Midweek Fatigue, Mar 4th, whatever year that is...

[Ndfrc]

Nah.
Just lower the lift, then lower and remove the jack, and she'll just roll right off the back, with a little push.
You got this!

Yeah, thanks. It was sketchy, those seconds that make your heart pound. It’s not wide enuf to balance effectively.. there’s that 6-8” ramp down transition that leaves your feet flailing. One too far tip, already half a foot off the ground, narrow footing… yeah that doesn’t have any concerns…AND breaks my number 1 rule which I thought I already learned from the incident that made it my #1 rule.. which is… now, if I even think.. that.. it maybe a little tough… to do this.. let’s see, if I do this. FULL STOP! Wait, Get Help!! it’s not like I can’t get help.
But nooooooo, yeah it did it, without incident, but my brain says, next time, plan help.

But look, she’s on the ground. I put 20 miles on it, runs better, handles better.. nothing leaks, the burn off wrap smoke made for some funny stop lights.. have a good mind to run down to Daytona in the morning. Ready for some highway speeds and check out the new manufacturer offerings there at the speedway. See how many STers I can see.

Our guest room is now cat proof

(never, EVER, throw away scrap pieces of hardwood that might someday turn out to be useful in some unforeseeable way)

Good work on your solution.
But that other.. I have those same pieces of wood that are now petrified! Problem is, I feel that way about most things.. stuff. Not hoarding problem but that.. someday be useful, absolutely hits home with me!

I bet you're one of those wild rebels that runs around the house with scissors in both hands and your underwear inside out on your head.

Soooo jealous.

Scissors! Underwear inside out!! Hell yeah, but we don’t run around the house!
let me be clear.. too old to run, if I ran.. I think I would get hurt worse than the other stuff!

Sooooo nothing to be jealous about.

 

[Obo]

never, EVER, throw away scrap pieces of hardwood that might someday turn out to be useful in some unforeseeable way

I'll try and remember to post a photo of my rolling, wood scrap box (also made entirely from scrap wood.)
It was supposed to keep everything neat, tidy, organized and easily searchable.
For a few minutes, it likely was....

 

[ibike2havefun]

I'll try and remember to post a photo of my rolling, wood scrap box (also made entirely from scrap wood.)
It was supposed to keep everything neat, tidy, organized and easily searchable.
For a few minutes, it likely was....

But that other.. I have those same pieces of wood that are now petrified! Problem is, I feel that way about most things.. stuff. Not hoarding problem but that.. someday be useful, absolutely hits home with me!

Yeah, I get it. the stuff accumulates faster than it can ever be used. I have the same problem, even AFTER I built a couple very useful tool storage / organizer units (which still make me happy every time I look at or open them) entirely from surplus / scrap and recovered materials.





I considered trying to do my most recent tool storage unit entirely from leftovers but in the end it was faster and easier to use fresh materials for most of it. The top is a leftover piece (made use of the panel I ruined when I measured wrong on the dressing bench) but everything else was new material.

After I get back from FL (if I go) I'll have to reorganize and sort through the various boxes of bits and pieces, choosing what to keep and what to throw in the burn pile and what to throw in the "to the dump" pile. All of the plywood scraps will go into that latter category, as burning composite materials is a big no-no due to the massive chemical releases that triggers.

 

[Sadlsor]

I usually do not go back to a prior coffee thread, and those of you who do so are annoying me.
But I have to compliment your good- looking dovetails.
Now come back to today, wouldja?

 

[Ndfrc]

I usually do not go back to a prior coffee thread, and those of you who do so are annoying me.
But I have to compliment your good- looking dovetails.
Now come back to today, wouldja?

Sorry.. will try and stay on the same page!

 

[Whisker Bill]

Sorry.. will try and stay on the same page!

Sorry.. will try and stay on the same page!

Why?
Why.

 

[Obo]

I usually do not go back to a prior coffee thread, and those of you who do so are annoying me.
But I have to compliment your good- looking dovetails.
Now come back to today, wouldja?

Not a fan of day old coffee?

 

[Sadlsor]

Not a fan of day old coffee?

ADMIN: please move this absurd and untimely post to Thursday 5 March.
@Obo is annoying me again!
Besides, a coffee drinker has to really be derelict if said drinker allowed coffee to sit overnight.
Finish whatcha started.

 

[Andrew Shadow]

Yeah, thanks. It was sketchy, those seconds that make your heart pound. It’s not wide enuf to balance effectively.. there’s that 6-8” ramp down transition that leaves your feet flailing. One too far tip, already half a foot off the ground, narrow footing…

It sounds like you back it off while you are sitting on the bike. I have the same lift and that is a recipe for disaster as the lift is not wide enough to firmly plant your feet as you wrote. I stand on the floor beside the lift and roll the bike backwards while balancing and steering it and feathering the front brake to control the speed.

 

[Sadlsor]

^ ^ ^ What I had in mind. Prezackly. ^ ^ ^
Walk beside it.
On the right side. (To hold front brake lever.)
Slowly.
Keeping it balanced and upright.

 

[jdmccright]

Not a fan of day old coffee?

I'm even crazier. I make a pot's worth and drink it over THREE days.