Phil, beautiful work and wood.
BEF, sorry about the old homestead.
deserteagle, wonder if tumbleweeds have any composting value? beautiful mountains.
Popgadget, glad you got some space now in the shop.
rswyan, I'm waiting to hear about a bountiful strawberry crop. I hope all your work pays off.
Sodamo, saved by the Lord again. Wet mowing is not fun if grass is the least bit high.
RNG, Glad it is you painting and not me. LOL.
Son's b'day is today. He's grown about 2 more inches this year (about 3" last year). If he keeps growing, he will pass me up this year. Celebrated on Friday (when his friends could all go to the trampoline park). He's a great kid, I just wish our relationship was more communicative. He has another track meet Thursday. He bruised the side of his hip, jousting on a balance beam at the trampoline park. Hope he heals by then.
Went to buddies church about 20 minutes away. It was good. I traded the stove top back in for a complete, but smaller unit. The larger one needed burner caps $88, and propane jet orifices, another $25. I'm trying to figure out how to nest the smaller unit in an old BBQ pit, that has a porcelain hinged lid and can block wind for an outdoor setup. The smaller stove is too deep in Y axis. will have to cut and re brace the pit's frame to fit somehow. Maybe the stoves knobs will be exposed. It is mostly stainless.
K46 update: got all the internals cleaned and they look good as far as wear. Here's one of the faces that matters. Like I mentioned before, I'm not seeing any major issues, and hoping a cleanout and fresh oil will get it going. This tranny has had an initial "groan" for the first 10-20 feet since it was young. I'm figuring that it groans until a fresh coat of circulated oil gets to the spider gears.
I sent an email to the Torchmate plasma team (Lincoln) about the height sensing problem. Awaiting further advisement.
Hope all of you have a blessed St. Patrick's day. He used the 3 leaf clover to explain the Christian belief.