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Getting work done! Finally cut down all of the trees in the center circle. Now I need to dig out the stumps, level the land, spread grass seed and plant fruit trees.

 

Ok here's a quick pic of beam number 2 installed....

Now its all about getting the blocks & gravel out & then more supports under them.

 

Rust repair on the battery box.

 

That's interesting, but can you reexplain what you're doing here and why?

 

Well shit! Gotta take the shroud off!

 

I knew things were going too well.I have no idea how this fastener got in between the flywheel and the block. It went in, its gotta come out.

 

Naturally my puller bolts aren't long enough.

I can take a hint. I'm done for the day.

 

Just flip it over and shake it a bit. It'll come back out...

 

compressed air and a prybar

 

sure! we talked about this in here a while back. its just now becoming reality.

the porch which is 8x24 is back filled with pea gravel. this left about 3'of gravel pushing in/down on my basement wall, which has no lateral support. this started opening up a inside motar seam in my basement.

basement people came & i beamed the walls with springs so that it wouldnt come in any more. it hasnt.
Engineer came & said the only way to get that wall back out is to take the porch off.
the porch foundation was already moving anyway... falling away from the house...

initially we were gonna tear the porch off & put a new composite deck on.
my wife decided she wants to keep that concrete porch....
Engineer returned & said to use those 2 beams (he spec'd em) to hold it up with 10 screw jacks.

thats what im in the process of doing now.

then it will be about hand digging a narrow trench against the wall of the house to relief the pressure & let the wall go back to its original place.

then long term: the porch is a floater with a new skirt around it. gonna take all spring/summer i think.

 

Crap

 

Ok, that makes more since. I know you'd talked about the project, but I don't think I'd seen a picture of what you were trying to accomplish before.

 

The price on the CX tractor in this video is pretty damn good!

https://youtu.be/fgLSJ9cPx8w?si=Cz9phEfiqow3nFzu

Tractor at the 2:16 mark

 

Man, if only the ck2620 was that price. I tried calling them last week. I will try his number tomorrow.

 

is that like a slender belt sander in pic 1? never saw one before. looks super handy.

 

It's an amazing tool! $28 well spent.

 

i think i need one. i sand/polish glass, porcelin, stone for work and often metal or wood for home projects. whats it called? kinda like millwalkee products, bet they make one.

 

WEN 6307 Variable Speed Detailing File Sander with 1/2-by-18" Belt

$37 WEN 6307 Variable Speed Detailing File Sander with 1/2-by-18" Belt

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q2FTLY

 

thanks for the link. can you find belts at hardware stores? or just Amazon orders?

 

I never checked, I just ordered a 10 pack when I bought the sander.

The belts seem to last a good while.

I did buy the " erasure" stick that cleans the belt grit. I think that $6? Was a good investment.

Fwiw, the sander does an amazing job sharpening knives...as long as your up close vision is decent.