Recent content by etpm

Yes, the seawall failed which allowed flooding. It should have been taller and the generators should not have been located where flooding could have harmed them. A 500 year event is only a statistical number and is not the kind of thing to be relied on when protecting something as potentially...

When I had radioactive "seeds" put in my pelvic region to kill my prostate cancer I decided to learn about radioactivity. Knowing what I do now I would not be scared of a TMI level leak if it happened near me. Nevertheless we still need greater safety controls on nuclear plants than we have now...

Not only am I the guy who runs the tractor in my household I am also the cook. I am good at it and my wife is not. Anyway, I just ordered 10 pounds of olives to try making my own olives. I will be using lye to remove the bitterness. For several years I have been wanting to make my own olives and...

You have a bad connection that is subject to high amperage when starting. The symptoms are typical: turn on ignition, get lights, try to start and it all goes dead. I would make sure the battery cables are not corroded inside. Look at the high amperage circuit(s). Basically the starting circuit...

What China is doing now with cheap products our country did starting at the beginning of the industrial revolution. England even prohibited the importation of many goods from the "Colonies". Many of these goods were produced with slave labor. India is now starting to compete with China. It all...

A lot depends on what you are cutting and how thick. A thin wheel on an angle grinder will cut 1/4 steel without too much trouble, especially if you don't need to cut very far. But 1/4 aluminum will tend to clog even wheels made for aluminum. Stainless is tough to cut too with a thin wheel. But...

After seeing the picture of the hoe I can see why the hoe is useless to get unstuck. It's tiny. Eric

I have an old Case 580CK. It's a two wheel drive machine. I have gotten it stuck plenty good several times and I was always able to get it out using the hoe and the front bucket. One thing that really helped was lifting the rear wheels free of the ground and then shifting the machine sideways...

Though I live on 10 or 12 acres I only have about 2 cleared. My tractor is a 45 year old Yanmar YM2310. It has a front end loader (FEL), 27 HP engine, and 23 HP at the PTO. This tractor gets used a lot. The FEL is super useful and I made an extension for it that more than doubles the cubic...

As a recipient of much hardware that was removed and replaced with other hardware I had a similar question about hardware recycling. It turns out that sterilizing the hardware is quite hard because of all the super tiny nooks and crannies. When the hardware is installed it develops even more...

I'm happy you learned a new word. I love words and there are a lot I don''t use on this site because I know most folks won't know them and the meaning of what I am writing would be lost. This doesn't mean I talk down to folks, just that I write what most folks understand. I love learning new...

Yes, we have to be careful. Which basically means full of care. Care for others as well as ourselves. I am so lucky that I didn't hurt anybody. Nevermind me, other folks are way more important. Eric

Yep.

I have a big granite rock that has a large fairly flat face. I would like to carve my last name and my street number into this face. But I have never carved rock and need advice. Thanks, Eric

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. We all for sure must take responsibility for our actions. Tuesday I have another meeting with my doc to make sure I am OK to drive. There was more than one cause of my sleep deprivation and I have taken care of them all. Stuff adds up incrementally and...