Yeah, little stuff I usually just plug. But we get all kinds of junk, big nails, pliers, scraps of metal. And usually when I get something, it's on the freeway. So by the time I get the car stopped, the inside of the sidewall is toast. I THINK I get a tire warrantied about every 1 1/2-2 years.
Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT A trip back from the edge.
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Workspaces between 705 and 1200 squarefeet.
A few months back, Robin hit a deer with the youngest daughter’s car. Fortunately, it only took out the headlight, which I picked up from Best Value Auto Body Supply for a 1/3 of what the local chain stores wanted. In order to replace the assembly, you have to pull the bumper, which isn’t really that tough a job. Did have to take it back out, because one of the pins in the assembly connector was pushed back in. Luckily, it was not locked in place, so a quick pull with pliers and it was good to go.
Strouty
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So the deer didn't have any insurance? The nerve.....
harley jim
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I hate safety wire, the holes in the bolts are always pointing the wrong way.
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jon72vega
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We had a machine at work (a Bridgeport converted with a turntable to do production milling with an automatic part clamp/unclamp) that had a couple of bolts that had to be safety wired.Does anyone like to safety wire? When the weather was nice, I got the rag joint between the clutch and the trans finally installed. One, maybe two more evenings of nice weather (that’s not a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) and Claudia will be running again.
When the maintenance department would get done refurbishing it, I always was the "chosen one" to wire the bolts, cause no one else wanted to accept the responsibility if the machine bolts came undone.
racer-john
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That safety wiring WON'T work. You have to constrain the bolts/nuts in the locking direction, and use the largest dia wire that will fit through the smallest hole. Sorry X.
mybigwarwagon
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A couple of spot welds and that safety wire can go in the bin.
mybigwarwagon
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I am sure Strouty would loan you a plasma cutter.
jollygreengiant
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Oh, does this mean there is going to be some large scale soil relocation at Kirk's place this spring?
jollygreengiant
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I'm sure I could find some work for it if it just happened to show up in my yard. Although I'm not sure if the big project will be happening this year or not.
harley jim
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It's a good thing when the wife can handle a project. Divide and conquer
harley jim
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It's been too quiet here.
mybigwarwagon
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Wife walled him in the bathroom.
harley jim
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Shades of Dark shadows!
jollygreengiant
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If I was a betting man I'd say he got sucked into the bathroom project.
It's funny how whenever SWMBO starts a project that is stated to be exclusively hers that 90% of the time I get sucked into it at some point. I imagine that same phenomena exists for K as well.
It's funny how whenever SWMBO starts a project that is stated to be exclusively hers that 90% of the time I get sucked into it at some point. I imagine that same phenomena exists for K as well.
sublime68charger
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always neat stuff going on around here that is for sure!
sublime68charger
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you forget when said project goes sideway's you alway's get 100% the blame even if you said at the beging this is a bad idea lets just hire it done by the pro's.
I have a total lack of motivation lately. On the bathroom front, Momma is chugging away at it. I have had to give her a hand once or twice, but for the most part, she's been handling it herself. She's done all the framing, the vent and drains, the cement for the shower base and step up, and roughed in the electrical. I did help anchoring the subfloor, but she did the mortar board. Weeknight have been about my class and getting caught up on homework (missing two classes killed me), weekends have been about running errands, so not much is getting done. I have got a couple goodies, so I need to get on the ball and write that post.
jollygreengiant
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I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. The longer days usually helps but over the last little bit I have no ambition to do anything. It's probably not helping that a teething baby has really wrecked my sleep schedule. I made a list yesterday of everything I could remember that I need to get done this spring. Boy was that depressing. Now I remember why I don't use lists lol.
What classes are you taking?
My issue is absolutely everything is a mess. Before Covid, the outside/property looked decent. The house wasn't great, but it was tolerable, and the shop was a work in progress. Now everything is a disaster. I've got to quit looking for motivation, and start finding determination. It also doesn't help that the current vehicle in the shop is my daughter's Equinox, and it has a bad
case of Michigan Cancer. And she adores her car.
The class I'm taking is CAD (Solid Edge). It's Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and church is Wednesday. I've been using Monday and Friday to play catch up. I'm learning enough to get me in trouble.
case of Michigan Cancer. And she adores her car.
The class I'm taking is CAD (Solid Edge). It's Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and church is Wednesday. I've been using Monday and Friday to play catch up. I'm learning enough to get me in trouble.
mybigwarwagon
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I will send you Heath for a week. He will motivate you. Just feeding him will make you have to work more.
tj675
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I absolutely hated it at first, however after being introduced to a good set of reversible safety wire pliers things changed.
Strouty
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That must have been fun to use a sawzall on that car, a video would have been great though.
jollygreengiant
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I'm assuming there is a good reason to why they needed to take a sawzall to a brand new Cadillac?
They need that piece to study its influence on antenna performance. On a side note, DO NOT EVER BUY Potter Cable cut off wheels. I made a roughly 14" cut in the outer skin of the Caddy and it was gone down to the arbor. On the other hand, the Milwaukee Demolition Sawzall blade cut through everything I tossed at it.
harley jim
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Kirk give Pearl a try, they are super quality. This is what I used at the fab shop, I buy them by the box.
It was a riot. But pics/videos aren't worth my job. The General takes those kind of things (pictures of cars not for sale to the public) very serious. They actually pay Google a **** ton of money to do constant web searches for posts of that kind of thing. Talking with the Executive Chief Engineer for the Camaro just before the current version was released and the Program Manager walked up. Seems some supplier employee posted a pic of the tail light on the internet a half hour earlier. 3 hours later, the employee was identified, located, badge confiscated, GM access revoked, and fired. Call me chicken, but I've heard similar stories so many times, I'll do a hard pass. Even if it's accidental, the outcome is the same, gone within hours.
Strouty
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I have one of those vehicles. My Virginia Burb has the sticker from GM saying it must be destroyed.....
