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It worked great so I bought a bracket and hung it............hooked up to an antenna so free TV!
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Wait, sweats in FL? Looking good, indeed! SmileWavy
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Replaced the water pump at the Armadillo Ranch. The 40 year old Ruth Berry jet pump was on its last legs sprouting leaks all over. Finally found a 3/4 Hp Goulds Deep Well Jet Pump.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637120625.JPG The hand dug well is over 140 years old. The concrete pipe sections were stacked one on top of the other as the dirt and gravel at the bottom was dug out and lifted out with buckets. As the hole got deeper the pipe sections settled into it and another section was placed on top. They hit water at about 40 feet and kept going to 50 to give a 10 foot deep pool. Here is looking down after the old pipes to the siphon venturi (jet) and foot valve have been pulled out. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637120625.JPG |
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20 years would be quite impressive! Interesting about the well construction. I have jetted them here down to a 20' or so depth ending up with an 1 1/4" PVC well. The professionals do the same but with dedicated tanker trucks & pumps and they leave a 2" PVC size. Goulds is the gold standard around here. For these shallow wells we use centrifugals - usually 1 1/2 HP. I thought about putting an on-demand one in here using a jet pump and might one day just for hose bibs outside. I use city water for household needs and for outside hose bibs. PS - Nice pics, Jolly! |
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The old siphon jet assembly with the foot valve on the right. The old cover screen that was bolted to the end of the foot valve must have fallen off and is still at the bottom of the well. When the well was last cleaned 40 years ago, the guys who did it found all kinds of stuff at the bottom. Old buggy axle and leaf springs, racoon bones, rusty buckets but no Timmy. I guess Lassie did manage to get help. :D
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I’m off all next week, so here’s my agenda:
330 to do list Clean undercoating off behind rear wheel lips Roll rear fenders Install new wheels Clean old wheels Install rear brake caliper pins Remove rear seat Install race harness Secure seat belt recep w/ zip tie Install race seat Install Momo steering wheel Install passenger race seat Install brake ducting Rebuild M3 calipers Paint M3 calipers Install M3 calipers and rotors Strip interior Install differential with bushings Install guibo, center bearing, CV joint We’ll see how much I actually get done…😂 |
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Yesterday I did the tear out including a tear down of my palm seedling nursery and some fencing and today I started the build of an extension of the front deck. This will make the third phase, and I'm already brain storming about Phase IV.
This third phase will include the courtyard off my master bedroom. The fencing around it was put in back in '08 and has survived quite a few hurricanes and tropical storms. I'm looking forward to putting some new in but that will be the last step and later on. I picked up lumber at HD this morning, finished the site prep, set all the 4x4's, unloaded the rest of the lumber, and then went back tonight and picked up (28) ten foot 5/4 deck boards. That should be enough to get half of the decking done and then I will work on the second half, which will be a little trickier going around 3 mature Foxtail Palms in a triangular pattern that are staying. Hard to get decent pics due to all the vegetation but here are a few...... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637464947.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637464947.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637464947.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637464947.JPG |
Work progressing.......going out shortly to start screwing in the deck boards......whew...
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I’ll finish gutting the interior tomorrow, then work on rolling the fenders for the wider tires. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637541903.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637541903.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637541903.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637541903.jpg |
Picked up a grab bar to assist the wife getting in and out of the shower/tub. Of course there was no backing behind the fiberglass to support the mounting screws so I had to make a re-enforcing piece and position it by reaching up through the removable panel where the pipes feed the shower. Doggone I'm glad I don't have to do that again!
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Horns on the Buick causing a battery drain! I discovered that white thing there is where the horn connects, wire has a spring on it that goes down in there and is supposed to lock into place but the slot where it would lock was broken causing the spring deal to pop out which causes the horn to want to honk continuously. Fun stuff!!! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...584e0cdee7.jpg
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Doesn’t look like much progress, but it took another 6 hours to finish stripping the trunk and interior. Still need to remove the headliner, but I need the sunroof delete panel first.
I’ll start rolling the fenders tomorrow and install the new wheels. Going from a 245/35/18 to a 265/35/18. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637620513.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637620513.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637620513.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637620513.jpg |
Iv been working on one of these chairs that folds into a ladder. Iv got the small half done now working on back half. got most of the pieces made just working on the small connecting pieces now. Im just making it out of all the old oak scraps i have around so lots of sawing and planeing and sanding to get them down to size.
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I may have mentioned this before. I had an empty lot behind my house for the first 24 years I lived here. Then last year some people bought it and built a 2 story house. Ugly as sin and for sure doesn't fit into our island feel, but I'm sure they think it's gorgeous. :rolleyes:
These people are from Orlando. They are known as "O-villes" and most here despise them because they have no taste in anything, behave like Cretans, but think they are the most sophisticated beings on the planet. :rolleyes: Well, the other day when I was working on my front deck project, the neighbor stops by and wants to talk (yells to me from the street, naturally). I walk over and he begins to whine about my back deck only being 8" from his property line and he didn't like it so he went to the city and they told him his name would be on the complaint so he figured he'd come talk to me about it. Talk about a weasel of the highest magnitude. This is him. He has a row large Areca Palms along his side of the fence which almost hide what I built and even his landscaper told him to let it go, but (in his own words) "It's me that counts and if I'm not happy - I'm not happy." :rolleyes: I asked him if I lowered the canopy 3' - would that suffice? He said yes. So finally this morning was the day I budgeted time for the work. I ended up removing the roof and top framing, pulling out the two 4x4's closest to the fence, cutting 3' off the deck, and re-setting the two 4x4's 5' from the fence. The deck is still there but now 3' away from his p/l. I plan to re-do the framing and put a new roof on it, but this time will use some leftover standing seam panels I had in my stash. These suckers are long so I will have to cut them. But the good thing is now I am going to tie the new deck into the old canopy I built above my concrete patio so it will be continuous. I also just bought some camo material to drape over everything so it will hopefully appease the little weasel. It should be here on Sunday (Amazon). Here are a few pics...... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1637953196.JPG |
Crawled into the MIL'S cellar this afternoon with hardware cloth, Styrofoam blocks and a big can of Great Stuff to close up some gaps where old walls had some work, then settled. Max headroom in places was <4ft. I happen to be over 6 ft.
However I managed to get the gaps closed up on the old house. It really needs a new basement ( in truth it needs to be torn down and be rebuilt. ) This may be her last winter in a house her family bought 75 years ago.. It's her home. I get that. Best Les |
The front deck came out pretty good. Still have some work to do but most is done now. Not sure yet on canopy design. It's actually kinda nice with no canopy!
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Looking good Baz, when should we plan on the Pelican party?
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After inspiration from Baz I've setup a sun shade come pinot drinking location on the front lawn. Nothing compared with Baz'z excellent workmanship and style but it's still fun. I'm pretentiously calling it the Cabana in the hope friends will come around for a drink or two in our summer evenings.
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Love your fence design and art! BTW, I'm a hacker so save the excellent workmanship for someone more deserving...lol.... |
I needed to cut some Unistrut for a project so I decided to make a mini-chop saw for my angle grinder. The stainless steel offset hinge made it easy.
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Cleaning and checking everything.
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$30 well spent. Went to HF and bought this to align my wife's car.
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Those laser devices are pretty cool, Ron. I will get one at some point, I'm sure.
Self propel stopped working on my mower Wed. so Thursday I investigated and luckily it was just the drive belt came off it's pulley...an easy fix. Did a bunch of stuff today - including replacing the Reed cane between my two drives where I have my canopies. I still have to secure it to the posts and will use my new cordless Ryobi stapler for this. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638574570.JPG |
Had a supervisor this morning while stapling that reed fencing.......these lizards pretty much have the run of the place! :D
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638643578.JPG Swapped out the battery on my Ninja....... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638643645.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638643645.JPG Washed the 850....... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638643737.JPG Got a magnetic holder for my impact driver.....a Makita. Seems like it will work pretty good! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1638643818.JPG |
Looking good there Baz. I've been drawing inspiration (as they say) from your work. I've made a small deck/surf viewing platform. It's 5.2m/17 feet long. I had the steel and wood lying around so I thought I'd put them to use.
I've made the cabana more cabana looking too. A few floral enhancements. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639097725.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639097725.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639097725.JPG Delores has been told off for saying to guys "What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here." |
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Delores came in white instead of flesh tone? Maybe get those bird of paradise in silk? FWIW, I have some of these solar lights up on mine and they are the cat's pajamas at night! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639108765.JPG |
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I had another ten bird of paradise flowers - just plastic ones, so I've added them since. A few friends stopped by and I said "If I can't go to Rarotonga, I'm bringing Rarotonga to me." I've been in a Rarotonga frame of mind LOL |
Fireplace Project
I have a little gas fireplace I had installed about 6 years ago and I never got around to finishing the surround on it. My wife had commented about how it looks unfinished a few weeks ago so it was go time...
Finding a suitable live edge chunk of maple that would work for this was tough and I had been looking for the right piece for a long time. Found this one at Windsor Plywood and it was perfect. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156299.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156338.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156356.jpg A good friend of mine came over and did the cutting with his Festool track saw. He is a finishing carpenter and a very good one at that! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156508.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156528.jpg I had made the floating mantle bracket from 1 1/4" flat iron and 1/2" cold rolled. Drilled the flat iron and plug welded the pins. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156715.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639156751.jpg After the back was routered out to accept the bracket and the holes drilled for the pins, the mantle was trial fitted and finished with Diamond Coat waterborne Varithane. A few blobs of silicone on the back and it was pushed into place. I had to put weight on the one corner while the silicone set up to keep it level. |
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Now that the mantle was up it was time to finish the surround.
Found a product at the home depot and went to work. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157078.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157111.jpg Used some off cut slate tiles for the hearth that I had kicking around. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157224.jpg That went well, I think. |
I may need help... I can't seem to stop once I start! Backsplash for the bar.
The counter for the wet bar area of the basement was also in need of finishing and another long neglected project I hadn't gotten to.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157443.jpg It had been sitting this way since the cabinetry and countertop were installed about 5 or 6 years ago. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157506.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639157519.jpg Figured out how to make my cuts around the electrical box and started doing all the cuts for installation. Second photo the tiles are up and will allow them to set for a day or two before grouting. |
WOW! Looks GREAT Bill!!!!! Nice work, sir! ;)
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Beautiful night out on the deck watching antenna TV.......so relaxing......
X-Files......Magnum...... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639203299.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639203299.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1639203299.JPG |
1960's German-made transistor radio. Basic internal cleaning, cosmetic detailing, antenna repair yesterday. This thing plays great. Pulls in stations none of my 'modern' radios can.
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