What I did today -instead- of Rocketry.
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heada
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Welcome to summer storms in the Midwest. I'm hunkering down here, you do the same and be safe.
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Shop is built.
Sorry folks if I make to big of a deal out of it but I'm really looking forward to building and sharing with all of you again. It's been a few years, but I plan to make an honorable comeback to this forum and be able to once again contribute to the Rocketry Community.
My shop will be pretty well equipped with a 36" bandsaw, 12" bandsaw, tablesaws and jointers, grinders and polishers,,...
Oh, and yes, Lathes!!!
Plenty of toys to play with soon, for making precision parts. I got Starrett and Mitutoyo on my side.
Sorry folks if I make to big of a deal out of it but I'm really looking forward to building and sharing with all of you again. It's been a few years, but I plan to make an honorable comeback to this forum and be able to once again contribute to the Rocketry Community.
My shop will be pretty well equipped with a 36" bandsaw, 12" bandsaw, tablesaws and jointers, grinders and polishers,,...
Oh, and yes, Lathes!!!
Plenty of toys to play with soon, for making precision parts. I got Starrett and Mitutoyo on my side.
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If you can't build something like that and brag about it then there is something wrong with the world.
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The Contractor did everything but apply the Cabot Australian Timber Stain to the components pre-construction. They had to cut trim and do nailing so I chased everything as best I could today, but then they got got stuck with their tool trailer in my yard, and thankfully my neighbor helped up get that fixed. Neighbor happens to be a contractor, and after we recover the tool trailer and get it on its way, I invite him to inspect my new building. He tells me they did a good job and did not "cut corners" on the framing and siding.If you can't build something like that and brag about it then there is something wrong with the world.
As in it looks like it got done right
Cabot's is known as the best quality down here.
Nice screen capture from MyRadar! I use the same app.
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We were safe, the worst part of the storm with rotation went just South of our neighborhood by a couple miles through a sparsely populated area. Unfortunately there was a fatality from this storm on the other side of the city. The line hit the Midwest hard, so I hope most people were safe.
Colonoscopy. 'Nuff said.
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Drove folks to Gainesville, GA from Stone Mountain to inventory a Michael's. Was highly disappointed that Michael's didn't have any model rockets. Harrumph!
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Touch ups on the trim staining. If you have mineral spirits near by they can clean the drips off, but also lighten the stain considerably as the wood absorbs more pigment.
Also a place to put my extension cord through that is water tight.
I'll get it wired properly as soon as can be afforded.
Also a place to put my extension cord through that is water tight.
I'll get it wired properly as soon as can be afforded.
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We should hold a Michael's only scratch built rocket contest here on TRF.
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Sounds like a plan! Look for a PM.
@jqavins I had one a couple of years ago. They put me out so no big deal except for the nuclear powered laxative. This is funny.
https://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1928847.html
The fasting for 36 hours. Yeah, the nuke laxative... twice. The wiped out post ansthesia day. Waiting for the bad news (which probably won't come, but I'm rather carcinophobic, so I'm sure it will.)
Think positive.
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He's positive he won't enjoy it. LOL
No, I keep trying to think negative. The completely expected polyps went to the path lab, and I'm thinking negative.
rharshberger
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Picked 221 pounds of Roma tomatoes, now its on to processing into sauces/salsa/chopped tomatoes for canning.....
I hope you get to eat a few of them fresh.
rharshberger
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We did pick a few slicer types as well, my guess is the slicers are a locally hybridized Beefsteak type.
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Made and installed trim for my entry door and built a small simple bench to work with for now until I can afford more supplies next month to build everything according to plans. I'm already having such a great time having projects started and in progress. I was so bored just cutting trees/firewood everyday.
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You going to put a permanent dust extraction system in your new wonderful workshop? That's something on the list for mine, for about the last 20 years. I suspect I will wish I had done it years ago when I finally get it in.
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In the name of safety YES!!!!
The shop as I need it would not work without positive air and even flow hoods. I don't need any more exposure to inhalable poisons than I've already had with burn pit exposure in Iraq.
I'm a safety snob and care about my health. I met a guy that never had safety equipment, but ran a successful woodworking business til' at 34 his lungs were destroyed.
The shop as I need it would not work without positive air and even flow hoods. I don't need any more exposure to inhalable poisons than I've already had with burn pit exposure in Iraq.
I'm a safety snob and care about my health. I met a guy that never had safety equipment, but ran a successful woodworking business til' at 34 his lungs were destroyed.
Some of the trees in the Mango orchard haven't been effectively pruned for some 30 years. Selected seven of these for cutting to waist level. These will regrow and produce fruit in 3-4 years.
Now... cutting down 10metre (30ft) trees in a crowded orchard is a good test of your chainsaw skills. Four down today, another 3 tomorrow.
Now... cutting down 10metre (30ft) trees in a crowded orchard is a good test of your chainsaw skills. Four down today, another 3 tomorrow.
I ate my first home grown tomato today. (I have 3 plants.) So yummy.
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Many years ago after a hurricane in Florida we got a contract with a Mango orchard to "replant" the trees blown over, method was to "hatrack" them, wrap a strap around the long stump, put it back in the hole cover the roots with dirt then move to the next one, evidently Mango trees are very hardy.
Mangos. YUM! We heard of a farm in Queensland when we were there years ago, up near Cape York, that had 28 different species of mango. Would be fun working though them to see which tasted best
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heada
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Mango wood is awesome looking too. I've turned a few pens in mango wood and they're some of my favorites.
