Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

45°
Worship was good, I was song leader. Temporary mixer worked out. Will try to install new one tomorrow.
Had almost 20 people at lunch today, 3 tables full.
Waiting for wife to get groceries, then home for a nap.

 

[Buppies]

Hope you feel better soon LS

 

[wngsprd]

Hope you feel better soon LS

Ditto

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS get well.

David, grouting is up there with drywall muddying in my book.

 

[Thomas]

Morning all, 39 going up to 48 and partly sunny.

Seems we may be having not 1 but 2 bands here today for practice.
Spent the morning so far cleaning tools and space (again) in the garage.
Son is playing in one band and hoping this becomes

Have to check the new gamecam at some point, here's one from the old gamecam:

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Looks like good blood line.

 

[Thomas]

Hope your able to kick that nasty bug quickly LS.

 

[Thomas]

36F eves dripping clear sky upper 20's over night.

Been good putter day...wheel barrel almost cord wood into basement,while taking breaks outside squirrels kept scooting by real close Let glow plugs on 20 seconds than turn key VAROOM Kubota came to life. Mrs. volunteer me to make the spaghetti sauce my way it will have taste.

Plans for the evening...after dinner feet up share bowl ice cream early to bed,out the door early AM.

 

[KilroyJC]

36F and clear @ 08:45, heading up to around 46F for the high today. Clouding up later today with a chance of a (rain) shower.

Refilled hopper feeder early yesterday plus scattered cracked corn for the ground feeders, that put the sunflower hearts down to the critical level, necessitating a trip to Menards later. Local crew seemed appreciative after the recent cold temps:

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Got some more clean up/organizing done out in the garage.

Cleared off the table saw and starting ripping some plywood for a rack for F clamps. Got that built, just need to hang it up on the wall.

Also ripped the two long pieces for the portable downdraft sanding table.

Ended up getting lots of sawdust in my eyes which was very annoying.

Checked diameter of 12-2 romex inside 3/4 PVC conduit ... yup ... it will fit ...

And it looks like I have enough conduit here (two 10' sections will cover it) ... so all I need is a LB, a couple of 2-gang boxes, outlets, and cover plates.

Cleaned up the last of the enchilada's for lunch, Woman had the Mexican rice which I didn't care for and some refrieds (which were very good)

Headed out for Menards around 16:00 or so, trip went fairly well ... sorta, kinda ...

Order I had placed earlier was all ready, ended up finding a small (24W x 48H x 12D) set of cheap resin shelves which they had for like 50% off the regular price (final cost $15 after $9 mail which will fit nicely on the tall workbench on the west wall, just beyond where the pegboard ends. Will be good for storing various power hand tools. So I added that to the order along with some cat litter.

Plan was to return the casters for the woodworking bench (and another item that was the wrong thing) to cover the cost of the materials for making the the router table top.

I had picked these casters up about a month ago and wasn't really unhappy with them but I ended up finding some similar casters on Amazon (several different ones actually) that had good reviews and were about 1/3 the cost. Blue one is Menards caster and the red one is from Amazon:

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Both products of the PRC, Amazon caster has a slightly narrower mounting plate (which I actually prefer), brake pedal is cast on the one vs stamped steel, similar quality I'd say ... except for one thing I noticed: the Menards bearings sounded dry when the wheel was spun and the Amazon was quiet (well-lubed) and spun effortlessly.

So the Menards ones were returned.

After that we proceeded to gather up the materials for the router table top: two 2 x 4 sheets of 3/4 MDF, a quart of Weldwood contact cement, and a 30 x 48 piece of laminate for the top. The laminate color I wanted (basalt slate) they only had one sheet of and it had about a 6" tear in it in the wrong place that would have prevented getting a full 24 x 48 piece for the table top. So I settled on another color.

As we were exiting that area we happened to notice that they had solid hardwood (Baltic Birch) countertops in three different sizes which are on sale through today. Including one which was 25 x 48 (and 1 1/2 thick):

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We got caught up in admiring the beauty and apparent quality of of the product for a bit and then proceeded up front to pay for the stuff we had on the cart.

Can you see where this is headed ?

Paid for our items - including a set of nice 3M Pro goggles to keep the sawdust our of my eyes and some Danish oil - and then headed back to order pick up and loaded up the car and headed home.

Something was nagging at me before we got out of the lot and by the time we hit the on ramp for I-76 I told The Woman: "I think I have buyers remorse ..."

Two sheets of 3/4 MDF - $30
Sheet of laminate - $13 (which actually wasn't the one I wanted)
Quart of contact cement - $20
Total - $63

Plus the wood glue to laminate the sheets of MDF, sealer, + my time, effort, and labor.

vs.

Premade 25 x 48 x 1 1/2 solid Baltic Birch butcher block countertop - $99 on sale.

Pretty sure that it's almost a no-brainer.

Woman seemed to be onboard, as She doesn't like it when I compromise and settle for something less. All She had to say was: "Well, sometimes this is what it takes: just going and looking and seeing what is available ..."



... so it looks like I'll be making a trip up there sometime later today to return the MDF, laminate, and contact cement for the butcher block.



Time to fire up the torpedo heater and get to work.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday ...

On my extensive To-Do list is making new kitchen counters. Two years ago, I picked up three sections of vintage bowling alley, with dots and arrows. Still in the planning stages…

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy, looking forward to your pix.

Went out at sunrise to move another pallet of firewood while the ground was still frozen, this time.

In no particular order:

 

[sodamo]

Hope you feel better soon LS

Ditto ditto

 

[sodamo]

LS get well.

David, grouting is up there with drywall muddying in my book.

Very close cousin,
My 1st clean up shortly.

 

[sodamo]

On my extensive To-Do list is making new kitchen counters. Two years ago, I picked up three sections of vintage bowling alley, with dots and arrows. Still in the planning stages…

Ahhhhhh, the possibilities.

 

[wngsprd]

In no particular order:

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Beautiful mountain. Who are those youngsters on the trail?

 

[m7040]

LS, hope you are able to shake that cold off quickly.
We have so far escaped colds.

 

[Looking4new]

Got the plowing done and the !@# dam hydraulics are still leaking. So much for brazing the lines. I'll order a new line and a filter (kinda banged up on the bottom) I still have 5 gallons of Hy Tran so I am not hurting, yet. I will also call my oil guy and get another 5er of Hy Tran.
Rest and relaxation for the rest of the evening.

Get better soon, LS.

 

[m7040]

Got the plowing done and the !@# dam hydraulics are still leaking. So much for brazing the lines. I'll order a new line and a filter (kinda banged up on the bottom) I still have 5 gallons of Hy Tran so I am not hurting, yet. I will also call my oil guy and get another 5er of Hy Tran.
Rest and relaxation for the rest of the evening.

Get better soon, LS.

Sorry to hear that. Is it leaking where it was brazed? Brazing should hold the pressure. Hope the line is easy to change.

 

[m7040]

This is similar to the biggest butcher block that I got at the auction. It is now in the 14 by 24 ft building at the end wall. I was able to get about 10 of them of different sizes from a closed out aircraft electronics factory. End of auction no one was bidding on left overs and got it essentially for nothing along with a bunch of shelves, cabinets electrical wire and much more.

Global Industrial Workbench Top, Boos Maple Butcher Block Square Edge, 120"Wx36"Dx1-3/4" Thick

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Also got a large fire proof cabinet for storing flammable liquids. It holds a several 5 gallon cans and many smaller containers. And also got two fire proof 5 drawer file cabinets. Very heavy items

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 8.7C and it's presently 26.8C, clear and calm.

Text received this AM that there's a couple of 'packages' to retrieve from the PO = 2 cases of wine expected as it would be too soon for the leather pouches to arrive.

There's always something that I can 'get up to' around here... so that's what I'll do.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[PJSprog]

35°F and clear skies this morning, and got up0 to 60° today! Mid-50s tomorrow, then rain the rest of the week, though still in the 50s.

Puttered in the garage a bit this morning, got a bunch of stuff burned in the barrel, installed the new battery in the tractor, which fired right up and ran great after sitting for several months, then helped The Wife put up 100' of plastic 4' garden fence around the inside of the lower yard area to keep the foster dog from going through the fence bars. Pounded in three more T-posts to extend it around in front of the low part of the retaining wall. That dog's not going anywhere.

Hope you're feeling better, LS.

Nice pictures, gents.

Good Evening.

 

[Looking4new]

m70, I wont know for sure where it is leaking until Tuesday when the temperature will be above freezing. The high is only going to be 18F tomorrow. I do have one thing I am going to try, first. Just in case they didn't get the banjo bolts tight enough, I will check them for tightness.