Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

So then........no?

I feel like the answer here is no.

I'm just pissed off that I can't sand my horrible polyurethane job yet. It's not totally dry and it just gums up the sandpaper.

Got horrible orange peel because I used a roller and didn't thin the polyurethane.

I like typing polyurethane because it's a big word and makes me feel smart.

 

[ironpony]

 

[Duck]

WTF was that?

 

[gearjammer]

if it is humidity you are worrying about there is this appliance that is called a dehumidifier, works great in alleviating the problem you are experiencing!!

 

[ironpony]

WTF was that?

I have no effin' idea.



There's a scene in Avatar where 'Jake' is told to show up at 0800 and "use big words."

That's what popped up.

 

[Duck]

I have no effin' idea.



There's a scene in Avatar where 'Jake' is told to show up at 0800 and "use big words."

That's what popped up.

I wonder if the Na'vi are related to the Smurfs. Kinda like how house cats are related to tigers.

 

[Blood]

Twice now in my life I have been wrong...

Apology accepted...
PRINK!

 

[Tazz]

Apology accepted...
PRINK!

You were involved in neither the A/C debate, or eraser debacle so pipe down.

 

[Keendriver]

You were involved in neither the A/C debate, or eraser debacle so pipe down.

Sounds like it woulda been better if you hadn't been involved in the A/C debate.

 

[Duck]

Can't find my long 1/4" drill bit, too lazy to go buy another one.

I have miles of 1/4 threaded rod lying around..

Turn it orange with torch, hammer it to widen it like the head of a flathead screwdriver, rapid-cool it in water, and grind it to a point while keeping it cool with water.



No spiral cut required, it'll drill through wood just fine.

 

[Hammer166]

I've made up some redneck tools before, like a paint stirrer from all-thread and a junction box cover, but

 

[GAnthony]

I've made up some redneck tools before, like a paint stirrer from all-thread and a junction box cover, but

let's just agree, should there be a vampire or zombie attack in his town, he'd be able to quickly defend his family.

well, at least as fast as can be, if he don't gotta go to maynerds first.....!!!!!!

 

[Duck]

I've made up some redneck tools before, like a paint stirrer from all-thread and a junction box cover, but

But what? It drills very well through wood. Doesn't even splinter the wood on the way out the other side.

For a paint stirrer all you need is a skinny rod bent in an L, chucked up in a drill. I've taken arc welding rods and slapped them against the side of my oxygen bottle to chip off the flux.

 

[ironpony]

I've made up some redneck tools before, like a paint stirrer from all-thread and a junction box cover, but

For a paint stirrer all you need is a skinny rod bent in an L

For a paint stirrer, all you need is a stick.

Redneck waveguide tool: an inch or two length of 9/64's inch Allen key welded to the cut off end of a 12" skinny screwdriver.

Redneck RF leak detector: take the curved cover of a Target Intercept Computer, and wave it around the receiver waveguide assembly. If ya gots a leak, test targets will strengthen and fade as you wave it around.

Redneck troublesome transmitter eliminator: A hammer.



Whack the thing dead center, and it'll crack one of the PCB filled transformer cases.

US Redneck Air Force

 

[Duck]

 

[Hammer166]

For a paint stirrer all you need is a skinny rod bent in an L, chucked up in a drill. I've taken arc welding rods and slapped them against the side of my oxygen bottle to chip off the flux.

I should have specified that the stirrer was for Slip Plate, a graphite paint. The graphite tends to settle in the bottom and harden (think packed sand,) and takes forever to get mixed up with rod-type stirrer. The higher volume moved by the custom stirrer made short work of it. 2 minutes vs 10 minutes.

 

[Duck]

Well this thing is done. Not sure how I'll connect it to the back of the other raft yet. I don't plan on 24 feet being the permanent length (three inline) and don't want to drill holes to accommodate that configuration.



Three sheets of 2" polystyrene.

4x8=32 divided in half cuz it's only half a foot thick, 16 cubic feet.


So 62.42 x 16 = 998 lbs.

So that 4x8 raft has half a ton of buoyancy. Give or take... More in salt water, less in muddy water.

And its only capable of drafting 6-1/8". The foam plus the luaun on the bottom.

Connect three inline like I'm planning and I can literally carry almost 3000 lbs down a shallow river.

If it's loaded so it's evenly balanced.

 

[ironpony]

If it's loaded so it's evenly balanced.

And if it's loaded with all the drunken fatazz raftabargers hootin' 'n a hollerin' on one side??

Don't fergit, all that far has a a whole way 'o keepin' in motion!

 

[Hammer166]

Well this thing is done. Not sure how I'll connect it to the back of the other raft yet. I don't plan on 24 feet being the permanent length (three inline) and don't want to drill holes to accommodate that configuration.

Put boxed brackets at the outboard corners. You can even rig up swing bolts with wing nuts so you don't have to worry about losing hardware. That will keep the load to the outer frame members and allow the butted ends to act as a crossmember.

 

[Tazz]

With rivers running that high up there are you postponing the trip?