Good Morning!!!! 60F @ 4:30AM. Sunny. Near record high temperatures. High 69F. Winds light and variable.
Very glad to hear it was the Honda you took swimming, Doug. And hope a good drying out is all it needs. Those parrots are pretty big birds. Do they ever cause you any mischief?
Not sure what to suggest as a lubricant when cutting aluminum, Eric, but I'd go with one specifically recommended for that metal as others have suggested. One thing I would for sure do when working with a hole saw that size is make darn good and sure that the workpiece is fixed very firmly to the table of the drill press. With a piece of wood behind it to protect the table. Don't ask me how I know how much damage a large spinning piece of sheet metal can do if the saw becomes stuck and you lose your grip on it.
Paul's right, Drew: when it comes to quality knives, you get what you pay for. My first Mini Champ came from a small shop on a back street in Salzburg, Austria. Several years later it slipped out of my pocket while I was sitting down and I never saw it again. But I appreciated the smooth opening action of the "blades", how long the cutting edges stayed sharp, and how the pivots never loosened, even when I abused the heck out of them using the screwdrivers. I was very happy when I found the same knife for sale at REI, and have lost and replaced several since. I don't have enough experience with the Coast knife to know how well it compares yet, but good steel isn't cheap, and neither is the labor, especially if it comes from the US of A, which in the case of the Coast it most assuredly does not. But as I mentioned, the one handed action works very well, and as delivered, the blade is quite sharp. Not bad at all for twenty bux.
Decided to pop into town yesterday and pickup the parts needed to finish up with the transmission. Got a blood draw done as well, and was asked for the first time what were my pronouns. "None" was my answer. I was even more surprised they asked for my gender, this in a face-to-face interaction! No wonder costs are going up when people are forced to waste time on such drivel.
Came home to a full parcel box, so I'll be out this morning "fertilizing" the decomposed granite and gravel with RM43 before the weeds get a better foothold.
Happy Hump Day, folks!
