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Good job. I was facilities mgr at a chemical plant in West Ky before I retired. I had a mini split installed for 2 offices in the summer once and come bad weather, a gutter failed and promptly flooded the outside unit. Of course it froze and rendered it useless. The guys set a bullet heater on a pallet, lifted it up and aimed it at the unit until it thawed. Then we did exactly what you did. Worked perfectly.

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What? Noooooo nooooo. I'll take her word for it. :lol:

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$300 for a piece like that seems like a steal. You said it had carving but that's like 25 times what I would have expected.

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No way to lose on a piece like this. I wouldn't be able to buy the wood for $300 if I was to build one. I'm pleased. The wife will stuff it with quilts that she has made. That'll be two less white melamine cabinets in the family room. Those things are eyesores, to me.

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HA ! my wife is a quilter too and the new cabinet will get filled, and the Melamine cabinets may leave the family room, but I'd bet they go to another room and get filled with fabric and batting...;)

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I brought this seagull home for a friend, to install a new rod. The rod is assembled with barrel nuts in epoxy, and kep nuts to lock them in place. The rod is 12" long, and I need all but what screws into the barrel nuts. So for just in case, I secured those with pieces of plumbers tape and #10 screws. Then I decided to paint it.

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That's Cool. :cool:

It reminds me of the one my Grandpa had above his garage.
It was a Man sawing wood driven by windmill power.

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:lol: So true. But unless she wants those other cabinets standing in the middle of the room, they have to get gone. The only place left would be in front of the TV, and that's sure not happening! :lol: She has one bedroom (12' X 15') as her sewing room, and she has to walk sideways to get over to her desk or sewing machine. Crazy.

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Cool. Man, I'd like to have one of those myself. This will fly till the wings fall off, perhaps this winter?:lol: It's going on top this 7' fence I built, finished one year ago come to think of it, almost to the day. That wasn't free, the bird on me. I painted the bottom plumbers tape with rattle can high heat :chevy: Orange; and the same "junk" for a primer. Never has use for them until now.

Even the paint I did buy was cheap, <$15 Amazon, hardware a couple bucks. Thought it might be cool to make some stuff? I don't have the tools for it - pretty fine stuff, 1/8" pieces. Perhaps my jigsaw for slots, it's better than I am.

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Nice job on the Fence.:metal:

And That's a great Watering hole Right There.:lol:

This is a picture below of (Close to) what my Grandpa had.
He actually made some custom versions for Neighbors in the day.

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Fence is STOUT, and all but the posts redwood. All screws. But the "good neighbor" sections are uneven, for too many reasons. The prep for that job was a nightmare, too old for that *&^$.

You got that right. I'd probably lose too many finger tips, I'm not supposed to be around sharp stuff;)

Sounds like a neat grandpa. I never really new one, unfortunately. One drowned on a fishing trip, the other early Alzheimers. But my dad's grandpa's look cool, I'm sure his paternal on the top right was real mellow, and liberal:lol: Top left his maternal, working on a railroad.

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Even better that you (read that "she") have a use for it. Given your woodworking abilities, no wonder you consider melamine cabinets an eyesore. But they look great in a garage or shop, filled with parts or tools! And stickers adhere nicely ; )

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:lol: I have a garage full of those eyesores! On one wall four are screwed together and have a lot of my wood working tools. Some have the doors removed so that I can get things out more easily, since there is so little room to move. Another wall has food and cooking implements, cleaning supplies, etc. Got 9 of those ugly buggers out there! Thanks for the complement on the wood working!

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Two days ago I took my wife to Cripple Creek and Victor and we stopped to visit Rita the Rock Planter. Quite a sight to see.

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^ That sculpture is amusing!

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It's told that this is the second in Colorado made by Artist Thomas Dambo. Here is a link to more info.
https://www.thomasdambo.com/trollmap It is quite interesting.

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Took the Mustang vert for a cruise today. Lunch and a 50-60 mile cruise. Was mid to upper 70's I think for the last time this fall. Soy beans are out. They are working on the corn.

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Cool, thanks! I'll check it oit.

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This is more of a what did I do for the last three weeks not on my truck post.

In 10455 easy steps I went from photo one to photos two & three.

And yes, it's as cattywompis as it looks. There is nothing square or parallel on it. The only part that is square and level is the foundation which the building doesn't fit it correctly. The back wall is about 1-1/2" too wide for the foundation. We think it was built somewhere else originally and moved to its present location.

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Low 80's today so I gave the 2017 Buick Regal GS a good wash and spray wax. ;)

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Winter's on the way and will be here before I like so decided today to do some wood spitting for the fireplace. Haven't had to split any for last couple years as the wood shed was full to the hilt. Still have some left but depending on the winter may not last thru to spring. I do like my fireplace, recliner and a Crown and soda on a cold winter evening with a good John Wayne western. :lol:

So, started splitting wood I've had stashed and covered for the last year or so. After about an hour of splitting I was splitting a forked chunk just like I have done so many times and .....Bang! Sheared off all three bolts on one side holding the splitting head wedge to the rail or channel of the splitter. No damage other than still haven't found all of the sheared bolts. Must be in the pile somewhere, will find them when I get it movedand stacked into the wood shed maybe. Have another full tree that we had taken down two years ago to do. Cut to size, just need to split. Little bit nicer splitting in shirt sleeves and a cold one or two after the splitting is done than splitting in a heavy winter coat, wool shirt, skit cap, heavy gloves, etc. Changed all six 1/2'' x 3'' bolts as the ones that weren't broken, the head was stretched and twisted some. Lot of force there went the broken ones let loose. Put it all back together and split for another two hours, no problems.

Then had to go pick up my grand daughters from school, Dad works night shift and Mom came home from work sick. Grandpa's retired, he can pick up the girls, LOL.

Love'm, one nine, other is eleven.

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You have had a Great day:c2:

Those bolts where the weak link.;)

You have a Great thing going.:metal:

Your Grandkids are 1st priority I can see this. ;)

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[QUOTE=Ironhorse;9347206]Winter's on the way and will be here before I like so decided today to do some wood spitting for the fireplace. Haven't had to split any for last couple years as the wood shed was full to the hilt. Still have some left but depending on the winter may not last thru to spring. I do like my fireplace, recliner and a Crown and soda on a cold winter evening with a good John Wayne western. :lol:

So, started splitting wood I've had stashed and covered for the last year or so. After about an hour of splitting I was splitting a forked chunk just like I have done so many times and .....Bang! Sheared off all three bolts on one side holding the splitting head wedge to the rail or channel of the splitter. No damage other than still haven't found all of the sheared bolts. Must be in the pile somewhere, will find them when I get it movedand stacked into the wood shed maybe. Have another full tree that we had taken down two years ago to do. Cut to size, just need to split. Little bit nicer splitting in shirt sleeves and a cold one or two after the splitting is done than splitting in a heavy winter coat, wool shirt, skit cap, heavy gloves, etc. Changed all six 1/2'' x 3'' bolts as the ones that weren't broken, the head was stretched and twisted some. Lot of force there went the broken ones let loose. Put it all back together and split for another two hours, no problems. [./QUOTE]


Those bolts put up a good fight. ;)

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[quote=Boog;9347257]Doesn't get much better then that. ;) We did a bunch of winterizing things this weekend. All the wood for the outside fire pit is stacked and covered. Gutters cleaned. Generac got an oil change and spark plug. The Williams wall heater in the front building all vacuumed out, motor oiled. Once every season I pull off the fan and give her a few drops. My list of things to do is getting smaller! :)

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I can just see Mark (72c20customcamper) looking at your pile of wood ... Oh isnt that a cute little wood pile as he looks at his mountain range of cut and split wood.