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Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks!

 

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There has been some good discussion about steam bending in our forums lately, I thought I'd share Ishitani bending some hefty pieces of lumber in this video, with his wife Chie.

You can find more of their work here at the Ishitani Furniture Gallery.

 

4 minutes ago, John Morris said:

What did you get done over the weekend,

 Shoveled snow 6 times, thawed frozen pipes starting just before midnight last night until about 2:30 AM this morning. 

7 minutes ago, John Morris said:

what have you planned for the week ahead?

If it doesn't snow again  going out no more than I have to. 

Cleaned the shop, a little.

1 minute ago, lew said:

Cleaned the shop, a little.

I shoveled mine 6X 

Colder than H E Double Toothpicks here this week.  Ice on the ground here and about 20.  Shop too cold for work for at least a week according to the weatherman.  Other than that all is well here.

 

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Colder than the north end of a southbound Siberian Bat....was -2 F this morning, NOT counting wind chill.   It is now a downright Balmy 2 above  and sunny

 

Shop is staying toasty..may try to make a few more panels?

#1 and #3...#3 has been jointed..

#2?   Just hanging around..

Freshly rehabbed No. 80 put to work...

Flattening glue joints on #1 Panel...will sort through the rest of the pile...and see what sort of Project is hiding in there..

We'll see...

10 minutes ago, steven newman said:

.was -2 F this morning, NOT counting wind chill.

 

 We've managed to warm up to -8° WC -18°, it was -14° WC -34° at 5:55 AM this morning. 

Been fighting a problem I've never had before, and didn't even know it could happen. The gas line to the house froze up. This is LP, and the regulator to the house apparently froze. Yesterday I noticed when i was trying to start dinner (supper to most) that the gas range wasn't working. I checked everything, then went to the shop where the furnace was working fine...the shop is on the same tank as the house, but fed through a different line/regulator. Next step was to pour hot water on the house regulator and VIOLA, I was able to cook dinner. About an hour later the range didn't work again. Called the LP supplier this morning, they will be out to add methanol to the gas tank, my immediate fix was to wrap the regulator with a 6' heat tape and insulate it. So for the moment we have gas.....in a good way.

Wow @Fred W. Hargis Jr did not know it could get cold enough in the states to freeze LP.

 

Had a productive weekend . Got the frame done for shooting bench. Packed the A/V equipment into the new box. Just relaxed after church yesterday. It was 30 when I got up today and up to a whopping 36 now.

oh, a very exciting morning:  brought some stuff down to the shop, including a brand new TS blade.  prior one was 2 years old (yes, i mark them), and upon cleaning last week, i noticed several damaged teeth.  time for a new blade.  50 tooth combo, thin kerf from Freud.  it's very pretty.  RED!

 

so got that installed, and then put away a work bench's worth of stuff, everyone back to their homes, ready for next project, whatever it may be.

 

then brought out some stuff to the garage, and wandered up to the guesthouse to run the water for a bit and keep the P traps full.

 

now, goofing off.

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Wow @Fred W. Hargis Jr did not know it could get cold enough in the states to freeze LP.

 

 

My supplier said all LP has a trace amount of moisture, some more than others....the methanol will absorb it. Apparently this is more common than I would have thought. My first thought was that all the rain we got last Friday (only an inch, but that was over about 18 hours) managed to leak into the regulator somehow and then the temps drop on Saturday/Sunday caused it to freeze. My supplier said that's not very likely to have been what happened.

Natural Gas can freeze also due to moisture. Just ask Texas.

We Energies uses driers at the pumping stations here in Wisconsin.

Woke to a frigid -12° this morning. Also no water. Wife said she had water when she first got up. So out to the well house/ aka storm cellar. After some diagnosis, determined the well pump/motor had failed. It's a 1 hp, convertible jet pump. My application is for shallow-well. Anyways called TSC in Boilertown, they had one (same as the old); they reserved it for me.

 

Had to take Mrs. to work in the mean time. Her Jeep wouldn't crank at least by remote start. On to TSC, got the pump; boy have those gone up in price; nearly double the last one. Quick stop at Menards for some fittings, stop at Casey's for a few donuts back home 2-1/2 hours later. Warmed up to -6° by then.

 

Anyways, after a couple thousand trips back & forth to the garage and up/down the storm cellar steps, about 5P fired it up with valve off to pressure tank. All's good. Open the valve to fill pressure tank a couple minor leaks, a couple minutes later tank filled; its an 82 gallon. SIL brought Mrs. home; I had already removed all the screens from the faucets, shower heads...she called me from the house, I opened valve from tank to filter and house, praise to God, everything's working; nothing frozen.

 

Anyways, a hot shower never felt so good tonight. Water pressure was amazing. Oh, when I got back from Menards before I dragged an extension cord and battery charger to her Jeep, grabbed my fob, did a normal start, it growled a little but fired right up. I let it warm up, drove it down the road and back. Glad it wasn't the battery; they ain't cheap either and it's buried under the front passenger seat. Still have several tools to gather from the storm cellar, the old pump etc...maybe tomorrow. Started the Jeep manually around 8:30P; fired right up but it was warm outside too...3 above.

 

Other than that typical Monday. Tomorrow I'll catch up here while I'm eating one of those Casey donuts; perhaps two. Signing off, I'm bushed.

What a day!!!

53 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Glad it wasn't the battery; they ain't cheap either and it's buried under the front passenger seat.

 

 

Depending on model, might have two of them.  The smaller is just as expensive as the full size. 

I got the last battery for the Pilot at the "Boneyard" last winter $30.00 plus $5.00 core or old battery in exchange.

Took my battery load tester with and found a less than 6 month old 700 CCA 48 month AC Delco Group 34.

Pilot calls for a group 24 550 CCA, so I just put the battery in backwards, and used the battery box from an Odessey. 

With daughters help we got the sheet goods cut to size and carcasses were assembled yesterday.

Weather has taken a turn for the cold side and forecast to remain this way for the next week.  I won't be doing too much in the shop for the next week...

@Cal You would like my shop even less, it's -11° WC -35° now. 

9 hours ago, Gunny said:

 

 

Depending on model, might have two of them.  The smaller is just as expensive as the full size. 

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (added 5.7L Hemi). I think it just has the one hidden away in its "safe place."

 

Good news it started just fine today. I'm beginning to suspect she had already remote started 2x which is the limit w/o a reset normal start. IDK?

Edited January 16, 20242 yr by Grandpadave52

 The suns shining so I went outside to see how it was, ... Nope no better than yesterday, guess that weather app is right -9° WC -26°.