so waht ya doin today?
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RBHarter
West Central AR
In the continuing story of " how lucky can I get , enjoy it buddy , all hades is about to get unleashed " , I caught a straight swap for a Savage bolt head and barrel today ...... $280 ARP 6.8 SPCII Savage barrel , $90 for the bolt head , some more for the ARP muzzle device , and the seller made the trade for the barrel and bolt head out of the Axis 223/556 ........ probably going to cost me $50-75 for a pair 5/8 NF thread protectors . All day dreaming about a 25 cal just left the building but the 6.8 is so well balanced for cast .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Worked through whatever bug it is we've got. SWMBO had it a few days earlier. Works the sinuses and adds a mess of muscle aches. Anyway, I walked the fenceline and still am not sure where those bovines were escaping from. I did manage to bring home several ticks! I'm putting a couple of long sleeved, lightweight, light colored shirts on my shopping list. I HATE ticks. Their population has balooned in recent years up here. I have a lot of fenceline work to do, so at this point my plan is to use my big weed burner and crisp everything down where I have to work plus wear enough bug spray to gag a horse. I hate ticks!
I had to cut out 20 kickers (local term ??? for an additional piece off the tail of a rafter/truss). Everyone of them needed a birds mouth, so my years in the truss plant kicked in and Dads 1960's radial arm saw got a work out. I know a lot of people view a RA saw as some sort of pre-historic arm-lopping-off-device, yet many of the same people who'd never be caught using an RA adore and brag on their sliding compound miter saws...which are RA's with an additional limb-cutting-off feature. Anyhoo, I started cutting and the saw was having an awful time. I had a 10" carbide blade on it that I'm pretty sure came off a 10" miter saw. It wasn't built for anything but crosscuts. After tripping the motor breaker for the 5th time I'd had enough. I looked through my collection of blades and found a bunch of worn out carbides, some plywood fine tooth jobs and what I think is the original blade the ol' Craftsman came with circa 1964 or 5. I recall having a friend at the truss plant with a Belsaw Sharpall go over the old girl about 1983 and it hadn't been used since. After remembering the arbor was left hand thread (that took 10 minutes!) and doing some adjusting, the old planer type blade turned that saw into the machine I remembered! Carbide is great for chopping through nails and particle board, plastics and plastic glues and knotty wood where finish and ease isn't the goal. A good old fashion plain steel blade thats SHARP is the ticket for rips in semi green wood! I'd forgotten how easy that saw was to use. Got that all done and installed the kickers. That pretty much took me through to sunset.
Went out to feed the kids at 10PM and the gray, cold skies had cleared off nicely. Might be a good day today.
I had to cut out 20 kickers (local term ??? for an additional piece off the tail of a rafter/truss). Everyone of them needed a birds mouth, so my years in the truss plant kicked in and Dads 1960's radial arm saw got a work out. I know a lot of people view a RA saw as some sort of pre-historic arm-lopping-off-device, yet many of the same people who'd never be caught using an RA adore and brag on their sliding compound miter saws...which are RA's with an additional limb-cutting-off feature. Anyhoo, I started cutting and the saw was having an awful time. I had a 10" carbide blade on it that I'm pretty sure came off a 10" miter saw. It wasn't built for anything but crosscuts. After tripping the motor breaker for the 5th time I'd had enough. I looked through my collection of blades and found a bunch of worn out carbides, some plywood fine tooth jobs and what I think is the original blade the ol' Craftsman came with circa 1964 or 5. I recall having a friend at the truss plant with a Belsaw Sharpall go over the old girl about 1983 and it hadn't been used since. After remembering the arbor was left hand thread (that took 10 minutes!) and doing some adjusting, the old planer type blade turned that saw into the machine I remembered! Carbide is great for chopping through nails and particle board, plastics and plastic glues and knotty wood where finish and ease isn't the goal. A good old fashion plain steel blade thats SHARP is the ticket for rips in semi green wood! I'd forgotten how easy that saw was to use. Got that all done and installed the kickers. That pretty much took me through to sunset.
Went out to feed the kids at 10PM and the gray, cold skies had cleared off nicely. Might be a good day today.
fiver
Well-Known Member
I still got snow out in the back yard, probably be another week before it's gone, unless it snows some more, which is quite likely since we ain't made it past July 4th yet.
got up a little too early yesterday.
packed buckets of water around the yard, sprayed the coming out of dormancy weeds around the yard, then built the long sides for one of the 2 new garden boxes I'm putting in.
somehow all of my 2x2's are missing and the Lowe's hasn't had any without a corkscrew appearance to them since Christmas.
hoping they buck that trend today since I need 6 of them and 8- 1x3's for the top edge.
thankfully the neighbor lady tore about half her deck apart last spring and tossed it out front for the yearly cleanup.
I went through and salvaged a bunch of stuff figuring the screws alone would be worth the trouble and the rest would make good firewood.
so far I've got a half pound of good star head screws, all the 4x4's, and all the short 2x4 pieces I've needed for at least one box.
I'm gonna have to dig through the wood pile for the other box's materials, but I know I got them, and at pre-post pandemic prices.
got up a little too early yesterday.
packed buckets of water around the yard, sprayed the coming out of dormancy weeds around the yard, then built the long sides for one of the 2 new garden boxes I'm putting in.
somehow all of my 2x2's are missing and the Lowe's hasn't had any without a corkscrew appearance to them since Christmas.
hoping they buck that trend today since I need 6 of them and 8- 1x3's for the top edge.
thankfully the neighbor lady tore about half her deck apart last spring and tossed it out front for the yearly cleanup.
I went through and salvaged a bunch of stuff figuring the screws alone would be worth the trouble and the rest would make good firewood.
so far I've got a half pound of good star head screws, all the 4x4's, and all the short 2x4 pieces I've needed for at least one box.
I'm gonna have to dig through the wood pile for the other box's materials, but I know I got them, and at pre-post pandemic prices.
JonB
Halcyon member
well, that is exactly what I took about 2 hours after I posted.
I moved/restacked almost 1 cord of seasoned firewood in the afternoon, after I "fixed" the shelter.
Those two things got rid of the feverish muscle aches...now I got the strained muscle aches, LOL.
After some coffee and a walk, I'll be ready to move/restack some more wood. I like to have 3 cords in the shelter nearest the house for next season.
I should work on the fence/trellis for the Raspberries after I've moved enough firewood to feel good.
Joshua
Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
Yesterday I melted down 90 pounds of X-ray shielding and twenty pounds of roof jacks. This will be my 100% pure base for some “Josh Certified” alloy. Yes, I know that it is already contaminated with a little tin from the roof jack solder joints. But, I can use it as a repeatable base with some Superhard, and a big batch of pewter that I already have in ingots. All my other lead is “Mystery Lead” that I scratch test with pencils and use accordingly. But, for higher velocity rifle work I want more control over the alloy.
Why I keep buying Lyman molds is beyond me. My most recent one is a 314299 that casts at .314” on the parting line, and .310” at 90° to the parting line. Yet the nose is only off by .001”. So I Beagled a mold for the first time last night. I tried three pieces of tape on the sides and on the bottom, that fixed the body but made the nose to big and I was getting flashing. So I tried two small 1/8” squares of tape right at the top of the mold, this fixed the driving bands and also took out most of the .001” nose variance. Now I will PC these bullets to get a few more thousandths that I need for my Arisaka.
Why I keep buying Lyman molds is beyond me. My most recent one is a 314299 that casts at .314” on the parting line, and .310” at 90° to the parting line. Yet the nose is only off by .001”. So I Beagled a mold for the first time last night. I tried three pieces of tape on the sides and on the bottom, that fixed the body but made the nose to big and I was getting flashing. So I tried two small 1/8” squares of tape right at the top of the mold, this fixed the driving bands and also took out most of the .001” nose variance. Now I will PC these bullets to get a few more thousandths that I need for my Arisaka.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Sitting here feeling foolish and in some degree of pain while I spend the day catching up with paperwork and emails. Worked late Friday night on an urgent project. Didn't get home and in the bath/shower until after midnight. Can't get a wheelchair or my five legged office chair I use when I turn into a monoped into the bathroom so I have to get from the door to the bathtub with a walker. I was pretty tired, my hand slipped off the walker as I was going from the bathtub to the door, the walker flipped forward and I came down directly on my stump. Ouch and other words when I was finally able to breathe. Not much padding at the end of the stump and not much area to absorb the shock. Of course the wife comes downstairs to help me and express her opinion of my late night work hours. (Hey, I've always enjoyed working second shift hours.)
Luckily nothing was broken but I did end up with a bruised bone end and some bruised flesh. Took yesterday off and didn't wear my prosthesis. Put it on today and can walk around but it's pretty sore. It has been a humbling experience and a good check on my tendency to focus too much on my projects and overwork my aging body...
So I'm sitting here feeling foolish and in some degree of pain.
Luckily nothing was broken but I did end up with a bruised bone end and some bruised flesh. Took yesterday off and didn't wear my prosthesis. Put it on today and can walk around but it's pretty sore. It has been a humbling experience and a good check on my tendency to focus too much on my projects and overwork my aging body...
So I'm sitting here feeling foolish and in some degree of pain.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Sorry you had to endure that Keith.
Took me months to recover from the move here from the left coast.
My body keeps reminding me that I'm not 40 anymore. I remember when I was in my early 50s; tore most of the cartilage that holds top of femur to the hip. Went and saw the Doc about 2 months later. He says why'd you wait so long to come see me? I said, I thought it would heal on its own. He laughed and said, "you're not 30 anymore".
Took me months to recover from the move here from the left coast.
My body keeps reminding me that I'm not 40 anymore. I remember when I was in my early 50s; tore most of the cartilage that holds top of femur to the hip. Went and saw the Doc about 2 months later. He says why'd you wait so long to come see me? I said, I thought it would heal on its own. He laughed and said, "you're not 30 anymore".
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
I'm going to acquire a new house that is handicapped friendly just like I built a machine shop that is handicapped friendly. Been looking for lots almost every day for the last six months. When my wife had foot surgery and couldn't get down to the basement to do the laundry or upstairs to her bedroom and bathroom for several months we both got real serious about changing residences.
There are people in a lot worse shape than me, the pain will fade faster than the stoopid feeling.
There are people in a lot worse shape than me, the pain will fade faster than the stoopid feeling.
Joshua
Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
That stoopid feeling seems to linger.
Five years ago we bought a two story with a basement. My wife has been disabled for about eighteen years. But when we bought the house she didn’t have a problem with stairs. Well now she does. I have now ended up doing all the laundry because she can’t get down there. My parents gently warned us that stairs might be a problem. I thought that we might need to worry about that in twenty years, not five.
Yep, that stoopid feeling lingers. I should have listened to my parents and bought a single level house, that either had an enterance ramp or had terrain that would make it easier to build one later on.
Five years ago we bought a two story with a basement. My wife has been disabled for about eighteen years. But when we bought the house she didn’t have a problem with stairs. Well now she does. I have now ended up doing all the laundry because she can’t get down there. My parents gently warned us that stairs might be a problem. I thought that we might need to worry about that in twenty years, not five.
Yep, that stoopid feeling lingers. I should have listened to my parents and bought a single level house, that either had an enterance ramp or had terrain that would make it easier to build one later on.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Best wishes for a fast recovery Keith! Life isn't easy being a pirate...arrrrrrgh!
That dang headache/sinus/right eye ready to pop out of my skull thing is hanging in there. Yeesh! Found out the cows were getting out right by the front gate. My finely tuned investigative skills made that determination when I found found a few stray hairs in a knot in the fence...and a mess of gigundous cow footy-prints in the sod right below it! Fixed that, cleaned up a bunch of debris around the machine shed project, did some dozing/scraping with the JD420 and managed to hook a root UNDER the track chain and into the bull wheel. So now I get to put a track back on the machine I just put the track back on!
Oh well, t-bones on the barby tonite. Life ain't all bad.
That dang headache/sinus/right eye ready to pop out of my skull thing is hanging in there. Yeesh! Found out the cows were getting out right by the front gate. My finely tuned investigative skills made that determination when I found found a few stray hairs in a knot in the fence...and a mess of gigundous cow footy-prints in the sod right below it! Fixed that, cleaned up a bunch of debris around the machine shed project, did some dozing/scraping with the JD420 and managed to hook a root UNDER the track chain and into the bull wheel. So now I get to put a track back on the machine I just put the track back on!
Oh well, t-bones on the barby tonite. Life ain't all bad.
waco
Springfield, Oregon
First world problems......
You have my Addy uncle B....
I've been taking advantage of the time spent at home due to covid restrictions by getting rid of a bunch of Stuff. Not all bad, clearing the shelves means finding stuff I forgot I had (today it was 1k Large Pistol primers and 6# of rifle powder). But today I'm re-claiming the workbench that I've been stacking Stuff on.
Mitty38
Well-Known Member
Was just reminded why I have not owned an all wheel or 4wd. For years.
I believe the Transfer case just ate itself in. My Escape.
At least if I'm remember right. That is what a hum followed by the sound of Ice in a blender coming from the floor board. Then loss of power to most wheels means.
If my memory serves me right I am getting ready to spend $2000 on a vehicle I just paid $3500 for. This is not something I want to do in my driveway with junk yard parts.
Luck to be close to home limped it in. Backed it up till I heard a pop let it cool down, then drove the last quarter mile at 25 mph with no symptoms.
Not even looking at it now. But pretty sure what I have. Been there before.
I believe the Transfer case just ate itself in. My Escape.
At least if I'm remember right. That is what a hum followed by the sound of Ice in a blender coming from the floor board. Then loss of power to most wheels means.
If my memory serves me right I am getting ready to spend $2000 on a vehicle I just paid $3500 for. This is not something I want to do in my driveway with junk yard parts.
Luck to be close to home limped it in. Backed it up till I heard a pop let it cool down, then drove the last quarter mile at 25 mph with no symptoms.
Not even looking at it now. But pretty sure what I have. Been there before.
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Rough estimate is 1700# in ingots and 1000# needing to be melted and cleaned up.
Maybe 60,000 200 swc in ingots? I may not need more lead for the rest of my life.
