Potpourri for January 2012

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:05 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Where did '600' come from? 10 hrs/year?

I read the operating hours, on my like new machine, on the hour meter.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:32 pm

beeg wrote:The same place 1300 Rupees came from.

Hey! At least there was a '1300' to get it from!:D I did not see any 600 s there!:rolleyes:

Still think low usage a large quantity of BS!;)

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:32 pm

Maybe it's like my old truck and the odometer has rolled over. My truck only has 560 miles on it and it's an '86! Considering the way a Shopsmith is made, it really isn't the hours on it as much as the abuse it has taken. I'm convinced that one that is properly maintained and lubed will run FOREVER!!

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:01 am

Re: squirrel feeder, if you get tired of trying to outsmart the tree rats, you can simply put canola seeds in the bird feeders. Squirrels don't like them, won't bother them and the birds will continue to eat. Simple solution. Canola seeds available at Lowe's and HD in the same section as the other critter seeds.

Ed, don't know if our wives are talking, but I need to get my machines in shape where I feel mentally comfortable. And, yes, I need to do all that cleaning before the spring because when the cold winds are gone and the temps get back up, I'm out of here and breathing pure fresh sawdust.

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:04 pm

On a related note, one of the gifts I made for Christmas was for a neighbor. It was a squirrel nesting box. Neat thing was I made it out of scrap lumber I salvaged from a remodel so it only cost me a little bit of time (very quick project) and a few nails.

trainguytom · Post by **trainguytom** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:42 pm

I think I still have every cut off of every board I've ever used...even tiny pieces. That's getting to be my biggest problem. I see no solution for this problem. Each time I use a cut off, I end up with a smaller cut off, which I save.
If I need a big board to start, I get one from my stash, and the cycle of ever shrinking pieces begins anew. Help me...

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:16 pm

trainguytom wrote:I think I still have every cut off of every board I've ever used...even tiny pieces. That's getting to be my biggest problem. I see no solution for this problem. Each time I use a cut off, I end up with a smaller cut off, which I save.
If I need a big board to start, I get one from my stash, and the cycle of ever shrinking pieces begins anew. Help me...

I feel your pain. Recently posted in a thread seeking good solutions. I think this is a common struggle except for those who seem to no reservations about burning perfectly good wood.

trainguytom · Post by **trainguytom** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:10 pm

You can burn wood???? Who knew!

billmeyer · Post by **billmeyer** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:38 pm

I have been putting out a live trap to rid myself of a raccoon that has been tearing up my heat ducts. I caught it twice now, but it lets itself out before I can a long ways from my house. I caught a squirrel in it once and watched it to see if it would get out. It would work at the cage a little bit, then go back and eat my bait. It did this 4 or 5 times before I let it loose in the yard. A squirrel can sure jump a long ways before it hits the ground leaving a cage!
Bill

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:51 pm

billmeyer wrote:I have been putting out a live trap to rid myself of a raccoon that has been tearing up my heat ducts. I caught it twice now, but it lets itself out before I can a long ways from my house. I caught a squirrel in it once and watched it to see if it would get out. It would work at the cage a little bit, then go back and eat my bait. It did this 4 or 5 times before I let it loose in the yard. A squirrel can sure jump a long ways before it hits the ground leaving a cage!
Bill

Tie the door shut before transporting(preferably at least one county away)!

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