Random pic thread.

[RatLabGuy]

Bought oil at Wally today. Thought I'd found a Deal. Bought this 12 Qt. box, since many Chevy's now hold 8 qt.s. Had no idea, it wasn't 12 Bottles! Read more details, & figured out, it's a Bag, holding 12 qt.! It does have a spigot on it, but it's cumbersome to use! I just poured about 3 qt. in my old 5qt. jug, & re-poured out of it. Probably Won't do this again.

So they took a lesson from wine in a box.
Pretty clever, really

 

[Chris_Keziah]

Who the fund is @jodown?

@Joe J.

Blame the new format, I clicked it so it would tag him :shurg: not sure what happened

 

[Fabrik8]

So they took a lesson from wine in a box.
Pretty clever, really

Cooking oil has come in boxes in for a long time, for fryers and stuff. Also buckets and mini-drums, like motor oil and trans fluid.

 

[Wes]

Hadn’t driven the jeep in about 2 weeks. Went to fire it up today and my driver’s seat is covered in sunflower seeds and mouse dook. Little bastards. Bad part is that it’s in the garage, so I’ve got one in the garage/house somewhere.

 

[GotWood]

Bought oil at Wally today. Thought I'd found a Deal. Bought this 12 Qt. box, since many Chevy's now hold 8 qt.s. Had no idea, it wasn't 12 Bottles! Read more details, & figured out, it's a Bag, holding 12 qt.! It does have a spigot on it, but it's cumbersome to use! I just poured about 3 qt. in my old 5qt. jug, & re-poured out of it. Probably Won't do this again.

There is a similar 6qt box I buy for the XJ. Easy.

 

[skyhighZJ]

Hadn’t driven the jeep in about 2 weeks. Went to fire it up today and my driver’s seat is covered in sunflower seeds and mouse dook. Little bastards. Bad part is that it’s in the garage, so I’ve got one in the garage/house somewhere.
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[XJsavage]

Picked up some new beer signage to go around the house. Bought it from a gas station for $5.

 

[ghost]

Adding a trailer and a trough to things found in the woods here in Camden.

 

[orange150]

Woulda been fun to find with the bush hog.

 

[Pless]

Adding a trailer and a trough to thinks found in the woods here in Camden.
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I may be wrong but isn't that the base to an old outhouse?

 

[XJsavage]

I may be wrong but isn't that the base to an old outhouse?

If that's the same structure I looked at, it's only 3'x7'. Not impossible but who knows.

 

[ghost]

I may be wrong but isn't that the base to an old outhouse?

If that's the same structure I looked at, it's only 3'x7'. Not impossible but who knows.

Yes same thing you saw @XJsavage I think it was a spring box. There was an artisan well not far from it and it has all kind of wire fencing I've found around it. I think it was the spring box for a live stock pen.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Day 12 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
Low key day. Finished a few details on the built in cabinet. Got all the trim on. Took some off and redid it. Apparently a 16 gauge 2.5" finish nail will pull the head THRU 3/4" lauan instead of pulling out of the 1x2 pine. No pics of that, but here's a cute kid.

Also spent a few hours analyzing and tweaking on the dump bed layout and got it finalized.

Made some huge venison burgers for lunch. Topped em with sautéed onions and mozzarella. They were fantastic.

They were a bit on the rare said, but that didn't slow me down

Wrapped the day up with some "train"ing for the 5 year old.

Can't believe we've had this train set for a couple years and we never thought to use the powered train to knock stuff off the tracks.

 

[RatLabGuy]

Day 12 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
Low key day. Finished a few details on the built in cabinet. Got all the trim on. Took some off and redid it. Apparently a 16 gauge 2.5" finish nail will pull the head THRU 3/4" lauan instead of pulling out of the 1x2 pine. No pics of that, but here's a cute kid.
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Also spent a few hours analyzing and tweaking on the dump bed layout and got it finalized.

Made some huge venison burgers for lunch. Topped em with sautéed onions and mozzarella. They were fantastic. View attachment 334873
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They were a bit on the rare said, but that didn't slow me down
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Wrapped the day up with some "train"ing for the 5 year old.
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Can believe we've had this train set for a couple years and we never thought to use the powered train to knock stuff off the tracks.

Wait are you cooking with cast iron on a glass top stove?
I thought that was a huge nono.

(I also haven't shopped for one of those in a decade, whenever the topic comes up my wife mentions the cast thing)

 

[jeepinmatt]

Day 13 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
The end of an era
Tended to the children while the wife did some painting. When naptime came along, little one didn't want to cooperate. He insisted on taking everything off the bed, and wouldn't sleep in the bed. So I decided to beat him at his own game. If he wants to put everything in the floor, he can sleep in the floor. He's a cuddle monster anyway, so I laid down for 5 minutes, he snuggled up against me, and he was out!

The figured I'd finish off the weekend and vacation with another pair of venison burgers. This time I snatched a prep pic and a better finished product pic.

Wife got the cabinet painted and back together.

Still gotta build some doors to finish it out. And do the other one on the other side of the fireplace. Should make a good project for 2021 Christmas Vacation (Don't tell my wife I said that)

Circling back around to the shop, now that I had everything laid out for the dump conversion, it was time to start cutting.
Put all new consumables on the plasma for the first time since I've owned it, and was stoked to use it. Went over to the welder and to grab my gloves and helmet, and got a little surprise...

Have I told you how much I f'n hate mice?!?!?! Little bastards built a dang NEST in my helmet. I didn't think to shoot a picture for the internet because I instantly grabbed it and threw it in the woodstove out of frustration!


As frustrating as that was, there was no need to dwell on it, so I decided to take my frustration out on the task at hand instead. First thing to do was cut off the entire hitch assembly. I don't want a hitch that rotates. I tell you what though, that first cut was tough to make on a brand new hi dolla bed

Plasma cut well and everything came off just like I hoped.

Next task was to modify the brackets that came with the kit to work right with how I wanted to lay things out. They are 1/2" plate, so there should still be plenty of beef

Honestly this was the ONE THING I wanted to get done on my two weeks off, and I didn't really even make any progress until the final few hours. I guess that makes sense. In college, I was the guy who would start on a 20 page paper at midnight the night before it was due for an 8am class. Master procrastinators are really just extremely efficient. Why waste time starting early when you can wait until the last minute

 

[jeepinmatt]

Wait are you cooking with cast iron on a glass top stove?
I thought that was a huge nono.

(I also haven't shopped for one of those in a decade, whenever the topic comes up my wife mentions the cast thing)

Absolutely. Been doing that for 10+ years. I'm sure you can find a way to scratch it if you drag the pan around with grit on the bottom, but ours hasn't scratched and cooks just fine. Only thing to be attentive to is if your pan isn't flat, you'll get a hotspot at the contact point. This is true of any pan on a glass top though.

 

[tlucier]

Day 12 of my 13 days of Christmas (vacation):
Low key day. Finished a few details on the built in cabinet. Got all the trim on. Took some off and redid it. Apparently a 16 gauge 2.5" finish nail will pull the head THRU 3/4" lauan instead of pulling out of the 1x2 pine. No pics of that, but here's a cute kid.
View attachment 334872

Also spent a few hours analyzing and tweaking on the dump bed layout and got it finalized.

Made some huge venison burgers for lunch. Topped em with sautéed onions and mozzarella. They were fantastic. View attachment 334873
View attachment 334874

They were a bit on the rare said, but that didn't slow me down
View attachment 334875

Wrapped the day up with some "train"ing for the 5 year old.
View attachment 334876

Can believe we've had this train set for a couple years and we never thought to use the powered train to knock stuff off the tracks.

Where can I get a pair of those shark shoes like the cowboy is wearing?

 

[Ron]

Absolutely. Been doing that for 10+ years. I'm sure you can find a way to scratch it if you drag the pan around with grit on the bottom, but ours hasn't scratched and cooks just fine. Only thing to be attentive to is if your pan isn't flat, you'll get a hotspot at the contact point. This is true of any pan on a glass top though.

+1 glass top and cast iron here never an issue.
Ive heard horror stoires but never had an issue personally

 

[77GreenMachine]

Absolutely. Been doing that for 10+ years. I'm sure you can find a way to scratch it if you drag the pan around with grit on the bottom, but ours hasn't scratched and cooks just fine. Only thing to be attentive to is if your pan isn't flat, you'll get a hotspot at the contact point. This is true of any pan on a glass top though.

Same here. I use my cast iron pan nearly daily. Never heard I wasn’t supposed to??

 

[Fabrik8]

Induction ranges are also used with cast iron all the time, and almost all have glass tops (including the countertop single-burner units that commercial kitchens often use). Induction doesn't care about surface contact hotspots, because induction, and cast iron is pretty much perfect for induction coupling (see also: iron transformer cores).

But yeah, it's all about not sliding it around a lot, and not dropping it, that's it. Just common sense stuff.

 

[jeepinmatt]

First thing to do was cut off the entire hitch assembly. I don't want a hitch that rotates. I tell you what though, that first cut was tough to make on a brand new hi dolla bed

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Plasma cut well and everything came off just like I hoped.

Next task was to modify the brackets that came with the kit to work right with how I wanted to lay things out. They are 1/2" plate, so there should still be plenty of beef
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To complete the thought here, the hitch will be welded directly to the bottom of the frame brackets. It will inset about 2" and drop down about 1.5", which will still keep it a decent distance off the ground and useable, but also eliminate any swing issues with the dump bed.

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

Absolutely. Been doing that for 10+ years. I'm sure you can find a way to scratch it if you drag the pan around with grit on the bottom, but ours hasn't scratched and cooks just fine. Only thing to be attentive to is if your pan isn't flat, you'll get a hotspot at the contact point. This is true of any pan on a glass top though.

I also use it often. As Matt mentioned, you need to use pan/pots that are smooth and flat on the bottom. Some have texture to them, and have heard they can hotspot and crack the glass. I have a diffuser in a cabinet somewhere, incase I needed to put it between one, but havent needed it.

 

[paradisePWoffrd]

To complete the thought here, the hitch will be welded directly to the bottom of the frame brackets. It will inset about 2" and drop down about 1.5", which will still keep it a decent distance off the ground and useable, but also eliminate any swing issues with the dump bed.

I was trying to find the rotation piece of the hitch in the pictures. Then remembered that you are dumping also. DUH!

 

[Atla]

Man... those venison burgers look SOOO good.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I was trying to find the rotation piece of the hitch in the pictures. Then remembered that you are dumping also. DUH!

So I just had an epiphany. If I leave the hitch connected to the dump, I can raise the dump bed, use the backup camera to line up, go under the trailer, then lower the dump bed. Never even have to touch the trailer jack But stability and anti-sway will trump convenience in this case.