Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[Vieux]

 

[dlcwent]

Good to see you taking a day away from the farm.

I like your knives by the way.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: it's SUNDAY finally a REST DAY!!

looks like a fun day yesterday in town smelling the roses and hanging with the city folk.

i like the new handmade ductwork and wondering how you attached it to the little stove. rivets or do tell?

have a great day and since it's sunny up here i'm going to get some more things done outside cause there will be plenty of rainy days to rest and ORGANIZE.

cheers

Thanks Drives. Or may we call you "Mr. Hide"?

It's fun driving in a parade. If you saw the town dogs having a parade, however, you'd think they'd gone mad. Lot's of people like to see the car. But it was not all fun, we were in part advertising the new pharmacy (I'm participating in financing, I don't push drugs myself).

There is a flange around the opening in the stove, so self drilling screws will hold the duct on firmly. Because a little leakage heats the room anyway I don't plan to caulk the joints tight.

Glad you have plenty of time to organize later.

Here is another video of the hammer:

Its very old, circa 1930, and not very good. I have seen a better video, where they are taking it apart to restore it, but I couldnt seem to find it today.

Looks like you had a good time at the parade. Ours got snowed out this year. I believe that might be a first.

Thanks for the video. That does explain it very nicely. There was one of the hammer restoration that showed up which showed everything disassembled but the ancient video was very instructive. Very slick mechanism to adjust the drive by offsetting what is basically a rod journal to get different strokes. Because each person has a different job and requires different level of hammer action, I'll coin the phrase "Different strokes for different folks". Nice ring to it, I'm pretty good at this stuff.

Which reminds me of what my son said about the song "Silver Bells". He never understood "ring a ling" until a Chinese friend informed a ling is a fish, so when you can "ring a ling, soon it will be Christmas Day" because it gets cold just before Christmas, and you can ring a frozen fish, so Christmas must be near. He's a smart boy.

We had snow, doesn't show in the pictures because it was all in a cone.

Good to see you taking a day away from the farm.

I like your knives by the way.

It is good to get away. Took my wife to town (Tulsa) to get an MRI and she was unnerved by all the people. Glad to get back to the sticks.

Thank you! I think I've made some better ones but they all get given away.

Thanks for stopping in guys!

Funeral for an old friend today. This part of life where other people die off is not as much fun as laughing at old people when you're young.

 

[Farmall450]

Sorry to hear about your friend. Fortunately I have some time before I get to that stage.

 

[dchance]

Andy, Sad to hear about the funeral.

I can understand your wife being ready to leave to city and go home. I live in a place that would be considered part of a city but when I get home I am ready to stay in my place.

Good work on the Studebaker. Welding looks better and you metal shaping looks like you are ready to progress to the part you can see.

Dwight

 

[dlcwent]

Funeral for an old friend today. This part of life where other people die off is not as much fun as laughing at old people when you're young. [

I know right. It seemed like yesterday we were disgusted with how old farts got in our way. Didn't move fast enough, didn't know how to drive anymore, just die already. At least I know what those young whipper snappers are thinking about me now.

Sorry to hear about your friend. Fortunately I have some time before I get to that stage.

I hope you are a long way from that Farmall. I know you're talking "old age" I'm talking the inevitable.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Sorry to hear about your friend. Fortunately I have some time before I get to that stage.

Thank you. He had a knot come up on the back of his neck. After putting up with it for about six months he went to a doctor. That was too long to wait. How many of us are eager to go right in and ask about any change?

Boy that time we have left seems to fly by. Somehow I got to be 23 in a 68 year old body. How on earth does that happen? Good news is I'm unemployed and can pursue any hobbies I like except chasing women.

Andy, Sad to hear about the funeral.

I can understand your wife being ready to leave to city and go home. I live in a place that would be considered part of a city but when I get home I am ready to stay in my place.

Good work on the Studebaker. Welding looks better and you metal shaping looks like you are ready to progress to the part you can see.

Dwight

Thank you. His passing has affected me more than I thought it would. In part because we had similar life styles: engineers who couldn't shake the farming habit.

These days a good day is when we don't leave the front gate. Took four steers in to sell Friday and had to wait while the guy in front of me unloaded. I just don't like waiting...

Thanks for the kind words on fabrication - I'm soon going to have to get to parts that show

Funeral for an old friend today. This part of life where other people die off is not as much fun as laughing at old people when you're young. [

I know right. It seemed like yesterday we were disgusted with how old farts got in our way. Didn't move fast enough, didn't know how to drive anymore, just die already. At least I know what those young whipper snappers are thinking about me now.

I hope you are a long way from that Farmall. I know you're talking "old age" I'm talking the inevitable.

Glad to see you're still kicking around.

I'm not into the doesn't move fast enough thing yet. The millennials bug the **** out of me because they don't understand four way stops. They pull to a stop while I'm slowing down. Then they wait. And wait. I give up and go about the time they have decided my car has died and it is safe for them to go. Screw 'em, I go anyway. These days if I'm second one to stop at the stop sign the other guy has about 4 milliseconds to go after I've stopped and I go. He had his chance while I was slowing down. We can wait all day playing "no, after you, Alfonse". Fortunately most places I drive there is seldom any other traffic. Fortunate for them.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

I'm not into the doesn't move fast enough thing yet. The millennials bug the **** out of me because they don't understand four way stops. They pull to a stop while I'm slowing down. Then they wait. And wait. I give up and go about the time they have decided my car has died and it is safe for them to go. Screw 'em, I go anyway. These days if I'm second one to stop at the stop sign the other guy has about 4 milliseconds to go after I've stopped and I go. He had his chance while I was slowing down. We can wait all day playing "no, after you, Alfonse". Fortunately most places I drive there is seldom any other traffic. Fortunate for them.

Ha! We are cut from the same cloth with this post. The after you hesitation drives me nuts. There's nothing worse than a unpredictable driver. I would rather a person drive like a predictable *** hat. Then a unpredictable courteous clown.

Glen

 

[walt111]

Amen to dreamingmuscle , and to you andy
walt

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: sorry to hear another one of your friends left this world too early. was the LUMP CANCER or do tell if you want to?

i'm guessing you are close to firing up the new stove after you put a couple more pieces of ductwork on or have you fired it up already and i missed that?

let's not talk about BAD DRIVERS cause even the truckers sit in the left lane and don't pass on the big freeways up here. BESIDES I bet you know everybody in your town so they just move out of Andy's way as a sign of RESPECT!!

cheers and have a great day!!

 

[Bob Heine]

Andy, sorry to hear about your friend. I'm at the age when many of my friends can no longer post on Facebook.

Living in the center of town, I like to stay home. The three cars I am able to drive are connected to trickle chargers so I won't have to leave the house to buy a new battery so often. I look forward to Amazon and the Post Office delivering my food so I won't have to leave home for that as well. I don't have enough room to raise beef cattle but my wife is feeding the squirrels. Bob Jr.'s relatives are looking quite tasty.

[cranky old man rant] Apparently we don't have 4-way stop intersections, at least not for high-end vehicles. Honda and Hyundai drivers stop but Mercedes, Porsche and Bentley drivers seem to rely on their collision avoidance systems. It's a primitive form of driverless vehicles.

My pet peeve with drivers is freeway merging. Too many drivers have no clue how to merge into a limited-access highway. They slow down or wait for an opening in traffic while in the merge lane. Some slow down more and more until they reach the end of the ramp, where they honor the invisible STOP sign. Aside from the Rambler station wagon and Triumph Herald, I have always owned reasonably powerful cars that can reach the speed limit in the length of a merge lane so I normally floor it at the start and move into traffic when my car's speed matches the cars in the right lane. I also signal my intent, which must confuse the vast majority of Florida drivers. There are two kinds of drivers in my part of Florida -- those who never use their directional signal and those who never turn their directional signal off (sometimes for hundreds of miles). [/cranky old man rant]

 

[walt111]

Are you sure you don't live in Tn. You have described the local drivers to a T.
walt

 

[Guster]

Condolences for your friend Andy!

I know what you mean bout the generational milestone thing. I’m at the age where everyone is mostly done having kids and their parents start getting to the age you describe. I tend to get nervous pangs when I get a sombre calls from my parents. My gran made it to 97 before she passed due to heart complications 2 weeks ago. Last of the grandparents. Though I almost expected my dad to tell me something had happened to my mum. A constant reminder to leave things in good stead and prioritise the important things in life.

Spot on Bob. I’m not as well versed in getting my old man rant on yet – though my wife seems to think I am already at an advanced skill level. We have a saying “merge like a zip(per)” which is applies to anywhere traffic lanes merge. Implying you match speed, wait your turn and leave room to let cars in. That is unless you drive a Euro import. Which apparently exempts you from making room to merge, allowing you to merge anywhere you want and at your preferred speed. Even if it is half motorway speed. Because you paid more for your car the whole country can slow down and let you in and you don’t have to ever worry about straining yourself to bother with indicating. If you accidentally bump the indicator or forget to turn it off the whole country knows you are entitled to drive on as everyone is gracious enough to endear your status as a motorist of the upper echelons of society. Bah humbug!

The other predominant national pursuit is driving through “roundabouts” or traffic circles as known elsewhere. If you think a 4-way stop is entertaining you should see the general uncoordinated mayhem of the “give way to your right”(right hand drive) traffic rule at a traffic circle. Especially for the reason that it is our most common intersection here. Between the “gunners” which are the types to never even slow down and aim for the gap, our cautiously gracious drivers and the “slowly edging into the traffic till I have enough right to carry on through” drivers it has become almost second nature for us defensive-avoidance types who enter any traffic situation at glance to spot these stereotypes at 100 paces and predict a favourable outcome rather than favour the traffic rule.

My wife tends to calmly remind me that everyone makes mistakes. But for me it is like the driving test hasn’t even finished yet – “Spot the 100 traffic violations as you travel from point A to point B” Bonus points if you avoid any emergency braking stops, emergency lane changes or use of the horn.

 

[Finallygotit]

I guess traffic is traffic no matter where on earth you may live.

Oh, and you can't fix stupid.

Carry on....

 

[Farmall450]

Millennials bug me, too. Even more annoying is when people accuse you of being a millennial! Obviously I'm generation Z, gosh. (in actuality it seems to depend on who defines them. 1998, I prefer to identify as gen Z lol).

There was a funny joke the other day,

'Remember the 90s when everyone was OK with each other?'
'Yeah, that was before millennials could talk.'

 

[jimreed2160]

Whoa! That flashing signal to indicate intent should really catch on. I thought my cars had custom features because I never see these lights from other drivers. Huh? Who knew? I guess they are too busy on their phone to care and their hands are occupied because they are eating Chik-fil-A biscuits.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Andy sorry to hear about your friend.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Well guys, I'm fighting off another cold. DANG!! Dry conditions, lots of wind, and the cows have to be fed. Don't know why but I'm miserable yet again this season .

Ha! We are cut from the same cloth with this post. The after you hesitation drives me nuts. There's nothing worse than a unpredictable driver. I would rather a person drive like a predictable *** hat. Then a unpredictable courteous clown.

Glen

It's really part of "I'm the only person that counts. And I'm going to be courteous and not take my turn, no matter how it screws up traffic, because I'm the only one who matters".

Amen to dreamingmuscle , and to you andy
walt

Glad it's not just me

Andy: sorry to hear another one of your friends left this world too early. was the LUMP CANCER or do tell if you want to?

Yes, cancer. Delay going to a doctor is worse than it used to be.

i'm guessing you are close to firing up the new stove after you put a couple more pieces of ductwork on or have you fired it up already and i missed that?

I have fired it twice now but our weather has warmed back up, 0C overnight and 10C to 15 C days. Hardly worth lighting the stove. The shop stays around 15C without additional heat.

let's not talk about BAD DRIVERS cause even the truckers sit in the left lane and don't pass on the big freeways up here. BESIDES I bet you know everybody in your town so they just move out of Andy's way as a sign of RESPECT!!

I wish it were true, but few people around here know me. But we all wave to each other anyway. Sometimes it's someone you know.

Oklahoma has a new law, if you aren't actively passing it is against the law to drive in the left lane. They claim they are actively enforcing it. Even on two lane roads.

cheers and have a great day!!

Thank you, glad to have you visit. I was hoping I hadn't pissed you off with the Mr. Hide comment.

Andy, sorry to hear about your friend. I'm at the age when many of my friends can no longer post on Facebook.

I guess I'm in that category. I no longer post on Facebook. And I'm just as good as dead to a lot of people because if you don't keep up on Facebook you're just out of the loop. They wouldn't dare call you or text you because they announced it on Facebook.

Living in the center of town, I like to stay home. The three cars I am able to drive are connected to trickle chargers so I won't have to leave the house to buy a new battery so often. I look forward to Amazon and the Post Office delivering my food so I won't have to leave home for that as well. I don't have enough room to raise beef cattle but my wife is feeding the squirrels. Bob Jr.'s relatives are looking quite tasty.


You could run a little rabbit ranch and not feel so cannibalistic toward Bob Jr.s kinfolk.

[cranky old man rant] Apparently we don't have 4-way stop intersections, at least not for high-end vehicles. Honda and Hyundai drivers stop but Mercedes, Porsche and Bentley drivers seem to rely on their collision avoidance systems. It's a primitive form of driverless vehicles.

Wealth has it's privileges. Those are the folks I'll have the most fun with when they are tooling around in real self driving vehicles. Of course the wealthy people around here have almost new Suburbans and Avalanches. But some of them are bent-ly. It won't piss off the occupants, either, while I play with their self driving software, they'll be fully occupied with their phones.

My pet peeve with drivers is freeway merging. Too many drivers have no clue how to merge into a limited-access highway. They slow down or wait for an opening in traffic while in the merge lane. Some slow down more and more until they reach the end of the ramp, where they honor the invisible STOP sign. Aside from the Rambler station wagon and Triumph Herald, I have always owned reasonably powerful cars that can reach the speed limit in the length of a merge lane so I normally floor it at the start and move into traffic when my car's speed matches the cars in the right lane. I also signal my intent, which must confuse the vast majority of Florida drivers. There are two kinds of drivers in my part of Florida -- those who never use their directional signal and those who never turn their directional signal off (sometimes for hundreds of miles). [/cranky old man rant]

Merging with society seems so difficult for the average driver. I did enjoy my stint in Houston, everything goes, Texas. Pretty much if you can do it, it's OK and because traffic goes from 60 to 0 in three seconds people seem to watch. Turn signal, three clicks, merge whether there is a space or not and they make room. If they're from out of town they honk to let you know they're just learning. It was a challenge and I loved it. However I like no traffic too.

BTW, you don't have to identify your posts as cranky old man rants, we all know

Are you sure you don't live in Tn. You have described the local drivers to a T.
walt

I did, by the way, live in East Tennessee. Back when Gatlinburg was not shown on all the maps.

Condolences for your friend Andy!

Thanks you.

I know what you mean bout the generational milestone thing. I’m at the age where everyone is mostly done having kids and their parents start getting to the age you describe. I tend to get nervous pangs when I get a sombre calls from my parents. My gran made it to 97 before she passed due to heart complications 2 weeks ago. Last of the grandparents. Though I almost expected my dad to tell me something had happened to my mum. A constant reminder to leave things in good stead and prioritise the important things in life.

It's good to remember when your dad was the age you are now. It will fast forward your view of how long life really will be. When I was 35 I remembered my dad's 35th birthday. It had been 26 years since his 35th, so he was 61 (very, very old) and I realized in that short 26 years I had gone from 9 to 35, and in the same period again I would be 61. Unfathomable. Now it's been eight or nine more years and he's gone and I'm 68

Spot on Bob. I’m not as well versed in getting my old man rant on yet – though my wife seems to think I am already at an advanced skill level. We have a saying “merge like a zip(per)” which is applies to anywhere traffic lanes merge. Implying you match speed, wait your turn and leave room to let cars in. That is unless you drive a Euro import. Which apparently exempts you from making room to merge, allowing you to merge anywhere you want and at your preferred speed. Even if it is half motorway speed. Because you paid more for your car the whole country can slow down and let you in and you don’t have to ever worry about straining yourself to bother with indicating. If you accidentally bump the indicator or forget to turn it off the whole country knows you are entitled to drive on as everyone is gracious enough to endear your status as a motorist of the upper echelons of society. Bah humbug!

Well said!

The other predominant national pursuit is driving through “roundabouts” or traffic circles as known elsewhere. If you think a 4-way stop is entertaining you should see the general uncoordinated mayhem of the “give way to your right”(right hand drive) traffic rule at a traffic circle. Especially for the reason that it is our most common intersection here. Between the “gunners” which are the types to never even slow down and aim for the gap, our cautiously gracious drivers and the “slowly edging into the traffic till I have enough right to carry on through” drivers it has become almost second nature for us defensive-avoidance types who enter any traffic situation at glance to spot these stereotypes at 100 paces and predict a favourable outcome rather than favour the traffic rule.

Traffic circles are second in difficulty only to right hand turns into multiple lane street for us left hand drive fanatics when driving on the left side.

My wife tends to calmly remind me that everyone makes mistakes. But for me it is like the driving test hasn’t even finished yet – “Spot the 100 traffic violations as you travel from point A to point B” Bonus points if you avoid any emergency braking stops, emergency lane changes or use of the horn.

I guess traffic is traffic no matter where on earth you may live.

Oh, and you can't fix stupid.

Carry on....

London was easy to drive in, Lagos not so much. I never tried to drive in Tehran. Truly crazy.

Millennials bug me, too. Even more annoying is when people accuse you of being a millennial! Obviously I'm generation Z, gosh. (in actuality it seems to depend on who defines them. 1998, I prefer to identify as gen Z lol).

There was a funny joke the other day,

'Remember the 90s when everyone was OK with each other?'
'Yeah, that was before millennials could talk.'

I figured you were a millennial

Whoa! That flashing signal to indicate intent should really catch on. I thought my cars had custom features because I never see these lights from other drivers. Huh? Who knew? I guess they are too busy on their phone to care and their hands are occupied because they are eating Chik-fil-A biscuits.

Self driving cars can't come soon enough for me. But not for me...

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy sorry to hear about your friend.

Thank you, Bobby.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: i'm not sure if you want to believe in my non medical theories that have been passed on to me by my bride, but she rarely gets sick so I tend to go with her tips when it comes to health.

have you tried putting your headboard so your head is on the north wall of your bedroom? yep i had to tear out a full wall of Phillipine mahogany cabinets on our north wall or continue sleeping backwards on our waterbed when we moved in to our home 30 years ago.

it has something to do with the pull of the earth. yep i hang upside down on my inversion table 5 minutes per day too that has kept me from taking ADVIL for back pain for almost 10 years now.

i know you'll work through it and maybe just a few new pairs of long underware and a new hat might help.

take care and I won't call you RANDY or any other name if you don't mind not calling me any. I'm trying to understand that others need to do that so i'm letting it slide off more often now, but old habits are hard to kill and i'll probably be long gone before i ever get to liking YOU **** comments that seem to be a term of endearment on GJ. my little 6'5 260 pound old man would have sent me into tomorrow if i said that to him and i'm sure your dad might have done the same with you.

back to feeding cows and doing some great fab work if you feel up to it soon, or rest up and smell the roses and maybe have your helper feed the cows for a few days.

cheers

 

[Lyndon]

Thank you. He had a knot come up on the back of his neck. After putting up with it for about six months he went to a doctor. That was too long to wait. How many of us are eager to go right in and ask about any change?



Boy that time we have left seems to fly by. Somehow I got to be 23 in a 68 year old body. How on earth does that happen? Good news is I'm unemployed and can pursue any hobbies I like except chasing women.







Thank you. His passing has affected me more than I thought it would. In part because we had similar life styles: engineers who couldn't shake the farming habit.



These days a good day is when we don't leave the front gate. Took four steers in to sell Friday and had to wait while the guy in front of me unloaded. I just don't like waiting...



Thanks for the kind words on fabrication - I'm soon going to have to get to parts that show

Glad to see you're still kicking around.



I'm not into the doesn't move fast enough thing yet. The millennials bug the **** out of me because they don't understand four way stops. They pull to a stop while I'm slowing down. Then they wait. And wait. I give up and go about the time they have decided my car has died and it is safe for them to go. Screw 'em, I go anyway. These days if I'm second one to stop at the stop sign the other guy has about 4 milliseconds to go after I've stopped and I go. He had his chance while I was slowing down. We can wait all day playing "no, after you, Alfonse". Fortunately most places I drive there is seldom any other traffic. Fortunate for them.

Andy

I'm with you on that - I'm a big believer in "he who hesitates is lost", & Irene is one of them. I have to sit on my tongue when she drives, otherwise I'm in the boot (or trunk to you guys). I use the same timing methodology, after that I'm gone, & the hesitator can just curse me (I'm gone so don't hear them anyway).....

Lyndon
Yep - still here.

PS - sorry to hear about your kindred spirit. Hope he didn't suffer long.


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[oldironfarmer]

Andy: i'm not sure if you want to believe in my non medical theories that have been passed on to me by my bride, but she rarely gets sick so I tend to go with her tips when it comes to health.

have you tried putting your headboard so your head is on the north wall of your bedroom? yep i had to tear out a full wall of Phillipine mahogany cabinets on our north wall or continue sleeping backwards on our waterbed when we moved in to our home 30 years ago.

I've had the headboard at the north wall of our room for 32 years, but only through convenience Nobody ever told me...

it has something to do with the pull of the earth. yep i hang upside down on my inversion table 5 minutes per day too that has kept me from taking ADVIL for back pain for almost 10 years now.

I've never had back pain, but no telling how sick I'd been if my bed had been oriented incorrectly.

i know you'll work through it and maybe just a few new pairs of long underware and a new hat might help.

I've got plenty of good clothes, so I really don't think that's it. I believe this last round is allergies to the dust on a very windy warm day we just had. But I'm medicating against it.

take care and I won't call you RANDY or any other name if you don't mind not calling me any. I'm trying to understand that others need to do that so i'm letting it slide off more often now, but old habits are hard to kill and i'll probably be long gone before i ever get to liking YOU **** comments that seem to be a term of endearment on GJ. my little 6'5 260 pound old man would have sent me into tomorrow if i said that to him and i'm sure your dad might have done the same with you.

Lot's of girls have called me randy Andy

It's a fine line between mean name calling (as in bullying) and having a good time. How the recipient takes it is of critical importance. I love being called Lazy Andy, for instance, and Dan likes calling me that. I thought Stas26's label of your reticence to publicly display your personal information as Mr. Hide was very humorous, primarily because of the pun on Mr. Hyde. It certainly was not a criticism of you in my mind. Anyone who is not cautious may very well live to regret that lack of caution. But to call you Mr. Hide when you hide your identity was great fun for me. I apologize if you did not take it in good fun and you'll not see that from me again. I don't care for the You **** label either. But it is on GJ as a compliment. I appreciate your open comments!

back to feeding cows and doing some great fab work if you feel up to it soon, or rest up and smell the roses and maybe have your helper feed the cows for a few days.

cheers

I felt better today, spent a couple of hours in the shop then went and picked up a ton of feed. Of course that means 40 50# bags have to be carried into the feed container for storage. I did fine. While I was unloading, Hershey helped herself to scraps left by the cows earlier.

The girl likes cow feed. She tries to sneak in and get some while they are eating, but it's a bit iffy.

Still working on the ductwork. I want a bypass door so had to make a frame out of 20 gauge for it. My brake will bend all four sides to make a pan, but when I have to reverse bend a side it won't handle the bend. Went back to hammering a flange out.

Here's the frame screwed in place with the thin flashing the rest of the duct is made from. I'm holding the door in place.

When the door is all the way open it will dump the hot air back into the room where the heater is located. With the door closed, the warm air must go to the adjacent room then all around the shop perimeter to get back to the heater from the broom room.

The door has a flange turned on each side.

I hope to get more done tomorrow, things have been busy. If we never get cold weather this year I'll have wasted valuable time getting the heater in stalled.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy

I'm with you on that - I'm a big believer in "he who hesitates is lost", & Irene is one of them. I have to sit on my tongue when she drives, otherwise I'm in the boot (or trunk to you guys). I use the same timing methodology, after that I'm gone, & the hesitator can just curse me (I'm gone so don't hear them anyway).....

Lyndon
Yep - still here.

PS - sorry to hear about your kindred spirit. Hope he didn't suffer long.


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Or, he who hesitates is last.

There are positive points of having a wife who does not drive.

I don't believe he suffered long, and apparently he was preparing for his absence right up to his last day. A bigger man than me.

Thanks for stopping by. I have been quite intrigued by the trucks on your thread.

 

[bj383ss]

Andy glad you are feeling better. Sorry to hear about your friend. You are spot on with your insight of when your dad was this age. I try to be as good of dad to my two boys as my dad was to me. When I was younger I looked up to him everyday I thought he was Superman. He never wore coats in the winter even when it was snowing. He never cried, never showed in pain. Very strong man with pure thoughts and kindness to everyone one he met. Truly a great role model for me.

The other day when his truck stopped running and he had trouble remembering where to start it dawned me after we fixed it I had come full circle to how he was when I was a boy. He was always able to fix everything and figure it out right away. It kinda hit me hard when I had to step in and figure out what was wrong with it. But at the same time another good example of what a great teacher he is.

Mortality can you eat you up if you think about it too much. I know I think about it a lot as I near 40.

Look forward to more Studebaker updates when you get to them.

 

[drivesitfar]

BJ: AWESOME POST!!

Andy: maybe cause I drank more than I should of in my youth and went with the crowd in the NAME CALLING STUFF that i really wish i wouldn't have. not that i'm overly sensitive, but i'm trying to have a sense of humor without having to drink alcohol to laugh. I still have a great laugh and some people actually remember me when they hear me from afar and stop by to say hi cause they heard me.

good news you have been sleeping to the north and maybe why you have so much energy (or maybe a little part of the reason).

keep on keeping on and i always love your comments to my comments and for those i don't totally understand i keep thinking I'm still on a learning curve learning Andy's sense of humor or wisdom whichever he might be sharing that night.

speaking of stop signs. does your little town even have a TRAFFIC LIGHT? within a mile of my house there might be a dozen or more and a few are just for pedestrians so they can have a light to cross 4 lanes of traffic.

cheers

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy glad you are feeling better. Sorry to hear about your friend. You are spot on with your insight of when your dad was this age. I try to be as good of dad to my two boys as my dad was to me. When I was younger I looked up to him everyday I thought he was Superman. He never wore coats in the winter even when it was snowing. He never cried, never showed in pain. Very strong man with pure thoughts and kindness to everyone one he met. Truly a great role model for me.

The other day when his truck stopped running and he had trouble remembering where to start it dawned me after we fixed it I had come full circle to how he was when I was a boy. He was always able to fix everything and figure it out right away. It kinda hit me hard when I had to step in and figure out what was wrong with it. But at the same time another good example of what a great teacher he is.

Mortality can you eat you up if you think about it too much. I know I think about it a lot as I near 40.

Look forward to more Studebaker updates when you get to them.

Thanks for your insightful comments. I never got to the stage with my dad where I had to help him, other than physically. I was still calling him to ask what the yellow wire on the thermostat was for. With my mom, I became the father, so to speak. Nobody likes that.

With my son it is different. He still thinks I can do everything however he has shown me up a few times in the last year or so and I can see he doesn't really like it. I, on the other hand, am glad the snot nosed kid is finally growing up. He started raising cattle several years ago so I'm his cattle expert but since he has an electrical engineering degree I rely on him for lots of wire related stuff. I wish we lived closer. It's my fault, I could sell out and move closer.

BJ: AWESOME POST!!

Andy: maybe cause I drank more than I should of in my youth and went with the crowd in the NAME CALLING STUFF that i really wish i wouldn't have. not that i'm overly sensitive, but i'm trying to have a sense of humor without having to drink alcohol to laugh. I still have a great laugh and some people actually remember me when they hear me from afar and stop by to say hi cause they heard me.

good news you have been sleeping to the north and maybe why you have so much energy (or maybe a little part of the reason).

keep on keeping on and i always love your comments to my comments and for those i don't totally understand i keep thinking I'm still on a learning curve learning Andy's sense of humor or wisdom whichever he might be sharing that night.

speaking of stop signs. does your little town even have a TRAFFIC LIGHT? within a mile of my house there might be a dozen or more and a few are just for pedestrians so they can have a light to cross 4 lanes of traffic.

cheers

I never started drinking alcohol, other than the occasional Communion wine. I have nothing against it, but my father in law was an alcoholic and my wife is pretty dead set in her ways.

We would get into a bit of "name calling" on construction sites, and of course people get mad during times of high stress with lack of sleep. If you've ever worked 12 hour shifts and your motel is an hour from the plant you do start to get worn down. When people push your buttons because they are tired and mad that they're even there it helps to look at the big picture. I can't help but remember the handover notes from a 65 year old night shift superintendent on his last night on a long tough job. He laid off his crew and wrote himself his last check, summarized where he was leaving the job, and closed with "If I could have worked one more week I could have bought new shoes for my little kids".

Terlton, Oklahoma has one four way stop intersection. Several other stop signs (about ten) but sadly no stop lights. Cleveland, however, nine miles away, is much bigger and it has a stop light. It used to have two, but the busier one quit working and they set out stop signs. Traffic moved so much better with the stop signs they have made them permanent. The old stop light was slow, and dumb, so in light traffic you had to sit for a long time waiting for your turn. But Cleveland does have the one a stop light so don't call them backward!

But I don't live in any town. There is a stop sign a quarter mile from my house. One more 3/4 mile away, another a mile the other direction, and two miles away there is a four way stop Just so you won't think we aren't uptown. I have to go at least seven miles to look at a road with four lanes. But we seldom go just to look at the big highway.

 

[Rex_A_Lott]

Sorry to hear about your friend. We had to bury my Uncle earlier this year, a man that taught me a lot through the years, so I can empathize with you. As we were standing in the graveyard I was talking to a girl i went to school with, and I said, " I guess this is middle-age. I can look around and I know about as many people IN the graveyard as I do ones that are still alive."
I ran across something the other day you will be interested in, a method of spot welding body panels using TIG. Hopefully I can get some pics and a little demo I can share with you soon.
Take care of that cold, feel better.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Sorry to hear about your friend. We had to bury my Uncle earlier this year, a man that taught me a lot through the years, so I can empathize with you. As we were standing in the graveyard I was talking to a girl i went to school with, and I said, " I guess this is middle-age. I can look around and I know about as many people IN the graveyard as I do ones that are still alive."
I ran across something the other day you will be interested in, a method of spot welding body panels using TIG. Hopefully I can get some pics and a little demo I can share with you soon.
Take care of that cold, feel better.

What a fun time of life!

It seems like burning through two layers with the TIG torch should not be too hard. I'd like to see the demo.

I spent a little time in the shop today, cleaning up for my CPA to come over tomorrow. Also got the door mounted on the wood stove duct.

More later, still under the weather.

 

[don long]

Hi Andy
Just checkin in to see whats new.
Duct work looks good.

 

[madison069]

Sorry to hear about your friend. We had to bury my Uncle earlier this year, a man that taught me a lot through the years, so I can empathize with you. As we were standing in the graveyard I was talking to a girl i went to school with, and I said, " I guess this is middle-age. I can look around and I know about as many people IN the graveyard as I do ones that are still alive."
I ran across something the other day you will be interested in, a method of spot welding body panels using TIG. Hopefully I can get some pics and a little demo I can share with you soon.
Take care of that cold, feel better.

If you move to another state that no one that you know is buried in the graveyard, then it's not middle age related anymore!

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: yep i remember long days working. i'm not saying being a Realtor was as hard as an engineer or any other job, but being on straight commission for about 30 years is interesting to say the least. i'd get calls at 5am from my clients (builders and developers) and work with them for a few hours until the buyers and other sellers would wake up and then work with all of them until about 10 or 11pm. about the only time off i'd take would be to watch one of my kid's games cause we decided having my bride at home for their daycare was a better option than having somebody else raise our kids and i was the only income source. it sure is starting to be a lot more fun being an EMPTY NESTER with a few extra SATURDAYS now.

working with many different personalities and stress levels i could say i'm almost an expert except i'm STILL LEARNING.

just curious before you show us how you are going to keep that door up when you want to keep it open, but i bet you've got a plan so i'm here to learn. Nice fab work again!!

hope you feel better soon and enjoy your SATURDAY.

 

[Farmall450]

Hopefully you're feeling better soon - Christmas is only 9 (more like 8 by now) days away!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Hi Andy
Just checkin in to see whats new.
Duct work looks good.

Thanks for stopping by, Don. Hoping to get back on my feet.

If you move to another state that no one that you know is buried in the graveyard, then it's not middle age related anymore!

I've heard 90% of accidents happen within 5 miles of home. We always move more than five miles to avoid 90% of the accidents.

Andy: yep i remember long days working. i'm not saying being a Realtor was as hard as an engineer or any other job, but being on straight commission for about 30 years is interesting to say the least. i'd get calls at 5am from my clients (builders and developers) and work with them for a few hours until the buyers and other sellers would wake up and then work with all of them until about 10 or 11pm. about the only time off i'd take would be to watch one of my kid's games cause we decided having my bride at home for their daycare was a better option than having somebody else raise our kids and i was the only income source. it sure is starting to be a lot more fun being an EMPTY NESTER with a few extra SATURDAYS now.

working with many different personalities and stress levels i could say i'm almost an expert except i'm STILL LEARNING.

just curious before you show us how you are going to keep that door up when you want to keep it open, but i bet you've got a plan so i'm here to learn. Nice fab work again!!

hope you feel better soon and enjoy your SATURDAY.

Engineers don't work too hard. Except on construction jobs.

When I started being an amateur realtor (just selling my own stuff) i recognized that hustling is of utmost importance. You have to be there at the customer's convenience. It can wear you down too.

I'll show you how I keep the door open when I figure it out...

This cold is lingering and I'm starting to worry about pneumonia. Old people have to watch out for that, you know. I keep forgetting I'm old, hence the problem.

Hopefully you're feeling better soon - Christmas is only 9 (more like 8 by now) days away!

Thank you. I worked with my CPA yesterday and just didn't feel like doing any shop work when she left. All we did was partial assembly of two chairs we had disassembled a few weeks back. So I just sat in the house today (after feeding the cows of course) and started on my taxes. Uggghh. It's already that season again.

My head is fine now but chest is hurting so we'll see where we go from here.

Thanks for stopping by, everyone. I'm itching to get back on the Studebaker.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Andy I have dust and mold allergies and the post nasal drip can be arrested for a few hours with some good green tea. (hot) Rest up and get well

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: when i've had a cold drag on more than 10 days in the past I'd head to our NURSE PRACTITIONER and get that 6 or 7 pill strong antibiotics called a Z Pack, but I haven't had one for years now. those pills would kick my cold's **** and have me snot free in a week. hope yours goes away on it's own,but just throwing out an option.

I just read that there might be some heart issues as a side effect so not sure that's going to work for you (or me) now that we are older.

we take ZINC just as we are getting a cold that cuts sick time in half usually. maybe try Zicam too.

my bride drinks a ton of green tea with local honey and lots of vitamin C.

that's my cold fix and yes don't let it go past a couple weeks or it could get worse and pneumonia is not a good thing for you or your bride or anybody our age.

good luck

my DIY engineering would maybe drill a hole in each side and shove a rod thru to hold the door open, but i'm guessing you have something better in mind.

cheers and enjoy your SUNDAY cause you only get one of these per week

 

[shortykorte]

Get well so Andy.


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[oldironfarmer]

Andy I have dust and mold allergies and the post nasal drip can be arrested for a few hours with some good green tea. (hot) Rest up and get well

Thanks, Bobby. I've tried green tea with little results. I think I'm about there now, however. Just a little coughing

ANDY: when i've had a cold drag on more than 10 days in the past I'd head to our NURSE PRACTITIONER and get that 6 or 7 pill strong antibiotics called a Z Pack, but I haven't had one for years now. those pills would kick my cold's **** and have me snot free in a week. hope yours goes away on it's own,but just throwing out an option.

I just read that there might be some heart issues as a side effect so not sure that's going to work for you (or me) now that we are older.

we take ZINC just as we are getting a cold that cuts sick time in half usually. maybe try Zicam too.

my bride drinks a ton of green tea with local honey and lots of vitamin C.

that's my cold fix and yes don't let it go past a couple weeks or it could get worse and pneumonia is not a good thing for you or your bride or anybody our age.

good luck

my DIY engineering would maybe drill a hole in each side and shove a rod thru to hold the door open, but i'm guessing you have something better in mind.

cheers and enjoy your SUNDAY cause you only get one of these per week

Thanks for the suggestions! I've had the Z-Packs before, for infections. Pretty sure I'm not into pneumonia yet. I've tried Zicam in the past and could not tell any results. May be time to try it again.

A through rod would have worked well. I decided to use a flat bar which will hold it open and hold it closed. Bent it the hard way for pinching it closed and put a groove in it to hold it open against the back. Also put a piece of angle on each side to seal in the open position.

Get well soon Andy.


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Thanks, Shorty. I think I'm there again, if I don't have a relapse.

I'm trying to take it easy and heal up. Went to Sand Springs today to meet an auctioneer and check on a plumber's work. I'm considering selling some rental property. Also managed to make it through Zumba tonight

Hershey has developed a taste for cattle cubes. She eats with my heifers every morning now. I may wean her off dog food.

Thanks for stopping in. Going to miss some shop time during the Holidays.

 

[jimreed2160]

Looks like Hershey has a new pack to hang with. Pretty friendly AND they share their grub.

 

[Guster]

Glad you're getting better.

Ducting looks good. The welding and sheetmetal practice on the Studebaker appears the be paying off elsewhere!

200 pages of thread! Just saying.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: i might have thought of that fix if I had your welding skills and your GET R DONE attitude. nice looking damper and i bet it will a lot easier to open and close than my rod idea.

so you can feed Hershey (your best friend) when you feed the cows now? nice trick

you deserve a little break and i hope you kick the cold 100% so you can enjoy your holidays with your family and bride.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Guster: don't let that get to Andy's head cause i view 100 posts per page (yes it's a setting in your GJ profile the owners added recently) so Andy only has 40 pages with my settings. he still has the gift for gab and the skills to keep us all coming back to see what the HAY he's doing doesn't he?

cheers all