. The only thing I ever bought from them, though, was one of those 12v dash-mount heaters to use as a defroster in winter, as the heat channels were almost completely rusted out on that car.

 

[daugen]

RNG, thermostatically controlled 10k propane heater in greenhouse, keeps it around 60 when very cold outside. Hopefully snow will melt with it hits warmer surface...
time to get out the snowblower
epidural appt cancelled on Friday, which while not good means I don't have to drive in any of this. Just wait until it melts.
But right in front at end of lane is shady area and black ice, goes straight from dry road in sun to black ice. And I collect more ruts in my lawn. No one ever gets hurt because the ditch sort of traps you and may do a number on your undercarriage but they sort of skid along until they stop.

Going to have to insulated bag some shrubs before Friday night, some lilacs and other varieties won't like this at all. Snow is never heavy enough to hurt anything unless it's in March and then lots of flowers are ruined. Not much flowering yet and pretty hard to hurt a daffodil.

 

[daugen]

landscaper helpers just took out my broken stair chair, happier ending in that I called my electrician and asked if he
wanted it, and he said absolutely, he wanted to fix it which he can with the guts out and on his bench. So the ancient stair chair gets recycled and hopefully
will be helping some granny get upstairs for years to come. Really trying to keep as much stuff as possible out of dump.

neighbor coming over after lunch to help me sharpen blades on JD garden tractor and do a full lube on it. He is going to be mowing my lawn this year, with the landscaper as backup. So I'm making sure he knows where all the lube points are.
He sold his powerwashing business so he really wanted this job. Ok. He's pretty OCD about maintenance being an engineer in the fire co.

just slowly crossing things off the must do list. That feels good.

 

[hawkeye08]

17F this morning, sure do miss having my wife home.. woke several times during the night and she was not there... she is back visiting her father in the hospital.. he has been in ICU for a week now.. improving but not out of the woods yet.

Grand daughter is loving having Papa be the one to take her to the school bus stop, read books, etc..

Stay safe, prayers for all

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, was it you that is making the bandsaw blade welding fixture?

I found these notes/links that helped me with mine:

Blade brazing kit - Bandsaw Blade Splicing Kit - Lee Valley Tools


Brazing fixture video:
How to Make Custom Length Bandsaw Blades Without a Welder - YouTube
Made his blade grinding groove 0.025" x 0.375" deep
Alignment groove for brazing is about twice the blade thickness deep

Tried to dig up a photo of my fixture, but came up empty handed. I'll try to remember to take some today...

Thanks for the link. That’s pretty much what I am doing. Except I have some 1/2” X 6” aluminum plate I am making it out of.

 

[Old Guy in Tenn]

Has anyone installed an Expansion joint in sheetrock? I have a returning crack in a long expanse, about 30' of ceiling sheetrock, right outside a tray ceiling. the crack is only about 2' long. I can't seem to find a repair person that will call me back and the youtubes don't explain how the sheetrock is attached to the studs closest to the joint. And yes Ron I have a cousin that I will probably end up calling but he just had neck surgery so he would just be a consultant. I was in Home depot and saw a local handy man and asked him if he installed expansion joints and he has never heard of them and thought it was a good idea I should market. HD does not carry expansion joints. This is the 4th time the crack has come back - always in the near spring when we have wide temperature changes.

Don - I don't know if this applies to your situation, but we had a recurring crack on a long stretch where ceiling met wall. When cold weather arrived a truss would pull the ceiling up and crack the drywall, it would not quite come together in the spring. After many unsuccessful patches we cut out a small (~20"x48") piece of ceiling drywall and attached the patch only at the edges, and not attaching it to the offending truss. Problem solved. Now that truss can move all it wants with the changing seasons without affecting the ceiling. Maybe you have some over-active framing that needs to get isolated.

 

[toppop52]

I started cardio rehab this morning, worst part is warm up, I’m a no rhythm white boy, so dancing is not my long suit. The workouts are not bad, I’ll be doing three days a week. My sugar dropped 26 points in 50 minutes. Heart rate and BP stayed good. It wasn’t that bad.

 

[Big Barn]

I started cardio rehab this morning, worst part is warm up, I’m a no rhythm white boy, so dancing is not my long suit. The workouts are not bad, I’ll be doing three days a week. My sugar dropped 26 points in 50 minutes. Heart rate and BP stayed good. It wasn’t that bad.

That sounds awesome. I have no rhythm also. What are you doing for warmup? Using a stationary bike or treadmill albeit boring work well. Lots of people like elliptical trainers but I’ve only tried one once.... not a fan.

Stick with it and good luck

 

[txdon]

Don - I don't know if this applies to your situation, but we had a recurring crack on a long stretch where ceiling met wall. When cold weather arrived a truss would pull the ceiling up and crack the drywall, it would not quite come together in the spring. After many unsuccessful patches we cut out a small (~20"x48") piece of ceiling drywall and attached the patch only at the edges, and not attaching it to the offending truss. Problem solved. Now that truss can move all it wants with the changing seasons without affecting the ceiling. Maybe you have some over-active framing that needs to get isolated.

Thanks, that might be it. I check out the framing when I get in the attic. I think the crack is moving back and forth and not up and down. It is at two corners of the tray ceiling, so I suspect something is moving in the 100˚ temp changes.

RNG thanks for the link on the expansion joints. If I do put one up I'll have to add a second stud and the expansion joint connects the studs with an inch in-between.

Seat covers are going in good. They look rugged, kind of a Carhartt jean material but charcoal gray. The fit is good and there is double stiching around all the holes for the seat releases, the headrest, and the seatbelt. The material still has wrinkle fold marks so a pic would not give it justice but I might take one and will expect your disappointment if you are a perfectionist. I'll feel a lot better jumping in the truck after sweating and dirty in the 100+ ˚ days here in Texas. These go on and off easy and are machine washable, a must. They also have breakaway sticking on the sides (instead of open on the sides) of the front seats so the seat airbags can function.