What's in the mail?

Pretty excited about getting this in the mail today. My someday is getting closer.
20200505_175745.webp
Got a few more things to get out of the way, need to build a new workbench. But I'm getting closer to working on the chair that I have been dreaming about for many years.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Pretty excited about getting this in the mail today. My someday is getting closer.
View attachment 186566
Got a few more things to get out of the way, need to build a new workbench. But I'm getting closer to working on the chair that I have been dreaming about for many years.
Click to expand...

I'm envious, that's so awesome man!!!!
 
Tony said:
I'm envious, that's so awesome man!!!!
Click to expand...
Life is short my brother. I just keep checking things off the bucket list. This chair is one of them. I dont care how long it takes me, it will be a challenge that I am up for. I'm pretty darn excited about it.:yipee: And in Sam's honor it has to be walnut.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Pretty excited about getting this in the mail today. My someday is getting closer.
View attachment 186566
Got a few more things to get out of the way, need to build a new workbench. But I'm getting closer to working on the chair that I have been dreaming about for many years.
Click to expand...
You’re gonna need those Auriou cabinet rasps you picked up last week for that project, Greg. And if you are like me several other tools.

I was going to ask what wood you planned on but I see you’ve chosen walnut. That should shape easily.

Hurry and get all that other stuff done so we can watch this build.
 
Last edited:
That's one of the reasons I picked up the rasp.:cool: I have some other rasp but the auriou's are just on such a higher level of quality. A finer cut too.
 
More d.c. stuff. I liked the rockler quick change handle I got another one for the other d.c.
20200506_133227.webp
 
Lights. Twenty 4' 5000k, 5000 lumen lights. :cool:

25.webp

What hasn't arrived? Or even shipped, for that matter... The Harbor Freight order I placed 3 weeks ago...
 
phinds said:
Those look neat. I assume they require a special ballast fixture, not the normal fluorescent fixtures, yes?
Click to expand...

These are stand alone lights - not fluorescent tube replacements. This is the set I ordered.
 
Sprung said:
These are stand alone lights - not fluorescent tube replacements. This is the set I ordered.
Click to expand...
Cool. Thanks. I didn't see an attachment method. Do you mount them on the rafters or hang by chains?
 
phinds said:
Cool. Thanks. I didn't see an attachment method. Do you mount them on the rafters or hang by chains?
Click to expand...

There are metal clips that get screwed up to the ceiling and the light is then pushed into the clips. I'll try to remember to take some pictures when I put them up.
 
Sprung said:
There are metal clips that get screwed up to the ceiling and the light is then pushed into the clips. I'll try to remember to take some pictures when I put them up.
Click to expand...

I assume they string together Matt?
 
Well, after nearly a month part of my Harbor Freight order finally shipped. Part of it hasn't yet. We'll see how long it takes for them to ship the rest of it out...

I'm eager for my order to arrive as it's a number of storage containers - need to expand my hardware storage.
 
Sooooo, this story is what is NOT in the mail. I was expecting a package from @TimR yesterday that left his house in Blairsville GA on Thursday May 7th and was supposed to be delivered in La Mirada, CA on Monday May 11th. Tracking was showing it on schedule until yesterday when it changed to "late arrival" but was still showing delivered by 8:00 PM my time. Eight PM came and went with no delivery. Checked tracking....Ohhhh, it just left Raleigh NC at 9:23 PM last night. So out of curiosity, I looked up how far it is from Blairsville to Raleigh. Shortest route says 363 miles AND not only that, it is is in the opposite direction, i.e. it went East approximately 360 miles before it turned around and headed West. So again out of curiosity, and nothing better to do, I looked to see how fast the Pony Express traveled in their day and found this little tidbit.

"In May 1860, Robert “Pony Bob” Haslam took off on the most legendary ride in Pony Express history. The 20-year-old was scheduled to make his usual 75-mile run from Friday’s Station east to Buckland Station in Nevada. Upon arriving at Buckland, however, he found that his relief rider was petrified of the Paiute Indians, who had been attacking stations along the route. When the other man refused to take the mail, Haslam jumped back in the saddle and rode on, eventually completing a 190-mile run before delivering his mochilla at Smith’s Creek. After a brief rest, he mounted a fresh horse and retraced his steps all the way back to Friday’s Station, at one point passing a relay outpost that had been burned by the Paiutes. By the time he finally returned to his home station, “Pony Bob” had traveled 380 miles in less than 40 hours—a Pony Express record."

To summarize, the Pony Express rider traveled 380 miles in a day and a half but 160 years later, it took the USPS 4 days to travel 360 miles in the wrong direction. So if you are wondering why the USPS is having so much financial problems, we now have proof they are slower than the Pony Express who were only in operation for 19 months.

Hope everyone has a great day and gets their mail when expected....but good luck with that.
 
Last edited:
For my shottie!
20200515_153710.webp 20200515_153718.webp
I'll show the install in my 870 thread later. In the shop sanding at the moment.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top