Left that one cooking a little too long.

I’m surprised I never thought of this actually…

This is jaw dropping incredible.

I would love to know what they sold it for.

If it were me I would laugh at anything under 40K.

They should have taken it to a Peterson Auction.

But I had a blast.

Now I have a shit ton of things that need to get done in a short period of time, plus another, even longer road trip to take later this month. But for now it’s good to be home.

Thanks CederQ, for taking up the slack in my absense.

I’m heading out of town to the High Desert of Central Oregon to meet up with a bunch of family for the weekend.

If I remember right, it’s the first time since last Summer that I went anywhere just to go fuck off and that one turned into a bust. I’m not taking this infernal laptop so you are going to be lef tto the tender mercies of my esteemed friend CederQ and his special sense of twisted humor.

In a first for me, I am not driving and will be copiloting for my youngest daughter while she drives, wait for it, a fucking Tesla.

It’s about a 4 hour drive so I am packing an extra extension cord just in case.

I hope you all have an awesome weekend and for God’s sake keep all your damn fingers will ya?

Leave the stupidity to the plethora of idiots we have running around.

Hopefully I’ll be back Sunday, fatter and somewhat rested. I had a bad cold from last Friday until yesterday so I’m glad the congestion in my head is cleared up because it is indeed the High Desert and the altitude is going to take a toll on my broke down old ass anyway.

Like I tell my children, if you can’t be good, stay sanitary.

Thanks,

Phil

Wait for it.

The air would be blue.

Fucking scare tactic bullshit here

I say “SOME”, because it won’t work on anything that is seized up usually or anything the engraver can’t reach.

I have used this method dozens of times and even got a 16mm hunk of All Thread that was 4 inches long to go through a 2 inch thick hole in solid Stainless Steel!

I was taught this trick by an older guy I worked with for several year named Lynn. He was in the Merchant Marines for many years and finally retired at the age of 76!

May God heap many blessings on him, I learned a ton of things from him over the years and he was just a sweetheart of a guy.

I was out doing the brakes on the front of the Big Red Beast this morning and broke this little 5/16’s bolt off, the very last thing I needed to get done before putting the wheel and tire back on when I felt it “go soft” and break off.

I built this engraver out of a box full of parts and ones that got thrown out because they quit working. Grainger wants $450 for them but you can get one from Amazon for aout $85. I don’t get anything if you buy one but I am highly recommending them if you do any kind of wrenching. Click on the highlighted link below if you want to get one.

This thing is worth it’s weight in diamonds, I’m telling ya.

Anyways, enough with the yapping, here’s the video I took.

I even got lucky enough to find a stainless steel replacement out in Phil’s Temple of Tools, otherwise known as The Big Mess I call the garage.

Mission accomplished.

Let me know in the comments if you have ever heard of this little trick because even after 40 years of wrenching it was a first for me when Ol’ Lynn pulled that one out and showed me.

I also went to work early on Thursday and had a little tire shop on the way put 4 used tires on the truck for $340, including a $20 tip for the kid.

Mounted, balanced and installed, they even took the 4 soft rubber snow tires that ol’ Chuck had put on it about a year before he passed off my hands without me having to pay for it.

The local Les Schwab tire store wanted $550 EACH, for the same size and style of tires I got. Bigger and wider, the thing rides better now and the bigger tires make it look like a real truck now.

I have a 4 hour road trip coming up for the 4th of July and I am trying to get the thing ready for the trip.

Because this shit is Hard Core!

I saw two more that won’t load for some damn reason but in one they were using a belt and the other they were using a damn whip!

Damned if I know if this is some sick Oriental game or what but I can absolutely guarantee you that I will not be participating!

I thought some of these tricks were pretty cool and had never seen them before so I thought I would share.

This is way the fuck overdue.

The Aliens version,

And the Humans Version,