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The ANFO is the blasting medium of choice around here. Want to build a house or garage? Build a street or road? Drill and blast
When we were kids in Oakland we would fill balloons with 3 Acetylene balloons to ten oxygen and tie them to a tree or phone pole, with masking tape as a fuse. Talk about a wide flash parallel to the ground with a concussive blast .
Back then we were trouble making kids, today we would be locked up with the key thrown away, for having fun.
The 9″ auger that came with my Lienbach 7300 looks a lot like a spade bit on the end. I was boring holes to extend the garden fence the first time I used it. About the third hole a bunch of fresh looking lumber comes flying out of the ground. WTF, did they bury the waste when the house was built?
Nope, it just cut through a 6-8″ juniper tree root like butter, at 800 rpm.
Thanks Bert, Hal. I've already been razzed by some customers, ” Tinbender's paint and bench restoration”
A few could not believe I brushed on the clear, they haven't done much with wood (the clear flows for several hours). I don't think there would be money painting cars if you had to put on the clear, wait 24 hours and sand, re coat, repeat for four days
But heck, you can see yourself in the wood finish
Another not so great good idea; while waiting to get the 1-1/4 valve I decided to fix the broken down bench in front of my store. Took some would be kindling and cut, drilled, countersunk, routed, and sanded it. Then brought it to the store and used two colors of stain my dad had for at least 40 years
, and four coats of Spar Urethane clear left over from the rocking horse project. Then three coats of candy green on the cast parts and there you have it, a bench that looks so good I have to take it home, because if I leave it in front of the store someone will steal it! 
Why can't I learn to just fix things “good enough”?
Unless it's placed under a tree I'd worry about how hot it would get in that shipping container
Boy they sure are proud of the 1-1/4″ valve. $114.00 for the 1″, $266.00 for a 1-1/4 or 1-1/2″.
I thought the supply house was full of you know what till I checked prices on line. I don't want to know how much a filter is to go in front of this but I hear it doesn't take much to foul one.And Bob, you're right the view is worth it. When the sun comes up and lights up those snow covered mountians it's awe inspiring even after 25 years.
If I had one of the ten or so houses in the neighborhood that have access to the irrigation ditch I'd just go with the 1″ valve.
But they don't have a view of the Three Sisters and Three Fingered Jack mountains out their kitchen, living room and backyard. Thanks to my parents good judgment we have the pick of the litter.
Thanks Tommy, I did not know about the pressure loss from these valves. If I just had the house and minor landscaping the 1″ would no doubt work. But with the 48' greenhouse and the 45'x80' garden I can use all the volume and pressure I can get.
We are on an odd/even outdoor watering schedule due to not enough pressure for everyone to water at once as it is.
Any plumbers out there? I finally got hooked up with a valve from the neighbor across the street (current president of the HOA), he had 3 or 4 of them and does one a week or so for the neighbors who are too old to do the digging and can't afford a contractor to do it. All the valves and fittings he has are 1″. After removing the Styrofoam box and insulation away from the water line it seems I have the only 1-1/4″ line in the neighborhood (and the only underground power lines). The couple my parents bought the house from built it themselves for themselves, that may explain the differences. My question, should I get a 1-1/4″ valve and fittings, or just put reducing elbows at the bottom of the unions?
Is wanting everything the same size the correct thing to do or simply being anal?
