So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Insanity]

Went to the VA in Columbus for a appt. If I may swing by bakers today for some old metal breech 880 for my friends dad.

[Lt. Dan]

After Barry dumped 9 1/4" of rain last week we had an invasion of ants in our house.  Today I bought some borax and mixed it with sugar, corn syrup and warm water. I save mayo jar lids so I used them as bait holders. I placed the borax mixture in 7 of them and placed them around the perimeter of the house. This afternoon they were "black" with ants. Now the wait begins.

[Mole2017]

The house AC decided not to cool at all yesterday. Investigation found the capacitor had died. Stopped at three places this morning to find a replacement and now we're back in modern air conditioned living. This AC is ancient and I almost shudder at the thought of replacing it. I say almost, because if it did kick the bucket I'd just buy another one or two window units, set them up and think about my options. I don't relish telling someone to get lost if they try to quote me a 5 ton unit for a house that might do fine with 1.5 tons, so there may some DIY in the future here.

When I built the addition, I buried 1200 feet of 1" poly pipe under the dirt I displaced in anticipation of a chance to try out a ground sourced heat pump scheme. The pipe only cost me $300 at the time--I was already moving the dirt. I laid it out in four parallel independent circuits of about 300 feet each and figured it might just be enough to do the job. Of course, at the time, I was reading about ice storage air condition systems too...

We don't make the house an ice box like some do, but when the lying thermostat says its 82 degrees in the house, it is a little warm--sweat after a meal or when trying to get dressed for something special. This thermostat always reads high, so normal programming is 78 degrees. Any lower it would feel too cool in the house.

[Tommyzgunz]

Shot groups with a .22 rimfire instead lol. I picked up a nice little .22 rifle on sale this past weekend from bass pro and needed to check groups and zero that one in as well. That's going to be my "when it's too cold and too windy for airgun" small game gun this year . I'm sure a bunch of guys here don't believe it's ever too cold or windy for airguns but sometimes I really want to stretch out some shots.

[bantam5s]

I Bought a Buck 673 off their web specials page a few weeks back and have been patiently ( yeah right I'm never patient ) waiting for the piece of American black walnut I ordered to arrive.

Out of the box


And here's where I'm currently at with the rehandle.


After I finish the handle it'll just be time to make a left handed leather sheath for it.

[oldnamvet]

Heat was too much for me today.  I quit after only an hour of cutting, splitting, and stacking firewood. Spent the rest of the day cutting mortises for my latest outdoor bench project.

[Lt. Dan]

I Bought a Buck 673 off their web specials page a few weeks back and have been patiently ( yeah right I'm never patient ) waiting for the piece of American black walnut I ordered to arrive.

Out of the box


And here's where I'm currently at with the rehandle.


After I finish the handle it'll just be time to make a left handed leather sheath for it.

Nice. I just like the look of wood, on my rifles and my knives. Lookin' good.

[Lt. Dan]

Heat was too much for me today.  I quit after only an hour of cutting, splitting, and stacking firewood. Spent the rest of the day cutting mortises for my latest outdoor bench project.

You should take a picture of your mountain of split and stacked wood.

[wolverine]

I could use a lefthanded sheath.  How difficult is it to make?

[bantam5s]

I could use a lefthanded sheath.  How difficult is it to make?

Well making a functional sheath that doesn't look too sloppy is fairly easy, making something beautiful is a something that takes some real skill.
My sheaths are functional and basic while sometimes looking decent , but i tell ya it takes having a go at it yourself to truly appreciate some finely crafted leather goods.

To make a functional sheath all you really need is some leather a sharp knife, and awl and a stout needle and some waxed thread.
However if you want to make achieving cleaner results you can use a caliper to mark your stitch line and a fork to mark out your evenly spaced holes.
And of course a belt sander to clean up all your edges.

[oldnamvet]

And make one using paper first to get the pattern right before cutting into any leather.

[Rico14]

The house AC decided not to cool at all yesterday. Investigation found the capacitor had died. Stopped at three places this morning to find a replacement and now we're back in modern air conditioned living. This AC is ancient and I almost shudder at the thought of replacing it. I say almost, because if it did kick the bucket I'd just buy another one or two window units, set them up and think about my options. I don't relish telling someone to get lost if they try to quote me a 5 ton unit for a house that might do fine with 1.5 tons, so there may some DIY in the future here.

When I built the addition, I buried 1200 feet of 1" poly pipe under the dirt I displaced in anticipation of a chance to try out a ground sourced heat pump scheme. The pipe only cost me $300 at the time--I was already moving the dirt. I laid it out in four parallel independent circuits of about 300 feet each and figured it might just be enough to do the job. Of course, at the time, I was reading about ice storage air condition systems too...

We don't make the house an ice box like some do, but when the lying thermostat says its 82 degrees in the house, it is a little warm--sweat after a meal or when trying to get dressed for something special. This thermostat always reads high, so normal programming is 78 degrees. Any lower it would feel too cool in the house.

One of my units did the same thing last Saturday. Checked and the capacitor was bad. The two parts stores were closed on Weekends. Lookedn on Amazon and they had it for $13 sand ! day delivery. Back up and running on Sunday. We're both lucky it was just the capacitor that went bad.

[bantam5s]

And make one using paper first to get the pattern right before cutting into any leather.

Paper, or card stock, or better yet a piece of a cereal box.

[bantam5s]

I had a little scrap of black walnut left over from that knife handle and the 1/8" brass rod i bought I could only get in 3ft lengths so I made this little guy.


So far the best spin I've gotten is 55 seconds, that's not bad for a little guy like this made with a file and drill press.

[bReTt]

I actually did do something airgun related but I did lots not related to airguns too.

I opened the new bathroom fan box today and studied the instructions to see if there was anything “special” in there that indeed to be aware of BEFORE I start to install it.  Tomorrow I’ll pop in a roof vent for it first then progress from there. 

My wife and I headed out this morning to do our bi-weekly BIG grocery shopping 🛒.  Came home and we got it all stashed away to consume over the next couple weeks. 

Now I’m on standby at work just passing time surfing the web all while wishing that I was allowed to have a shooting range here at work to pass the time.  Oh well, it’s still a great job even if there isn’t a shooting range on site.  Ha ha!

[avator]

Went back to work after lunch and got feeling real bad... Decided to come home and lay down. Just got back up a few minutes ago and I feel much better.

[Unk]

Went back to work after lunch and got feeling real bad... Decided to come home and lay down. Just got back up a few minutes ago and I feel much better.

Bill,

I’m glad the rest perked you back up ! Don’t get down in this heat brother ! It’s not worth it .

[Lt. Dan]

Cut my 4 acre yard tonight.  I really like these LED lights. It's really nice temperature wise cutting grass at 9:00pm.

[avator]

Went back to work after lunch and got feeling real bad... Decided to come home and lay down. Just got back up a few minutes ago and I feel much better.

Bill,

I’m glad the rest perked you back up ! Don’t get down in this heat brother ! It’s not worth it .

Thanks Eric.... I'm fine, just a little run down. Finished all my work in the morning and had nothing left to occupy my mind at work.

[Lt. Dan]

My summer vacation is over. I go back to work Monday,  but of course someone has to prepare for the return of the 200 day employees on Monday,  and that would be me. Worked about 4 hours yesterday and today.  Officially Monday is wes hen we return.