What did you do today?

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There was 10 fire depts. there. Three from as far away as 20 miles and all 6 of the rural volunteer depts. The local McDonalds kept the coffee coming and a couple places brought them breakfast and lunch.

Sad to see those local historical places go. If they have insurance, the new church won't have the warmth and charisma like the old one.
.....oh Lord, I used "church" and "warmth" in the same sentence.
In the west, the churches cafeterias used after the service are usually 55 degrees all winter.
....coffee is a lot cheaper than the furnace.

 

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......I know you're all waiting for the Habitat Restore score of the weekend.
I done good.
$30 for a lot of taps.... Plus dies that I may not use much.
....I have them, and you don't

I have a fair amount of taps accumulated over the years, but some are worn or weren't all that sharp to begin with. Many of these are unused.
There were a bunch of really small ones, and a lot of common sizes, plus some special ones like these.
Nobody carries this style.
You have to go online. The tip angle pushes the debris down and out the bottom of the hole.
Most taps I've used, you go a half or 3/4 turn them back up to break the chip, then go forward again, repeating the process.
I included a typical tap. It's the last image.
With this angle on the tap, you can power through in one shot, not stop and reverse like the one in the last photo.
Cool to know. I'm still learning: stuff.

 

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Here's my haul.

 

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I'm about to look up this oddball.
Never seen anything remotely like it.

 

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Ok..... The taps dies and then THIS, were new arrivals since Thursday. Glad I stopped by today. These would have been gone tomorrow if not today.
Cute Chinesium puller?
$4 ok, it would be great removing bearings in practically .....anything electric, like my 1993 Makita table saw.
I had to. Yes, it actually spoke to me. It said, I need a new home.
It's tiny. It's cute. I just had to. Hey, ......us guys show affection differently. You all know that.
Well $4 later out in the truck, I noticed some nice letters. OTC
OTC is good stuff. This tiny puller is $51 on Amazon, so I scored big at $4.
The tiny tool brags about 1 ton pulling force. Yup, I had one good day today. I hope y'all did too.
This puller doesn't mention ALL of its functions.

...they may not have explored all of it's options, but I did.

 

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I'm really happy because a single tap is like $6 and a die is probably &7
I got all this for $25. It was a must have.
I'll probably never need to purchase anything again... Unless it's metric. I have zero need for metric.... Tho I do have some #5 and #6 tap and die metric stuff.
Metric's and metric countries piss me off. 64ths are like so easy and so, so relatable.

 

[Floorist]

No motive yet but the church fire was arson.

 

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I'll never understand that degree of evil.

 

[Floorist]

I'll never understand that degree of evil.

Rumor has it that the arsonist got burned pretty bad and had to be life flighted to a burn center.

 

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Rumor has it that the arsonist got burned pretty bad and had to be life flighted to a burn center.

He'll have some time to think and pray.

 

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Coming along on the saw guide. I wish there was some cheap way to have the aluminum angle metal anodized red to match the T-track. It's in place here for a temporary fitting. All I need to do is drill and tap the rear bearing holder and it's a done deal. So, so much simpler design than the original piece.
The red piece with 3 screws is only a parallel support for the piece in front of it. It just sets there doing its job, never moving.
The front bearing guide has two adjustment screws that are loosened so the entire bearing assembly can be moved right or left a few thousandths to center the blade between the bearings, then the screws are tightened. The two bearings are fixed in place allowing about 3 thousands gap on each side of the blade. .......no adjusting the two bearings independently..... The gap in now set correct, permanently. That was my main goal.
I need to order a new blade, but I'm not sure what to order. 1/4 or 3/8?
How many tpi? Carbon steel or high speed steel?
I'm not sure what I'll use the saw for, but it might be nice to be able to cut some thin brass. That would require a lot of tpi.
Maybe I just need two blades.
Anyhow, I'm really happy with the new guide. PITA to make and way more spendy than I was expecting, but absolutely worth the effort.
Next will be the base. I already have a really nice piece of plywood with Formica on it. It's maybe of 4" signboard. 18 by 24 inches..... $2 at Habitat

 

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Gotter whooped and even with the dull blade, it cuts a 2x4 square in both directions.
Here's the new and old guides and thrust bearing installed.
I was going the make this gizmo smaller......... but the back area might be a nice stage for an LED. it won't affect cutting.
My first cut after I bought it home was a noticeable right curve. No no mo.

 

[zannej]

I wonder if the arsonist was on drugs or drunk or something. But some people are just destructive. There was a local dude who burned two vacant houses and set up a remote detonation incendiary device to burn a tractor and a riding mower at a local business (it sold the tractors and riding mowers). No idea why he did it.

Power went out before 2am. Came back on shortly before 9am. Got up to 78 degrees in the house during that time.

Made it hard to sleep.

 

[Floorist]

Apparently the guy who burned the church was hearing voices. He is the one who called the police and told them that people were out to get him.

 

[havasu]

Seems that is methed up!

 

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Habitat ....or Randy is on a roll.
$15.
Like new, still in the plastic placard used to hang it on a display rack a long time ago.
Yes it got used, but even the rubber gasket looks unused. It's flawless.
I already bought the TS8000 a couple years ago...... It's a turbo blowtorch. It was about $58 as I recall
This model is much more tame, but still has that swirl power like these type have. It has a great flame.
I actually thought it was going to be a backup and the same as my first one. Nope, it's much more usable and less violent.
S W E E T.

 

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Here's the old one and the ...older one.

 

[zannej]

Methed up or schizophrenia. Although, schizophrenic people are not as likely to be violent as shown on tv & movies, but they can suffer from paranoid delusions that lead them to self-harm. If they harm others or property it's usually in conjunction with some other form of mental illness. Sometimes drug use too.

AC isn't cooling still and it won't get below 79 in the house. Ugh.

 

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Have we really gotten to this point?
.......they didn't even include batteries or a manual.

 

[zannej]

I take it you're joking about a storage container needing batteries and a manual?
But really, I know a lot of stuff doesn't. Now they are like "find the manual online"

AC has been on the fritz still. Outside unit keeps shutting off completely. Even the fan stops. I keep having to reset it via manual shutoff, breaker flip, etc. It was ok before the stupid power surges and outage. Now it won't go below 77. It was 89 when it was 66 degrees outside. Not sure how the house stayed that hot. I had to do the breaker thing first thing this morning.

Waiting to go for my curbside pickup at Samsclub. Will probably bring my brother along and stop at chinese place. Mom sweated so much the adhesive for her canula gave out and I had to change it this morning. At least I only needed 3 trips to the bathroom last night instead of 10 though. Having to turn the pillow over and wipe the sweat off my neck and face was not fun.

Gonna help friend look for flooring for the toddler's room at his house. CPS may be taking the kids away from his ex bc they've been called on her more than once. Toddler escaped through an open window and was wandering the neighborhood and now her newborn baby's femur is fractured. Baby can't even roll over yet so either he was dropped or he was abused. Friend said he had an adult sized handprint-looking bruise on his leg so someone may have yanked on or twisted his leg. Ex claims it happened while she was at work, but she's a known liar and she was violent with the toddler when he was a baby-- and probably still gets violent with him. Friend is worried CPS might want to inspect his home but I don't see why since he's listed as the father on the birth certificate even though the kid isn't biologically his. But CPS doesn't know its not his bio kid.