What did you do today?

[softtail]

Yesterday installed a Nest thermostat, and have more smart switches to install. My house can be controlled via voice. So nice not having to get up to flip a switch or change the temp.

Putin just turned off your heat.

[danlb]

Today my cold saw arrived via Amazon delivery.I was a little surprised for two reasons:

1) It was ordered Saturday night and was supposed to be here Wednesday (two more days)

2) It arrived in an Enterprise Rental 20 - 30 foot box van,

I've unboxed it but now I need to get a stand for it. Raining and hailing, and it's 20 miles to the nearest Harbor Freight. Hmmm.

Dan

[nickel-city-fab]

Nice! Maybe you could use the saw to build its own stand?

[danlb]

Nice! Maybe you could use the saw to build its own stand?

I was afraid someone would say that. I have enough metal stock to build one. I still feel crappy from a bout of the flu but now I'll spend the next few days thinking of how I'd design it.

[Magicniner]

I finished off insulating my garage roof and started installation of the cable trays for the new 6mm power cables, telephone & data cables.

[gambler]

I was afraid someone would say that. I have enough metal stock to build one. I still feel crappy from a bout of the flu but now I'll spend the next few days thinking of how I'd design it.

Its a 100 below zero in buffalo, invite ncf over and the two of you can knock one out in a day.

[Arcane]

I machined these screws a couple days ago................

What a coincidence! Just a short while back I made the exact same screw for a friend to replace one in a vise he had that wasn't original and was pooched. I cheated and modified a grade 8 bolt. Getting the angle of the taper right was the toughest part. I just eyeballed it with the help of my Starrett bevel protractor and managed to get it almost perfect when compared to an original screw.

[ncjeeper]

I took a load to the scrap yard today. Buy prices were 5 cents a pound for steel and 30 cents a pound for aluminum.

[lakeside53]

5c - damn, more like 1c here.

I was snowed in so spent the day machining special fixtures for work... yay... a paid day on the shop instead of grinding away in the office

[J Tiers]

I took a load to the scrap yard today. Buy prices were 5 cents a pound for steel and 30 cents a pound for aluminum.

Steel's up?

Last time I took in any, I "only" had about 300lb of iron/steel. If I had had 400lb, I could have gotten 1 cent a lb. They didn't even want what I had. I had to give it to them just to get rid of it, and they hardly wanted it then.

They were all over the old motors and copper pipe scrap, though.

[PStechPaul]

A friend gave me what he thought was a heater that had broken but still worked and just needed to be put back together, However, I found that it is actually an oscillating tower fan, and might be difficult to fix, although perhaps would be an interesting machining project. Otherwise, maybe I can come up with some way to repurpose it or use some of the parts:







I found a manual for it:
https://www.honeywellstore.com/store...-tower-fan.pdf

A similar unit is $55 at Target:
https://www.target.com/p/12110208-ho...g/-/A-12110208

[Arcane]

I made 1.2 Imperial gallons of delicious beef stew.

[3 Phase Lightbulb]

For lunch, I made an open faced turkey sandwich with gravy, but then realized we only have honey ham, so it's actually an open faced ham sandwich with gravy.. It will still good

[Tundra Twin Track]

Staying in where it's warm working on Snowbike today,was -44c here this morning.

[3 Phase Lightbulb]

It's a balmy 62 degrees over here right now Clear blue skies.. An absolutely perfect day in my book.