OT - What are you fixing right now?

ColbyLang

kl8ton said:

ColbyLang said:

In line, blow thru flour sifter. 7 decks. Each deck has a mesh screen. One screen is busted. Guess which one? Lucky number 7 at the very bottom.

good thing we have a redundant one in line for a quick change over

Is this an item you stock?  

The screens? Yes. We have to. We actually have 3 of these 7 deck sifters per flour system. 2 in line, one spare. SQF certifications require food safety at the highest level. Foreign objects are a huge no no. We check softer tailings hourly. Any indication of an issue and we make a switchover. I got all 6 from a bankrupt bakery for the price of 2 brand new. They were in line for 22 months when they shut the plant down. 

WeberWho

alaskanassasin said:

I love my belt grinder @WeberWho. I made it probably 6-7 years ago and use it all the time 

I replaced my blender door actuator on my truck this morning. For something so stupid simple Ford makes dang near impossible to remove it unless you have little hands. I had to grind down a socket and extend the handle since I had no room with my hands. No pretty but I made it work. 



Took me a little while to figure out what was going on when installing the new actuator. The post on the Dorman actuator was oversized and wouldn't fit like the original OEM part did. So after some sanding on the post it dropped right into position. 



I have heat back in the truck!

alaskanassasin

WeberWho said:

alaskanassasin said:

I love my belt grinder @WeberWho. I made it probably 6-7 years ago and use it all the time 

I replaced my blender door actuator on my truck this morning. For something so stupid simple Ford makes dang near impossible to remove it unless you have little hands. I had to grind down a socket and extend the handle since I had no room with my hands. No pretty but I made it work. 



Took me a little while to figure out what was going on when installing the new actuator. The post on the Dorman actuator was oversized and wouldn't fit like the original OEM part did. So after some sanding on the post it dropped right into position. 



I have heat back in the truck!

Nice cheater pipe! I have a coffee can full of sacrificial sockets, last week I cut a 1/2” impact socket down and welded it to a track adjuster on my Toro Dingo. 

alaskanassasin

 Custom stretcher I made to install a friends conveyor belt on his seed tender.  Definitely would make some changes if had to do it again!

lousubcap

Love the creative genius on display here.  Impressive across the spectrum.  

SGH

Ten thousand tons of sweat and forty thousand dollars later and she’s going in the water. Part of me hopes that it sinks so I don’t waste anymore time or money 😜
Pictures in whatever order vanilla decides to deal them.  

lousubcap

@SGH - Way to power thru that project.  He!! of an undertaking and success was never (?) in doubt.  Now time for sea trials and enjoyment.  

dbCooper

@SGH - Congratulations on floating her.  Just beautiful!

johnmitchell

She looks beautiful. Love the colors. Happy and safe travels on the ocean 👏👏

Battleborn

@SGH looks like a more successful launch than the North Koreans just had. So you have that going for you. 

Gulfcoastguy

Now if you just have the coordinates of some good reefs. 

kl8ton

@SGH

So awesome!

Buying seafood at the store is expensive. Way to get out there and get it for free!  

Legume

😂

Corv

Congratulations!

GrateEggspectations

Gulfcoastguy said:

Now if you just have the coordinates of some good reefer. 

FTFY.

GrateEggspectations

Way to go on the reno, @SGH. She’s a beaut. 

Was “Miss Marguerite” her original name, or is that yours, and if so, what’s the significance? Half expected her to the be “Glory, Glory, Trumpelujah”.

Battleborn

GrateEggspectations said:

Way to go on the reno, @SGH. She’s a beaut. 

Was “Miss Marguerite” her original name, or is that yours, and if so, what’s the significance? Half expected her to the be “Glory, Glory, Trumpelujah”.

Half expected Hugh Ganus. 

Canugghead

Underside, before:

After:

lousubcap

Man of many, many talents right there.  ^^^^

WeberWho

My old compressor finally kicked the bucket with a couple pin holes in the bottom of the tank. I saw this 5hp 30 gallon compressor pop up on Marketplace for cheap. I jumped on it. The seller was moving and wasn't willing to take it with. I paid him up and took it home. I'm not sure if the previous owner didn't catch it or somehow I caused it while loading it in the truck but I noticed the discharge pipe had a tiny leak in it. A replacement discharge pipe was as much as I paid for the compressor itself. So that didn't make any sense. I stopped over at my Dad's shop to see if he had any pipe to bend to make a discharge pipe ourselves. I was in luck. He had some extra pipe laying around and we formed a new one out of copper. 

Here's a picture of the new and old discharge pipe. 



I changed out compressor oil and added an extended tank relief valve. 



I wish I was wired up for an 80 gallon compressor where I'd be able run a cabinet sandblaster but this should do for most pneumatic tools I throw at it. I got by on a 20 gallon prior. 

Canugghead

Thanks Cap, you have DM.

SGH

GrateEggspectations said:

Way to go on the reno, @SGH. She’s a beaut. 

Was “Miss Marguerite” her original name, or is that yours, and if so, what’s the significance? Half expected her to the be “Glory, Glory, Trumpelujah”.

No sir. She had 2 prior names. Originally and for decades she was Captain Frosty. 

Later she became “The Grinder”. Couldn’t find any photos of her bearing that nomenclature but that was definitely the name on her at one time. 

As to why I chose Marguerite, I met a young lady with that name almost 50 years ago. She had the most visual appealing anus that I have ever seen. A perfect star if you will. To this day that image is burned into my memory and haunts me every time I close my eyes. Thus it seemed only fitting to honor her in some small way. 

lousubcap

@SGH- great back story but you may be pushing the envelope of disclosure here.  Enjoy everything the boat means and brings to you.  Well earned.  

fishlessman

SGH said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Way to go on the reno, @SGH. She’s a beaut. 

Was “Miss Marguerite” her original name, or is that yours, and if so, what’s the significance? Half expected her to the be “Glory, Glory, Trumpelujah”.

No sir. She had 2 prior names. Originally and for decades she was Captain Frosty. 

Later she became “The Grinder”. Couldn’t find any photos of her bearing that nomenclature but that was definitely the name on her at one time. 

As to why I chose Marguerite, I met a young lady with that name almost 50 years ago. She had the most visual appealing anus that I have ever seen. A perfect star if you will. To this day that image is burned into my memory and haunts me every time I close my eyes. Thus it seemed only fitting to honor her in some small way. 

really looks nice in the water. ive been told that its bad luck to rename a boat unless it sunk, pretty sure yours sunk before the rebuild good name

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

@SGH- great back story but you may be pushing the envelope of disclosure here.  Enjoy everything the boat means and brings to you.  Well earned.  

Pun intended? 🙃

I don’t know why, but I didn’t quite anticipate this explanation. Your cheekiness knows no limits, @sgh. 

zaphod

bradleya123 said:

Converting the Golf Cart from Lead-Acid to Lithium...so much nicer! No maintenance and it goes forever!!

I like your screwdriver. I have an almost complete set of them, stubbies and all. one of the first set of tools I bought with my earnings. Ex-wife lost one of the philips. sigh. 

kl8ton

After and before photos.  Had to clean out the speed Queen again.  It was starting to smell.  This is the inner drum.  The outer drum was really nasty.  Unsure of why this is happening. It is a top load. We really use minimal detergent.  It's possible my son is using it for his detailing rags again. I caught him with one full load a couple weeks ago.  

SGH

As most of you know today at 6:00am is opening day on the gulf coast. I got on the water at 2:30am to get a spot. First drag not promising at all. 

SGH

On a more positive note, the boat has performed flawlessly so far 🙏

ColbyLang

SGH said:

As most of you know today at 6:00am is opening day on the gulf coast. I got on the water at 2:30am to get a spot. First drag not promising at all. 

Lotta croaker in that trawl. Sell em to the speck fisherman!!!