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I got the angle grinder out and ground down the rust and painted the used basketball backboard brackets for the church's "new" basketball hoop. The backboard was quite filthy, a quick pass with the power washer and it's sparkling white again.
Took the dog to the vet for spring heartworm eval, all clear. She growled at the vet, which is fair enough, he took a blood sample. She keeps getting the same vet and I think due to that, he's now the only person in the world she doesn't like.
I drove to Harbor Freight to exchange the roofing nailer I bought; it worked but had an air leak on the trigger valve. Even with the extra trip, it was still worth it for a roofing nailer for $80; others are > $200. This one probably wouldn't stand up to commercial use, but to date I've had very good luck with the < $100 framing nailer I bought there. I've been through a couple of boxes of nails with not a single jam. Also picked up a few odds and ends while there.
Stopped at Lowes and picked up a couple of hardware bits to make a fastener I need, and also 4 sheets of 3/4" OSB - I want to finish prepping the rafters of the garage for storage. I need about 16 sheets but it's supposed to rain tomorrow, and I wasn't sure I could get the sheets up there without help, so I wanted to keep it down for now.
Got home from there around 2:30, the recycling center closes at 4:30 and I need a LOT of topsoil for the new flower bed; I managed to get 3 loads picked up and shoveled into place before they closed. I still need another load of topsoil and probably 2 or 3 loads of wood chips.
Put the basketball stuff back together with L's help, and then took it over to the church and put it up with T's help. Also installed a new presentation remote in the sanctuary computer - I had originally used a Radio Shack RF universal remote which I trained with codes to an Epson projector's HID receiver. That worked but it skipped or bounced sometimes and was huge, plus it was the same remote used for music, and it got quite confusing to switch modes between the audio equipment and the computer. This should be more reliable and easier to use.
Took the dog to the vet for spring heartworm eval, all clear. She growled at the vet, which is fair enough, he took a blood sample. She keeps getting the same vet and I think due to that, he's now the only person in the world she doesn't like.
I drove to Harbor Freight to exchange the roofing nailer I bought; it worked but had an air leak on the trigger valve. Even with the extra trip, it was still worth it for a roofing nailer for $80; others are > $200. This one probably wouldn't stand up to commercial use, but to date I've had very good luck with the < $100 framing nailer I bought there. I've been through a couple of boxes of nails with not a single jam. Also picked up a few odds and ends while there.
Stopped at Lowes and picked up a couple of hardware bits to make a fastener I need, and also 4 sheets of 3/4" OSB - I want to finish prepping the rafters of the garage for storage. I need about 16 sheets but it's supposed to rain tomorrow, and I wasn't sure I could get the sheets up there without help, so I wanted to keep it down for now.
Got home from there around 2:30, the recycling center closes at 4:30 and I need a LOT of topsoil for the new flower bed; I managed to get 3 loads picked up and shoveled into place before they closed. I still need another load of topsoil and probably 2 or 3 loads of wood chips.
Put the basketball stuff back together with L's help, and then took it over to the church and put it up with T's help. Also installed a new presentation remote in the sanctuary computer - I had originally used a Radio Shack RF universal remote which I trained with codes to an Epson projector's HID receiver. That worked but it skipped or bounced sometimes and was huge, plus it was the same remote used for music, and it got quite confusing to switch modes between the audio equipment and the computer. This should be more reliable and easier to use.
