Random Picture Thread

[Brewsmith]

Oops

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Found 2 pics from last summers trek, the day after when we traversed a pass at the end of the valley in the pics a 2 day storm rolled in.
So we walked the highest part of our route in 3-4C, pouring rain, near storm strenght gusts and over normally foot-high fords that were now thigh-high...

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

This was one of the kinder fordings...

 

[day_trippr]

Yup

 

[balrog]

 

[Broothru]

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Yup

 

[balrog]

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Yup

I’ve got a tufted tit-mouse that is slowly drilling holes in my gutters. For some reason. At 5 am. Hella-annoying.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Bearded tit... well must be from the south.

 

[day_trippr]

We have tufted tits by the dozen right now, they always show up for winter.
As with most avian species I expect drumming is a mating ritual, a birdie "CQ"...

Cheers!

 

[pvtpublic]

I love spotting the two-dee tits, they are just so magnificent!

 

[grampamark]

 

[balrog]

 

[GrogNerd]

their PPE is woefully inadequate for the task

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[balrog]

 

[grampamark]

 

[Sailingeric]

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Watching This Old Tony on the YouTube's makes me appreciate the skill that goes into welding...and he is not even that great of a welder, but he makes it funny and educational

 

[day_trippr]

This morning The Spousal Unit called me down to the laundry room because her 50+ year old washing machine was making weird noises instead of going through the spin-dry cycle. She was right, something was seriously amiss. Big sigh as it's so tight in the laundry room I have to completely remove the drier first to get the washer out to my shop to tear down. Big pita, but I got it done and have parts all over the shop now.

I figured it had blown the transmission - and I actually have a spare transmission for this machine (long story), you can see two trannies on the bench as I was preparing to transfer parts from old to new. But when I split the motor and trans apart, I discovered what had broken: one of the spiders for the flexible coupler between the motor and transmission blew out (see the radial crack) and the motor shaft was just spinning inside the broken spider.

A whole new coupler costs just $8 delivered by Amazon this Thursday, as opposed to spending $1400~2000 to replace the two machines. Not a difficult decision for me

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

This morning The Spousal Unit called me down to the laundry room because her 50+ year old washing machine was making weird noises instead of going through the spin-dry cycle. She was right, something was seriously amiss. Big sigh as it's so tight in the laundry room I have to completely remove the drier first to get the washer out to my shop to tear down. Big pita, but I got it done and have parts all over the shop now.

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I figured it had blown the transmission - and I actually have a spare transmission for this machine (long story), you can see two trannies on the bench as I was preparing to transfer parts from old to new. But when I split the motor and trans apart, I discovered what had broken: one of the spiders for the flexible coupler between the motor and transmission blew out (see the radial crack) and the motor shaft was just spinning inside the broken spider.

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A whole new coupler costs just $8 delivered by Amazon this Thursday, as opposed to spending $1400~2000 to replace the two machines. Not a difficult decision for me

Cheers!

You’re a keeper!

 

[day_trippr]

So She tells me

We bought those machines in 1973 when we were renting an apartment near Boston. Brought them to our first house in Stow and on to our current home. They did not make it this far without prior intervention. Over the many decades I replaced the motor, belt, idler pulleys and gas valve on the drier, and the water valves, clockwork motor, and drive sleeve on the washer. Not that many failures, really, considering how long we've had them.

They're not hard to work on and parts are still easy to come by, so I'm disinclined to spend the big $$ to replace them. If this fix holds they may outlive me

Cheers!

 

[pvtpublic]

Thats a shop alright, I don't see a single 10mm socket!

 

[Pkrd]

So She tells me

We bought those machines in 1973.....
If this fix holds they may outlive me

Cheers!

Anything you buy new won't last 10 years these days

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

No parking permit either.

 

[Chorgey]

No parking permit either.

That sounds about right

 

[grampamark]

View attachment 809396No parking permit either.

That driver’s parking abilities might qualify him/her for one.

 

[Sailingeric]

This morning The Spousal Unit called me down to the laundry room because her 50+ year old washing machine was making weird noises instead of going through the spin-dry cycle. She was right, something was seriously amiss. Big sigh as it's so tight in the laundry room I have to completely remove the drier first to get the washer out to my shop to tear down. Big pita, but I got it done and have parts all over the shop now.

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I figured it had blown the transmission - and I actually have a spare transmission for this machine (long story), you can see two trannies on the bench as I was preparing to transfer parts from old to new. But when I split the motor and trans apart, I discovered what had broken: one of the spiders for the flexible coupler between the motor and transmission blew out (see the radial crack) and the motor shaft was just spinning inside the broken spider.

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A whole new coupler costs just $8 delivered by Amazon this Thursday, as opposed to spending $1400~2000 to replace the two machines. Not a difficult decision for me

Cheers!

When I bought my first house in 2002 I got the cheapest washer and dryer I could find at Home Depot, I think I paid less than $400 for the pair. The dryer died last year but the washer keeps on washing with no issues. Who needs those fancy front loading washers with 100 different washing options.

 

[pvtpublic]

View attachment 809396No parking permit either.

That's a different kind of handicapped....

 

[gromitdj]

Thats a shop alright, I don't see a single 10mm socket!

Something tells me that @day_trippr knows exactly where to find one when he needs it...

 

[day_trippr]

Of course. Full metric and imperial sockets/torx/allen/etc bits in that red tool chest on the bench top

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

 

[govner1]

BTW- it’s Donder