Been on hiatus in SC for the day job so I did need to catch up here.. I did need to pick up the normal shop supplies, but it appears PepsiCo is skeered that some Hillbillies will be offended by the caricature on the side of the can.. So the new can that rolled out is sans any hill folk figures, now replaced with the "Real Sugar" moniker..
I did check one of the stores and noticed they were obviously prepared for my arrival...
So we're good for a few weeks now. I must apologize to the good folks in SC that have the same need for sugar, I have heard there is no Throwback/"Real Sugar" Mountain Dew left in the entire state.
Some of the other "goodies" brought back from SC, this is a brand new in the box Desoutter die grinder that I picked up from a pawn shop. Sales must be slow, as I stood firm on my low ball offer and they accepted. Paid less than 1/3 of retail..
Also brought back another wagon to work on..
Cousin JB is building this for his nephew, and I'll be spraying it with a Kandy finish using some of the leftover paint in the paint locker..
We had the storm blow through recently, luckily we did not have the damaging winds that was seen in Delaware and Eastern Shore.. We did get plenty of rain though. My precision rain gauge indicated we had 6-1/4" of rain in less than 24 hours time. Here's the end of our road at 9:30 the morning of the storm. The stop sign in the distance is about 5' off the ground.
My daughter was due to work that day, and her manager did not understand the concept of flooding. She suggested E wait until the rain stopped and the water would quickly subside. This was later at 11:30, when she normally would have left for work. Note the level has risen to now touch the stop sign. E did send pictures along with "see you in a couple days"
Other than a few limbs to pick up, we didn't really have any damage. Blessed to live at the top of the hill... The road was closed for about 2-1/2 days, and we had a few bridges a bit farther north in the county that washed out, so we have a few detour signs scattered about.
Neighbors garage near the end of the road..
Cody sent a picture of the truck we had louvered the hood for, fits the motif pretty well..
We've been doing some spring cleaning in the shop to get ready for the wagon's return from the paint shop, and some reorganizing which includes storage ideas..
Moved the tooling racks for the Lennox to the new position, and the false wire edge dies had a new rack made of 3x3 angle to clear off the spot they were taking up on the workbench.
The new Powell power hammer came with a grunch of anvils in a basket and needed a rack built for this as well. Another 3x3 angle is drilled with 1" rotary cutter, then the worn out blade on the band saw did a good job of making slots..
In order to keep these pricey chunks of S7 from bouncing across the concrete, a restraint system is in order. Delrin "hooks" were made for a fiberglass "crossbar"
All these parts other than hardware used was 100% recycled from the scrap pile.. More cleanup, woohoo!
Spring cleaning extended to the top of the tool box and welding table...