What did you BUY today?

[buzz]

2 new chickens

[cheesy]

Mrs.C saw a mouse in the house today. She's deathly afraid that it will crawl on her while she sleeps.

I had to buy a complete arsenal of mousie extermination crap. For one mouse.

Buster dog, who eats these things in the yard, is sleeping on the job.

[Do©Hawk]

Originally Posted by Do©Hawk

Ordered a new battery for the Hawk and the hardware from CSC to replace the swing arm bolt.

The battery works. It iss a Mighty Max YTX5L-BS, 12V, 4ah, 80CCA. It is a little bit shorter (L to R) so I used some double sided Gorilla tape and some foam to fill the gap.

[cheesy]

Not so much as bought as transferred. Moved the SiriusXM account from Mrs.C's Renegade to the F150. The only time it was ever used was when I was driving. We're planning a drive to Californy and I need tunes.

[bogieboy]

A SOG fasthawk, because it was $9 at the local bin store... the edge profile left a lot to be desired, but thats easily fixable...

[GypsyR]

Loitering through a flea market with the wife I spotted a few of these rolls on a table. I've had an idea of making my own right side cover Templar gasket for some time. However with the retail price of appropriate gasket material and the trouble to make them from scratch didn't seem cost-effective at all.
There were five rolls of this on his table. I whipped out a ten and said I'd tale them all. Guy said he had some more and just gave his whole box for ten, Thirteen rolls ought to hold me for a while.

Now the fun part. Getting the copy of the original right. Easy way would be to buy a gasket and copy it. Hard ways are one, scanning the actual cover or two, using a photograph and scaling it. I've done a bit of both successfully.
Second challenge is getting the stupid gasket material flat enough so the Cricut machine won't choke on it. I've already made some other gaskets successfully.
Third challenge, finding the time. Currently all in on trying to add a third bay to my two bay garage. Digging footings and pouring concrete literally now. Took a cool off break. Back to it.

[Do©Hawk]

Bought a new tool tube for the Hawk. Lots more room over the stock one. I bought it at Rural King for $10. It was cheaper than buying components to make one pic next to stock.

[Do©Hawk]

Literally strapped on the new tube. Covered the hose clamps with red shrink tube. Was gonna use black, but like the red strap accent. I'm happy with the results

[Crossbar]

Yeah, that turned out nice. Never thought about shrink tubing the hose clamps. I'll have to try that.

[Do©Hawk]

Originally Posted by Crossbar

Yeah, that turned out nice. Never thought about shrink tubing the hose clamps. I'll have to try that.

I had the shrink tube on hand and I wanted to cover the clamp. I didn't actually heat and shrink, just used it like a sleeve

[TominMO]

That is very cool.

[Darkrider]

Originally Posted by Do©Hawk

Bought a new tool tube for the Hawk. Lots more room over the stock one. I bought it at Rural King for $10. It was cheaper than buying components to make one pic next to stock.

Wonder if i can find something similar locally here. Been thinking of ways to add tool storage to my pick up now that i have the topper on it and keep them out of the cab. Wonder if a tool roll would fit inside one of those containers..

[Aussie_in_MO]

My dumbass read this as "tube tool" and I was hoping to see something to make installing inner tubes easier!

[Aussie_in_MO]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

Wonder if i can find something similar locally here. Been thinking of ways to add tool storage to my pick up now that i have the topper on it and keep them out of the cab. Wonder if a tool roll would fit inside one of those containers..

You might check Princess Auto for welding rod keepers

[Do©Hawk]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

Wonder if i can find something similar locally here. Been thinking of ways to add tool storage to my pick up now that i have the topper on it and keep them out of the cab. Wonder if a tool roll would fit inside one of those containers..

Those tubes are common on lawn equipment. I picked my tube up at Rural King for $10. I imagine Tractor Supply would carry something similar. I don't know what the Canadian equivalents would be for those stores