Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

72F and no rain last 24 hours

Back to building gates for the pool fence.

Be safe
Have a great day

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[sodamo]

74 and foggy, going to 90 and humid, then more 90s this week. Summer is arriving now that it is almost September. Drew, sounds like peace is near. That critter on your porch may be a skink. Is it partly blue? David, nice looking treadclimber. I bet the view out that door is nice to look at while working out. Dave, we have some color in our red maples, too, early due to how dry it's been.

Thanks. Exactly why it is placed there

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[sodamo]

Hey Drew. Have to be honest here, the weight loss was more a secondary benefit. I had finally reached the point where the health stuff was of prime importance. Of course I probably should have made that connection BEFORE two knee replacements!!!! Oh well. I do have to admit that when I had my initial cardio consult last week the look on the Doc face was priceless when I answered the weight loss/gan this past year question. Between my bike and treadclimber I'm expecting good results from my stress test in 3 weeks. Not quite a sunny morning, but this view from my bike does help



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[sodamo]

Dave1949, what beach do you go to? We had a great view the length of Long Sands in York Beach when I lived there. Still mind boggling that 20k house sold a few years ago for 1.3 million. Naturally, someone else benefitted LOL

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[rswyan]

Good morning ...

76F and mostly cloudy here it looks like ...

Rained last night a good bit ... right about the time I wanted to come back down to the house to grab a bite to eat of course.

Been having some issues with the display on my laptop ... the backlight is a little flakey ... doesn't always light up. I think it may be a bad inverter board ... which I need to order and replace.

 

[rswyan]

Got on a bit of a tear over the last couple of days ...

Did a 24 hour straight stint from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon before I just couldn't go anymore and went comatose ...

I had kept putting off addressing/handling this little horror show:

... because of how late in the day I've been getting up (lack of daylight) ...

Finally just pulled the van - which has an inverter with a 770 Amp Hour auxiliary battery bank in it - up to the shed to power some lights and went for it ...

It was dark outside by the time I had the new panel mounted and the interior lights wired back up ... but it was pretty easy really and went fairly well. I still have some loose ends to tie up ... including installing a ground rod ... but the good news is that the compressor and the welder will have heir own dedicated circuit breakers and outlets and not have to "share":

I think it may be time to consider relocating the entrance location of the water supply though ...

 

[rswyan]

Got the old dump cart frame moved inside and started to cut it up with the plasma cutter ... so I could reuse the steel for the grapple, the saw horses, and a couple of other things ... even picked up a pair of proper torch/brazing goggles with a #5 shade to keep from frying my eyes ...

... and then the wife called ...

After that I got one trigger pull on the plaz before it fried itself ...

Apparently, there are a couple of resistors on the circuit board which control the pilot arc which are prone burning out ...

Should hopefully be about a $10 fix ... but it will require desoldering the old resistors off the PCB and soldering new ones on ... something I've never done before ...

I'll have to see if I can source the appropriate resistors tomorrow, as I really need the cutter operational ... besides cutting up the dump cart frame, I have several good-sized pieces of 1/4" plate to cut ... and I sure don't want to do all that with the Sawzall ...

I did cut 3 pieces of 1 1/2" x .25" square tube off the dump cart frame last night ... and it was pretty slow going ...

Really don't want to use a grinder and a zip disc ... because of how much dust it will create and the all the stuff that's still lying around which has not been put away.

 

[rswyan]

Got a little done on getting the tool stands for the vise and the tubing/roller bender put together.

Tacked the top plate on the vise stand:

 

[dave1949]

Dave1949, what beach do you go to? We had a great view the length of Long Sands in York Beach when I lived there. Still mind boggling that 20k house sold a few years ago for 1.3 million. Naturally, someone else benefitted LOL

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Probably Wells or Ogunquit, we used to live in Wells. Stroll the beach, take in the ocean air and the sound of the waves, have some seafood. Try to stay awake on the way home.

Ya, beach real estate can be crazy. Lake front homes are pricey too. Too rich for my blood.

We owned a camp on Cold Steam Pond up by Enfield (north of Bangor about 35 miles) for a couple years. Decided that wasn't where we wanted to retire and unless that was our primary home, the expense as a second home was a lot to carry. Sold it for $40K more than we paid and probably couldn't afford to buy it now, the prices just keep climbing it seems.

 

[dave1949]

rswyan:
Should hopefully be about a $10 fix ... but it will require desoldering the old resistors off the PCB and soldering new ones on ... something I've never done before ...

It will pay to get a low wattage iron. Very fine braided copper wire dipped in flux will soak up melted solder making it easy to remove the resistor wires and leave a clean hole in the PCB. Hold the fluxed copper braided wire down on the solder joint and apply the iron on top of the braid. Move the braided wire to a clean section as needed. Be gentle and don't overheat.

If you don't have fine braided copper:
Desoldering Braid & Wick | Quick Braid, Sea Braid, One-Step | Easy Braid Co.