Grinders
It's been a beautiful day on the mountain with temperatures in the 70's, a gentle breeze and sunshine. I spent most the day outside, spreading mulch, planting bedding plants and doing a "spring cleaning" of the outdoor cooking center. I bushed up the Oklahoma Joe and gave it a coat of high-temperature paint. Sidney's metal parts got the same treatment. I even swabbed the tile patio.
The lone indoor job was to rebuild a metal stool that I found at the dump. That involved some metalworking, including grinding, welding and woodworking.
Now, folks, the next time you see the CFO, please tell her I really do need a bench grinder. Right now I have to turn the angle grinder on to continuous, lay it upside down on the workbench and hope for the best. She usually responds to safety issues but I don't want to wear out that card. So, maybe if you could make the point ... well, my birthday is coming up in about a month.
I'm not looking for an industrial strength model. Harbor Freight has a dandy little 6-inch number (Model 90003) for $36.99 and a 8-inch job (Model 90022) for $54.99. Either would be just fine. And, be certain to remind her that there's a Harbor Freight store in Winston-Salem at 2680 Peter's Creek Parkway, next to the Honda dealer. It's a really easy exit from, and return to, I-40. They're open until 7:00 pm except Saturdays and Sundays.
In the interim, I'll try to pay attention to what I'm doing. So far my fingers have always healed back OK whenever I've ground off the ends of 'em. But, it always stings a little bit when the nerve endings figure out what's going on out there.
Now, if the CFO wants to really surprise me with something that I don't have that's not exactly safety related, then there's the Model 38123-1VGA Combination Belt/Disc Sander (also at Harbor Freight).
At $89.99, it might be a little too pricey but when I do grind the ends of my fingers because I don't have a bench grinder, then I could use the sander to round off the stumps before they grow back. That way, at least, they would look more natural and folks would not go around saying, "My gosh, did you see them finger stumps on that poor dude with the long hair and beard?"
The lone indoor job was to rebuild a metal stool that I found at the dump. That involved some metalworking, including grinding, welding and woodworking.
Now, folks, the next time you see the CFO, please tell her I really do need a bench grinder. Right now I have to turn the angle grinder on to continuous, lay it upside down on the workbench and hope for the best. She usually responds to safety issues but I don't want to wear out that card. So, maybe if you could make the point ... well, my birthday is coming up in about a month.
I'm not looking for an industrial strength model. Harbor Freight has a dandy little 6-inch number (Model 90003) for $36.99 and a 8-inch job (Model 90022) for $54.99. Either would be just fine. And, be certain to remind her that there's a Harbor Freight store in Winston-Salem at 2680 Peter's Creek Parkway, next to the Honda dealer. It's a really easy exit from, and return to, I-40. They're open until 7:00 pm except Saturdays and Sundays.
In the interim, I'll try to pay attention to what I'm doing. So far my fingers have always healed back OK whenever I've ground off the ends of 'em. But, it always stings a little bit when the nerve endings figure out what's going on out there.
Now, if the CFO wants to really surprise me with something that I don't have that's not exactly safety related, then there's the Model 38123-1VGA Combination Belt/Disc Sander (also at Harbor Freight).
At $89.99, it might be a little too pricey but when I do grind the ends of my fingers because I don't have a bench grinder, then I could use the sander to round off the stumps before they grow back. That way, at least, they would look more natural and folks would not go around saying, "My gosh, did you see them finger stumps on that poor dude with the long hair and beard?"
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