Because I can’t fucking see.

Even with three month old glasses.

Jesus Christ, talk about Needle Dick Bug Fucker Tiny assed print.

That’s the numbers off what’s left of a dinky little bearing seal.

How dinky?

This Dinky,

Notice there aren’t any actual roller bearings anymore…

Even with my Harbor Freight Special lighted magnifying glass I couldn’t see that shit.

I had to use the camera on my phone, switch to something called Macro Mode and even then blow the damn thing up using max brightness on the light.

608S.

Small even compared to a 6000V, the other one I need.

At least I could read that one.

I’m trying to rebuild a 15 gallon barrel type industrial vacuum motor.

This thing has turned into a nightmare.

I thought I found a new motor on Fleabay. Most of them are well North of $100 and none of them look right.

I must not have been paying close enough attention.

$50 some bucks, advertised as New in an Open Box, it showed up today and is way too small.

I have searched and searched and can’t find this particular model of an Ametek Lamb vacuum motor and pump.

So I am doing shit the hard way.

It’s a Dayton Industrial barrel vac and it’s way obsolete.

I got it from work because we couldn’t find a motor for it there and they just bought a new one.

Since it’s Vintage you know I just had to have it.

So I just got done ordering some new bearings and some new brush holders from that cretin Bezos and using the Prime option, they are supposed to be here tomorrow.

Just getting what was left of the one and the bigger one turned into a shit show and took well over an hour.

Most of that was finding and setting up a bearing puller conglomeration.

It’s not like there is any hurry or that I don’t have a thousand other things to be doing ya know.

Anyway, I doubt anyone with 20/20 vision could have read those numbers without magnification.

It does highlight the usefulness of a damn cell phone though.

For something besides being a tracking device, a tattle tail and a general pain in the ass.

In my reply to Grumpy, I hit the thousand comment mark. I am top commentator on this blog with Igor second at 924 and Bear Claw Chris, 577, pulling hind teat at third. Phil is a paltry 420… I am a gabby mother fucker I will tell you that. Some body break my fingers! Phil and me have gotten over 9,800 comments on this version of the blog. I know I appreciate and Phil feels the same way of all you fine specimens of human detritus… commenting and either making an ass of yourself, or making sense and entertaining all of us and sharing useful information and sometimes sparks of brilliance and genius. I salute you!

After two and a half months of April, we finally get some Summer weather.

It has been cloudy, rainy and cold here all freaking year long, with a day here and a day there of nice weather, just enough so that everyone can run and and kkill themselves cramming a month’s worth of yard work into one day.

It was 79yesterday and sunny.

It’s going to stay warm and clear for the next week, so far.

80’s working into the 90’s over the weekend.

Gotta love it.

Go from the mid 50’s to the 90’s in three days.

Everything that I planted in my tiny garden that sprouted drowned except the onion sets.

All of it.

It even rained so hard that it pounded the little onion right out of the ground and I had to go back and reset them. They seem to be doing fine now.

I went and got some more sprouting kits last night and will try to start over.

It’s way late for that but I am going to try.

It’s all I can do.

While most of the country is already hot and facing drought, we have been shivering and getting wrinkled by the rain. All of the rivers are at the top of their banks.

I’m hoping against hope that it stays nice into October, not really that unusual around here.

I swear the seasons have shifted two months backwards.