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My wife has this thing for clocks... yes I said clocks.

1000 sqft house... 10 clocks.

It's fall back tonight... so I changed batteries in the smoke alarms and set all the clocks.
 

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Are they cuckoo clocks?
 

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I needed to do some video editing today. But woke up with a headache and couldn't get the motivation to do that. So I worked on a couple shop projects that have been hanging around in my head for a while. First, I finished making and installing suitable guards on a 6" bench grinder that was my dad's. All it had was castings that went between the motor and wheels that had a lip around the circumference of the wheels. So I made end guards. I also made lexan eye shields over each wheel opening. Today was just the last bits of that job. Then I made a set of aluminum jaws for one of my bench vices. For about $10, I came away from a local metal supplier with enough aluminum to make several sets for both of my vices.

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The work table I built from scrap a few weeks ago. The grinder is mounted to a plate that is bolted to the "Unistrut channel" along the front of the table. With a 7/16" wrench, I can loosen it in seconds and slide it to the other end of the table or remove it completely.
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The vice jaws with the original.steel jaws lying on top.
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Jim Oaks

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My wife has this thing for clocks... yes I said clocks.

1000 sqft house... 10 clocks.

It's fall back tonight... so I changed batteries in the smoke alarms and set all the clocks.
My 12 year old humor wanted to edit your post and remove the 'L' from clocks.
:tease:
 

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Finished mowing the yard and cleaned the mower up for winter.

Sealed up the vents in the foundation that I think allow my water lines to freeze when it gets really cold. (Yes, I'm aware that cold here is nothing compared to you guys up north. But I have problems when the high is below freezing for more than 3 days.)

Found the source of the burning smell on my bike.

Exhaust hanger broke and dropped enough to start melting the rear tire. It's all good now.

Fixed air pressure in mom's car tires, checked the fluids, and cleaned out her cabin air filter.

Oh, and put my registration sticker on.
 

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went & picked up 8 bags of softner salt, its up to $10.25 for a 40# bag now. met my daughter & her family for a late lunch/early dinner at a new place in her town. Then stopped on the way home for a little bingo at a fire station fundraiser near where I live then back home to vacuum seal up some pork & hamburger for the deep freezer.
 

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I've been working on replacing the negative battery cable on the Ranger for about a week now, working on it a little at a time when I had time. You'd think that would be a simple hour job: Pull the old one, attach the new one at the post and the other end at the starter. Attach the ground cable to the radiator core mount and done. Cept there are four grounds and one of them is tied to the negative battery cable and anchored to the frame with a circular rubber coated clip behind the spring. You can't even see it let alone get to it. And of course the bolt that holds it in place is rusted to hell. It also sits right next to the brake line so grinding it off is a bit touchy.
Off comes the fender and the fender liner so I can see and get to the bolt with a cut-off wheel and die grinder to punch a new hole in the frame --- what a PIA.
But it's ready to be put back together now so I'm kinda happy about that.
 

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The vice jaws with the original.steel jaws lying on top.
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That looks familiar. I think I've got either the same one or the next size down (4" jaw) here at the house. Was actually a "freebie" from work. Guys out here have a habit of destroying vices. I couldn't tell you how many broken vice jaws I've seen over the years. Rather than having a proper press they clamp stuff in a vicen then proceed to pound on it with a sledge. On this one someone managed to break the jack screw, but the jaws were good. They stuck it on top of the lockers in the mens room and it sat there for years. One day when we were cleaning up the building getting ready to move to a different hangar, the vice ended up in the trunk of my car.

Ordered and got the parts to repair it, but will probably get the body stripped and powder coated before I reassemble it. Then I'll need to build a work bench or something to mount it on. It won't be free when I finish, but a damn sight cheaper that I'd have bought an equivalent new vice for.
 

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Today I basically wasted a day, but it was a good waste of the day. Drove out to the hunting property last night, stayed the night and went into the woods this morning. It was about too warm ffor comfort and I didn't see anything. Got out of the stand at about 10:30 to find that dad had gotten two this morning. We got those cleaned, packed up and went home.

I'd have liked to get one myself, but the shape that dad is in he didn't need to stay out there any longer and he would have if I did. Doesn't really matter to me if I don't get one. I like the eating, but don't care much about the hunting. I mostly go because he enjoys it, but it would be nice to have something to show for the money I spend on club dues and time I spend out there.

There's two months left to go and weather will get better, so there's still time to get some more meat in the freezer.
 

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Went hunting at my brothers first, over an hour standing where I thought I would see a 3 point (6 point for you guys east of the rockies) with no dice... then wandered through the woods and saw a doe then another doe and a buck following it that turned out to be a small spike, had his forehead in the crosshairs for a long while deciding... then went to my normal hunting grounds with a buddy, didn't see anything for a couple hours but ended up seeing about 10 deer, had a fork in the crosshairs but he darted out half a second before I could get ready...

Oh, oddly enough that I bought the arbor press yesterday, today one of the pins on my sling swivel on my hunting rifle disappeared and it's a cheap sling that has sewn in swivels not replaceable easy so I got home mid day and installed a roll pin with the arbor press... realize now I need to take the collar off the one end so I can index the handle easier...
 

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What, do y'all only count one side over there? If that's the case what do you do with a non-typical (when both sides aren't a match)?
 

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What, do y'all only count one side over there? If that's the case what do you do with a non-typical (when both sides aren't a match)?
That's pretty typical out west. Even antler restrictions in Michigan state 3 or more points on one side. They do score the overall though...
 

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