What I did today -instead- of Rocketry.

[PatD]

Finally getting around to bottling the wine (30 gal) and hard cider (15 gal) I made this past summer. I think home brewers/winemakers spend 75% of their time cleaning and sanitizing, either that or I'm doing it wrong?

If you don't have one of these they decrease the amount of attended time for cleaning. Put it on and let it run while you are doing something else. Keg and carboy washer
I added the keg connectors so the inlet and outlet gets cleaned too.

 

[Greg Furtman]

We got our shrink fit machine setup. The rigidity of the shrink fit holders is awesome, and run-out is a non issue.

Tell me more about this machine. What does it do exactly?

 

[kuririn]

Fencing. Yesterday was... fencing. Tomorrow will not be fencing.

Foil, epee, or saber?
Nyuk, nyuk.

 

[Cape Byron]

Foil, epee, or saber?
Nyuk, nyuk.

Chicken wire. Should be an Olympic sport.

 

[KC3KNM]

Tell me more about this machine. What does it do exactly?

Tool holder bores are undersized, this machine uses an induction heater to heat up the tool holder enough to allow a tool to slip into the bore. When cooled it shrinks back down around the tool and provides quite a bit of clamping force.

https://brineytooling.com/resources/how-shrink-fit-works/

 

[jqavins]

Yesterday, my daughter had a positive COVID test. She's away at college, and the school seems to be handling toe pandemic very well. She's having a second test today, of the viral RNA type, to confirm. Fingers crossed.

 

[neil_w]

Yesterday, my daughter had a positive COVID test. She's away at college, and the school seems to be handling toe pandemic very well. She's having a second test today, of the viral RNA type, to confirm. Fingers crossed.

Sending positive thoughts your (and her) way.

 

[jqavins]

It's Negative !

I just got word a couple of minutes ago that her confirmation test, which is of the more reliable type, is negative. She'll be going back to her regular dorm and can come home on time next week.

 

[Nytrunner]

We put an offer on another house today and got an email from pur agent this morning saying it was accepted.

Guess we're under contract now

 

[neil_w]

We put an offer on another house today and got an email from pur agent this morning saying it was accepted.

Guess we're under contract now

Congrats... so far. Hope all goes smoothly.

 

[XrayLizard]

Shopping spree related to building plastic models lol!
Even got some stuff from Japan

 

[Funkworks]

I tried to make pizza but the instructions said to leave it on the cardboard plate it came on and when I got it out of the oven, the pizza was stuck on the cardboard plate. So I had to "slice" the pizza in the sense of making it thinner, just to get it off the cardboard.

The result is that my pizza was so thin it couldn't hold itself together. I took a picture, but no one would understand it and I don't care to explain it.

 

[SeanW78]

Piled more leaves onto the pile that hasn't been picked up by the township in nearly a month until I couldn't see what I was blowing.

 

[Cape Byron]

Hooked up the ice water/crushed ice machine in the freezer. Only been putting it off for four years...
But, Summer is here and the Vodka needs ice.

 

[Hobie1dog]

got up early ....listen to the ham radio Goobers, went to the Mexican restaurant for lunch, came back and sprayed the last two clear coats of polyurethane on the handrails for my sons house they recently bought. went to the man cave tonight and one of the other cigar smokers came by and we had a great time talking about all kinds of good stuff like rockets and Stereos.

 

[Cape Byron]

one of the other cigar smokers came by...

Damn. It's been so long since I had a good cigar. Time to add to the Christmas list.

 

[Hobie1dog]

Damn. It's been so long since I had a good cigar. Time to add to the Christmas list.

my buddy that came by buys all of his cigars from cigarbid.com or Cigars International

 

[Cape Byron]

my buddy that came by buys all of his cigars from cigarbid.com or Cigars International

Wow. They're so much cheaper than local prices even factoring in the freight.

Hmmm. Work now, shop later. Thanks for the links!

 

[dr wogz]

my buddy that came by buys all of his cigars from cigarbid.com or Cigars International

Perdomo? Ashton? A. Fuente? Oliva?

Sancho Panza? Partagas? Romeo & Julietta?!

I have a few in my tupperdor too!

 

[Greg Furtman]

I tried to make pizza but the instructions said to leave it on the cardboard plate it came on and when I got it out of the oven, the pizza was stuck on the cardboard plate. So I had to "slice" the pizza in the sense of making it thinner, just to get it off the cardboard.

The result is that my pizza was so thin it couldn't hold itself together. I took a picture, but no one would understand it and I don't care to explain it.

Never leave a pizza on the cardboard! Trust me, I know the results. What kind of pizza was it? I'll avoid them.

 

[OverTheTop]

Went for a nice drive to a winery for lovely lunch to celebrate my wife's and my birthdays earlier in the year. We were in lockdown back then so couldn't get out.

 

[tsmith1315]

Put together a variac/dim bulb tester that's been fussing at me from the corner for a while. Christmas is coming up and I want to look into getting our 1946 Magnavox AM/phono console making music. Hopefully it won't need much and we can use it for atmosphere over the holidays. There's a perfect little shelf inside for a CD player, and an extra input where the optional FM tuner isn't connected.

 

[boatgeek]

Cleaned the roof today where the old solar panels had been. The new solar panels go up tomorrow. Washing crud off a metal roof is no fun.

 

[Hobie1dog]

After having our night cut short by a woman who buzzed all the doors in the condos at 2:00 am, then came down the hallway after a lady buzzed her in when she said she was being being chased by a man who was trying to kill her. My wife went into the hallway only to be met by the lady coming towards her with long kitchen knives in each hand. Another lady popped out of her door to start screaming, followed by the guy upstairs hollaring at her to drop the knives as he pointed his gun at her. She did, then they found out she thought it was 2010 and George W. Bush was president. 10 cop cars showed up and carted her away. We live in a very nice neighborhood, really.

met my son and grandson for lunch at the sub shop, delivered the handrails to my sons house that my wife and i sanded down and refinished for his house he recently bought.

 

[Cape Byron]

Distracted...

https://www.onlinesologames.com/tigers-and-goats
Played Baga Chal as a kid. Still hard!

 

[teepot]

I had back surgery. Doc burned the nerves at L3, L4 & L5. No more pain.

 

[nosecone]

Went fishing, temp was 36 degrees.

 

[Greg Furtman]

I had back surgery. Doc burned the nerves at L3, L4 & L5. No more pain.

@teepot Nice not being in pain, eh? I had back surgery 1.5 years ago, same area. Been pain free ever since after years of intense chronic pain. Best wishes.

 

[jqavins]

For the last month or so I've had bad mid-back pain develop during the night, every night, waking up with my back anywhere from "hurts a lot" to "agony". I've tried different beds, different positions, pillow thickness, adjustable bed, and nothing seems to help except sleeping in a chair. I get better within an hour of two of getting out of bed, usually. I hope I can find a solution short of surgery. I'll try a good chiropractor (after checking references) looking for advice if not treatment. (A good one will say if s/he can't treat it.)

I'm also working on my ergonomics at work, and I need new orthopedic insoles (those semi-custom Dr. Scholl's ones) but I don't expect those things to help with the nighttime problem, since I feel OK when I lie down.

 

[prfesser]

Joe, we have had five different recliners, three of which we still have. Geniece found a recliner to be a godsend when she was pregnant, and I found the same when I was not pregnant, but in pain (lower back). The latest one is an electric job that reclines almost flat, I can't tell you how many times I came downstairs after hours of not-sleep. Sat in that recliner, ran it to almost-flat, let one of the cats jump on my lap, and was able to get to sleep. A purring cat is very helpful when you're trying to crash.

Best -- Terry