Yesterday was supposed to be a simple task: wield the eight hangers I made yesterday. They are simple hangers, 6×2 by 1/8, angled at the top with 2 3/8 inch holes to mount to the rafters.
The task for yesterday: dig the I-Beam out of the snow, put it on sawhorses, do a quick prep on the top surface, and then wield the eight hangers at 16 inches on center.
At the start of the day, it was 1° outside and in the machine shop. It got up to almost 20°. My office started at a toasty 50° and was up to nearly 60° by 1000.
Today it will be in the upper 20s, with snow. I’m going to try and make room for the beam in the shop and get this wielded up. If I can get this done, then I’m 90% of the way to completing the hut for the winter.
The following tasks are to install the window with my son’s help, get the rest of the hut insulated. Thats only a few wall bays and the ceiling.
The big issue is that I need to fix the wick on the KW-24 heater.
Wish me luck and I hope you are having a comfortable day.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the snowblower died. I need to replace the carb. This happened just before the skys dumped 8-12 inches of the white evil on us.
I hear there’s a wizard with carbs and small engine repairs living near Nashville. You might know him.
At least is a part worth replacing. My Husqvarna snowblower, with a Chineese made Liquid Combustion Technologies engine had a bent valve and would not start or run at the beginning of a blizzard last year. But my trusty shovel worked. The rest of the story gets ugly fast.
The folks I follow on the tube of you shy away from replacing carbs with inexpensive knockoffs. It seems that the engine will run, but won’t necessarily run right. Mustie1, Chicanic and Taryl Fixes All are some of my go-tos. Mustie has fixed a lot of roadside discards just by cleaning the carb. Nowadays he uses an ultrasonic cleaner, but in the past it was mostly spray carb cleaner and compressed air.
I have used denatured alcohol to dissolve varnish deposits. Sometimes draining the old gas and putting in fresh is all that’s required.
I feel for you working on it in this weather.
Did you mean “weld” where you have “wield”?
I’m lucky, my snowblower is a tractor mounted Kubota. I just had to replace the “cutting edge” which is a steel strip bolted to the bottom of the intake, it was worn down to the point that the bolts that hold it had no heads left. I measured it at about 3/32 thick at the wide part, wedge shaped to about 0 at the thin end. The replacement is 3/8 thick. I suspect the worn one is original, which would make it 35 years old. Not bad.