How Could Thomas Jefferson Have Known?

Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.
· At 5, began studying under his cousins’ tutor.

· At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.

· At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.

· At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.

· At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

· At 23, started his own law practice.

· At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

· At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" and retired from his law practice.

· At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

· At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.

· At 33, took three years to revise Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

· At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.

· At 40, served in Congress for two years.

· At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.

· At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.

· At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.

· At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.

· At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.

· At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.

· At 61, was elected to a second term as President.

· At 65, retired to Monticello.

· At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.

· At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.

· At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams.

Thomas Jefferson knew because he-himself studied the previous failed attempts at government.

He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff.

John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

A voice from the past to lead us in the future:


When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe .

Thomas Jefferson


The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.

A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

Thomas Jefferson


I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Thomas Jefferson


My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government

Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies..

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

I wish we could get this out to everyone!!!

Oh yeah, here is another quote, it is from Esop's Fabels, (a cartoon that caught my attention as a kid back in the 60's) "Sherman, set the way back machine to 1801"

Merry Christmas

I"M NOT ONLY HURT & MAD, I'm SENDING THIS OUT TO EVERYONE. PASS IT ON.

SHALL WE  HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON   NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING  WORDS?

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:


Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington , DC . I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of 'the greatest war,' with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved there.


On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor:

'Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.'

One elderly woman read the words aloud:

'With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph.'

But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry. 'Wait a minute,' she said, 'they left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with 'so help us God.'

Her husband said, 'You are probably right. We're not supposed to say things like that now.'

'I know I'm right,' she insisted. 'I remember the speech.' The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.

Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, 'Well, it has been over 50 years; she's probably forgotten.'

But she had not forgotten. She was right..

I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading --- 'Flags of Our Fathers' by James Bradley. It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima .

I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific.

But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the nation ends in 'so help us God.'

The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war! But they couldn't fool the people who were there. Roosevelt 's words are engraved on their hearts.

Now I ask: 'WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????'

Send this around to your friends. People need to know before everyone forgets.

People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God out of it, but the truth is, God has been a part of this nation, since the beginning. He still wants to be...and He always will be!

If you agree, pass this on and God Bless YOU!

If not, May God Forgive You!

Military Approprieations Bill?

I shouldn't be doin this, but this Dream Act legislation today in the Senate on CSPAN 2 is outrageous!

When I heard the vote was to be broadcast live, I naturally had to tune in.

Watchin my senators, Russ Fiengold & Herb Kohl vote in favor of proceeding forward with this kind of "Oxymoronic" bill was truly a disappointing thing.

 I wrote to them the last time a military spending bill was passed with "Hate Crimes" added on. You think they heard my opinion? I don't! Something is wrong with Senators these days folks!

I feel the problem is in the flavor of the proverbial "Shit Sandwich" legislation since this administration took over! Every thing it does seems to be foreign! CZARS, for example, Where do you get off appointing a Czar?

America, we have been hi-jacked by globalist thinking elitists! Have you noticed the only thing censored is the Christian voice? The only Truth known to man is forbidden on our campuses,why is that? The bible tells us a time will come when the world will not tolerate the truth found there in. Read it at your own risk, counselors say to students, I think you might find a reward, now back to the subject, the ol' shit sandwich.

Shit sandwich legislation was the reason the military suffers! This legislation seemed to be a no brain er! All they needed was a recipe to follow.
Step 1, A nice slice of bread, ie.. pay raises, bullets, & body bags, Beer!
Step 2. Add the meat! (yup its a play on words) Get it?, Got it?, good! This step is the flavor of the sandwich, ie...Pro - homosexuality assault on life in the barracks!
Step 3, Now top if off with a nice slice of buttered bread, ie... the promise of fresh virgin recruits! (unfortunate for those lookin for citizenship, domestic partner assaults are on the rise)

There ya have it, the anatomy of this shit sandwich.

What's a Fella to Do?

When you can no longer ask grandma what was it really like back in the official "Great Depression", and you're wonderin how to survive the one America is headed for look at this before the grid goes out!

in reference to: Compendium of Useful Information (view on Google Sidewiki)

Spread the Knowlege

Dudes and Dudettes, I’m sending this to you because I feel it needs to be passed on before November. Please help me to enlighten the American people.

The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough,a lot of people swallow this nonsense; so once more, a short civics lesson.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below)

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.

In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

This is your chance to make a difference!

A Little Cheese With that Whine?

Projects are beginning to pile up around here.

It seems the young bloods (my son & his buddies) left my shop in total chaos.

Metric wrenches are mixed with SAE, sockets and ratchets can not be found and naturally when you ask where they are the answer is always "I don't know".

I ask myself "What ever happened to organizing this place?" That was part of the deal when they began working on their trucks this spring and soon it will be winter! They worked on 5 vehicles from May through July and only one is still running but it now needs a new window for the driver side door!

Two of them were trucked out of here to a real mechanic's shop.

 One is behind my shop without wheels  and my ol' 84' F - 150 still has the topper on it, he's still gotta pull that off yet. Then it can go to the junkyard. Someone will find clean body panels! I told him pull 'em off & sell 'em on eBay or something to pay for his parts in the other one.  All he has to do is the work!

It would appear we have been swapping tools around here, I am missing a 25 foot, grounded extension cord. I wonder where these two 6 foot, 2 prong cords came from. I can't use my crane without them now! Pisses me off as much as the half empty socket bars!

I guess I'm just a bit insane to think if I give him another opportunity I would get a different result this time. A friend told me, kids are like vampires, they'll drink your blood dry, but wont eat the flesh from your bones!

Another friend said "Let go & let God handle it!" He said it with the official AA emphasis and a silent "quit yer bitchin' ." Hmm... sometimes I still struggle with that one, and I've been sober 13 years now. Today, if its gonna be its up to me.

Remember Thursday the twelveth?

              Ah the joy of the finished project.

Nothing compares with seeing your creation come to fruition. It brings you to a point where you tend to forget all those hours of detail work with the raw metal under the ol' Eco-friendly helical green light bulbs.

You tend to notice the power bill up about 30% when you put a couple of weeks of cutting, grinding, sawing, drilling and welding on your utility tab. Even more if you are of the perfectionist persuasion.
I say that in a friendly sort of way. It's OK to be a perfectionist, you got your pride involved and that's a good thing.

This quickie tool cart project came as a challenge for my self imposed two week in process policy. Yup just two weeks ago I started the working phase of this job. I finished it up last night. It seems funny you miss some little imperfections until the paint dries, like that stubborn little BB that casts a shadow in the evening sunset. You chip it loose and where does it fall? In a corner or crevice! I'm a tellin' ya, it's "Murphy's Law".

It seemed the little details bit my butt all day long on the Thursday the 12th, only to realise there is still a delivery on Friday the 13th, and due date on 9 / 11. Go figure.

This Week's Project, Tool Cart

This is one of those projects where you may have to bend some 14 or 16 gauge sheet metal, but don't let that scare you away from a custom tool cart!

6 - 90 degree bends required so far,...

                                                                   This beefy 1/8 x 1" x 2" frame will feature 2 sturdy full length pull out tool drawers to keep your assortment of fixtures organized and easy to access.

Who among us hasn"t plotted out our bend lines and set out to pick up a hammer & commenced on our best attempt to beat that steel into submission?

Some call it the art of cold forming like the caveman, because the process tends to lend itself to brute force thinking, versus controlling the hammer with care to avoid stretching and distorting the surface.

Some have successfully scored the brake line with a wide concrete chisel, to focus the impact by pinching the steel to a weaker thickness, allowing it to fold along the intended fault line in the grain of the steel. My experience has been when you create micro cracks in folding the steel you greatly reduce its strength.

I am fortunate to have a heavy 3/4" X 24" X 48" table top from which could build a simple press to bend steel up to 14 gauge. I had been contemplating it for a while now. The picture shows the results. click to enlarge it and you can see there is still more radius than I wanted but then again this is a proto-type I threw together to get this job done over the week end.

I made the bending press by hinging a length of 3" X 3" angle iron over the edge of the table top. There's too much to describe tonight without a reference picture to go with that project story. I couldn't believe I pulled out the hold down bolts! I'll get a post up as soon as possible, it is an easy project for "make your own'ers" like us!

Brain - Fart Blues?

Yup I'm sittin here figurin out details on a project, and scratchin out multiple dimensions and I realized I'm sufferin the ol' brain- fart!

What's a brain fart, you ask?

A brain fart is what happens when your commonsense tells ya something doesn't add up or something is missing. Your eyes see one thing, your mind tells you another, and you hear that "pffitt" sound in your head.
Something seems elusively wrong but what? What little detail has not yet manifested itself?

This plan must proceed, and I anticipate problems, that I can not fore see!

Once again I am reminded that I am only human, and I humble myself to the Lord. The first verse I hear is, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end there of is death." I'm thinkin in proverbs. The second, is the center verse of the bible, Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in God than to put confidence in man.

hmm...problem solved, .... praise be to the Lord, Amen

Now that the air is clear, Why can't government consult GOD again?

Natural Born Citizens Beware!

In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair


was the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating "What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?"

Yep, these are the same kind of 18-year-olds that just voted in our last election!

They breed and they walk among us......

Magnetize the Top Hat Project, hmm...

Yup, today is one of those days when you think you know it all, but I gotta tell ya when I first saw that monstrocity of a box they were lowerin' in the golf, I said to myself they're gonna need a really really Big Supersucker on that pumping barge out there.

I just so happened to have pen & paper within reach when I asked myself what would my idea be?
I remembered a science show I saw about superfine metalic particles suspended in thick hydrolic oil. Still fluid like oil until an electro-magnetic feild was intoduced. The second electricity powers the magnet the fluid ceases to act like a fluid because every single individual particle in that fluid aligns itself to the feild and binds as it blocks the flow instantly.
I think BP should try this with the heavy mud & concreate idea instead of what? Junk?  Shreaded tires? I heard one report say they where thinking of golf balls? come on! Get real for a minute, have you ever slipped & fell in pea gravel? Have you ever watched how much metel those magnets lift? DA!
Talk about the instant bindage you could create at the flip of a switch! The military has the same technology in their combat vehicles like the M-1 suspension system, why not apply it to tophat cap?
What do BP engineers get paid for anyways? Plumbing? Hmm... there ya have it BP, my idea in a nutshell. You have the dimensions you need & my fix for your problem, from the dark side of the Outpost.

New Month, New Projects

A couple of weeks ago this mock up was just small enough to fit on my ol' weld table. Just barely! The cart is designed to carry an assemblythat rests on top of the 4" X 4" blocks which were fitted with wooden blocks so the knife assembly would not ride metel on metel and risk dings in the mounting surfaces.

This and another airboard cart plus that table in the back ground have used my production time over the last 2 weeks

Looking back it was worth the effort to move this table up to the garage while the boys are mechanicing in my shed and now that this batch of jobs is complete I can move on to that S - 10 pick up box.

Yup its lookin' like the wheel well has been stretched and some work on the underside will be required. You know, putty knife to the flacky paint, hammer & chisel to chase the steel back to close the pick axe holes! hmm...?

So,... let me tell ya where I stand.

I now have the box flipped up-side down on a table in the garage, so I can be near the phone while I'm working on it, also I can easily access the front of the box which also was streched out of shape with the axe. I may have to block it up a bit higher for working comfort, so I can sit on a short stool and reach under with a dolly block as needed.

After I chase the curled steel back near the original shape, I will work with hammer & dolly to shrink some of the excess out of the lower radius near the floor of the bed.

When I can close the torn metel I will first tack the seam, place some copper behind it, & then weld solid. I plan to have a deep bucket of cold water handy to cool the thin steel like you would with Stainless Steel. Welding in short stiches and long spacing will also help to keep warpage to a minimum.

I will be snappin' a few more pics with this project to show you some more handy hillbilly how - to in upcoming posts. thanks for stoppin by.

Har - V - Hillbilly

What do ya do when the weekend warriors leave?

What do you think of the tight fit in the ol' shop? Don't scratch the paint! Yeah right,

A month back seems like I was still unpackin the lawn mowers for spring maintenence.

What now?

Ever plant potatoes?

Here's a little tip for ya.

As you rake out bigger dirtclods and
sod balls, you can preplace dirt that you will need to later place around the base of the potato plant when it is about 8" tall.

I recomend using the surrounding dirt on my spuds till its cleanded out of the future path I will be using ot weed.

The red flags show my where to watch for the sprouts, and the best part is when the dirt is used up I  will have seasoned compost cooked up by then. You see up here in WI the compose dont get fed enough green matter like it does when ther lawn gets too long.

So I'm goin to feed the future yard birds and take some before pictures of another project I've got.











Looks like a pick axe did this, hmm..

Lost?

A woman in a hot-air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man


in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me,

can you help me? I

promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I

don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied,

"You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet

above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level.

You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees,49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I ' m still lost.Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You ' ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

Just Thinkin 'bout God's Graces

April showers bring May flowers, hmm... they also make the wet garden soil stick to the ol' roto-tiller.

Uh oh, somethin let lose in the geart box! That's what happens when ya add two extra set of tine for a 36 inch cut! Shame on me for pullin a "Tim the Tool - Man  Taylor" stunt! (It worked great for 3 years!)
OH OHH OHHH! ya know?  Its lookin like a rethink is in order heh? I'll have to find time for that project before fall clean up.

So many projects, too little time these days. I just finished the first planting in my vegitable garden and  stepped over to the white dwarf Lillack shrub and took my first big ol' wiff of it's blossoms. "Ahh..."

The weather I'm tryin to beat is coming out of the south/west & movin North this evening, whew!

Now its time to reflect, Thank the good Lord for his providence, for granting me the health to enjoy my work.
Speaking of work, I have a few projects waiting in the ol' welding shop. I'm thinkin I should document a little body work on a 1997 S-10 pick up box in that shed. Someone used a pick axe to make drain holes! Look for that story later this month, OK?

Oh yeah, I better start planning my float for next year's "Frozen Tundra Toilet Bowl Parade" Jan 1, 2011 - noon sharp.
I'm also converting two conversion van recliners into office chairs I am thinkin those will be done before June and hope to post some pictures w/ a story about how stable they turn out.

Thanks for stoppin by and checkin in on me, take care now here?

Best quote of 2009....

hmm... Best quote of 2009....

The General is a quick thinker.
President Obama was having that one, lone brief conversation this year with General McChrystal about Afghanistan.
Things were obviously not going the way the General had hoped. Obama could sense this, and told him, "I bet when I die, you'll pee on my grave."
To which General McChrystal answers, "No sir, I've always said that when I get out of the Army, I'll never again wait in another line."

Pickin Up Chicks at Age 50?

I went shopping for Round Up and dog treats, but came home with 2,  6 - pack of chicks and a bag of chick starter to boot? What was I thinking? If you want free range chicken eggs ya gotta grow em yourself!
These little reds are my choice in natural pest control. I don't pretend to know why, but somethin about them chickens runnin around the yard eatin up bugs makes for better tasteing eggs.
Maybe just knowin that a chicken is a full time eatin machine lookin for anything that moves sets my mind at ease when the mosquitos start biting later this summer.
Pound for pound chicken mannure is the best fertilizer you can get, but you must compost it or it will burn your tomatoes if you know what I mean. Oh yeah, they will turn your compose pile for you when they grow big enough to turn lose. When that time comes, I wil show you how to train them to come home at night.
First, I have to build them a home to come home to. I built them a bottomless cage 3 ft. X 6 ft. X 2 ft. tall, then I butt it up to this converted dog house.
I want those good eggs! Remember those dark yellow yokes? The occasional double yoker?
Yup Im bettin at least half of this dozen of these beauties will turn out to be a rooster, but they eat just like any other chicken if ya cook 'em right. Don't laugh! Grandma used to put up young roosters twice a year after electricity came to the Great Plains"  This operation wont get that big.
I figure 1/2 of one of those 10 ft. X 12 ft garden sheds is all the space requirements I will need for a dozen full grown birds. Who knows maybe something like an ice fishing shack will work just as well. There will be more on that project in the next few months as I will need it before next winter. hmm...a labor of love? we'll see.

My Sediments Exactly!

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The Next Project Plan?

Recently I was asked to provide an updated drawing incorporating some modifications to my second proto type 1 ton cart.

At an operator's request we are opening the right side of the cart for ease in stacking the boards which will lay flat.

I am going to stretch this cart 2 inches longer than the origional, this will allow the operator to slide the "air board" into place easily from a position diagonal to the end of the cart. Note the forward end from the handle is shorter?

The swivel casters are also located on the handle end of the cart like the origional. The new HD casters are rated for 500 lbs each, thus with 4 of them the cart is caster rated to handle up to if not more than 1 ton.

The tubing has been upgraded from 14 gauge to 11 gauge because the price was a deal or a value passed on to my customer. Basicly 10 ft less tubing is required so I could get heavier steel for the same price. You just never know if someone would set a roll or something that it was not designed for on it hey? Why take a chance?

I also broke down my pieces required primarily for my convienience. It tells me the total number of inches of tubing required, as well as the length and number of pieces I will need. By dividing by 12" I have the number of feet needed to purchase when I build the next one.
My point is since I don't have a drafting department yet, I need to show my customer that I understand his or her needs. It is another aspect of going from hobibyist to professional that may have to deal with at some point in time.
It may very well be that it is easier to just sit down and draw out your plans the old fashioned way. Then scan it and send it as a jpg. attachment like it did in this case.This drawing may not be perfectly to scale but the approximates work to convey the image. the numbers reflect the actual measurements, that's what is truely important.
Of coarse you will want to include any details your customer needs for your project, but in my case I took care of the details for the customer in the price quote as it is a custom build piece. That AB301t thing? that's just my way of recognizing the project in my office program as the projects keep on comming. Scans, quotes, and invoices for this 2nd of 6 will be found with that identification, or product ID.

Hey for your convienience I put that Amazon link at the top for my vendor's distributor, as an Amazon affiliate I could get paid? hmm... we'll see.

Oh, the plans? sure you can use 'em, Just click on the picture to enlarge it and save it.With a bit of modification you could make your own and sell them to any one who puts palletized salt, fertilizer, mulch, dog, bird, or cat food out in front of the ol' gas station each and every day, hmm....
Next time I'll include some more pictures of this project.

After the snow is gone

I must admit I blew a gasket on this!

Wisconsin property taxes are on the rise and services like snowplows destroy the brand new layer of gravel edgeing they just put down last year! What's wrong with this picture?


Yup Dodge Copunty spent a pretty penny to lay down about 8 inches of fresh gravel last year because the road is some what narrow and the county used it as a detour during the Hwy 60 bridge construction just out of Hustisford.


Now its gone! hmm... I saw this coming last year already and now I am faced with my day of reconing. I remember the 3 foot long strips of sod layin on top of the drifts over the winter.


I knew then that this summer I can look forward to a bouncy ride on the ol' mower. What I did not see then was that fresh gravel. Guess where it went.



Yup, right where I asked for it last year! When I told the town board member as we looked at it, when it was fresh, I can't run 8" of gravel through my lawn mower! When I asked to use some of the edge for the area by the mail box he said no.

I couldn't mow gravel then and I will be dambed if I will now! I figure if YOU throw it in my yard its mine.

I could thank you for topping off the potholes in my driveway, but then you were not out there picking it out of my Lawn assholes!

I'm gettin too old for this kind sh**! Unintended consequences? 2 blisters, a bit of chest pain and cramps, I figure I got 35 wheel barrels of winnowed gravel thanks to your waste Dodge County!

Yes I do vote in the primaries!

Drink Not of This Cup

A little somethin' from Obama Care?

Are you sufferin' from those ol' head spinnin' migrains?

Are you feelin' sick and tired from seein' too much news on the evening local TV at 10:00 o'clock?

What do you do? Change the channel only to find this one blames that one?

Yup, evidently some folks got poisoned on the campaign trail back in '08. Rumor has it the party untencils and Koolaid containters were all sterilized with good ol' Hydrogen Barackside reports an unidentified unemployeed campaign groopie. "Why would we want to let germs get into Koolaid?"

Unintended consequences? Hmmm.... Now it makes sence!

WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE.

George Phillips, an elderly man, from Meridian, Mississippi, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked: "Is someone in your house?"
He said: "No! But some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me".
Then the police dispatcher said: "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available."
George said: "Okay."
He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again and said:
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot and killed them both, the dogs are eating them right now." ... and he hung up.
Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
(True Story) I LOVE IT!
Don't mess with old people.

Reflect and Recap

Its been said idle hands are the devils tools, hmm.
Ya can not let your self settle back into your comfort zone after your Victory!
You take the time you need to submit your invoice, enter expenses, and do the analysis thing.
In other words, after the shop party is over, how well did it actually go compared to your expectations or worst fears?
I know I said a little prayer before an overhead weld, on my back under my own tacks and a stick welder! The moment of truth is revealed only after the slag is chipped!
Did you have the tools you needed for the job?
I could have had 2 - 1/2" 16tpi X 2.5 bolts on hand had I planned better, hmm. make note to self.
Looking back at Day 2, I really could have saved time by better preparation the week end before, hmm.. the poser? Football....or the cold shed, hmm.. maybe the sun will shine tomorrow, football wins!
Come on, Football!
Oh, let's not forget the consultation, make sure YOU read the tape! ha ha ha.
Over all I guessed 16.5 hours to complete the project. The actual time spent was 22.5hours after the paperwork was processed that Friday evening. Some of that time was closing out my 2009 year in my office, also not planned for dog gonit!
If that was the worst of the job its a lesson learned.
I can make improvements, thats what life is about! Growing.
I was called in for another consultation just today, I heard more acolades of how well its working! whew! Ya can't beat hearin that!
So whats new at the home of the Hillbilly Handyman hang out? hmm...more table modification, move a ladder on a platform, and build a Single post motor platform for the exhaust system on the "New" K Mec machine to be installed next month!
I have yet to show ya the airboard cart proto-type, I'll have the cart finished this week.

Phoenix day 3, Mission accomplished!

Note the tabs were some nice laser cut left overs from some other job in my past.

They were drilled, and then counter sunk with a 9/16 " drill bit and then I bolted the nuts in place prior to welding them.

By doing this you are assured nothing is going to warp or move off of center in the hole.

Note the top plates extensions are now only 1/8 " from the frame . No way can a 5/8" board get in under the arm of the springloaded top plate now!r>< span>r>


Meanwhile on the other end of the phoenix the virtacle support needed to be offset.

A horizontal cut at 3/16 " all the way around the top to remove the inserted tube cap leaves me at the same hight as the origional height.

The same procedure was used for the 1/2" 16 tpi nuts on the 2 X 3.5 canteleeverd cap.




Unfortunately the grey touch up paint did not exactly match but that was considered to be insignificant as the customer was extrememly happy with the final product.

The feed back so far is all accolades for a job well done.

March will bring a new challenge when they install a new all in one Sheeter from K-Mec located in Spain.

I have already placed a bid on another project for the trim cutter platform.

While this may have been one of my more complicated projects at first glace, you can see how I broke it down to basic processes and steps to keep it simple.

My best advice is to double check every thing twice and tack once! here's wishin ya good reviews on your projects and ya'll come back now, y'hear?

I've recently added a facebook link widget to my blog if you should like to offer me a poser of a question or just suggest a subject you are interested in concerning my passion for Welding.

Wow! What IF?

what if...
- April 15th paints the truth about the economy in big bold numbers that no spin can hide?
- the CBO was muzzled again?
- the spending of this administration is secretly funding the NEW WORLD ORDER?

in reference to: THE EXECUTIVE ORDER (view on Google Sidewiki)

Pheonix project Day 2

I'm not sure how this post is gonna look till all is done, as I did not collect process specific pictures for this project. You see I offered to email pictures of before and after for submission as proof of work completed with the invoice for my services to be forwarded to corporate HQ. You know, I think of this as one of those services that can bring a bit of credibility to your business image.

Unfortunately the idea to further document my job creation was an after thought. If I had thought it through beforehand, I would have snapped a few more pictures of the clamps, for a little where to clamp and why. I hope you have a vivid imagination when you picture what I will describe to you later in this article.



Before I submitted my job estimate, I checked my inventory of steel stock to be sure I actually had the materials I would need for the job. Lucky thing I did, its a big savings in that I didn't have to purchase anything but the consumebles, eg.. the welding rod and gas for the generator/welder that the company rented for me to use.

The core of this project is to extend the frame of this machine by roughly 13/16 ". this is going to explain why the machine is split the way it was. Underneath the bottom of the pheonix is a 1/2" plate welded 3" - 5" center weld pattern around the baseplate.

On the backside of the same bottom tube is another plate tapped for anchor mounts. That one is thicker by 1/4", and overlapped the bottom plate by 3". I chose to split the bottom tube 1st by cutting through the tube but not all the way across the baseplate. In the after pictures you can see the baseplate was approximatrly 6" wide and protrudes 3" in front of the base tube.

The 2" tubes above were then flush cut leaving 5 - 10 thousandths or so of the tube for easy relocation when I scribe my marks that I will use to make sure everything realiegns prior to tackin it in place.

A length of 3"x3" angle clamped to the baseplate ensures the least possible warpage when I weld the overhead weld from under the base first. I know I will get more pull up when I pour the heat on the top side 2nd because of the virticle element of the tube. I must return and clean out any excess to ensure a 1/16" root gap between the tube and insert. I then stick the tip of a screwdriver like a wedge in the top, and tack both ends of the gap on the inside of the tube.
Note Tack the sides as well. Now you can easily weld inside and out if you so chose as I did. It is part of that meet or exceed customers expectations thing, you know?

The base will now be the main support when I need to bring the two pieces back together. That length of 3x3 clamped accross the front face of the tube will ensure the basic aliegnment is maintained.
<>>Similar procees of clapms and angle to aliegn plus thed on the inside of the tube will add an extra burnoff of any paint on the outside.
I'm reminded of the little flame I snuffed from a spark in some oily corner on that frame. Be careful out there!
Too many times I have gone on twitter.com/#welders and read a story of a fire caused by welder sparks. If you are contracting, remember to ask if you need to forward your information for a hotwork Tag or some type of similar paper trail. <>


Now on to the story of day 2 on this project. Day 2 started out down in the shed sawing the tube inserts, the flat stock that see in the picture above. I know, they didn't show up too well so no I saw no need to forward this one, maybe next time I'll consider the background.
3/8" x 18 and 1/2"x 16 tpi nuts were welded in place on the 4 tabs and 2 push bar supports. I countersink the holes and bolted tightly to ensure center on hole and keeps the threads clean while I weld them with my 112vlt mig welder .030 ga wire, at home, prior to picking up the welder from the rental center before it closes at 5:00 PM.
The 2 tabs and 2 supports were welded before I brought the two halves back together. then I lifted the lighter halve to rest on the baseplate as describe earlier.
4 angles 5 ft long with 8 6" c-clamps holds the two square on both the upper and lower tubes. Remember diagonal measurements!
2 turns with the ratchet in the left front corner adjustment brings my scribe mark to the virticle just like new.
Tack the base tube, double check measurements, hmm.. tack top, double check again, snugged up tight by a 1/16th hmm.. one good thump with thor, my pet hammer, double check again, HA! perfect! retack to lock it up!
The majority of the frame was welded prior to the clamps and the jackstands being removed.
I confess I under estimated the time required for the ark welding process not thinking of slag chippin but I was satisfied having it finished in 8 hours, thats every thing,prep work, the measuring, clamping, the welding, cleaning, and touch up paint applied.
My goal is now to pack up for tonight, catch a nap and return the welder for an overnight charge instead of the 2 day or weekly rate I had estimated. Another savings I can pass on to my customer.
At the end of day 2 I have exceeded my estimated hours and calculated my estimated earnings fell 8 hours at this point when I include, the daily reporting, phone tag, and rental running.
It's ok, this project is gonna be finished tonight and I'm lookin forward to that "mission accomplished" message I'm gonna send when I get home.

4 Hours on the Phoenix, Day 1

I don't want this to read like a Chilton Manual because on this job I don't want to open any wiring if I don't have to, so I look for ways to achieve that goal.

Look at the before and after pictures in my last post as I describe why I disassembled it the way I did. Maybe you know what I mean, that state of shock begins to wear off as I realise none of the "fancy components" have been removed.

hmm... good thing I was a Boy Scout as a kid!

If I'm gonna keep my time line of three nights, better to just roll up your sleeves and get to work!

After circleing the machine several times it all fell into place. the plan is pretty basic.

Loose Plexiglas remove plexiglass shield from top assembly, to allow enough slack in cables from the motor to allow for the removal of the push-bar assembly.

Unbolt and remove the conveyor assembly, note the powerlines are free from all clips and restraints.

The final obsticle to choping this thing apart is to remove the hydrolic pump and lines to the mast. By turning the elbow fitting located at the bottom of the mast I gained enought slack to place the pump assembly at the left rear corner of the machine to allow for a fork truck to get under the frame and lift it for the clearence needed to cut 360% on the frame.

I used jack stands to stabilise the frame.

The fork frame is chained to the top of the mast capacity so it can not fall while cutting on the frame like a gueiloteen.

Little tricks like putting the bolts back in to the holes they came from helps to keep things organised.

The 2" X 2" tube were easily cut off the 1/2" pads on the center frame. The 3" X 3" bottom tube is cut near the center of its span for reason of the plates it was welded to. A simple Tri-square and marker were used to guide the hand cuts.
Man I love my Dewalt grinder with the flush cut Type 27, 7" X .065" cut off wheels. They allow for easy correction, where as an 1/8 " wheel just takes too much steel away for a job like this! Remember safety and wear those eye shields!

So far, on this job I have used

• a 1/2" ratchet w/ 3/4" 6 point deep socket
• Torx head wrenches 9" T - handle assorted<<>
• a 12" metric adjustable cressent wrench
• Oh, my Grinder, he he ( not an endorsement, just braggin)

Next time, I talk a little on the welding and reassembly of the frame.

What We Discussed During the Consultation

Man, you gotta know you're doing something right when you get that phone call saying, "We have something we'd like to have you take a look at."
In this case the Phoenix works ok but the pallelts need to be uniform and square in order to work properly. every now and then a pallot binds if it has been repaired or has a doulbe stringer, we need about 3/4" more clearence.
Ahh #item number one. Clearence where? Between the plates?, Yup.
That means we need to split the frame and insert tubular inserts to stretch it.





















Every thing will need to be unassembled, and I wonder if there will be enough slack in the wiring and hydrolic lines to accomodate the extra width in the machine? We can take care of that if we have to, they reply.I have concerns my welder might not be hot enought with your 15Amp 110volt circuits I would have to pick up the machine and take it home on my trailer to do the work on my 25 Amp circuit at home? I would ask for 2 weeks just in case I encounter problems. hmm... no response?























What about these sensors? they will be off set when I stretch the frame, and the bolt that the pushbar rests on will be right at the end of the belt drive? "We'll take care of the sensor and the top of the tube will need to have the bolts offset by about an 1 1/2"
Ahh,#item number two. 1 1/2" offset.
Will a welded bolt on 2X4X1/4" be ok? cool!























This is where the boards slip under and break when the forks lift the pallet. Ahh #item number 3, add 3/16"X1"X4" at 4 places, hmm. scribble that down too!
"Can you see where we we added door strip to cushion the stop? It was supposed to hold back the top plate but it compresses, so now we want to add adjustible tabs w/ 3/8" 16 thread bolts.
Ahh, #item number 4, 1/2" tabs. I have those handy too!
Lenny, they said, give us an estimate with your price and we take a look at it and go from there, OK? I sure thing I can do this, Its right up my alley!
Well to end this episode, I went home and started to look up what I needed to know about writing up a legitimate estimaate and you can look that up 2 articles below this one in my blog.
As it worked out this time they responded with "What if we rent the welder w/ a generator and you do the work here in the plant?" I told them thats $240 a week and I doubt I would actually need it 2 days but sure as long as I can work there I won't have to heat my shop, and You have fork trucks! how could I say no?

The Phoenix, Make it 1 Inch Bigger, the prelude

Here at the hillbilly handyman outpost we dreamed of dong jobs like this for years while we stood at our production machines and thought,
"I can do that!"

The workers call this machine the Phoenix, and I had the privelege of stretching it 1 inch this week.

My goal is to document some of the ins and outs of the job, not only to impress any potential employers out there , but because I love working my craft and expanding my skills.

That includes the proffessional ones too. Up until now the projects for this company were pretty small, something you can do at home if you have the basic tools and some skill.

This machine lifts a pallet in metered increments so the horizontal push bar can move stacks of labels called "logs" across an airboard and onto a conveyer located on the left side of the machine, where they will be cut into bundles.

Man this is a very ergonomic machine! Look at the work that is automated. It eliminates all the bending and picking up.

The head of the maintence dept. told me his specialy built machine has a problem. It was the prototype of the design.


Unfortunately operators shift the loads on the pallets and on occassion an expensive "airboard get broken. He tells me, "we can't be breaking $10,000.00 worth every year!"

These 3 pictures are just to valadate my boasting on twitter, you know. A little before , during , and after for my followers who whant to know a little more.

Elements of the Job Estimate

I'm not going pretend to be a lawyer and explain why you need to have one in legal-speak, today I'm going to talk about just sitting down at your computer and creating one from scratch, right on Word. My thinking is to make a template that you can print a few copies and keep them on hand.

You can also use the templates provided by word that are, fill in the blank, put your logo here, and come in a variety of colors, some redesigned template could look pretty custom if you are retailer. They work great when you have a list of standard items, but to me they are worthless when you start listing individual tasks for custom welding services.

What I decided to do for my situation was to simplify to the basics. What do you really need to create a job estimate?

Your company name, address, phone...eg

A description of the service needed.

A description of the service to be provided.

An estimate of cost to the customer, and the time it will take to complete the project.

A couple of lines for the signatures and dates.

What I did was to take my cues from the "Quote" templates I scouted out earlier. A simple centered "Job Estimate" header including All my company contact information and an email link, hit enter.
Click paragraph left and enter down a few lines. Type Customer Name,.
Below that I typed Project Description, and hit enter repeatedly until approximately 1/4 of the page is blank. this gives you plenty of room to pencil in details like a mechanic would if he were working on a car.

The next little line is "Description of services rendered," and again enter down an inch or two. then completion date and below that cost to customer, space across the same line and type, total $___.__

Below that line I typed a little good faith statement and thank you for your patronage kind of short paragraph and then then the signatures lines.

In just a little bit of time you have an important document that protects you as well as your customer. Its just good business to have an agreement in writing.

Oh boy, a new project!

Where do ya actually start to build a business? the short answer is in your mind. You create a concept, maybe something like this. I have skills and tools, hmm... I can sell my services. Every now and then someone shows up with something they need welded or fixed and I end up helping them for a little bit of my time if it is a complex project, but allot of the favors I perform are of the $20.00 bill variety because friends help friend any ways in most cases.

Now lets assume you've done your home work, learned and mastered the skills of your trade but now you wish to start on the next level. You want to build your business to be at self sustaining levels, more money coming in than going out.

You need to have some basic job estimating skills, mix in a little bit of negotiation skills,with a thorough understanding of the customers desires,in order to become competitive. This is what I will discuss Today.

Way back when This business just started I too struggled with what is a good price to charge for my services! My very first job went something like this, You purchase the materials needed for the project, I will do what it takes to get it done for Monday. That's what I said that Thursday afternoon prior.

Friday morning, I Fuel up the truck and hook up the trailer to fetch the prepaid resources, in this case 25- 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" angle iron 3/16 " and bring it to my shop. Turned out the truck blew the L. front break line thanks to Wisconsin's infamous road salt on that trip.
So by the afternoon of the first day I was down $25 for gas and another $25 for break line & fluid, hmm. rough start hey?
I still had to cut the steel for 28 custom dimensions for every cabinet in the factory, about half way through that the band saw broke the blade and I could not get a another until Ace Hardware opened the next morning at 8:00 AM.
With my band saw being down and me in a time crunch, I dig out the De Walt grinder with a 7" flush cut cut off wheel and start the notching operation which needed to be done prior to welding.

Trust me when I tell you an artist is his own worst critic, Not every single cut was as accurate as the band saw cuts but in my case they were close enough to fall with in tolerance. The industry standard is usually +/- 1/16" which equates to 1/8" maximum discrepancy allowance. Say when you measure for square, 1 dimension is 35 1/2" and the other is 35 5/8" It passes by industry standards, whew! It only takes one piece to throw your dimensions of a little, Accuracy at the band saw goes a long way in the uniformity of the product.

When I turned off the lights in the shop for the night, is was about 11:30 pm, I had 7 of the 28 custom pedestals complete. My plan originally, was to have it all cut to length and half of the notching complete. Total time spent that day 16 hours of my time! hmm... digging out that grinder and forging ahead where I could definitely paid off!

Saturday's start time was delayed until the band saw blades were delivered via my wife's weekly grocery run, but went on without any incident and good progress was achieved because while I had down time I fixed the breaks that morning and I still had 10 tacked up and ready to weld up on Sunday. When the project was complete I had invested close to 53+ hours of my time that weekend, and $90.00 of my money to complete the job.

How do you reconcile the cost of creating your own job? hmm.. that's what I thought too. You see I had this concept developed from my experience with seeing how other entrepreneurs charged for their services. The general theme of what I have been told is the the cost of the materials x 2 should equal your pay from which you cover your expenses.

I've got to tell you, I ran the numbers and weigh them against my time and then it hits me like a brick in the head. I had been thinking like a factory welder. I needed to think like a factory owner. Time management of all the processes involved must be considered. Trust me on this one. The fact that You can take the raw materials and perform every single operation involved to create your project that you intend to sell for a profit must include a good solid estimate of time required.

On this first job, I broke it down like this, My target price per pedestal was around $50.00 a piece roughly double the cost of materials and managed to squeeze my wages into that window. I charged the company for my labor and resources at a rate of $27.50 a piece for 28, custom pieces which worked out to roughly $13 70 /hr but I picked up a $20.00 delivery fee and now I charge a modest $35.00 consultation fee to sweeten the pie a little bit.
I would not weld in a factory for that little, but the feeling of cutting your teeth in your own business and being your own boss is priceless, and drives me forward! In Wisconsin, law mandates that you must provide your customer a written job estimate, hmm ... makes sense if you want to become a professional.

In future posts I will discuss the Job estimate in a little more detail.

Stainless Steel Divider Board Cart (how to tips)

OK I'm sorry the pictures are indexed from the very beginning, I am assuming you already know about cutting and layout and the project needed to be submitted before I had learned my way around last years Christmas Camera.

Actually I was also working on modifying those 14 tables to a heigth of 39" which is in fact, when I got the idea of documenting some "Hillbilly Handy Man Tips".

Let catch you up to where these photos begin.

• A local company was about to be audited by the American Baker's Institution, to become certified vendors for "food labels". The label printers thought some stainless steel would seal the deal if I could manage the price to work within the company's budget.


• I drew up some plans and priced the stainless steel on the condition they were providing casters required, 2 swivel, and 2 fixed. We sat down and discussed the project with a company Representative, a dept. head and myself, the contractor.


• I offered my estimate of the cost and what I expected to get paid for my time and we all agreed.


• I purchased the steel, cut and miter cut the steel and began welding away. In order to replicate 6 identical carts I set up a simple fixture on a steel table top, that allows me to "Tac" weld the base and the rails that support the divider boards. In this series It has been welded inside and outside, then ground flush. Before I weld the caster pad in place, I will weld and grind flush again after I drill the bolt clearance holes in the bottom so there are no burrs.
  

Last month I posted a few pictures of the second of three in Stainless Steel.

The first picture, is another type of template that you can use if you want to transfer dimensions accurately. This series of photos will show you how it works.

The caster pad is 3/8" thick X 3" wide flat stock 4" long. In this case you need 4 per cart. So, step one, cut 5 to the same length knowing that the first will be the template for the rest.
By clamping the template in place you can then use your transfer punch to nail the exact center of each hole. Then simply drill a pilot hole or use a carbide step drill bit for a large enough hole to allow clearance for a bolt to clear the thickness of the flat stock (3/8")

Here I will use a 1/2" drill because the bolts are 5/16 X 18 tpi (threads per inch) x 3/4".

The pads are pre-drilled and taped, so now just tac and weld in place.


While was working on this project the company called and we discussed some work in the label factory's warehouse, repairing the damaged shelving supports to enhance structural integrity and safety. During these talks I was asked to search for my own caster vendor because the new 3 million dollar do it all in one machine is expected to take up most of their time and resources for a while this spring.

Its a shame that here in paper country just south of Green Bay and the fox valley they buy a machine from Spain! But I digress! I can't say enough for E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Co. They make every conceivable kind of caster you may ever want! They are local for me, and beside I have welded their casters for another subcontractor like myself. While I was learning my way around their web page I found these caster on the "$ Hot Deals $" page and by golly I got immediate assistance and next day delivery right to my front door! I can't say thank you enough for that kind of service, seriously! here is a link just in case you may need some casters yourself. http://www.erwagner.com/casterswheels/

As I had made my choice because the hole patters were identical between the swivel and the fixed casters I was so pleased to find little details I liked. The best idea I saw was to make one set of holes in the caster slightly larger than the other in case you or your drill drift off the proverbial mark they've got you covered! Look a little closer look at picture below, if you click on the picture Blogger will enlarge it to full screen . Yes they did provide the first set for trial purposes, and I believe I'll be buying 48 more soon!

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