Potpourri - June 2010
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I have some catching up to do here, if anyone has posted a question of me and has not gotten a response, sorry and please let me know about it. The number of posts and rate of posts has made it impossible to read them all anymore and now with some other complications I've had to use the "Mark Forum Read" button a few time.
Among other fun things I lost my main hard disk...... I had to go back to a 2008 disk I had that was last run in June of that year. It is really hard to believe the updates to windows xp since then. There were 79 just to get to the latest SP3 and I lost count after that. Then the updates to the hundreds of programs I run.... I still have another batch of stuff I haven't upgraded including drivers for my scanner and printers and the like. Actually I'm putting that off until I get a new hard drive and instill windows7.
One thing that that this spring has been is busy and I've fallen behind in my back ups... lost my photos from the end of April on... and also all my sketch up work from then and well everything else from then.
Anyway I'm up and working again, but on a bit of a limited system until I get a new drive which will be sometime next week. Then the move to Vista and then the move to windows7 and then to restore what I can....
Don't you just love it?
Ed
Among other fun things I lost my main hard disk...... I had to go back to a 2008 disk I had that was last run in June of that year. It is really hard to believe the updates to windows xp since then. There were 79 just to get to the latest SP3 and I lost count after that. Then the updates to the hundreds of programs I run.... I still have another batch of stuff I haven't upgraded including drivers for my scanner and printers and the like. Actually I'm putting that off until I get a new hard drive and instill windows7.
One thing that that this spring has been is busy and I've fallen behind in my back ups... lost my photos from the end of April on... and also all my sketch up work from then and well everything else from then.
Anyway I'm up and working again, but on a bit of a limited system until I get a new drive which will be sometime next week. Then the move to Vista and then the move to windows7 and then to restore what I can....
Don't you just love it?
Ed
{Knight of the Shopsmith} [Hero's don't wear capes, they wear dog tags]
I do have one more thing to share tonight.
On May 29th they had the grand opening of a Forest Preserve near us, I've mentioned it before, called St James Farm. I especially like the color used for the buildings and the interesting layout.... well if I were rich I'd have loved to live there.
So normally we have gone on weekends (the only time it was open) and would see maybe a dozen cars in the lot and maybe actually see some other out walking. This day we went about a half hour early thinking well maybe a few more people would be showing up. When we got there there was room for about 7 or 8 cars in that lot and they closed up parking before we were out of the car. They did have a second lot so people were forced to drive to the other side of the property to park. All told about 10K people showed up!
While not ever expecting to see so many people it turned out to be an interesting and fun day. We spent about 4 hours there before we were worn out and getting too hot. This is how we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary which also happen to be that day.
One of the more fun things to watch was a horse that is an artist and paints. They have worked with the horse so it has learned to hold a special brush in its mouth and paint on the canvas. A helper puts the paint on then hands it to the horse Crystal, after she makes a swath at it they have a clicker they use to have her release the brush for a reload of paint. They get from $25 to $35 for the paintings which benefits the forest preserve district... not from me of course but hey it would have made interesting conversation if hung in your home I guess.
So for those horse lovers here is a picture:
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You can also see the yellow paint in the back ground on the left...
So anyone else have a horse that paints?
Ed
On May 29th they had the grand opening of a Forest Preserve near us, I've mentioned it before, called St James Farm. I especially like the color used for the buildings and the interesting layout.... well if I were rich I'd have loved to live there.
So normally we have gone on weekends (the only time it was open) and would see maybe a dozen cars in the lot and maybe actually see some other out walking. This day we went about a half hour early thinking well maybe a few more people would be showing up. When we got there there was room for about 7 or 8 cars in that lot and they closed up parking before we were out of the car. They did have a second lot so people were forced to drive to the other side of the property to park. All told about 10K people showed up!
While not ever expecting to see so many people it turned out to be an interesting and fun day. We spent about 4 hours there before we were worn out and getting too hot. This is how we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary which also happen to be that day.
One of the more fun things to watch was a horse that is an artist and paints. They have worked with the horse so it has learned to hold a special brush in its mouth and paint on the canvas. A helper puts the paint on then hands it to the horse Crystal, after she makes a swath at it they have a clicker they use to have her release the brush for a reload of paint. They get from $25 to $35 for the paintings which benefits the forest preserve district... not from me of course but hey it would have made interesting conversation if hung in your home I guess.
So for those horse lovers here is a picture:
[ATTACH]9109[/ATTACH]
You can also see the yellow paint in the back ground on the left...
So anyone else have a horse that paints?
Ed
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'Twill be the best $1/week you'll ever spend if you use this. Off site storage of critical / important / cherished files is the way to go.reible wrote:I have some catching up to do here.....
Among other fun things I lost my main hard disk...... ....
One thing that that this spring has been is busy and I've fallen behind in my back ups... lost my photos from the end of April on... and also all my sketch up work from then and well everything else from then.
.........
Ed
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Now I've gone and done it. I just picked up my forth shopsmith today. An older one, post 1973 pre 1978, one of the old Poe Ave ones.
It has most of the normal accessories, missing so far is the drum sander and the dust cover for the newer lower blade guard, set screws out of the rip fence (used for off setting the fence), chuck key, allen wrench, and maybe some other little items.
The inside looks good from peaking in the access hole, belts look OK, it runs, changes speeds, speed changer looks OK, quill will take a bit more checking but it too might be usable as is. The top tubes have a little rust on one end and the lowers have a general light rust. The casters are OK but the other parts down there are quite rusty. Saw blade has some blacken areas but I'll clean it up and have a look before I chuck it.... shopsmith carbide blade. Lathe tools are unused so we know what it wasn't used for.
I blame it on the meds....
Hope to have a better look in the daylight tomorrow and after that it will have to set a few days until I can start cleaning it up and have a better look inside to see if I can find any spare parts and how much sawdust will blow out of the motor.
You know what really would be handy is a motor stand modified with two tubes to hold the headstock that way you could flip it upside down or any place between and have nice access to all the parts and at a nice height to work at. Anyone done this?
At least I know what I'm going to fall asleep thinking about.
Ed
It has most of the normal accessories, missing so far is the drum sander and the dust cover for the newer lower blade guard, set screws out of the rip fence (used for off setting the fence), chuck key, allen wrench, and maybe some other little items.
The inside looks good from peaking in the access hole, belts look OK, it runs, changes speeds, speed changer looks OK, quill will take a bit more checking but it too might be usable as is. The top tubes have a little rust on one end and the lowers have a general light rust. The casters are OK but the other parts down there are quite rusty. Saw blade has some blacken areas but I'll clean it up and have a look before I chuck it.... shopsmith carbide blade. Lathe tools are unused so we know what it wasn't used for.
I blame it on the meds....
Hope to have a better look in the daylight tomorrow and after that it will have to set a few days until I can start cleaning it up and have a better look inside to see if I can find any spare parts and how much sawdust will blow out of the motor.
You know what really would be handy is a motor stand modified with two tubes to hold the headstock that way you could flip it upside down or any place between and have nice access to all the parts and at a nice height to work at. Anyone done this?
At least I know what I'm going to fall asleep thinking about.
Ed
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Bill Mayo has! Short tubes, hinge end casting. Upside down, no.reible wrote:Now I've gone and done it. I just picked up my forth shopsmith today. An older one, post 1973 pre 1978, one of the old Poe Ave ones.
It has most of the normal accessories, missing so far is the drum sander and the dust cover for the newer lower blade guard, set screws out of the rip fence (used for off setting the fence), chuck key, allen wrench, and maybe some other little items.
The inside looks good from peaking in the access hole, belts look OK, it runs, changes speeds, speed changer looks OK, quill will take a bit more checking but it too might be usable as is. The top tubes have a little rust on one end and the lowers have a general light rust. The casters are OK but the other parts down there are quite rusty. Saw blade has some blacken areas but I'll clean it up and have a look before I chuck it.... shopsmith carbide blade. Lathe tools are unused so we know what it wasn't used for.
I blame it on the meds....
Hope to have a better look in the daylight tomorrow and after that it will have to set a few days until I can start cleaning it up and have a better look inside to see if I can find any spare parts and how much sawdust will blow out of the motor.
You know what really would be handy is a motor stand modified with two tubes to hold the headstock that way you could flip it upside down or any place between and have nice access to all the parts and at a nice height to work at. Anyone done this?
At least I know what I'm going to fall asleep thinking about.
Ed
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Sure! Weld two tubes to a plate, bolt the plate to the stand 'arbor'.reible wrote:A couple of tubes and a welder????
See:
http://www.harborfreight.com/750-lb-capacity-engine-stand-32915.html
Ed
Sure ya gots room for that sucker!?:D
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Me, I got no room unless I get rid of a shopsmith or two.
However one could box it back up and I bet it is not so large then. To bad they don't show it folded up and give some dimensions.
I didn't find one smaller then a 700 pound rated one, so that is a bit of over kill in that department. I still like the idea of being able to rotate the headstock and having a nice working height to boot.
Ed
PS just went back and found under specifications what must be its boxed size, sure don't know what else it could be. 8"x8.5"x35.5" but I still don't have the room.
However one could box it back up and I bet it is not so large then. To bad they don't show it folded up and give some dimensions.
I didn't find one smaller then a 700 pound rated one, so that is a bit of over kill in that department. I still like the idea of being able to rotate the headstock and having a nice working height to boot.
Ed
PS just went back and found under specifications what must be its boxed size, sure don't know what else it could be. 8"x8.5"x35.5" but I still don't have the room.
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Farmer and Ed, Thanks for posting about your family. We are going to be moving my mother in law into assisted living this week. My wife has been the only care giver, but her siblings are as supportive as they can be. Distance is a real issue with Gma's needs. Both live far away. It was good to hear that you guys are doing this well and encouraging to know that we might do it well also. Our challenge has not been relatives, but the fact that Gma is pretty nasty about things at times. Physically she is well, but mentally she is not. She is so demanding that my wife is just wearing out. we had some great local help, and we thought we would be able to keep her here for longer, but the lady was diagnosed with cancer and in one day we lost the help. ( not lots of replacements in the boonies). Our prayer is that having her in assisted living will allow my wife and I to be more rested and capable of dealing with and enjoying Gma. We have a visiting schedule set up, so one of us should be there 3 times / week and my daughter will be there once with her girls.
God will need to give me strength in this, I am not a patient man.
God will need to give me strength in this, I am not a patient man.
Saw dust heals many wounds. RLTW
Dave
Dave