so waht ya doin today?
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I sent him an email yesterday asking what they used to cut poles. Kinda interesting if not surprising answer. He said whenever they had a bunch of poles to cut they used chainsaws. Lot's of chainsaws with lot's of backup chains and one crew member dedicated to sharpening the chains that came off. So that's how the pro's do it I guess. He said that sometimes they would send boxes of chains to a local small engine shop and pay to have them machine sharpened.
A little too old to be playin in sprinklers so found this summer's water sport.....
Bought a sLowes electric pressure washer.
Have access to practically unlimited gas versions..... I wanted a smaller electric. It's 2000 psi Greenworks on sale for 200. Got some not so orthodox jobs lined up for it where the lower power is what's called for.
But put it together and blasted some 35 y.o. Oak siding. Cleaned it up fine.
Bought a sLowes electric pressure washer.
Have access to practically unlimited gas versions..... I wanted a smaller electric. It's 2000 psi Greenworks on sale for 200. Got some not so orthodox jobs lined up for it where the lower power is what's called for.
But put it together and blasted some 35 y.o. Oak siding. Cleaned it up fine.
Yeah Bret,old equipment is one reason to use it..... and got a new,"fancy" water heater a few months ago...and not afraid to use it. Heck,our original WH lasted 30+ years. Which I'm convinced was because we used to drain it regularly. Back in the day our power would go off everytime the wind would get serious...... let's say once and twice a month,then go a stretch of several months before cutting out again.
Me and the boys would do our bidness outside,I'd drain the WH for wifey to use inside plumbing... found out draining them occasionally helps them?
Sooooo,the times I could use hot water in the pressure washer, will turn off the HW tank's disconnect and hook the hose the it. I used to use garden sprayers for old arn cleanups..... feel like it's turbo charged now,haha.
Me and the boys would do our bidness outside,I'd drain the WH for wifey to use inside plumbing... found out draining them occasionally helps them?
Sooooo,the times I could use hot water in the pressure washer, will turn off the HW tank's disconnect and hook the hose the it. I used to use garden sprayers for old arn cleanups..... feel like it's turbo charged now,haha.
Have done this before but really need to start paying a little more attention or effort.... a goal of sorts.
Dwell time when sizing bottle neck rifle cases. Just don't be in a hurry at the "top" of the stroke..... in fact,going to really start working on the timing of all the press/case "exchanges".Precision handloading ain't a race.
The other is after,we'll say,mechanical chamfering the case mouth is to lightly polish the chamfer. Years ago took a nut driver socket that chucks up into a drill motor..... filled it with steel wool. Lightly hitting the chamfer. Just need to pay a little extra attention to this before seating. Only takes a second.
Dwell time when sizing bottle neck rifle cases. Just don't be in a hurry at the "top" of the stroke..... in fact,going to really start working on the timing of all the press/case "exchanges".Precision handloading ain't a race.
The other is after,we'll say,mechanical chamfering the case mouth is to lightly polish the chamfer. Years ago took a nut driver socket that chucks up into a drill motor..... filled it with steel wool. Lightly hitting the chamfer. Just need to pay a little extra attention to this before seating. Only takes a second.
Pistolero
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Nice gobbler, heck of a beard.
Bret - watch out on there being any runoff locations for rain water where you turkeys can get to it. We had a tin shed roof
over a protected area in their pen, and came home one rainy day and checked the turkeys. All laying flat and gurgling
flopping under the line of water dribbles running off of the tin roof. We saw one, still up looking up, mouth open letting the water
from a corrugation run down his open mouth. Apparently they all thought (with an IQ of 0.1) that was a good idea.
We picked them up, water poured out of their mouths, we patted their chests and got more water out and got most
of them breathing OK, but they had been laying on the ground under the water and were soaked and chilled. Took them
into the kitchen, ran the oven on medium, and sat them on the open door and let them warm up as we dried them. It
was a long time ago, but we saved most, seems like two of 10 or so died. These were a reddish brown domestic breed,
forget the name. Even dumber than our white domestics which seemed hardier. Domestic turkeys even out-stupid
domestic chickens and that is saying something. I worked on a chicken farm as a teen and we raised chickens and
turkeys at home. Long ago in the 60s. Good luck, keep them from drowning themselves with a water dribble.
Bill
Bret - watch out on there being any runoff locations for rain water where you turkeys can get to it. We had a tin shed roof
over a protected area in their pen, and came home one rainy day and checked the turkeys. All laying flat and gurgling
flopping under the line of water dribbles running off of the tin roof. We saw one, still up looking up, mouth open letting the water
from a corrugation run down his open mouth. Apparently they all thought (with an IQ of 0.1) that was a good idea.
We picked them up, water poured out of their mouths, we patted their chests and got more water out and got most
of them breathing OK, but they had been laying on the ground under the water and were soaked and chilled. Took them
into the kitchen, ran the oven on medium, and sat them on the open door and let them warm up as we dried them. It
was a long time ago, but we saved most, seems like two of 10 or so died. These were a reddish brown domestic breed,
forget the name. Even dumber than our white domestics which seemed hardier. Domestic turkeys even out-stupid
domestic chickens and that is saying something. I worked on a chicken farm as a teen and we raised chickens and
turkeys at home. Long ago in the 60s. Good luck, keep them from drowning themselves with a water dribble.
Bill
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On the "good stuff" meaning,working/hunting rigs,have been annealing every 3rd firing. Which is producing some good load and acc consistency. Just need to be smoother on the press handle.....
Not going to buy one,or even worry with making a version but,would love to play with one of those 21st century hydro seaters. Think I might learn a trick or 3 on evening out seating a bit? Just thinking out loud.
Not going to buy one,or even worry with making a version but,would love to play with one of those 21st century hydro seaters. Think I might learn a trick or 3 on evening out seating a bit? Just thinking out loud.
Kevin Stenberg
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Most of my day is spent planting our garden.
fiver
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I'm starting to think about planting.
I know better, but I'm real tempted.
yeah Jon.
I'm positive it's the red/blue wavelengths, I know one is for growth and one is for root development.
I was seeing some real big light set ups that would flash full red for like 15 seconds then have an off time then flash blue for like 15 seconds then off again.
I don't wanna get all that fancy I can buy plants for 2$.. LOL.
I'm doing a lot of this as an experiment as I build up my beds and soil.
right now I have 4 different built up soils, plus dirt I made from well,, dirt, grass clippings and worm castings out there, and 3 different types of heat building bed things.
my goal is to eventually maintain a soil condition and not have to really disturb it with digging while blocking weed growth by stopping the seeds from hitting dirt.
grass is my biggest problem at the moment, it keeps popping up at the edges of some of the beds because they are only 6"s tall right now.
once I get an idea of how I want the soil I'm going to build in a rotation of the soil through a small compost system.
none of the roots will come out of the dirt, just the top 2"s or so will be rotated in and out of the compost system every 3 years or so.
by compost system I mean I plan on building a small key hole garden and feeding it the soil from the garden as well as using it to make the compost and replenish the dirt from the main garden.
it will be on a small scale since at least half of the Garden will be flowers and perennials.
might work,,, it might not [shrug] only one way to know.
the lights thing is because my growing season is so super short I have to be working on some things in march to get them in the ground in mid June.
I know better, but I'm real tempted.
yeah Jon.
I'm positive it's the red/blue wavelengths, I know one is for growth and one is for root development.
I was seeing some real big light set ups that would flash full red for like 15 seconds then have an off time then flash blue for like 15 seconds then off again.
I don't wanna get all that fancy I can buy plants for 2$.. LOL.
I'm doing a lot of this as an experiment as I build up my beds and soil.
right now I have 4 different built up soils, plus dirt I made from well,, dirt, grass clippings and worm castings out there, and 3 different types of heat building bed things.
my goal is to eventually maintain a soil condition and not have to really disturb it with digging while blocking weed growth by stopping the seeds from hitting dirt.
grass is my biggest problem at the moment, it keeps popping up at the edges of some of the beds because they are only 6"s tall right now.
once I get an idea of how I want the soil I'm going to build in a rotation of the soil through a small compost system.
none of the roots will come out of the dirt, just the top 2"s or so will be rotated in and out of the compost system every 3 years or so.
by compost system I mean I plan on building a small key hole garden and feeding it the soil from the garden as well as using it to make the compost and replenish the dirt from the main garden.
it will be on a small scale since at least half of the Garden will be flowers and perennials.
might work,,, it might not [shrug] only one way to know.
the lights thing is because my growing season is so super short I have to be working on some things in march to get them in the ground in mid June.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Weeding is done till late Winter! Now the yard chore is down to the several times per week sweeping and raking of the oak leaves, and maybe planting or potting something.
Replace some old florescent tubes with new ones that are as bright as the LED shop fixtures.
Deprimed, sized and cleaned the primer pockets of the 1866's .38 Special brass.
Replace some old florescent tubes with new ones that are as bright as the LED shop fixtures.
Deprimed, sized and cleaned the primer pockets of the 1866's .38 Special brass.
JonB
Halcyon member
Fiver,
your soil experiment sounds interesting.
I am blessed, my County has some pretty great soil, but I still save a couple pickup loads of tree leaves (Maple and Ash...and NO Oak or Walnut), piled in a concrete bunker for a year, then till the partially decayed leaves into the garden each fall. Adds organic matter and keeps soil loose.
I do buy a few plants...and I would probably buy all my plants, if I could find the plants I want to grow.
I start my plants in mid March. The Flats are next to a east facing window, with direct sunlight until noon. I have a timer for the LED lights, they come on at 8am and off at Midnight.
your soil experiment sounds interesting.
I am blessed, my County has some pretty great soil, but I still save a couple pickup loads of tree leaves (Maple and Ash...and NO Oak or Walnut), piled in a concrete bunker for a year, then till the partially decayed leaves into the garden each fall. Adds organic matter and keeps soil loose.
I do buy a few plants...and I would probably buy all my plants, if I could find the plants I want to grow.
I start my plants in mid March. The Flats are next to a east facing window, with direct sunlight until noon. I have a timer for the LED lights, they come on at 8am and off at Midnight.
fiver
Well-Known Member
leaves would be great.
I know of one guy in new York that charges the city to come dump leaves on his 'lot'.
his 'lot' just happens to be where he plants stuff he sells at market.
so every year he gets about 2 acres worth of free fertilizer... well not free really he gets paid about 1500$.
I spent part of my afternoon pulling the switch for the rear window out of the Bronco.
after getting it out I was gonna go get a new one but I got looking at it and decided i might be able to fix the switch so i took the cover off and tested it.
I could see the contact points were oxidized over so I opened them a bit and sanded them clean, pushed them back into place then tested it again before putting it back together and trying it for real under the dash.
saved myself about 60$.
think I will pull the cover off the tail gate and see if I can lube the tracks and such before pulling the passenger door down and looking at it.
7 years is a long time for a vehicle to sit.
I know of one guy in new York that charges the city to come dump leaves on his 'lot'.
his 'lot' just happens to be where he plants stuff he sells at market.
so every year he gets about 2 acres worth of free fertilizer... well not free really he gets paid about 1500$.
I spent part of my afternoon pulling the switch for the rear window out of the Bronco.
after getting it out I was gonna go get a new one but I got looking at it and decided i might be able to fix the switch so i took the cover off and tested it.
I could see the contact points were oxidized over so I opened them a bit and sanded them clean, pushed them back into place then tested it again before putting it back together and trying it for real under the dash.
saved myself about 60$.
think I will pull the cover off the tail gate and see if I can lube the tracks and such before pulling the passenger door down and looking at it.
7 years is a long time for a vehicle to sit.
Well,I've had 4 sliding glass door's.... "glass" on our porch for over a year. Brought home and saved for a guy who wanted them for a cold or hot bed?....... whelp,they be going somewhere today cause,they ain't staying on my beautiful porch.
And anything else that doesn't belong on it,there's a pressure washer sitting there getting anxious. Then hit the lawn with the hotrod tractor.
Should get my new 7-08 barrel screwed on today,and also Crest up some arrows for the boys. The youngest is shooting one of our bows in some,reasonably big VBA ( Va bowhunter assoc.) tourneys and can't have my bows/boys slumming it on arrows,haha. Another set is for #2 son..... he's a bit preoccupied with his wife being a week overdue on another Smith bros. G-son. Making a dz woodys for him.
And anything else that doesn't belong on it,there's a pressure washer sitting there getting anxious. Then hit the lawn with the hotrod tractor.
Should get my new 7-08 barrel screwed on today,and also Crest up some arrows for the boys. The youngest is shooting one of our bows in some,reasonably big VBA ( Va bowhunter assoc.) tourneys and can't have my bows/boys slumming it on arrows,haha. Another set is for #2 son..... he's a bit preoccupied with his wife being a week overdue on another Smith bros. G-son. Making a dz woodys for him.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Well the turkeys were a bust. Seems someone else came in and nabbed them all. So much for that debacle in the making. Never got to any of the other projects either. Ended up on the road again. Did get the JD seals, cage wire and ordered some stuff online, and I got 3 loads of laundry done. The "new" old backhoe didn't get moved, but I did sort of check it out better and I figured out how the seat works so that it can be used with the backhoe. Apparently that was a big issue for previous owners and they tried to stand a run a backhoe with foot swing. Not a good system.
Wet and cold here today. More errands to run, calls to make and things to try to figure out. But I saw an Amish guy working ground yesterday, so spring is here!
Wet and cold here today. More errands to run, calls to make and things to try to figure out. But I saw an Amish guy working ground yesterday, so spring is here!
L Ross
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Yesterday's box score, starlings zero, Duke 2, coon zero, Duke 1. Repaired over head garage door on casting shed. Went shrub shopping with my honey to replace a dead black lace elder berry, and pick up a high bush cranberry to put atop a departed pet cat of 14 years that's currently interred in the freezer.
Spent a frustrating 1/2 hour shooting at the 22 chicken silhouettes, not one of my better efforts. I may need to stick a scope on the blocks to see if that helps.
Hope today is to disassemble my ice fishing portables and store the fabric in mouse proof containers, try to figure out why the dome lights won't shut off in the 57 Olds, and get in 100 mile or so ride on the MC this afternoon as it's supposed to hit 75 degrees today.
Spent a frustrating 1/2 hour shooting at the 22 chicken silhouettes, not one of my better efforts. I may need to stick a scope on the blocks to see if that helps.
Hope today is to disassemble my ice fishing portables and store the fabric in mouse proof containers, try to figure out why the dome lights won't shut off in the 57 Olds, and get in 100 mile or so ride on the MC this afternoon as it's supposed to hit 75 degrees today.