The CZickness XLIII prepping for winter.

[patience0830]

Merry New Year to all, and to all a good morning.


Bowels and kidneys still workin. Walking is next on the schedule.

 

[wtburnette]

Morning all and a Happy New Year...

 

[drillsgt]

She'll greet the new year in the morning.

I'm meeting it looking at the backs of my eyelids in a Freightliner in Coldwater, MI.

C U All in the morning. Godspeed, Betty White. Godspeed.

When going through Coldwater I always stop in at the Gander Outdoors, i've seen some decent used gun deals there.

 

[T-DOGG]

Happy New Year to my favorite group of friends.

 

[wingrider1800]

Happy new year everyone. I thought I was happy 2020 was gone a year ago and now I'm thinking 2021 was no improvement at all. Things have to get better but not to optimistic about 2022. Until we get rid of the current political climate, things are gonna suck.

 

[88E30M50]

Happy New Year folks!

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning all
Happy New Year

 

[llh1956]

Happy New Year! We heard a lot of fireworks and even more gun fire in Lawrence last night.

 

[bcannon]

Morn'n gents

Happy New Year!

 

[Leadeye]

Got up this morning and saw that I had lost out on the New Service and Merwins on GB. Stuff just keeps going up.

In other news it's raining and foggy here in the GSF.

 

[mcapo]

Got up this morning and saw that I had lost out on the New Service and Merwins on GB. Stuff just keeps going up.

In other news it's raining and foggy here in the GSF.

There seems to an irrational exuberance in the market…

 

[T-DOGG]

I've been working off and on in the garage the past week, getting some more things setup and using up more scrap wood that I'm tired of looking at. When I decided to dedicate the workbench to mainly reloading and gun stuff, I took the drill press and bench grinder off there. My original idea was to just get those things out and clamp them to the bench when I needed them. Well, that was a poor plan. So, I made stands for them both out of scrap wood. I call this family of custom woodworking the Frankenstein collection, complete with a plethora of drywall screws. I don't think I'll go professional just yet, but I'm getting pretty good at blowing sawdust all over my wife's car.



Then I decided I was tired of dragging the air hose from the compressor around the back of my wife's car and over to the bench, so I ran a second line across the ceiling (50' 3/8 Goodyear hose only $23 on Amazon) and dropped it down to the work area with a short section of yellow coiled hose and a blow gun. I have a small portable compressor, but it's loud and vibrates all over the place, along with running constant due to the small tank size (main compressor is a 220v 60 gallon unit). This will be nice for clearing off the workbench and cleaning guns with. When I deep clean guns, I like to soak with cleaner, scrub, spray again and then blow all that crap out of there. I used Sea Foam Deep Creep for years, but now I'm trying out a Lucas product.



And this morning I'm trying out this Frankford Arsenal Vibratory Tumbler that I bought the other day from older sister. Some of you may remember she makes custom wood burning arts and crafts, like those given away at FGE a few years back when Birds Away was still with us. She was doing stuff with empty casings in it on Etsy and some Karen reported her and Etsy made her remove anything of the sort. So, she's not making those things anymore.

 

[223 Gunner]

I have been working on a home gym in one of our spare rooms.
My wife and I are empty nesters and have a beautiful 2 story 4 bedroom home.
Anyway this is my Son's old room, used to be Colts blue. Two coats of Sherwin Williams Morning Fog.
All old carpeting has been removed, I intend to pull the sub floor and insulate, then go back with a gym type floor.
This will be a good winter time project. Looking forward to start getting back in shape without having to travel to an indoor gym.

Let's all hope that in this new year of 2022, that things will begin to turn around for us as a Nation!

Pics attached of the room, and our upstairs hallway, where I am going to use most of the spare flooring from when my Wife and I replaced all our downstairs flooring. I should have enough to finish the hallway upstairs.

 

[jagee]

@T-DOGG my garage would drive you bonkers. Lol

 

[mcapo]

I’ve been planning to do projects.

Does that count?

 

[T-DOGG]

I have been working on a home gym in one of our spare rooms.
My wife and I are empty nesters and have a beautiful 2 story 4 bedroom home.
Anyway this is my Son's old room, used to be Colts blue. Two coats of Sherwin Williams Morning Fog.
All old carpeting has been removed, I intend to pull the sub floor and insulate, then go back with a gym type floor.
This will be a good winter time project. Looking forward to start getting back in shape without having to travel to an indoor gym.

Let's all hope that in this new year of 2022, that things will begin to turn around for us as a Nation!

Pics attached of the room, and our upstairs hallway, where I am going to use most of the spare flooring from when my Wife and I replaced all our downstairs flooring. I should have enough to finish the hallway upstairs.View attachment 173936View attachment 173936View attachment 173940View attachment 173941

Looks nice. I got really excited when I saw the Milwaukee drill.

 

[Leadeye]

There seems to an irrational exuberance in the market…

For sure. I see all the broken Colt Lightnings selling for 1K and up and think Sal Lanara is doing very well right now.

 

[T-DOGG]

@T-DOGG my garage would drive you bonkers. Lol

I have serious issues. They could make a documentary about it. And sell zero copies.

 

[TJ Kackowski]

I've been working off and on in the garage the past week, getting some more things setup and using up more scrap wood that I'm tired of looking at. When I decided to dedicate the workbench to mainly reloading and gun stuff, I took the drill press and bench grinder off there. My original idea was to just get those things out and clamp them to the bench when I needed them. Well, that was a poor plan. So, I made stands for them both out of scrap wood. I call this family of custom woodworking the Frankenstein collection, complete with a plethora of drywall screws. I don't think I'll go professional just yet, but I'm getting pretty good at blowing sawdust all over my wife's car.

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Then I decided I was tired of dragging the air hose from the compressor around the back of my wife's car and over to the bench, so I ran a second line across the ceiling (50' 3/8 Goodyear hose only $23 on Amazon) and dropped it down to the work area with a short section of yellow coiled hose and a blow gun. I have a small portable compressor, but it's loud and vibrates all over the place, along with running constant due to the small tank size (main compressor is a 220v 60 gallon unit). This will be nice for clearing off the workbench and cleaning guns with. When I deep clean guns, I like to soak with cleaner, scrub, spray again and then blow all that crap out of there. I used Sea Foam Deep Creep for years, but now I'm trying out a Lucas product.

View attachment 173933

And this morning I'm trying out this Frankford Arsenal Vibratory Tumbler that I bought the other day from older sister. Some of you may remember she makes custom wood burning arts and crafts, like those given away at FGE a few years back when Birds Away was still with us. She was doing stuff with empty casings in it on Etsy and some Karen reported her and Etsy made her remove anything of the sort. So, she's not making those things anymore.

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You, sir are a true wood butcher ... my hat is off to you!

 

[88E30M50]

I have been working on a home gym in one of our spare rooms.
My wife and I are empty nesters and have a beautiful 2 story 4 bedroom home.
Anyway this is my Son's old room, used to be Colts blue. Two coats of Sherwin Williams Morning Fog.
All old carpeting has been removed, I intend to pull the sub floor and insulate, then go back with a gym type floor.
This will be a good winter time project. Looking forward to start getting back in shape without having to travel to an indoor gym.

Let's all hope that in this new year of 2022, that things will begin to turn around for us as a Nation!

Pics attached of the room, and our upstairs hallway, where I am going to use most of the spare flooring from when my Wife and I replaced all our downstairs flooring. I should have enough to finish the hallway upstairs.View attachment 173936View attachment 173936View attachment 173940View attachment 173941

My wife and I are at the same point in life and are slowly remaking the house to better suit two of us instead of 4. One of the boys bedrooms is the guest room but the other is lacking purpose and is a catch all for stuff we don't need but haven't been able to part with yet.

I like the home gym idea. That would be a great use of that extra space