Re: Who's Working Today

"Snag"  wrote in message news:1049cik$htup$1@dont-email.me...
On 7/4/2025 1:25 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

Here I am in the shop finishing second operations of a stack of molds so I can get them shipped.  Gravity cast lead molds, but one interesting soft plastic mold I can't show anybody.
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   I did a little weed eatin' this morning . Needed a trimmed place for
the new tractor , since I'm about to tear into the front axle . Wore out
bearings and leaking seals , I'll get it apart then order parts ...
   And while waiting for those parts I'll do some work on the JD 317 .
It's got about 43 years of "stuff" sloshing around in the fuel tank and
frequently blocking the fuel supply . Two or nine other things that need
doing , we'll see which ones make the list .
Snag
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Made a tool to disassemble the sink spray head in my shower. It's a relatively expensive nickeled one that seems out of stock or discontinued now. The valve spindle sticks open in hot water. The tool is a plug half knurled and half threaded 1" - 1.5mm (??) that depresses the spindle against its stiff spring until the handle can be unhooked. No O ring in HF's metric kit fit but one from their inch kit restored it like new. Synthetic brake grease (high-melting) initially loosened the original O ring but then swelled it.
Greased the front end of my garden tractor, perhaps for the first time in 15 - 20 years. It's from backwoods Maine where the Sears service seems to have been a bit lacking. Hacked and hoisted out a surface root the mower deck was catching on the trail to a woodshed.
Splitting firewood, only Oct & Nov left for 25/26. First in, last out. Rebuilding that worn-out splitter in ~1999 taught me about hydraulics. In effect the splitter was free, I think the $200 was for its new but defective Tecumseh engine which IIRC $3 fixed. I bought it from a pawn shop and second hand dealer who knew values. He gave me some deals in exchange for listening to his stories.
jsw