What did you do today?

MauleSkinner said:
Hopefully you’ll have the rest of the tools you need by then, too. ;)
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All I’ve had to buy for this project has been some spade bits. I wore one out today, I’ll probably kill another tomorrow finishing the holes in the railings. That oak is some hard stuff.
 
DaleB said:
All I’ve had to buy for this project has been some spade bits. I wore one out today, I’ll probably kill another tomorrow finishing the holes in the railings. That oak is some hard stuff.
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This project justifies a major tool purchase. At least one portable power tool on the platform of your choice. It's a rule.
 
DaleB said:
What I did today:

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The railing is new, I did that a couple days ago and it still needs lacquer. I won't glue the balusters in until another box of parts arrives Monday or Tuesday, this was just a sanity check/test fit. I've never done any of this stuff before. The original was two wood balusters per step, so everything but the newel posts had to come out.
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Looking good there. I had to reset a few of our balusters, but before I could do that I had to remove the old epoxy. I used a forstner bit for that, I think it would be a little easier to control than a spade bit.
 
DaleB said:
All I’ve had to buy for this project has been some spade bits. I wore one out today, I’ll probably kill another tomorrow finishing the holes in the railings. That oak is some hard stuff.
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They're easy to resharpen.
 
DaleB said:
All I’ve had to buy for this project has been some spade bits. I wore one out today, I’ll probably kill another tomorrow finishing the holes in the railings. That oak is some hard stuff.
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I said nothing about needing them for this project…Ed’s got the right spot in the rule book. ;)
Ed Haywood said:
This project justifies a major tool purchase. At least one portable power tool on the platform of your choice. It's a rule.
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Ed Haywood said:
This project justifies a major tool purchase. At least one portable power tool on the platform of your choice. It's a rule.
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Oh, I know. My 12" chop saw was for the deck; the columns on the font porch required a table saw; some trim work is why I have a couple of air nailers and a battery powered brad nailer. The list goes on. Remodel projects have my power tool inventory well provided for. In hindsight, the tool I really wish I had for this project it would be something to help drill the holes for the railing bolts in something close to straight line. Drill bushings, maybe. Apparently I absolutely suck at trying to get and keep a drill straight. But, I managed.
FormerHangie said:
Looking good there. I had to reset a few of our balusters, but before I could do that I had to remove the old epoxy. I used a forstner bit for that, I think it would be a little easier to control than a spade bit.
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I did use a Forstner bit for the treads, but the angled holes in the railing need to be done with a spade bit. At least that's what EVERYONE who's ever done it tells me. I believe 'em.
Dana said:
They're easy to resharpen.
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Normally I would, but I hit a nail with this one on the first hole. I dressed the edges the best I could, but it's been a struggle the whole time. I'll spend the six bucks on a new one to finish up the rest of the holes, I think. At least I did that with a relatively cheap spade bit, not one of my good Forstners.
 
DaleB said:
I did use a Forstner bit for the treads, but the angled holes in the railing need to be done with a spade bit. At least that's what EVERYONE who's ever done it tells me. I believe 'em.
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Some kind of jig might be handy.

I Googled it and there is one sold. But it's $1200. Nope.

Maybe get a block of very hardwood and drill a guide hole with a forstner bit on a drill press. Then use a table saw to recut the bottom surface at the correct angle, and use a band saw to notch the top to hold clamps.

For this, you will need to buy a table saw, band saw, drill press, forstner bit, and probably a cooler for your beer. You're welcome.
 
2-Bit Speed said:
You jerk... If you'd told us, we could have met you in GA and you could have met Juliette, but since you didn't... :biggrin:
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Are you guys in GA? I thought you were in FL. We stopped at CTJ for a quick lunch and fuel stop.

We were on a schedule because we had to make the last ferry at 8pm. We haven't been down here for four years... it was impossible getting into a restaurant last night. @Half Fast is right... there's too many people down here.
 
Ed Haywood said:
Some kind of jig might be handy.

I Googled it and there is one sold. But it's $1200. Nope.

Maybe get a block of very hardwood and drill a guide hole with a forstner bit on a drill press. Then use a table saw to recut the bottom surface at the correct angle, and use a band saw to notch the top to hold clamps.

For this, you will need to buy a table saw, band saw, drill press, forstner bit, and probably a cooler for your beer. You're welcome.
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Well, plus, I'd need a way to securely clamp the jig to the railing so it won't slip out of place, so there's that. But I already have all of that. It's OK, though. SWMBO wants me to make a nice frame for something, and I don't want to have to pull out the table saw every time I need to cut some plywood for the backing, so I'm looking at cordless 4" circular saws for that.

Funny thing, though - every time I use my band saw or drill press I realize I really need a better band saw and drill press. I just don't have the floor space I need for the nicer ones.
 
Jim K said:
Are you guys in GA? I thought you were in FL. We stopped at CTJ for a quick lunch and fuel stop.

We were on a schedule because we had to make the last ferry at 8pm. We haven't been down here for four years... it was impossible getting into a restaurant last night. @Half Fast is right... there's too many people down here.
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If I sneeze midair, I'll land in FL. I'm just off of exit 1 on I-95.
 
:) I knew a guy that works on submarine stuff and worked near here, probably easy to guess where. Anyway, he couldn't talk about what he did, but said that he worked in plumbing. Very quiet plumbing.
 
Not sure why it took so long, 15 years, but added Iowa to states I’ve flown too. Damn it’s cold and they don’t salt their roads.
 
Trained commercial maneuvers and almost got sick in the backseat when my flight partner did some very uncoordinated steep turns
 
Opened up a new pool cover and found that the advertised grommets are not installed, nor even in the package. And oops, bad on me for buying not from real Amazon but from a non-Amazon seller using their platform. So now I’m waiting for a slow boat to China to forward my messages to the seller.

They can send a cover equipped as advertised or a refund, or maybe the grommets if they include the proper setting die. I ain’t folding and rolling this thing back up and lugging it into a shipping point in town to return.
 
Maybe...maybe harbor freight has a grommet tool and grommets that work. Tossing that out only because I know they used to sell a rivnut tool that does work, and because they do sell tarps that aren't bad. Their rivnuts kinda sucked, but no trouble using the HF tool with rivnuts from mcmaster.
 
masloki said:
Not sure why it took so long, 15 years, but added Iowa to states I’ve flown too. Damn it’s cold and they don’t salt their roads.
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Heck, it’s been being considered extremely seasonably warm here this month. You should come again in a normal year…
 
Listened to Edzo cry. Filed taxes. 2 wins today.
 
masloki said:
Since I’m too late to tell you we are all counting on you, how did it go? Do tell?
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Pass. As usual, flight was stronger than oral. But some of the questions in the oral were crazy deep. One of the questions' answer didn't exist in any documentation I could find. Examiner had no comments.

If I were self critiquing, 1) I probably put the gear up a touch early on the approach to land stall recovery (I like 2 indications of positive rate and didn't really wait until the 2nd - i had one); 2) the LOC approach then circle to shortfield landing, i was probably a little un-stabilized (touch high, and over shot a touch due to the strong tailwind); 3) I vocalized some concern that on one of my approaches LPV didn't arm until rather close to the FAF (later than i thought it should have, since we were inside the IAP). I re-ran a few checks and found nothing wrong. Examiner said "don't worry", but then again it wasn't his ride.
 
kaiser said:
Pass. As usual, flight was stronger than oral. But some of the questions in the oral were crazy deep. One of the questions' answer didn't exist in any documentation I could find. Examiner had no comments.

If I were self critiquing, 1) I probably put the gear up a touch early on the approach to land stall recovery (I like 2 indications of positive rate and didn't really wait until the 2nd - i had one); 2) the LOC approach then circle to shortfield landing, i was probably a little un-stabilized (touch high, and over shot a touch due to the strong tailwind); 3) I vocalized some concern that on one of my approaches LPV didn't arm until rather close to the FAF (later than i thought it should have, since we were inside the IAP). I re-ran a few checks and found nothing wrong. Examiner said "don't worry", but then again it wasn't his ride.
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Congratulations! Bringing the new plane to RR?
 
sitting back, relaxing, waiting for the 12" to 18" of blizzard coming to massachusetts
 
Flew for the first time since the knee replacement - OK, tomorrow is 4 weeks since then so not that long but I missed it! ILS at KMHT (Manchester NH) and a couple landings at KPSM (Pease) and back home to Laconia (KLCI) - flew over Alton Bay but it was closed although it looked cleared. One supposed other get 2-4" of snow up here out of this noreaster so maybe they'll open again this weekend.

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spent 45 minutes outside in blizzard conditions to do the first round of shoveling and snowblowing.

I get to do it again once we get another 8" plus of snow... won't have to wait long

yee HAW!

edit: some days I look up at the sky and miss my airplane.

Today is not one of those days.
 
Replaced an exhaust flex pipe on the Pazuzu.
 

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Press brake back up and running. Was concerned I had a stuck valve putting 4,000psi on 4 bolts and that's why they let loose. But that doesn't seem to be the case. Perplexing.

Oh well. We've got a pile of 10' long 3/16" stainless steel to bend up for a swimming pool going in a high rise.
 
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