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My back is finally feeling better (had spasms last week, hurt like hell) and it has stopped raining for a few minutes so. . . I cut down a few small trees that are in the way of my planned yard expansion and chipped them. Nothing big. 3" was the biggest I chipped tho I did take down a standing...

It finally dried out enough for me to take the chipper on test run. I took down a 6" hickory that had been planned for. The chipper worked great (sorry no pix, my son did shoot a short video). However I learned that, at least for hardwood, the limit is about 5" before I stall the tractor. I used...

This morning, at least in my little corner of the world, all is right

I have been searching the interwebby trying to find a 2" round auger extension 15" or 18". I was kind of surprised tractor supply didn't show one. I need to drill 3 holes 48" deep and my augers are all 3' - normally plenty for what I do with them. Years ago, for my last PHD, I had a local...

We have a few of these Hydrangeas around the house we bought last year. I am unsure about pruning them back. Last fall I pruned back this one as shown: I didn't cut off all the heads to keep something there for the winter. I had read there are two types of Hydrangeas. One that sprouts from...

I am finally getting around to repurposing the metal frame my flail mower came shipped on. I really want to bring as many implements into the basement for storage. That requires them to be on some kind of rolling dolly. The flail only needed a couple of furniture dollies. This frame will be...

Around 1990 I purchased a small HST Kubota. iirc it was only 17hp but I had a Woods backhoe on it. I can't remember the model number but the 17hp I'm pretty sure of because my lawn tractor was 1hp more :). I sold it with very low hours after I did the work around our new house. Fast forward to...

Having some time on my hands while in Florida I restarted my Arduino projects. I need to tap into the oil sender switch connection with a nipple / tee so I can add a pressure sensor. What I was able to find on the internet was the model number of the switch, 1A024-39010. I haven't been able to...

I added 6' of wall on one side of the workshop. I wanted to separate the metal grinding/cutting/drilling from the rest of the shop as I do a lot of electronics work there. While I was at it I added a 3 way switch for the lights. I never thought I'd be coming in from that side but I do almost...

So Wednesday I woke up and just didn't feel 'right'. Took a covid test (first time) and bingo I win the red line. So for the past 3 days I feel like crap. Just no energy, can't sleep well, eyes hurt and I have low grade headache. The worst part? I can't taste my coffee. Being in the very high...

My daughter does pyrography (burns images on wood). In clearing around our new house I had to take down a standing dead cedar. The wood is really solid and I cut up 5 rounds. I'd really like to have these sliced into 1/2" thick pieces (they range from 15" to 12" in diameter) so she could use...

Today I had the opportunity to go to a local scrap yard to 'rescue' 3 I beams I plan on using for my new tower guys. They are each a hair under 12' long and 12" high, about 400lbs each. The crane operator just had me fixated on what he did. So much so that I didn't think to take any pix there...

So a couple of days ago I was working in the woods trying to encourage a couple of rocks out of the ground with the bucket. Basically working the tooth bar under as much as possible and the using a combination of curl and lift to try to pop them out. Managed to get the 2 out but. . . Yesterday...

In our new house I plan on running over 3000' of underground cat6 and low voltage wires. Our driveway is probably a 700' run by itself and there will be several runs into the woods. So now I'm thinking about a 3pt trencher. With all the large trees right where I'll be running wire, I'm sure my...

It might be a fair comparison to say this was just Israel's 911. I heard a pundit putting forth the theory that their internal protests recently put the country in a vulnerable postion that Hamas took advantage of. I'm guessing they will pull together much like we did and exact a terrible...

Two of my sons and I have been backing up our important data to each other's systems. One of them lives in CT, the other in MD. Until recently I have been limiting my backups to what I would call 'critically important' stuff. After a conversation with one of the boys we decided to back up all my...

My son was over a couple of weeks ago to see my 'work in progress' workshop. We were discussing my Dewalt battery bandsaw and how heavy it is to use. He mentioned there is a base that can convert it for semi-stationary use. A few days later it showed up at my door :) Good kid! It was really...

In the basement of this new to us house there is a small water leak next to where I garage the Kubota. It is at the floor / wall intersection. It's not much of a leak but when we get very heavy rains it seeps in and forms a small puddle, usually not any bigger than 2'x4'. The PO was upfront and...

Old Dominion called yesterday, making delivery today to the closest branch where I work :) I went with the WoodMaxx FM-62H. Looked like there were more robust units but I really couldn't justify spending any more for my intended uses. The hydraulic shift will be more than useful for me. I'll...