What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

nolaegghead

It ain't the Mona Lisa!

Ozzie_Isaac

I thought I was in the "what are you chefing thread". I have been furiously tagging these posts as off-topic.  Now I realize I was in the wrong thread.

Sea2Ski

Bought 7 yards of soil.  3 screened topsoil, 3 composted leaf compost, and 1 mushroom soil all which will be premixed from the mulching place and dumped right on the edge of the yard. Pretty cool you can custom mix it the way you want. I need to level the front yard from the front walkway work done in the fall.  Been soaking and rolling it for the last two weeks, so it is pretty flat. Tomorrow I will go over it with the plug aerator  2x and then the string line gets put in so I make sure it is is sloped correctly. Then I spread the soil and reseed. Spreading and seeding is Friday’s work.  

alaskanassasin

@nolaegghead I thought you had a planishing hammer.

nolaegghead

I do.

nolaegghead

Picked this table up on a whim at Home Despot. Impulse buy.  A crank makes it go up and down.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Picked this table up on a whim at Home Despot. Impulse buy.  A crank makes it go up and down.

What is the game plan for your shop?  You seem to be accumulating a significant portion of things not bolted down.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Picked this table up on a whim at Home Despot. Impulse buy.  A crank makes it go up and down.

What is the game plan for your shop?  You seem to be accumulating a significant portion of things not bolted down.

Make cool stuff, be creative, have fun.  Maybe one of these days, after I retire or quit my day job for whatever reason, do something for money.  But it must be fun.

GrateEggspectations

Sea2Ski said:

Bought 7 yards of soil.  3 screened topsoil, 3 composted leaf compost, and 1 mushroom soil all which will be premixed from the mulching place and dumped right on the edge of the yard. Pretty cool you can custom mix it the way you want. I need to level the front yard from the front walkway work done in the fall.  Been soaking and rolling it for the last two weeks, so it is pretty flat. Tomorrow I will go over it with the plug aerator  2x and then the string line gets put in so I make sure it is is sloped correctly. Then I spread the soil and reseed. Spreading and seeding is Friday’s work.  

Good work. Had some water infiltration recently and suspect grading is a part of the issue. Is there any straightforward resource or step by step guide you can please recommend?

alaskanassasin

Simply use your planishing hammer to stretch your sink to fit.

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

Simply us your planishing hammer to stretch your sink so it fits the hole.

Yep, that's what I did.  Worked great!

nolaegghead

Tub of water is to hold sink down until glue sets.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

This. Couldn’t pass up the offer they made on my truck. 2020 Larriot. 

SonVolt

nolaegghead said:

Tub of water is to hold sink down until glue sets.

In the UK that call that a "washing up bowl". 

SonVolt

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

This. Couldn’t pass up the offer they made on my truck. 2020 Larriot. 

Congrats. Cost me almost $90 to fill my F150 up last night. 

Kayak

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

Simply us your planishing hammer to stretch your sink so it fits the hole.

Yep, that's what I did.  Worked great!

I have to say, I'm starting to miss the drop in sink we had, versus the undermount we have. All you hear is "it's easier to clean" - hardly! There's a solid black funk we can't get rid of underneath the lip. Never had that problem with a drop in.

ColbyLang

Kayak said:

nolaegghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

Simply us your planishing hammer to stretch your sink so it fits the hole.

Yep, that's what I did.  Worked great!

I have to say, I'm starting to miss the drop in sink we had, versus the undermount we have. All you hear is "it's easier to clean" - hardly! There's a solid black funk we can't get rid of underneath the lip. Never had that problem with a drop in.

That interior lip is my nemesis. My wife had to have under mount cast iron farm sink. In 10 years I’ve re-caulked 10 times 

SonVolt

Never had any issues with all 5 of our undermount sinks. I prefer the finished look and more stable support that a thick slab of granite (or whatever) provides the faucet vs the sink alone.  I see a lot of movement/wobble with large kitchen sinks on overmount sinks, even with wood support. 

nolaegghead

Lips....caulk....wives....the 13 year-old in me is having a hard time constraining myself.

Sea2Ski

GrateEggspectations said:

Sea2Ski said:

Bought 7 yards of soil.  3 screened topsoil, 3 composted leaf compost, and 1 mushroom soil all which will be premixed from the mulching place and dumped right on the edge of the yard. Pretty cool you can custom mix it the way you want. I need to level the front yard from the front walkway work done in the fall.  Been soaking and rolling it for the last two weeks, so it is pretty flat. Tomorrow I will go over it with the plug aerator  2x and then the string line gets put in so I make sure it is is sloped correctly. Then I spread the soil and reseed. Spreading and seeding is Friday’s work.  

Good work. Had some water infiltration recently and suspect grading is a part of the issue. Is there any straightforward resource or step by step guide you can please recommend?

Sorry @Great_EGGspectations I do not.  My yard is naturally sloped properly. Neglect over the last several years has left dips, roots of large trees have made humps and a propane delivery gentleman left me ruts last year.   The final straw was me driving around the yard in a small excavator installing the sidewalk. So this year it is getting leveled. I will get the dirt down and get it really close. The grass will struggle through the summer and I will make hopefully final adjustments in the fall as well as reseed. Next year it should be pretty nice. 

What exactly are you looking for? Maybe I can assist? 

nolaegghead

I'm like the dog that caught the car....ok...now I need to get it.. in Beaumont.   Will I need to get a bigger truck?  Anyway, 10k lbs capacity and that's the price I'm paying.

GrateEggspectations

Sea2Ski said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Sea2Ski said:

Bought 7 yards of soil.  3 screened topsoil, 3 composted leaf compost, and 1 mushroom soil all which will be premixed from the mulching place and dumped right on the edge of the yard. Pretty cool you can custom mix it the way you want. I need to level the front yard from the front walkway work done in the fall.  Been soaking and rolling it for the last two weeks, so it is pretty flat. Tomorrow I will go over it with the plug aerator  2x and then the string line gets put in so I make sure it is is sloped correctly. Then I spread the soil and reseed. Spreading and seeding is Friday’s work.  

Good work. Had some water infiltration recently and suspect grading is a part of the issue. Is there any straightforward resource or step by step guide you can please recommend?

Sorry @Great_EGGspectations I do not.  My yard is naturally sloped properly. Neglect over the last several years has left dips, roots of large trees have made humps and a propane delivery gentleman left me ruts last year.   The final straw was me driving around the yard in a small excavator installing the sidewalk. So this year it is getting leveled. I will get the dirt down and get it really close. The grass will struggle through the summer and I will make hopefully final adjustments in the fall as well as reseed. Next year it should be pretty nice. 

What exactly are you looking for? Maybe I can assist? 

No worries, but thanks. Was just hoping to discern whether this is something I should try to tackle myself, or whether I’d be better off getting somebody in for. I’m thinking probably the latter. 

ColbyLang

nolaegghead said:

I'm like the dog that caught the car....ok...now I need to get it.. in Beaumont.   Will I need to get a bigger truck?  Anyway, 10k lbs capacity and that's the price I'm paying.

No, your 1/2 ton should drag it just fine. 

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

nolaegghead said:

I'm like the dog that caught the car....ok...now I need to get it.. in Beaumont.   Will I need to get a bigger truck?  Anyway, 10k lbs capacity and that's the price I'm paying.

No, your 1/2 ton should drag it just fine. 

is 4.5 foot wide a typo

ColbyLang

Nope. They’re lineman utility trailers. Carry around Ditch Witches and whatnot. Can’t find a trailer weight via research. Would definitely think they’re heavier than a 16’ standard utility trailer

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

Nope. They’re lineman utility trailers. Carry around Ditch Witches and whatnot. Can’t find a trailer weight via research. Would definitely think they’re heavier than a 16’ standard utility trailer

that makes sense, its definitely a heavey commercial use trailer and a ditch witch makes sense.

alaskanassasin

Trailer probably weighs 2500 to 3000 lbs

Mark_B_Good

To celebrate my 25th work anniversary (actually that's just an excuse ...).

SonVolt

Nice. My tacky looking Apple Watch ruined all other watches for me. When I try and put on my "nice" watches now I feel naked w/o the weather, stock and timer icons. 

ColbyLang

Mark_B_Good said:

To celebrate my 25th work anniversary (actually that's just an excuse ...).

Nice watch. I’ve got a 1998 Breitling Colt that I got instead of a Sr Ring and I have a 2008 Breitling Cockpit that my wife gave to me as my wedding present. Can’t wear a watch to work, so the cockpit stays parked in a Wolf winder 75% of the time