Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium

[Brian R]

Bob,
Good work all around but I really like the 'park'.

Brian

 

[Toolfool]

By July I'll be available to join the work crew erecting the new shop. Let me know when the foundation is ready , I don't do concrete.

 

[shortykorte]

By July I'll be available to join the work crew erecting the new shop. Let me know when the foundation is ready , I don't do concrete.

All right Bob. John is a master finish carpenter, Craig is a concrete pro, I’m great at tearing things down. I’m sure we can drum up a framer and roofer. Wait, you have already have a roofer and you’re an experienced framer. When do start on the Emporium annex/she shed?


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[oldironfarmer]

All right Bob. John is a master finish carpenter, Craig is a concrete pro, I’m great at tearing things down. I’m sure we can drum up a framer and roofer. Wait, you have already have a roofer and you’re an experienced framer. When do start on the Emporium annex/she shed?


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The ball is rolling.

I can supply sarcasm as required, certainly I have plenty for a project of this magnitude.

 

[sawduststeve]

I’ve been known to like a bit of 1st and 2nd fix, sorry , framing and finishing.
I can also teach the beauty of the metric system, make a great cuppa tea or sweep up. The taxi to the airport has been booked(pics to follow) just name the date.

Steve

Errmmm, we’re not all sharing Bob’s spare room , are we.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob I am an electrician and can project manage that from afar.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob,
Good work all around but I really like the 'park'.

Brian

Thank you Brian, I'm really enjoying your waterfront escape. You're going to have your own 'park' soon enough.

As I've mentioned before, growing stuff in Florida is way too easy. Just six years ago the yard was mostly sunlit except for the part under the ficus.

Now it is mostly shade except for the part under(?) the ficus.

By July I'll be available to join the work crew erecting the new shop. Let me know when the foundation is ready , I don't do concrete.

John, that sounds great. Maybe Drives can help with the slab -- he likes hand mixing yards and yards of concrete.

All right Bob. John is a master finish carpenter, Craig is a concrete pro, I’m great at tearing things down. I’m sure we can drum up a framer and roofer. Wait, you have already have a roofer and you’re an experienced framer. When do start on the Emporium annex/she shed?


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Stewart, I'm pretty sure you guys will be helping build my mausoleum when I tell SWMBO the plan.

The ball is rolling.

I can supply sarcasm as required, certainly I have plenty for a project of this magnitude.

Andy, that would be great. We'll need to dig a sarcasm and place forms before we can pour the slab.

I’ve been known to like a bit of 1st and 2nd fix, sorry , framing and finishing.
I can also teach the beauty of the metric system, make a great cuppa tea or sweep up. The taxi to the airport has been booked(pics to follow) just name the date.

Steve

Errmmm, we’re not all sharing Bob’s spare room , are we.

Steve, it will just be you and me in the spare room.

Bob I am an electrician and can project manage that from afar.

Steve, does that include the low voltage (125V) stuff?

 

[Bob Heine]

Yesterday was a bust. Well, almost a bust. Liane continues to plan the new open space but the space is not yet open. Because the sun is frying some of the plants that were in the shade of the ficus, she wanted me to move them. Not the ones in the ground, thank goodness but the ones in the pots. I told her I didn't mind moving them but I was upset that she was pottering around the debris field. I got a rake and started moving some of the stuff out of the way so she could walk back there and in the process stepped on a log that was buried in the sawdust. I went down, not hard but in an awkward position on my back among the branches. I felt like a turtle and flailed around to get back on my feet. I told Liane I didn't want her working back there until the mess was cleaned up. Didn't get a response as she was on her way out to a physical therapy session. On the way home she stopped at a thrift store and tripped on a root on her way back to the car. Got to spend a pleasant hour at the nearby Urgent Care center associated with our Community Hospital. No breaks or serious injury but the bumps and bruises are aggravating her nerves. Three days with ice packs on wrists and knee are filling her time.

Knowing we wouldn't be going anywhere, I picked up on a project I started a year ago. I installed a power antenna in the PT Cruiser (makes it easier to put the car cover on). I spent a frustrating amount of time trying to get the antenna cable snaked into the passenger compartment and gave up. We have an iPod that takes care of uninterrupted music so the antenna has not been a priority.

I tried coat hangers with no luck and finally settled on a piece of oxygen tubing with the antenna cable plugged in. It looks simple, with a big hole in the fender well but it's a double-wall structural section of the car with no room to work on the outside.

It took about a half hour to get the coax (and the two electric cables) into the inner hole. From there is was just taking the center dash apart, remove the Radio, splice two wires (an hour interlude on the computer finding the instructions again).

I really like the shop light but at the end of the day, when I plugged the USB cable in to recharge it, nothing happened -- it has a red/blue status light to indicate charge. I'll see what Amazon wants to do -- I may be trading up.

I forget who showed this connector but I ordered some of those solder/shrink tube **** connectors. I wasn't expecting great results. For me, soldering **** splices is a long and tedious process. Keeping the two ends together while holding the solder gun and feeding solder with my armpit creates some cringeworthy moments. These connectors are fantastic. I used a couple of forceps to hold the wires up after feeding the two stripped ends into the sleeve. A few second with a heat gun and the solder flows, while the tubing shrinks tight around the wires. The green one is done and the red one is ready to be heated. I don't know if I really needed the heat shield but there's a lot of plastic and carpet nearby.

 

[rharman]

Dang it Bob. You showed those solder/shrink **** connectors and now I have them in my Amazon cart!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Steve, does that include the low voltage (125V) stuff?

Bob I would have to read up on your code but wires are wires..

 

[1/2 Cup]

Bob here is another one that must try those connectors.

 

[Seagoon]

Bob here is another one that must try those connectors.

Here's another recommendation for them. I always had trouble waterpooring connecrions on my motorbike but since I found these I have had no more problems.

 

[xtremek]

I use the crimp style with the shrink tube and they work awesome. I can't comprehend what I'm seeing with the tree gone, the change is so radical.

 

[Guster]

Park bench is looking great Bob. Least the vision has not progressed to chaise lounge, daybed or pavilion designs...yet. There was a missed opportunity for a cheeky memorial plaque though. Otherwise it should make for a great spot to keep an eye on the disenfranchised squirrels.

Nice job on the transmission too. I can’t get my head around how the transmission didn’t have a drain plug though. Just never seen a car without one. The resulting mess is near unavoidable but at least it doesn’t stain like engine oil. What style filter did it have?

There is just no easy way snaking wires like that other than fiddling with them till it comes out the other end. I thought there was some secret to it but ask asked a pro-installer who said the only trick is patience. No single way that works other than what it takes to get it done. He had about 20 different snake tools from soft wire to wipper-snipper line and tubing like you used.

 

[Bob Heine]

Dang it Bob. You showed those solder/shrink **** connectors and now I have them in my Amazon cart!

Roger, I'm sorry you had to do that. When you use one for the first time I hope you will be happy as well. If it makes you feel better, I now have a mini-heat gun in my Amazon cart.

Bob I would have to read up on your code but wires are wires..

Steve, you're right but you will probably be twitching at the end of the first day when you have to use single-strand wire and wire nuts.

Bob here is another one that must try those connectors.

I hope you'll share your experience with them. I'm a rank amateur so I can't see the down-side to these connectors. Read a few really bad reviews but I am pretty sure they were from even ranker amateurs than me.

Here's another recommendation for them. I always had trouble waterpooring connecrions on my motorbike but since I found these I have had no more problems.

Seagoon, thanks for the positive review. Is your handle from the '50s radio show, The Goon Show? I like the character's description "Neddie Seagoon was an affable but gullible idiot." It's an apt description of Bob Heine as well. Just this month I responded to an "Enter to win an iPhone X for $1." I won the phone and provided my credit card info, which they claimed was rejected (please try another card!). Just before I submitted the second card, I woke up and contacted Discover. They asked me if I had just visited a **** site in Great Britain. Now I have a new Discover card.

I use the crimp style with the shrink tube and they work awesome. I can't comprehend what I'm seeing with the tree gone, the change is so radical.

Kirk, I use the plain crimp style and was going to try the ones with the shrink tubing and came across these. I have a bunch of crimp tools but even the expensive ones are no help when I fail to get the wire inserted properly. With these I can actually see the copper and that gives me a fighting chance.

Park bench is looking great Bob. Least the vision has not progressed to chaise lounge, daybed or pavilion designs...yet. There was a missed opportunity for a cheeky memorial plaque though. Otherwise it should make for a great spot to keep an eye on the disenfranchised squirrels.

Nice job on the transmission too. I can’t get my head around how the transmission didn’t have a drain plug though. Just never seen a car without one. The resulting mess is near unavoidable but at least it doesn’t stain like engine oil. What style filter did it have?

There is just no easy way snaking wires like that other than fiddling with them till it comes out the other end. I thought there was some secret to it but ask asked a pro-installer who said the only trick is patience. No single way that works other than what it takes to get it done. He had about 20 different snake tools from soft wire to wipper-snipper line and tubing like you used.

Eugene, it has been a fun week with lots of variety. Monday the crew showed up and shredded all the big branches and took most of the mess away. I raked up a bit so Liane could get to the plants she wanted to talk to.

Did I mention that the tree had a big trunk? The main trunk is about 13-feet across. It isn't one trunk but a group of trunks.

I managed to paint the cast iron for the larger bench and get two more 8-foot 1"x6" boards ripped and cut to length (4-feet). It was a real joy to be able to roll out the table saw and set it up in a matter of minutes. Same for the router table, where I was able to put a 1/2-inch round over on the edge of the front and top boards. Now we have Pappa Bear and Baby Bear benches. Hopefully Goldilocks will keep hers to herself. I expect this is their temporary home while the park gets rehabbed. By the time that happens a memorial plaque may be in order.

I think the transmission pan drain plug is a safety measure. The average kid that gets hired to do oil changes often removes the first plug they see. They are not likely to notice the fluid coming out isn't dirty black so you are almost guaranteed to have a transmission with no fluid and a crankcase with twice as much oil as required. Oh, and the filter is one of those flat rectangular ones.

I did try one other trick to get the wire through. Got a frayed piece of thin rope and put it in the hole. Went to the other side with a vacuum cleaner and tried to **** the rope through. Turns out there are lots of places for the air to come through so it was a complete bust. I agree that there are lots of ways to snake a wire and it's good to know as many as possible -- one of the methods (along with a small bucket of patience) usually ends up working.

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: i hope you tree cutter is ok cause last i read he was headed to the hospital. looks like they made a mess of that old tree, but i bet you are happy its finally gone.

did the gal come back to find her phone that she was probably texting on or one of the high heels she dropped? still can't believe that happened on your little quiet street.

your yard always looks like a park so I know you are busy and you seem to be doing stuff daily in your garage too.

looks like you are very busy and just wanted to drop in and say hi and wish you a VERY HAPPY EASTER!!

 

[Bob Heine]

About two weeks ago I was trying to clean up a mess I made in the garage sink. At some point the Scotchbrite pad caught on the bottom so I looked to see why. The sink has developed a crack!

Easy fix! I could have gone for the permanent solution of that Flex Seal stuff but this isn't screening and I don't have an outboard. I also don't want to spend $20 so I stuck some duct tape on the bottom of the sink. As long as I don't try to fill the sink with water, this should work for a little while.

While waiting for a new sink to arrive, I thought I could turn the water off and remove the old faucet. Hmmm, the shutoff valves are not working. Waited until Liane was going to be out for an hour or two and shut the main off. Bought a new washer collection because my old collection will probably turn to dust if I try to use one. One down and one to go.

Once I had the faucet and drain disconnected, the sink popped out. Used a plastic pry bar to scrape the old silicone off the wood counter. The SPI Universal Clear has held up well.

My usual method of caulking is just to squeeze it out and clean up the mess later. I'm trying to be more GJ simpatico so I laid down some tape.

I discovered the cause of the crack in the old sink when I went to install the drain in the new sink. The indent where the drain goes is smaller diameter than the flange on a standard 4.5-inch drain. I used a large ring of plumber's putty to mount the old one but over time the pressure on the ABS plastic had to go somewhere. I suspect the petroleum in the putty also helped make the ABS plastic brittle as well.

Because I was installing a new faucet to go with the new sink, I bought a new drain as well. Spent an hour or two making the drain a little smaller si it fit all the way down in the indent. The new drain was shallower than the old one so I had to go to Home Depot and buy a new drain line. I assembled the sink with faucet, drain and soap dispenser before putting down the silicone bead.

I used the old supply lines because they are braided stainless and look to be in great shape. This is going to be a piece of cake.

 

[stillp]

This is going to be a piece of cake.

Pete

 

[Bob Heine]

"Let them eat cake" doesn't always go as well as expected. I made one trip to Home Depot to buy a longer drain pipe and didn't expect to make a second trip. It turns out the supply stems on the new faucet are about a half-inch shorter than the old ones, which means the braided stainless lines that fit the old faucet perfectly with no slack, are now too short.

Looks like I'm leaving the house again. Getting in the car and driving to a store is a crushing burden and the nearest Home Depot is FIVE MILES AWAY. At least this time I won't have to put gas in the car.

I am spoiled. I order almost everything from the Internet with free shipping. Even when I have to go to an actual store, I check on the web site to make sure they have what I need in stock. Turns out the longest braided sink line in stock at Home Depot is 16-inches, which is what I already have on hand. OK, Lowe's has 20-inch faucet supply lines (151 in stock in aisle 15, bin 21) at their nearest store. Now I'm looking at a 7.3 mile drive so almost 15 miles of driving just for a couple of faucet lines. Luckily Liane isn't coming with me so I won't need a change of clothes, two meals and overnight lodging.

Before leaving for the swamp out west, I put a 5-gallon bucket in the sink and filled it with water. I figure 40-pounds should hold the sink down to the counter while the silicone sets.

Upon my return, installed the lines and tested the sink. A single drop of water from one drain fitting was the only failure, fixed with a touch from the Channel-Locks.

Celebrated Easter by removing a couple of wagon loads of branches and two garbage cans full of leaves and twigs. If we get a little rain, maybe I can get some more done in the shed.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob: i hope you tree cutter is ok cause last i read he was headed to the hospital. looks like they made a mess of that old tree, but i bet you are happy its finally gone.

did the gal come back to find her phone that she was probably texting on or one of the high heels she dropped? still can't believe that happened on your little quiet street.

your yard always looks like a park so I know you are busy and you seem to be doing stuff daily in your garage too.

looks like you are very busy and just wanted to drop in and say hi and wish you a VERY HAPPY EASTER!!

Drives, his wife returned with a crew to shred the big pile of branches. Turned out this was his third heart attack and she says he's fine (but can't work for a while). Allstate is giving her a hard time about the repairs to the chipper so I suggested she get a lawyer. The girl who flipped her car admitted fault and an eye witness said he saw no coffee anywhere in the car (maybe she spilled the phone while ordering a Vente1). But... this is Florida where Alexa explodes if you ask "Can I sue everyone?"

The girl stayed long enough for the wrecker to right her car so she could get her "stuff" out of the car. An unmarked car showed up so she either had a friend/family member or an Uber take her to her destination. Probably Starbucks.

I am doing a little work on the yard each day. The weather is nice but the sun really beats down, regardless of the temperature.

Happy Easter to you as well.

Pete

Pete, I'm guessing you knew the rest of the story before I posted it.

 

[driftpin]

Happy Easter, a good job on the sink. I decided long-ago, 'no plumbing jobs started on a Sunday.' Unless you live in a 2/1, and the /1 won't get rid of #1, or #2!

See what I found in the road down in Miami-Dade Co, coming-back from a grocery run for Easter dinner fixin's! You of fine eyesight may notice it's the Big Red M brand, and if I'm not-mistaken it's their 60 volt FUEL model!

I'm celebrating my good-fortune with a Crown Royal bourbon & Coke. The recipe for the ham called-for some bourbon, which I didn't have, so shopping for bourbon got me a free (premium) folding hobby knife! My 'bourbon-blade.'

 

[1/2 Cup]

"Let them eat cake" doesn't always go as well as expected. Luckily Liane isn't coming with me so I won't need a change of clothes, two meals and overnight lodging.

Bob that sounds exactly like Mrs 1/2 Cup

 

[shortykorte]

13ft diameter? I’m thinking that could have been on Florida’s must see largest diameter trees tour.
Being you’re a Corvette owner, I was hoping you’d repair the sink and give it a nice Corvette Red finish.


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[oldironfarmer]

I see your skills have gone down the drain.

So easy. Just like a typical easy job.

I wept when I read you had to endure a 15 mile trip in your dilapidated transport. You have my sincerest sympathy.

Allstate is probably right, what happened probably couldn't have happened.

 

[Bob Heine]

Happy Easter, a good job on the sink. I decided long-ago, 'no plumbing jobs started on a Sunday.' Unless you live in a 2/1, and the /1 won't get rid of #1, or #2!

See what I found in the road down in Miami-Dade Co, coming-back from a grocery run for Easter dinner fixin's! You of fine eyesight may notice it's the Big Red M brand, and if I'm not-mistaken it's their 60 volt FUEL model!

I'm celebrating my good-fortune with a Crown Royal bourbon & Coke. The recipe for the ham called-for some bourbon, which I didn't have, so shopping for bourbon got me a free (premium) folding hobby knife! My 'bourbon-blade.'

Philip, I have a weekend shopping rule that I rarely break. Most people who work for a living go shopping on the weekends so I leave the stores to them. Like you I also never start plumbing jobs on Sunday.

Perfect shopping day for you. It appears your new tool is from the Milwaukee CPO line. My kind of price as well.

Bob that sounds exactly like Mrs 1/2 Cup

Steve, I fear we are not alone. I traveled around the world on a two-week business trip with everything packed in a carry-on (brief case held paperwork and computer). That's the same bag Mrs. Heine uses for her overnight toiletries.

13ft diameter? I’m thinking that could have been on Florida’s must see largest diameter trees tour.
Being you’re a Corvette owner, I was hoping you’d repair the sink and give it a nice Corvette Red finish.


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Stewart, I'm sure there are bigger ficus trees around but happily they aren't in my yard. The little 6-foot trunk is still standing, waiting for the power company to trim the top.

I am leaving the red paint to you. I assume the MB is ready for the finish coats.

I see your skills have gone down the drain.

So easy. Just like a typical easy job.

I wept when I read you had to endure a 15 mile trip in your dilapidated transport. You have my sincerest sympathy.

Allstate is probably right, what happened probably couldn't have happened.

Andy, my work is always on a downward spiral. It's funny that every step in the process was easy, until it required a trip to the store. Seems like that little break shoots the rest of the day.

You have no idea how much driving we have to do. One of our doctors is over five miles away. To be fair, the rest are within walking distance, as is the Hospital and Urgent Care facility. I'm guessing you're a little further from the congestion.

Allstate is always right. Their good hands can squeeze the life (and money) out of anyone.

 

[Bob Heine]

Made a little progress on the second drawer for the table saw cabinet this week. I routed some slots in the sides for the 13/64 plywood bottom, cut the plywood to size and cut the back panel to allow the plywood to slide into the assembled box. Instead of setting up the track, I used the edge guide for one of the small routers. Things were going so well, I attached the full extension slides to the middle of the drawer sides without so much as a glance at the opening.

Turns out the door hinge is in the exact same place as the slide, preventing the drawer from opening, making it useless. Re-installed the slides at the top of the drawer.

The holes will be a reminder to do test fits in the future.

At least there was room at the top or bottom to fix my mistake. I also managed to make the drawer shallow enough to fit with a little space above and below.

Now I have to remove the bottom drawer and mount the slides to the case.

 

[BBChevro]

Hey Bob, my childhood home had a large Morton Bay Fig overlooking the backyard - it was the "shade tree" to my "shade tree mechanic" upbringing.

Visible here (behind the truck)...




As much as I like fig (ficus) trees, they can quickly get out of control in a suburban situation.

We have a couple of them in large pots, but I still have to keep a close eye on their roots.

The "park" is coming along nicely. [emoji106]


I feel that the contractors may have been a bit negligent with their "gobble 'em up and spit 'em out" machine - clearly there should have been flashing lights and audible warnings at regular intervals (perhaps starting at the stiletto wearer's driveway).

(The audible warning could shout "get off your phone and watch where you're going"). [emoji15]


Those heat-shrink joiners work pretty well, I may have to get some.







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[Seagoon]

Seagoon, thanks for the positive review. Is your handle from the '50s radio show, The Goon Show? I like the character's description "Neddie Seagoon was an affable but gullible idiot." It's an apt description of Bob Heine as well. Just this month I responded to an "Enter to win an iPhone X for $1." I won the phone and provided my credit card info, which they claimed was rejected (please try another card!). Just before I submitted the second card, I woke up and contacted Discover. They asked me if I had just visited a **** site in Great Britain. Now I have a new Discover card.

That's exactly where it comes from, and sadly the description fits me too.
I had a nice prince from Nigeria ring me last week for some help getting his fortune over to London when he moves. I gave him my bank details so he could transfer $10,000,000 into it but now all my payments have been refused so I don't know what's happening.

 

[oldironfarmer]

That's exactly where it comes from, and sadly the description fits me too.
I had a nice prince from Nigeria ring me last week for some help getting his fortune over to London when he moves. I gave him my bank details so he could transfer $10,000,000 into it but now all my payments have been refused so I don't know what's happening.

Keep up the faith, he may need a little seed money to get the full transfer made. I'm certain you will be appropriately rewarded for your efforts.

Bob:

Nice work on the drawer. I never tire of seeing your drawers. But I was fearful when you said "Things were going so well". The death knell of any project. The other two preludes to catastrophe and "We've got plenty of money" and "We've got plenty of time".

 

[bolensboneyard]

Nice work on the drawer Bob.

 

[Bob Heine]

All - apologies for my negligence in responding. More cleaning up the yard and a few moments in the workshop, it has been a boring week.

Hey Bob, my childhood home had a large Morton Bay Fig overlooking the backyard - it was the "shade tree" to my "shade tree mechanic" upbringing.

Visible here (behind the truck)...



As much as I like fig (ficus) trees, they can quickly get out of control in a suburban situation.

We have a couple of them in large pots, but I still have to keep a close eye on their roots.

The "park" is coming along nicely. [emoji106]

I feel that the contractors may have been a bit negligent with their "gobble 'em up and spit 'em out" machine - clearly there should have been flashing lights and audible warnings at regular intervals (perhaps starting at the stiletto wearer's driveway).

(The audible warning could shout "get off your phone and watch where you're going"). [emoji15]

Those heat-shrink joiners work pretty well, I may have to get some.

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Mark, I'm not positive of the name of the fig behind our place in Manly. Our patio was on the second floor and the three-unit building hung on the edge of a hill (aka Cliff Street). For certain, it was a special tree for the Flying Foxes because they showed up as soon as the figs ripened. Before we learned they were horrible pests, we invited a few Sulfur-Crested Cockatoos over for snacks. Turns out they love TV cable sheathing, expensive wooden window frames and the plastic cushions on PVC furniture (you ca see the beginning of their handiwork -- it got worse when we stopped feeding them).

Maybe loud sirens would have helped. The bumper sticker on our PT Cruiser gets a lot of thumbs up but sadly the people we hoped would see it are looking elsewhere. You can also tell by the phone that it's an old sticker.

That's exactly where it comes from, and sadly the description fits me too.
I had a nice prince from Nigeria ring me last week for some help getting his fortune over to London when he moves. I gave him my bank details so he could transfer $10,000,000 into it but now all my payments have been refused so I don't know what's happening.

Seagoon, mention my name at the bank and in any e-mails you send your Nigerian prince -- pretty sure they've been in contact with me as well.

Keep up the faith, he may need a little seed money to get the full transfer made. I'm certain you will be appropriately rewarded for your efforts.

Bob:

Nice work on the drawer. I never tire of seeing your drawers. But I was fearful when you said "Things were going so well". The death knell of any project. The other two preludes to catastrophe and "We've got plenty of money" and "We've got plenty of time".

Andy, I'll have to give that a try.

I'm surprised I didn't break a finger typing that. I have oticed the letter o my keyboard requires a whack so maybe I eed a ew keyboard or at least oe ew key.

Nice work on the drawer Bob.

Thank you Bobby. Because of the work going on in the workshop, and especially with the loss of a bench surface, the new drawer came in real handy. I've freed up some bench space and most of a shelf in one of the cabinets. Two Dremel tool cases, three angle grinders and the small reciprocating saw case fit with room to spare.

There was also a lot of space left in the bottom drawer so more stuff got dumped in there. It won't stay like this but it helps a lot while I'm repairing the workshop.

 

[Bob Heine]

The most important accomplishment was a repair to one of Farmer Liane's coveralls. She brought it to me a couple of weeks ago because the clip on one side came apart. I tried some JB KWIK epoxy but it let go today. I decided to go old school and got out the 50-50 Lead-Tin solder, some flux and a little piece of flattened copper wire. We'll see if this holds up better.

 

[Bob Heine]

Every day for the past week I have been filling leaf bags with light debris and wagons with bigger branches. On Monday all the bags and branches went out for trash day. I was expecting the crew to show up with a stump grinder but they put off until today. Being a nice guy I removed the fence sections that were laying on the ground in their way. The place was looking much better.

The area around the stump is clear so the grinding should proceed with no problems.

I'm a little concerned because there is still a big section of the tree that has to come down. Supposedly the power company is turning off the power at noon so this little offshoot can be safely cleared from the power lines.

Well, instead of the stump grinder, two Latinos with chainsaws showed up and they climbed up into the tree and removed the upper branches. No one was fried and the power never went out. What do I know? This may look like part of the tree is still standing but it's down on the ground, laying on its side.

By the time they quit for the day the whole thing is cut up into manageable pieces. Looks like I didn't do anything -- the pile has re-grown.

These are actually manageable pieces -- I picked them up from the lawn because I expect my lawn service guys to show up tomorrow.

The branches that engulfed the telephone and cable TV lines are no longer endangering the cables but they'll have to rot and fall off by themselves

 

[oldironfarmer]

It really looked like the tree was only around the TV and phone lines, did they go up to the power lines too?

I repaired bib overalls for a lady once but I tried to make sure it would fail at an exciting time.

 

[Bob Heine]

It really looked like the tree was only around the TV and phone lines, did they go up to the power lines too?

I repaired bib overalls for a lady once but I tried to make sure it would fail at an exciting time.

Andy, the tree limbs really grew around the TV and phone lines but only touched the power lines sporadically when the breeze blows on-shore (that's the breeze we get most of the time). Those touches seemed to cauterize the branches so they didn't make any permanent attachment to the cable.

I live with a Payback is a ***** person. Any repair failure resulting in her having an exciting moment would certainly result in one or more of my Wranglers doing a Full Monte.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Where's your sense of sport, man?

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: that was/is some tree you decided to have removed and wondering if the company is shaking their heads and wondering why they took on this job.

I also live with someone who doesn't like to get pranked or punked and she has a side of her that I try to leave alone.

best of luck with the new pile of debris and your yard always looks like a park.

 

[Finallygotit]

Where's your sense of sport, man?

More like a death wish.

 

[shortykorte]

Ok your brother is Andy and you’re married to Farmer Liane. Any chance they were neighbors? I’m thinking nothing but half hitched overalls walking around the house could be beneficial. I don’t mean you in overall either. Lol.


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[casmurbax]

Bob, I hear you on the Lowes/Home Depot trips with the spouse, its never to one of them when she accompanies me, there is always extra stops. I am lucky that they are across the street from each other and are less than 8 miles round trip from my home.

I was interested in seeing your sink drain pipe, only because there have been a couple of threads on how to properly pipe sink drains recently.

What size drawer(weight) slides did you use on your cabinet?

The tree is the gift that keeps giving.

John