Recent content by Cobleskill

I have a hand written phone book from the mid 70s. Lots of memories in there. My youngest son added his contribution to it when he was 4 or 5. Almost 47 now.

That's what I did with the stamped metal Oregon guide that the file clips in. Then transitioned to hand filing. Anybody tried the dremel grinders with diamond bits? I think they make a smoother, sharper tooth than a file or wheel grinder. Just got one and there is a bit of a learning curve...

Highs in the low teens and lows around 0 or negative. Wind pushing 40 today and brisk wind for several days. Good if you like sledding , skiing, or plowing snow I guess. Kids like to get a snow day, but now they have to do their work at home on the computer.

The Stihl guide with the depth gauge file included seems like it works well also.

I started filing with one of those sheet metal oregon guides. It never seemed like they quite got the right file depth, so I started hand filing. I can do a pretty fair job of it. My mechanic bud just goes and buys a new chain. I told him about those file guides, but he wasn't really...

Back when I was a teen a quick thaw broke up the thick ice in our creek. Me and two friends spent all afternoon riding them down our creek. We would jump on as they came out through our bridge. As the afternoon went on the warm weather was making the ice thinner. My two friends ended up in...

A little bummed about the Bills. They have a great team and chemistry. They have pulled off miracles this season. Came up a little short. Snow and cold isn't all that bad. When you get the amount of 40 and 50 mph winds we have had this year it sucks pretty bad.

More snow, artic temps, and plenty of wind for good measure. Wonderful. Wednesday is supposed to be only fairly mild day as far out as the forecast goes. Winter sucks.

10 out. A foot of snow yesterday. More on the way. Single digits next week. Better than rain I guess.

Artic blast coming tonight with a good amount of snow. Once again NWS was way behind the TV forecasters. How can that be? That's my major complaint with them. They stick with the same forecast for days lagging behind other sites updates.

My Dad prescribed to the do work instead of exercise plan. He would see somebody jogging and say he had some oat they could shovel.

Pretty heavy duty. Bad weld cause failure? Looks like it could use a bigger engine and pump for the size of the cylinder.

Looks good. I would weld a washer on the end of the bolt with a nut welded on to the washer. That way you could thread it in a few turns and clean up any boogers on the threads from drilling. The washer trick works better than a nut anyway. Easier to get a good weld than through a nut.

Depends if the bolt has threads all the way up to the head that broke off. Take another bolt out to see.

Thanks. You have it in Florida?