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On today’s episode, changing out the battery in the B3200 and I spy these two screws hanging in the bottom by the radiator. Any idea where the hell they came from or go? Frankenstein been hanging out in my barn?

Went to start the B3200 this afternoon to move some firewood to the house. Click click click. Threw the jump pack on and she started right up. Guess it is time to replace the battery once more. This one is 2018 vintage. Time to head to Rural King and get another. For those keeping count...

This one I do not have the compressed air capacity to blow. 2” input. 6.5” diameter and 16.5” tall. 5 chime steam whistle. It’s off a Chinese JS class 2-8-2 built in 1988. Other 3 chime whistle for comparison. Sadly I could not touch a US built whistle without a second mortgage.

Dug out the boys old wagon and rebuilt it over the last few months. Finished it up today. Left some of the stains and battle scars in the base but other than that, all metal was blasted and repainted, wood was sanded bare and recoated red. Base and sides were sanded to smooth them out and...

Was having issues yesterday with the B3200being sluggish and wrote it off to not having run it for a while. Turns out I had set the parking brake and forgot about it earlier in the afternoon. Saw it this morning as I went to pull out of the barn. I get the ID10t award. No issues with...

Put in an opener for the barn door today. Tried something different with the side mounted direct attached unit. No rail, chain or belt. Exponentially easier to get installed vs the traditional styles. I went with Genie since my other openers are Genies and I can use their mobile app for keeping...

Back from vacation with the wife and decided the post travel day was a good dead tree dropping day. Got one good size and three smaller ones on the ground and cut in to rounds. Will break out the orange Friday and bring them down to the wood yard to split. I have one large one that is dead and...

Got tired of the exhaust on my Polaris Sportsman burning my leg. Picked up some exhaust wrap and hopefully this solves the issue

Broke out the chimney sweep kit and got the flue cleaned out. Ready for the first fire. We burned it 5 days a week last winter. A bit of buildup but not too bad. Took around 20 min with prep and cleanup

Was tasked by the boss to come up with a birthday gift for her brother. Not sure this is what she had in mind but it was a fun little project. $29 for the horns and compressor and $52 for the HF drill. Took me about 1.5 hrs to disassemble, make new power leads, sand down the inside of the...

I’m always amazed at how fast they mature. I missed raising them last year with my back but managed to get a batch in this year. This time I kept track of the costs and quantities. At week 7, 30 birds and around 575lbs of feed. One week left. Cost is around 12.00/bird today.

Stumbled across this gem and brought it home. What I know is it is from the Daniel’s’ Brewery in Manistee MI and was used for time notifications from around 1884 up to the early 1930’s. Not sure the manufacturer of the whistle, more research needed there. I have questions on the fittings from...

What you got and what are your likes/dislikes. Our well is off the hardness scale. Lots of calcium and iron too. Looking to do a whole house filter off the pressure tank before the softener. Out of the softener it’s not too bad but calcium and rust builds up on faucets and fixtures. We have a...

Got surprised by a highway crew today. Went out and talked with them they are grinding out the road and replacing next week. Doing shoulders today. Just signed to be a milling dump for them. Free milling still I say stop. Wasn’t gonna do driveway work this year but now …. Probably have 4 loads...

Bought a welding table. Some assembly required. Weighs around 70 lbs and will hold up to 600lbs. Box was a wreck but no damaged or missing hardware. Took about an hour to assemble and you will need to look ahead to see the positions of components.

Order showed up from Welp Hatchery today. 35 very vocal Cornish Rock birds. 8 weeks till they meet the butcher. Once they get feathers they will move to the outside pen so they can eat grass and bugs along with their feed.

Seeing an uptick in the number of ticks the dogs are getting. Time to knock them back

Finished it up today. Got the structure bolted to the pads and the smokers arranged. Need longer light string but all in all I can smoke out of the weather. Bought it as a kit from Sam’s back in April and it has sat on a pallet under tarps until I got a long weekend to get it assembled. Took...

First vacation in over a year. Riding the train to Silverton on Monday