Glenn's Underground Cabin Update

[glenn kangiser]

Good thing you are retired, Rick, or could just see you getting into wearing a Hot Pink Mankini to shut the idiots up once and for all. ...

Problem is corporate leaders have their noses stuck so deep into the hind end of the next guy up the ladder that they have to pretend that what they are doing is of utmost importance... that and said cheeks of said leader on the next rung up act as blinders on a horse so that the guy harassing you cannot even see how stupid he looks to one who will not pretend he is important.....

So much alcohol and other questionable substances flowing through some of their minds sometimes that many of them can't believe that a sober guy could actually navigate on a building or engine and do his job right on the edge without getting hurt.  Pretend safety issues prevent many of them from being useful workers able to accomplish any task except throwing up barriers to those actually capable of getting the job done at a profit if not for their games. 

A message to leadership... pull your nose out from between the blinders... get rid of the lawyers and insurance companies.... dump the pretend safety idiots feeling all self important.  Get a life ... and a meaningful job... one where you actually do something productive instead of being a parasite and sucking off of the labor of those who actually do the work.  Oh yeah... boss... is that a piece of toilet paper stuck to your forehead? 


There Rick.... that should make me real popular with corporate America.... 


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[PEG688]

We're building a shop (lower level) , apartment (floor 2) 22' x 40' hip roof building for a past client , we built the adjacent house 2 years ago.

The guys a engineer of some type , the new building was designed under the IRC 2003 code , which is what we bid on, but he wants to inject 2012 IRC rules into the build. 

And Glenn's last two paragraphs sums up the thinking behind the code changes, absolutely insane , and dealing with him as he  sits and "reads from the code book" literally , is about to make me a murderer !!! 

We had to get the 3/4 T&G up onto the floor which is 14' above grade in places , so we loaded it in his pickup , drove it up  the driveway  to lessen the height and reduce the slope on the   14" x 20' aluminum staging plank , which I lashed down on the tailgate of the truck    , and used nails to prevent it from sliding on the wood deck , we carried the sheet across the plank to the deck , piece of cake, well other than the weight factor . 

But Glenn's post sums up the whole process on this project!     

[glenn kangiser]

PEG.  Sorry about you having to deal with it, but I like to at least look at reality.... what morons some of them are.

If I stepped on anyone's toes with my comments, then likely they are part of the problem rather than the solution...    

[glenn kangiser]

Our steer, Beefsteak has come home.....




Always intended from the start to be on the dinner table one day, he is now serving the purpose he was brought here for.  He did fire duty for the first half of the year fattening up royally on the nice nutritious grass.  I had already grained him several times so he was in top shape when our neighbors stray came here from two pastures away. 

Butcher truck needed an extra passenger so that was it for ol' Beefsteak.  He was a good steer but he is also a great dinner.

Field dressed at 792 lbs, we got 490 some pounds back today from the Butcher shop.



Today -- ground beef and onions - the best we have ever had we think.   


...another day... [bbq]

[Sassy]

   the way I can deal with this is that I know Beefsteak will now be a part of me - thank you Beefsteak for your sacrifice...  we are now one & you are the best 

[CjAl]

bbq at glens!

if there is more coming i think you need another freezer

[rick91351]

I do now here by offer an apology that I accused you of having pet cattle.  I do here by admit I was wrong.......   

[glenn kangiser]

bbq at glens!

if there is more coming i think you need another freezer

That is all that is coming from the butcher, CjAl.  You lose a lot of weight from the original weight of the steer or cow as it may be.  Estimated weight on the hoof... probably about 1500 lbs -- that is the live weight. 

The field butcher and his wife came and field dressed him, guts - hide - hooves etc reduced that to 792 hanging weight - the two halves etc that left here in the big stainless box.  Next the cutter and wrapper butcher gets it - hangs it a week or more in the cold room, then cuts it up as requested, bones a lot and grinds up the tough cuts into ground beef. 

The actual weight was 483 lbs back from the butcher all wrapped for the freezer and frozen harder than the back of my head.  This is well within the tolerances I have studied about and this particular butcher is highly recommended and trustworthy.

Grass fed beef even without being grained sells retail for near $6 to $7 for ground beef and up to $16 or so for good steaks and stuff.  Round that out to $10 and that would make ol' Beefsteak worth $4830.  Maybe a bit on the high end estimate but... none-the-less, it makes him a prize steer in my book.   

I do now here by offer an apology that I accused you of having pet cattle.  I do here by admit I was wrong.......   

Rick.... partly wrong.  I hate to have to eat a friend (sorry son) and I am not sure if the bull is going to forgive me  (he cried and chewed me out for a week), but life is tough and that was his intended purpose.....

...dang it boy... why do you have to taste so doggone good

Had a pig one time ... made him a little wooden leg... named him Stumpy...

We loved that little pig and just couldn't bring ourselves to eat him all at once..... 

[rick91351]

Bad Karma to eat a friend..... Best to avoid talk like that yet gives new light to chewing the fat with someone.  BuurrPP!! Sorry beg your pardon....Ask the Donner Party....     Well guess you can't do that....  Well read..... read the book....

He dressed out better than I thought he would.  But then I had not seen a current photo in some time.  His hair was looking real healthy and all.  That is a good sign.....

 

[glenn kangiser]

He was the best he had looked ever, as were all of them I think.  No wrinkles.  Chowing down on about 55 acres of grass just before it went dry to seed.  Had to be about it's most nutritious time.

Donner party... what a party... lots of weird stuff happens in California to say the least.....

A kid from Sweden I met down town the other day asked if the underground complex was Zombie Proof.  hmm

Of course it is... can't let our friends get eaten by Zombies now can we....

[rick91351]

Seems to be a rash of Bath Salts Zombies as of late.  I think it is Bush's fault.....  Idaho had several cases where people were attempting to cut off their own faces after doing bath salts.  I think that was Larry Craig's fault.    One guy I guess almost got it done.  They interviewed him but it seemed like one of those well Mr. Smith if you were going to be a rock what kind of rock would you be interviews.  WOW you know real heady stuff.  If you were going to be a brownie would you had walnuts or pecans.

By the way the B52s are flying heavy near the Idaho electronic bombing ranges again, has been occurring for the past like six weeks,  I look for Obama to go Zombie some place in the world.   I think that is Churchill, de Gaulles and Stalin's fault.     

 

[glenn kangiser]

Yup - Obama is also a zombie doing the bidding of his masters...and he only has about 4 1/2 more years to get er done.  Already told Putin he would be able to do more after installat... I mean election.... and he is being a good Zombie for them too..... 

I don't understand the bath salts thing.... I mean.... you would think they would be satisfied just having ........Head and Shoulders...

[glenn kangiser]

Back to this one...



This is a Shaper.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaper

They were very commonly used for machining undercarriages on steam locomotives and there is one in the shop at the Jamestown Railroad Exhibit.




http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=491

It is sort of a horizontal metal lathe with a clapper box so it cuts on the forward stroke but relieves on the backward stroke.  It has gearing to move the table sideways or can be used with the table stopped such as for cutting a keyway inside of a big gear or similar.

Here is a pix of the one at Jamestown.





http://www.ihpworkshops.com/jamestown.html

[glenn kangiser]

So that one is settled.  [ouch]

Now how about this one.



PEG had a good start on it.  It can be used alone or in pairs... thing is I only have one.


It is called a swage block.

Blacksmiths used them for shaping or forming red hot metal or for various other purposes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swage_block

http://www.swageblocks.com/what_is_swage_block.htm

I actually worked as a blacksmith for a bit mostly rebuilding planter shoes, welding spring steel onto the worn out ones the pounding them out with a trip hammer and tempering them again.  This greatly increased the life of the planter shoes and saved the farmers quite a bit of money, yet making some for the blacksmith shop and me too. 

[AdironDoc]

It is a Model T Fairbanks Morse vertical, 5 horsepower I think, Doc.  Got it out of the woods  at a farmers in Oregon.

Pretty rare for a Morse I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x__gyqQEME

Seems antique hit and miss engines can fetch a princely sum if restored..
Here's a link to a guy with a 5HP unit asking over $10K. You've got a good investment there.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Christensen-side-shaft-hit-and-miss-engine-/221046466904?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3377656958#ht_500wt_1156

[glenn kangiser]

Some of them really get expensive, Doc. 

I have quite a few of them.  Haven't had any of them running for years but some would run with a bit of fooling around.  Mine are mostly in their natural state.  Some would run - some froze up. 

[CjAl]

i have been looking for a 5hp lister i can afford. all i can find is the indian reproduction junk

[AdironDoc]

Well Glenn, Ive been grateful to learn more than a few things about building cabins at this site. Seems you've also introduced me to early internal combustion engines, which led me to have a look at hit and miss vs. throttled, shared history of the 3 existing companies using the Morse name, and the like. Never know what I'm gonna take away here!  What else you got? 

[rick91351]

Glenn and Doc you might want to check out these hit and miss John Deere engines and instant business!

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Small_Ice_Cream_Trailer___smICtrailer?Args=

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Large_Ice_Cream_Trailer___lgICtrailer?Args=

Just looking out for you two

rlr

[AdironDoc]

Glenn and Doc you might want to check out these hit and miss John Deere engines and instant business!

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Small_Ice_Cream_Trailer___smICtrailer?Args=

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Large_Ice_Cream_Trailer___lgICtrailer?Args=

Just looking out for you two

rlr

Thanks, Rick, but at that price I think I'll keep my cotton candy machine and clown outfit. 

Glenn

[glenn kangiser]

I have some steam engines, Doc.  One capable of running but there is an easier safer way than steam.  How about Wood Gasification... run a gas or diesel directly off of wood gas - also known as producer gas in the old days -


Or possibly a Stirling cycle engine.  External combustion heating then cooling trapped air to power an engine.  Tesla turbine engine.. don't know if the Tesla experimenters ever got a practical one going...some were close. 

Ram pump... freely pump water using stream power under the right (usually hard to find) conditions.

I don't know Doc.  Any of that strike your fancy...

Just suggesting a few of the kind of odd things I know a little about. 

[glenn kangiser]

Glenn and Doc you might want to check out these hit and miss John Deere engines and instant business!

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Small_Ice_Cream_Trailer___smICtrailer?Args=

http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Large_Ice_Cream_Trailer___lgICtrailer?Args=

Just looking out for you two

rlr

Nice one, Rick.  Wonder if I could make Ice Cream in my old concrete mixer?   



Powered by a 2? HP hit and miss engine I think...not sure on the brand or size.. Jaeger  Mixer  - maybe Associated engine?

[rick91351]

   Sorry Glenn it sort of lost some of the magic of the hard wood and Amish made......  Might made a true Rocky Road however .........  Is that a ?    Nope thats your molar, sorry bout that!

[glenn kangiser]

Rick - that was a 2hp... not sure... Don't make me post a picture of my molar....

[glenn kangiser]

I told Sassy I would not post a picture of my bionicness... I'm a bit like Mtn Don.  [ouch]