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That's not a bad idea Gerry. Thanks! Last night for fun I told the Boss that maybe we should park the Jeep out back and pull the truck in. She did not think this was funny at all. She really needs to lighten up.
Truck is at the dealer, Took an hour for the courtesy driver to return to the dealership and give me a ride home.
I just pulled up the camera feeds on the new school. We have security cameras, that I can pull up on my cell phone or laptop. Snowing there and everybody has gone home. So I won't be missed. Turns out to be a good day to be truckless. At least I don't have to commute down to the school on the first snow day.
Freeway is a mess from the radio reports. Everybody forgot how to drive, or maybe, it's just all the Californians that moved in that never learned how to drive to snow. They had a report on the news that we are one fastest growing states in the US and most all the growth is Move in from outside the state.
I think she more the shoot me type than lawyer type.
Lynn said from the beginning....... The only way out of this marriage is by death. You do have two choices...... By natural causes or by bullet holes. This was said as she was shooting a steel can, making it dance up a hill side....
Don, Glad to hear they are making progress on your home.
I got the large farm gate all welded up and a little primer on the welds. It turned into a real task, the pipe in using to extend it is galvanized EMT. The gate itself is just as thin. So to start with a wear a chemical fume respirator under my welding helmet sense in welding galvanized. I have a pair of safety glasses that have bifolds on the top that normally work well for welding but the respirator kept pushing them to high and I couldn't see. I kept burning holes in the thin pipe. I switched over to Silicone Bronze welding rod and installed the little finger switch to run the TIG torch. Sense it's not structural I figured the Silicone Bronze would be ok. Took my glasses off move and moved a little closer, ok things are starting to come together. But then I tripped on the finger torch wire and pulled the torch off the gate and to the floor.
Nothing broken, ok good back up the ladder and start welding. One time it worked good then it would act up and the welder would go into an error code and lock up. After a little investigation I found that when I tripped on the control cable I pulled the insulation away from about an inch of the wires at the finger controll. After I repaired that all went well.
My mask, in hopes of protecting myself from the fumes of welding galvanized. Once it's painted, I will install the same wire our fence is made out of. A fineshed weld, sorry no pictures of the holes. LOL The coping before welding. We did manage to get our Christmas tree up a couple days ago also.
Tim, I have that same mask and filters. I wear it any time I'm welding. I haven't done any galvanized stuff, just plain aluminum. But I have been warned to not weld galvanized metal.
Nice job, Tim. Man, if you were about 3000 miles closer I would pay you to make our chain link gates. I thought you were using 1-3/8" OD & 1-5/8" fence tubing. The notches are done right! We use a minimum of .055" wall tubing around here. .065" is better, but we are in a land of cheapskates.
Nice pic of you & Ms Tim. Looks plum festive!
Tim, I'm so illiterate about welding, I don't even know what I'm looking at to compliment you. But I assume you are making a tall gate to keep the freeloading deer out.
Dealer got my axle recall done. Only a couple hours and they called said come get it Snowing like crazy here, So underside of truck is coated with snow and dripping, So I'm not crawling under there to see what they did, Until it dries out. Couldn't even use my cruise control coming home. the little radar box was coated in ice and no signal.
Good evening Truckers.
Tim the gate looks good. Nice pic of the Mrs. and the tree......And you too.
Roy have a good day at the Orange Box store.
Hello to everyone else...
12-09-2021, 10:19 AM
..."LET'S GO BRANDON"
