2 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Any bad day doing something fun like this is still better than the best day at work.

Looking good...

Good luck with that...high maybe of mid 20's here if our sacrifice is accepted.

I agree Dave, but mid 20's is also our forecast high for tomorrow.

Today we were having winds in the 45-50 MPH range for most of the day. The wind chill made it feel like the upper teens.

It's still gusting in the 40-45 MPH range now.

1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Today we were having winds in the 45-50 MPH range for most of the day. The wind chill made it feel like the upper teens.

It's still gusting in the 40-45 MPH range now.

Ditto...same here, well except for that Lake effect you're blessed to enjoy.

27 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

if our sacrifice is accepted

so that's what's going on...

yur sacrificing my weather...

2 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

so that's what's going on...

yur sacrificing my weather...

If only...if only...

1 hour ago, Stick486 said:

yur sacrificing my weather...

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

 

2 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

not in this case...

This place more to your liking?

 

8 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

This place more to your liking? 

almost...

2 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

almost...

It is in Antarctic Stick, as cold and snowy as it gets currently.  

 

I'm just saying.....

Edited January 9, 20197 yr by Woodbutcherbynight

4 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

It is in Antarctic Stick, as cold and snowy as it gets currently.  

I'm just saying.....

the Antarctic only gets 6~7'' of snowfall a season...

let's do the Japanese Alps if you want snowfall...

 

54 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

the Antarctic only gets 6~7'' of snowfall a season...

It stays all year round, what more could you want?  And cold?  OMG

10 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

It stays all year round, what more could you want?  And cold?  OMG

been there in the summer..

it don't stay all year...

it turns to rocks everywhere...

and what's not rock, is ice sheet...

6 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

it don't stay all year...

You were in wrong spot, that's where the UFO's dump the toilet before take off

Just now, Woodbutcherbynight said:

You were in wrong spot, that's where the UFO's dump the toilet before take off

now ya tell me..

besides that the leopard seals will try to eat you if you ain't careful...

1 minute ago, Stick486 said:

leopard seals

I see you met the aliens!

Todays progress report.

 

Due to the weather being to cold to do much of anything outside today, I worked on getting the keyboard/trackball tray closer to finish. First I added the outside mounting cleats which you'll see in this photo. I may use the chase section between the inner, and outer cleats to use the crystal lamp indicators that will now not be used due to forgoing the PC case lid, and possibly for other uses.

 

 

This photo is of a side view of the outside mounting cleats. The rear section will be left open, and used as a chase for power cords, monitor cords etc..

The chase will be covered later as the hutch section gets built.

 

 

I also added a keyboard stop to the tray.

 

 

It is made from another piece of the 1/4" X 1/2" Oak strip. It  is the same height as the front edge of the keyboard.

 

 

The whole keyboard tray gets mounted with four brass screws, two of which you can see in the following photo. The other two come up from the bottom of the original "Ice Box" top and into the short cleats at the front of the assembly. This section will remain removable for servicing etc. The upper hutch will mount into the sides of the outside cleats.

 

 

I will be using a hole saw to cut a cable access hole into the lower "Ice Box" lower case section.

 

That's about it for today.

 

Until next time. 

 

 

Edited January 10, 20197 yr by Larry Buskirk

Nice work.  Save the plug from the hole saw, lots of uses for them later.

Progress is progress...

I'll be here...well except for when I'm somewhere else.

4 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

well except for when I'm somewhere else.

17 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Nice work.  Save the plug from the hole saw, lots of uses for them later.

 

Thanks Curtis, I always save the plugs, you never know when you might need to plug a hole. 

 

16 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Progress is progress...

I'll be here...well except for when I'm somewhere else.

Thanks Dave, I'm usually somewhere else myself.