2 hours ago, Artie said:

EMT needs to be supported with-in 3 feet of any box, tee, or fitting,

 

 

  wee bit shy on that, went 4 ft

 

5 hours ago, Gunny said:

 

 

  wee bit shy on that, went 4 ft

 

As long as you don’t use the EMT to attach the come-along to, when relocating the lathe, all should be well.  

23 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Some weeks back I had planned to install a door opener on the large door (8' high) in the shop building. I didn't do it then, but I'm trying to  get it done today. I think you can open an 8' door with a 7' opener....we'll see.

Just a note about this effort, you can open an 8' tall door fully with a 7' opener and some minor tweaks, I was concerned about the length of the travel and came up with some minor changes that allowed that to happen. I had the 8' extension but it made the length of the opener a few inches longer than I wanted. It also added $44 to the cost, which isn't really that bad but why spend it if you don't have too?

Got well over half of the 18" deep trench cut in less than 2 hours yesterday. Today will be a bit slower as I need to remove the gravel from the approximately 3' wide path the trencher needs. Only about 80', though. From experience, back filling the trench and recovering with the 3/4" rocks, will be a royal PITA! 

We discovered that we bought the wrong flexible water line. We bought line with holes for emitters! Phyl will be returning it to HD today. Hope she can find the right stuff.

 

 

3 hours ago, Artie said:

As long as you don’t use the EMT to attach the come-along to, when relocating the lathe, all should be well.  

 

Hmmm, might require a redesign.

 

Got the house chores done this morning.  Got a bit of shop time in this afternoon while the girls went out to get their fingernails fixed.  

 

Had a couple of small platters ready for 2nd turning.

 

 

 

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NICE!!!!

 

Show was awesome, a good time was had by all! Weather was also perfect.

Trenching is totally finished and the rented trencher returned. Turned out to be closer to 700' than our very beginning original estimate of 400'.

The supply lines are all laid in and most of the little individual lines to each plant are connected. we still have around 100 Oleander plants to water. Two of the five zones' valve arrays are in place. None of the control wiring has been run. My son, the designer and installer, estimates one more weekend's work to completion. I suspect that may be a bit optimistic. 

Rough turned pecan bowl about 12" with inlay opportunity.  This wood was really wet.  Steam coming off the tool and water running down the lathe.  Packed up with shavings in a bag to dry.  Will see what it looks like in a year.

 

 

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3 hours ago, forty_caliber said:

Rough turned pecan bowl about 12" with inlay opportunity.  This wood was really wet.  Steam coming off the tool and water running down the lathe.  Packed up with shavings in a bag to dry.  Will see what it looks like in a year.

 

 

 

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It will not take a year to dry. Also Hope you plan to air it out every day or two and remove shavings from bag totally in 2-3 weeks. If not aired you may get mildew and mold.

11 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Trenching is totally finished and the rented trencher returned. Turned out to be closer to 700' than our very beginning original estimate of 400'.

The supply lines are all laid in and most of the little individual lines to each plant are connected. we still have around 100 Oleander plants to water. Two of the five zones' valve arrays are in place. None of the control wiring has been run. My son, the designer and installer, estimates one more weekend's work to completion. I suspect that may be a bit optimistic. 

Ahh…. The optimism of youth.

12 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I suspect that may be a bit optimistic. 

Everything takes twice as long and costs three times as much. Or do I have it backwards?

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

It will not take a year to dry. Also Hope you plan to air it out every day or two and remove shavings from bag totally in 2-3 weeks. If not aired you may get mildew and mold.

Thanks for the tip.  I'll be sure to check on it from time to time.  I've got a couple of others this size packed away the same way.  

 

It's been about 2 months and they have come down from 34% to around 17%.  The one from today was too wet for the meter to read. 

 

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57 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

Thanks for the tip.  I'll be sure to check on it from time to time.  I've got a couple of others this size packed away the same way.  

 

It's been about 2 months and they have come down from 34% to around 17%.  The one from today was too wet for the meter to read. 

 

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I look at moisture equalization. Turning is not like making furniture. I weigh and when the weight stabilizes it is ready. Note it will still vary a little day to day.

16 minutes ago, Gerald said:

I look at moisture equalization. Turning is not like making furniture. I weigh and when the weight stabilizes it is ready. Note it will still vary a little day to day.

Same here. Mimi wanted her kitchen scale back. Got this one from Harbor Freight and its accuracy matched the kitchen scale. Although accuracy isn’t that important as it is making comparison measurements 

Got some yard work done. Moving some fence from son's house to our house to make good neighbors.    Also, made some progress on the steamy locomotive for the little guy next door.  Need to make the cab and then route out for the wheels.  A thread is coming soon.  

12 hours ago, JimM said:

Everything takes twice as long and costs three times as much. Or do I have it backwards?

Either way is accurate! My wife is fond of telling everyone that about my projects. As if I'm uniquely slow and a profligate spender. 

EDIT: Upon reflection, she may be right. But, it's all relative and a matter of perspective and priorities, right? 

Edited September 13, 20214 yr by Gene Howe

14 hours ago, JimM said:

Everything takes twice as long and costs three times as much. Or do I have it backwards?

Depends upon how many times you bought the same thing forgetting you already have three, but found a better one. 

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Either way is accurate! My wife is fond of telling everyone that about my projects. As if I'm uniquely slow and a profligate spender. 

EDIT: Upon reflection, she may be right. But, it's all relative and a matter of perspective and priorities, right? 

Heck of a way to admit you're getting .

 

Now what was I talking about? 

4 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Either way is accurate! My wife is fond of telling everyone that about my projects. As if I'm uniquely slow and a profligate spender. 

EDIT: Upon reflection, she may be right. But, it's all relative and a matter of perspective and priorities, right? 

If you're slow, then I'm glacial.  And my usual pay rate for home projects is zero, but I'm charging my wife double for this shed project.