Friday again, where the heck did the rest of the week go? 

 

 Here "Two Weeks From Anywhere" the mad rush continues getting the neighbors vans ready for the fall "Curb Shopping" season. (Starts in one week)

This past week was spent replacing the Pitman Arm on his 2005 Chevy 3500 Express, removing/replacing the rear hitch with the Heavy Duty hitch from the boneyard, replacing the rear bumper, installing a front hitch reciever, electronic trailer brake controller/light wiring, undercoating the bottom side, installing a transmission cooler, and this morning will be reinstalling the front bumper. Still needs to get it in for a windshield before we can install the Heavy Duty roof rack that might require the help of a couple of Gorrila's and a small boy to get on the van. Also need to do a quick once over on his 2000 Express.

Might get around to rewiring the landscapers trailer he bought on the cheap that whoever rewired tied the electric brakes to the passengers side turn signal/brake light. 

 

Still need to pull the dash on the Pilot so I can put out the "No Vacancy" sign on the "Mouse Motel" by screening off the outside air intake for the HVAC blower motor housing. 

 

 So, What's on Your Weekend Agenda? 

4 performances of SpongeBob the Musical.   One set repair last night, another one pending tonight.  Take down and move out Sunday evening.

 

https://www.facebook.com/ActingUpCommunityTheatre/videos/640652794115362

 

Edited September 23, 20223 yr by kmealy

Rust Hunting...Wednesday, Thursday and today....almost to the end of this years season of sales....

Now that Fred so kindly set me straight, I might get one Limbert table assembled, today. But, we have a date to go out for breakfast with a neighbor widow lady. And, Phyl has some shopping to do at Lowes. More plants! So, might postpone the assembly till the morrow. TBD. 

Mrs Boss is going on an out-of-town shopping trip with her girlfriends this weekend leaving me and wookie-boy on our own.  Looks like she would learn !  It would be a great time to make unapproved tool purchases 

 

The shop ac unit is blowing water inside again.  Need to clean the coils to see if that solves the problem.  

 

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Finishing up the fall house cleaning. Upstairs and downstairs carpets cleaned, walls and woodwork washed, curtains fluffed and puffed, furniture all vacuumed and dusted, windows washed, landscaping lights repaired. There's a shingle that needs replaced but I'm not allowed on the roof after the last ladder incident.

Mowing today, and maybe replacing an exterior lamp that needs replaced....along with wondering how in the world someone could wire the trailer brake to the turn signal lights on that trailer Buskirk mentioned. Seems like you would notice something is awry.

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

4 performances of SpongeBob the Musical.   One set repair last night, another one pending tonight.  Take down and move out Sunday evening.

 

https://www.facebook.com/ActingUpCommunityTheatre/videos/640652794115362

 

Some of the pieces on the "minimal set" (Ha!)   Sorry for the fuzzies, had to shoot from the middle of the auditorium with existing light.  For scale, the "volcano" is 14' tall plus a 6" rolling platform.

nice looking set up

 

as for friday, its my last official day of being in biz after 43 years, hanging it up, will have misc to accomplish over next few weeks to final out some warranty stuff, but moving the vet into her new clinic, today, and spending weekend getting her ready for monday grand opening is the end, lol, and frankly gonna be glad of it, the non existance of employees willing to be reliable has worn me to a nubbin, just don't want to deal with anymore, 

gonna hibernate into my shop, the shooting range, and smile everyday without any regret

 

may the dust settle in the proper place and if not maybe a swift breeze to ease the clean up

 

rj in az

3 minutes ago, knockonit said:

as for friday, its my last official day of being in biz after 43 years, hanging it up,

Happy you had a long, great run of it Rj and thankful you're able to walk away with no regrets with plans for the future. Best fortune to you as you turn the next chapter of life. Get plenty of rest...you're going to need it.

Little planned for the weekend. Finally seemed to have turned the corner and moving toward the finish line with this COVID stuff. Been out piddling a couple hours/day past 3 afternoons but seem to tucker out quickly. Couple of those days got overheated pretty quickly. Per CDC's ever moving latest quidelines, I should be cleared to resume contact with people Sunday so plan to resume church responsibilities. 

1 hour ago, knockonit said:

as for friday, its my last official day of being in biz after 43 years, hanging it up,

You're sure about that 

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Get plenty of rest...you're going to need it.

DAHWKT 

Edited September 23, 20223 yr by Larry Buskirk

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

along with wondering how in the world someone could wire the trailer brake to the turn signal lights on that trailer Buskirk mentioned.

I'm not going to bother trying to figure out the spaghetti bowl of wiring in the several rolls of tape wrapper. 

I'm just going to cut everything back to the pigtails and rewire from there. Needs a new pair of taillights anyway. 

Bruce has a few sets of delivery tow lights from a school bus company, I'll wire in the backup lights while I'm at it. 

 

22 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

"Curb Shopping"

I was wondering what happened to the Curb shopping threads. Is it a seasonal thing? I picked up a handy pile on Thursday . . . Made a nice display bench yesterday / today from the pile, can finish Folding Table No. 5 with the proceeds, and have a few more parquet blocks planned.

 

That piece of wood on the left has already been made into a nice display bench.

 

 

Cut-offs from another's projects.

 

 

Big piece of old straight-grained fir!

 

 

21 hours ago, lew said:

Finishing up the fall house cleaning.

 

Major basement cleaning this week. Tuesday, saw three roaches. And I've NEVER had a roach issue. Tuesday, a few more. You get the idea. Cleaned the basement on Wednesday, sprayed the perimeter. Thursday morning, roach graveyard especially in the corner under the window. Friday, fewer dead. This morning, just five dead.

 

Hate the spray but it worked. Want to vac the perimeter again and put down a powder. 20 Mule Team Borax. Yee-Haa!

 

 

Love this assembly!  My kind of art!  

 

 

26 minutes ago, Woodman said:

I was wondering what happened to the Curb shopping threads. Is it a seasonal thing?

Some communities have Spring bulk pick up, some have Fall, some have both. 

2 hours ago, Woodman said:

 

Major basement cleaning this week. Tuesday, saw three roaches. And I've NEVER had a roach issue. Tuesday, a few more. You get the idea. Cleaned the basement on Wednesday, sprayed the perimeter. Thursday morning, roach graveyard especially in the corner under the window. Friday, fewer dead. This morning, just five dead.

 

Hate the spray but it worked. Want to vac the perimeter again and put down a powder. 20 Mule Team Borax. Yee-Haa!

 

 

 

 

Sounds like that curb shopping is hauling in critters too

Well guess I missed all this except the last two posts. Gonna be out of pocket mostly for the next week so check back then and maybe some pics

Have a big green tub to sort through, today...

But, why did this cost me $10?

Hmmm.....

Hmmm..

Wonder what goodies reside in there?    Still sitting out on the back patio..just in case....

 

need to do an Inventory...make take a while....

Started turning an Itauba bowl blank, got a catch while hollowing and tore the tenon off.  $70 in the scrap pile.

 

Itauba is a South American hardwood yellowish brown in color.  It is very hard and brittle. Dulls HSS rapidly.  Carbide faired much better.

 

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20 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

got a catch while hollowing and tore the tenon off.

Smooth the tenon tear and glue on a waste block