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Woman arrived home safe and sound. Came home and dropped suitcase off. Then headed out for dinner at Eadies Fish House to celebrate Her return. The welcome from the cats was about like you’d expect: not terribly interested … beyond sniffing Her suitcase to see who she’d been visiting. Picked...

It's very near that other campground you were considering, just a little bit further down the road. As BEF says, it's a huge place - they've moved within the last 10 years and are now right next to Hartville Kitchen and The Hartville Shops (indoor) and Flea Market (outdoor) Big Amish and...

A cool 56F, breezy, and overcast @ 10:30 ... calling for a high of around 65F today. Slight chance of a rain shower today as most of the rain has moved east. LWS reports 0.58" so far ... but that seems kind of doubtful ... as it was showing that last night and it rained pretty good again this...

Got things outside all put away (or covered) + string run around the shelves to prevent the pots from blowing off. Was juggling some pallets around when Fedex showed up with a partial order from Burgess. Checked Nest Box No. 3 while I was up that way, we now have 4 bluebird eggs ... (y)...

78F and mostly cloudy @ 12:30, calling for a high of 81F. Rain off to the south and west, on its way in. Expecting around an inch. We really need it. Got seeds and plants in pots all watered/fertilized first thing yesterday. Then worked on mowing some down here around the house. Incredibly...

59F and sunny @ 08:30, heading up to around 82F for today's high. The overnight low was 50.4F. Enjoying fresh pot of coffee, would be even more enjoyable if I had remembered to pick up some Half and Half while I was out yesterday. Quite a contingent of ground hogs out back this morning...

64F and sunny @ 09:30, heading up to around 74F for the day's high. Yesterday was a good day. Took Water Buffalo up to water those couple of Rose of Sharon bushes I found the other day and managed to find a a couple more. I think the count is up to 5 or 6 ... got them all watered ... (y) Also...

61F and mostly cloudy @ 10:30, headed up to around 72 for the day's high supposedly. Low this morning was 47.8F ... :oops: Was 69F in the house when I got up so I turned on the heat ... :LOL: Slight chance (15%) of a rain shower tomorrow, but much better chances Sun/Mon/Tue when it goes up to...

58F and "Fair" @ 22:00, heading down to around 47F overnight ... High hit 73.8F here today, was rather breezy again. Bunch more loads of screened compost hauled down to the garden. Leveled it out with the box blade some: Really starting to make quite a dent in the screened pile: More...

458,000+ miles with no issues so far … But then I don’t do much four-wheeling in the van either … [emoji6]

My offering of 15 mealworms yesterday was rewarded with 1 new bluebird egg in the nest box today. Heck of a deal … [emoji106] [emoji6]

Might want to look into one of these: https://www.fumotousa.com/ Especially that new SX series. [emoji6]

63F and supposedly "Fair" @ 10:00, heading up to around 71F for the day's high. That's a little below normal ... but I'll sure take it. WU says periods of smoke and haze are possible throughout the day. Put out 15 mealworms in the feeder first thing yesterday, also checked Nest Box No. 3 for...

60F and "Fair" @ 08:15, heading up to around 78F for the day's high. The Little Monster woke me up around 07:45, letting me know Her Royal Highness needed to be fed. Evidently power went out at some point during the night. Got the last of the plants in the second flat of vegetables potted...

65F and "Fair" @ 11:00, heading up to around 79F for the high today. Smoke is back so it will be hazy. Annual rainfall deficit is now up to -0.25" as of the 23:00 weather last night. Enjoying what is left of yesterday's coffee. Cats all fed. Went at it pretty much non-stop yesterday until I...

Another 20 pepper plants potted, looks there are 9 left to go … [emoji106] Had go get another bucket of screened compost, ran out of soil. Took that opportunity to move 20 landscape blocks over to another pallet by the barn. That should allow me to move the rest of the pallet over at the...

Downstairs cat is now back downstairs ... without any incidents.

I've been pretty happy with the quality of the stuff I've gotten from them so far. To the point that I went ahead and placed another order the other day. A fact which I'm sure will get me a "You're In Big Trouble Mister" ! in the coming days ... :LOL: The King Kong strawberries looked...

69F and sunny @ 10:00, heading up to around 83F for the day's high supposedly according to WU. OTOH, WeatherBug says the day's high will be 78F. Like that one a little better. In fact, WB says highs will range from 71F to 78F through this coming Friday ... which sounds just about perfect to...

88F and clouding up very nicely - looks promising ... (y) Got that one blueberry planted. Noted that once you get down 4 or 5 inches, the soil in the garden is pretty moist ... which is very good news. Emptied the Water Buffalo and then hauled it around back for a refill: 5 rhododendrons and...

82F already and sunny @ 10:15, heading up to around 89F for the high today ... AGAIN ... 🤬 As Rich notes: slight chance of stray thunderstorm this afternoon/evening. I'm not holding my breath. Grass on the front lawn has slowed way, way down, grass down here around the house has grown a bit...

A very pleasant 69F and sunny @ 08:30, heading up to around 92F for the actual high. Won't be quite as hot on Saturday (close), then the big cool down starts on Sunday when the high temp drops back to around 83F. From there it goes back to more normal/average temps for 3 or 4 days, with one day...

75F and clear @ 21:15, heading down to around 61F for the low. Got shower and was about to head out for doctors, Woman said mama and one her babies was out back over on the west side. Thought She meant deer ... nope groundhogs. Walked back to bedroom looked out the window and there was one on...

Painted Daisy “Robinson’s Red” planted in pot and watered in. Time to go get cleaned up.

Looking at the picture Fritz posted, looks to me like some of the vertical wires are already leaning pretty good. Maybe a tensioner would help straighten them out ? [emoji6]

Currently 88F and sunny @ 16:00, high today hit 88.3F ... so far. Got most all of the seeds in pots moved around back and put on shelves. Still have some room available on existing shelves. All pots/plants in pots front and back watered. From yesterday: Think we've hit peak blooms on the...

7040, You could always put a single tensioner on that top wire and tighten it up some. [emoji6]

84F and sunny @ 13:00 ... HI 82F - DP is 51F, 32% humidity ... :oops: We are currently under an Air Quality Alert (for ozone) Got some more seeds planted last night: the "Casper" pumpkins (which are white) and Strawberry Crown winter squash. Also had to do some replanting ... didn't get the...

63F and clear @ 23:30, heading down to around 55F in the overnight. Was warm this afternoon but there was a nice breeze and it was comfortable again ... probably due to the dry air/day's low DP's (38F ---> 58F) LWS claims today's high hit 89.6F, supposed to be a tad warmer tomorrow (90F) and...

She took you literally ... ;) Thanks for posting that ... (y)

84F and Fair @ 14:30, HI 86F, heading up to around 86F for the day's high. Spent the night in the garage planting winter squash and pumpkin seeds with the overhead door open, getting those watered in - it was very relaxing and quite pleasant ... (y) Seemed like a better way to go (as opposed...

Is that because the narratives by who he chose to have "reveal" them have largely been debunked ? Or for some other reason ?

It's close enough by all appearances to my 031 that I would ask for it ... if I didn't still have my original manuals. But I do ... so pass. But thanks for asking ... (y)

The compost pile (or the trash) might be a better use/destination ... ;) Can Birds Eat Chocolate? Unwrapping The Sweet Truth!

Yes it does. Makes sense that it might I guess ... one of the reviewers described it as a "clone" I'll grab a pic of the "manual" next time I'm up there and post it.

68F and "Fair" @ 22:00, heading down to around 60F for the overnight low. Was warm outside this afternoon ... but not bad at all, probably due to fairly low humidity (DP 46F ---> 59F) Took dump cart up and grabbed the six t-posts from the shop whose ends I cut off at a 45 degree angle last...

Just talked to the mower shop. Blades are $27 each, but they only had 2 in stock. He set those aside for me and ordered the 3rd one ... should be in on Monday ... (y) ;)

84F and "Fair" @ 14:00, HI 87F, heading up to around 87F actual for the high today supposedly. Woman turned on AC "to keep you cool" while I slept, seems pleasant here inside ... not sure what it's like outside though. She got the east planting bed all watered this morning, said it went better...

74.5F and clear @ 21:30, headed down to around 61F overnight. LWS reports that the high hit 91.9F here today. That's 15F above normal for this time of year ... :oops: Currently 80F inside the house, Woman did not feel the need to turn on AC ... (y) Hooked up Water Buffalo (which was full)...

82F with bright sunshine @ 12:45, calling for a high of 87F today. Tomorrow is supposed to be slightly warmer. Still pretty pleasant here in the house ... but I can tell it's going to be warm inside later. May need to fire the AC ... Woman just came in and reported that She has finished...

A very pleasant 66F and clear @ 00:00, heading down to around 57F in the overnight. Will be some good "open window" sleeping weather. Collected up all the debris I scraped off the bottom of the Cub deck and hauled it up to the compost pile and dumped: Dropped off mower blades and bent up...

[emoji106] Have an unused spray can of this: https://vansicklepaint.com/products/ez-slide-dry-film-lubricant … that I picked up at TSC years ago. Guess it might be time to give it a shot … [emoji6] Send some of that rain this way will ya …

Nearly finished scraping underside of deck on Cub. Most of what’s left is like a thin coating of fully cured concrete. Think I’m going to build a spray rig using sprinkler heads that I can drive over and run with the blades spinning and see if that doesn’t allow me to keep it cleaner. Took...

78F and "Fair" @ 14:00, heading up to around 80F for the day's high. Last night Woman offered me what was left of Her Butter Pecan from Dunkin' that was in the 'frig ... bad idea ... was up all night ... :( Did get about 30 growers pots filled with soil though, as well as opening the packets...

It's fairly typical for this area of the country for people on wells I'd say ... at least from what I have seen. And it's all wells where we're at - no city water here. Do you have a well ? I think that would be a pretty big tank ... if we're talking about household use +...

Yeah ... I did remember to measure the side to side width on the Cub to make sure it would fit. One reviewer mentioned he was using it with a Bad Boy ZT with a 60" deck so I was pretty sure it would work ... but I got out the tape and measured just to be sure ... ;) (y)

Yeah ... I couldn't recall for certain whether you had the All American or not, but I do vaguely remember you talking about your set up at some point in the past. When I saw the picture you recently posted it reminded me so I started looking into them. Reviews seem generally good. One guy...

64F and "Fair" @ 22:15, heading down to around 53F for the low in the overnight. High hit 84.6F here today supposedly, air is really dry (DP 33F --->46F) so it wasn't bad at all. The little monster escaped out the front door when I headed out earlier and immediately ran under under a Japanese...

Craftsman Mo Jack delivered, assembled, and tested: Fit and finish seem reasonably good, seems pretty stout ... (y) Got 2 gallons of juiced mixed up for the sprayer, may go try doing that as wind seems to have slacked off.

I'd say it's fair-sized ... maybe 30 or 40 gallons ? Definitely not RNG-sized though ... ;) Yeah, we have talked about it. Currently, that would have to be over at the barn ... since the house has no gutters at the moment. Might be worth checking into what a used 275 or 330 gallon IBC tote...

Nope … its a drilled well. IIRC, it’s around 180’ deep. Had more homes built in the immediate area after we built back around 1970, so some additional pressure on the water table/usage. Stay cool.

73F and "Fair" @ 12:00, calling for a high of 79F for the day. Still almost no chances of rain anywhere in the Ten Day, best day is maybe 25% ... not good. Probably good that The Woman is leaving for out of state when She is though ... less chance of running the well dry ... ;) Woman saw...

Apparently forgot to hit the "Post Reply" button this afternoon ... :rolleyes: 69F and sunny @ 13:00, heading up to around 73F for the high. Made it up to shop last night and worked for several hours cleaning up and organizing, still a long, long ways to go though. What a mess ... :rolleyes...

Couple loops of saw chain sharpened for relative this afternoon. Then shower/shave/clean up and off to Eadies Fish House to meet them for dinner. Was good. Stopped by Dunkin for an iced Butter Pecan on way home. Then new TSC in Canal Fulton for 30% vinegar for Woman … which they did not...

Sunny and a cool 63F @ 13:30, might make it up 66F for the high. Tomorrow is supposed to be a little nicer ... with temps back up in the mid-70's. Coffee tasting very good. Eyes particularly full of goo this morning ... probably as a consequence of all the dust and debris I ate and wallowed in...

Good Evening All. 68F and sunny @ 19:30, temperature seems to be falling rapidly, heading down to around 44F for the low overnight. Fairly windy too ... which makes it feel a little chilly. Big cool down on it's way in, high tomorrow only 67F. Back up to near 80F by Saturday though ... and...

61F and cloudy @ 00:00, heading down to 56F in the overnight for the low. Today's high was 80.8F. Have had that haze in the sky from the Canadian fires. Supposed to clear out over the next 24 hours. Ten Day now showing no more than 20% chance of rain throughout the entire period ... :oops...

64 and clear @ 21:30, heading down to around 54F for the overnight low. High today reached 79.7F, was warm but pleasant with a decent breeze out of the north for most of the day. Another day in the books. Crescent moon was a shinning sliver in the west sky a bit ago on the way back from TSC...

I hear ya ... (y) I enjoy it. Hopefully we can get several more batches produced this year. We've had years where one pair will show up early followed by additional pairs which nest later as the season progresses. Which reminds me: I have a nest box clean out and repair that I need to do...

BEF, I think I see from your garden picture you are using a cattle panel as a trellis. Is that correct ? If so, how you like it ?

71F and "Fair" @ 11:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high temp. Wore shorts outside for the first time this year I think, will do so again today. Woman was already out weeding when I got up ... (y) She was relaxing in the shade a few minutes ago when I looked. Got up to the shop...

60F and "Fair" @ 21:30, heading down to 49F in the overnight. Was an absolutely beautiful day here today, high hit 77F. Started off with taking the Cub and dump cart full of weeds The Woman had pulled up to the compost pile. Once that was done loaded up all plants and moved those around back...

68F and "Fair" @ 12:00, heading up to around 75F for the day's high. Promises to be a beautiful day. Got all the rest of the strawberry plants potted last night, ordered 20, think they actually sent us around 23 of that particular variety. Also planted 20 green bell pepper seeds in pots...

A chilly 56F and partly cloudy @ 20:30, heading down to 48F overnight. Woman even turned on the heat already ... :oops: Mealworm feeder refilled with 20 worms, then hopper and two tube feeders refilled. Also hung out the nyjer feeder (swapped it out with one of the suet feeders) Did not get...

63F and mostly cloudy @ 14:00 but the Sun is trying to peek out. Heading up to around 66F for the day's high. Looks like we got 0.72" of rain overnight which is good since the chances for rain over the next ten days appears to be very, very low ... maybe 20% on the best day and otherwise less...

67F and partly cloudy @ 22:00, heading down to around 58F for the overnight low. Rain showers moving in overnight, line currently runs from up in Ontario across the western end of Lake Erie and northwest Ohio into Indiana. Refilled mealworm feeder with 20 worms first thing. Did not get hopper...

53F and clear @ 01:30, heading down to around ... 55F for the low ??? :oops: Still that's a far cry from the low this morning. Rain due in later in the day. That will keep the grass growing at a maddening pace ... :( Refilled mealworm feeder with 15 worms (nice warm day, therefore fewer...

Yup. The Marbains that came on the Cub and the extra set I purchased for it were certainly less than 1/16th. I wouldn't say that I have good eyes so that leaves me out ... ;) Probably so ... but I'm not sure I would try that after they have been ran for a bit. (y)

67F and sunny @ 13:30, heading up to around 75F for the day's high. Refill mealworm feeder first thing. After that locate that fitting for the Water Buffalo and get it to filling. Then start prepping the bed for the strawberry plants and start getting those in the ground. Hope everyone is...

To quote Martha, "It's a good thing ..." ;) I wouldn't do anything to them. Moreover, when (and if) you do sharpen them, I'd take some care in how you go about doing it ... keeping in mind that they use a special heat-treating process to achieve their hardness and durability. Don't want to...

I've fed it from both but typically I feed it from the high side - to avoid the potential of any large rocks bouncing down and hitting the tractor. FWIW - and it may be different out there - the Autozones around here do not charge anything to use their "rental" tools. More of loaner program...

50F and sunny @ 20:30, but temp dropping rapidly. Got mealworm feeder refilled first thing, it was empty again. Had a look in Nest Box No. 3 after that, looks like all 5 nestlings are doing well and starting to feather up: After that I started mowing on the west side of the house. Wasn't...

62F, sunny ... but with a chill breeze out of the north @ 14:15, that is supposedly going to be the high for the day ... :oops: Low this morning was 46.4F. A Frost Advisory has been issued through 08:00 Thursday, with a low 34F predicted. Better weather tomorrow, calling for a high of 76F...

Not very far from the Little Cuyahoga ... maybe 8 to 10 miles or so. It's just north of Downtown Akron. Probably another 5 miles or so to a part/section of the actual Cuyahoga. Not likely ... unless I'm up at The Flats in Cleveland for some reason. The mouth of the Cuyahoga where it ends in...

59F and clear @ 22:15, headed down to 47F for the low in the overnight. Got hopper and the two tube feeders refilled, also mealworm feeder which was empty by the time I got out there. Added another 20 mealworms. Refueled Cub Cadet. Retrieved the rest of the short plant cages and the live trap...

Same.

MG, Re: late for planting seeds ? Largely depends on what seeds one is planting. Stuff that should have been started indoors, weeks before the last frost ... yeah probably. OTOH, local weatherman says there is a possibility of frost in the outlying areas (we qualify) this coming Thursday or...

Jay, Yes ... no shortage of firewood, just need to cut and split it. Have plenty of fallen ash that could be harvested as well. Likely more than I will ever use. Neighbor cut and stacked probably 4 cords, said I was welcome to it if I wanted any. Little fishies are good ... always have to...

71F with a mix of sun and clouds @ 12:45. Heading up to around 74F for the day's high temp. Woman is out back, faithfully weeding ... (y) On the agenda for today: Refill mealworm feeder. Need to get to that hopper feeder and the tube feeders as well, as they are now empty . Need to finish...

53F and clear @ 23:45, heading down to around 48F for the low overnight. Another reasonably productive day. Refilled mealworm feeder with 20 mealworms first thing. Than ran down to the corner and picked up 7 gallons of gas (in two 5 gallon cans) for the Cub ... after emptying the one can that...

Yup. Being angled, they guide the SSQA on the loader into the SSQA plates on the implements. Makes hooking into the buckets and pallet forks real easy. Helps on the grapple as well, just not quite as much because of how it gets stored (facing down, jaws open)

70F and sunny @ 13:00, heading up to around 77F for the day's high. Promises to be a beautiful day ... (y) Dug out chain saw first thing yesterday, then fueled and oiled it, and tightened up the chain on the bar. Fired right up. Then headed over to where the fallen ash tree was over on the...

Just heard a huge CRACK ... followed by a loud THUMP !!! ... so maybe one less tree to take down ... ;)

Yup ... (y) Would have to check my maintenance logs to be sure but I'm pretty certain I did the anti-seize on the mating surfaces last time I had the rotors off on the Sprinter. Always do it on the threads. Know for sure I did it on the Passat (alloy wheels) One thing I did run into with...

69F and sunny @ 12:00, calling for a high of 74F. Total rainfall yesterday was 0.41". That will keep things greened up and growing ... which is a bit of mixed bag (saves having to water the plants, but could stand to not have to cut the grass so much) Snuck up to the shop last night after...

65F and partly cloudy @ 21:30, really quite pleasant out. High hit 79.5F here today. Heading down to around 54F overnight. Noticed Rib Man was down at the corner on the way out. Wasn't long after that I got a text from The Woman about it (She had been out earlier) Told Her She should probably...

Nope, sure didn’t. That doesn’t sound like much fun … [emoji16]

68F, cloudy with some light rain @ 13:00, heading up to around 75F for the high. Got a couple more blueberry plants and rhubarb roots plus a few other items ordered night before last. Ran down to the Autozone yesterday afternoon and picked up correct rear brake pads which had come in. Came...

63F and "Fair" @ 22:00, heading down to around 52F for the low tonight. High here today hit 87.4F ... :oops: Filled hopper feeder first thing, also scattered cracked corn for the ground feeders. The two suet cakes I put out the other day are already gone. Then got small items unloaded from...

(y) Thanks. I'd like to think that it's coming along. Still a long ways to go. Generally speaking, yes. Very happy with the quality and fit and finish for the most part, seems very well constructed and it appears that Cub is making a sincere effort to be a player in the commercial...

72F and "Fair" @ 11:15, calling for 81F for the high. Woman out back weeding in the cool of the morning when I got up, still at it ... (y) Forgot to mention ib last post: 'coon was out near feeders before departure to Menards. Snuck out and gave him a blast, this time from about 50' away...

60F and clear @ 21:45, heading down to around 47F for the low in the overnight. Made a little forward progress today. Got front yard mowed: Woman came out towards the end of that and started weeding around the east peach tree. She got that all done: But wasn't entirely happy with it ...

73F and sunny @ 14:00, heading up to around 74F for the high today and 82F tomorrow. Calling for showers on Friday then a five day stretch of nice weather. Local weather guy reported that we are nearly 3" above normal rainfall (surplus) for this time of year. Woman dispatched and headed down...

(y) My own experience was with a Kubota KX mini ... forget if it was the 71 or 91 ... Digging uphill with the blade in front ... and machine not level (of course :rolleyes:) ... went to swing to the side to dump the spoil ... dropped the boom real quick like. And then turned it around and...

Nice machine ... (y) You'll probably pick up on the controls fairly quickly. I've found Kubota mini's a breeze to operate ... to the point that I probably wouldn't even consider a different brand. One thing to watch and be careful of, is having a full bucket (with wet, heavy material) ...

54F and "Fair" @ 22:00, heading down to around 44F for the low tonight. High hit 71.1F here today. Appointment with accountant went well, in and out in just under 30 minutes. Turned out much better than we were expecting ... :giggle: Finally able to file electronically again ... which means...

65F and sunny @ 11:00, heading up to around 69F for the high. I bet we beat that. Prepping for appointment later this afternoon with accountant for tax returns. Then probably spend the rest of the afternoon working outside, making hay while the sun shines so to speak ... ;) Hope everyone...

59F with a light shower @ 21:00, headed down to 53F for the overnight low. Hopper feeder and two tube feeders refilled, also two suet feeders. Checked and topped off hydraulic fluid in the Kubota, was about a quart low. Also checked engine oil. Noticed when I parked it this evening that...

PTO disengaged ?

69F and supposedly "cloudy" @ 15:00 ... it sure looks pretty sunny to me though. No rain since midnight but WU is calling for showers this evening turning into a steady rain overnight. Precipitation amount is expected to be around 0.25". That should keep things greened up and growing ... (y)...

A pleasant 63F and partly cloudy @ 23:30, heading down to around 55F for the overnight low. Got the wings welded onto the pallet forks: Then pulled the locking tab for the right fork that had gotten bent somehow or another: Fired up the rosebud and got it red hot and beat it back more or...

74F and supposedly "cloudy" @ 16:30 ... but I'm sure seeing lots of sun. Rained earlier. Looks like we got a whopping 0.05 of an inch. Calling for the possibility of a stray thunderstorm this evening and more rain tomorrow. Up very late today, got sucked into a several hour program on NASA's...

61F and mostly cloudy @ 23:59, headed down to around 57F for the overnight low. Reasonably productive day. Got the all the mowing down around the house finished up, along with the rest of the front yard. After that I used the B&D battery operated string-trimmer to cut down all the weeds...

72F and sunny @ 13:30, heading up to around 74F for the high. Hopper feeder refilled yesterday, also one suet feeder + cracked corn scattered for the ground feeders. Also got most of the mowing done down here around the house, plus better than half the front yard. Cub hit the 400 hour mark...

David, If the parts you're going to be welding or practicing on are galvanized, beware of "Metal Fume Fever" ... and ensure you have plenty of ventilation.

69F and "Fair" @ 14:00, heading up to ... wait for it ... 69F. Just heard the attic fan fan kick on, so we've been getting a good bit of sun apparently. Was up in the shop until pretty late late last night (a little after 04:00 when I knocked off) Got back fence rail and fence front tube...

55F and generally cloudy @ 14:45, calling for a mix of sun and clouds and high of around 59F. Radar indicates some lingering showers in the area ... but I'm not sure if they are even reaching the ground. Woman just got back from another appointment @ the dentist, visit went well ... (y) Ended...

LOL … [emoji106] Looking forward to the start of the nice weather … which starts tomorrow … [emoji6]

(y) Look for tube, whose size always goes by the OD ... Amazon has several offerings ... ;) Will see what I can do ... :)

44F, overcast and quite windy - out of the NW @ 15 - 25 mph - with a rain shower @ 12:00, heading up to around 49F for the day's high. Windy days are always a mixed bag: gives a great draft for a fire in the double barrel stove ... but the seal around the overhead door ain't all that great ...

A chilly 43F @ 13:30 with some showers in the vicinity. Calling for a high of 46F. Local weather forecaster mentioned last night that this will be the coldest May 2nd in the last 113 years. Big swing coming in the Ten Day though ... calling for highs in the upper 70's by next Monday/Tuesday...

39F with light rain @ 22:00. Heading down to around 37F for the overnight low. Possibility of some snow showers. Got those 8 pieces of steel for the SSQA wings scrubbed off (last night) then loaded up the stove and banked it for the night before coming down to the house. Meds doled out for the...

Got things put together on the mobile base, including Locititing the t-bolts to the feet, letting them (and the paint) cure up for another day before I attempt to do anything further: Not much extra length on the t-bolts, probably should have welded the brackets a little lower. Also the...

48F and cloudy @ 13:00, heading up to around 54F for the day's high. Got some bills scheduled for payment yesterday (still have one more to do that I missed) Then entire front lawn cored, also about 50% of the lawn down around the house. Woman thought it would be too wet, it was just perfect...

Fire started in stove in shop. Was 62F when I walked in, currently 75F. Hopper feeder refilled, also one additional suet feeder. Steel unloaded and eight 15” pieces of steel cut which ended up being exactly half of what I picked up. Steel cleaned off with paint thinner, need to load it in...

53F and cloudy @ 11:30, heading up to around 63F for the day's high. Winds out of the Southwest @ 10 - 15 mph with a slight chance of a rain shower. Between yesterday and today, we've gotten 0.42" of rain thus far. Saw a rose-breasted grosbeak out on a suet feeder this morning. First order of...

53F and rain @ 20:45, heading down to around 50F for the overnight low. 0.32" accumulation (since midnight) so far. 480 lbs of scrap dropped off which netted a little over $37 ... (y) Forgot to unload the stuff that was at the side door but I still have more to take down there at some point...

53F, cloudy, and wet @ 12:30, calling for a high of 59F for the day. Slight change in plans yesterday. Refilled hopper and the two tube feeders. Got all the ferrous scrap loaded up along with some stainless. Decided I'd wait until today to head down to the recycler/steel supplier since the...

58F and sunny @ 12:30, calling for a high of 66F for the day. Did make it back up to the shop last night ... (y) Got mobile base all primed up, turns out I had enough: Agenda for today: Load more scrap metal in the van. Make run down to recycler/steel supplier and drop off scrap metal...

Welding all finished a couple of hours ago: Came down for dinner caught the rest of the News Hour while eating then after that watched Nature and Nova on PBS. Woman just headed over to the neighbor's to put her dogs away for the night. But She made me a pot of coffee before She left...

Thanks. Well done on the leak locating ... (y)

54F and mostly cloudy @ 15:00 with the Sun occasionally peeking through. Calling for a high of 56F for the day. If it hadn't rained early this morning I'd be tempted to go mow. As it is, I'll gladly settle for mowing tomorrow when it's supposed to be mostly sunny with a high of 66F. Got the...

51F and mostly cloudy @ 14:00, heading up to around 53F for the day's high. Chance of occasional rain showers. Just started on second cup of coffee which is tasting good. Saw Red-tailed Hawk swoop into feeder area just as I was about head up to the shop yesterday. Squirrels and birds scattered...

43F with alternating sun and clouds @ 13:00, Woman said that we were having that snow mixed with rain a little bit ago. Currently under a Freeze Warning for tonight, calling for a low of 31F. Dogwoods and Hawthorns have joined the Redbud and Magnolia in the Spring Bloom Parade. Made good...

Jay, We've seen what looks to be shaping up to be a pretty good crop of Gold Finches here this spring ... maybe 8 to 10 at once at the tube feeders so far. I need to get the pest guard for the pole for the nyjer feeders hammered out and get those put up. Got dented last year when I went to...

Lou, Yes on the motor direction switching with 3 phase. Apparently the VFD implements phase reversal (?) via a switch (REV) on two of its outputs so that one doesn't even to physically switch the wires ... which is a nice thing.

43F and cloudy @ 13:45, heading up to around 48F for the high. Woman just said "HA ! ... look outside !" It appears we have a rain/snow mix coming down ... :( Brrrr ... Got some horizontal surfacing mining done yesterday and a good portion of the large welding table cleared off in...

46F wet, and cloudy @ 12:00, heading to around 58F for the day's high. Calling for off and on rain showers. LWS reporting 0.98" accumulation so far. Got steel for main part of the mobile base under saw all cut, trimmed out and mostly beveled for welding last night: Today I'll try and locate...

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Steel picked up, unloaded, and currently in the bandsaw … and first piece cut … [emoji106]

74F and sunny @ 11:45, heading up to around 77F for the day's high. Rain moving in later accompanied by a cold front, will be cooling down to more normal temps throughout the Ten Day, with highs in the 50's and 60's. Hopper feeder, two tube feeders, and two suet feeders refilled yesterday. Got...

69F and sunny @ 10:30, supposedly heading up to 84F for the day's high ... which, if it happens, will set a new record high temp. Did not get bird feeders refilled yesterday, so that's definitely on the agenda for today. I did get a bunch of scrap metal loaded into the van though, much of it...

55F and sunny @ 13:00, heading up to around 67 for today's high. Promises to be a much nicer day than yesterday. WU calling for a high of 84F for tomorrow ... :oops: Got a fire going in the double barrel and then got a bunch of wood splits moved in yesterday to dry out. Wood pile in front of...

42F and cloudy @ 14:00, heading up to around 50F for the high at around 19:00 this evening. Under a Freeze Warning for tonight ... which is a good reminder of why one doesn't want to be planting things that are vulnerable until after 4/30. Late night last night but productive day yesterday...

A chilly 41F and cloudy @ 13:30, only heading up to 43F for the high. Hear winds howling, calling for occasional gusts over 40 mph. Some rain headed in. Having first cup of coffee, tasting mighty good. Woman just headed over to take care of neighbor's dogs for the morning. She commented...

Lou, Thanks. I used these for cord securement and strain relief at every point where the cords enter/exit the metal enclosure/cabinet housing the VFD: It's not really apparent in the pictures I posted because they are on the outside of the cabinet ... and I just used threaded ---> socket...

76F and sunny @ 11:30, heading up to around 79F before the bottom drops out and the cold front and rain moves through later today. Second cup of coffee tasting very good. Woman announced earlier She was heading out back to start weeding on the flower bed before it gets totally out of control...

67F and clear @ 21:30, heading down to around 59F for the overnight low. Reasonably productive day. Got inside of fan shroud painted, also most of the electric motor: Will need to flip it over tomorrow once it's dry and hit the other side. Used some acetone to remove the gray overspray on...

60F and "Fair" @ 08:15, heading up to around 81F for the day's high with a mix of sun and clouds. Got air filter replaced on Cub yesterday morning and deck cleaned off. Hooked up battery charger. Haven't heard anything from the dealer so I'm guessing they won't be by to pick it up until the...

You should snap that up … [emoji106]

Given what I paid for the saw, I can afford to invest a little "blood and pain" equity into it ... ;) Yeah ... seems to be taking forever ... but I'm pretty happy with how it's progressing thus far. Next one should go quicker ... :LOL:

63F and "Fair" @ 09:15, heading up to around 84F for the day's high. Alerted The Woman that the large, dead ash tree on west side of the house has broken off at the base but is still standing, leaning up against an adjacent maple. Not real sure if there is any good way to bring it down...

No formal training to speak of. Thanks. Sometimes it goes better than others. Good luck with the berry picking ... (y)

Good Morning ! 68F and sunny @ 09:30, heading up to around 83F for the day's high. A Special Weather Statement has been issued for elevated fire risk today. That's a fairly rare thing around here but it's pretty dry. Put pallet forks on Kubota yesterday and removed the parts of the dying...

Sunny and 60F already @ 08:30, heading to around 80F for the day's high. Coffee tasting mighty good, ready for 2nd cup. Woman over at neighbor/friend's letting the little monsters out of their crates while friend is at hospital. Her son's surgery is today. They will remove his femur and...

Yes. Probably should be changed and is likely (over)due. No carb ... it's fuel injected. Will have to dive into the manual and see exactly how it is set up. Good luck on the brush cutting ... (y)

35F and clear @ 07:00, heading up to around 74F for the high today. Should be a very nice Spring day. Woman requested I run Her up to neighbor's son's place of employment yesterday so his car could be retrieved, so activities here at home were delayed by an hour or so. Stopped by DG on the way...

61F and "Fair" @ 12:00, heading up to around 67F for the high. Wouldn't be surprised if we beat it. Got cabinet installed on base and bolted down plus front trunnion bracket installed last night before I quit a little before 03:00. Also got metal enclosure gutted, VFD put back in it's plastic...

Temporarily wired up VFD to power and programmed it. Strapped down 3 phase motor to the small welding table and wired motor to the VFD and gave it a test run. Under power: [emoji106] Guess I can go ahead and paint it … [emoji23]

Thanks. Hope your back is doing better and heals up real quick ... (y) Saw belonged at one point to a local shop here that did a lot of laminate work. Suspect it was caused by cutting lots of glued up countertops where the glue was not fully dried/cured. That and general carelessness when...

Thanks. Pretty happy with how it is turning out so far. Thanks. Hope electric fence solves problem of critters munching on things they shouldn't. Thanks. Glad you are making progress on the dirt work and got to enjoy red buds. They're not quite out yet here ... but we're certainly looking...

I don't actually eat a lot of fish ... but I could ... ;)

Happy Easter ! 59F and "Fair" @ 16:00, high today was 59.5F. Heading down to around 34 for the low overnight. Was up in the shop last night until almost 03:00, was in the comfy mid-80's most of the time I was up there yesterday. Most of the cardboard and paper has been burned up, making it a...

Picture of VFD: Bottom terminal bank is for power in/3 phase out. Upper terminal bank(s) (green) are remote control(s)

46F and sunny @ 13:00, heading up to around 58F for the high. Got hopper, two tube and two suet feeders refilled + cracked corn scattered on ground for ground feeders yesterday. Also two buckets of whole corn into deer feeder. Still had corn in the feeder and on the ground this morning so...

Passed that along to The Woman. Personally, the smell of fish don't bother me ... unless it's rotting and stinking to high heaven. And I have smelled plenty of that. Different story with The Woman: Her Mother never fixed fish for dinner apparently and as a consequence She doesn't like anything...

33F and clear @ 06:00, only heading up to around 51F for the high which is almost 10F lower than normal for this time of year. Big stretch of nice weather coming up in the Ten Day: gradually warming temps, with three days in the 80's (way above average) ... and no precip predicted until late on...

46F and cloudy @ 10:00, heading up to around 51F for the day's high. Woman fried me up some Ocean Perch for dinner last night and I finished off some rice pilaf from the other day as well. Was quite tasty, although it had quite the fishy smell before it was cooked. She was squeaking the entire...

Was still 70F up in the shop, and still a couple of chunks of wood in the stove that hadn't burned all the way up before the fire went out. Loaded it up with with some wet wood and was able to get the fire going fairly easily. Was up to 77F by the time I was ready to leave so I throttled the...

67F, cloudy, and wet @ 15:30. Had a fairly weak thunderstorm roll through a little bit ago. Under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch though. Calling for a low of 47F tonight. Woman wanted some help with gathering up and carting off the leaves and sticks She had raked up yesterday. She wanted the...

71F and "Fair" @ 15:30, heading down to 63F for the low in the overnight. Calling for a high of 82F tomorrow ... :oops: ... with scattered strong thunderstorms and winds ...:( Woman took advantage of the nice weather today by picking up sticks, of which there are many, over on the west side of...

63F and partly cloudy @ 13:45, heading up to around 66F for the day's high. Got hopper and two tube feeders refilled yesterday, also one suet feeder. Plus scattered some cracked corn for the ground feeders. After that spent the rest of the day up in the shop working on the sheet metal repair...

Got stickers and masking tape on the the metal enclosure removed along with the residue from both: Think I'm going to leave the "Fire Dept. Valve" on there though ... :LOL: Next step will be to see if I can beat out the dents. But first will go fill feeders.

38F and partly cloudy @ 10:45, heading up to around 52F for the high. Went to bed around 19:00 last night, slept real good ... didn't get up until just a little before 09:00. Was up for better than 24 hours prior. Did not go up to shop Friday night, instead watch a movie with The Woman and...

53F and cloudy @ 22:00, heading up to 54F for the overnight low ... :oops: :LOL: Hearing rumbles of thunder currently, we are marginal risk of severe thunderstorms overnight. Fairly productive day yesterday ... but did not get any feeders filled ... :( Was up in the shop all night, went to...

And typically I was thinking that the sunset usually occurs in the evening ... but hey my schedule and personal clock is all messed up ... so I wouldn't discount anything as a possibility ...

You might not be far off on that. I opened the conduit box on the 3 phase motor and found the three power wires all connected and secured with wire nuts ... and the bare end of the ground wire flopping around loose inside ... :oops: I'm no electrician but that sure doesn't seem right to me...

47F and sunny @ 15:30. Did not get much of anything done yesterday except to go back to bed and sleep, so sort of took the day off. Woman did suggest we cut my hair so I took her up on that offer after I got my shower. However Someone got a little careless with the clippers ... so now...

27F and "Fair" @ 07:30, heading to around 53F for the day's high. Temps approaching 70F in the Ten Day but accompanied by a good amount of rain. Will be interesting to see how warm it is up in the shop today. Was around 50F yesterday morning when I got up there. I had it up 90F in there at one...

36F and cloudy @ 08:00, heading up to around 49F for the high for the day. I did indeed go back to bed last night and I'm glad I did ... feel very rested this morning. Will probably head up to the shop here in few and get a fire going to warm things up. Have to remember to take a gallon jug...

39F and cloudy @ 22:00, heading down to 35F for the low. Long day/night "yesterday" ... coffee is tasting good though. Lower back is killing me, probably from too much standing on concrete. Doubtful if I will head up to the shop this evening. Might even go back to bed. Did get a fair amount...

Don, Very sorry to hear about Whipper. Tough stuff.

Down to 43F already. Woman broiled up a nice cod fillet for dinner along with oriental Rice-a-Roni, was very tasty. I went up and started a fire in the double barrel before that was ready, should be warmed up and needing to be fed by now. Placed the order for the VFD with Amazon along with...

Good visual ... (y) Sixteen clams could cover most of the ugliness...

Yeah ... I suspect I could manage that ... ;) Will likely use a cut-off wheel in an angle grinder and true it up to straight using a flap disc. Kinda have to wonder what they were thinking with all that hacking ... way more than what is needed ... for even a 4" dust port. I'm pretty sure I...

58F and "Fair" @ 17:30, with a good bit of sun. Calling for a low of 43 in the overnight so a little better than this morning. Coffee tasting very good. Had a fairly productive evening up in the shop last night. Stayed nice and toasty inside. Car had frost on it when I left this morning...

41F @ 22:15 and the wind is still blowing. Woman made Her Chicken Paprikash yesterday so I took a break and came down for a bowl. Also needed to grab the Goo Gone, some more rags, and a refill on the coffee. Seems that someone in the ownership chain was a fan of duct tape. Shop was a toasty...

Right ... (y) One of these two are what I'm currently looking at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0775S7KFW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A3A1CXRHIIBHYY&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0775GRPFJ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3A1CXRHIIBHYY&th=1 The first one what the guy that did the...

Thanks Lou ... I will check them out ... (y)

Thanks. I'm hoping it will turn out to be a worthwhile acquisition.

Pic of the saw-mounted VFD I mentioned earlier:

60F and "Fair" (really ?) @ 16:15 but with wind really howling, currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Had a Lightning Alert about an hour ago from Weatherbug. A number of limbs and trees have fallen already, Woman says one stripped the branches off one of the arborvitaes over on the...

Where things ended up this evening when I knocked off as far as the clean up on the table and extensions: Next on the agenda will be to hit the mating surfaces on the sides of the center table and extension wings with the jitterbug and dig into the clean out of the miter slots/t-track. Might...

Got saw unloaded and stowed away in the shop. Woman felt like Her presence was required and the extra eyes came in handy as I was getting the pallet forks where they needed to be to slide the cabinet body of the machine onto them. She also helped by climbing up in the back of the van and...

[emoji6] That is my (recently acquired) understanding as well. Yeah, prices for them are all over the place, depending on the condition and the vintage. I’ve seen newer(ish) ones with asking prices approaching $3K. And older ones - that looked like they had been rode very hard and put away...

Restoration project retrieval trip successful ... (y) Late 80's vintage Delta 10" Unisaw, Model 34-458, that apparently has a born-on date of March 1988 according to the serial number ... which makes it a (relatively young) 35 years old this month: Included the original 3 phase motor (said...

38F and "Fair" @ 11:00, heading up to around 50F for the day's high. Looks like rain is supposed to hold off until tonight so we'll be trying to get some outside stuff done while it's not totally wet. Did not get the tube feeders refilled yesterday due to all the rain. Hopefully get that done...

55 and currently cloudy @ 10:00 but it's been raining on and off overnight. Looks like we got a little over a quarter inch. Heading up to around 60F for the high. Need to refill the tube feeders, little guys have been hitting them hard. Got all the drawer bottoms cut to length for the...

David, Thanks ... appreciate it ! ... (y) Give Sophie Best Birthday Wishes from us.

45F and cloudy @ 06:30, heading up to a high of 53F for the day. 30% chance of shower early this morning but the real rain arrive this evening around 19:00. Could get nearly 2" inches. Reasonably productive day yesterday. Started out by trimming off a section of MDF for the pocket hole jig...

26F and clear @ 06:15, heading up to around 56F for the day's high. High temps in the Ten Day looking pretty good: lots of high 40's and 50's with one 60F. UPS dropped off the second set of casters for the router table yesterday. Ended up ordering the scaffolding guardrail from Amazon, they...

26F and clear @ 08:00, calling for mostly sunny skies with winds out of the southwest @ 10 to 20 and a high of around 50F. Amazon delivered the long jigsaw blades yesterday. Will head up to Menards at some point this morning, need to pick up a small MDF panel for a mounting board for the...

A decent hoe would get you in about 5' on either end, might allow for scraping some of it out.

28F and clouding up @ 12:30, but well on the way to that high of 38F. Chance of snow showers. Birds are feasting at the feeders, deer feeder was cleaned out when the sun rose. Made a little forward progress last night, managed to get last two panels trimmed for the workbench carcass/frame, the...

Not sure at this point ... need to poke my head out in the garage and see how cold it's gotten and then decide if I want to mess around with trying to heat it up. Glad you got prep done ... now enjoy your trip !

Working so far as a temporary solution, even if a bit cramped. Looking forward to moving things to a more permanent location though. LOL ... yeah, I think still have a little bit of time ... probably a good two months ... although the weather could surprise with an early Spring. You did get...

17F and clear @ 23:00, winds out of the west @ 17 mph, feels like temp is 1F ... :oops: Extreme Northeast Ohio currently in the path of the Lake Erie Snow Machine. Not much going on here though. Got hopper and deer feeders refilled before I hit the rack, cracked corn scattered for the ground...

(y) :LOL: (y) Keep posting the hiking pics ... love to see your travels.

Don, Hope you and the Missus are feeling better and have a quick recovery. We'll be rooting for you guys here ... (y)

27F and "Fair" @ 08:00, only heading up to around 33F for today's high. Becoming overcast this afternoon, flurries or snow showers possible. St. Paddy's Day dinner over at relatives was enjoyable, the homemade Rueben's were quite tasty ... (y) After we came home I spent the night in the...