OT - What are you doing right now?

poster

-30 and windy this a.m. heading home from the camp.

TEXASBGE2018

alaskanassasin said:

You could put that end on the floor and trim it with 1x3 or something 

I'm hanging these on the ceiling. Attached to a 2x6 into the ceiling joists. They are hollow inside.

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Thanks @lousubcap. Hopefully I can find the time to sneak back by. Definitely the best breakfast item I can remember having…. in my life. 

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Looks nice @TEXASBGE2018. Couldn’t you just turn that side up to the ceiling and not need to sand/refinish? 

nolaegghead

Started putting the mill back together with a bigger 92cc saw, burnt up 62cc saw.

putting on an auxiliary oiler

nolaegghead

Burning some useful stuff on the workbenches

alaskanassasin

nolaegghead said:

Started putting the mill back together with a bigger 92cc saw, burnt up 62cc saw.

putting on an auxiliary oiler

I would grind every other tooth completely off that chain with a bench grinder, and file the rest to 5 degrees. 

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

Planet of the Apes has begun. 

covid test monkeys....ground zero

Botch

nolaegghead said:

Burning some useful stuff on the workbenches

That's clever as hell (I have a notebook on the shelf).  

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

Burning some useful stuff on the workbenches

i always worked it out backwards from here, of coarse you need a ten dollar calculator at minimum

Chord Length = 2 × r × sin(theta/2)

Canugghead

Carved/divided a pork leg for future stir fries. 5-6 cents per chamber sealer bag is no brainer, not at 30-40 cents each for FS bags though. 

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Legume said:

Good deal there @Eggdicted_Dawgfan

It’s a shame they’re still working out of the truck.  They bought that building at least 3 years ago and I think have had county/city issues moving forward with the inside reno.

They are actually moving to a brick and mortar in the near future if I am not mistaken just a little farther south in a town call Buda.  They have a food truck there already called Cash Cow selling their burgers.

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

Carved/divided a pork leg for future stir fries. 5-6 cents per chamber sealer bag is no brainer, not at 30-40 cents each for FS bags though. 

Nice approach. I often do the same. Looks like we’re running in the same circles. 

What bags are you using here, and do you have a link? Thanks. 

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Canugghead said:

Carved/divided a pork leg for future stir fries. 5-6 cents per chamber sealer bag is no brainer, not at 30-40 cents each for FS bags though. 

Nice approach. I often do the same. Looks like we’re running in the same circles. 

What bags are you using here, and do you have a link? Thanks. 

Igloo Food Equipment in TO, bought in person, just searched and not listed. Their online presence is iffy given the clientele they serve.

I bought case of 1000 10"x13" 3 mil chamber sealer bags about $90+ IIRC; cut them into halves and quarters as needed so I end up with assortment of three sizes. Smaller sized bags sold in cases of 3000s, way too many and more expensive than cut my own 

Foghorn

I'm not doing it "right now" but this weekend I almost became the guy (you know who you are) who would not buy lump in the grocery store because there is better lump 5 miles away at the BBQ store.  Then I realized that HEB Central Market lump would get the job done - at a lower price - and picked it up at the grocery store.

nolaegghead

This laser engraving thing is not fast.  I fired up the little baby laser so I have two going right now simultaneously.  Oh, the joy

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

This laser engraving thing is not fast.  I fired up the little baby laser so I have two going right now simultaneously.  Oh, the joy

I am impressed.  You are a boundless fountain of energy and enthusiasm.  I think you may be a super villian.

nolaegghead

I would love to be but I’m too nice.

GrateEggspectations

Shall we start calling @nolaegghead’s shop his “lair?”

ColbyLang

Checking out the first aftermarket hardtop release for the Ford Bronco. Worried about price. Love the fact it can be painted to match the truck

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin

ColbyLang said:

Checking out the first aftermarket hardtop release for the Ford Bronco. Worried about price. Love the fact it can be painted to match the truck

I saw a hard top at the dealer… I think they have the manufacturing issues straightened out.

ColbyLang

alaskanassasin said:

ColbyLang said:

Checking out the first aftermarket hardtop release for the Ford Bronco. Worried about price. Love the fact it can be painted to match the truck

I saw a hard top at the dealer… I think they have the manufacturing issues straightened out.

And Webasco can manufacture approximately 300 per day. All the gen 1 MIC and 90% of the gen 2 MIC tops are being warranty replaced. Factor in all of the unbuilt inventory, “we should be able to order from Ford late 2023”….directly from the mouth of customer service 

nolaegghead

ColbyLang said:

alaskanassasin said:

ColbyLang said:

Checking out the first aftermarket hardtop release for the Ford Bronco. Worried about price. Love the fact it can be painted to match the truck

I saw a hard top at the dealer… I think they have the manufacturing issues straightened out.

And Webasco can manufacture approximately 300 per day. All the gen 1 MIC and 90% of the gen 2 MIC tops are being warranty replaced. Factor in all of the unbuilt inventory, “we should be able to order from Ford late 2023”….directly from the mouth of customer service 

I'm sure there will be aftermarket tops before then.  But that's a bummer.

TEXASBGE2018

Soapbox, 1st world problem time but what's the point of grocery pick up if when I get here I have to sit and wait for 30min past my scheduled pickup time. I might as well have gone inside. I do this for the convenience of working it into my schedule not because I'm lazy. Plus I'm sure when the 15 year old gets out here to give me my groceries half my list will be unfulfilled like usual and yet I'll go inside and be able to get almost everything they couldn't fill. I know I know some kid in Angola is eating a maggot infested rat right now but maybe give a guy a call to tell him it's gonna be an extra 30min so I can go do other shite. Soapbox complete......

Foghorn

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Soapbox, 1st world problem time but what's the point of grocery pick up if when I get here I have to sit and wait for 30min past my scheduled pickup time. I might as well have gone inside. I do this for the convenience of working it into my schedule not because I'm lazy. Plus I'm sure when the 15 year old gets out here to give me my groceries half my list will be unfulfilled like usual and yet I'll go inside and be able to get almost everything they couldn't fill. I know I know some kid in Angola is eating a maggot infested rat right now but maybe give a guy a call to tell him it's gonna be an extra 30min so I can go do other shite. Soapbox complete......

@TEXASBGE2018, it's a 1st world problem to be sure, but it's a larger society problem.  Attention to detail and communication have gone into the trash lately.  About 50% of our recent Amazon deliveries have had to be returned for one reason or another (wrong color, broken because it was poorly boxed, etc).  I routinely see articles with typographical errors on news websites (CNN, Fox, etc - I try to read broadly).  Multiple local stores that will "call you when it arrives" - that don't.  There are numerous other examples.

nolaegghead

TEXASBGE2018

Foghorn said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Soapbox, 1st world problem time but what's the point of grocery pick up if when I get here I have to sit and wait for 30min past my scheduled pickup time. I might as well have gone inside. I do this for the convenience of working it into my schedule not because I'm lazy. Plus I'm sure when the 15 year old gets out here to give me my groceries half my list will be unfulfilled like usual and yet I'll go inside and be able to get almost everything they couldn't fill. I know I know some kid in Angola is eating a maggot infested rat right now but maybe give a guy a call to tell him it's gonna be an extra 30min so I can go do other shite. Soapbox complete......

@TEXASBGE2018, it's a 1st world problem to be sure, but it's a larger society problem.  Attention to detail and communication have gone into the trash lately.  About 50% of our recent Amazon deliveries have had to be returned for one reason or another (wrong color, broken because it was poorly boxed, etc).  I routinely see articles with typographical errors on news websites (CNN, Fox, etc - I try to read broadly).  Multiple local stores that will "call you when it arrives" - that don't.  There are numerous other examples.

Ya, just give me a call. That's all I ask. What drives me nuts though is that I've ordered something like Honey Nut Cheerios or something and it's unable to be filled and yet I walk inside and there is a display of 150 boxes sitting right there at the entrance.

nolaegghead

My neighbor's texted me a pic of my cat in their dog-van. 

lousubcap

Foghorn said:

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Soapbox, 1st world problem time but what's the point of grocery pick up if when I get here I have to sit and wait for 30min past my scheduled pickup time. I might as well have gone inside. I do this for the convenience of working it into my schedule not because I'm lazy. Plus I'm sure when the 15 year old gets out here to give me my groceries half my list will be unfulfilled like usual and yet I'll go inside and be able to get almost everything they couldn't fill. I know I know some kid in Angola is eating a maggot infested rat right now but maybe give a guy a call to tell him it's gonna be an extra 30min so I can go do other shite. Soapbox complete......

@TEXASBGE2018, it's a 1st world problem to be sure, but it's a larger society problem.  Attention to detail and communication have gone into the trash lately.  About 50% of our recent Amazon deliveries have had to be returned for one reason or another (wrong color, broken because it was poorly boxed, etc).  I routinely see articles with typographical errors on news websites (CNN, Fox, etc - I try to read broadly).  Multiple local stores that will "call you when it arrives" - that don't.  There are numerous other examples.

The attention to detail.  HG Rickover was more than a taskmaster with that mindset.  I still live it (solves issues before they become problems) and appreciate @Foghorn highlighting it.  In his profession he is working with life/death decisions on the fly.  If that doesn't get your attention then what does?
Now, unfortunately as we move off top dead center and head down the slope the relative value of a F- up becomes less as do the consequences.  My collective quick and over-simplified summary is "Nobody gives a da-n as there is no positive or negative incentive for whichever side of the equation you are on."
Off this soap-box.
Stay healthy and safe out there-