so waht ya doin today?

S Mac

Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
I'd say it probably wouldn't be too detrimental to add a bit more oil, slightly over full. might just be the ticket.
 
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Ian

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I don't understand how a BS vertical crank engine can starve for oil on a hill. No matter which way the engine is tilted, the oil is still in contact with the dipper up to at least 30° tilt on the away side of the dipper. Are you running detergent oil?
 

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I'm sure the main problem here is the splash oil system, it runs most times on fairly steep hills. All of these small engines are the same with the oil, never seen one yet that had a pump & filter. Years ago they made 2 cycle lawn mowers, if they still did I'd buy one in heart beat. 2 cycle doesn't care about hills and run on steep ground, could run it upside down if ya wanted. :rolleyes:


Lawn Boy, that's the 2 cycle you want.
 

popper

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Took one mattress across town, moved 2 today, Got an EKG, Doc takes me off plavics. Looking for a LED TV. Been trying to fix the samsung that just quit. Get some squamish cells removed from hand Wed. Fortunately got the spare BR plumbing fixed already - new faucet, commode valve and shower head. City replaced meter a few years age and things get plugged. Plus a incorrectly assembled Delta valve from the factory! Will be >102F all week and NO rain.
 

Ian

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Ahhhh, finally starting to thaw out. Feels good. I actually got pretty well thawed on Sunday under a welding helmet in the afternoon sun. Heat gun on the tubing in the sun read 146°F, way to hot to touch without gloves and can't hold for long even then.
 

fiver

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got the forms stripped this morning, then decided to start building the last of the beds.
DONE.
I would have finished the sprinkler system out there but I got a phone call and a job offer down in SLC [Salt Lake] uhh no.
get some work up here and I'm all over it, but I'm not driving 200 miles each way every day to work 40 hrs a week.
I started roughing in the sprinklers over by the shed and needed a couple of pieces to finish so ended up taking the wife over to the ACE [that only cost me about 50 extra $ for some flowers]
I got that system finished and picked up the pile of wood from the forms and put it away right before the second humidity raising rain storm of the day come through.
I got everything else put away and tested the sprinklers right before dinner was done.

sprinklers and hangers tomorrow. or fishing. or a nap.
 

fiver

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sprinklers are done, now I just need to do the little finishing touches.
I told the wife I was gonna put an out house out there for her and the oldest girl.
it's actually just going to be a little storage shed that looks like an outhouse right next to the gate, so
I can keep the garden utensils and chemical type stuff in it.
[I thought about making it look like one of those war movie check point stations.. LOL]
I have a couple of the beds prepped and covered with weed stop stuff and I will finish up the others throughout the summer so they are ready to go in spring.
I'm researching building a lid that opens and closes with a near clear fiberglass like lid so I can get things started earlier in the year.
I know nothing about them but they look like a good idea for around here.

maybe the wife will get some Pics up later on this evening.
 
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freebullet

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Polycarbonate is what ya want for the lid. Available in clear, stronger/clear than fglass, & doesn't haze like lexan.

Watering is not allowed in the yard here. It would grow more & I'm against such nonsense. I figure if it's ugly they won't raise my property taxes. It didn't work this year.
 

popper

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Just cheap plastic sheeting for the cold frame lid, 2 layers. Staple to the back side of the wood frame lid. Cross members as needed. Prop open and add bug netting later.
 

Brad

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I started cutting down the handle on my ladle. Wanted to remove the ladle from the handle so I could do the rest on the lathe. Twisted the damn handle right off, flush with the end of the boss on the ladle.
Drilled it out, ended up going into the bowl. Not a problem really. Tapped it larger. Made an adapter that threads into the ladle and then is threaded to go on the handle.
Cut off 2.5" of handle.

Like any project worth doing it tool longer than expected. Anything worth doing seems to work out that way.
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
One week from today is my 20 year wedding anniversary. Worried anything I do for her won't be enough...…...
 

Brad

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20? Damn newlyweds.
And no, anything you do won't be enough. A good wife is something to be cherished.
 

Brad

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Hey Ian, don't trip over that milk crate full of crap for the chainsaw and fall into the snowblower. It hurts like hell. Got a good bruise on the side of my knee.
 

Brad

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Walter even crosses his legs like his wife when shooting from a lawn chair. Now THAT is devotion.
 

Ian

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Ok, done. Chopsawed off four inches, ground the tip square, ground a slight taper to help start the threading die, clamped it between two rosined blocks, oiled and threaded 3/4" of the fine thread handle end, and screwed it all back together. While I was at it I went ahead and cleaned up the spout and put a little trough in it to help point the lead stream.