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Good luck, Bill.
Nice work, Brad. I'd go steel on the handle unless you have some 7075.
Nice work, Brad. I'd go steel on the handle unless you have some 7075.
smokeywolf
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Very nice machining Brad. I'd be more inclined to go heavier on the head and lighter on the handle.
I've had one very similar to that for about 25 years. used to carry it in my camera/printer service bag. Now it lives in my range bag. You can't believe how handy that's going to be.
I've had one very similar to that for about 25 years. used to carry it in my camera/printer service bag. Now it lives in my range bag. You can't believe how handy that's going to be.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I'm still using 3 brass hammers my Dad make in the gun shop 40 something years ago. Handier than a pocket on shirt. Nothing so fancy as shown above, just "Globemaster" screw drivers for handles ( I think they were 29 cents back in the day) soldered to brass round stock heads. 2 are 3/4" and 1 1". They given great service and get used almost daily. I used to have a larger commercial lead faced hammer that was just as handy. No clue where it got off to.
Bill, best of luck with the eye. The idea of a stint gives me the chills. Sounds terribly painful.
Knee has had me on light duty lately. Some family member had one of those "Copper Fit" knee braces they gave me, sort of a light duty, glorified ace bandage affair. I tried it, but I don't think it did much other than warm the area a bit. Got better enough to get youngest boy Gordy some chainsaw practice time on the wood pile. He's much easier to instruct than his older brother was, although I still got a lot of "I KNOW that Dad" type responses. Hey, he's 16 and lots easier to deal with than his sister! We were gifted a couple of Echos from a neighbor sheep farmer ( national champion kind of sheep!) we attend church with and Gordy laid claim to a good looking CS670. Nice saw. Of course he hasn't quite got the "not running the chain into to the ground on the far side of the log" thing down yet, so next lesson is sharpening. At least he'll have a guide to use. Those little Huky roller guides are the cats! I learned the hard way with no instruction and years of trial and error before getting into the chainsaw biz and figuring things out. Blocking up beaver killed popple and dead elm. That bucket on the tractor make life a lot easier as far as moving them closer to the splitter.
Coyotes were up on the hill behind the house last night- near the sheep in the field. My big male Pyrenees LGD must keep awful busy when they are around. I'm going to have to try to lighten his load a bit around dusk tonight if things work out. I really don't like coyotes at all.
Bill, best of luck with the eye. The idea of a stint gives me the chills. Sounds terribly painful.
Knee has had me on light duty lately. Some family member had one of those "Copper Fit" knee braces they gave me, sort of a light duty, glorified ace bandage affair. I tried it, but I don't think it did much other than warm the area a bit. Got better enough to get youngest boy Gordy some chainsaw practice time on the wood pile. He's much easier to instruct than his older brother was, although I still got a lot of "I KNOW that Dad" type responses. Hey, he's 16 and lots easier to deal with than his sister! We were gifted a couple of Echos from a neighbor sheep farmer ( national champion kind of sheep!) we attend church with and Gordy laid claim to a good looking CS670. Nice saw. Of course he hasn't quite got the "not running the chain into to the ground on the far side of the log" thing down yet, so next lesson is sharpening. At least he'll have a guide to use. Those little Huky roller guides are the cats! I learned the hard way with no instruction and years of trial and error before getting into the chainsaw biz and figuring things out. Blocking up beaver killed popple and dead elm. That bucket on the tractor make life a lot easier as far as moving them closer to the splitter.
Coyotes were up on the hill behind the house last night- near the sheep in the field. My big male Pyrenees LGD must keep awful busy when they are around. I'm going to have to try to lighten his load a bit around dusk tonight if things work out. I really don't like coyotes at all.
Kevin Stenberg
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I'm headed to St. Paul to pick the wife up from the airport. She went to visit the grandson in Georgia.
Ian
Notorious member
+1 to that. Massive storm last night, high winds and buckets of cold rain. Temp dropped 40 degrees in a matter of minutes. That's on top of six straight weeks of the most humidity possible and showers/thunderstorms nearly every day.
Bill, I hope it all is going well this morning. A shunt beats the alternative, though. I dealt with glaucoma too for a number of years, but it was induced by steroid injections and while requiring frequent monitoring, was not vision-threatening. Highest I ever got was upper 30s, and only for a week or two following injections.
Pistolero
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Back from surgery, didn't take the overall anesthetic, as usual for me, just don't need it. And don't like
being a zombie for at least half a day with no memories. Too weird for me. Of course the
eye is numbed with lidocane and more. Doc says it went well, patch off this afternoon, steroid drops for
a month or more. Hope it keeps the pressure down.
Ian, I never exceeded 19, but for me, I need to be at 10 or less to be safe. 19 was doing damage.
As to weather - we set a new record in KC, earliest snowfall ever. Must be that global warming causing that.
Bill
being a zombie for at least half a day with no memories. Too weird for me. Of course the
eye is numbed with lidocane and more. Doc says it went well, patch off this afternoon, steroid drops for
a month or more. Hope it keeps the pressure down.
Ian, I never exceeded 19, but for me, I need to be at 10 or less to be safe. 19 was doing damage.
As to weather - we set a new record in KC, earliest snowfall ever. Must be that global warming causing that.
Bill
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Pistolero
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Snow was 0.2, the windshield was crusty this AM, no snow on the ground, sunny and cold today.
No need for goggles that I know of. I have had no trouble sleeping after previous eye surguries,
about four, I think. Tape a plastic protector on and sleep pretty much normally, for me. Can't lift
over 20 lbs for a month, no mowing or anything else making a lot of dust for a month. No bending
over with head low for a couple of weeks. PITA, but a picnic compared to the alternative.
Bill
No need for goggles that I know of. I have had no trouble sleeping after previous eye surguries,
about four, I think. Tape a plastic protector on and sleep pretty much normally, for me. Can't lift
over 20 lbs for a month, no mowing or anything else making a lot of dust for a month. No bending
over with head low for a couple of weeks. PITA, but a picnic compared to the alternative.
Bill
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smokeywolf
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Glad your surgery appears to have gone well. Hopeful that recovery and healing continue better and faster than predicted.
JonB
Halcyon member
I was able to hobble around and clean up my alternate garden in my neighbor's back yard this chilly, sunny, windy morning. My knee didn't bother me too much, but I was extra easy on it. It's too wet to roto-till, but I got the big weeds and plants pulled and tomato cages and stakes removed. a pickup load and trailer load of plant debris hauled out to the city compost site...that was a MUD hole. I guess the several inches of rain we've had in the last 2 weeks added up to more than I thought? The local creek if up to flood stage. Oh, I got ice on my bird bath...so I guess it's time to empty the rain barrels and winterize 'em.
Pistolero
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Thank you, Smokeywolf - appreciate the comments.
Going well so far, eye is still partially paralyzed from the huge lidocaine hit, and unless lidocaine
also paralyzes, a paralytic, too. Keeping it shut now, when I open it (as they warned me) view is
seriously overexposed, out of focus (gels and such in eye, left over) and has about 25 degree
starboard list. Not useful at this point, but working. All the drugs will wear off gradually,
tracking systems will reboot, autoexposure will not be stuck on 'wide open' and it will be better.
Sounds like you are a bit farther north than KC, JonB. We did have crusty ice on the windshield this AM,
first time this season. Ian is laughing and saying, "Ice? Outside?". I think where he lives ice only exists
in a drink or the freezer.
Bill
Going well so far, eye is still partially paralyzed from the huge lidocaine hit, and unless lidocaine
also paralyzes, a paralytic, too. Keeping it shut now, when I open it (as they warned me) view is
seriously overexposed, out of focus (gels and such in eye, left over) and has about 25 degree
starboard list. Not useful at this point, but working. All the drugs will wear off gradually,
tracking systems will reboot, autoexposure will not be stuck on 'wide open' and it will be better.
Sounds like you are a bit farther north than KC, JonB. We did have crusty ice on the windshield this AM,
first time this season. Ian is laughing and saying, "Ice? Outside?". I think where he lives ice only exists
in a drink or the freezer.
Bill
Chandler
Member
Our first real cool front arrived this afternoon. First time I have had socks on since sometime in April. Its about 62 degf now but the forecast is more of the same so we are happy happy. My forklift is acting up and I need to fix it pronto. Some electrical gremlin to chase. I bought some wire safe electrical cleaner at O'Reilly's and will clean every connector I can find under the dash. Wiggling the harness while holding your nose just right seems to work but that ain't a fix. Such a simple machine but its an electrical issue. I kind of wish it was mechanical. The battery is new and the starter tested good. The ignition switch tests good so it has to be some corroded connection somewhere. '96 model Yale GLC-30. I have a power probe but lack the skills/interest in learning to use it LOL. Its going to be tedious. Wish me luck as I have to figure it out tomorrow morning before the next truck arrives.
Ian
Notorious member
It's 39 right now, blustery cold rain has been falling since this afternoon. It was 87 yesterday. Cool front hit like a ton of bricks at 11:58 pm last night with at least four waves of pelting rain by first light. I think the Sea of Cortez must be a few feet lower now having given up so much water to Texas.