Looks good Ken! 

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Dave, another easy idea. Go to HD, buy unistrut or that angle iron with holes already in it (they use it for garage door opener mounts) & buy some nuts to fit ubolts. Drill holes in unistrut for one side of ubolt then push it thru & nut on top & bottom. Fasten unistrut to wall, same idea with angle with holes in it.

That’s not a bad idea.   Only downside I see is it’s nuts n bolts vs me playing with the welder that’s been in my garage for six months.


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I like strength & if that welder has been sitting for six months the nuts might be stronger than your welding abilities? Maybe not too but just a thought.....

I usually reference metalsdeopt for material sizes.  I find I can generally find steel about 25% less then there listed prices.

Also see if there is a Metal Supermarket near you Dave, they normally beat metalsdepot for me on pricing & no shipping no costs.

Charles, a friend of mine had them in his back yard, left town and I bought them. From an old cotton gin... some are pretty rough,. But 32-36' long

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Is this another bay for more employees? 

Norm's if he still has it is a 2015 and mine is a 2016 so I don't think so, thanks for the heads up though

Quick question, what did u break on the green tool today?

Shiny new parts 

Looks like a solid setup, very nice.

Nate, I like that. May have to buy one for Baylee’s Jeep, we need to assemble a tool kit to keep in it.

https://www.gadsdendynamics.com/products/rig-builder

Reminds me of H, wide hips and a whole bunch in the middle.

FIFY

OK, so this sitting here and no action in my way on my bench was starting to annoy me. So today I clamped the truss in place and leveled up the passengers side only. You start on this side and get the 4 pieces underneath in place first.





Then I tacked all of it on the outside first both sides.





The housing was next, no preheat or special precautions (it's a tack if it breaks or cracks tack it again which I did in one spot).





So I let that cool for ten minutes and referenced the instructions. I then located the tab and bracket that get slipped under the top piece on drivers side. Note I did not weld the top piece in place at this point it is merely for keeping things aligned.

Now we have a problem, apparently this gusset on the pinion side of the housing needs clearance to allow a bracket to slip into place.





For reference I marked the casting gusset with a chalk stick



I then started by drilling a roughly 3/8" hole in the back corner. I try to drill holes in the corners whenever possible. Reason being it is harder for a crack to start in a rounded corner versus a 90 degree straight inside corner.



I cleaned it up with a cutoff wheel to each side of the hole in a 90 degree fashion (sorry forgot to grab pic of it)

So here is the bracket now clearance and fitting





Bracket and tab in under the top plate drivers side.



For being some KY windage I sure did drill that vent hole in the right spot  doesn't get much better than that......



Then I had to clean up to go to an 8th grade track meet, Shelby my middle daughter is neck and neck with another girl for fastest 100M sprinter. She came home the other night after beating her at practice and claims "I'm the fastest girl in school!" To which my reply went so was your aunt............   different subject though! 

 

With 60 weeks left of work, I started the “purge” tossing stuff from my desk from mid 90’s - came across the funny files and had a few good laughs! 

Now at 7th graders track practice - I think they’re learning the triple jump in the rain!

So the big question is will you stay there in IL for retirement or relocate somewhere else?

Oh please don’t make the mistake that this person in the photo is me Ken.   


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It’s not you Dave?

Well, if we start down that slippery slope Don then we would have to change the name on your thread to include something about extreme equipment testing or carnage or destroyer of worlds, you know something along those lines. 

I agree whole heartedly with your position Bear. Couple background things, first if she had not had some first hand experience with this culture (she did at age 10 when we moved here into apartments in north Denver) & had I not already explained (what I felt appropriate for her age) then I might be less likely to intercede. I agree the teacher & administration are most likely ignorant of the subject. When have you ever heard “man love Thursday” on msm? The majority of the public have no clue, that goes for female genital mutilation as well even though it has become a larger problem right here in the US.

So there’s that angle I am looking at and then the aspect of her flat out stating her faith. Of my three she or her oldest sister Baylee have always been the most grounded in their faith. There is no question in her heart about Jesus. So when she states to me I have no need to delve into that other religion then I respect her decision. 

Well, I was hoping I didn’t have to go down the rabbit hole that far..... you never know though

Ok, so she came home today and we discussed her options. I see two, first being she can opt out of it and have to take another assignment (writing a paper or something). The second option I gave her was to inform her better on what Islam is & isn’t and let her annoy the teacher to death with questions or statements. Apparently the teacher regurgitated some crap about Islam being the religion of peace. So Sam stated she just wanted the first option, she didn’t care about these other religions and saw no need to digest that crap.

So tomorrow I get to go visit the school office (I’m good in this regard as I spent way too many hours there during my education) & opt her out of this nonsense. Depending on how it goes I may question them on their logic of having this a part of the curriculum too. I am well versed enough on this crap stain of a religion to make some liberal very uncomfortable if need be.

So Samantha my 13 year old just sent me an email telling me they were being taught in school about the top 5 religions. She asked if I could opt her out as she does not care to read the Koran.

So I’ll update this post as it progresses however my reply went something like this.

“Sure, what do I need to do? Also for starters Islam is not a religion but a political ideology for the record.”

This ought to go well.......

They are horrible.

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I'm going to see them this summer up in Cheyenne........ 

Where is am not my own boss ( looking into my options to become) I can’t write them off.  However the new boss might be up to helping out with mechanical issues. However he won’t for the superficial stuff like my paint.   

http://www.johnwatsonchevrolet.com/VehicleDetails/used-2011-Chevrolet-Silverado_2500HD-Crew_Cab_Standard_Box_4_Wheel_Drive_LT-Ogden-UT/3181771273


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Dave, start a business. “Dave’s Framing” do “some” side jobs and write the stuff off. If your intention is to start a business eventually do it now. Start small, crawl before you walk.......

Dave, didn’t you just put a bunch of money in the transmission etc? Other than the paint the rest of that stuff isn’t too hard to replace.

When I had my 2000 dually painted I had it done in sections. Such as one time it went in and had one of the fiberglass fenders repaired & the tailgate. Another time it went in & had the hood refinished. I did it as I made money to have the work done. I owned the truck outright and the drivetrain was solid, so the rest was little stuff.

Is it ready yet? 

Ken forgot to disclose H was riding shotgun....

That truck is a good 10k.  They're 7800 stock iirc.