Good morning!!!!

Thomas · Mar 13, 2023

Wishing you many many more trips around the sun.

Thomas · Mar 13, 2023

38F cloudy storm arriving around 9pm shutting off Wednesday AM,calling for 10-14 inches of wet heavy snow

sure hope the ground freezes.

Work day was busy,after work 2 stops for critter food attach plow to pickup.
Plans for the evening...grill some chops and feet up early pillow time tonight.

Enjoy your evening all.

Buppies · Mar 13, 2023

That’s funny sodamo

Mark P. · Mar 13, 2023

Good Afternoon - currently 56°

Bird - glad your'e feeling better

Drew - Happy Birthday

Hope eveyone had a nice weekend..

Mark

m7040 · Mar 13, 2023

The Orthopedic Doctor examined the X-rays of the shoulder and good news is that no joint damage is found. As suspected soft tissue pain around the joint not going away.
Got cortisone injection to reduce inflammation and referral to PT. Back again in a few weeks to check progress and possibly going to get RMI if needed. Also set up a separate appointment for the knee and foot issues

Looking4new · Mar 13, 2023

Happy Birthday Drew!

rswyan · Mar 13, 2023

Happy Birthday Drew !

31F with a light, gentle snow shower @ 17:00, heading down to around 25F for the overnight low.

Enjoying a cup of yesterday's send pot of coffee.

Got hopper feeder refilled yesterday. Probably will refill the deer again today since it's supposed to get pretty cold overnight.

Reconfigured the scaffolding for The Woman, raising the platform higher and unlocked the wheels and moved it over so She can get to another section of wall.

Grabbed a couple of mop handles while I down in the basement for washing the ceiling. Don't think either one of them fit the new Fuller mop head She found in the closet. Where the handle is for that is a real mystery.

Ground up more TSP substitute for wall washing in the mortar and pestle.

Got some of that dimensional lumber cut yesterday along with more sanding done.

Still need to cut up another couple of pieces of 2 x 4, the remaining one out in the garage is too twisted. Need to look downstairs and see if I have another one down there as I ain't going over to barn to get one.

Redeemed a free pizza from Domino's for dinner last night, Woman thought the wings I had the other day sounded good so She ordered those. Found out they were a little hotter than what She was expecting so She had some pizza.

Hand-sanded the corner radii with the new sanding mouse, worked out great, using the original 120 grit disc I put on the Makita initially. Really impressed with the 3M abrasives, they seem to just last and last.

Also glued up some splits in 4 x 4's and worked on reclaiming some "Plastic Wood" wood putty that was kind of dried out. Spread some of that out as a test to see if it was still good.

Got 2 x 6 x 12 put up on lumber rack and off the floor (finally !)

Did some vacuuming of the floor out in the garage.

Ran out of fuel in the torpedo heater so I knocked off early (>02:00)

Woman just ran down to the corner and got me 4 or 5 gallons of diesel and grabbed the mail and dropped off the garbage up at the road on the way back in.

Another Menards rebate came in the mail ...

She's headed over to the neighbor's now for a little visit.

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Bring in can of diesel which is sitting out in the driveway and refuel the torpedo heater.

Refill deer feeder and a couple of suet feeders.

Get that shave I've been talking about.

More sanding and gluing on boards.

Place Amazon order for some wooden dowels and edge banding.

Maybe get that haircut.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday ...

LouNY · Mar 13, 2023

Thomas said:
38F cloudy storm arriving around 9pm shutting off Wednesday AM,calling for 10-14 inches of wet heavy snow sure hope the ground freezes.

Work day was busy,after work 2 stops for critter food attach plow to pickup.
Plans for the evening...grill some chops and feet up early pillow time tonight.

Enjoy your evening all.

About the same forecast for here 8-12" or 12-18". I'm hopeing for 4-6" myself.

rswyan · Mar 13, 2023

riptides said:
35 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's.

Yesterday's weather was interesting, little bit of everything. I especially enjoyed the snow squalls with the ridiculously large flakes. Nothing stuck but it sure was pretty when it was coming down.

More Milk House work today. Two more lights need to be hung. I also need to go find a table saw so I can start ripping wood for the inside trim. Don't need anything spectacular, just simple and stout.

Mike,

Have been doing some research on table saws myself, mainly due to the non-standard miter slot and the goofy throat plate on the cheap Craftsman table saw I have ... although for the $100 I think I paid for it, I have been pretty happy with how it cuts ... after having put a decent Freud combo blade on it ...

Dewalt seems to real popular with contractors for portable 10" "job site" table saws. Think those are around $550 to $700 depending on the model and where you look.

Skil has a couple of table saws that have gotten good reviews.

They make a 8 1/4" worm-gear drive (SPT99T-01, $375 on Amazon, reviewed in the 2nd video) and a non worm-gear drive 10" portable (TS6307-00, $329 on Amazon, reviewed in the next video below) both of which seem to have pretty good reviews:

But the one I've been lusting for is the larger 10" worm-gear drive with an increased rip capacity and the big wheels (SPT99-11):

I see that they are now offering that one for $569 on a "limited time deal" on Amazon ... which I think is around $80 less than the last time I checked a few weeks ago.

Believe there is a SPT99-12 ... which might be a newer model. Not sure what the differences are.

(Edit: The difference is the SPT99-12 apparently comes with a 30-tooth Diablo ripping blade whereas the SPT99-11 includes a 24-tooth SKILSAW carbide-tipped ripping blade)

SKILSAW SPT99-11/SPT99-12 Worm Drive Table Saw Review

Table saws are some of the most important tools found in virtually every workshop, but the sheer number of them can make figuring out which is the best a

woodsmithspirit.com

Anyways, good luck in your researches ...

riptides · Mar 13, 2023

rswyan said:
Mike,

Have been doing some research on table saws myself, mainly due to the non-standard miter slot and the goofy throat plate on the cheap Craftsman table saw I have ... although for the $100 I think I paid for it, I have been pretty happy with how it cuts ... after having put a decent Freud combo blade on it ...

Dewalt seems to real popular with contractors for portable 10" "job site" table saws. Think those are around $550 to $700 depending on the model and where you look.

Skil has a couple of table saws that have gotten good reviews.

They make a 8 1/4" worm-gear drive (SPT99T-01, $375 on Amazon, reviewed in the 2nd video) and a non worm-gear drive 10" portable (TS6307-00, $329 on Amazon, reviewed in the next video below) both of which seem to have pretty good reviews:

But the one I've been lusting for is the larger 10" worm-gear drive with an increased rip capacity and the big wheels (SPT99-11):

I see that they are now offering that one for $569 on a "limited time deal" ... which I think is around $80 less than the last time I checked a few weeks ago.

Believe there is a SPT99-12 ... which might be a newer model. Not sure what the differences are.

Anyways, good luck in your researches ...

Awesome. Thanks for the info. I need to make a move in the next week or two. I have a lot of window trims to custom cut. Either that or I get real good with mortar mix. The concrete is just difficult to work with and around. I have plenty of wood left over from various projects so all I need is a decent saw.