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gregpark 09-04-2022 02:54 PM

The reclaimed water from your Orchids will be nutrient rich. I'll bet any plantings around the house would enjoy it or, stash it in a bucket and use it on the Orchids again later maybe

A930Rocket 09-04-2022 05:22 PM

I worked on the E46 today. Connected the oil pressure sending unit, painted the rear seat shelf flat black to reduce glare in the window, removed the panel between the trunk and the cabin, install the M3 baffle in the fuel tank.


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rockfan4 09-05-2022 11:38 AM

This took far longer than I should admit.
The wife bought a Cricut. Hasn't used it in at least a year.
How hard could it be, right? An hour and a half later, one decal.

How much does it cost to just have these printed?
I've got a bunch more to do.

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rockfan4 09-05-2022 01:43 PM

There are so many bubbles in these.

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rsrguy 09-08-2022 03:33 PM

My friend completed assembly.... says it flys greathttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1662680025.jpg

rsrguy 09-08-2022 04:05 PM

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rsrguy 09-08-2022 04:08 PM

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rsrguy 09-08-2022 04:24 PM

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Baz 09-08-2022 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsrguy (Post 11792712)
My friend completed assembly.... says it flies great

What a gorgeous aircraft.........really beautiful work, Guy!

Thanks for sharing! SmileWavy

rsrguy 09-08-2022 05:30 PM

Thanks... 500+ hours... It’s good to be done.

oldE 09-09-2022 03:43 AM

Twin 912s?
Do you really need the wings?

That's a lot of power on a light craft.

Enjoy.
Les

rsrguy 09-09-2022 06:14 AM

Check out the Lockwood aviation videos on YouTube... it's a serious performer. The designer performs single engine take offs at pretty impressive climb rate. The initial requirement was for safe long range engine out performance.

GH85Carrera 09-12-2022 07:42 AM

My wife decided we need to "deep clean" the house. Pull the furniture and appliances out and clean behind and under them. Take all the stuff off of shelves, dust each piece, and clean the shelves. The ceiling fans have to have the light fixtures removed, and cleaned.

I "get" to help. One real challenge came when in the living room with the 12 foot ceilings. The light fixture has a ceramic ring, and it screws down onto the light bulb fixture, on the outside of the bulb fixture.

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Of course, first remove the bulb, then just unscrew the ring. Yea, right. The ring and the bulb fixture are both ceramic. They kinda grab each other, and much like unscrewing a light bulb that has been in place for years, it grinds and has friction and it is a challenge to get my fingertips on the ring to get it off. Even harder is threading it back on straight, while holding the glass decorative light fixture in place as I try to screw the ring back on. I did get some silicone "bulb grease" for the threads to help make it easier. Two went back on with no major problems. The last one grabbed and was like it was superglued in place. I could not get it to release, to get a it going back on right.

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Out to the garage it make a Glen special tool P-901-911-01 tool. I dug in my plumbing supplies and found a 1 & 1/4 inch slip fix connector, and it was pretty close. I had to cut the slots for the raised parts with my Dremel, and then sand down the inside of the fitting, with the a sanding wheel on the Dremel. Just sand it, and test fit until the rig fit nice and tight into the tool.

I figured that would make getting the crooked ring off easy. Nope. I had to get a 12 inch piece of PVC to make the handle longer, and hold the back of the bulb, and push hard, and remove it. I would never have been able to remove it, and then thread it back on straight. My special tool makes it pretty straight forward.

Now just 4 more ceiling fans to take apart and put back together. Golly it is fun!

herr_oberst 09-15-2022 03:24 PM

Made a little thing to hold a few bits and bobs I frequently use at the bench.
Now I can get some stuff done!

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red-beard 09-15-2022 05:03 PM

Today, I got a "Round Tuit", so I changed the oil, oil filter and spark plugs in my home standby generator.

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Saturday, I'll do a spark plug change on my 2017 F250. I did not know it was 2 plugs per cylinder!

A930Rocket 09-15-2022 06:16 PM

Lost 5 lbs today…

Removed the passenger side air bag in the 330. Popped the cover, removed four nuts and done. 10 minutes.

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Baz 09-15-2022 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 11798411)
Made a little thing to hold a few bits and bobs I frequently use at the bench.

Thanks, Mike. I always enjoy seeing what others are doing to try and keep their tools organized.

I recently bought a Ryobi cordless leaf blower, and while reading through the reviews saw a photo posted of what I thought was a very handy way to store the drills, impact wrenches, etc......

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rsrguy 09-15-2022 06:52 PM

Stuffed a cht guage in my panel... it was the last item on my squak list until my intercom shows up.. it's ready to fly.
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rsrguy 09-15-2022 06:58 PM

This is the panel layout installed by the builder rip... i get nauseated every time I look at it... maybe a winter project ?



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Baz 09-17-2022 03:11 AM

Odds and ends at Mom's house while she's away including repairs to two sprinkler heads whose nozzles were damaged and needed replacing.

With this handy Rainbird plier tool, it's very simple. Run irrigation and clamp tool onto sprinkler neck while extended. Turn off irrigation. Replace nozzle. Turn irrigation back on and adjust as needed.

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