Whatcha Up To???

[Mr_Yan]

LONG week at work... Doing my design work, managing a novice doing documentation on my designs, and managing idiot assemblers building my designs. Spent about half my time managing the assemblers - keeping them moving and showing them basic things / processes - when it isn't even my role according to my supervisor or the assemblers supervisor, but it is expected of me. 61 hours logged on my time sheet in 5 days(exempt salaried - not OT) , task not done, can't / won't go in on the weekend.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Watered everything in the greenhouse.

Mulched the asparagus bed.

Start pruning the Crape Myrtles.

 

[ksk]

Thinned out mustard greens,lettuce,cauliflower,broccoli,and cabbage. Surprising,spinach is hanging in there. Onions also.

 

[wolffman]

I have mexican jumping beans in the house. Well sort of, lol. Those Pride of Barbados pods I harvested about 3 weeks ago are in a jar on a shelf in the kitchen. Over the past few days, the pods have been snapping open with explosive force, the wife has been picking seeds up off the floor. I can put the pistol away at 3:00 am now.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Warm (68 degrees) & drizzly here at the ranch this morning...

Made bread.

Continue pruning the Crape Myrtles (during breaks in the showers) & burning the 'trash' as I went.

 

[wolffman]

Today, the boy and I will begin building his pinewood racer for Boy Scouts. I'll probably catch some chit for it from other parents, but we've designed his car on my CAD software, and I'm warming up the CNC mill right now and we'll cut it there after lunch. I don't have time for much else right now anyway.

 

[Mr_Yan]

Today, the boy and I will begin building his pinewood racer for Boy Scouts. I'll probably catch some chit for it from other parents, but we've designed his car on my CAD software, and I'm warming up the CNC...

Did you account for the offset for the axle holes? I don't see that in the model.

 

[wolffman]

Yan, we are going to drill the axle holes before we machine the body. Going to stretch the wheelbase as much as possible as there's nothing in the rules that says you can't. Also the rear wheels will have about 3 deg of negative camber and fronts 3 deg positive. This limits the surface contact between track and wheels.

 

[Mr_Yan]

Yan, we are going to drill the axle holes before we machine the body. Going to stretch the wheelbase as much as possible as there's nothing in the rules that says you can't. Also the rear wheels will have about 3 deg of negative camber and fronts 3 deg positive. This limits the surface contact between track and wheels.

I like it... But this is why some packs have a dad's league and a son's league. I'm the guy that will be building a pinewood car next to my son but will make him do all the parts of his on his own.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Stealthy looking...

 

[wolffman]

I like it... But this is why some packs have a dad's league and a son's league. I'm the guy that will be building a pinewood car next to my son but will make him do all the parts of his on his own.

Like I said in original post....I'll probably catch some chit. No matter, the kid gets some CNC experience. He has already learned X,Y,Z axis on the mill this morning.|

 

[Mike]

@wolffman that car looks slick man. Can't wait to see the finished result.

Been a lazy weekend for me. Taking care of the kids while the wife recovers from a cold. I did manage to get the garage door weather strip seal replaced so there's something.

 

[w_r_ranch]

A friend dropped his computer off for a Linux install (he's tired of the problems with Windows) so I'm working on that today.

 

[wolffman]

The little car is coming along. Luke is deciding what color(s) he wants to paint it. He has named it the "Atmospheric Speeder" lol!

 

[w_r_ranch]

Finished pruning the Crape Myrtles, then I burned the remaining 'trash' upon completion.

Finished my friend's computer - Linux is installed & all his files have been transferred. I'm in the process of cloning his main drive to his backup drive, so he should be able to pick it up tomorrow.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made bread.

Seasoned up a thick sirloin steak that I'll put on the smoker for supper. Mrs. Ranch made her delicous broccoli salad to go along with it. Also a backed potato that we'll split (it's huge).

Refilled the bird feeders.

Put out 3 rolls of hay for the cattle.

Got a pot of pinto beans seasoned up & soaking for tomorrow.

 

[wolffman]

The "Atmosphere Speeder" is almost ready for liftoff. He wanted it too look like an asteroid burning in. The boy has a wild imagination. For art, he has been drawing "illuminati" symbols. I asked him where he learned that, and he told me... "my brain". OMG.

 

[w_r_ranch]

LOL!!! Young minds are very impressionable...

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made the pot of pinto beans.

Went & paid the quarterly taxes, picked up 675 lbs of molasses for the cattle & got ranch fuel.

Picked up the seed potatoes & got them in the chitting box. They'll be planted next month.

Watered everything in the greenhouse.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Harvested about 20% of the carrots this morning. Then I got them prepped & started dehydrating.

New septic system guy came out & troubleshot the problem to a defective timer. Unfortunately he did not have one on the truck, so he'll be back Tuesday.

 

[w_r_ranch]

It's 64 degrees & drizzling raining here, which of puts most of my outdoor activities on hold...

I was able to harvest more carrots & get them prepped for dehydrating, so today wasn't a total waste...

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[Mr_Yan]

Another 62 hour work week - then I just finished 3 or 4 hours at home today. I was told by a supervisor I was too hard on one of the snowflake / idiot builders. Apparently it's wrong to be a little short with someone sitting there looking out the window when I am running at 90 mph and pulling 14 to 16 hour days. And I'm the millenial in this equation - the snowflake has to be 10 years older than I am.

My little basement hydroponic experiment is coming along nicely.

Had to replace another tire on the mini-van - $130 out of the car repair budget.

 

[wolffman]

The "Atmosphere Speeder" took 2nd place at the race yesterday. It was a close race, but the best car won. Also, I didn't feel bad at all about helping Luke as much as I did. I spied several cars there with illegal wheels/axles. The funny part was, first and second place both had wheels/axles provided in the kit supplied. Luke's car is in the outside lane in the GIF below.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made rolled wheat bread.

Harvested the last of the carrots & got them prepped for dehydrating. The carrots did extremely well this year!!!

 

[Mr_Yan]

@w_r_ranch Could you post a thread on how you prep for dehydrating then later use the dehydrated carrots? I bought a dehydrator but have only used it for fruit we eat dried.