so waht ya doin today?
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Been so busy the last two days I forgot to take any pictures. Yesterday we moved the welding table out of Scott's garage and on the way to our old shop we decided it was too much trouble to move twice so we just took it right to our new shop. We then went to the old shop and loaded our two welders, an arbor press and a hydraulic foot powered forklift onto the trailer and took it all to the new shop. The forklift has proven to be very handy already.
This morning we leveled up the two CNC machines, they're ready to be wired. We went over to a storage unit I've been renting and picked up my hydraulic porta-power kit, a 6 foot long slide rule and some other miscellany. After lunch we used the hand pump and duck bill spreader to lift the manual mill so we could move it a few inches to the right spot. Found out that we needed a different size drill bit for the floor anchors for the mill so we moved over to the manual lathe. It's in the right spot and it even has eight leveling screws but I don't want the screws to bear directly on the concrete so I ordered some steel flat stock from our metal vendor which I picked up at end of day. I'll cut some pieces to use for pads tomorrow.
To wrap the day up we anchored the rotophase and stand to the floor. Didn't quite get it finished but that won't take very long tomorrow. It's sitting on the anti-vibration pads I made a while back. So far so good.
Tomorrow we will try to get the two manual machines leveled up and clamped down. Those two machines use 3 phase so with the rotophase in place they can be hooked up. After that we need to move the air compressor that is still in the old shop over to the new shop and anchor both a/cs down so the plumbers and electricians can finish up. Until then we can use Scott's portable unit.
The Morton building rep stopped by at my request, there are a couple of interior walls in the shop that we decided to have covered by the same white steel sheeting that is on the rest of the building. Won't take a lot of material and it will never need to be repainted, it will look like all the other walls, etc.
Hope they get the water turned on and the toilets hooked up soon...
This morning we leveled up the two CNC machines, they're ready to be wired. We went over to a storage unit I've been renting and picked up my hydraulic porta-power kit, a 6 foot long slide rule and some other miscellany. After lunch we used the hand pump and duck bill spreader to lift the manual mill so we could move it a few inches to the right spot. Found out that we needed a different size drill bit for the floor anchors for the mill so we moved over to the manual lathe. It's in the right spot and it even has eight leveling screws but I don't want the screws to bear directly on the concrete so I ordered some steel flat stock from our metal vendor which I picked up at end of day. I'll cut some pieces to use for pads tomorrow.
To wrap the day up we anchored the rotophase and stand to the floor. Didn't quite get it finished but that won't take very long tomorrow. It's sitting on the anti-vibration pads I made a while back. So far so good.
Tomorrow we will try to get the two manual machines leveled up and clamped down. Those two machines use 3 phase so with the rotophase in place they can be hooked up. After that we need to move the air compressor that is still in the old shop over to the new shop and anchor both a/cs down so the plumbers and electricians can finish up. Until then we can use Scott's portable unit.
The Morton building rep stopped by at my request, there are a couple of interior walls in the shop that we decided to have covered by the same white steel sheeting that is on the rest of the building. Won't take a lot of material and it will never need to be repainted, it will look like all the other walls, etc.
Hope they get the water turned on and the toilets hooked up soon...
so Keith, just how long can ya . . . . . . Hold it?
Yep, no doubt running water would be a big plus.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Geez Rick, surely he has a bucket somewhere by now!
Bret,
I'm guessing you drove him to town where he could score some more weed, after cashing in those tickets. Surely he had some TP, pop can, bic pen and foil, page out of a Sears catalog, one hitter, pen cap, valve stem, etc. at home. Geez, on any pay day weekend at Ft. Hood we would confiscate stuff like that!
Bret,
I'm guessing you drove him to town where he could score some more weed, after cashing in those tickets. Surely he had some TP, pop can, bic pen and foil, page out of a Sears catalog, one hitter, pen cap, valve stem, etc. at home. Geez, on any pay day weekend at Ft. Hood we would confiscate stuff like that!
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freebullet
Guest
We got a diverse bunch here. Careful now lol
It was chilly yesterday,according to most people? Day started near 20 then climbed to 40. I've gotten used to it,figuring it's sorta sposed to be this way..... well,leastwise it seems to get cold every January and all?
Gonna be in the 50's today. Ride around on the hotrod tractor and hook up some dead oak logs to drag back to the house. Run the big Stihl and split some wood interspersed with bullseye practice. Overall,an easy day working on training.
Got another job offer,going over to the guys place tomorrow. He owes me money from a few years ago and he needs to clear that bill before starting more,haha. It wasn't anything big,milled(shaper work)a pickup truck load of some nice arse cherry. $$ enough for gun stuff though so,"pay up sucka". He's a gun crank with a bunch of hunting Labs so Coco can go play over there too. I'm just doing it for gun money,and getting my mind right.
Gonna be in the 50's today. Ride around on the hotrod tractor and hook up some dead oak logs to drag back to the house. Run the big Stihl and split some wood interspersed with bullseye practice. Overall,an easy day working on training.
Got another job offer,going over to the guys place tomorrow. He owes me money from a few years ago and he needs to clear that bill before starting more,haha. It wasn't anything big,milled(shaper work)a pickup truck load of some nice arse cherry. $$ enough for gun stuff though so,"pay up sucka". He's a gun crank with a bunch of hunting Labs so Coco can go play over there too. I'm just doing it for gun money,and getting my mind right.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Keith, I was wondering how the move was going. Glad to hear it's getting there. Are you putting the compressor inside or outside? I've worked in several shops with the compressor inside and hated it compared to those where it's outside or in a sound proofed room. Mine (80 gal, 2 cyl commercial job) sits in an overhang against the back wall of the building. If you can get the noise away from the interior of the bldg it makes life nicer. My neighbor across the road has a small diaphragm type compressor with a 30 gal tank. That thing makes my fillings rattle from 75 yards away!
Finally warming a bit. 20 something this AM. Last night I got Gord to haul the 5 gallons of ice cold gear oil into the house (bunged my back up again) so when I take it out it might actually flow in the pump. I got the old reddy heater out and warmed the rear/trans of the crawler for 45 minutes before attempting to drain the gear lube. Good thing too as there was quite a bit of water in there and the oil was definitely contaminated. The curse of not having a shelter for all your larger equipment! I've been working on the old machine shed across the road for a couple years, really need to get back on it this spring, then I wouldn't have so many problems like this. Also found a split tire on my round bale mover tractor, that Massey I've worked on so much. I have a spare tire procured for just such a problem, but changing larger tires in the winter simply sucks!!! This job isn't going to be fun at all. I'm going to see if I can find a warm building someplace to work in where the tire can get up past "frozen solid" when I go to prying on it.
Finally warming a bit. 20 something this AM. Last night I got Gord to haul the 5 gallons of ice cold gear oil into the house (bunged my back up again) so when I take it out it might actually flow in the pump. I got the old reddy heater out and warmed the rear/trans of the crawler for 45 minutes before attempting to drain the gear lube. Good thing too as there was quite a bit of water in there and the oil was definitely contaminated. The curse of not having a shelter for all your larger equipment! I've been working on the old machine shed across the road for a couple years, really need to get back on it this spring, then I wouldn't have so many problems like this. Also found a split tire on my round bale mover tractor, that Massey I've worked on so much. I have a spare tire procured for just such a problem, but changing larger tires in the winter simply sucks!!! This job isn't going to be fun at all. I'm going to see if I can find a warm building someplace to work in where the tire can get up past "frozen solid" when I go to prying on it.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Sitting here yesterday morning and the portable abattoir truck drove down our little road. That could only mean one thing, the neighbor was going to have some Yaks or Highlands slaughtered. Soon I heard a couple of rifle shots and saw two guys in the Yak pasture. Then came the skid steer. I moseyed over there with my Polaris Ranger to see if I could score some suet for feeding my growing bird flock.
These critters get no grain, both the Yaks and the Highlands browse in the adjacent woods and get supplemental round bales of dubious quality, so the amount of fat was disappointing. Our local deer herd eats more corn and soybeans than these "domestic" animals do. But....nobody wanted the tongues! The State meat inspector was there because the neighbors sell Yak meat, and she said the tongues were all inspected and could be sold. My neighbor said he was going to feed them to the coyotes in the gut piles if I didn't want them, so I got the Yak tongues. They also slaughtered two Highlands later in the day with no more fat on them, but they are saving the tongues of those for me too.
The slaughter guys and my neighbor were talking about how none of the animals reacted to the rifle fire, and my neighbor said that they are so used to me shooting they don't even look up. They are in a pasture adjacent to one of my 200 yards ranges and my in the yard 80 yard berm.
So smoked tongue and Tacos de Lengua are on the upcoming menu at Thorn Hollow.
Time to whip up some salsa verde!
These critters get no grain, both the Yaks and the Highlands browse in the adjacent woods and get supplemental round bales of dubious quality, so the amount of fat was disappointing. Our local deer herd eats more corn and soybeans than these "domestic" animals do. But....nobody wanted the tongues! The State meat inspector was there because the neighbors sell Yak meat, and she said the tongues were all inspected and could be sold. My neighbor said he was going to feed them to the coyotes in the gut piles if I didn't want them, so I got the Yak tongues. They also slaughtered two Highlands later in the day with no more fat on them, but they are saving the tongues of those for me too.
The slaughter guys and my neighbor were talking about how none of the animals reacted to the rifle fire, and my neighbor said that they are so used to me shooting they don't even look up. They are in a pasture adjacent to one of my 200 yards ranges and my in the yard 80 yard berm.
So smoked tongue and Tacos de Lengua are on the upcoming menu at Thorn Hollow.
Time to whip up some salsa verde!
fiver
Well-Known Member
mine still hasn't mastered heating them up in the microwave.
guess I'm gonna watch another 12 hrs of whatever it is they are doing on the senate floor today.
I don't know why they can't just sum their crap up in like an hour instead of going over it again and again and again.
guess I'm gonna watch another 12 hrs of whatever it is they are doing on the senate floor today.
I don't know why they can't just sum their crap up in like an hour instead of going over it again and again and again.
fiver
Well-Known Member
you'd have to see it to believe some of what she is capable of.
do you like your steak medium rare, or well done?
well tough,, your getting both, not two steaks, just one steak cooked both ways.
don't bother trying to trade your way into one or the other from someone else either, theirs is cooked somewhere in between that or the opposites direction as yours and you can't tell until you cut into that next bite.
do you like your steak medium rare, or well done?
well tough,, your getting both, not two steaks, just one steak cooked both ways.
don't bother trying to trade your way into one or the other from someone else either, theirs is cooked somewhere in between that or the opposites direction as yours and you can't tell until you cut into that next bite.
tamales off the cart at ball games - great stuff BUT when you find out how they make them, meh. There is a reason for the corn shuck. Used to park cars at the KC park as a kid. Range day yesterday. Guy with a GS kid down the line trying to teach shooting (22LR). Shoulda kept mouth CLOSED. Kid on a tall seat hunched over the scoped rifle - dad over-instructing how to hold it. Made a few suggestions - he spent 10min telling me his dad was a competitive shooter and he wasn't going to teach his kid that method. Hey - get the kid used to the rifle on the kitchen table, take him to the range to shoot! He'll figure it out. Took one GK to shoot the 22, loaded it - point down range (yes instructins on safe use before live ammo) about 5 min he wanted me to remove the scope so he could try iron sights. I learned to shoot long bow in scout camp. This is how you string it, nock the arrow, draw and release. Now your turn. Sure I dropped several arrows off the thumb but I learned! And scuffed the inside forearm too.
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JonB
Halcyon member
Tamales out of the can (microwaved) are plenty tasty to me. My Mexican neighbor's taco truck will sell them one by one, or by the Dozen...but no sauce. I asked for sauce once and they looked at my like why is this crazy gringo asking for sauce? I proceeded to try and explain what I wanted would be similar to what comes with canned tamales ...like some of their mild salsa, but heated up instead of cold. They then offered salsa, but not heated...next time, I think I'll ask for enchilada sauce on the side.
