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Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I have basically retired from woodworking, but still tinker in the shop every so often. Mike
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Thanks everyone. The yard is turning out great. Yep, crawfish and shrimp. And for those that don't eat seafood, my wife made a big pot of chicken and sausage sauce piquant. Dang, that was good too!
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Four years ago, we decided it was time to create a patio we could use. At one time many years ago, I had a deck in the same spot but it didn't get used very much, and eventually was torn down. We hired a contractor to pour a stamped, stained concrete patio. I created the design, and they duplicated it in concrete. We attempted to use one of the cheep pop up patio awnings, but a storm tore it up. So, we purchased a Palapa and had it installed. It has hurricane tie downs at the foot of each post and where the "rafters" tie in. The decorative rope covers the metal straps. A couple of years later, and a new Blackstone griddle was purchased. It soon became obvious we needed more room, so we had more concrete added to the patio. That is working out much better. This past week, my sweetie asked for a mod to the existing fence so she could have a place to attach her signs. So, we bought a few treated 2x4's, and framed the inside of the fence, and installed 30 cedar fence pickets. That turned out pretty nice. But mostly, she is a happy camper, and her signs went up quick. Starting t look more and more like Margaritaville! And now, we have a new crawfish/shrimp cooker! This past Saturday was our first cook...and it turned out great! A little spicy for me, but that's OK. Our yard/patio is looking pretty good. The little playhouse has been there for several years and the grandkids love it. Although I will admit, they have just about outgrown it. At the rate they are growing, next year there will be some head knocking going on! Note: In this first picture, you can see the new section of fence. My sweetie and I did that. It is nice and sturdy. As you will see later, I have added additional pickets on the inside so she could hang her signs.
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Oh, WOW! Way to purdy to work on!
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Nice project. And useful too.
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Was it this one? He makes it look easy. The important part is designing the file. I would make one or two test cuts first.
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We had a good time. Saturday was our big day. Our family(s) are too big and spread out to get together in one day. Here are just a few of the images I managed to capture. Yeah, the grandkids had a good time. Thank goodness for some decent weather...and no rain! Our kids and their kids.
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Merry Fishmus to one and all!!! Note: I found this the other day in my "table top photography" folder from years ago.
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Santa has been a busy feller lately. My CNC went down a couple of weeks ago and that sat me back in the gift making I had planned. Yesterday and today things have picked up. The last two gift hit the dusty trail for Tulsa, OK. That turned out to be a non event. I sure thought the post office and UPS would have been packed, but it was just the opposite. No waiting lines at all. One git went prepaid to the post office so that was good. Today, I went to the UPS store, and there was a lady ready to help me. Just lucky, I guess. I have been making some hot pads for the gang. We have several Aggies in the family, so I am fixing them up. And then there are the Astros fans. And a couple of bottle openers for the older guys! Soaked them in mineral oil. And then there is the treat board for Santa. That is going to the grandkids to sit out for Santa. The weather is fixing to turn sour again so I am glad for this to just about be over.
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Need Help from Probotix Users
MT Stringer replied to MT Stringer's topic in CNC Challenges and Solutions
Thanks 4D. I got the files installed on the flash drive as per the directions. Then I put it in the PC and turned the power on. Tapping the F2 key does nothing but make crazy stuff scroll up the screen rapidly, and it got hung up in a loop. --------------- Finally, during another power on sequence, I got a glimpse of the BIOSTAR instructions at the bottom of the screen to press the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup. That worked. I chose to boot from the flash drive and then pressed F10 to save and exit the set up. Upon restarting the PC, it does not recognize the flash drive and tries to boot from the hard drive. So, I went back into the BIOS setup and removed the hdd as the secondary boot sequence. Now when I turned it on, it only boots to the BIOS setup. It is not recognizing the flash drive. Note: I made sure to format the flash drive (16GB) in FAT32 just like instructed. When I check, all the files seem to be on it. I am bumfuzzled. So close, yet soo far away. MIke -
Need Help from Probotix Users
MT Stringer replied to MT Stringer's topic in CNC Challenges and Solutions
Thank you. I think I can handle the ISO image part. Not so sure about the rest. Although I wish I did, I have no experience with Linux. -
Need Help from Probotix Users
MT Stringer replied to MT Stringer's topic in CNC Challenges and Solutions
This doesn't help at all. My mom passed on Wednesday. This week has been hectic and stressful. I didn't need this to happen. I just wish I could get a hold of the guys from Probotix. Surely they use the same log in info for all of their machines. My Christmas gift making may have to be carried over into next year. -
As if I wasn't stressed enough today, while I was gone to buy some lumber, we had a power failure that lasted 3-4 minutes. My machine wasn't running, but the computer and the controller were running. I have been keeping them running so I wouldn't have to reset my x & y axis zero each time I change projects. A few minutes ago, I finally got out in the shop and turned the PC on. It won't boot up. It stops the boot sequence and displays the following: "Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS probotix-dekstop tty1 probotix-desktop login:" I have no clue where to go from here. I typed in "admin" and it then prompted me for a password. Now I am stuck again. I don't know if this is a big secret or what, but I could use some help with this login. Apparently the power failure screwed everything up. My wife said she heard a boom. Later we saw a couple of bucket trucks working down the street about 2 blocks away so I figure a transformer blew in the neighborhood. EDIT: I called Probotix but they are gone for the day (weekend). Help please. I am dead in the water until I get this figured out.
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Happy Thanksgiving (November 23 - 2017)
MT Stringer replied to John Morris's topic in General Woodworking
UGH! Well, as usual, pacing myself didn't work out like I had planned.