Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

Wasn't Ralph Nader openly communist and went and lived in the Soviet Union for a while and once reflected on standing in the bread lines as a good thing because it gives you time to "get philosophical"?

Or was that Noam Chomsky?

All I remember is it was one of those two.

 

[Duck]

I got the best quality pine lumber for this raft. Twice the price of the regular crap that was warped and full of knots.

I just noticed it's imported from New Zealand.

So this raft will be named "The Kiwi Express".


I forgot what I named the other two rafts.

 

[Hammer166]

Gas jockies killed the Corvair... seriously.

A rear engine car requires a significant bias in F/R air pressures to maintain handling stability. And while those pressures were published in the owners manual and tire data plate, the gas jockies would do just like they did every other car, and balance the pressures. This made for a very ill-handling beast that was very prone to snap oversteer due to mid-corner throttle lifts. Ask anyone who's driven an older 911 about lift throttle oversteer, and you'll see their life flash before their eyes as they remember when it happened to them.

Shit's for real, yo!

 

[InTooDeep]

I had a Covair engine in a sand rail that motor was a beast. Only problem with it was it sure like throwing off the fan belts.

 

[Rigjockey]

Gas jockies killed the Corvair... seriously.

A rear engine car requires a significant bias in F/R air pressures to maintain handling stability. And while those pressures were published in the owners manual and tire data plate, the gas jockies would do just like they did every other car, and balance the pressures. This made for a very ill-handling beast that was very prone to snap oversteer due to mid-corner throttle lifts. Ask anyone who's driven an older 911 about lift throttle oversteer, and you'll see their life flash before their eyes as they remember when it happened to them.

****'s for real, yo!

I have no idea what any of that means, But it gots that picture of that breaking bad feller

 

[Hammer166]

I have no idea what any of that means, But it gots that picture of that breaking bad feller

Jump to the one minute mark

 

[Rigjockey]

Jump to the one minute mark

That is exactly why I don't own a Porsche, Too much over steer.

Do I use this Emoji
Or this Emoji

 

[Keendriver]

This guy's getting away with it....



What??!! No Raidillon?
Pfffttttt

I see why Rush didn't sing about a Yellow Barchetta
Yo Maple Leaf....am I right?
Of course I am.

 

[Hammer166]

That is exactly why I don't own a Porsche, Too much over steer.

Do I use this Emoji
Or this Emoji

We're talking about Porsche, I think this would make a proper emoji:

 

[Duck]

Step 3. Put edge boards on.

Quality 1x4's are OK for edge boards. On a single raft it's fine, on a tandem raft the stress of holding two together is on the connector boards. 2x4s.



Transom has to be a 2x4 and the corner joints have to be strong as hell. Only screws at bottom and center of these joints at this point. Steel corner braces are going on top and I don't want the screws hitting each other inside the transom. There's liquid nails everywhere two pieces are touching. And there's liquid nails under the washers, mainly as a sealant.

Center of transom gets washers and 2" screws. Everywhere else gets screws every 8" plus liquid nails. It seems excessive but this is based on almost 20 years of experience with rowdy drunk people.



Corners of plywood are dog-eared to serve as drains. Water will get on the raft. Guaranteed. Again, because beer.. Gotta have drains or you're stuck with it.

 

[Hammer166]

Isn't that going to be slippery as hell when wet?

 

[Duck]

Isn't that going to be slippery as hell when wet?

Yeah but I'll just put a couple of Bon Jovi songs on the USB drive in the stereo.


I'm going to Walmart to get an air conditioner... The polyurethane won't dry because of the humidity.

 

[Duck]

 

[Hammer166]

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That thing have a dehumidify setting? Because if it's staying 70 in there like you said, you'll have to run the air cooler than that to dry it out in there.

 

[Duck]

That thing have a dehumidify setting? Because if it's staying 70 in there like you said, you'll have to run the air cooler than that to dry it out in there.

The daggone thing started spitting water out the sides, like shooting it out fast. None was dripping out.

I took a flashlight and looked inside through the vents and there was like half a gallon of water inside and no f*ing drain in the unit. The condenser fan was hitting the water and blasting it around all over the place in there.

Got on the inner-net and found out its supposed to do that to help the water evaporate.



I drilled a f*ing drain hole.

 

[Hammer166]

The daggone thing started spitting water out the sides, like shooting it out fast. None was dripping out.

I took a flashlight and looked inside through the vents and there was like half a gallon of water inside and no f*ing drain in the unit. The condenser fan was hitting the water and blasting it around all over the place in there.

Got on the inner-net and found out its supposed to do that to help the water evaporate.



I drilled a f*ing drain hole.

Help to cool the condenser too, I suppose.

 

[Duck]

Help to cool the condenser too, I suppose.

That's what that big fan is for.

I don't want it evaporating that water. I want it to drain into that tub. It's installed in an interior wall on purpose. It won't fit the windows and I ain't cutting a hole in the insulated exterior walls.

Eventually I'm gonna make a little gutter under it to catch and direct the condensate into a garden hose and run it out through one of the gaps in the lower west wall created by the corrogations in the siding.

But I certainly don't want it evaporating and making horrible humidity in the storage area just to remove it from the shop.

 

[Injun]

I went to the junkyard today for research..

This will be my donor vehicle. $400 delivered (using the wheels borrowed from my F-150 which will be on cinder blocks during this procedure I guess)

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It's a 93 with the same 300 6 engine but it's got a 5 speed.

I'll need to pull it's trans and all clutch parts, drive shaft, etc. Then the boneyard will come get it on a flatbed.

Minus $200 if I give them my mom's old locked up (flooded) Camry.

When he's done, it'll look like this:

 

[GAnthony]

The daggone thing started spitting water out the sides, like shooting it out fast. None was dripping out.

I took a flashlight and looked inside through the vents and there was like half a gallon of water inside and no f*ing drain in the unit. The condenser fan was hitting the water and blasting it around all over the place in there.

Got on the inner-net and found out its supposed to do that to help the water evaporate.



I drilled a f*ing drain hole.

that splashing water cools down the unit. all mine do not have drain holes, and i will not drill any. the water evaporates in time.

 

[Duck]

that splashing water cools down the unit. all mine do not have drain holes, and i will not drill any. the water evaporates in time.

In order to reach the fan and splash out, the water has to accumulate quite a bit. It didn't start spitting water until it built up a nice puddle in there..

So it's not all going to evaporate. Not when it's inside a sheltered area and deprived of sunlight.

So mold is a concern as well, not just adding extra humidity to a storage area.

There's a little bit of mold on the shop floor right by the drain for my air compressor.

Well there was, until last week when I sprayed a little bleach on it.