so waht ya doin today?

Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Oy vey! Well, I did get the clutch adjusted on the skid steer- but it's at the last position available. Considering it's a 1966 Melroe Bobcat, I suppose needing 1 of 4 clutch discs isn't something unexpected! I got the tractor front end over to where I could weld on it, actually I thought Gordy would do the welding since he's got a certificate that says he knows how now. Plus, he can see like a hawk and he can bend over and stretch and handy stuff like that. I made the mistake of telling him his ATV needed the final drive pulled. That was the last I saw of him taking an interest in the welding! I got it mostly done, but I am even more aware than ever that I suck at welding. I just can't make those pretty welds I see on weld.com, etc. But, "a grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't!!!" I also got the belt on the JD rider that disintegrated the other day. Seems to work, so guess I can hack down the lawn at some point.

That was the good, now for the bad. I don't think there was ever any maintenance of any kind done on that Honda ATV of Gords. The final drive needed a complete rebuild, not a sign of grease or oil anywhere, just lots of rust and mud. The bearings would probably make fair to middlin' castanets for someone with some rhythm. Unfortunately, steel and aluminum are not friendly when left in contact with one another. The pinion bearing is retained by an internal spring steel circlip sort of affair and it was solidly corroded into place! Same problem on the brake backer plate. You know that white, crusty aluminum corrosion you see on really old aluminum objects like chainsaws or motorcylces? Yeah, it's like mold on this thing. So, gonna have to bite the bullet and older a final drive case and a backer plate, probably some other stuff too. Oh well, the kid deserves it, he works his butt off here and he'll have fun when it's done. Plus, he's learning some more mechanical stuff which should help him out later.
 
Kevin Stenberg

Kevin Stenberg

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My luck is holding on the bad side again.
Today i was using my ATV to bust a trail for a new deer stand i have been wanting to put out. I got to where i wanted to go. But the vegitation isn't write for a stand. I started to turn the ATV around. An while backing it up i put a branch dead center into my ear. I DIDN'T perferated the drum but i did put a hole in the skin just before the ear drum. WHEN I DO SOMETHING I DO IT GOOD.
I only had 50% hearing in that ear and now it sounds like the ear canal is stuffed with cotton.
 
smokeywolf

smokeywolf

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Another trip to the sawbones today; just a blood draw for my heart patient. Picked up a Walmart order. Stopped at the booze emporium and restocked the liquor cabinet. Forgot to get vodka to make cherry liqueur with the coming harvest of Cornelian cherries.

Neighbor came and mowed.

I'm thinkin' that at some time in the not too distant future I'm going to invest in a piece of machinery that I can use to mow, garden or retrieve a deer that didn't drop until it was 150 yards from the house.

Previous owner had a Kubota subcompact tractor with most of the bells and whistles, but he and his Mrs. were heavily into gardening. I think we could be classified as, more into watching other people garden. Only gardening we're expecting to do is a food plot and some vegies that we'll cultivate in a greenhouse.
I'm thinking the next step down, a garden tractor. From what I've read, the problem with those is a short lifespan.

Opinions?
 
fiver

fiver

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your definitely not gonna get a ear stud put in that way either.


picked a bunch of semi sweet cherries yesterday along with more broccoli, spinach, peas, cauliflower, kohlrabi, a cabbage, and some onions, then thinned out a few carrots.
the wife was a bit overwhelmed when I brought it all in, and then was pissed because the oldest girl that was supposed to help suddenly had somewhere else to be.


I finally got the girls together to manage a cherry pie [after we got everything dealt with]
kinda... LOL,, the oldest girl decided she needed 3 and 1/4 cups of shortening not 3/4 of a cup.


oh we got rain out here.
mostly it's thunderstorms and is what's causing the fires.
we got rain right now, but it's just dropping the temp from the mid 80's to the mid 60's.
probably be some cold tonight, I'm gonna go close the green house and maybe the lid on some of the other stuff.
 
fiver

fiver

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Smokey whatever you do, seriously consider raised beds.
not those 12" ones you see here and there.
ones that are 24-30"s tall, they are about 9 times easier to deal with if you have to weed or want to remediate the soil.
everything is right there where you can see and reach without crawling around or doing a lot of bending over.
the only way I'd consider a short bed is for something like corn that'd be like 10-12' high in a taller bed.
they are easy to fill too and don't require the whole thing to be full of dirt, I throw logs, branches, old bags of cement, leaves and grass in the bottom 12-16"s, then add the dirt.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Sorrt to read about that Kevin!! :oops: :(

GREAT DAY with rhe LIL Ruger MAX today.

My load work up shot very well and produced a average of 1035 fps. Thats 230FPE!!! WOW! (Video posted)
CW
 
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Kevin Stenberg said:
My luck is holding on the bad side again.
Today i was using my ATV to bust a trail for a new deer stand i have been wanting to put out. I got to where i wanted to go. But the vegitation isn't write for a stand. I started to turn the ATV around. An while backing it up i put a branch dead center into my ear. I DIDN'T perferated the drum but i did put a hole in the skin just before the ear drum. WHEN I DO SOMETHING I DO IT GOOD.
I only had 50% hearing in that ear and now it sounds like the ear canal is stuffed with cotton.
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Both my ear canals are stuffed with sound deadening mastic.
 
smokeywolf

smokeywolf

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fiver, at most we might do one raised bed outside a greenhouse. Between the many varieties of rodents and the deer I don't think much outside a greenhouse would survive for us to eat. Will undoubtedly have at least a couple of raised beds inside the greenhouse.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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Dang, Kevin--stunt work of that sort is more my forte. After-market holes, removals, and additions are never a lot of fun.
 
Rick

Rick

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Smokey, a riding mower will not do what you want for chasing Bambi. The mower deck height will not allow you to go into your back acreage. Plus most of them have a plastic geared transmission. $700 replacement plus labor. Why I no longer have a Husky mower.
 
Rockydoc

Rockydoc

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CWLONGSHOT said:
Great info as always guys!! I remember reading that root killer trick. Never tried.

Anyhow. I had about 2" of that same alloy in the pot. So I added 1/2# of the babbit I have and re cast a couple hundred.
I powder coated them Tuscan Flat Black.

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Then sized .357 and loaded on top of same 4.0g of 231.

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Lastly fired into virgin spot in dry magagines @ 10'.

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I did not quench these. So difference could be as much that as babbit addition. But it did hold together better.
CW
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Some of those bullets look dented.
 
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Last time I did a scope job for my son-in-law, I said he'd be doing the next one. The next one was late this afternoon.

He works part-time for an electrical contractor, so after he got the scope all squared away I had him replace a
1981-dated recalcitrant pre-GFI outside outlet. No wonder it was recalcitrant -- one of the wires came loose when he pulled the receptacle away from the box. Now we have a spiffy 2021-dated GFI outside outlet that has a spiffy spring-loaded cover. There's even a wee green LED that shows it's powered. What'll they think of next . . . a red LED that shows it's not?

Loaded a small batch of .30-'06s with Lee's 311-41 (174-grains) and 16.0-grains of 2400. Started dumping 2400 into the next batch of test 6.5X55s but forgot to prime them. Tomorrow . . .
 
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