What did you do today?

[SylvanLakeWH 24,243]

5 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

It didn't happen today.  I'm still in the planning mode.  Not sure I can do it without an assistant.   Unless I could hop on one snow shoe forward and backwards.  

Mind over matter...

 

 

[8ntruck 6,437]

On 1/15/2024 at 10:46 AM, Pullstart said:

It might not look like it, but I’m making huge progress at the never ending task of cleaning the shop (and organizing project priorities).  I found parts of my floor I haven’t seen in 6 or 7 years!  The 1-1/2 yard dumpster is almost full too!

 

 

WOW!!  There is a pool table in the Magic Barn?!

 

I don't recall seeing it when I''ve visited.

Edited January 23 by 8ntruck

[8ntruck 6,437]

18 hours ago, wallfish said:

Man is it cold outside! Since work has been a little slow recently, I've taken some time to rebuild little 2 stroke O&R engines. These can be done right in my upstairs office on the desk. Citrus cleaner is used so the house doesn't stink. 4 engines done so far. I was lucky enough to find a big stash of NOS parts a long time ago so having those plus a good amount of parts engines, I can make them like new. Just started another today for a Tiny Tiger generator. One of the finished engines will go on that and then rebuild the one that was removed from the gen head. Most of the tool engines are already been done. Think there's about 50-60 tools in the collection and probably still need to do about 10 more. These things were like Franks Hot sauce, they put them on everything.

 

 

 

 

 

Those are cute.  What did they come on?  What you going to use them for?

[cleat 4,997]

On 1/15/2024 at 10:46 AM, Pullstart said:

It might not look like it, but I’m making huge progress at the never ending task of cleaning the shop (and organizing project priorities).  I found parts of my floor I haven’t seen in 6 or 7 years!  The 1-1/2 yard dumpster is almost full too!

 

 

 

 

 

Is that a Traeger with a blanket on it ?

I have a Traeger and it struggles to heat up even on cool days in the summer so I don't use it in the winter at all.

Does the blanket help a lot ?

 

 

[formariz 11,865]

Age is beginning to affect typical functioning around here so to alleviate one of them I decided to make several boot jacks using some of Kevin’s @Pullstart awesome stash of material. Needless to say the little woman immediately appropriated a couple. 
 

[Pullstart 59,921]

@cleat yes it’s a Traeger brand blanket.  It works great, I leave it on year round!  
 

@formariz I’m so glad to see you using it!  My FIL constantly asks me to come get more.  Rylee has woods class this semester, I thought about offering a pallet to the class.

[formariz 11,865]

16 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

formariz I’m so glad to see you using it!  My FIL constantly asks me to come get more.  Rylee has woods class this semester, I thought about offering a pallet to the

It’s great stuff in many different ways even when not considering what type of wood it is. Many times we need small pieces for small projects and are always reluctant to cut a long board which will reduce its usefulness. 
 The thickness is another great thing. To me 3/4” material is absolutely useless. It’s always either too thick or too thin. On most projects 3/4 “ looks odd and out of proportion. With thick material one has the ability to control final thickness so it looks proper. 
  
  Great idea to give some to Rylee’s class . If one is into or learning woodworking, the learning of how to resaw wood into different thickness is not only a good skill but more importantly opens up many more possibilities and ideas , rather than being limited to what is offered commercially. Specifically with this stuff they will also learn how to deal with extremely hard woods like the Ipê which is conducive then to have to understand tool sharpening and different techniques to deal with it. 

[wallfish 15,972]

4 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Those are cute.  What did they come on?  What you going to use them for?

They were made in the 60s and into the early 70s before battery power so they go on EVERYTHING. Drills, generators, circular saws, small outboards, tillers, ice augers, chainsaws, mini bikes, bicycle power, RC cars and helicopters, insect foggers, etc etc etc etc.

On the bottom of my signature is a link to my Ohlsson & Rice forum section on My Old Machine. There's pages and pages of different tools and applications which these little engines were used for.

Here's a couple pics. Winch, Generator, chainsaw and circular saw. There are also many different versions of each as the yellow one pictured earlier is also a generator

 

Edited January 23 by wallfish

[Bill D 1,632]

Visited my friend in the hospital.  He had a stroke on Sunday.

[Ed Kennell 35,951]

13 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Mind over matter...

 

 

 

 

Well, I tried that mind over matter thingy today but the body wasn't listening.   

 First couple attempts to walk thru the trees and I ended up making snow angels or maybe they were snow devils.

The snow was too soft and stuck to my shoes when I stopped walking.

It worked a little better without the snow shoes.

 

It was a nice walk and lots of deer and fox sign.

Under my tree stand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ML3 867]

Stayed home today- called in to take day off. Woke up @3am to go to work. Had freezing rain overnight. Everything iced over. By 9am it was thawed as temperatures got above freezing. Police scanner was blowing up with accidents,  etc all morning. Luckily  high school was canceled for my daughter. She has a Grand Cherokee & i put Blizzaks on it for winter. My son works for county. He left about 7am. Side roads were still icy. He drives a Subaru Outback & he has Blizzak winter tires so he had no issues. Designated winter/snow tires make all the difference.  For over 35yrs I've run snow tires, I'll never drive in winter without them. 

 

 

[ebinmaine 63,352]

25 minutes ago, ML3 said:

Designated winter/snow tires make all the difference.  For over 35yrs I've run snow tires, I'll never drive in winter without them. 

 

Agreed. Should probably be a law in Snow States.  

 

[8ntruck 6,437]

Made a mail run north to retrieve 6 weeks worth of mail from the PO box.  

 

Was planning to walk out onto the lake and take some winter pictures of the lake house.  The neighbor said the lake had open water last week.  I didn't feel like taking a walk on the lake after hearing that bit of news.

 

Checking the property over, I discovered that the Generac wanted an oil change.  That was today's project.  Funny thing, that little voice was whispering at me last fall before we went south that I should probably do an oil change on the Generac.  Guess I should have listened.

Edited January 24 by 8ntruck

[Pullstart 59,921]

1 hour ago, ML3 said:

Blizzak winter tires

I’ve had those before.  Beast tires!

[Blasterdad 2,566]

 

2 hours ago, ML3 said:

 Had freezing rain overnight. Everything iced over. 

I got to work at 4 am to load up the salt hopper on the plow truck with the skid steer, stepped out of my truck & INSTANTLY fell flat on my back, luckily the wet ice covering the parking lot broke my fall, LOL. 

[Pullstart 59,921]

8 hours ago, Blasterdad said:

 

I got to work at 4 am to load up the salt hopper on the plow truck with the skid steer, stepped out of my truck & INSTANTLY fell flat on my back, luckily the wet ice covering the parking lot broke my fall, LOL. 

Gee you’ve only been to my house once and now you’re accident prone?  

[Blasterdad 2,566]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Gee you’ve only been to my house once and now you’re accident prone?  

 

Getting to drive the Senior was worth the side effects. 

 

Edited January 24 by Blasterdad

[ebinmaine 63,352]

Just now, Blasterdad said:

 

 "side effects."

 

 

[Blasterdad 2,566]

Could explain why welding wearing flip flops doesn't bother me. 

[Ed Kennell 35,951]

21 minutes ago, Blasterdad said:

Could explain why welding wearing flip flops doesn't bother me. 

Cause when you drop globs of molten metal inside, the flip flops are much easier to get off than the engineer boots.

[ebinmaine 63,352]

Cooler faster slag removal. 

Logic. 

[c-series don 7,875]

I don’t care what you’re wearing on your feet, if you’re using a cutting torch or welding and you have shorts on, slag is going in your shoes. Just as you can’t open a can of Never-Seize without getting it on you!

[Ed Kennell 35,951]

4 minutes ago, c-series don said:

I don’t care what you’re wearing on your feet, if you’re using a cutting torch or welding and you have shorts on, slag is going in your shoes. 

I guarantee it, and I have the scars to prove it.

[Pullstart 59,921]

Worked on this little banana today.   Well, after I drove to the owner’s work to get his keys!  

 

 I can’t figure out why the exhaust was causing issues?

 

 

I replaced the mid pipe from the cat to the muffler with a new preformed unit.  I opted to weld it instead of clamps or epoxy.

 

 

Honorable mentions were the broken windshield wiper linkage.  He asked me to just tack weld it!  The ball and socket assembly had come apart and the same exhaust epoxy was used to try to glue the socket back together.  I’m sure it worked great, until the switch was turned on.  Another project, was to re-attach the trunk latch striker.  It rusted off and he had a plate “formed” to put it back together.  After some rework of sorts, I crawled into the trunk, shut it, and welded the latch together.  I sure am glad the spare tire spot had all this ventilation to get the welder gun through!

 

All in all, I don’t know why he would put so much into such a turd, but he says he is a couple years from retirement and it gets 30 mpg so he will wait until he doesn’t work any more to buy a new vehicle.  Ok.

 

[squonk 39,042]

On 1/4/2024 at 10:57 PM, 8ntruck said:

It was in the high 30s with a pretty heavy fog yesterday evening.  The temperature dropped into the mid 20s overnight.  We woke up to some interesting frost this morning:

 

 

I did manage to get the cartridge out of the kitchen sink faucet last night.  Spent this morning shopping for one.  ACE, the blue box store, the green box store, and a local plumber wholesale outfit were unable to help.  The wholesale outfit gave me a couple of out of town suppliers to call.   Fortunately, the supplier in the next city of any size to our east had the cartridge in stock.  So, we are going to take a little trip tomorrow.  Turns out that these Kohler faucets are out of production - apparently that includes the service parts now.

 

The blue box store has some 27 ton wood splitters in front of the store.  The Craftsman machine had a Kohler 6.5hp engine for power, the off brand had a B&S engine for power.  Other than the engines, paint, and decals, the machines appeared to be identical.  Price was $600.  TSC had 20 ton splitters for $1,000 +/- in front of their store.  I wonder what is up with the price difference?  The splitters at TSC look like they could be towed on the road behind a car.  The splitters at the blue box store had hitches, but the running gear didn't look like it would be road worthy.

 

1/15 edit.  On my last trip to the blue box store, I noticed that the price on the log splitters is now $1200.  Either they had a sale, or they were mis-marked.  Guess I should have tried to pick one up at the $600 price.

Got to love plumbing parts. They change products faster than Liz Taylor changed husbands! 

I have Kohler fixtures in my tub. It was originally installed in 2002. I have replaced several cartridges over the years. They were always about $ 30-35 ea. I keep one on the shelf as I can't always find one. I needed to replace the hot side so I went to the store to get one so I would still have a spare. Big Blue had 2 of them at $32 ea so I got both figuring I would change both. Took it apart and the trim ring thingy is shot. I go back to Big Blue. No trim piece. I go to HEP sales down the road. No trim piece but they have 1 cartridge for 10 bucks cheaper than Big Blue. Returned 2 to the Big Blue and ordered the trim on Amazon and had it in 2 days.