Hot and humid.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe not TERRIBLY hot, but pretty hot.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday stayed cooler than the previous few days, but it was still instant soaked shirt in the sun.<\/p>\n
Spent a bit of time on the gennie, but couldn’t keep the rust out of the tank.\u00a0 Had the idea I could use Evaporust to kill it once and for all, but couldn’t find any in the garage.\u00a0\u00a0 Problem sorted when I picked up D2 from school.\u00a0 We went to harbor freight.\u00a0\u00a0 I got Evaporust, one of the fuel transfer pumps (they’ll be on sale next month, 2$ off, so I’ll stock up then) and a cheap set of woodcarving tools.\u00a0\u00a0 D2 wants to learn to carve and whittle.<\/p>\n
When we got home, I put the Evaporust in the tank, and got out some wood, the cut proof glove, and the self healing mat and we got started.<\/p>\n
As expected the cheap tools were almost entirely unsuited to actually carving wood.\u00a0\u00a0 All the bevel angles are wrong for carving.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s as if they were all set up as lathe tools.\u00a0 More disappointing was the Barlow knife I got out for her to use for the whittling.\u00a0 I bought it new for $3 in the auction, and it turns out it is made in Pakistan.\u00a0 Real cr@p.\u00a0\u00a0 Don’t know if they are counterfeit or if Barlow sold out.\u00a0\u00a0 Almost impossible to get an edge on the blade.\u00a0 My dad got hundreds of Barlow pocket knives as ‘gimme’ trinkets from a sales guy way back in the day.\u00a0 I lost almost all of them.\u00a0\u00a0 I was an idiot.\u00a0 New ones are NOTHING like the old ones, except in appearance. If you squint.<\/p>\n
Anyway… we ended up carving soap bars.\u00a0\u00a0 MUCH easier to work with, much safer for starting out.\u00a0 We did a bas relief daisy, and a nose.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She had fun, got way more confident with the tools, and it was about the right length of time for a project.<\/p>\n
I’ll know if my Evaporust experiment worked later today.\u00a0 Other people online have had success.<\/p>\n
Rust never sleeps.\u00a0\u00a0 Gear needs maintenance.<\/p>\n
I’ll be doing pickups today.\u00a0 I’ve got a big loop planned, and then pulling stuff from storage and building some Metro rack shelves.\u00a0\u00a0 I will use them as I move stuff around and sort it for sale, and eventually put some or all at the BOL or in my garage.\u00a0 The work at my storage unit is contingent on a lack of rain though.\u00a0\u00a0 We’re still in the “could get thunderstorms” area of the weather map today and tomorrow, even though it got sunny and nice eventually yesterday.\u00a0 Weather liars. Pttt.<\/p>\n
Fix some of your broken stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Check to be sure your stuff isn’t actually broken.\u00a0\u00a0 And stack some of the stuff you need to get it running again next time.\u00a0 Because there will be a next time.<\/p>\n
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Hot and humid.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe not TERRIBLY hot, but pretty hot.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday stayed cooler than the previous few days, but it was still instant soaked shirt in the sun.<\/p>\n
Spent a bit of time on the gennie, but couldn’t keep the rust out of the tank.\u00a0 Had the idea I could use Evaporust to kill it once and for all, but couldn’t find any in the garage.\u00a0\u00a0 Problem sorted when I picked up D2 from school.\u00a0<\/p>\n