Alabama thread!

Sup Phil

 

Just getting ready to wind it down. Down to one more shift for this rotation

 

The rise of prices is only going to get worse in the coming months and years.

 

Sup Bart

 

Morning! Getting my mind right for this crazy day I’m about to start.

 

Shit.......I'm winding mine down

 

From AlabamaWX

ANOTHER FINE SPRING DAY AHEAD: Not much change in Alabama’s weather today… dry air means a mostly sunny day with a high between 77 and 82 degrees this afternoon. The sky will remain mostly fair tonight, and the daytime hours tomorrow will stay dry with a gradual increase in clouds by afternoon. The high tomorrow will be in the upper 70s and low 80s again.

A band of thunderstorms will push into the state late tomorrow night into the early morning hours Thursday.. SPC has defined a “slight risk” (level 2/5) for a few counties near the Mississippi border, and a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) as far east as Scottsboro, Clanton, and Jackson.



The main window for the storms for the northern half of the state will come from about 10:00 tomorrow night through 10:00 a.m. Thursday. Heavier storms could produce strong gusty winds and some small hail. A brief, isolated tornado is possible, not not likely. Storms should slowly weaken as they push into East Alabama Thursday morning.

Then, by Thursday afternoon, the best chance of showers and storms will be over the southern counties of the state as a slot of drier air works into North Alabama. Thursday’s high will be in the mid 70s.

FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Another round of rain and storms will move into the state Thursday night, and the weather will be unsettled Friday and Saturday with occasional showers and thunderstorms likely. There will be breaks in the rain, and for now the chance of organized severe weather looks low. But, a few strong storms can’t be ruled out. Rain amounts between tomorrow night and Saturday will be in the 2-3 inch range for most of the state, and highs will remain in the 70s Friday and Saturday. Then, dry air moves into the state Sunday with a mostly sunny sky returning. Sunday’s high will be in the mid to upper 70s.

NEXT WEEK: For now the weather looks dry Monday and Tuesday… showers and storms will return at some point over the latter half of the week, but models are not in good agreement as you might expect that far out in this active pattern. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



ON THIS DATE IN 1973: A major spring snowstorm dumped 11.6 inches of snow across Denver, Colorado. Most of the heavy wet snow of 10.1 inches fell on the 7th when temperatures remained in the 20s. The low temperature of 5 degrees on the 8th was a new record low for the date and the lowest for so late in the season.

ON THIS DATE IN 2016: Nine tornadoes touched down in Southeast Alabama, including an EF-2 in eastern Bullock County. Three EF-0 tornadoes touched down in Montgomery County.

 

Its on basically as low as welder will go and wire speed i adjusted and if i go any lower it spits so ive got the welder setup basically how it should be. It welds it just takes extra know how i guess to make it work.

 

i hate that

 

sorry i miss spoke its 1/16th, i was thinking that but wrote 1/8th

 

That's best camp spot at Tannehill.

 

follow the chart on the welder (1/8” is 11 gauge) and play with your travel speed / wire feed speed. You are either moving too slow and creating too much concentrated heat or don’t have the wire feed speed high enough to bridge the gap. Or a combination of both. Just keep messing with it until you get there.

1/8” (.125) and the slightly thinner .120 are some of the most common thickness of steel used on trucks.

 

its 1/16th see previous quote

 

oh!!!! That makes so much more sense!

yea, that’s not fun. The thinnest I like to do is 14 gauge

 

Sorry, saw it after I posted.

 

I was wondering why you were building a drawer frame out of 1/8” while you are concerned about weight, lol.

 

Yea it sucks haha, but im figuring it out. Ive never worked with that thin of steel so im learning as a i weld it haha. Already had to fill in burn throughs so getting good practice on that.

 

Yea system should be less than 50lbs when im done. im using thin chalkboard material that also has dry erase on backside so it will have some rigidity but its light. The outside will basically just look like a black box haha. Not gonna be putting anything heavy on the box so i don't have to worry about that. Slides will be attached to steel frame and im building the drawer out of 3/16th thick ply wood.

 

Sorry missed this. Hopefully going to try to get this frame finished up this week attach the slide and then finish the outside in the drawer next week not gonna have time to work on it this weekend because I’m going to my moms house in Orange Beach my birthday is on Sunday so will be down there celebrating.

 

Scored some Lexus seats for 100 bones off marketplace this morning. Just need a duece duece sticker on the side windows and I'll be the hottest ride going through Columbus lol