Looks like one of those tools that you don't use often, but are indispensable when you need it.

Lou Manglass

Well it's coming apart OK. My local teenage helper holds interest and is gaining some good experience.

My brother came by and has been recoating my roof with the cool coat. Since I'm not steady on a ladder anymore I helped him out by doing all the ground work. Moving vehicles, covering the A/C, lugging the garden hoses around, providing the TSP for cleaning, and checking on him regularly since it gets hot up there. Took time out to service/repair a pair of pump sprayers, got his wife's bicycle shifting properly, and doing some needed yard work such as weed wacking and trimming overgrowth around the tree trunks. The old muscles are protesting but overall got alot of chores done and I feel good overall. Chock it all up to spring maintenance!

I welded a chunk of heavy wall 4x4 tubing onto a heavy truck brake drum, welded a chunk of plate on top of that, and bolted on a $5 Chinesium vise. There's a steel tab welded on near the bottom of the tubing for my ground clamp.

It's mighty stable, but of course I can't wrench on it, since it'll spin. It lives outside the shop, and I mostly use it for holding materials while I cut or weld them.

The vise is another story. Years ago I took a pickup load of steel scrap to the recyclers. They were going to give me $5 for it, but there was a big Chinesium vise sitting on the ground nearby. I offered to take the vise instead of the cash, and they jumped at the deal.

Quote from: fatfillup on May 18, 2024, 06:06:46 AM

I am sick of the us verses them in politics as it brings us no good or change

Are you referring to one side vs the other or the people vs government?

Is it truly different then back in the day, or is it just that we the people get to see it more in news and media as opposed to when it was just newspaper and the 10 o clock news?

Muddy, excellent questions.

I am mainly referring to the extreme right and extreme left who are controlling the narrative.  It's either you agree with me or you are an idiot not worthy of having an opinion.  And the name calling starts.  Both extremes are guilty.  I figure the extremes are like 15 % of either side and that leaves 70% somewhat in the middle and could likely work together to get some good things done. 

And you make a good point about instant and constant coverage and add in the media likes controversy and click bait and we have what we got. 

As to times past, no expert here but the parties used to work together more.  Plus the fringes were not given the clout they now have.