So there I was getting close to the bottom of the dirt, clutter and debris in this house of dung when I discovered my shop stool (I uncovered my folding chair yesterday and I did need it) so I immediately sat on it and drifted away from cleaning and decluttering. After picking lint and bug wings from my navel for an unknown time I got busy again but of course in a completely different direction.
I could not decide which "to do" box to put this kitchen knife in so I made a handle for it from some of the downed oak I have. I don't know why I did that as I have at least 500 kitchen knifes and this is a cheap Chinese blade. However this cheap Chinese blade happens to hold a really sharp edge for a long time so I'm not sorry. Besides it cost 99 cents. Well It looks good in the picture but it is a really botched job. I won't go into detail just trust me it is botched. I will do better next time.
I then finished my latest cane. This one is Wild Black Cherry. I let it sit out in the weather until the bark mostly came off naturally and it gave it a mottled look. It's kind of springy and very comfortable.
After that the anemic AAA battery cell ran down in my Player/Radio so I decided to remedy that by bread boarding a bigger power supply that would utilize some of the D cells I have that are almost run down but that would still run this Player/Radio for some time. See how easily I am distracted. I'm sure glad that I am not flying passengers around in big airplanes anymore. They are probably glad as well.
It went quickly except for getting good contact at the positive end of the battery adapter. I fiddle futzed around with that for an hour but finally came up with a "boat fix".
The adapter is made from a cheap plastic hanger that a garden hose repair end came on. I snipped it to the correct length then put a automobile spark plug repair end (the end that goes into the distributor) on it for the negative end. So far so good. The other end is recessed so I put a screw in it and snipped it off but it just would not make contact. Frustration!... I went to lunch (sprouted green peas from the garden, fried 3 day old meatloaf with homemade salsa and new potatoes with butter). Yum.Coming back from lunch I brought a piece of aluminum foil, wrapped the end of the adapter and stuck it in. Works perfect.
It ain't purty but it sounds purty. I have a set of amplified speakers plugged into it. It's good enough for my stiff old ears.
1 comments:
I like your bike shop stool. Not sure what to think about your music player. But then again, I'm not much of a steampunker.
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