We may get rain tomorrow and then Jim will start on the Bobcat work, so in preparation, the Bobcat got a good cleaning...
Lifting the front up all the way and cleaning...
Jim let it drip dry and did some grass cutting before putting everything away for the night.
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| High 76.1/Low 55.9 |
After our all-day rain yesterday, the trees were just saturated with water, turning the fir branches almost upside down, which made their color look almost silvery in certain lights. The view out the back of the house - you can see how the branches are weighed down...
Jim is getting ready to work on the Bobcat. His 2-ton floor jack wasn't going to work, so he ordered a new 3.5 ton one. It came yesterday...
He got it all put together and ready to go!
After lunch, Jim went to the Bobcat store to pick up the drive oil he needs as well as a couple of new bolts.
Once he got home, he started cutting through the steel he had formed into rings...
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| High 70.7/Low 58.2 |
Jim had to take the doors off to get the bottom shelf out and be able to work...
Jim had to remove one set of hinges as well...
Bottom shelf coming out...
Then it's fastening the toe boards to the cabinet - he had put holes in the steel when he made it, so that was perfect.
All four sides fastened and now it's time to reverse all those steps. Bottom shelf going back in...
Fastening it in place...
Middle shelf back in place...
Hinges and doors back on - this project is complete!
Next rainy day project was to change out switches in the auto bay. When he added the programmable switch to control the outside lights, he only had almond switches, and he only had an almond switch for the gray box. Lights off, time to switch...
Oops...he forgot that the right switch is a three-way switch, so he'll have to order one of those...
But it's looking spiffy!
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| High 61.8/Low 54.5 - rain all day |
Yesterday, went by in a blur before we went to church. We did get our new wind vanes in the mail yesterday, so Jim attached them today...
Beautiful - glad we have this back again!
One of our transplanted trees didn't make it. We had gotten this one from close to the rock wall, so even though Jim was diligent about keeping it watered, it didn't have a great root system. We'll find a good replacement in the fall, but Jim cut it down today...
Two of our soffit vents in the shed somehow fell out over the winter, so Jim replaced them today...
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| 6.20 - High 72.7/Low 60.4 6.21 - High 74.8/Low 52.8 |
This afternoon, Jim worked on the other storage cabinet that he moved into the pole barn. The shelves were pretty stained. Not that it matters, but it's always nice to start off with things feeling clean. The two shelves on the left have already been sprayed with cleaner and scrubbed - getting ready to do the one on the right...
Spraying with cleaner...
Some scrubbing...
Cleaning them all with the power washer...
Much better!
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| High 72.5/Low 61.3 |
Rain and storms were scheduled for the day and they actually happened! We had lots of wind and rain, but it all blew out and the sun is shining brightly as I write this!
It was an obvious inside work day. Jim finished up attaching the wheel assembly on the other side of the blasting cabinet...
Vacuum back in place and all ready to go!
Jim used his grinder to cut through the steel rings he made...
Three rings!
Testing the fit...
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| High 70.8/Low 60.9 - stormy in afternoon |
An inside work day. Jim had to sharpen the chains on both of the chain saws...
His wheels came in for the blasting cabinet!
First step to attach them was to get the end off the floor. Jim lifted it up and I slid a piece of wood underneath...
Jim had to drill holes in the cabinet to place the wheel assembly - this side is all done!
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| High 76/Low 51.4 |
