Even as the machinist making the part i need the spec as well. Just telling me "put a knurl" on it does not tell me much. What kind of knurl? How tight of a knurl? It is like saying put threads on this. 

 

True, I didn't think that through before sending did I?

Frosty The Lucky.

I replaced the old smoke detectors in the house. My Lord i can not believe how much they cost. Almost $200 for 4 of them. Although they do have 10 year lithium ion batteries, self test once a month, and most importantly you can cancel "nuisance" alarms.  No more fanning the dish towel when cooking. 

My daughter is visiting us from Santa Rosa, CA.  She loves raw oysters.  We ate some humungous Louisiana oysters on saltines with Louisiana Hot Sauce.  Delicious!

I used my homemade Damascus oyster knife.  I've been shucking and eating raw oysters for about 50 years, and I've used many store-bought knives over the years.  They're either too wide and blunt to get in there or too sharp and narrow that they're scary to use.

I have to say that mine is pretty close to perfect, IMHO, and the wide flat handle lets me get a lot of leverage to pop open those big, stubborn monster oysters with ease.  It's satisfying to use.

Nice blade, sounds like it was made by someone who knows what he's doing. 

I've never eaten an oyster I liked except the breaded deep fried ones and they were okay. . .  mostly.

That's taste for you, I LIKE muktuk IF the whale and seal oil are fresh. Frozen and or canned aren't much more than survival food if I'm hungry enough. 

Frosty The Lucky.

Thanks! 

Hopefully it wasn't just a "one-off" anomaly.  I made that one with just a hammer, anvil, and coal forge. I felt more in control than I did today. 

Control is an illusion, learn to negotiate with all the variables in real time.

Frosty The Lucky.

12 hours ago, Frosty said:

Control is an illusion, learn to negotiate with all the variables in real time.

Frosty The Lucky.

Frosty The Philosopher!   

A wise man once said, "first, make the things you need to make in order to make the things you want to make."

Dang.  That's good.  I'm going to keep that one!

May i suggest another for the book of sayings:

Take the time to do it right or you will take the time to do it twice. 

The version I like:  If you have time to do it twice, you have time to do it right. 

I remodel kitchens for a living, and the last thing I want is to be called back to a customer's house to correct something.  Ain't nobody got time for that! 

I'm no philosopher, I just pay attention.

"The Notebooks of Lazarus Long," by R.A. Heinlein has a number of corollaries to Murphey's 90-10 rule and there must be dozens attributed to Murphey too. It's funny how both books keep growing after the authors have passed.

By all means, keep your version of the, "make the tools to make the tools to do the job," saying it's been out of copyright for thousands of years, long before Tubal Cain I imagine. 

It's what backsmiths do.

Frosty The Lucky.

These are the only oysters I like.

Golden Oyster mushrooms I'm growing outside, right now.

Nice!

I was so busy doing this under-sink pullout upgrade yesterday that I forgot to run get the chocolate and flowers.  Wifey didn't mind and loved what I did.  It was a disorganized disaster before.

I accumulate dovetail drawers for one reason or another and try to use them in the house or the workshop.  I just cut them down to the new size I need and dowel (or Domino) the ex-dovetail joint.

I've thought about doing something similar under the sink. But it looks like the drain would get in the way.

I've been spending more time inside lately. My body doesn't seem to be tolerating the cold like it used to. I'm quite eager for 35+F° temps to return so I can work on outside projects. My anxiety is getting excessive from being inside so much and not moving around. Yesterday, my body was stuck in fight or flight mode all freaking day long. It was exhausting. I finally got the grand idea to do some sketching because I heard somewhere that as long as you're creating something, your brain doesn't have the capacity to freak out. It's true in my case. So here's what I did last night, lol, the lamp on the wall casting its shadow and some shuttlecocks (which happen to be a popular pair of sculpture at a local art museum).

 

3 hours ago, lary said:

I've thought about doing something similar under the sink. But it looks like the drain would get in the way.

I had to do a notch around the P-trap on the top pullout.  Both of these are 18" deep, so they don't interfere with supply lines, valves, etc.

 

I have been wanting to replace our cabinets with pull out cabinets. Imagine kind of a drawer on its side. Rather than a door the whole cabinet pulls out. The wife though is not to keen on the idea. 

Shainaru, i sued to draw all the time. And i would draw things like that when i had an idea block. I drew a mirror once on a white wall, the focus of the drawing was the world inside the mirror. Another fun one for me was to find a magazine and pick out a photo. Then rip the photo in half, glue to a page in my sketch book and draw the part i threw away. Back when i got out high school i had submitted my work and was accepted to an art institute in Florida, alas i chose to join the Army instead. 

A couple more sayings from Papa:

"opening the mouth closes the ears" = shut up and listen.

Along the same lines "There is a reason you have 2 eyes, 2 ears, but only one mouth" 

Thanks for the pic of your solution to straddle the drain Melted, looks like you racked up a goodly number of Husband Points for that job!

Great drawings Shaina & thanks for the encouragement to do it! I need to pull myself away from my CAD-habit & get back to the enjoyable freedom of sketching.

You had a wise Papa Billy!

--Larry

That magazine trick is a great idea Billy! I'll have to keep a few pieces of junk mail next to the recliner for just that purpose. 

I wonder who was the first one too crack open an oyster and say this looks real  good to eat?

Seldom

Not all new things are good and not all old things are bad.

5 minutes ago, seldom (dick renker) said:

I wonder who was the first one too crack open an oyster and say this looks real  good to eat?

It really IS your loss if you won't eat them.  They're so delicious.  Have you ever eaten "mountain oysters," chit'lins , or escargot? Same.

I think the "seldom" in your signature changed my interpretation of what you were saying.  It's like, who is the first person to kick over a log and want to eat the snails (in a butter, garlic, shallot, and parsley mixture).  I hear you! 

2 hours ago, LarryFahnoe said:

looks like you racked up a goodly number of Husband Points for that job!

I also do all the cooking, practically, while wifey goes to the gym in the evenings.  Who's complaining?  Not me! 

  Hey, give corn smut a try.  Some find it tasty.  As far as chit'lins, we used to eat misc hog parts in the slaughter house I worked in after high school.  The boiling sterilizing tanks for the various cutting apparatus made cooking it easy.  

Shaina,  I particularly like the sketch of the wall sconce.

I have noticed that as I've gotten older (although I have probably 30+ years on you) that I'm more sensitive to the cold.  I have to put on hats and gloves sooner than I used to and have to wear a heavier coat.  I am glad that I have a salamander propane heater in my shop.  It has not had a problem bringing it up to a comfortable working temperature when it is in the 20s outside but it kind of struggles when it is in the single digits or lower.

You need some kind of "maker" activity for inside when it is too cold to go out to the shop besides drawing.  Cooking? Fiber stuff? Wood carving?

G

"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces" = Cabin fever.  Partial quote -  Arthur Conan Doyle