buckeyefarmer
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Sounds about right, it is summer and we still got august coming.
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Sounds about right, it is summer and we still got august coming.
kenmbz
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Today starts the temporary cool down to 86, and the rain amounts forecasted to .44 now down to .05.
Got the screens up on the pool house skirt.
Hornets nest is down on the ground, not sure how that happened, but it is very much destroyed now, so not arguments from me
Neighbor away and construction crew loud at 7am on Sunday, need to have a talk with them as no construction allowed on Sunday, just want them to start a bit later.
From Grindelwald to First -
This glacier used to reach down to the town back in the 80s
On the way up
A little fog while going up through the clouds
This must be fun in the snow
Wife got to see the cows. Cows look happy.
Alpacas on the mountain
Comfy warm seats. 85 in the valley, 50 up here.
Got the screens up on the pool house skirt.
Hornets nest is down on the ground, not sure how that happened, but it is very much destroyed now, so not arguments from me
Neighbor away and construction crew loud at 7am on Sunday, need to have a talk with them as no construction allowed on Sunday, just want them to start a bit later.
From Grindelwald to First -
This glacier used to reach down to the town back in the 80s
On the way up
A little fog while going up through the clouds
This must be fun in the snow
Wife got to see the cows. Cows look happy.
Alpacas on the mountain
Comfy warm seats. 85 in the valley, 50 up here.
PJSprog
Elite Member
71°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 83° today. Looks like we may be in the 80s most of the week. Unfortunately, all of the promised rain has missed us to the south so far. We sure could use some.
Lots of errand running on Saturday, including a trip to Tractor Supply for chicken feed and a few other things The Wife wanted. We actually went out Saturday night to the Firemen's Homecoming Picnic in Lebanon IL. Wife wanted a funnel cake. We ate a bunch of fair food (bratdogs and onion rings), watched the band for a bit (I know the guitar player), then made a mess of the inside of my car by sharing a funnel cake before we left. Fun time.
Sunday morning we ate breakfast, then took a spin up around Silver Lake in Highland to look for a better place to put in when we kayak there. It's a long paddle to the section of the lake north of I-70 when we put in at the main boat ramp, which is at the south end of the lake. We found some potential places using maps and satellite pics, but all turned out to be a bust; no good place to put in near one of the roads, an old boat ramp closed off with a chained gate and a No Trespassing sign, and named road that's actually a private road, also with a No Trespassing sign. We even looked at the possibility of parking at either of the rest stops on either side of the lake, but no easy way to get to the lake from them. So it goes.
Got in a nice nap in the early afternoon, then spent the rest of the day conserving energy, avoiding the 98° heat and all the rain that missed us.
Good morning, gents.
Lots of errand running on Saturday, including a trip to Tractor Supply for chicken feed and a few other things The Wife wanted. We actually went out Saturday night to the Firemen's Homecoming Picnic in Lebanon IL. Wife wanted a funnel cake. We ate a bunch of fair food (bratdogs and onion rings), watched the band for a bit (I know the guitar player), then made a mess of the inside of my car by sharing a funnel cake before we left. Fun time.
Sunday morning we ate breakfast, then took a spin up around Silver Lake in Highland to look for a better place to put in when we kayak there. It's a long paddle to the section of the lake north of I-70 when we put in at the main boat ramp, which is at the south end of the lake. We found some potential places using maps and satellite pics, but all turned out to be a bust; no good place to put in near one of the roads, an old boat ramp closed off with a chained gate and a No Trespassing sign, and named road that's actually a private road, also with a No Trespassing sign. We even looked at the possibility of parking at either of the rest stops on either side of the lake, but no easy way to get to the lake from them. So it goes.
Got in a nice nap in the early afternoon, then spent the rest of the day conserving energy, avoiding the 98° heat and all the rain that missed us.
Good morning, gents.
daugen
Epic Contributor
not overly productive trip to plumber's supply.
The pex pipe used in this house has copper piping inside. They cut me something that was just plastic and I asked "where's the metal"?
got funny looks. Clearly I have zero idea what I'm doing. They had no pex pipe with copper in the middle but they did have some fairly stiff but bendable
stuff with a metal lining for durability I guess. I got three feet of that. Just well water, not hot, plastic pipe will do fine.
Did get two sharks teeth push on fittings. Now to order the tool and fittings online. They only had a professional pex tool which would be wasted on me.
just realized I forgot the adapters for filter, sigh, back I go.
The pex pipe used in this house has copper piping inside. They cut me something that was just plastic and I asked "where's the metal"?
got funny looks. Clearly I have zero idea what I'm doing. They had no pex pipe with copper in the middle but they did have some fairly stiff but bendable
stuff with a metal lining for durability I guess. I got three feet of that. Just well water, not hot, plastic pipe will do fine.
Did get two sharks teeth push on fittings. Now to order the tool and fittings online. They only had a professional pex tool which would be wasted on me.
just realized I forgot the adapters for filter, sigh, back I go.
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PJSprog
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It's just practice. There are people who do seem to have a natural affinity for music, but even they practice. For most of the rest of us, it's just lots of practice.
Reminds me of this meme I see regularly on Facebook:
Of course, having the drive to succeed is important as well. I cannot remember a time in my life when I didn't want to be a musician. So, I never hated the work I have to put in to make it so. It's truly a labor of love.
buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
I’m not a pex expert, never used it. But there are at least 2 types A and B. A I believe you use a tool to expand it over a fitting and there is no ring. I believe B uses the compression ring you show. That’s about all of my lack of knowledge on pex.
buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
Woodchuckdad used PexA in his build. Watch the beginning of this video. He has an earlier video explaining the differences between A and B. He had a build thread on TBN, and I visited his build last fall.
Popgadget
Elite Member
Good Morning
Is already 83, but won’t be as hot as yesterday, I doubt that we will see 90. Thunderstorms after lunch as a cold front comes through.
I’m going to spend most of the day in the shop, putting things away from Saturday night and the last month or so of projects.
Not much else planned.
PEX A is joined using an expansion ring pushed over the end of the pipe and then expanded with an expansion tool, then simply slipped over the fitting. The PEX shrinks back to its original size with a firm grip on the fitting. PEX A fittings have a higher flow rate than PEX B.
PEX B is joined by sliding a crimp ring on the pipe and then sliding it on to the fitting. Then you crimp the ring with a crimper. The crimper can be like bolt cutters, or there are also cinch ring clamps, as well as cordless crimpers.
Is already 83, but won’t be as hot as yesterday, I doubt that we will see 90. Thunderstorms after lunch as a cold front comes through.
I’m going to spend most of the day in the shop, putting things away from Saturday night and the last month or so of projects.
Not much else planned.
PEX A is joined using an expansion ring pushed over the end of the pipe and then expanded with an expansion tool, then simply slipped over the fitting. The PEX shrinks back to its original size with a firm grip on the fitting. PEX A fittings have a higher flow rate than PEX B.
PEX B is joined by sliding a crimp ring on the pipe and then sliding it on to the fitting. Then you crimp the ring with a crimper. The crimper can be like bolt cutters, or there are also cinch ring clamps, as well as cordless crimpers.
daugen
Epic Contributor
thanks guys, lot to study.
not good news from friend in hospital, talked with him at length this morning, after major afib attack
in hospital they moved him to ICU and telemetry. He sounded fine, bored, tired of watching terrible shows on tv.
rain passed by North of here, will storm around dinner time. Hope the rain comes, we need it.
not good news from friend in hospital, talked with him at length this morning, after major afib attack
in hospital they moved him to ICU and telemetry. He sounded fine, bored, tired of watching terrible shows on tv.
rain passed by North of here, will storm around dinner time. Hope the rain comes, we need it.
