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[94m5]

The best way to see Chicago JP.

 

[Roadboss]

Great Pics. On occasion I got to fly in a corporate Queen Air and got to see the same thing thru the front windshield. It was also an awesome sight.

 

[billcu]

A little snow today.

 

[steve]

That is how you avoid the Chicago traffic JP

 

[billcu]

Playing with the new camera.

Winterized wheels.

 

[steve]

with all the bad weather finally finished up the Christmas lights, not bad for a night time cell phone pic in 19 deg weather

 

[tixer]

Playing with the new camera.

Winterized wheels.

"And next on the tour, is the hallway I keep all of my wheels in..."

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with all the bad weather finally finished up the Christmas lights, not bad for a night time cell phone pic in 19 deg weather

Looks good, Steve. I particularly like how you "washed" the trees with the lights. Much classier than the average "string the lights as high as you can reach" approach.

 

[redn8]

with all the bad weather finally finished up the Christmas lights, not bad for a night time cell phone pic in 19 deg weather

Looks good Steve! We used to decorate like that when the kids were small, now that they are grown we don't do much at all. Maybe a tree but that's about it. I really miss my kids being small. It's hard to believe they are grown. It seems like yesterday they were just learning to walk. Enjoy these times as long as you can.

 

[steve]

Looks good, Steve. I particularly like how you "washed" the trees with the lights. Much classier than the average "string the lights as high as you can reach" approach.

thanks, they are 33w CFL flood lights, they do light up the house and trees nice and don't take too long to install. for the law ornaments we are moving every year to more LEDs

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with all the bad weather finally finished up the Christmas lights, not bad for a night time cell phone pic in 19 deg weather

Looks good Steve! We used to decorate like that when the kids were small, now that they are grown we don't do much at all. Maybe a tree but that's about it. I really miss my kids being small. It's hard to believe they are grown. It seems like yesterday they were just learning to walk. Enjoy these times as long as you can.

We just went to Ariston's Christmas show in preschool, they are growing fast. I do decorate for them, they love the lights, but you can still put up lights even though you are empty nester

 

[budpytko]

That fist plane looks much like an the old Navy jet fighter - the F4D Skyray. http://www.airvectors.net/avskyray.html It was going out of service about the time I was going in.

 

[billcu]

"And next on the tour, is the hallway I keep all of my wheels in..."

Close, the wheels will be going into the Lincoln storage room to the left soon, I need to reorganize it a bit first.

 

[98mark8lsc]

I built a new workbench recently in our new house. I don't think I posted the pictures though.

This was the first "woodworking" project I've ever done. I've done lots of metal work, but until recently, no wood. This is probably pretty easy work for a lot of you, but since I've never done anything like it before, I'm pretty proud of it. lol. Total cost was about $145. It would have been a little cheaper, but I ended up buying 3 or 4 too many 2x4x8's.

A couple months ago, when I met up with Donna to pick up Doug's lathe, I also purchased some of his old tools, including a very nice DeWalt miter saw and stand, and some nail guns. Previously, I only had a second-hand circular saw and jig saw that I bought used on Craigslist a number of years ago.

Man, that miter saw is nice! It made this workbench project a breeze!

Here I built the legs out of doubled-up 2x4's, and built a frame for the bottom shelf.


I was building this by myself and had a little bit of trouble keeping the top frame level, while simultaneously attaching the legs, so I used the Ramset gun (also one of Doug's old tools) to set the frame into the brick wall--gives it a little extra stability, and also gave me a chance to use the Ramset gun!


Here we have the maple "butcher block" top installed onto the framework. It's secured to the framework from underneath by attaching some 2x2 blocks to the inside of the framework and then screwing through them into the bottom of the butcher block top. It JUST barely fits and allows the door to open, however, I have no plans to ever use that door, and actually have a small rolling toolbox sitting in front of it now. The top was another craigslist find. 6 ft x 2.5 ft for $60, in very good condition.


Made the bottom shelf out of a single sheet of 3/4" MDF and nailed it to the lower frame. Also, figuring out where I'm going to mount my vise.


All finished. Vise is mounted (for the first time in the 4 or 5 years I've owned it! lol.). Lathe is not mounted, but just sits on top of the workbench. It's heavy enough that it doesn't really need to be mounted, but light enough that I can slide it around the workbench to either use it or move it out of the way when it's not needed.

 

[redn8]

Nice work! You should be proud.

 

[tixer]

Looks like a well designed, very sturdy, workbench. Nice find on that tabletop, and you can always use a few extra 2x4's. That's good stuff to have on-hand.

I've got the bench, but I still don't own a bench vice... I really need to get on that. using "C" clamps to secure stuff to the surface while I work on it, just doesn't cut it..

I'm glad to see Doug's tools found a good home.

 

[steve]

the bench came out nice

 

[98mark8lsc]

Looks like a well designed, very sturdy, workbench. Nice find on that tabletop, and you can always use a few extra 2x4's. That's good stuff to have on-hand.

I've got the bench, but I still don't own a bench vice... I really need to get on that. using "C" clamps to secure stuff to the surface while I work on it, just doesn't cut it..

I'm glad to see Doug's tools found a good home.

Thanks!

I actually got that vise for free from the Navy. If I had been persistent enough, I probably could have gotten one of those table tops at the same time. There was a small classroom that used to be used for training on overhauling valves. The class had not been taught for about a year, and they wanted to repurpose the room. It was full of workbenches, with a vise on each table, and a bunch of hand tools. I think the table tops ended up in a warehouse, but since the vises were easier to transport, we each got to take one home for our troubles. I don't know how old it is, but it looks brand new. When they did use the classroom, they had a one-day class every 3 months, so not very much use. I had been wanting a vise for a long time, but didn't want to pay the crazy prices for one!

I'm glad to finally have it mounted. It was getting pretty annoying using it like that. Lol.

Doug's tools couldn't have a more appreciative owner. I don't see myself using the larger nail guns very often, but Donna gave a price I couldn't refuse. Aside from the lathe, these were all tools that Doug and Donna used to build their garage. I figure since I have aspirations of one day building an additional workshop garage, among other things, this was the perfect purchase.

 

[warden]

There's a LSC under there.

 

[chris2523]

There's a LSC under there.

Taurus wheels. how interesting.

 

[redn8]

There's a LSC under there.

What is that white stuff. We don't see that where I live.

 

[steve]

What is that white stuff. We don't see that where I live.

come up and visit me for Christmas, i am on vacation until next year,, it is not even winter and we had 3 snow storms already