Today: * dig Knotweed for 2 hrs * mow lawn * solder headphones * cut down tree * 30 gal compost to pile * fix storm door piston thing * cut steel, weld up new shelf * start to rearrange shop
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10/ Last few yrs my eyes have been getting less adept at focusing near vs far. Had to add computer glasses to my collection (one pair for distance, one pair for computer). I'd been trying to focus on a weld 12" from my eyes, with distance glasses. Took off glasses, made dimes
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11/ oh, speaking of welding, used a welding 90° vise like this https://www.amazon.com/Bessey-WSM-12-2-Inch-Welders-Angle/dp/B0006694FK … for all welds. Have had it for a while but somehow never really got the hang of it before this weekend. I love it. Made everything so much easier. Life is good.
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12/ Pondering what shop project I dig into next weekend. Choices: * build wooden bookcases for wife's encyclopedias * weld up lumber rack for sheet goods behind mitre saw station. * the 10' long bench I cut down to 4' and put next to the Bridgeport is 2" too short for >
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13 > the small metal cutting bandsaw that I had wanted to tuck onto the lower shelf. Either rework it somehow (cut notches into 4x4 legs to get an extra inch or so of clearance) or do some other scheme.
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