Random Cool Tricks

So this is actually one large wood screw that digs in and splits the wood, One would need a pretty powerful drill?

 

I was thinking tractor PTO or modified truck axle, but it's 70 on the beach today, so my need for wood heat, or any heat is minimal. Can't say that I miss Michigan winters with wood heat.

 

I hope I can show this clearly in two pictures. I chase the brass around the table with the cup, capture it, then roll it all into the sifting basket at the edge of the table. Makes cleaning up a snap.
Works just as well for nuts and bolts or other small things on a bench.

 

Dad was a guy who would work in the machine shop in a suit and wingtip shoes. I didn't inherit his flare for work clothes. He taught me this trick that's saved countless clean-ups and dried out cans of paint. No splatter from seating the lid with a mallet, and no paint or metal polish splatter on your tie..

 

Been doing that for years ,, with paint ,, the rag helps from getting paint on the shoe and tracking it across the floor .

I'm not intending to take anything away from your Dad ,, if he was able to work in a machine shop in a suit , and not stain up the suit ,, that's something I could never do ,,, I guess you could say , " I get into my work , and wear it well " ,,

 

I was opening this pill packet when I saw it.

A tiny hat.



Perfect for old Hank the Heron.

 

I didn't take any pictures of the trimming but it went smoothly. Live Oak grows so fast it had swallowed up the Martin house. They will be back soon, so I used the little weed eater pole saw to cut the limbs back. 45MPH winds, some para cord with a half red brick tied to one end and a roll of heavy rope brought all the big branches down within reach of the 7" chain saw.

Looks as good as last year. It's a legacy house with almost 50 years of annual Purple Martin occupants. They only tolerate the trees because they were born in this house.

Really good practice in rope handling and knot tying. I'll have to get more creative on the higher limbs, but I'm not doing any tree climbing any time soon. I was a one man, one legged tree service.

 

Study that picture and imagine the pilot's ride.

I had a First Sergeant that got tangled up on an OV10 static line jump (the aircraft goes vertical and you slide out the back). He got thrashed against the aircraft and nearly strangled. He wouldn't jump again and he was only tangled up for a few seconds. That poor pilot was out there in the open for 30 minutes. Wow!

 

Man that would be a rough ride. I can only imagine the guy that was hanging on to him for that 30 minutes,, knowing if he let go ,, that pilot was gone .
Either way ,, that was a ride to remember.

 

When I saw the bird house I thought this was going to be a way to hide your Ham Radio antenna from the HOA or nosey neighbors

 

Wood Splitter Screw.
Dad had one on the tractor when I was a kid, would not allow me to use it. Looking around lots of "modern" versions of it using PTO, electric motors and gas motors.

 

When a French assassin attacks.

(Warning -. GRAPHIC.)