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Originally Posted by Erni
I prefer to work longer blocks of time.
Im more productive.
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Originally Posted by Erni
I prefer to work longer blocks of time.
Im more productive.
That'll numb it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
I feel ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erni
I worked Saturday 0630 until 0030, then 3 hours of fitful sleep and another 4.
Tried to nap a little Sunday afternoon but it was futile.
Used to be a time I'd work 30 hours straight, on my feet. Can't do that shit anymore. Though I have done one or two 24 hour jobs (remote work) this year.
Yep 30 hours. Perfect work day.
The best job i had was working 12-1, with an hour for lunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
Man, a mostly liquid diet and none of it alcohol. :(
Many a decade ago the remedy for tooth aches and other dental issues, was to rub whiskey around the irritated area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Just saying.
There was a day when I worked 3 doubles back-to-back (16 hours on, 8 off, for 3 days straight) which gave me 8 hours of OT every week. I would catch up on sleep on day 4 and then worked the next 3 days out of my apartment doing desktop publishing. I also used to be able to work for 48 hours straight without sleep, but now I'm too old for that shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
When I had my wisdom teeth removed I had dry sockets. If I had food in there they would ache something fierce. Rinsing the food out with warm salty water worked wonders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Hope you can get some relief and some sleep tonight!
Thanks, I think I'll be able to sleep. Face is starting to swell though.
He must have really done a good job on the root canal last time, because I took a single Vicodin after the surgery and everything felt fine after that. This is a different deal. I got enough meds that it's way more tolerable and I'm not ready to go off on the smallest thing. Feeling much better now. Thanks for the well wishes so far everyone. Between trying not to laugh during the surgery (I had a funny thought), I was just thanking God that I didn't have to go through this in 1820 or something.
You have bad visions of someone standing on a stool, yanking a few teeth with a nail puller?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
The only thing done differently in 2019 is. Cleaner offices, pain numbing injections and the tools are sterilized.
Todays advancements are interesting. They snap an x-ray and see it immediately. Back in the 60's and 70's they take an x-ray and it would be another 10-15 mins in the chair while they developed the film. Weighted down by who knows how many pounds of a lead apron.
Either way a root canal is no fun, or is have a few teeth pulled.
Good point. Dental tech has come a long way in my lifetime. Instant X-rays with a sensor and a laptop. Digital images of cavities and work performed. High-tech polymer fillings that don't require significant tooth drilling for mechanical bonds and mercury amalgam fillings. Those amalgam fillings eventually led to cracking teeth and more issues.
My wife had a similar procedure to the fun Irving went through. Had multiple root canals on the same upper tooth that would continue to get infected. She had an unusual root that they were unable to access from the crown and had to go in from the bottom/gums. Not fun.
Every year when I do my taxes, the IRS goes in through my butthole. Talk about pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Hopefully this holds up better than those dumb hooks I tried the first time. Still getting some undercut on the edges though.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PP...G=w889-h500-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7W...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IE...=w1112-h625-no
Using a hand punch to get through 1/4" steel is no joke! I actually pulled a stitch in my mouth doing the first one.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aA...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mV...=w1112-h625-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Sl...-=w889-h500-no
Hand press in question.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kk...A=w834-h625-no
This seems like a potentially useful website.
https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com/index.php?p=home
Tack the ends, weld down sides. Don't try to go around ends. Small parts/edges heat up faster. Work both parts same time, alternate passes.
Am not a trained welder, just my own observations over the years.
Definitely seems like trying to weld around the corners was unnecessary.
You'll have to drive to Dallas to pick up the personal lubricant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.c...nal-lubricant/
What a screw job.
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Originally Posted by buffalobo
I would have clamped the 2 pcs, tack welded all 4 sides, then welded. Why are you not using a drill to knock that hole out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I don't have a drill press and figured this would be faster anyway.
Ho trip road trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by brutal
Why are you not using a drill to knock that hole out?
Glad you brought that up. Saw that hand press/punch and thought it must be Irving being old school or redneck for the experience, not just being dumb ass.
Possibly faster but as torn stitch indicates only done if no other choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Tack piece to scrap, clamp to bench and drill with cordless on low speed with couple drops of cutting oil. Center punch, drill 1/8, 3/16, 1/4. Bang, done 10 mins and no hernia from hand press.
A stitch in the mouth cost how much more than a used drill press on CL? As if you don't have enough issues with your teeth now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Irving, you need to get your family out of city.
Land, critters, shop...
I tried to buy that press that Kevin was selling but I couldn't respond in time because I was hunting and breaking my phone in the mountains. My neighbor has a drill press, but I didn't want to go over there.
I'd like to be able to use that 12 ton press that I bought from Jim to punch holes as well. Seems way easier. I held onto that punch at the request of my neighbor who regularly messes with leaf springs, which apparently just burn up drill bits.
Can stack and tack both pieces and drill both same time.
Also get a bench grinder. Any welding shop needs vice/vices, drill press, bench grinder. Or the ability to improvise accurately.
Back bevel edge of pieces where they will be welded. Good spatial reference when running bead, crutch for me to keep moving.
Pieces the size you were welding back bevel 1/16 when cleaning up from cutting. I like to space 1/32 when tacking, allows to knock to square/plumb.
I did bevel the edges, with a bench grinder, just no photos. Usually I would have tacked both sides as well, but I just welded one side at a time since it was only an inch of travel.
I understand, and agree with the idea of tacking all corners and jumping back and forth between pieces to control temp though.
Before when I was welding on 110, it seemed like I could barely weld a piece that thick. Now on 220, I'm finding that blowing through the edges is no problem.
I'll probably end up drilling those holes out bigger as well, since the idea was to run a piece of rebar through to hold it up. They are too small 7/16" as is.
Howdy ho's.
What you got in pics looks good and will last forever.
Do you mean elevate the piece 1/32 up above the plate and then tack? Would you do that with the magnet holding it? That's interesting as it would allow even more space for the filler metal to flow.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
It's time for new tires, and a new windshield, for the van. Going to get snow tires, then regulars in the spring.
Also, I'm planning on getting a part time, night job this winter until work picks back up in spring.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Magnet or thin narrow metal shim. Metal banding and/or shim stock.
Exactly.
Good luck to you sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Buy some winter wheels to mount those snow tires on, you'll be glad you did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving