Warm weather and little stuff
Feb. 22nd, 2026 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyWe had a few days of exceptionally warm weather, up in the 50s. That was nice, the snow mostly went away, but it seems to have snowed about 2 inches (on a 0.6" forecast) overnight. We'll see how that clears by Monday night when I have rehearsal in Ypsi.
I found and bought an industrial drill press off Marketplace. It was listed as having issues, but the only thing I needed to do to get it working was to replace the control transformer and rewire the motor, it had been wired incorrectly for 120, I rewired it for 240. It's OK as is though it's kind of noisy. I sort of suspect a bad bearing somewhere. There's a knocking that could be a bearing under side load.
I guess Capricon happened since last update. That was nice, my goal at conventions is to catch up and visit with friends and that happened.
I've decided to slack off on the gym a bit, or at least not sweat it if I have something else to do or the weather is bad. I'm making progress there but no need to go crazy.
Planning is proceeding for the Isle Royale trip. There's not THAT much planning to do, just bring a sleep system and food and a way to prepare the food. And of course book passage to and from.
I also have a couple of things I'd like to build for the event afterwards, neither of them terribly difficult, I just need to get going on it but probably not until there's decent weather. One of them is probably a one day build, the other 3 or 4 days. Still, better to finish early.
I found and bought an industrial drill press off Marketplace. It was listed as having issues, but the only thing I needed to do to get it working was to replace the control transformer and rewire the motor, it had been wired incorrectly for 120, I rewired it for 240. It's OK as is though it's kind of noisy. I sort of suspect a bad bearing somewhere. There's a knocking that could be a bearing under side load.
I guess Capricon happened since last update. That was nice, my goal at conventions is to catch up and visit with friends and that happened.
I've decided to slack off on the gym a bit, or at least not sweat it if I have something else to do or the weather is bad. I'm making progress there but no need to go crazy.
Planning is proceeding for the Isle Royale trip. There's not THAT much planning to do, just bring a sleep system and food and a way to prepare the food. And of course book passage to and from.
I also have a couple of things I'd like to build for the event afterwards, neither of them terribly difficult, I just need to get going on it but probably not until there's decent weather. One of them is probably a one day build, the other 3 or 4 days. Still, better to finish early.
