Unconventional
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Sounds like the rain let up. Beer/supply run time.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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dukeboy440
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When you need a shot of Bourbon and you’re out!
Howdy all. 3 watches to go!
Yeah, I am too, kind of both ways round, but working on it. However, there might have been a slight setback during the Thanksgiving weekend we are in now.
But thank heavens no more leftovers.
Bill
I see. The house I have in Norway, the basement is always cold. In newer homes the basement might be divided into separate rooms, bedrooms, or a living space with a tv for example, but always one or more rooms stays very cold and is used for storing food. Like potatoes, carrots, rutabaga. Here in California we have no opportunities for that, so we live as expensive as it is possible to do buying only 2.5 lbs of potato at a time, maybe 5 lbs if we are having guests. And it torques me to no end.
I am also used to having the bedrooms considerable colder than the other rooms, so therefor all the walls inside is insulated too. Interesting how different things can be from country to country.
I did not understand why the ceiling over the coal bin needed to be insulated, is it because it is cold there ?
Bill
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
How high up is that? Did you get a power saw or hand saw? My pole saw is 10" bar. Can't tell how big that is in the pic, but I'm guessing over a food. As much as I hate paying for work tree work, I think I would hire a pro to drop that on the ground if you cant get the power co to do it for you.And this is what they call the "widow maker"... I picked up one of those long pole tree trimmers to take this down when we get a day of no rain...
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Your supposed to do that before it starts
Bourbon is for sipping. Take shots of the Canadian stuff.
Rolex, Timex, Seiko...
When I worked at a boat yard in my younger years a salesman came in and presented a new welding rod none of us had heard about. It was called Certanium. The salesman was a former welder, and a good one. But, my boss was sceptical and wanted him to prove what he claimed. He said one of their rods could weld directly on any cast iron or cast steel, he could even weld cylinder sleeves. He said the electrode was fine for repairing cylinder blocks, and if a cylinder block had a mounting for a generator for example, and it broke off, he could fabricate a piece out of regular steel bar and weld it on to the block, and it would be fine. We thought he was just pulling our leg. The guy then claimed that if a cylinder block was cracked in the side, and it was leaking coolant, he would use the angle grinder to grind in a bit, like a V, and then just weld, and it would close it, and it would not continue to crack. My boss was just shaking his head.
The guy wanted to prove what he had said, and was taken to the workshop, and one of the guys gave him an old and worn out cylinder sleeve we had just replaced on a 6 cylinder Volvo Penta marine engine. The guy said, I am going to crack it in 4 quarters, and weld it back together again, and you can then put it in the vise and squeeze it until it cracks again. And I can guarantee you it will not crack near the welds. So, the guy did as he had said, and the guy who had found the sleeve put it in the vise, and tightened it. The sleeve cracked again, about mid between the welds. The guy who had picked out the sleeve was also our best welder, so he said, can you weld forged steel to cast iron the way you said ? He got a worn out cast iron pulley and a 4 inch long flat steel bar of forged steel. He welded it, and the vise was massive and they smacked the flat iron bar with a sledge so the pulley flew out of the vise. The iron bar was still on the pulley. They put it back several times and tightened it, and smacked the flat iron with the sledge from several angles, but it did not come loose. My boss and all the others including myself could not believe our eyes. We bought some rods, and some months later a fishing boat came in with a cracked block, and the best welder went onboard, prepared the crack as the other guy said, and welded it. We never heard from the guy again about the crack, and he used to come in to us for maintenance jobs from time to time but the engine was fine.
Bill
Actually I used to sell Rolex's.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
5LB of that rod is about 250.00! Not cheap!! BUT it sure works good....
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
I believe that is correct. Have cut up more than a few of them and that's what it looks like.
dukeboy440
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So I was doing some research. From a bearing standpoint alone, the KH spindle for the outer has a .750 vs the Ford which is nearly .14 bigger in diameter. I’m sure you could find a bearing that might work, though.
Question is, what diameter are KH brakes?
You can repair a lot of cracks with 5 lbs of welding rods. And all you save on other stuff, not having to heat up the block, or whatever else.
Bill
Had a front leaf spring hanger, cast iron, on a international semi tractor, cracked in a major crash. I welded it back together with that rod, never had a issue with it.
Unconventional
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I saw pictures on the local news of that burn above Santa Barbara from last night or early this morning. The burn was covered in snow
. When I passed there Wednesday afternoon I saw no smoke. Highway over the pass is still closed because the fire burned all the posts holding up the guard rail over the canyons. Caltrans determined that was unsafe and closed it until the guard rails are repaired.
I know, it is kind of sad, because when you tell about it people will not believe it. I worked with the boats in the 1980ties, so it was already around then. And people are like, it can not be this good, it must be a catch, we better do it the old way, and ended up with a far more expensive repair because of disassembling, machining and all kind of things they had to do. The repairs were high quality, with all that job done, no doubt about that, so it was like, doing it this simple, it can't be a good job.
Bill
Hi mr. Bill, are you having a great evening,??
So went for a visit with the wife to one of her friend’s place.
Wrong group for me, that’s for sure. all brand new vehicles, new house..waaay too fancypants for me.
Out of 10 people, two of us werent drinking. Me,as i was driving responsibly and one more that doesent drink at all.
Get a few miles into the boonies,and its like a free for all when it comes to drinking and driving.
Wrong group for me, that’s for sure. all brand new vehicles, new house..waaay too fancypants for me.
Out of 10 people, two of us werent drinking. Me,as i was driving responsibly and one more that doesent drink at all.
Get a few miles into the boonies,and its like a free for all when it comes to drinking and driving.
I never wear watches..... the wristband is usually too big and watch face goes all the way around my wrist so I end up hitting it on things.
Oversized bracelets are in style for smaller girls but they dont get damaged by hitting and bumping everything.
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