SwampNut

Buncha broken pic links is all I see...

Oh, BTW, double-check your concrete for level in two directions before doing this. You never know if it was layed level or settled over time. A small off-level condition translates to a bigger error over the length of a post.

Yup, it really is that easy. They work great, too. Just buy the biggest you can to fit the holes in the posts. For this level of work you might want to also stuff the holes with glue (mostly to prevent water damage over the years). And get a carbide concrete drill bit. The hammer drill makes it easier.

My local dealer stocks them, around $2 I think. I bought a couple spares of each type when I did my last maintenance parts order.

I did it for about a week. That's how long I was in Miami with my parents, eating good (tasting) Cuban food. Though I watched my ratios a bit, of course I partook of the usual high-carb Cuban meals and desserts. And felt like shit. Good thing I didn't have to do anything at any particular times. Went back to needing 1-1.5 hours more sleep every night, and feeling sluggish. The sleepiness at 3 and 9pm came back. The "drunk" feeling after over-indulging in carbs came back. I used to attribute this to tiredness, but now that I'm paying attention I see it's completely different. It's a mental thing, as if I had been drinking, not really a tired feeling. I'd be better off driving drunk than in that state. I think I'm mostly back to normal now, took over a week.

Very nice. I looked at that one, but wanted portability. Plus the other one was at a special price. Hugo was here for the new toilet installation last night (no photos...yet...). Walls and tile are going in today on one side. Hopefully the countertop will be ready to pick up tomorrow, and my plumbing and sink came in Friday. Woodwork is nearly done, but has to be finished. I might have a fully functional bathroom this week.

Sorry, shoulda been a seperate topic, not a reply. :oops:

Do it.

Wow. Nice work. Nice shop. The drum sander is interesting, never seen a horizontal one or one that large. Seems like it would be similar to a planer?

A mild wobble at 40-50 is usually NOT balance-related. It just happens. It's a law of physics based on the geometry of the bike and a billion little variables. The best way to fix it is to not take your hands off the bars.

Nah, that's just dirt and mud and shit from riding it. From the Cody run. It's not yet due for the about-twice-a-year wash. I pointed the exhaust port on the saw towards the mini-van. It's dirt/dust/sawdust colored for a reason. I wash it less than the XX.

If you use it a lot, you'd be shocked how much nicer it can be to work with a better one. I knew it would be an upgrade, but didn't realize how different it would be.

Then you probably don't want to know how little I paid for it my local Lowe's... Clearance/return item, bribed a teenager to use his very generous employee discount, had a coupon, and returned something I forgot I had in the attic for a year still in the box. I kept thinking about that after I took off the guard/kickback teeth to cut some oversize wood. Since it's 1/4" thicker than the saw's cutting height, I could feed it with my hand on top of the wood. What a weird feeling that was. Something in the back of my mind refused to stop panicking even after my hand passed the blade. I wish it wasn't too late to go cut some more. I think my neighbors had enough of it though.

Here it is resting comfortable next to the other parking spot after a little use... Replaced this piece o' crap... Damn it cuts nice. And the precision...I've never owned a tool that measures in inches, millimeters, and "cunt hair." I was making half-millimeter adjustments as if it was a precision milling maching. No binding, no kick, no slow-downs like with my old saw. The table has some sort of surface that wood just glides over. It finds the natural feed speed almost automatically, no need to think about it. It was eating up 8/4 hardwood like my old saw did with 3/4" plywood. Problem: When you have a new saw like this, everything looks like it needs cutting.

I almost flipped the bike to the left cranking up on a wrench to tighten the axle nut. :shock: Now I always do the final tightening on the sidestand.

20% bleach was recommended by several experts. Actually that's on the high end, they said 10-20%. Luckily my room mate's girlfriend is a biologist, so I set her on the task of finding out details on the mold. We ended up exposing all of the areas that had gotten wet, and soaked down the area and framing with 91% alcohol on her recommendation. This not only kills the mold, it also accelerates removal of any remaining moisture. We've got fans on it now. I plan to leave one side exposed for a couple weeks, while I reinstall the bathroom side. Now...to find a granite remnant and hope UPS shows up with my sink today... This was supposed to be a fun little project, not building a new house. :roll: Thanks for everyone's advice!

I've done it twice now with the XX. Of course, I just let it run for 10 minutes or so at 2500 RPM to charge the car battery, then turned it off and started the car. Probably true that it's stressful on the R/R though. I wonder why mine is still good, I've abused it quite a bit.

What kind of torque wrench are you using? Dial type, or bent pointer type? The dial types are horribly unreliable many times. I would never use one. Also make sure you're reading the right scale, have seen a lot of people read the wrong one in either the manual or on the wrench. I'm with Joe; replacing the pan is the right way. Using the tap-and-seal replacement plug is a very good option too though.

:shock: It is slab on grade. Why? Fuck, could those bugs under the tile be termites? They're tiny, but I suppose they could be babies. Terry, do you have some advice on matching texture? It's a knock-down that seems to have more than the usual size of large blobs. Looks good, but seems like it will be hard to match. I've never done tape and texture. What did you use for a sprayer? I have a compressor, but not a gun that could spray this stuff. Yes, we have that (one of the few things done right in this house :roll: ). The quandary is that the tile and everything around the tub is perfect and would even match the new decorating I've planned. I guess I'm going to start by opening up the adjoining side of the wall and see what I find back there.

I keep seeing Dunlops come apart both on my friends' bikes and in the press (not to mention races). Not what I want to stake my life on.

The carb models have a vacuum petcock, don't they? If you ran it completely dry it might take a bit of cranking to build vacuum and get it flowing. (Crank with the throttle closed.) How long did you try cranking with the jumpered car after refueling?

He's been a friend for 14 years, owns an agency, and is actually not the agent for the house. So no biases. Also asked another broker friend who is not involved with my insurance at all. Both said it would damage the resale value of the house. Keep in mind that "broken pipe" wasn't as small as it sounds. The entire area had an inch of water in it, and the walls had a foot of water in them. In addition one of the breaks was in the ceiling, so it was raining down from there. The problem I'm seeing right now is that there are footers and some structural members that are still wet, and appear to have mold. So...I could hose those off with a bunch of anti-fungal chemicals, but would that be enough? How much destruction is enough? And what if I miss some and it comes back (that's my big fear). Well, at least right now it's a good time to kill mold, since our humidity is around 10-15% and inside the house with the A/C it's even drier.

There's a bureau that has info about past insurance claims for property and people. Kinda like a credit bureau. My two agent/broker friends said it is becoming common to pay the $50 to search it for significant claims, much like Carfax for car damage. I'm going to talk to him about it again now that we see the damage is much more significant. But I think the advice will still be not to claim it. I think he said for less than $5-10k just bite it.

And you put more gas in it I take...? FI or carb? Was the car running when you tried to jump it?