What did you do today?

[ohiofarmer 3,468]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

Our friend that does truck fabrication has said they'll no longer fix a spring in most cases.

If the bushings are gone there's likely a crack too... but these are heavier rigs. 

 

The labor to cut burn chop press and all in reverse is more than just buying all new springs shackles hangers etc and torch cutting the whole thing off at the frame.  

 

 

If I would have had a little plasma cutter it would have been a snap. The tool that saved me most was a right angle grinder with a small cutting wheel.  Found it for short money at open bin tools at Harbor Freight 

[ebinmaine 80,148]

3 minutes ago, ohiofarmer said:

If I would have had a little plasma cutter it would have been a snap. The tool that saved me most was a right angle grinder with a small cutting wheel.  Found it for short money at open bin tools at Harbor Freight 

 

Gotta remember that. 

I'll be changing springs on my truck sometime.  

[sjoemie himself 3,170]

Walked around on stilts the better part of yesterday and this afternoon installing framework to mount ceilings to.

Bit wobbly at first but now I've got the hang of it I raised the stilts by about 10cm/4" (total height 70cm/~27") to make installation even easier.

 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by sjoemie himself
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[wallfish 20,441]

7 hours ago, sjoemie himself said:

Walked around on stilts the better part of yesterday and this afternoon installing framework to mount ceilings to

Some guys who did drywall when I was younger used those stilts everyday and then incorporated them into their Halloween costumes once a year. Pretty cool costumes when you can be 8 ft tall

Edited 15 hours ago by wallfish

[JCM 11,345]

On 8/26/2026 at 7:36 PM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Added safer beer holders to the back yard fire circle of knowledge... safety first! 

 

 

Just picked up a case of those on Friday. I put those in the freezer for 30 minutes. Problem is they go down a lot quicker. Not sure if that's good or bad. They taste better in the bottle but a pain to put in a carriage at the Packy. They are heavier to carry.

[ohiofarmer 3,468]

Can you cut off a door splinter free and smooth on the bottom with a beastly worm drive saw? Yes and here is how to do Actually a worm drive has jess blade runout than a sidewinder so I prefer it 

    I had a tight door that was rubbing the floor and with the addition of vinyl plank over the top I simply used two 7 mm thicknesses to set the elevation change plus a 7.mm gap. It was marked on masking tape by scribing along the floor. Do both sides if it is a veneer door but not needed on a solid door.

      The trick is to clamp a straight edge about a strong sixteenth of an inch above the scribed line and cut into the door with a sharp new utility knife blade. The wood will chip out but only to the cut you made with the knife. Do both sides for veneer doors.

    As I clamp a straight edge to the door I go back a bit low enough to leave the scribe line on and the wood will chip to a very slight ragged edge.

    The blade left a decent surface that a belt sander would take off but I used a flap disc and got by I used a cutting disc to bevel the edge , but again a sanding block for the less experienced might work with less risk. I finished it up with 220 sandpaper.

   An application of Tung oil to seal the bottom and repeat a few times is gonna seal that door nicely.

 

 

 

[CRF857 517]

Been doing that for years. Younger brother taught me that trick after he got started into carpentry.

He also would cover the area under the saw bed with masking tape, or paper to prevent any possible scratches. Most people don’t think about treating the bottom of the door.