What other projects are you working on?

Luckily I only use it local so it never goes above 45. But it sure bugs me every time I use it. I have a hierarchy of friends. The ones at the top are the ones that have things I borrow and I know will come to my rescue at 2am in the rain.
Trailer guy is the nicest guy I know and we have been good friends for over 40yrs. I just showed him how to adjust the trailer brake controller on his F250. I’ll let him use it again because in the scheme of things our friendship is worth more than trailer tires.
 
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bucky said:
Luckily I only use it local so it never goes above 45. But it sure bugs me every time I use it. I have a hierarchy of friends. The ones at the top are the ones that have things I borrow and I know will come to my rescue at 2am in the rain.
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I know those guys. Both of ‘em.

You are so right- some people know the deal.
 
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On occasion, the neighbor Lady will 'borrow' me to help her with some 'mussel ' work, as long as it's not brain work, I'm fine.
But then I can and do borrow her JD tractor, Z-turn mower, boom truck for trimming trees and plow truck to clear the snow from our neighborhood roads. And I also service and maintain her eq. too.
But alas, I haven't been successful in 'borrowing' any of her Corvettes... yet.
 
Replaced the elastic in a 20 year old dance skirt - it was actually my very first dance skirt - paid $90 for it. Now I can get a better one for half that price from Amazon, but back then there weren't many places selling Belly Dance "anything", and most of the weren't online yet. Bought this one from my dance teacher at the time.

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The original elastic wasn't just put into a casing, the casing was stitched to the elastic. I *HATE* that, makes replacement much more difficult. The fabric is thin and diaphanous, so picking out all those stitches was a non starter - so I just folded the old casing with its shot elastic over to form a new casing. Made the skirt an inch+ shorter - but as it had actually stretched over the years, that was OK.
 
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I took my 99 ezgo gas cart out to the desert thus past weekend. My Son was bouncing around the desert at 3am and lost a bolt the lift bracket to the spindle. He repaired it with a tent stake and some wire. Got in it later and wondered why I could not keep a straight track. I found a bolt for a temp fix and drive it for the rest of the weekend. I’ve had this for 15yrs and other than an occasional greasing have not touched it. I decided to check the whole front end. Bearings were dry but no damage done. Pulled everything off. I replaced some bolts, cleaned and greased kingpins and bearings. Drives like new. Next is to drain and replace diff fluid and do general maintenance on the engine. Hopefully get another 15yrs out of her.



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Those of you on the welding thread may know I picked up a welder to learn body work for the TJ, and started practicing on my son’s basketball hoop.
Well I finished that project and it ain’t pretty but boy is it better than the original! I backed up the backboard with 3/4” PT plywood, Gorilla adhesive and silicone sealant, topped off with upsized stainless hardware. She’s an ugly one but solid as a rock! He’s loving the new rebounds that actually send the ball back his way! Success!

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