wtnhighlander Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 12 minutes ago, Robby W said: Question for those of you with raised garden beds: how do you keep deer and gophers out if your gardens? People around here use fencing, wherever it is feasible. Deer require a pretty tall fence, although it doesn't have to be all that sturdy. In my immediate area, there are enough crop fields to keep most such critters occupied, without bothering someone's backyard garden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted December 3, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 3:50 PM, Robby W said: Question for those of you with raised garden beds: how do you keep deer and gophers out if your gardens? See fence in my previous post, before the tractor one. 10' steel T-posts, with some length cut off the top, pounded in the ground with a post pounder. The black mesh is some sort of plastic, 7' tall. It's solely for keeping deer out, and has not failed. No problems with "Gophers", called Ground Hogs here, so far. I have some special tools that throw lead projectiles at high speed, if needed. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 Been a boring few days here. I have the week off and was hoping to spend a decent chunk of time woodworking but instead I've been sitting on the couch with a sinus infection. Hoping tomorrow I'm good to go. I did squeeze in some sanding while sitting on a stool for a little. Our microwave went up at the end of last week. Replaced the fuse and it blew again so I had to order up some door switches and was able to get it fixed. Amazed that the usual parts websites wanted $50 for a fuse and $50 per switch. Meanwhile a fuse is $2.50 (for 2) at Home Depot and the switches were $4.50 each on Amazon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 2:50 PM, Robby W said: Question for those of you with raised garden beds: how do you keep deer and gophers out if your gardens? I don’t know if it’s daffodils or the green onions, but I have never had a deer or gopher problem here in Houston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 In today's episode of why I didn't get to do any woodworking.... After my car failed our safety inspection on Friday I had to replace the front lower control arms since I wasn't about to pay the dealership $1500. Found the parts locally for $400, bought the Dewalt Atomic 20v Impact Wrench and an impact socket kit for another $150 and spent about 6 hours switching it out. Could have found cheaper parts but with 70* weather in December in DC and the kids busy had to take advantage of the timing. @Chestnut I know you wanted that Milwaukee M12 impact but if you have more Dewalt 20v batteries the Atomic impact is really small and would be easy to throw in a car. And now our master bathroom toilet float is stuck so I'll have to fix that. Maybe I can sneak in some work on the sideboard soon. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, legenddc said: I know you wanted that Milwaukee M12 impact but if you have more Dewalt 20v batteries the Atomic impact is really small and would be easy to throw in a car. I bought the 1/2" 12v Milwauke impact this past week. Good recommendation i had my eye on that one too. I think the M12 is slightly smaller than the dewalt. Maybe i should have gotten the dewalt as it is more powerful but I wanted absolutely as small as possible. I have an air impact for the tougher bolts but it's really big and has that hose part. The M12 run lugs just fine when i switch winter tires out, it did take a lot of ugga duggas though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Glad you already got one and you're happy with it. Mine was such a needed impulse buy that I didn't do a lot of research. It's strange buying a tool that you hope you won't need to use. We don't have to worry about winter tires here so this might be used only for brake jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BonPacific Posted December 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Today I built myself a Bankers-style plane tote. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chet Posted December 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 The wood you used is really white, is that Holly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Trying out the veneering setup I had in storage so long I almost forgot I had it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted January 1, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Spent some more time working on the @gee-dub designed clamp racks, when complete I hope to recover about 4' of wall and get my 6' and Dubuque clamps off the floor. Also shipped out the last of my Xmas gifts, its late but she was out of town anyway . I made five sets like this. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Pretty sure I broke my pinky toe last night so most of today has been going through Christmas pics and trying to help put away the Christmas stuff. Tomorrow I'll be glueing up a cabinet with my dad. Hopefully it won't cause my toe to swell too much. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robby W Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I got reminded why my Lazy boy rocker is called Lazy boy. Just got back from visiting my daughter's family in North Carolina. Looked around the town and found sawmill that will sell me the entire log if I don't mind green and rough. People there were really nice. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Mine was a bitch but at least without the broke toe. I still own the building that my company was in and the access gate to the ac had fallen to disrepair. I spent half a day in 84* temp building a new one. Thank goodness for the pleasant weather. Just wish I was 20 years younger. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post B1rdhunter Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 8:20 PM, Coop said: Mine was a bitch but at least without the broke toe. I still own the building that my company was in and the access gate to the ac had fallen to disrepair. I spent half a day in 84* temp building a new one. Thank goodness for the pleasant weather. Just wish I was 20 years younger. I could learn to dislike you Coop, last week it was picking a bucket full of tomatoes now lifes struggles in 84* temps. Meanwhile it has been snowing here all day and is currently 5 degrees with who knows what kind of wind chill. If you ship me some of those tomtoes I may reconsider. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Pm me your address. I’ve been known to ship them and even deliver them to Austin. Iowa is a little far to hand deliver but not too far to pheasant hunt! We’ll discuss that next year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I spent my New Year's Day repainting our master bath with the trendy new silver-gray and stark white color scheme my wife picked out. Looks good, but the 'off white' shower stall stands out like maple with a fresh coat of BLO. Anyone have experience with coatings for changing the color of fiberglass? I really don't want to go through a shower replacement right now, as some demo and reconstruction would be needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 8:20 PM, Coop said: ...I spent half a day in 84* temp building a new one. Thank goodness for the pleasant weather. Coop our high today was -9 so 84 doesn't sound so bad 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Come Monday morning, that shall change. I gotta watch it close as it may get down to 32* and if so, I need to pick all of the tomatoes. But that’s ok as we had fresh red ones for Christmas and fried green ones for the next week or so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I'd like to point out that my broken toe wasn't due to an over-indulgence in alcohol, just slipped down the steps at our friends. Weather is crazy right now here too. Woke up to an alert of 3-6" of snow starting tonight. It was just 69*. Glad I got a new winter coat for Christmas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 More progress on the rack wall should be able to finish tomorrow before going back to work Tuesday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 7:52 PM, wtnhighlander said: Anyone have experience with coatings for changing the color of fiberglass? Ross I looked in to this about ten years back and if I remember you can do it with regular waterborne paint. In the long run I did it the easier way and remodeled to whole bathroom so I never really tried it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 10:06 PM, Coop said: Come Monday morning, that shall change. I gotta watch it close as it may get down to 32* and if so, I need to pick all of the tomatoes. But that’s ok as we had fresh red ones for Christmas and fried green ones for the next week or so. Last tomato pics for 6 months, I promise. Forecast for tonight is 31* and 29* tomorrow night so I picked what I could and left the rest for the varmints. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Those sure look good @Coopespically to us folks up here in the frozen north, shoveled snow at minus 1 here this morning 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 I took my wife’s dog to the dog park today in 38* temps with about 30 mph winds. This happy wife, happy life crap has it’s limitations and I found them today. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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