rd65
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I picked one of these up a few years back. Seems to work fine here, even with our Cascade Concrete. I didn't have a need for it last year and hope to not have to use it too often this year.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Beerhippie
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Oh, it'll be OK. I have seventy miles of rural highway and three-hundred-some of Interstate. It's the first snow of the year, so the idiots who wreck their rigs haven't done so yet and the out-of-state truckers "don't need no chains" and out-of state driver have four-wheel drive and bald All-Season tires on the super slab. Then turn around and do it again.
It'll be a fun challenge.
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Beerhippie
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Considering that our heavy snows give the 5 hp Ariens a run for its money, I'm not seeing that being real useful. Does it only throw snow to the front? Utterly useless for me if so.
rd65
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yes, only forward. We are only about 13 miles inland from the Sound and around 350' elevation. Snow is seldom, every few years we might get 6"-10". Wasn't recommending for your type of situation, although they do have battery powered ones.
BonzoHansen
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I wanted to say a windows utility, but that was my old laptop. On my new w11 ms surface pro, i am using the Synology Drive Client app. It does a delta backup, but i think there are other options. I really haven't had time to dig into what's possible.
I also use their DS File and DS Audio apps on my phone to get to everything on it. They are pretty basic, but meets my humble needs lol. I have a lot of bootleg concert audio files, so i use DS Audio to play those on my phone. They have a lot of tools that i either don't need, don't know i need, or have time to learn.
I noted the smell that stuff throws once and i had someone tell me it doesn't smell bad. I was like wwwwhhaaaat??? It reeks lol.Fluid Filmed three of the Jeeps (forgot to take a pic of the third one) before the snow started flying a few days ago. The stink has finally dropped to reasonable levels in the other garage.
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kaymccampbell
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kaymccampbell
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That be like everywhere puppy.
Nice work! You’re getting there.Finished up the lathe carriage, well, 99% finished. One of the cap screws holding the apron on is too long, so I need to order the correct cheese head for it before too much longer. Also added some drawers to hold small pieces such as HSS and boring bars.
I should start on the headstock, but I want to get the shop back down to a dull roar clutter wise. I have a tendency for random things to be set anywhere during a project, so I need to take care of that next.
Also started to make a list of all the things needed to finish the bathroom remodel I started a couple years ago, keep the wife happy on that front. There isn't much left to do, but besides making it easy to just start something else, it is just as easy to button it up.
I remember getting to this point on my Montgomery Wards (Logan) lathe project.
I had to get a gear welded in the apron on mine. A welder at work did a beautiful Jon on it.
My tail stock had heavy internal rust.
The headstock on mine was the easiest subassembly I restored on my project
LeeG
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3D printed some holders for my Mayhew “spring” punches and Klein impact driver bits.
Lee
Nicely done!
3D printed some holders for my Mayhew “spring” punches and Klein impact driver bits.
Lee
Better pic of your speed square holder please.
My first attempt at a holder. Although I’m quite happy with it there may be room for improvement.
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Beerhippie
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Turn the blue speed square around!Nicely done!
Better pic of your speed square holder please.
My first attempt ant an holder. Although I’m quite happy with it there may be room for improvement.
Beerhippie
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Whew. Trying to get caught up--or maybe a little ahead of the curve--since I'm taking the rest of the week off. Not making progress--one step forward, two back.
Fixed things. More things need fixin'. Make-up air unit is working again. Kitchen upright freezer icing maybe fixed--it might need a couple of new door gaskets. Leaking sink drain in the kitchen fixed. Leaking sink drain in the pub fixed. It seems that knocking the P-traps around while mopping doesn't improve the seals. Replaced sink faucet gaskets in the pub bathroom. Hooked the flapper valve chain back up in one of the outside bathrooms.
Cleaned furnace intake screens. Changed filters.
Now I'm running around like a decapitated barnyard fowl trying to get everything ready to leave tomorrow for a four-hundred-mile test drive. Double-checking tools--same for safety and sleeping gear just in case. Bring my coffee maker and a stove for emergencies? I'll p-ack this laptop up in the morning. What am I forgetting?
Plan is drive over tomorrow afternoon, spend the night in a motel, check out the rig in the AM, do the purchase thing if I like it, put on winter tires/rims, safety check, head back. Hopefully make it home Thurs evening.
I hope I return to an operating brewpub.
Wish me luck....
Fixed things. More things need fixin'. Make-up air unit is working again. Kitchen upright freezer icing maybe fixed--it might need a couple of new door gaskets. Leaking sink drain in the kitchen fixed. Leaking sink drain in the pub fixed. It seems that knocking the P-traps around while mopping doesn't improve the seals. Replaced sink faucet gaskets in the pub bathroom. Hooked the flapper valve chain back up in one of the outside bathrooms.
Cleaned furnace intake screens. Changed filters.
Now I'm running around like a decapitated barnyard fowl trying to get everything ready to leave tomorrow for a four-hundred-mile test drive. Double-checking tools--same for safety and sleeping gear just in case. Bring my coffee maker and a stove for emergencies? I'll p-ack this laptop up in the morning. What am I forgetting?
Plan is drive over tomorrow afternoon, spend the night in a motel, check out the rig in the AM, do the purchase thing if I like it, put on winter tires/rims, safety check, head back. Hopefully make it home Thurs evening.
I hope I return to an operating brewpub.
Wish me luck....
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Outlawmws
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Beerhippie
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Already packed--car and wall chargers both. I even have a stupid USB Micro cable if I need to charge my NOCO jumper.
Oh, yeah, CAMERA! and batteries and a lens or two and....
2001ZR2
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Did more rust inhalation exercises last night.
Those were power washed so I'm not sure how much was rust and how much was dirt and brake dust.
That's after 30-45 minutes with the cheek poker 5000. Now to find tub big enough to submerge them in Evaporust.
Then did the brackets for the ABS cable...not needed since CJs did have them. The light on dash annoys me so I'll keep them.
As found on the truck
That is after a 30 minute cycle in Ultrasonic cleaner. Yeah they'll need more time but did use the wire wheel on bench grinder on them before putting them in overnight.
Those were power washed so I'm not sure how much was rust and how much was dirt and brake dust.
That's after 30-45 minutes with the cheek poker 5000. Now to find tub big enough to submerge them in Evaporust.
Then did the brackets for the ABS cable...not needed since CJs did have them. The light on dash annoys me so I'll keep them.
As found on the truck
That is after a 30 minute cycle in Ultrasonic cleaner. Yeah they'll need more time but did use the wire wheel on bench grinder on them before putting them in overnight.
micromind
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Same here. Too many Californians who have never driven in snow.....but they have a 4 wheel drive vehicle.........it'll go anywhere in the snow..........
Prospecter
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Thanks, Kay. Never knew such a thing existed!This is the one I fixed. It was poorly machined and had burrs and whatnot.
Beerhippie
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...on bald all-season tires....
I only have three nasty mountain passes to cross: Deadman (nice name, huh?), Emigrant and Meecham. Just a few of the most dangerous interstate passes in the state. Then the potential for pea-soup freezing fog between Arlington and Pendelton and ice storms in the Gorge and....
Oh, shee-it! Nearly forgot the rain suit! I'm going to be changing wheels in a parking lot in Portland! Better pack the gaiters, too, in case I need to chain up in the snow. Snow gloves, too....
Good thing we're taking a full-size SUV over and I'm hopefully driving a full-size Vanagon back.
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Beerhippie
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Shoulda' got the Uri Geller Signature model.This is the one I fixed. It was poorly machined and had burrs and whatnot.
bmwrd0
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Hey @Beerhippie if you have any issues when you are on this side of the hill, give me a holler and I will give you a hand.
Only one, as the other holds my cane.
Only one, as the other holds my cane.
wolfhawk73
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Continuing from page 1857, I finally finished de-rusting all the metal railroad cart parts and painting them with black lacquer. I need to order a few square-head bolts and nuts to match the originals. No one in town carries the correct sizes. I can't bring myself to reuse the replacement hex heads.
I also need to plane down more boards for the top. The ones I planed earlier are too wide if I want it to look original. I can only get one narrower board out of a wide board.
I'm more worried about how to make the new top boards look worn than I am about matching the stain.
I also need to plane down more boards for the top. The ones I planed earlier are too wide if I want it to look original. I can only get one narrower board out of a wide board.
I'm more worried about how to make the new top boards look worn than I am about matching the stain.
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kaymccampbell
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Wrangled lightburn. Had a lucid day.
Beerhippie
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Thanks!
I'll be picking the rig up near Troutdale, so not that close to you. If the seller is honest about condition, I should be able to drive it home. A friend is trading me time in his shop for my old, derelict Vanagon. The new one is certainly going to need a transmission rebuild and timing belt for the engine.
Missed out on an NIB LSD for it, damnitall. $1,200, but those don't grow on trees.
LeeG
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Here you go. I made it several years ago, long before I had a 3D printer.
3 combination squares, 2 of the Incra rulers, and 3 Woodpecker squares.
Lee
M.Brane
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Good luck. We're all counting on you.
M.Brane
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Around here we get the ones that try to drive over the 5K foot mountain at night in a Civic with bald tires wearing shorts, and flip flops when it's sketchy with chains. I'm getting tired of trying to save them from themselves.
Outlawmws
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Put together a new lawn decorate for Xmas mostly because I found two new packages of LED tree strings (less the remote so just on, or off), stuffed in behind one of the side terrace bushes against the fence a few weeks ago. hte had been there a while based on the weathering of the labels. I got a hula hoop off Freecycle, as a good way to get this setup once, and then spent 2 hours getting them strung & spaced out, (16 strings! 400 lights!), and then getting a dark rope over an oak branch, and it pulled into place and the power feed to the source fort he snowman...
The last bit was 3 lines nailed into the ground. I think those will need longer nails if we get any serous wind. I deliberately left a foot of space, as the oak leaves are still a-comming down... Space to blow them out under it.
Needs something on top...
The last bit was 3 lines nailed into the ground. I think those will need longer nails if we get any serous wind. I deliberately left a foot of space, as the oak leaves are still a-comming down... Space to blow them out under it.
Needs something on top...
2001ZR2
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Did more rust inhalation exercises last night.
Those were power washed so I'm not sure how much was rust and how much was dirt and brake dust.
That's after 30-45 minutes with the cheek poker 5000. Now to find tub big enough to submerge them in Evaporust.
Then did the brackets for the ABS cable...not needed since CJs did have them. The light on dash annoys me so I'll keep them.
As found on the truck
After the wire wheel and more time in the the Evaporust. Paint them and it's a lifetime fix since I remember the moon landing...not impressed and it was really late in Detroit.
Those were power washed so I'm not sure how much was rust and how much was dirt and brake dust.
That's after 30-45 minutes with the cheek poker 5000. Now to find tub big enough to submerge them in Evaporust.
Then did the brackets for the ABS cable...not needed since CJs did have them. The light on dash annoys me so I'll keep them.
As found on the truck
After the wire wheel and more time in the the Evaporust. Paint them and it's a lifetime fix since I remember the moon landing...not impressed and it was really late in Detroit.
Beerhippie
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Oh, we get 'em too. Plus the folks who navigate solely by GPS. See, out here, there's lots of backroads. Some good, some passable, some marginal, some not--especially in winter. Local S&R call it "death by GPS". Head out on the road the GPS tells you is the shortcut, find yourself facing a three--foot snow drift and decide that, since the GPS tell you that this two-track through the woods is the highway, you should just plow right on through that drift in your Subie Forester with bald tires in your cargo shorts and flip-flops....
Good news. My previous Vanagon is an '85. It uses the ceramic-body with a wire wrapped over it fuses. Apparently, starting in '86, they went to real live blade fuses.
Back to watching viddys about Vanagons just for the stoke... it's been almost five years since my last one died of COVID.
Beerhippie
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Just a thought: Any of you all want to get together for a cuppa' Joe in the Troutdale airport area Thurs. AM? Probably eightish? I'll be in a bit of a hurry, but don't function without caffeine.
PM me.
PM me.
Are you also using the Synology hardware or are you backing up to something different?
rd65
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Checked the sink plumbing when I got home last night. Everything looked to be dry. Works for me. Cranked up the heater a bit.
rzims
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Well technically not "in the garage" and even more technically, I didn't actually do it...so not sure why I'm putting it here, but it was so cool I had to put it somewhere.
We recently purchased the 10 acre parcel next to ours and its completely overgrown with manzanita. We hired this company to come out and masticate a large portion.
They got about 1.5 acres done yesterday with 2 machines.
Cant wait to see how it looks by the end of the week
We recently purchased the 10 acre parcel next to ours and its completely overgrown with manzanita. We hired this company to come out and masticate a large portion.
They got about 1.5 acres done yesterday with 2 machines.
Cant wait to see how it looks by the end of the week
Outlawmws
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Getting that manzanita out of there is a good thing!
If there are any big chunk stumps it might be worth trying to make something from it?
If there are any big chunk stumps it might be worth trying to make something from it?
rzims
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Some of this stuff is 8-10" in diameter....but its not straight for more than 2" before it bends and curves
glider
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Worked on the Firebird today. Replacing the column to a I Did It tilt. Mine needs to be rebuilt, terrible rattle. Doing a test fit before paint.BonzoHansen
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backup up from my surface pro to my synology box.
Outlawmws
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Yesterday I did some nylon "wire" wheeling on our old tin "Gate angles" these have stands and used to go on the potted plant shelf in front of the office window but we have been hanging them on the gate/fence to the front patio for many years, as shown below. They needed paint and the ladies said for years they would do so now they don't want to be bothered, so I'm doing it as I like them for their vintage Christmas look.
today I was fixing up may dings and bent corners and edges and noticed one of the "ribbons" was spot welded in place on one, and floating on the other. Probably been like that since I got them used a long time ago!
So I got the spot welder out and ground the old paint off to metal where the spot weld needed to be, and nailed it.
It was suggested to me to use the stands and put them under the "light tree" in front, but I think it would make them look like they were playing "Ring around the Rosie" - Plus; leaves are still falling, I don't need more stuff out there to work around..
Temporally hung. I need to do some detailed sanding, make up a bigger cardboard "paint booth" repaint then white, then add some gold feathering on edges and on the horns and ribbons.. they used to be god originally as you can see the gold wherever the white has peeled...
today I was fixing up may dings and bent corners and edges and noticed one of the "ribbons" was spot welded in place on one, and floating on the other. Probably been like that since I got them used a long time ago!
So I got the spot welder out and ground the old paint off to metal where the spot weld needed to be, and nailed it.
It was suggested to me to use the stands and put them under the "light tree" in front, but I think it would make them look like they were playing "Ring around the Rosie" - Plus; leaves are still falling, I don't need more stuff out there to work around..
Temporally hung. I need to do some detailed sanding, make up a bigger cardboard "paint booth" repaint then white, then add some gold feathering on edges and on the horns and ribbons.. they used to be god originally as you can see the gold wherever the white has peeled...
Outlawmws
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I forgot, I also fixed the second to the bottom step on my 8 ft wood ladder. its been split like this since I got it from freecycle IIR, and at the time I just tightened up all the cross screws so it was stable and solid (mostly that is all wood ladders need). The rungs looked like standard 1X4 so I measured the damaged step and confirmed its ordinary 1X4; found some, and cut it to size and added notches. Installed after getting the T nails out:
Eventually I'll get further motivated and cut some grip grooves, or stick on some "sand paper" skid strips.
PS it was dragged out to access the boxes of Christmas ornaments for inside the house - and here we go! (To paraphrase Dave, from "Alvin and the chipmunks" Xmas song... - It will come up sooner or later on our traditional rotation...)
Eventually I'll get further motivated and cut some grip grooves, or stick on some "sand paper" skid strips.
PS it was dragged out to access the boxes of Christmas ornaments for inside the house - and here we go! (To paraphrase Dave, from "Alvin and the chipmunks" Xmas song... - It will come up sooner or later on our traditional rotation...)
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