Good morning every one near and far, Pat bet you can't wait for more right? Earlier this morning the wind was screaming again and by now that 2 inchs of snow we had is well sorted through the sage brush and sand draws. Was slick on the roads and should be more fun for traveling today.

 

Morning Orin. It was down right nasty here yesterday afternoon. I had to run into Omaha about 4:00- big mistake!! Couldn't see a damn thing, and the traffic was crazy!

 

Morning Pat, Orin. It didn't turn out to be terrible here yesterday as it was supposed to be. The wind died down in the morning and the sun cam out and melted most of the snow. The past few days the progress on the house has slowed as playing Call of Duty on my Wii has become a priority. I have about 15 minutes worth of drywall work left and then primer and paint. I hope that I can get motivated to do the drywall tonight, light sand after it dries and start priming tonight. I had to take a banister down to get the carpet up and the wallpaper down so that has to go back up also. Slow and steady I suppose.

 

Hey Pat, I have almost got to point where if I can avoid getting out in this stuff I will but as Miles said it was nice here yesterday which wan't forcasted. The snow was something that we had been threatened with so much that every one was rather shocked yesterday morning to see white including me.

Yes Miles very slow and very steady and even though I do my own work providing I can figure it out there has been times when I have wondered what in the blooming heck am I doing? A simple thing turns into the raging monster that threatens to consume, OK a little dramatic but it sure does wear on a person, the end though is well worth the effort.

 

I just starting painting on the family room. I have to get router bit set ordered today, so I can start building cabinet doors next week. As soon as I get the walls painted, I'll throw up a pic for you guys.

 

Wow Pat, sounds like you are really getting into home improvement by building your own cabinets.

 

Yeah, it's just something I thought I would try. Most of it has just involved veneering the old cabinets, then building new doors. I did have to replace the face frames on the book shelves. Building doors ought to be interesting. The router bit for the center panel is HUGE and pretty pricey. But, with the cost of ordering new doors, it should be alot cheaper doing it myself, and a lot more satisfying. I'll probably build a few practice doors out of pine first. No sense screwing up a bunch of oak right off the bat!!LOL!

 

I looked at cabinets yesterday at Lowes and the prices are ridiculous. I would think that building your own doors would be fun and also very rewarding if one is talented enough to build them nice. i am not sure I am that person. i have never been that great working with wood.

 

I didn't used to be. I was terrible with wood in high school. Metal was a whole different story. I could build just about anything out of metal (can't weld, though), partly because I did it in the Navy on Jets. But, I think as I got older, I got more patient, and I really enjoy doing things in wood now. And, your right, cabinets are ridiculously priced. The cabinets themselves are actuallly really easy to make with the right tools.

 

I have never enjoyed any type of woodworking or carpentry... you guys said it, it takes patience. I don't have any of that lying around...

But go figure, I'll spend four hours reloading rifle ammuniton one at a time...?

 

Afternoon Scott. Yeah, reloading is tedious as hell! Luckily, I have a buddy who enjoys doing that, so I just give him all my brass bullets and powder, and let him go at it!

 

Scott or Pat, do you have any recommendations on re-loading equipment. My tax return bought a Kimber 45 ACP two years ago and I have about 500 cases needing reloaded. The only things I have so far are a 45 caliber die set and a bunch of bullet and powder charts.

 

I need to get into reload as amunition is getting very expensive these days. Wood working is beyond something for me as I can build a barn but the intricate wood work is something else that I so far lack patience for, I will however like Scott with reloading bury myself in mechanical junk for hours that only pass in minutes.

 

Miles, I started a year ago with an RCBS starter kit from Wal-Mart, maybe $250? It will contain every thing you need to get started, though you might want to add/upgrade things as you learn how to do it and money allows. This kit contains a high quality press (most important) and has served me well. I load for the .45 ACP, as well as the .454 Casull, .44 Mag, .30-30, .30-06, .308, and .243. You really can't go wrong with any of the brand-name products out there, although the more money you spend the higher quality the materials. I think Lee is about the cheapest... followed by RCBS, Hornady and Redding. I've enjoyed myself so much that I'm fixing to get into shotshell reloading as well.

 

Morning Scott. I've never done reloading myself. Wouldn't mind doing it, but I just don't have the room, and I have a buddy who does it. Man, feels like Cheyenne here today, the wind is blowing about 40-50 mph. Make that 1/2 mile walk into the plant pleasant!