Projects: Honey Do's/Home Improvement s that Keep ya Out of the Shop

Yep but it screwed that part up cause not only did we kill the sake but done kilt the shelf too!
 
Horsewright said:
Yep but it screwed that part up cause not only did we kill the sake but done kilt the shelf too!
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No screw up, your computer calculated the risk and applied enough force for whatever that music maker might try😆
 
There are times when a guy must prioritize for sure.
 
top of my wife’s honey do list was more family time at the lake during our short summer. How could I say no to great walleye and pike fishing. We also love sitting by the fire listening to the loons calling in the evening.
 

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kdnolin said:
top of my wife’s honey do list was more family time at the lake during our short summer. How could I say no to great walleye and pike fishing. We also love sitting by the fire listening to the loons calling in the evening.
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Ugh. Walleye and pike have sharp spines. And teeth. And they are slimy. Never have quite seen the attraction. The loons are nice though....
 
kdnolin said:
top of my wife’s honey do list was more family time at the lake during our short summer. How could I say no to great walleye and pike fishing. We also love sitting by the fire listening to the loons calling in the evening.
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Very cool!

kdnolin said:
Nothing like sitting by the fire with a frosty beer.
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Dunno that might take some computating. There's an argument for the beach and a hot blonde:

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Or by the crackling fire but whiskey and ceegars instead of beer. Definitly got the frosty pat going on though:

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Cushing H. said:
Ok, slightly back on topic, I’ve had a long series of “family-do” (not quite so much “honey-do”) stuff since aug 7 that has kept my time either fully occupied or full-time physically on the road since that date. Won’t go into details … but point I guess is that life just intrudes and has precedence over shop time.

It’s interesting to hear that so many others also read horsewright and the reaction is “I wish I could be doing that” 😊. Maybe it is the uncrowded open environment? Maybe it is the hope for a simpler life? (Though somehow I wonder whether opening up a door to find a rattler singing his song at you qualifies as “simple”?

Or maybe Dave is just really, really good at telling stories? 😊
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Exactly! Its been said, which is why the need for photographic evidence!
 
Cushing H. said:
Ugh. Walleye and pike have sharp spines. And teeth. And they are slimy. Never have quite seen the attraction. The loons are nice though....
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Don’t forget about the razor sharp Gill plates on the walleye! I say it’s been a great weekend when my hands have the battles scars from fishing 😂

The attraction is that there is nothing like fish from the lake to the frying pan.
 

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Something about cold water Northern that makes it my favorite eating fish, even preferable to walleye.
 
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Taking care of 5 young kids is the primary reason keeping me out of the shop, more than a Honey Do list, but I did manage some shop time late at night (my neighbors probably didn't appreciate the angle grinder at 1am. Oops.) to work on fabricating a trap bar for my home gym. Almost done, just needs the jack stands added.
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Michael Black said:
Taking care of 5 young kids is the primary reason keeping me out of the shop, more than a Honey Do list, but I did manage some shop time late at night (my neighbors probably didn't appreciate the angle grinder at 1am. Oops.) to work on fabricating a trap bar for my home gym. Almost done, just needs the jack stands added.
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Thats cool! Yep kids will keep ya busy.
 
Horsewright said:
Looking forward to the pics for sure my friend!

Real work bout to start on this outfit. In the cattle pens I have one whole wall that has to be replaced. The gate post into that pen rotted off at the ground. Shows ya how old these corrals are if a railroad tie can rot off in our dry climate. It'll be a lot of heavy lifting as the walls are wide conveyer belt rubber nailed to boards with hundreds and hundreds of nails. Best bet I think is to just to sawsal it up into pieces and haul it off. Gonna have to replace several uprights and then come back and replace that wall with cattle panels screwed to the uprights. Fortunately the corrals are built on an alluvial fan (I do have two college degrees just not a HS diploma, did take geology), instead of the dreaded adobe clay hardpack, so digging is a lot easier. Was gonna get started on it today but my crew went to a Luke Comb's concert last night so today probably ain't gonna happen. Oh gotta have this done over the next couple of weeks as we're scheduled to work all the cattle on the 23rd this month. Meanwhile I'll get these guys pretty much done today:

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Dave, here is the pic I promised.
I'm very happy with the entire setup. I tested a bunch of tool carts and mobile benches and they just weren't solid enough for my liking.
I bought a Kobalt 72" adjustable height bench and a Bora PM-1100 base kit.
I used thick wood for the base and made it very solid.
What is surprising is how easily it rolls when you engage the levers, and how sturdy it is when you let it down.
I've got my new Northridge, my older AMK disc and a new Wilton vise, with a little bit of bench space left over.
My only problem is I'm about out of excuses, I had better make some nice knives with this equipment.
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Richard338 said:
Dave, here is the pic I promised.
I'm very happy with the entire setup. I tested a bunch of tool carts and mobile benches and they just weren't solid enough for my liking.
I bought a Kobalt 72" adjustable height bench and a Bora PM-1100 base kit.
I used thick wood for the base and made it very solid.
What is surprising is how easily it rolls when you engage the levers, and how sturdy it is when you let it down.
I've got my new Northridge, my older AMK disc and a new Wilton vise, with a little bit of bench space left over.
My only problem is I'm about out of excuses, I had better make some nice knives with this equipment.
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That looks great! Nice job.
 
Richard, mount a shop vac and a dust deputy under the table and put a catch funnel under the grinder.. Air conditioning duct joints make great catch funnels. Check them out at the Big Box hardware stores or online from an AC supplier.
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