What did you do in your shop today?

I got replacement gaskets cut for the Carb. yesterday. Managed to get it reassembled and partially installed (need a wrench with something other than a 15 deg. offset, or a duckbill shape, because of the intake tube. Might have to hit the local hardware/surplus store after work.
 
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rocky1 said:
This stuff I've had is just miserable, feel sort of OK, if I don't eat; but I've got an appetite, and get hungry. 4 - 5 days meals went through me in about 45 minutes. Immodium stopped that but, within 10 minutes of eating anything, stomach starts cramping, heart starts racing, get a light feeling in my stomach and chest, get dizzy, low grade fever kicks in, headache sets in, get drowsy, and crash. Tried to go out and do a little work in the yard, nothing at all difficult, and broke out in a cold sweat in all of about 3 minutes. Took a few Pro-Biotics the other night, and within an hour my stomach felt like I'd done 500 situps; knotted up tight all the way across, and stayed that way for about 2 - 3 hours. Otherwise, just feel whipped... can't stay awake, until it's time to go to sleep, then I can't sleep. Have no energy at all!! Nature of the beast I guess, everyone I know that's had it, has the same complaints.
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:headscratch2:IF you'd have posted that about 20 minutes earlier I coulda hooked you up! Went after my pressure pot, decided maybe I shouldn't eat on the 2 hour drive up there. Picked up the pressure pot, started home, stopped in Douglas, GA at Wendy's for a bite of lunch, gut started churning before I got to Pearson, 30 miles away.... Barely made the hour and a half drive home! It wouldn't have been a pretty picture!!!

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This first part wasn't in the shop, but rather in the kitchen. Put a bunch of wood I have that needs stabilizing into the kitchen oven for 24 hours to get it completely dry. @Tony and @Bean_counter thought I would get in trouble with my wife for doing this. When I told her she just laughed and said, "Nice!" :sarcastic: It went into the oven yesterday and came out today and went straight into ziploc bags to cool and for storage so moisture wouldn't be reintroduced.

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This evening I put my first batch of material under vacuum. Air still coming out pretty good and I'm going to bed soon, so will let vacuum run overnight.

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Got the carb. attached to the engine, Need to pick up some new fuel line, as the stuff was getting really stiff. And did a little organizing last night.
 
Sprung said:
This first part wasn't in the shop, but rather in the kitchen. Put a bunch of wood I have that needs stabilizing into the kitchen oven for 24 hours to get it completely dry. @Tony and @Bean_counter thought I would get in trouble with my wife for doing this. When I told her she just laughed and said, "Nice!" :sarcastic: It went into the oven yesterday and came out today and went straight into ziploc bags to cool and for storage so moisture wouldn't be reintroduced.

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This evening I put my first batch of material under vacuum. Air still coming out pretty good and I'm going to bed soon, so will let vacuum run overnight.

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So? How'd it turn out?
 
Today I hunted all over in my shop for a shovel... It was broke when I found it!

Then I hunted for the instruction manual for my Garrett Metal Detector trying to figure out how to set it up to look for underground electrical wires. Never did find that, or figure it out! (Downloaded the manual, gave up on locating the wire, and decided to dig it by hand rather than find the wire with the skidsteer.)

Then I hunted down my tape measure to figure out how much pipe I was going to need to reroute that waterline I found in the garden with the tiller on my tractor! (Schedule 40 PVC is no match for a 45 hp Deere at 2000 RPMs!)

Then I scratched my head all afternoon trying to figure out how I haven't tilled that damn waterline up previously since it was only about 6-8 inches deep where I found it with the tiller, and I tilled all over the top of it I don't know how many times this spring. (Uhmmm... yeah for you guys up north... The ground does not freeze down here, EVER, our Sugar, Honey, Ice Tea don't have to be buried 8 feet deep to keep it from freezing! Although it should be buried more than 8 inches to keep from wrapping it up around the tiller.)

Then I went and bought 50 ft. of PVC, assorted fittings, primer/glue, and a shovel that wasn't broke! Got a third of the trench dug this evening before the mosquitoes chased me inside; it'll be back together 2 ft. deep, OUTSIDE of the garden tomorrow!
 
rocky1 said:
(Uhmmm... yeah for you guys up north... The ground does not freeze down here, EVER, our bat guana don't have to be buried 8 feet deep to keep it from freezing! Although it should be buried more than 8 inches to keep from wrapping it up around the tiller.)
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It may be that we have to bury stuff deeper, but we're not digging into it when working in the garden!

rocky1 said:
before the mosquitoes chased me inside
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Ahh, mosquitoes. At this point of the year, they are no longer a problem! :cool:
 
Schroedc said:
So? How'd it turn out?
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Well, it took a bit over 20 hours before the bubbles stopped, so vacuum pump was shut off yesterday evening and the blanks are soaking right now. I'll put them in the oven on Friday, the next time I'm able to get into the shop.

I did some partial vacuum (just a few minutes) and a soak of some colors to try double dyeing. I think letting them sit for almost 24 hours before baking them off might've been too much - they may have sucked in more color than I was intending them to, leaving little left for a second color. I baked them off last night. I'll run a second color on them Friday then, after their soak, bake them off again and slice a couple open and turn a few to see how the colors turned out. Mostly boxelder burl in the dyes. Without having sanded them or sliced one open yet, the black looks pretty promising and the other colors (red, blue, and green) look decent to good too.
 
BTW, @Schroedc , seeing your pile of corn cobs there reminds me I need to talk to one of my farmers and get some cobs. I've got one I'll be visiting with tomorrow (if I can catch him before he fires up the combine and heads back into the corn) and will have to remember to ask him. I haven't done a corn cob pen yet and would like to turn some.
 
Sprung said:
BTW, @Schroedc , seeing your pile of corn cobs there reminds me I need to talk to one of my farmers and get some cobs. I've got one I'll be visiting with tomorrow (if I can catch him before he fires up the combine and heads back into the corn) and will have to remember to ask him. I haven't done a corn cob pen yet and would like to turn some.
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If you can't get any, let me know. I've got a 30 gallon trash bag full of them.
 
Schroedc said:
If you can't get any, let me know. I've got a 30 gallon trash bag full of them.
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Sounds good. I can't imagine not being able to get some around here this time of year, but if I strike out, I'll let you know.
 
rocky1 said:
:headscratch2:IF you'd have posted that about 20 minutes earlier I coulda hooked you up! Went after my pressure pot, decided maybe I shouldn't eat on the 2 hour drive up there. Picked up the pressure pot, started home, stopped in Douglas, GA at Wendy's for a bite of lunch, gut started churning before I got to Pearson, 30 miles away.... Barely made the hour and a half drive home! It wouldn't have been a pretty picture!!!

:nodice::lol2: :sorry:
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The why I haven't eaten fast food in like 20 years.
 
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