What did you do today....other than work on your car!?

[Charles Cook]

Went up on the roof of the shop to check on my carpet that I planted last year. Just kidding. Looks like a new roof is in the works this spring. My neighbor came by and offered to take the ladder down while I was still on the roof. Gee thanks.

 

[3sloppydogs]

Don't tell EPA you might get a deforestation fine

 

[Cranky]

Went up on the roof of the shop to check on my carpet that I planted last year. Just kidding. Looks like a new roof is in the works this spring. My neighbor came by and offered to take the ladder down while I was still on the roof. Gee thanks.

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Think I would have said something like...."let me get on it first and then you can direct the fall towards your car"

 

[Charles Cook]

Think I would have said something like...."let me get on it first and then you can direct the fall towards your car"

I don’t think I would want to get that Chevy chit on me. Lol

 

[Cranky]

I don’t think I would want to get that Chevy chit on me. Lol

I understand!!!

 

[Charles Cook]

I understand!!!

I think I’d rather fall in a pile of sh&$. Oh wait that’s what I’d be doing if I landed on his car.

 

[440 4 speed]

Looks pretty bad, but zinc strips do wonders. Had them on our shakes on the cabin from 1984 until 2011. Had to replace because the squirrels moved in, then the Martens moved in and that created a big hole in the roof. Cathedral ceiling so no damage inside. Installed a new metal roof.

 

[Cranky]

Have a neighbor with an atrium in the middle of his house and the squirrels give him hell. So far the squirrels like me but maybe it's becaus I feed the rascals lol? I try to keep them away from him because he shoots them....

 

[440 4 speed]

Have a neighbor with an atrium in the middle of his house and the squirrels give him hell. So far the squirrels like me but maybe it's becaus I feed the rascals lol? I try to keep them away from him because he shoots them....

Squirrels did so much damage in grain storage buildings, farmers hated them. My father said if you see one it should be gone shortly. Wooden siding seemed to be delicious for them to chew through.
There was a very happy vixen to find dead squirrels by our cabin.

 

[Cranky]

Squirrels did so much damage in grain storage buildings, farmers hated them. My father said if you see one it should be gone shortly. Wooden siding seemed to be delicious for them to chew through.
There was a very happy vixen to find dead squirrels by our cabin.

I can understand that.....

 

[1 Wild R/T]

More playing around with my Lathe... I've done it before on my small lathe but this was my first time cutting threads on this lathe... 85mm 1.5mm pitch...

 

[Rick62]

I'm a car guy:

 

[71charger_fan]

I serviced the snowblower. I didn't want to get caught unprepared if we get snow this winter. I got lazy and didn't bother to change the oil last year. I really wonder which genius at Cub Cadet decided to put 600ml in the manual as oil capacity.

 

[Bee1971]

Big storm moving across the country this week

WI might get some SNOW

I haven’t touched the Snow Blower - Just stare at it

 

[3sloppydogs]

I still hate snow

 

[67 Mopar]

Installed a pellet stove in the new outbuilding yesterday. It should make it nice & cosy in there once everything is closed in. Still have to finish wiring and insulating before I can put the OSB up for the walls. I just ran the stove today to make sure everything works as it should, and to burn off all that new stove residue. I also reprogrammed the operational parameters of the unit for a cleaner more efficient burn before lighting it off. This was based on my prior experience with the pellet stove that I installed in the house. It ran fine right out of the box, but after I tweaked it and made a few fine adjustments, it ran even better.

 

[kiwigtx]

Had to replace the alternator in my work van yesterday.....it died on Sunday and stopped charging. The worst part was the screaming siren under the dash with 'low voltage', and all the warning lights on the dash.
Cab-over style van, so I had to pull the seats, parking brake, floor pans, A/C compressor....and replace some damaged bolts from a service many years ago.

 

[Cranky]

Installed a pellet stove in the new outbuilding yesterday. It should make it nice & cosy in there once everything is closed in. Still have to finish wiring and insulating before I can put the OSB up for the walls. I just ran the stove today to make sure everything works as it should, and to burn off all that new stove residue. I also reprogrammed the operational parameters of the unit for a cleaner more efficient burn before lighting it off. This was based on my prior experience with the pellet stove that I installed in the house. It ran fine right out of the box, but after I tweaked it and made a few fine adjustments, it ran even better.

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Man, those things seem to be expensive to buy......?

 

[67 Mopar]

Man, those things seem to be expensive to buy......?

This one is relatively cheap compared to most, especially given the output in terms of sq ft heating capabilities, and the ease of maintenance. There are cheaper units to be sure, but they're cheaper for a reason. In my opinion, this one provided the best bang for the buck, and came in at a little under $1600. The pretty one that my wife liked was closer to $6000
A good wood stove wood have been my first choice, but for reasons to lengthy to cover here, it just wasn't going to work.

 

[Cranky]

This one is relatively cheap compared to most, especially given the output in terms of sq ft heating capabilities, and the ease of maintenance. There are cheaper units to be sure, but they're cheaper for a reason. In my opinion, this one provided the best bang for the buck, and came in at a little under $1600. The pretty one that my wife liked was closer to $6000
A good wood stove wood have been my first choice, but for reasons to lengthy to cover here, it just wasn't going to work.

Yeah, I looked at wood stoves etc years ago when the gas company started being an ahole about me being a seasonal customer. They pulled the meter and I sold the gas furnace that was in the shop. Nowadays I use electric space heaters wherever I'm working and propane when the temps get around 30 out. During that hard freeze we had in Feb of 21 that propane heater sure was a butt saver after the electricity went down and spent a good deal of time outside helping a neighbor fix some busted outside pipes. My generator ran an oil filled heater in the house along with a fridge and freezer and that helped a lot in there....