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I was not sure where to ask, if out of place, my apologies. Anyway, messing with nice old Sears compressor and the part I have to replace is a piece of copper tubing 1/2" OD. So far I checked only Home Depot and they have nothing but I was able to find rings for the compression fittings there...

My B1750 Kubota has a slow leak in the rear (turf) tire. I checked it with soap water and it is in the sidewall. I tried the Slime but it still leaks. I am not sure if it's advisible to try to plug leak in the sidewall. Should I dismount the tire and try to glue it from inside? I fixed many...

I was using MMM cutting tall grass. It stalled the engine and when I tried to start it there was a smoke coming from under the engine for few seconds and now the starter does not turn over. When I try, the dash lights go dim. My take is that some wiring or swith burned and is shorted to the...

After years of parking my tractor under the tree - and tarp - with implements all around it, I decided to put up a simple shelter to protect it all. The place for it is on an incline, maybe 5 degrees. I should still build it with the roof horizontal when looking from the front, right? The...

I am looking at this unit. Anybody owns one? Or similar/same make? Forney Easy Weld 14 MP, Multi-Process Welder - - Amazon.com

My aerator stopped working; I mean the compressor was still running, but the cauliflower of bubbles was not there anymore. I pulled it out of the pond to clean it and improve on it. I use a commercial membrane diffuser, I tried to make my own but the profi grade - mainly bubble size and...

This is a forge blower that I want to fix. It is some kind of a cast iron, never welded it in my life. I was going to use a stick welder but not sure about the rod. Nickel 99? Should I grind it to make space for the weld? I don't have the capacity to heat it up, was planning to weld it...

Anybody with a blacksmith shop? Looking for an inspiration. Here are some pictures I collected over the years.

Our hunting club was donated used bush hog and I need to do some work on it. After greasing stuff that was frozen solid I took it for a spin and it worked fine till it dropped the blade. :mad: Now, how do you work on bush hog? Do you flip it over with the front loader? Or just lift it and...

My youngest got four pigeons from a friend, we kept them in a cage for six weeks and opened up. Two of them took off and the other two started family and eventually we had like 16 birds circling our property. It was great to watch them, racing pigeons if you don't race them are pretty much...

Czech :) it out: Iceman Awakens| Sharon Krasny

My little Lincoln MIG, I had it for years, developed a problem. Pulling the trigger, the wire moves out of the gun but the welder makes loud noise and eventually - in 3 or so seconds - it will pop the outlet breaker. Not while welding, just to get the wire rolling. I took the wire handling...

I built this to water rhododendrons my wife planted on the other end of our property, out of reach of the hose. We used to haul water there by wagon and bucket, now I can water from the tractor seat. It is just a barrel and roller pump for the PTO.

I will be adding a fireplace to our back porch. The floor is 20" above the ground where the fireplace is going to be. I want real fireplace with masonry chimney. Now the question of footings. In our area the freeze depth is 24", I was going to dig out 30" deep and pour 12" thick footings...

It took me forever but the pizza oven finally has a roof. The frame is oak - after many years I done some real joinery again - purlins are just pine. I mocked the roof with 2x6 to match the pitch of the barn.

I am planning to build an enclosed porch/sunroom. The floor will be between 2' - 3' feet above the ground, the roof will overlap the footprint of course. Should I use treated lumber for the floor joist? The joist will never get wet, but it will be - technically - outside. The joist will be...

I am fixing a disc harrow for a friend, one of the axle needs to be replaced. Now the old axle is round but aggrisupply only carries square axles. Are the round axles thing of the past or something? I am confident I can make it work, just curious.

Posting for your amusement. I had these fence panels next to the field to use them for dragging but taking turn with the tractor, tiller was able to grab them. Oh, well, nobody gut hurt. It took me half an hour to untangle the tiller. :D

I posted this in attachments, got very little response :( Anyway, to tickle my ego and also hoping that maybe somebody will be looking for ideas here one day, I post it on this board one more time. The frame was meant for a tiller I started building years ago. I scratched that plan after...

One of the project I had on and off for some time. It is done now and it works. I still want to make some concrete weights instead of cinderblocks to put on top. Spoons are from Agri Supply, bearing blocks from Surplus Center.

This was just a little project on my ToDo list. When I changed the roof on the barn, I left there a piece of 5/8" round stock sticking up 6" right in the middle with the plan to put a weather vane on it eventually. I found a local plasma mo and pa shop and got the figure cut from 14ga steel for...

Just like every year, my vineyard is full of Jap beetles. I trap them and spray poison every so often but there must be thousands of them. They eat vineyard leaves, knock out roses and some (brown) basket willows. The traps are not as effective as they could be, I have bugs eating leaves...

Total will be 15 sections like this one, concrete posts with 12" cast wall between them. The wall will be crowned with pavers and pine boards - pickets or privacy - will be screwed to 2x4 cross beams to complete the fence. The distance between posts is 98", posts are 8', above ground section...

The local quarry sells stone dust by a ton, it is half the price of concrete sand. I used it for setting pavers, in horse stables and other places. Just out of curiosity I did some searching and there are studies like this one...

I plowed a food plot this year, we used to just till it, but it was time to really turn it over. After that, I plowed it one more time and than used 3pt tiller to smooth it over, it worked reasonably well, but it is far from smooth, there are lower and higher areas in the field. For future...

I scored bottle jack at the pile of scrap metal, all it needed was to top the oil up, haha. Anyway, I did not have enough oil for it so I used Kubota UDT, likely overkill :D What do you think?

Let's see, I got Kubota used 11 years ago, cut grass with it every summer and the belt just died. Not bad, not bad at all :thumbsup:

I broke the tail light on B1750 about a year ago, finally started looking for new cover. All I needed was the plastic red light lens if you can call it a lens. Like this one: $18.80 plus shipping was the best price I could find. So I spent nine bucks at the local TSC and made my own...

Stupid me, hit the key with my knee and it broke, luckily I can still turn the lock to start her, but I would prefer to get the broken key out. Anybody had that happen before? Is it hard to dig out the lock? This is B1750, but I believe it is the same for tractors of that era.

I could not resist to come back to my old stomping ground to show off :D First, this is what it does:

Good Morning, I am looking for a pair of 20.5x8-10, mainly because the old pair is so old and cracked that even with tubes inside I have to patch them often. It is for B1750 Kubota, I have turfs front and back and in the back I have 29.5x12.50-15. Now to replace the front, I could only find...

Front tires on the Kubota need replacing, but it is such an odd size I am not able to find them anywhere locally. Where do you buy yours? I have turfs now, would like knobs better, definitely not agriculture. Thanks!

Anybody build one here? I am looking into it for my oldest daughter. Not to live in one :) but she likes ducks. I was thinking 4" water pipes for floating grid and build on top of it, anybody has a better idea for a pontoon?

I tried and failed. One of the 4 wheels on my 60" MMM disintegrated on the end of last cutting season. The rubber was basically free spinning on the steel core; I need to find a new wheel. Anybody knows where to get them - the usual places such as Messicks and Tractor Smart do not seem to...

I played a bit to create shot load for 44 Magnum. This one uses #9 shot and 6.5 grains of Unique. The shells is enclosed by wad of modelling clay and between Unique and the shot there is a felt divider. Target and the can was shot at from 6 feet, the idea was to have a load to use on rats...

It surely stung me to make me feel it.

I am sure somebody here build one of these. I posted in build it yourself, but maybe somebody here has the answer. I have a water heater tank, must be 20 years old, it was in our house when we moved in 2002 and it was already old. Anyway, I got a new water heater, when this one died and...

I am sure somebody here build one of these. I have a water heater tank, must be 20 years old, it was in our house when we moved in 2002 and it was already old. Anyway, I got a new water heater, when this one died and decided to weld up a charcoal grill from it. I am aware of newer tanks...

I finally bit the bullet and replaced the corrugated roofing on the barn. It was deteriorated and way overdue for replacement. The barn before.

I need to insulate ducting in the crawl space. Some of the ducts (6" diameter) are laid in the 8" joist and it is impossible to wrap them with fiberglass insulation. I figured I could use aluminum buble wrap and staple it to the joist, I am sure it will work for heating but what is it gonna...

The plus - no blood shot meat The minus - need new headlight

I am reading up on my future project and here is a question on wires. This is what I can understand from resources I found: Air handler - 240V, double breaker - provides power to the blower and circuit boards (2+1 romex, based on the current, #10 should be enough) Emergency heat strip - 240V...

My rectifier on Kubota died few years ago. Since money was very short, I would charge the battery every few month instead, the diesel does not need much of electrical power. It worked quite well actually, the clue to charge the battery again was when the starter would not turn over warm...

Please, forgive me posting just a link, but I think it is very pretty. Old farm from 19th century was nicely rebuilt - the before picture is from 2009 - and now it is a combination of school with accomodation and restaurant. Fotogalerie: Zrekonstruovala polorozpadlý statek, aby si splnila sv...

Today I bent and broke off the muffler on my B1750. It is still holding there, but there is a hole in the bottom and generally it is not repairable. It looks like I can buy new muffler, but how do you get the old one off. I tried one of those bolts - it snapped off just like I expected. They...

I plan to stucco the rest of the house, now it is half stucco and old vinyl siding for the rest - the house is a work in progress, I am sure you understand :) Anyway, for the NW side I would like to add some external insulation, since that side is exposed to the wind the most and in winter you...

Last year I made me an outdoor shower, well water only. It is very basic, just soldered 1/2" copper pipes that can stand on their own and a cedar platform. Also secondary spigot 16" from the ground for feet washing. The first year I just had it behind the vineyard, used it only at night and...

The motor for the table saw stopped running. Well that's not correct. it starts, flips the breaker and stops. From the sound of it, seems it runs on one phase only. I did the obvious - got new capacitors and swapped them - with zero effect. The motor is little bit over a year old and it...

I am looking into new HVAC unit for the house. This is how it compares from one of the sellers: 18 SEER $4500 16 SEER $4100 15 SEER $2900 14 SEER $2800 13 SEER $2500 Prices are for 3ton Goodman but that's not important. My question is if it makes sense to pay for the 18 SEER, looks like 15...

Good Morning, I will be doing some heavy soldering soon. I learned that skill in high school, we were using electrical soldering irons to join sheet metal, build drawers and such. I have done it at home too - my dad had two irons, three including the pistol for electrical connections, and...

We are reroofing part of the house these days -yes, it is quite hot up there :) - and I would like to replace the gutters in the same time. The typical local suppliers, HD, Lowe's have gutters that look very cheap and flimsy. So, my question is - what gutters would you put on your house...

On the back of the house, there is a covered porch - the south kind with netting for windows - and the roof leaks. Period. It has only felt paper on top with seams tarped over but no matter what I do it leaks sooner or later again. The problem is the slope, 12" over 10' span is way too low...

that is amazing: Mini-Baler Prices and Packages From what I could find, if you sell your hay is minibales to the home pet market, you get like $5 for a bale the size of a book or so.

Almost there. Needs doors, roosting bars and litter box. But the chicks are not ready for the big coop yet.

Today I put 1/4" cobalt drill bit through my right pinky. 4 stiches:). But the doctor was a tractor owner - 26hp Kubota:)

I am building chicken coop now, using 2x4s, plywood and such. The roof rafters are 2x4s with plywood/shingles on top. How about the space between rafters above the wall? Should i board it for safety or put some fencing up for safety and ventilation? How well do you seal chicken house? If I...

I cought in time: 17 grains of H110 for 180 grains bullet in 357 Magnum That would hurt a lot:)

Few years ago this schmanzy water spigot broke in our little bathroom. It would just leak when closed. I did the quick and dirty fix and shut the hot water off and since I don't care for hot water to wash my hands, that's the way it stayed. I was under an impression that the fancy schmanzy...

This is the situation: The boat is on the trailer and the idea is to pull the trailer out of the water with the boat and everything. From what I understand the ramps in this area - Italy - are not build the way they are in the USA and backing to the water is typically risky. Besides they...

My alternator - 1 wire Delco- charges intermittently. 3 seconds on 7 seconds off there is no corelation between rpms and the voltage. The wire connection is clean and solid. Do you think the alternator is going south? I would expect more like sudden death and not this agony. Experience, anybody?

This is proly the dumbest complaint you ever read :). Midway is my prefered order store for bullets, gun parts, reloading tools etc. - but I am really getting tired of Midway portraying the founder and CEO in every catalog. Arent you? Just saying:)

will not hold magnets? Now that's a family crises right there :(

We call it Bosch key and it was widely used in ignition switch for motorcycles, military trucks and tractors back in the day - like after WWII. With a bit of clever hands it was possible to use a nail instead:) Was it ever used in USA and what is the name for it, please?

:mad: So the almighty google created new look for gmail and gave us option to try it out. I gave it honest two month but it is not very user friendly and I was happy to switch back to the original. Guess what, today they switched to the new look and there is no way back. :mad::mad:

We have a neighbor who sells eggs and it worked great for years, but he is getting out of his little enterprise. Well, we got used to free range eggs, hard to go back to store bought. How many chickens for family of five? We usually eat at least two dozens a week. I gotta admit I am not...

We need new door for the house and since I have some 2" thick oak boards I am toying with the idea to make them myself. The wife best of all would love it, but I know little bit about woodworking to have respect for a project like that. Anybody built a main door himself - with joinery - the...

I believe there was iphone TBN application, but I cant find it. Link, anybody?

The light outside by the Old Glory died again. I have there 120V and light detector to turn it on when it is dark, but the aluminum box was probably never ment to be used this way. The GFCI breaker kicks the circuit out now. Long story short, I need to find different solution, suggestions...

The barn needs new roof and I was wondering if anybody done it - of course:) - and still remembers ball park figure $/square foot. I just need to know what I am looking at, that's all.

Yes, I know, I should know better. That bugger got caught in baseball net and while I was trying to get him/her out, bit me twice. I was wearing strong gloves and still broke the skin. I used alcohol to clean it and triple antibiotic ointment and it looks ok. That ba#%^rd did not look or...

I am trying to find the name of this tree. Hard wood, looks like oak, leaves - see the picture. Ideas, anybody? Thanks!

I searched the internet and TBN too to no luck. I need new belts for my table saw. They appear to be 6.5" long (measured inside the loop) and about 3/8" inch wide - not sure about that, since the old belts are warned out a lot. Would you know where to look? Thanks!

wine label my family designed and had it printed for me - actually they labeled the bottled wine and let me play warm/cold around the wine cooler I think the best present I ever got.

I started having issues with my Kubota. It simply does not start when hot. It starts easily and fast when cold - after holding for the heat plug - but while hot, the battery barely turns it over and it will not start. The oil level is good, the coolant too and according to the display, the...

Say you have a vehicle that's not inspected yet and it does not have a license plate. You are wrenching on it, but sometimes you just have to take it for a spin - like carburetor tuning. What would you do? Get on the road and hope not to meat a cop? Or get on the road and hope the cop...

Plzen or Pilsen was the biggest Czech city liberated by US Army in WWII. Pilsen celebrates this event every year - officially since 1990. Welcome to the Czech Republic - Freedom Festival Pilsen

I was looking for a charger/floater for my motorcycle and by a chance found it at TSC. Apparently they have sale on all chargers till some time in July, mine was 19 instead of $25. Just passing it along :)

My family grew a bed of radishes for me. Love red radishes, it is a very popular vegetable in my original country, everybody grows some in the garden. Fresh radish has a nice afterburn in mouth, my son - 12 - liked them at first but refused the second one :D Fresh radishes sliced and on...

I think it is butt ugly, but check for yourself.

I have and use Deere trimmer since 2002. It always run well and started right up and I never did anything to deserve it:) - I mean gas stays in through the winter, I start it every spring easily and use it till the fall. This time it is different, I did about half a tank of trimming and it...

What do you think, this could be?

I am a Kubota guy, but at our club there is on NH and the transmission filter and fluid needs to be changed. What fluid does TC21D uses and what filter - anybody knows? I am gonna shop at messicks, since I need Kubota parts too, will NH take Kubota SUDT? Thanks!

So I was given Honda CB750 and while searching internet for pictures and info and parts and whatnot, I found this guy First of all I had no clue what is cafe racer I don't think I will be building one, just a decent full frame resto with modern elements (like replacing points:)) is plenty of...

So, I was given 1970 CB750, in decent shape, only 11 000 miles on it. It was not driven in 2010, but PO drove it in 2009. I am slowly making it road worthy again with the long term plan of frame up resto next winter. Here is my question: Exhaust are solid, but rusty, I don't care for...

I found this today, thought I would share it.

I got hit in the eye with the end of a bungee cord, ER doctor says it is going to be ok, but still not something I would like to experience again. I loaded trash cans on the trailer and as always secured lids with a bungee cords. My wife was helping me and said that one of the cords is too...

Yes, I know, not connected to a tractor, but this is the best audience for this kind of threat. Anyway, I killed my tiller last year. The transfer case got busted - see the picture. It was stamped metal to start with and those little rivets just didn't hold. It is MTB I believe, chain...

No, I am not Irish and I don't dance:D Check this out: E-Z Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig

I went hunting yesterday (we have extended season for antlerless deer till the 26th of March) and saw 2 pointer, 4 pointer, 2 pointer .... when I finally thought there is a doe coming - it was a six pointer:) Quite enjoyable evening, some came to a bow distance, but no kills. I say all the...

We got a new dishwasher two years ago or so. It was one of the quiet models. Few month ago mugs and glasses from the top shelf would not come out clean. I cleaned all the filters and gunk on the water pump impeller shaft and it made no difference. The next suspect was the middle arm, the...

that would be me. I bought pizza at Costco today - along with other things - and left it on the cart.:mad: I guess I can consider that pizza donated, right?:)

So I understand that giving dog a cooked chicken bone could kill him. Apparently heat processed bird bone is brittle and can split and pierce intestines or stomach. OK, I buy it and I don't have to test it on a dog. At our hunting club fox got into the trash bin and ate remnants of a chicken...

Ever wondered what actually is inside a big can of whooopass? Here is the inside view.

I am trying to find a solution to use a normal phone for calling through the LAN - using Skype. Now I found some phones online and also some adapters online, but reviews are mixed at the best. Anybody has an experience with similar solution?

I found a cheap Cub Cadet snow blower - from pictures it looks like single stage and in OK condition. Now I am thinking about adapting it to my Kubota (20HP, 17 on 3pt) 3 point hitch. I can machine and/or modify parts I need, the question is if it makes sense, how good is the blower and if it...

Couldn't resist. Skoda for Monte Carlo Looking good?

I decided to replace the original motor in the new for me Walker/Turner table saw. The original is only 1HP and 110V - I would like to go with at least 3HP and wire it for 240V. The saw will be pretty much in the same spot, but I would like to be able to move it if necessary - it means wall...

Before I start combing the internet I ask here. I just purchased Walker - Turner table saw. Beautiful piece, old, made in USA of course, very solid, very heavy, running great and missing the ripping fence. Now I don't want to invest in Biesemeyer just yet, it would cost me more than the saw...

3:17 AM EST is the time recommended by NASA.

ROPs on my B1750 are joined in the middle by two M12 or such bolts. I used them to attach work lights to the ROPs. Here is my question to safety police - does it compromise the structural integrity of the ROPs?:D

just closed schools for today. The storm is coming.

Our land was full grown forest 20 or so years ago. Previous owners cleared most of them out and left few significant trees. Now one of the maples is leaning due to clay soil, prevailing winds and such. If I let it fall down, it is gonna be a huge mess I will not be able to clean for years...

I got this straight electrical grinder, Black and Decker I believe, it is old and the name is scratched bad. It has no wheel or wheel cover on it, the anchor is 3/8", anybody is familiar with similar one? It warns against using a wheel not designed for 4500rpms, which should not be problem...

Lights on the Kubota just stopped working, the switch is on the left side of the steering wheel - one of those combination switches with flashers on bottom lever and lights on top. Anyway, the only light that comes on is the tachometer back light, I pulled the switch and it looks like the...

My FM radio in my shop is dead and I am thinking about asking Santa for a new one. First I just wanted a boombox from wally world, but with the annoying commercials and country music I can not really stand - anybody is using HD radio or satellite or whatever the latest buzz is? According to...

I mean, I listen to country music most of the time, but lately it is just annoying. If you compare classics like All my exes live in Texas or Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys or the good old Johny Cash - current country music just plain sucks; wouldn't you agree? There is a...

MY wife is always ready to spoil me. For my bday she got me hunting boots from Russell Mocassins. It took forever for them to make them, but boy was the waiting worth it. Love those boots. As they say the best present is something you would never ever buy yourself.

I think the best way is to replace the caliper? It is 86 CJ7, calipers are original, rebuilt once in 99, I think new ones are in order anyway. Better idea anybody?

This is bit odd. Somebody I know wants to buy tenderloin and few pounds of the butt off of a deer I killed. There is no service exchange or such possible and I think taking money for the meat makes it easy for both sides. Mind you, I am not reselling my venison in bulk - just this guy wants...

Almost made a road kill this morning. 2 feet in front of my jeep, cross the road, climbed tree, jumped over the fence and kept running. Weird deer you think? It was a black bear, the time was 11AM and it was a normal small road in Northern Virginia. BTW, bear in full speed is a beautiful...

I got lucky on Saturday, the opening day. Deer cca 200 pounds and beautiful rack, antlers are very wide at the bottom - 9 points. He has little tins coming forward and also button next to the left antler. 60 yards shot through the heart, T/C XTP bullets. Best deer of my life:thumbsup:

make them count, gentlemen!

except 22? What is your favorite target rifle you shoot a lot for practice? I have Ruger 10/22 but I am thinking about something to reload ammo for - heavy barrel, built for 1000s of rounds, run of the mil, every day target shooter. What do you think?

Pretty cool in my book - and they work too.

How about it?:thumbsup:

just happened on the 10th of October. Goes on every year since 1874 and it was the 120th run. Here is the famous Taxis and some history.

I just remembered him today. He was a communist, but his WWII books are first rate. Like The Twenty Thousand Thieves is an excellent reading. I find amusing him leaving the party after seeing communists in action - Hungary 56. Same thing happened to Orwell in Spain. Oh well, no more big...

Do you have quirks in your life? If it is the right word; I mean like a lock that needs special push or pull to open? This morning I realized the lever for my left turn signal in my jeep returns well when it is cold. When the temperature gets above 70, it does not return at all. Means in...

Enjoy:thumbsup: video

I am a coffee person since my teen years, sometimes I drink tea but never think much of it. One month ago I found Lapsang Souchong, tea with smoked flavor. It smells like a camp fire, every sip I take reminds me of camping in mountains, drying clothes over a fire - you got the picture. If...

I killed our trusty JD weedwhacker last weekend. The bottom end transmission started to make bad sounds, stopped spinning and after closer inspection (taking apart), I found a bearing on the pinion that went kaboom. Took it to the local dealer, one day and $70 later the weedwhacker is running...

with child labor.

Could this loader be adapted to work with B1750?

Seems like I get chiggers every year and it's hard decision what is worse. I used Off and long pants and still look like spotted leopard and itch like crazy. I bathe it in salty water to dry it out, anybody has a better way?

I went overseas for a week this summer, to bring back my son. He was with my family for 7 weeks.

First I have to say I had the best experience with the tool and with the company too. BUT: I used the tool for year or so and was always happy with it. The other day I found a nail in a tree I was using to practice with tree climbing stand. Since I was in my hunting pants I had the tool as...

I heard this, did not witness it myself but I would think it is possible. Family has a dog and an invisible fence in the ground. The local deer figured how far the dog can go and every so often the deer comes all the way to the line and looks at the dog, not scared, nothing, perfectly safe...

My tractor's grill is shot, B1750 has a plastic face with metal grid in it and it was duct taped when I bought it. Me using it didn't help, now it is pretty much gone. I was thinking building a grill combined with brush shield to fit in front of the radiator, to replace it with original would...

We are dealing with a dog situation and I found this text. It is an interesting reading, sums up my experience too: Category: Common Problems ､ Author: Melinda Johnson ､ Title: Managing A Multiple Dog Household ､ In-Home Multiple Dog Management It's far better to AVOID fights then to...

This is local to some areas of Moravia. They have these half covered entrances called zudro. Gives just a fraction of shade/rain protection and adds character to the house. Opinion? Oops, sorry for the character mix up

Yesterday I burned the accessory belt on my B1750. The temp was rising and quick check under the hood showed the fan stopped. When it cooled down I realized the dynamo is not turning very easily, actually it was not turning at all. I took it out, it didn't smell bad or anything, just would...

I was reading this book - the name escapes me now, prolly one of Frederick Forsyth's - and the hero was drinking his coffee the Navy way, with a pinch of salt. Well, I tried it once and it actually became a habit. I am very particular about my coffee, I prefer to buy vacuum packed German...

Welding of fire extinguisher outer cases. Pretty cool.

My compressor stopped working while ago. It just would not turn on and I first didn't have time to tinker with it and later on decided it was probably dead. It must have been a year or so and finally got to it, took it off the shelf under the roof to see if it could be fixed or salvaged for...

What can you do with Bluegills? Every year I have to fish out a substantial number (30+) of bluegills out of the pond. Usually I boil and strain them to make fish broth for the great Bouillabaisse my wife cooks for me when I behave:), but there may be some other ways to use them. This year...

Check this out.

I have some oak logs worth milling - about 5 or so - and there can be more, since one more oak tree just died in the pasture. My question is what thickness to have it milled to. I was thinking 2" thick, let it finish seasoning - it is partially dry - and then plane it to 1.5" lumber to use...

if you ever used old V belt as a bucket handle. I bought three metal buckets at Horror Freight years ago. They served well for a long time - made in Ukraine - but handles eventually broke off. I punched holes in sides under the handle hinge and use old lawn mover V belt and secured it with...

This guy, named Jan Welzl was working on the transsiberia railroad in Irkutsk in 1893. When the job was over, he decided to try his luck in the North. He purchased a horse and a two wheel cart and started walking without maps with just a description how and where to go. He eventually made it...

Bart was out eating grass before I start cutting the backyard and he was just full of flies. I have a big can of Backwoods OFF in my jeep. Decided what the heck, grabbed his halter and sprayed his fly mask and top of the nose - and flies left instantly. I was impressed so I sprayed his legs...

Northern Bohemia.

This link showed up in Woodworking journal today. I think it is pretty amazing.

I ride bicycle on roads of Northern Virginia every Sunday and the worst vehicle to meet is without exception truck pulling a trailer. It does not happen every time but it happens often enough to create a pattern. See trailer pulling vehicle passes me in ok distance, but than he/she forgets...

My neighbor has little bit over one acre, but still he shoots in his back yard in open space .45 acp. I told him once, that in my opinion he can not do it. Well he called the sheriffs dept. and somebody there told him - he says - that he is just fine. I did not have time to call the sheriff...

What precautions do you take when spraying chemicals in your garden, vineyard etc. I spray copper, sulfur, Mancozeb and wear goggles and overalls and when I am done I take a shower. Of course the text on every package makes it sound like handling U235; what is your experience with that? Am I...

We had a guy from a - what the say - good building company to look at our house. The estimate for project plan he gave us was between 1200 and 1500 - I could live with that. He promised to email me when he will come to measure the house and look at it closer. Well we had to chase him down...

Yesterday I was loading some 357 magnum rounds and when I run out of brass I realized I have about 30 .38 shells primed and ready to go. Since I have only one revolver GP100 in .357 magnum - I just went ahead and loaded those .38 shells with magnum charge of Unique. I felt too lazy to change...

I am doing my research on FEL for my Kubota B1750. One thing I expected and yesterday verified is the FEL mounts to the same spot as bracketry for the MMM. Since removing brackets for MMM is pain in the donkey - really:D - and I do it only for the winter and/or for a repair - is it possible to...

I maintain the dirt directly under grape trellis wires tilled most of the year. I have regular front tine tiller and it takes a lot of my back to get it tilled let me tell you:mad: I basically come from the side and till that foot or so, than yank it back and move to the side and do it again...

Typically they shock Americans. Czech Easter. It can be quite wild in places:D

I am looking for a loader for my Kubota B1750 - 20HP. I believe Woods LS72 would fit me nicely but I am not able to find any prices anywhere - except ebay. How much would it set me back? About 3 - 4 grands?

With the help of Home Depot associate I found a blank #24 and it took only 10 minutes or so to make a working copy of my B1750 Kubota ignition key. I will do anything to avoid the dealer :D:D:D

Doing my little research here. Anybody knows the root of celery is edible and uses it for cooking? It is more like German/Central European cuisine - I use it for soups and stews and such just like carrots or any other root vegetable. So, do you know/use root of celery? In the peasant...

This is hard and even weird question to ask. Our horse is close to 30 years old, suppose I come home and he is there with broken leg. Do I just go for my .357 or what? That's what one of my neighbor farmer done with cow that had to be disposed off. Let me rephrase it. Did you ever have...

I have a chance to buy an anvil, it is old, 125 pounds, in good shape - i.e. face is straight and does not look abused. The first suggested price was $300, is it a fair price you think? I did not ring it with a hammer yet, but I expect it to be good - definitely US or Europe made. Centaur...

My mom used to do that and I consider it quite normal. I baked casserole this morning, wrapped the pot in towels and stored it in bed under bunch of pillows to keep it warm for the afternoon. Is it the American way too or is it just one of my little foreign perks?:D:D

Shearing Airedales with Oster clippers usually dulls them very fast and there is no local sharpening service. I have to always ship it out somewhere. Anybody tried to sharpen clipper blades? Or maybe just hone it on a diamond hone?

This is almost like a personality test:) The 3 pt stabilization chain on my Kubota broke; actually it was the turnbuckle. For the snow calamity we have now I just supplied it with chunk of chain, it is crude but with one side working the chain will do. Now to replace the stabilization chain...

This I got from the off roading community, but it is still pretty neat. I can imagine uses around the farm and tractor; only the price makes it hard to justify. Trek 180

My oldest - who asks for a specific bday gift once every 4 years or so - asked for book reader. Anybody has experience with it and/or can recommend one?

This is just a question I have. I seen some people to cool down welded piece by dumping it in water to be able to work on it sooner. I always feel it should cool down on it's own. What do you think?

The dryer stopped working. I took it apart and found a piece of metal from the fan housing was blocking the fan, after removing it, it worked fine for a load or two. Now it will start just fine, but in short time - under 30 seconds it starts making funny noises and stops. First take is a...

Slow and inevitable. . While news are competing who will paint the most bleak picture - I heard things like 20" of snow by Saturday night - it will not be as bad as they say. It never is. Actually I wonder, if I am the type of guy who would sit and wait for Katrina till his roof floats off...

I shot this deer yesterday. Check out his mouth. Also he is 5 pointer with 4 points on one side and one point on the other side and his for head is dented in - maybe accident as fawn.

The screened porch on the back of our house was leaking for years. The roof pitch is very low and it was just getting worse. The plan is to eventually replace the porch - i.e. steel roofing was never an option. I tried to fix it three times with left over shingles and tarp and it never really...

Last few month I work at a shop specializing in old Corvettes. I thought maybe you would like to see some pictures: Projects Gallery

but here is a video: YouTube - Loading of BMP-2 on the Tatra T-815 (Part 2) who killed Alien? Hydraulics. Hydraulics rule:D and one was nearby: YouTube - WOOD - Tatra 6x6 in snow - 90 cm. SLOVAKIA

I got this cut off hand saw for free (abrasive disc @ 20000 rpms) since it is broken, but it is Mac and after taking it apart, the only thing wrong with it is steel cable that runs the disk. It looks like a speedo cable, only on steroids. Anybody - like Bird:) - knows a place on internet that...

OK, I don't mean that position, whatever is on your mind:D I mean rifle shooting position. Due to the nature of hunting in Virginia, I decided practice shooting rifle while sitting on the ground and eventually settled for shooting over my left knee while locking left arm on my right biceps...

I suppose I am not the only TBNer who shaves his head. Here is my process: - I shave every 4 days or so while taking a shower - using Mach 3 and regular soap - Gillette aftershave gel - once a day sun block or some other lotion - Udderly Smooth:D for instance

Today I decided to wet clean some of the ammo brass. After I pulled it out of the bath, I realized it was already primed. Objective of the exercise: Does water soaked primer still fire in a rifle? Answer: No, it does not. But if you press it out, put it on an anvil and smack it with a...

For my Winchester 70 I developed a load with reasonable accuracy using IMR4350 and HNDY BTSPS 140 grains. Since I saw a lot of positive feedback on HNDY SST I got a box of 130 grain bullets and I can't get it to group decently. This is how I worked it: - 4 groups of rounds, 9 rounds each -...

I am building this antlered coat hanger. The idea is to hang on it my hunting equipment out of the way but in style. Using antlers for furniture is little bit kitschy, but I don't give a hoot. Anyway, more I work with antlers, more I admire it as a material. They are incredibly strong, but...

Wife best of all landed her dream job, AP at high school. I am very happy for her, of course, the only problem - the school is less than a mile commute. Due to the character of the roads, there is no way she could walk or bike and I am afraid it is gonna kill the car fast. One mile in the...

As a part of my hobby - sharing useless information:) - I decided to post links to Thonet #14 history. They are still produced today by bending beech wood to a metal form by hand and shipped worldwide. Even the history of Michael Thonet is interesting. There you go, some reading for wood...

First of all, I have to say, poison ivy, oak, sumac, that was some fine print I forgot to read before moving to USA:( The only plant causing skin irritation we have over there is Nettle and compared to poison ivy that's a joke. Actually Nettle - which I never saw in America - can be used for...

I had a set of 4 suitcase weights - originally they were green:D - but my Kubota would fit only three and the third one would not go all the way in anyway. The 4th one was in my shop and always in the way and I just could not find any use for it. The plan was to eventually build a frame to...

Our county is today celebrating. For the snob:) in me it feels funny to celebrate something short lived like that, but hey, I am an American now:D Overseas we had to participate in the communistic demonstration, march in front of the leaders to demonstrate our unity against the evil...

OK, I am totally ignorant. Tree on my side, branches fall on neighbor's property. Does the neighbor have any leverage to ask for the tree to be cut down? I know it's complicated, but I am sure there are some rules of the thumb - like the tree belongs to me, leaves are for the neighbor and...

Sprouting vine is prettiest, IMHO:)

This is a great story and I applaud those guys: Kauai residents don't wait for state to repair road. On the other hand it feels like deja vu from the world and era I used to know and don't miss at all.

One of the best times to make a trip to DC is when the cherry trees are blooming. Pictures do not do it justice, it is like a huge white and pink and fragrant cloud.

I found this hitch while ago at the trash site. Recently I chopped it up and turned it into a rifle rest. Works quite well, it was bit on the light side - that's why I attached those dumbbell discs to it. They were trashed too - the only thing I had to buy was the bubble level.:D

We got some snow in Virginia this week - that's always hard, because significant part of the population does not know how to drive in snow - and my jeep (86) got rear ended. This nimrod in front of me stopped for absolutely no reason and since I kept extended distance, I was able to stop too -...

I have to say right on the beginning, that I am very serious about putting the deer down as fast as possible. I shoot the deer rifle at the range at least once a month and I shoot other guns and rifles too, like 10/22 and SMLE just to improve my skills. So far it was working for me, this...

took the Oath of Allegiance this morning:)

I have to say I am getting pretty tired of them. Over the last few years I built, with some help of the kids, of course: - long house model - tipi model - vulcano - globe - twice - Egyptian pyramide - musical instrument - twice - cage for a grasshopper - twice - map of Virginia twice - fake...

I couldn't find the threat about CA in the past, but this would fit there very nicely. It makes great reading even for me: Avocado Memories

Yesterday I was finishing some joinery on an outdoor table made from cedar. All I did was about twenty router cuts and few hand held power planer cuts - and boy did it make me sick. I never had problems with the cedar dust - for the big planer I have a dust collector. We have a lot of rain...

I made this board for slicing venison for jerky. One side is 1/4" and the other 3/8" thick cut. It actually finds more use than I would ever imagine, the wife best of all uses it for filleting fish and slicing chicken breast and such.

Took the old metal shed and blew it through the fence knocking a part down.

I just can't help myself not to runt. I still need to find an application, in which the gorilla glue would not fail. Glued small wooden ball to the chair - it is loose again, glued foam pad in a bow quiver - yesterday it pulled out with an arrow. I always follow the procedure they suggest, but...

The story is the catfish tried to eat the ball and almost died and they saved him by cutting the ball open to get it out of his mouth. Almost as dumb and greedy as some people:D

I looked up a deer I know from overseas. Fallow Deer. Internet sources say there is a bunch of them - in 1988 they estimated 14 000 - living in Texas. Did you see them or do you even hunt them? Just curious - with too much free time:)

Recently a neighbor asked to use my trailer to move something. Since he is in his teens! I offered to move it for him for the cost of gas. He didn't accept it and I look good - while I actually did nothing:) I think I am too chicken to let a teenager pull my trailer anywhere in this sue...

Every so often I have to replace bolts and such on my Kubota. Like the bracket on the frame for MMM. When possible, I replace metric bolts and nuts with SAE, it is too painful to chase down metric and when you find it. it is way too expensive. The MMM bracket lost the thread - replaced it...

I have seen it going on for a while now. No, it is not my business at all, but anybody has an idea what does it mean? Every morning the sheriff's deputy shows up in police cruiser and drives to neighbors house. Never gets out of the car, sometimes sounds a buzzer to get attention. The...

I was just going through pictures my daughter took this summer. This is a picture of the Corinth Canal in Greece. And here is some additional information, looks pretty cool to me.

To take exhaust out was always a problem. The connection was by done by tubes slid one in another and I always ended up cutting the exhaust pipe and welding new connection in. I expected the muffler to make it through the winter, but it developed a crack and the crack was getting bigger and I...

Proly a dumb question but here it goes: To tan deer hide with the hair off, I am planning (after online research): - flash it - soak it in hydrated lime for few days till the hair comes off easily - scrape the hair off - soak it in vinegar solution to stop the lime - salt it and proceed in...