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I like snow. Just not on the road. Especially a dirt road. It's nice to see it through a window in a warm house.
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Fixed it for ya.
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I was waiting for someone who gets REAL snow to say “a foot and a half? Aw that’s cute” We have it pretty easy here in CA compared to many places
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You Buffaloians are a hearty bunch!
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Yabut, it's a dry snow...
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Yesterday afternoon I started putting the tin on the summer kitchen I saved From being torn down after a tree tried to crush it. Got it all squared up and centered and 3/4 way across first side. Taking my time getting it right. Mostly the first piece. It also gets 1/2 round galvanized gutter with fluted downspouts. Almost time to clean it out and have a party!
First a before shot
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Do it right the first time. Been going through a house renovation this year and have watched our contractor have to redo work more times than I wish to recall and every time it is because I have had to tell and prove to him him it wasn’t right oftentimes by just using a straight edge or a square.
I’m in manufacturing where tolerances are in microns and this project has had me questioning the building trade. Seeing your work gives me hope. Please mentor someone special-K! |
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I could not Imagine working in Microns. I can hold 0.001 tolerance on the 30 something year old machine I operate. ![]() My nephew and I are gearing up install those Door Panels ![]()
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I have another project.
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It's the same with machining or any conceive/measure/create type of work. Most all carpenters have the talent to do their job to a high quality standard. What we need first is to even care, about the work, about the customer, and about ourselves. Then to stick to a standard that carries that out. After that it's about discipline to adhere to that standard. Making sure it's right the first time is a matter of maintaining quality, but also very much a matter of economics. A big effect on profit vs loss. That is my selfish concern if nothing else. Then comes reputation, which is paramount in my case for sure. My work comes by referral. I get a customer and I do what I can to keep them. I have hired experienced carpenters who in the first week are asking again and again, "Is this good enough?", "Do you think we can get away with this?", "Do you think they'll notice this?", etc. After some of that I tell them they are aiming too low. There is very little perfection in the world and often perfection is not possible. But if you aim for it you will hit close to it. When you aim for good enough you risk hitting not good enough. I can't have that' I also got the guys who leaped both feet first into things with no forethought. I love a hustler, but hold your horses long enough to observe and plan then execute. Work smart not hard. The little time you spend up front will gain you far more time throughout the job. Safer, too! Make simple rules and follow them.
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Cut split stack burn repeat over and over . I’m in my own Groundhog Day . Got a few loads of fresh cut mostly oak . Power company left it on the roadside where it came down on the power lines last week . That’s what is behind the tent shelter
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Replacing the front hubs on my Envoy . Right side not to bad left was starting to seize and clunking when I spun it . Of course when I started doing it I found the tie rod ends have play and the return line on the power steering is weeping where it’s attached to the frame . So a fairly simple job starts snowballing .
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You grabbed for one and got a handful.
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I hung this VW sign. Not a big deal for most people but kind of a big deal for me. I have only been able to walk on my own for a very short time and I'm still a little shaky so climbing a ladder with a drill in one hand and a sign in the other was a little scary I couldn't hang on to anything. And of course I dropped the screws on the floor and had to do it all over again.
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Hubs on and fixed the ps line . Should have bought new shields but I just need it driving again . Tie rods came today so in they go in tomorrow and off to alignment on Friday .
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My wife went on a quilting cruise and got Covid 5 days in. 11 day cruise with 6 in quarantine. Crazy. As for me, I sat and read a book while someone else installed new flooring over at the rental house. They did OK, but the baseboard installation took a lot of caulking. I stink at caulking, but I'd've done better. Fortunately, one of my sons is going to paint the baseboards. The vinyl baseboard we originally bought was a pile of feces and will be returned for credit. Stove installation on Friday, some carpet cleaning, and then it's on the market for sale. It would have been way better to sell it 6 years ago, instead of renting it out. Deadbeat renters didn't pay any rent the last nine months, even though they all had jobs.
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No sun all week with threat of rain looming. I'm still poking away at the metal roof on the summer kitchen, when I can. Got the afternoon in yesterday. No rain for today (but overcast). I'll get that buttoned up today and start on gutter.
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I've been working on my sons 68 Camaro. It's turning out to be way more rust repair than I anticipated. Every panel I cut off has a rusty panel underneath.
So far I've removed or repaired both quarters, both outer wheelhouses, outer tail panel, outer upper dash partial, DS outer full rocker, PS outer rocker repair, full floor including seat mount panels, DS roof drip rail, DS inner roof structure repair, roof panel and DS A pillar repair. At least that's what I can remember as of now. Most parts are only fitted and mocked up as of now. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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