Ed Kennell 39,278 #7551 Posted Monday at 10:45 PM Warm 40F temps forecast today, so I shut down the wood burner last night and cleaned the stove pipe today. She has been burning 24/7 for several weeks. This is what came out of the 8" pipe. Nothing in the masonry chimney. Keep em clean. Ran the Escape thru the car wash to get PennDOTs brine off. 5 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 6,732 #7552 Posted Tuesday at 07:29 PM We have had a few days of light flurries so I thought I might as well give the driveway a quick cleanup. Yes it is gravel so I have the blade raised up a bit on it's skids. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bar Nuthin 799 #7553 Posted Tuesday at 10:26 PM Got a 2nd dusting of snow this morning - maybe an inch or so. What would probably have taken an hour or more with my snowblower, was knocked out in 20 minutes using the plow. And to think, I was originally thinking about selling the plow because I didn't think I'd use it. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,909 #7554 Posted Wednesday at 10:57 AM 12 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said: And to think, I was originally thinking about selling the plow because I didn't think I'd use it. whhhaaa? Crazy talk I tell ya. Crazy talk. 🤪 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,515 #7555 Posted Wednesday at 01:35 PM No snow here but brrr cold so hard water fishing ... should be working on horse projects. 3 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 26,161 #7556 Posted Wednesday at 01:45 PM Eh... @WHX?? I'm noticing her's is bigger... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,515 #7557 Posted Wednesday at 01:49 PM 3 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Eh... @WHX?? I'm noticing her's is bigger... Life is better if I let her win ... 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 39,278 #7558 Posted Wednesday at 02:04 PM 8 minutes ago, WHX?? said: I let her win Time to forward a note... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,190 #7559 Posted yesterday at 04:34 PM The local high school robotics team i am mentoring is about two weeks into build season. We've had several snow days, so the team has been meeting virtually. CAD design of this year's robot is almost done. I've been working with the kids on various bits and pieces - a coaxial drive gearbox for the manipulator arm, teaching how to lay out gas spring mounting points on the game piece gripper, and prototyping the climber mechanism to work out geometry and gearing for the drive. Got the first climb last night - until it didn't. The climber got the prototype rig off of the ground as expected. Then, one of the students wanted to see how much higher it would go. The mechanism went into a bind, and before we realized what was going on, we had bent two of the 1/2" aluminum drive axles and broke a #25 roller chain. The power source for this is two Falcon 500 brushless motors geared at 100:1, running on 12 volts. The students thought it was a disaster. I saw it as a learning opportunity for them. I started by reminding them that a prototype was built to find unexpected bugs - like we had just seen. We discussed what and how it had failed, and what our next steps would be. Meanwhile, the groups working on the rest of the robot weren't liking the way the various subsystem were packaging as a whole. The decision was made to set robot mark 1 design aside and spend a day or 3 investigating a different concept. Will be interesting to see where this leads. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bar Nuthin 799 #7560 Posted yesterday at 04:59 PM On 1/15/2025 at 8:35 AM, WHX?? said: No snow here but brrr cold so hard water fishing ... should be working on horse projects. Lot of nice meat on dat dare Nordern!!! Years ago, an "old-timer" told me they used to be considered a "junk" fish and people would club them and toss them back in the lake. Personally, one of my favorites! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne0 587 #7561 Posted yesterday at 08:49 PM 3 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said: Lot of nice meat on dat dare Nordern!!! Years ago, an "old-timer" told me they used to be considered a "junk" fish and people would club them and toss them back in the lake. Personally, one of my favorites! Pretty tasty, but, they are like eating a pin cushion. Any White Perch there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bar Nuthin 799 #7562 Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 6 hours ago, Wayne0 said: Pretty tasty, but, they are like eating a pin cushion. Any White Perch there? Old timer taught me how to zip the y-bones out - EZ-PZ Edited 18 hours ago by Bar Nuthin 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,212 #7563 Posted 1 hour ago Did some service work at a couple homes this past week. During an LP to Natural conversion, I found the lint inside the dryer cabinet had started fire and smoldered about inside the appliance. I refused service and insisted they replace. They did not argue. I then proceeded to clean their dryer vent. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
