Good Morning!!!! 50F @ 4:15AM. Rain likely. High near 55F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
Rain started at about 1:30AM, only 0.02" of accumulation so far. The drought goes on.
If your generator has outlets on it, Drew, can you leave it disconnected from the transfer switch and run an extension cord inside to power your fridge and a fan while the electrician is working?
When I worked at a sign shop back when I was in high school, we used carbide blades in the table saw to get very clean cuts on Plexiglass, David. The more teeth, the smoother the cut. Raising the blade all the way up helps with chipping, as does putting masking tape on the bottom side of the sheet. Or you can use a carbide bit in a router to make a very clean cut. A few 2x4s laid over a pair of saw horses will support a 4x8 sheet of plastic very well, and you can clamp another 2x4 to the sheet to use as a guide if you want to use a hand held circular saw or router for the cuts. I'll be using a router and the saw horse trick to cut the laminate sheet when I resurface the cabinets in the van.
I wasn't very impressed with Milwaukee's parts department when I had to replace the chuck in one of their rotary hammer drills, Kyle. The part was very expensive and took a loooooooong time to get to me. I was able to find a new chuck for my Makita drill on Amazon, and had it in just a few days, for about half the cost. If I was starting over with battery powered tools, though, I'd look hard at the DeWalt line. Bigger batteries and stronger motors than what Makita has, but not nearly the selection of tools. Now if I could just get the old chuck off...
Greenhouse looks great, Ted. Thank goodness for your boy's help, eh? Hope that knee starts coming around soon.
Got through most of the salvaged wood yesterday, sure made a lot of sawdust. Maybe one more day to go.
The tractor tires sure have churned up a lot of dust in the wood yard. I was hoping the rain would smooth things out and compact it, but it doesn't look like there'll be enough to do much.
Really good weather for working outside yesterday, with a high of only 65F and steady breezes in the 10-15MPH range. T-shirt weather, and cool enough to wear the chainsaw chaps for a change. Supposed to see 90F by the end of next week.
Burn permits are required here starting May first. Usually they aren't required until the end of June, but we're so far behind on rainfall, everything is already drying out for the summer.
Looks like an inside day today. Gonna look into installing the new alarm system, and probably sharpen some saw chains. The alarm on the van went off in the wee hours last night, and nothing showed up on the security cameras to explain why. Need to look into that as well.
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.
