Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 75F @ 5:30AM. Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High near 95F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Still no news on the smog test, Kyle. The satellite tracker showed he was driving the van around near his shop, but didn’t get as far as the smog shop. He hasn’t answered a text message requesting status, so there are probably other problems he’s dealing with. :confused2:

There’s a lathe out there somewhere for you, Ed, you just have to stay on your toes and keep looking. That Hardinge sounded nice, but I wonder how you and your friend would have unloaded it without a forklift; they can be VERY heavy!

Began working on the saddle bag mounts on the old BMW yesterday by sawing through the welds on the old mounts to repurpose them. The blade on the bandsaw was pretty well worn out, and it always amazes me that that tiny bit of silver solder where the blade ends join is strong enough to hold, but somehow it does. The cuts ended up being about an inch deep and an inch high, a lot of steel to get through and a lot of time watching the blade move forward v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. Looks like I’ll have to trim a fairly large chunk off one of the side covers to fit the bag on the left side, but it’ll let me mount the bag a good inch and a half closer to the center of the bike where the old muffler used to be. That’ll make lane splitting and tree dodging a little easier.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

 

[CWB Wyo]

It looks like 51° this morning for the low. The last three days have been about the same mid 80's and sunny. Today is going to be in the 90's and partly cloudy.

Been helping a neighbor do some work around his place for a couple of days. We did make a day trip up to look over the country I'm going to hunt this fall. It has been over ten years since I have been up there.

I enjoyed the pictures of the quilts and Eric's hidden object game.

Going to try to finish the stuff I was working on earlier this week.

Have a enjoyable weekend.
CWB.

 

[daugen]

Claye, gorgeous country. I can see the picture of you standing there with one foot up on your antelope with a big smile on your face.

rototilled for almost two hours and that was all I could do. Came in and took a shower and have some errands to run before it starts raining again.
Quite the forecast for East Coast, particularly North of here where days of rain are coming. Flood watches out already.
Maryland, PA, NY lot of tropical moisture coming North.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Bird, that Helio is similar to the Draco. Cool bush planes.

Beautiful pic CWB.

Thomas, you have a nature preserve all around you. Sounds like a fairy tale setting.

Don, you can "hire" out my steel toed boots.....for your wife to protect her toe.

Drew, finances necessitate my repairing most everything we have. Thank you for the compliment. So much talent on our little thread. It takes all types.

Ed, if you'll post links, I'll be glad to throw in a word or 2 if I have any knowledge of any lathe you're looking at. There are a lot of small bench lathes out there just collecting dust. Finding one and buying it might just be a matter of asking around, putting a "wanted" ad in the paper. Ed, you're a good man for helping your boy out so much.

Just dropped the wifey off at our church. She is on the committee for finding us a new pastor. They had whittled the number of candidates down to 5, and then 2 of those dropped out. Fortunately, there are 3 good candidates left.

So I'm "baby sitting". Someone always has to be here to manage our artist. I need coffee, but I have to make it myself.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

When i woke, my wife had already dug carrots, picked tomatos and green peppers, and is now making cinnamon buns.

Ate cereal with fresh peaches on top and catching up on tbn. Everyone is so busy.
Cwb, nice picture, reminds me of being in colorado mts.

 

[lostcreekranch]

RNG, good idea weighing the blades after sharpening. I have a Ohaus gram scale on a shelf in shop that has not be used in many years. I also have a electronic portable balncer that may not even remember how to work anymore. I worked with balancing machine most of my working life.

Good Morning All.

I bought one of these HF Digital Scales 3-4 years ago for tasks like this. I recall it was about $16 with a coupon. It’s good for up to 11 lbs. and very handy.

Digital Scale

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ron, the flat is fixed. Handling that tire that's over 3 feet tall and a foot wide makes me wore out just thinking about it. Time will tell if the Berrymans tire sealer is worth a plug or not.

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .04 inches rain

Primary Day - have to go vote then to town for some sort of free AARP thing and a couple other stops plus the Brewery to replace my empty kegs.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

96 degrees, heat index of 111 and storms are starting to cook on the radar, popping up in area, not long before some thunder starts.

very happy to report I finally lured some hummingbirds in to a new feeder I think RNG suggested, filled it with extra sugary mix, double my normal, could tell it was thicker,
and now the hummingbirds drink that and are hooked. Not that watery stuff I used to give them. Plus there's a big flowering butterfly bush nearby, plenty to bring them in.
Only two for now, and of course they fight. Must be the most territorial critters I've ever seen. Next to fire ant mounds. Instant attack mode.
Very small hummingbirds, red, white and black markings

staying inside and staying cool.

 

[Bird]

I just now dumped another 1.5" of rain out of my gauge; still getting mist. That makes 3.44" in 3 days, so far, and the NWS is forecasting more. I love it!:cool2: