Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[Bears Fan]

Damn! I wish Jim was my neighbor

I'd be like, hey Jim I have a cooler full of Bud Light and then when he got over here, I'd say, oh yeah! by the way the tile came in for my bathroom today

 

[harley jim]

That would be cool, then I could get some cool stickers for my cans, Tony the house next door to me is for sale!!!

 

[Chrisb62]

Is Tony the only one allowed to consider it or is it a open invitation? If I was to move back north I would be called a “half backer” .

 

[shortykorte]

Jim I brought a 500w Jackery for my CPAP so I could go camping and use during power outages. Worked great at Flywheelers last February. Will be useful for running power tools for a short period also.

 

[harley jim]

Not at all Chris, this place is full of half backers. Come on!

Shorty, I keep holding out for the completion of the generator project, and I'm due for new cpap equipment next year so I was being cheap and holding out hoping that I could get insurance to pick up the cost but it is getting old.

 

[harley jim]

I had to get some metal trim blasted and over to Dalton for powder coat but the cabinet decided to **** out so I dropped the sand and pulled the glass off (Thanks Tony) so I could clean it. The filter was packed, and the sand was baby powder.

I made this tool to remove the thumb screws Tony sent me.

It made removing the 12 screws a breeze, I washed the glass and put it back together in minutes. Got everything blasted and over to Dalton before he started on my other parts.

 

[Bears Fan]

Great idea with that old socket! I may have to steal that one

 

[Bob Heine]

Jim, Floridians who have to put up hurricane shutters have the larger size handy at all times. Some of us have more than one.

 

[harley jim]

Well dang Bob, I'm going to need to spend more time in Florida, I had no idea.
What gave me the idea was the one I have for cup hooks that didnt quite fit.

 

[jollygreengiant]

They dont have a tree trimming program anymore, I asked and was told that it is cheaper to repair tree damage than to have a trimming crew. I guess I should be happy my house is all electric and my bill runs about 150 per month. The down side is it's usually at night when we loose power and I cant sleep without a cpap. I am going to check into a battery back up for it.

This blows my mind. Up here our big provincial power company has probably dozens of tree crews with some very fancy equipment, and they say it's still way cheaper to trim trees compared to fixing broken lines.

They've been doing a lot of work around here lately. They cut anything within a certain distance of the lines. It sure makes for some butchered trees when the tree is close enough that they cut half of it off but not close enough to cut the whole thing down. It's like someone chopped it right in half lol.

You nail that Chris, they are floating and every time you tap one a little too hard three others move. I know I'll never do another one.
Knees need grease fittings installed today, they are stiff.

You need a tile leveling system. They make installing big tiles MUCH easier.

 

[BuffettFan]

You *YOUR BROTHER IN LAW *needS a tile leveling system. They make installing big tiles MUCH easier.

FTFY

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Here they cut any limb that is growing towards the power lines. So a lot of trees are Y shaped.

 

[PelicanPines]

Jim I brought a 500w Jackery for my CPAP so I could go camping and use during power outages. Worked great at Flywheelers last February. Will be useful for running power tools for a short period also.

There are some deals on Amazon today and tomorrow on those Jackerys.

I use a 380w ninja battery... works great. Only runs the cpap.

 

[harley jim]

Jgg, it blows mine too, but nobody here is proactive, that's what got me here (because I was proactive)
I have two more floors to install in my life and both of them are floating plank flooring, The bil caught me at a weak moment so I let him help me install his floor, I installed the sub floor, its laser level, the problem was the bil and his big rubber hammer hitting the tile like he was swinging for the fences. He dosnt know what finesse means.

Terry got it right, the bil needs it.

Willy, they clear a path through the 60' pine trees, put up wire towers and wire then walk away.

Pines, long time buddy. I'm getting close on the generac being finished so I'm hoping that will fix it.
I'm due for new equipment in less than a year, I'm going to see if insurance offers a cpap with a battery or a backup option. Let them pay for it.

I spent most of the day soliciting money from local businesses to help support the car show we are putting on in September.

It went well, as usual the people with the checkbook were off today!

Bailed the bil out again today, his shower valve cartridge died.

Had to run to lowes and pick up a cartridge $53.00, OUCH!

 

[xtremek]

We used to drive out M59 near Hartland, Mi and the pc had trimmed two trees, right in the middle of them. Later, the cut the opposite sides of the two trees, so from a distance they looked like one with a big hole in it. We called them the "donut trees".

 

[shortykorte]

Hey I identify as BIL and my shower needs a cartridge.

 

[harley jim]

Theres a bunch of trees hacked up like that in town where developers like to plant rows of trees under power lines.

One cartridge per year, your on the list.

I built a grinder stand for Johnny, he runs the sand blasting for Dalton at the pc shop.


He will take it apart and blast it and powder coat it, hopefully they will get me a pic when its done.

 

[BuffettFan]

That hubcap reminded me of that horrible "Turbine" wheel era!
Damn, I hated those things!
I bet I lost 50lbs of knuckle meat on them over the years working in the alignment shop.
My '73 Monte Carlo had them from the factory.
1st thing I did was shitcan them for some Corvette Rally Sports.

Nice stand, otherwise!

 

[harley jim]

Lol Terry, that's exactly what I thought also, but it had the right size hole in the center. This one was a Ford but it reminded me of the 67 vette. Bob will probably poke me for saying that a ford cap reminded me of a vette.

 

[rmack898]

Hey I identify as BIL and my shower needs a cartridge.

I thought you mostly identified as injured.

 

[Strouty]

Hope the knees feel better, it is a shame that it wasn’t pain for one of your projects. The floor does look really nice though, I am sure your BIL thinks the pain was worth it.

 

[harley jim]

Yes he loves it, he took pictures of my backside while I was setting them and posted them on his fb page, he was bragging on me,
If he could just get his head out of HIS backside things would be great, and he will help me if I ask but I still gotta lot of work to do on him.

 

[harley jim]

I got two of my yard lights reassembled,

When I bought them they had three candelabra bulbs, I took them out and converted them to a standard base and built a halo that will allow another bulb to be mounted from the top. My thought was to put a 60 watt bulb in the bottom with a dusk to dawn switch, and the other a 5000 watt led security light on a motion switch, this would be for light for the cameras.
I went to Josh's house this afternoon to backfill some trenches that they had dug to replace failed sewer lines from the house to the tank, a gas line to the new propane tank, and a gray water line from the house to the field where he is going to install a french drain.
Pat is cooking supper for them tonight, we invited them to get a home cooked meal for a change.

 

[xtremek]

That was nice of you guys to help them out.

 

[harley jim]

This neighborhood is becoming family, the folks here are all about helping each other.
Josh and Haley are trying to just get moved in as Josh is going to have surgery on his shoulder Aug 2nd. So Pat and I are just trying to help make that happen. Currently they are staying with friends and that wont be good for post surgery.

 

[xtremek]

This is what is great about neighborhood life. We all have each other's backs. I saw it in the city, I see it where we live right now.

 

[Boostingaz]

This neighborhood is becoming family, the folks here are all about helping each other.
Josh and Haley are trying to just get moved in as Josh is going to have surgery on his shoulder Aug 2nd. So Pat and I are just trying to help make that happen. Currently they are staying with friends and that wont be good for post surgery.

That is awesome news about the neighborhood. Good neighbors make all the difference.


Prayers go out for him and his surgery. Hope for a quick recovery and minimal down time.

 

[kaymccampbell]

This is what is great about neighborhood life. We all have each other's backs. I saw it in the city, I see it where we live right now.

I miss having good neighbors. All mine have passed. Now all that's left is gimmies or twerps.

 

[harley jim]

Pat and I went to three estate sales this morning, came home with an old pipe wrench that used to have a wooden handle.




I started blasting it before I realized that I didnt take a before pic. The handle was bent so it got some heat and a bit of anvil time. I'll finish it tomorrow.
Went to Josh's house to work on the yard but the hired man didnt make it today, he went hog hunting last night and crapped out. What a wus.
So I went back to my shop to work on the lamp posts.

I need an access panel to wire them after installation.

I plug welded some tabs inside the pipe and tapped them 1/4-20 thread, then drilled and counter sunk the holes.

The fit up nice, Pat called and supper was ready so I quit for tonight, hopefully I'll finish and paint tomorrow.

 

[harley jim]

Kay, we have one A-hole that rents a single wide trailer over on the chicken farm, the rest are great people.

And Whitley is my newest best buddy, we drive the tractor a lot and eat popsicles.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

We had great neighbors at the old place. Well, we did after I trained Bob. Once I told him inwas going to pound him into the ground like a tent peg things got better.

New neighbor's aren't bad, I just don't know them yet.

 

[harley jim]

Sometimes it takes an attitude adjustment to smooth things out!

 

[Bears Fan]

Great engineering on the electrical access panels on those light poles

Nice job on the grinder stand too

 

[harley jim]

Thanks,
I think that I'm ready for paint on the light poles, I'm hoping tomorrow I can get to them. Dalton thought I was mad at him because I was painting instead of powder coating them. Truth is one whole stall over there is full of my stuff.

The grinder stand is just good business, it's for Johnny, the sand blaster at the PC shop.

 

[xtremek]

Did you enjoy a popscile as well?

 

[harley jim]

No, Whitley was on a day trip.

 

[harley jim]

I finally got to the lights today, I have been buried in other business since the weekend.


Two good coats of rustoleum satin black, hopefully I can stay with it and get them installed, Now that the water leak in the basement is behind us I would like to get back to the floor and finish it and get the basement off our list.

 

[xtremek]

You have confirmation that the leak is fixed? Congrats. That was a hard fought battle. The lights look really nice.

 

[harley jim]

Yea Kirk we have had several toad stranglers back to back, totaled about 3.5 inches in a week, I'm calling it good. When I get the lights up I want to get the floor done. Dalton has all of my furniture done at the powder coat shop so I need to get moving.

 

[harley jim]

Got one light assembled today.

I was working on the second one and Dalton called,


He had all of my parts finished so I went and picked them up.
I have a meeting this afternoon so tomorrow is another day.