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This Is What I've Been Up to Lately.
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This is the County's official flood zone map. Mom's outbuildings are inside and adjacent to the outline, so only so much can be done.
I like to kill threads like that.
I would quote the image of the twig and say "this is an image of a piece of an undefined type of tree, with dimensions and weight not specified in the original post".
As for projects, I fitted some shelves in my bedroom last night. I didn't notice the 30º twist in one of the pieces when i bought them, so I put them under some weights last summer...and forgot about them. Fetched some more firewood 2 days ago, and suddenly saw the ends of them stick out. And now they were straight enough to mount. Perfect timing too - I had purchased some books for myself as Christmas presents, and I didn't have a place to store them.
...And on that note, a top tip: everyone should have more than just a single level. I used a magnetic 10cm level to level each individual bracket, while using 120cm to level the brackets between each other. Took about 15 minutes to mount all 4 brackets, unlike last time when I only had a single 60 cm, non-magnetic level...and I had 62 cm between each bracket. That shelf took an hour to mount, because the level didn't want to stay put - and I didn't have 3 arms at the time (I still don't btw.).
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I installed these AFAP. The trick, at least in a closet, is to remind oneself - "You're not building a piano."
No, I didn't use the glass of beer to level them. Wouldn't want to spill any. The brackets were found in Mom's storage shed. They just needed $ome paint.
No, I didn't use the glass of beer to level them. Wouldn't want to spill any. The brackets were found in Mom's storage shed. They just needed $ome paint.
...I didn't scroll down far enough to see this at first. And I was about to ask if you used a beer level. xD
Yeah, I know shelves at home doesn't have to be perfect. I have had multiple conversations with my OCD on this.
So long as it's straight enough for the books not to fall out, and the brackets can take the weight, it's fine.
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I was only talkin closet shelves. Livingroom or bedroom is a different matter. Not judging you in the slightest.
I have perfectionist inclinations. They're something I do not consider to be a positive trait. Must resist!!! 😁
I've been researching 1970's and 80's Seiko quartz analog wrist watches lately. To the mechanical wrist watch fan the Seiko quartz was like Pearl Harbor v2. Seiko did not invent them but while the Swiss were trying to figure out how to build them Seiko had quietly built not one but two factories that could churn them out enmasse. It was a period known as the quartz crisis.
Not a lot is written about these watches. Bits here and there. And with AI influence my searches often result in nothing but watches for sale. Type in 1976 Lord Quartz and see 22 hits for Olev watches at Amazon. So the small bits of information is slowly creating a 1000 piece puzzle of a picture of clouds.
It's much like when I began researching antique flashlights. But at least with those some folks had written books in the 80's and 90's so I did have a good foundation to build on. Same with those "California cop lights" of the 1970's that are the DNA of today's flashlights.
The reason for picking the Seiko is because they were engineered to be repaired so with a few parts they could run for a century and beyond. Plus I tend to prefer to study topics not many talk about. Seiko dive watches for example are very popular so much is wriiten about those. But the models designed for up and coming executives were what led to the dive watches and not a lot is said about those. The elite poopoo those like they're ketchup on a kobi beef steak. I prefer a nice a pork chop anyway.
I started out studying defunct American brands but they were nowhere near as inovative and diverse as Seiko. In the late 1950's Seiko began to create many inventions for the wrist watch that are the norm for today, so like with antique flashlights I'm interested in those early periods where things that had never been done were perfected. And the Seiko lineup is as diverse as the people lining up at Eliis Island was in the 1930's
Not a lot is written about these watches. Bits here and there. And with AI influence my searches often result in nothing but watches for sale. Type in 1976 Lord Quartz and see 22 hits for Olev watches at Amazon. So the small bits of information is slowly creating a 1000 piece puzzle of a picture of clouds.
It's much like when I began researching antique flashlights. But at least with those some folks had written books in the 80's and 90's so I did have a good foundation to build on. Same with those "California cop lights" of the 1970's that are the DNA of today's flashlights.
The reason for picking the Seiko is because they were engineered to be repaired so with a few parts they could run for a century and beyond. Plus I tend to prefer to study topics not many talk about. Seiko dive watches for example are very popular so much is wriiten about those. But the models designed for up and coming executives were what led to the dive watches and not a lot is said about those. The elite poopoo those like they're ketchup on a kobi beef steak. I prefer a nice a pork chop anyway.
I started out studying defunct American brands but they were nowhere near as inovative and diverse as Seiko. In the late 1950's Seiko began to create many inventions for the wrist watch that are the norm for today, so like with antique flashlights I'm interested in those early periods where things that had never been done were perfected. And the Seiko lineup is as diverse as the people lining up at Eliis Island was in the 1930's
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I finally found some time to make some progress on this latest project -
90 minutes and 2,000 lb of crushed rock later -
Time for a beer ... or two.
The mud is disappearing.
Lowrider does use some gas.
2nd load was heavier than the first. Same price, though. So, I got that going for me. 😀
Just rewards - A beautiful woman bringing me a beer when the work is done.
2nd load was heavier than the first. Same price, though. So, I got that going for me. 😀
40 degrees but I'm still sweating. Somebody needs to get in shape.
Just rewards - A beautiful woman bringing me a beer when the work is done.
I'm still hoping some of you will share the projects you've been working on lately. This thread is for everybody to show what they've been up to lately.
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i wanna add a window to my back room but the cost of window and lumber is so high here. i wanna have a window there so i can move where i live in my home. but need it for cooling. oddly enough the old owoners covred up windows with paneling in another room i guess due to sun at night is exteme in that old room
My latest project was swapping over to a new computer at work. It took a few days simply because the new one was a blank slate. Documents, shortcuts, bookmarks, photographs, all needed to be swapped over. Some of it I had to learn how to do. My limited know how is self-taught so it takes longer.
Then my fancy gamer keyboard began to act up so I had to learn how to fix that. All of that while keeping up with data input and output from two fast moving projects and one that was completed a year late in 2023 but is still in limbo due to the contractor fighting for extra time to be allowed.
At the end of the week my patience had been tested quite a bit but I left the place with the satisfaction that I got a lot accomplished.
There was one day I was using two computers and four split screens to keep up with it all. Mouse in one hand and typing with the other. While the kids in nearby cubicles push buttons they were taught to memorize I'm learning what those buttons do and why they do it.,....
Then my fancy gamer keyboard began to act up so I had to learn how to fix that. All of that while keeping up with data input and output from two fast moving projects and one that was completed a year late in 2023 but is still in limbo due to the contractor fighting for extra time to be allowed.
At the end of the week my patience had been tested quite a bit but I left the place with the satisfaction that I got a lot accomplished.
There was one day I was using two computers and four split screens to keep up with it all. Mouse in one hand and typing with the other. While the kids in nearby cubicles push buttons they were taught to memorize I'm learning what those buttons do and why they do it.,....
I spent some time on the dumb end of a shovel today -
A ton of crushed rock needed to be relocated from there 👆
to here -
46 minutes later -
HUZZAH!
A ton of crushed rock needed to be relocated from there 👆
to here -
46 minutes later -
HUZZAH!
Someone spent a rainy afternoon filling puddles with crushed rock.
Doing so during a hard rain makes identifying the low spots much easier.
Doing so during a hard rain makes identifying the low spots much easier.
If you paint the rooves the same color as the walls they could be seen from the space station. 
Not much to do, as it is still winter here with 50 cm of snow, but I just swapped out the outside stove vent to the kitchen vent (before and after).
And this is far from "lately", but to post my custom sawhorse that sees use for projects every single year.
First the one my father made (picture taken after it had been through years of use and abuse):
It's over 20 years since he passed away, but it happened before he got to see any of my projects. 1 year before my graduation, and I had plans to do work together with him.
I never got to "show my skills", as I think of it, and I won't ever get over that. I sort of just filled the void after him, and it ended up taking years before I got anywhere in life as a result. I just...stopped everything. I kept his old sawhorse as a memento for a time, but I started crying every time I saw it.
It completely fell apart when I tried to use it, so I stole the design and made my own, with some upgrades:
Just realized I don't have a picture of when it's stored away, but it's hinged so it folds flat.
And it doubles as a portable work bench.
And this is far from "lately", but to post my custom sawhorse that sees use for projects every single year.
First the one my father made (picture taken after it had been through years of use and abuse):
It's over 20 years since he passed away, but it happened before he got to see any of my projects. 1 year before my graduation, and I had plans to do work together with him.
I never got to "show my skills", as I think of it, and I won't ever get over that. I sort of just filled the void after him, and it ended up taking years before I got anywhere in life as a result. I just...stopped everything. I kept his old sawhorse as a memento for a time, but I started crying every time I saw it.
It completely fell apart when I tried to use it, so I stole the design and made my own, with some upgrades:
Just realized I don't have a picture of when it's stored away, but it's hinged so it folds flat.
And it doubles as a portable work bench.
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If you paint the rooves the same color as the walls they could be seen from the space station.
"THE NEXT TASK IS TO CHOOSE A PAINT SCHEME THAT EVERYONE LIKES."
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