62 complete revolutions.

Holy Fuck.

One step forward, two steps back as usual but I did manage to use the old Smithy today after I messed around trying to get the slop out of the table.

I was about half successful doing that as you will see.

What I forgot to mention is that there is a Split Nut under the table for the Lead Screw that has a small screw up in one corner you can tighten to squeeze the Split Nut together and that takes the Back Lash out of the threads in the nut.

That little screw had backed almost all the way out.

But I did make some progress today.

I got some T Nuts shaved down for my little Rotating table so that I can proceed to the next step towards getting the Z axis DRO mounted.

Aaaaakshoooly, I will never be much more than a flea on a Machinist’s, Dog’s, Ass, no matter how long I fool around with this stuff.

But it keeps me out of the taverns.

While the Wifely Unit and her Fam watch Sportsball today, I am going out in the garage and try to adjust 3/4’s of a complete turn of Back Lash out of the Cross Slide on my little Smithy 3 in 1 Combo machine.

I was out playing with it yesterday and Bad Things Happened.

I was well aware of the Backlash issue but didn’t put two and two together.

I sent a link to the video to Irish and he was kind enough to call me and ask me if the table had moved and if there was a bunch of Back Lash in it.

The proverbial AHA moment ensued.

Fuckin’ Rookie Mistakes.

I Haz ‘Em.

So now I have to dig around and find the video I watched a while back that explains how to adjust that slop out.

I did it once a long time ago but I obviously need to do it again.

It won’t take long because I was at least smart enough to save that video on Youtube.

Then I have some T Nuts that just got delivered to skin down a bit so that I can finish the project that started all this.

Getting the Y Axis DRO mounted….

Red Loctite on the spark plug threads and then hammer them home with an impact gun?

Those plugs will be in there just like they were part of the original casting process.

He’s under there somewhere I’m sure.

They are getting hammered up in the North East.

Everybody stay warm and stay safe.

Critical secondary issues can arise unexpectedly.

How convenient for him he has a note from his Mommy.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is isolating after learning of COVID-19 exposure

The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:34AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:34AM EST

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is isolating at home after learning that he was exposed to someone who had tested positive for COVID-19.

The prime minister said in a tweet Thursday morning that he learned about the exposure the night before, after he had been at a news conference on Parliament Hill with three top ministers.

Trudeau’s office says the exposure happened after the event and that no staffer or minister in range of the prime minister are isolating.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks following a cabinet retreat, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau said the result of a rapid antigen test he took was negative, but he is following local public health rules and isolating for five days.

He said he will be working from home during that stretch.

This right after he so bravely stood up in front of the world and called a couple million Canadian citizens “A Small Fringe Minority”.

That so called fringe minority?

About that.

Yesterday I saw an estimate that if all of the trucks in that Convoy coming from all corners of Canada and now the U.S. were lined up end to end they would stretch all the way across the entire Province of Saskatchewan.

So now that they are starting to actually pull up at their final destination, Turd Boy runs and fucking hides like the Pussy everyone knows he is.

My hat is off to the Canucks man.

The message they are sending is unmistakable and the rest of the entire world is rooting them on.

That message?

BFYTW, eh?

Good On Ya Leafs.

Grab your ass with both hands and hold on tight.

THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOUSE WENT UP ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ONE YEAR.

Absolute fucking insanity.

When that particular bubble pops there are going to be thousands of people who will suddenly find themselves upside down after this last year of intense house buying that caused this.

The part no one seems to get that is the really insidious aspect of this is that their property tax evaluations are going to reflect this insanity very quickly as there is one thing the government is really good at and that is sticking their hands in your pockets.

When the prices start coming back down to reality, not only are they going to be upside down in their mortgages, the government is going to be very slow as usual to drop their valuations so their property tax bills are going to be brutal.

It is so bad around here that even old two bedroom mobile homes in the parks are asking 150K at this point.

Stuff that was going for $85-$100 K one year ago.

Take this almost forty year old manufactured home for example.

Impressive, no?

Built in 1984.

In 2014 it was estimated to be worth $50,000.

Now take a look at this, even a year ago it was $100,000.

You can see the bubble being pumped up quite easily in that graph.

Let’s not forget the space rent, which has also gone through the roof around here over the past few years.

That has gotten so high that I have seen news stories about people on fixed incomes, who have paid off their mortgage and own the home, who are getting priced out by the rate increases.

Some space rentals around here have approached what it used to cost to rent an apartment in this area a few years ago.

So this Real Estate Bubble has had several trickle down effects.

I have literally been waiting for the bubble to pop in this area for at least eight or nine years but it just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

It literally defies belief.

I see it has finally started to taper off just recently but I still firmly believe it has a long ways to go before it finds the bottom again.

When it does, there are going to be a shit ton of mortgage defaults littering the market along with it.

Just like in 2009-2010.

Yeah yeah, before anyone corrects me, I mistakenly called the Z axis the X axis.

I have a hard time thinking, talking and trying to use my phone as a camera all at the same time.

If I had any Bubblegum it wouldn’t get done at all.

The dumb bitch is back spamming the joint.

Have some cheap entertainment on her behalf.