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Look! Squirrel!

Diversionary project.

Didn’t like the looks of any of the task on my to-do list.

Dreamed this up after not finding an easy way off Amazon.

Not sure what will end up living there, but any thing with a kydex belt clip or straps will work.
 

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I like it. Ford declined to include a center console in my current work truck so I had to improvise storage for small at-hand items.
 

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That panel hinges down, couple screws at the bottom and it is in your hands, minus unplugging the headlight switch. There is another outlet below the headlight switch, but being an XL there is nothing on the face of the panel. Once the back of the panel is exposed, there are tabs with holes molded into the back of the panel, so I just sewed tie off points to the edge of the panel cover so I could zip-tie to those tabs and add tension to get it tight and mostly wrinkle free. Cut a bit smaller hole for the switch and the switch snaps right back in place which helps hold the cover on. I should get a picture of it loaded up. Small hand sanitizer, TUMS, dental floss, flashlight, business cards, small flashlight, pens/pencils. Not sure what else. At 6'5" and size 16 boots, it is out of the way but yet within reach at all times. I'm supposed to be getting a replacement truck in the next month, so hopefully it will transfer over without too many modifications.
I think I use my Consew sewing machine more than my MIG welder.
 
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That panel hinges down, couple screws at the bottom and it is in your hands, minus unplugging the headlight switch. There is another outlet below the headlight switch, but being an XL there is nothing on the face of the panel. Once the back of the panel is exposed, there are tabs with holes molded into the back of the panel, so I just sewed tie off points to the edge of the panel cover so I could zip-tie to those tabs and add tension to get it tight and mostly wrinkle free. Cut a bit smaller hole for the switch and the switch snaps right back in place which helps hold the cover on. I should get a picture of it loaded up. Small hand sanitizer, TUMS, dental floss, flashlight, business cards, small flashlight, pens/pencils. Not sure what else. At 6'5" and size 16 boots, it is out of the way but yet within reach at all times. I'm supposed to be getting a replacement truck in the next month, so hopefully it will transfer over without too many modifications.
I think I use my Consew sewing machine more than my MIG welder.
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I’m still looking for a sewing machine 😕
 
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Another little diversion.

Watched a video on how to fold down the seat backs in my F150, and gain access to a little storage.

Not much, but useable.

Only took about 20 minutes to do both seats.

I thought they were fixed🤔



 
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The rear seats on my '17 are a lot easy to drop down than the ones in my '12. My replacement '23 might be here this week so I will need to get the '17 cleared out. Hoping the '23 is easy, got plans to make a hanging tool roll to go behind one of them. Door pockets fill up real quick as is.
 
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Another little diversion.

Watched a video on how to fold down the seat backs in my F150, and gain access to a little storage.

Not much, but useable.

Only took about 20 minutes to do both seats.

I thought they were fixed🤔



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You ain’t the only one that thought they were fixed. I needed the jack a couple days ago and found it trapped. It was a wtf for a minute.
 
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You ain’t the only one that thought they were fixed. I needed the jack a couple days ago and found it trapped. It was a wtf for a minute.
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Ya!

Not the easiest thing to figure out at night, in the rain, and freezing your *** off next to a freeway.

Ask me how I know.😜
 
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Sure as $hit, the '23 is enough different in the cab, things have to be changed.
Anyway, this is what the backside of the low dash cover looks like from the back side. I may narrow it up and make it work in the '23 since only 2/3 of the panel folds down. The left 1/3 has the light switch but also the electric parking brake controller.
The clear plastic is sewn on so I get an even pull along the edge instead of getting puckers at each pull point. Again, not a MIG but handy none the less.
I think I'll add a small cable with a push nut over the activation lever on the back of the rear seat for easy deployment.
 

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Lost my old Spyderco knife awhile back.

Found it on the boat ramp the other day.

Had a little rust on it. I guess Stainless means different things to different people.


 

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How in the heck did you find it? Did it wash up on the ramp or did you drop a magnet for it?

FYI - stainless steel will rust. We use 304 mostly where I work and a little 316. Stainless Is broken down into austenitic, martensitic, ferritic, and duplex. 304 and 316 are in the austenitic category and are not magnetic. We make food processing equipment and I have seen my share of rusty stainless depending on chemicals used and how well the equipment was cleaned. I’ve learned that if regular carbon steel touches stainless, the stainless will eventually rust.

I used to work for an engine manufacturer and we went to all ferritic stainless cup plugs so a magnetic can be used on the anvil that drives them in so the cup plug stays put until it is inserted.
 
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How in the heck did you find it? Did it wash up on the ramp or did you drop a magnet for it?

FYI - stainless steel will rust. We use 304 mostly where I work and a little 316. Stainless Is broken down into austenitic, martensitic, ferritic, and duplex. 304 and 316 are in the austenitic category and are not magnetic. We make food processing equipment and I have seen my share of rusty stainless depending on chemicals used and how well the equipment was cleaned. I’ve learned that if regular carbon steel touches stainless, the stainless will eventually rust.

I used to work for an engine manufacturer and we went to all ferritic stainless cup plugs so a magnetic can be used on the anvil that drives them in so the cup plug stays put until it is inserted.
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I know there are different stainless “grades”(correct term?)

I just had a little higher expectation from Spyderco.

Then again, leaving it in saltwater for a couple weeks is asking a lot 😕
 
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I know there are different stainless “grades”(correct term?)

I just had a little higher expectation from Spyderco.

Then again, leaving it in saltwater for a couple weeks is asking a lot 😕
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It's a knife. It needs to be hardened. Hardenable stainless steel is martensitic stainless steel. It is easy to distinguish because it is the magnetic variety.

Steels are always a tradeoff. Hardness, brittleness, easy of sharpening, corrosion resistance... You can't have them all (although some modern alloys are very cool). It's up to the manufacturers to find the perfect balance. If your Spyderco was more corrosion resistant, it probably wouldn't hold the edge as well.
 
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Had a fun day at work today. We ended up a few people short, and I decided to jump in and prep for a slab pour.

I hauled 15 tons of rock. Dumped , placed, graded, raked, and compacted.

All by myself.

Drove my truck, the dump truck, the fuel transfer truck, the excavator, the jumping jack, and the plate compactor.

Then I was a little tired.
 

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Too wet and cold to play outside with my toys.

Might as well make momma happy.


We decided the ugly old heat vents didn’t look good with the new floors. Time to route in some flush Oak vents.

Set up a template for the main opening, and routed all three. Then adjusted the template to match the overall size of the vent, and rabbited the edge to accept the rabit on the bottom side of the vent. Took some tweaking, but got em done!
 

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RivennHewn said:
Too wet and cold to play outside with my toys.

Might as well make momma happy.


We decided the ugly old heat vents didn’t look good with the new floors. Time to route in some flush Oak vents.

Set up a template for the main opening, and routed all three. Then adjusted the template to match the overall size of the vent, and rabbited the edge to accept the rabit on the bottom side of the vent. Took some tweaking, but got em done!
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Nice work Riv,
Looks like it grew there.

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And, who cares that it took me 2 months to get it done!
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You're doing too much ! This June will be five years we've been in this house. We have His and Hers walk-in closets in the master. The builder/hack had a single pine shelf and bar in each. I still have a stack of ripped and edge banded birch ply in the garage waiting to build out the closets. My garage/shop build came first. :dunno:
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You're doing too much ! This June will be five years we've been in this house. We have His and Hers walk-in closets in the master. The builder/hack had a single pine shelf and bar in each. I still have a stack of ripped and edge banded birch ply in the garage waiting to build out the closets. My garage/shop build came first. :dunno:
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So does a distracted woodworker get sucked down a rabbet hole or a rabbit hole?
Asking for a friend.
 
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Toolfool said:
You're doing too much ! This June will be five years we've been in this house. We have His and Hers walk-in closets in the master. The builder/hack had a single pine shelf and bar in each. I still have a stack of ripped and edge banded birch ply in the garage waiting to build out the closets. My garage/shop build came first. :dunno:
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My dad was a cabinet maker.

He made my mom live in a house without cabinet doors for 20-some years.

They got the doors installed, just so they could sell the house.

I’m the speedy one in the family 😜
 
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