Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 26°F and going to a high of 34. Wind ESE 6 mph. Mostly cloudy.

I have two trees laying across one of my snow dumps, so this morning I will tend to that. That will be my seat time for today.
After the dead falls, I don't know what I will get into.


Have a good safe day all

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. It is a lovely day here, despite being only a couple of degrees above freezing it feels a lot warmer, thanks to the wind and rain leaving us alone to enjoy a nice bit of sunshine for the next few hours.

One of the older tups has been fading for the last few days. He struggled to keep up with the other sheep yesterday as they moved between fields and this morning I found him on a south facing bank, looking as though he was also enjoying the warmth of the sun too, yet when I got up to him I realised he had gone in the night. I am sure many would envy his life, he was having a good time with the ewes right up to last week.

Sodamo, I am with you on battery powered nailers, the Ryobi has been great for me too.

Jim, so sorry to hear of your sister's problems. I do hope you can get her to realise she has nothing to blame herself for.

Drew, I don't do any near enough woodwork to contemplate buying a Festool domino machine, however that "floating tenon" method of joining does appeal and if you look on you tube there are plenty of people showing how to use a router table or home made jig for doing the same thing. It does take longer without the dedicated machine, however for those of us messing with wood for fun, that could be considered a benefit. As LS said, router tables are versatile and come in handy for lots of wood work, have you thought of buying or making one ?

If I am going to make more than 2 of something. I make a template to pre drill all the holes.

I can relate to that Ron, for some weird reason I often get more pleasure in making a jig than making the end product.

 

[toppop52]

Eric, I think we see our own lives when we watch an animal born, live it’s life and pass.

53-65 today, cloudy and dank, rain tonight.

No Christmas decorations yet, just can’t get in the mood.

Sold the motor home, funny a nice local couple bought it after dealing with multiple out of towners, some drove long distance to see it. It’s extremely nice but mostly everyone wanted to beat him up on the price.

I’ll go feed the critters, get breakfast and then church service. Not sure what else.
Have a good one.

 

[Popgadget]

I looked at the Makita cordless models and not only are they expensive but the reviews aren't good.
Everyone seems to complain about these tools jamming all the time. This Metabo/Hitachi unit had Amazon's best rating and least number of bad reviews.
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I couldn’t imagine a battery powered mailer being very practical, especially for cabinet work where you are in a shop with air available. The battery tool would be too clumsy.
My pin nailer is a Hitachi, and I don’t think that it has ever jammed. I use it all the time to hold glued joints together until cured.

For outdoor or maximum strength joints, I use LocTite PL premium urethane construction adhesive. It is dreadful to work with and clean up though. Gloves are a must. But it sure is sturdy. It also makes me appreciate how nice titebond is to work with.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 5:30AM. Sunny this morning then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High 63F. Winds light and variable.
Still no rain in the 10-day.

Good to see you back at doing something you really enjoy, Drew! I would only go with another battery powered tool if it used the same Makita 18V batteries I already have. I have a couple of HF air nailers that are not very reliable, but I went cheap on them because I don't do much wood working. Purchased an inexpensive router table a long time ago, and it sits up on a shelf gathering dust.

Vertigo no fun on a bicycle, Bruce. Hope you get it under control soon.

I think we've all had days like that, Paul. :crossfingers: we don't have them very often.

More nice work, Ted. Your shop is so CLEAN! Hope you get some rain soon.

I saw a cartoon the other day with Lucy asking Charlie Brown why there are so many stupid people. His reply was that in the old days, stupid hurt, and all the nanny guards have taken the pain out of pulling stupid moves. There's a lot of truth to that...

Speaking of stupid, while I was outside working yesterday, I could hear the neighbor running a lawnmower through his weeds, kicking up plenty of rocks in the process. That's a good recipe for a fire, but we both lucked out and there wasn't any. At least none that I saw.

Managed to get all the solar panels moved yesterday, an inch at a time. Lots of trips round and round the rack, scooting one end of a string, then the other, lots of bending down under the low end; Mr. Back was not a happy camper. After lunch I went to add on the two new rails, and there were no bolts included to do it with. They're special bolts with the heads sized to fit in slots on the rails, so it's back to the contractor on Monday to see what they did with the bolts.ullinghair:

Switched gears and fiberglassed the cracks in the motorcycle fairing, and gave the seat a couple coats of black vinyl dye. Then put the bucket back on the tractor and shoveled the ashes out of the camp fire pit. Treated myself to another campfire, and a nice glass of wine to ease the pain.

Plenty of stuff to do around here today, but I'm going to try to find something a bit less physical and let my hands and back recover a bit.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Jim, more prayers.

Ron, beautiful pic.

Mostly, vertigo sucks....to put it bluntly. I pray yours subsides.

Good morning all. It is a lovely day here, despite being only a couple of degrees above freezing it feels a lot warmer, thanks to the wind and rain leaving us alone to enjoy a nice bit of sunshine for the next few hours.

One of the older tups has been fading for the last few days. He struggled to keep up with the other sheep yesterday as they moved between fields and this morning I found him on a south facing bank, looking as though he was also enjoying the warmth of the sun too, yet when I got up to him I realised he had gone in the night. I am sure many would envy his life, he was having a good time with the ewes right up to last week.

Sodamo, I am with you on battery powered nailers, the Ryobi has been great for me too.

Jim, so sorry to hear of your sister's problems. I do hope you can get her to realise she has nothing to blame herself for.

Drew, I don't do any near enough woodwork to contemplate buying a Festool domino machine, however that "floating tenon" method of joining does appeal and if you look on you tube there are plenty of people showing how to use a router table or home made jig for doing the same thing. It does take longer without the dedicated machine, however for those of us messing with wood for fun, that could be considered a benefit. As LS said, router tables are versatile and come in handy for lots of wood work, have you thought of buying or making one ?




I can relate to that Ron, for some weird reason I often get more pleasure in making a jig than making the end product.

Was going to say something about the tup, but I believe I will leave it alone.... How old was he? How do you dispose of him? FEL?

Make fixture jigs all the time. Sometimes I find myself figuring out ways to avoid having to make them. Since all I do is prototype work.

Watered the pecan trees and tomatoes yesterday, got a small shower this morning. The little chihuahua doesn't want to get up and go outside in the wet. Still hiding in her velour blankey.

Coffee was good this morning. Wifey did a great job.

Miss visiting my mom. She's alone in her home, 91, and lonely.

Daughter will play bass today at church. 2 new songs to her, will have to read the tab sheets.

GT80 sitrep: Only has 30psi compression. Took the head and cylinder off to inspect. Couldn't see anything abnormal. Measuring with calipers seemed close enough. It had been bored with new piston and ring. The cylinder wall' honing was quite slick, and there are some very fine vertical scratches down lower near the skirt area. I'm thinking about taking it by a shop to let them hone it for just a few seconds with a good hone, to break the shine off. Prefer a sunnen type hone vs a bottle brush hone. The bore is at 47.5 mm and the piston skirt is about 47.4mm. Maybe a bit too much. Should be about .0015" But that is with calipers. My dial bore gage starts at 2" and goes up. I have some telescoping gages I guess I will have to break out.

Our high school football team lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs. We usually go further. Other team had a great defensive line and linebackers.

I'm at the point of ordering stuff for the Steiner. Just making a list and checking it twice.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low last night was 33, only going up to 49 today, still not bad.

Eric, sorry to hear about the tup... how many others are 'in line' for succession?

RNG----

Ted. Your shop is so CLEAN!

Well, it has only been clean as of the past 6-8 months. I have finally really gotten into the habits of both cleaning up as I go / or completing a task. Also, as soon as a project is done....clean it up! If I don't, then the mess just multiplies in magnitude... took a while to break the bad habits of just letting stuff lay around, or just adding to the pile to "take care of it later".
It's funny now that everything is in its place all the time, I can walk in and instantly know that something is missing.....then that causes a diversion to go find it.

Ron, nice pic of the moon. I am surprised at the detail that gets captured! I am glad that the cranes hang around for entertainment!

Drew, I usually have a continuous list of "new tools needed" to replace old worn out ones. When I sold off all my big shop tools years ago, I also sold most of the heavier professional tools, thinking "I won't need that..." only to find that I do.... I know what you are going through....

When it comes to the 'cordless' nailers, I never liked them. When they first came out, they were propane driven with a little cartridge for the gas. I thought they were just too big and bulky. I have recently eyeballed and handled some of the battery ones, and they still seem that way. The little 18g brad nailer I have weighs around 12 ounces.... easy on the hand and wrist....

Today will include some more shop time to finish the drop leaf top, putting the edge band around it... last of the gluing.... I will do that first, while it is drying, go to the hardware store and get the hinges needed to mount it (still didn't get 'round to it)....

Everyone have an enjoyable day!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Oh, I forgot to mention.....
yesterday I moved the old freezer out to the shop and started "boxing" it up for storage. I was very proud of my boxing skills.... cut the foam packing materials from the new one down to size, cut the cardboard / box down to fit, taped it all like it was new....

Only to find that it was 2" too big to go up the pull-down stairs up into the storage loft! NUTS! Now I have to figure out a spot in the shop where I can store it.... more rearranging.... I need a bigger shop! .... I have a plan to add an addition on, but not at today's building materials cost... hopefully they will come down by spring or next summer....

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Drew, just spotted this good deal.... I already ordered one!
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-...VZxitBh2YSgM3EAYYBSABEgKaevD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[sodamo]

71°F and 1.79 inches rain. Looking like it might be another wet one.

That might make it a good day to watch football.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day