What did YOU do today?

[scotts90ranger]

I didn't get the rodent yesterday, judging by the new piles of gravel it's a gopher, tried to dig around and set a trap tonight but couldn't find the holes, this is war, annoyingly can't shoot toward the shop with a shotgun so I will have to be creative and persistent and annoyingly it's deer season but I'm not going far this weekend so I'll have to spend most of the middle of the days this weekend staring at the walls with a pellet gun or setting traps or poison or all of the above...

 

[Sharky]

collect the hair from your comb or brush, once you have a handful put it in the hole. the rodent usually goes away after that. I know this works for ground hogs

 

[sgtsandman]

collect the hair from your comb or brush, once you have a handful put it in the hole. the rodent usually goes away after that. I know this works for ground hogs

If the ladies in the house are anything like mine, finding hair to collect is not going to be an issue.

 

[pjtoledo]

put wheels on the lathe to better enable it's trip down the basement stairs.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

put wheels on the lathe to better enable it's trip down the basement stairs.


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I dont know about small hard wheels on stairs, it could be quite the bumpy ride if it gets away...

 

[Curious Hound]

I dont know about small hard wheels on stairs, it could be quite the bumpy ride if it gets away...

I would be inclined to put plywood on the steps and lower it down with a rope or the winch in the truck.

 

[pjtoledo]

I'll have 3/4 plywood/OSB from top to bottom. stairs are already reinforced. will winch it down.

last year I did have a 3.0 block on a small skid get a big assist from the lack of friction. in hindsight it was funny as hell.

 

[pjtoledo]

got the overhangs covered. also have a full length 2x4s attached to each of the 3 step runners.
I'll add a couple verticals under the stairs.
us retired guys excell in designing ways to get hurt ,,I mean use creative ideas.

I've already used a mock-up to check the break-over angle/clearance at the top. should have 1/2 " at the center.

 

[pjtoledo]

I dont know about small hard wheels on stairs, it could be quite the bumpy ride if it gets away...

been there, done that.