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Finally back to the greenhouse

After a solid month of ignoring finishing the greenhouse, I began to poke around on it again today. I noticed a flaw with the kit right away. The side window had no hardware to hold the window in any position other than closed. If you opened it, it would slam around in the wind.So, I found out what I was looking for were window stays and ordered one! Today I installed it. Hopefully this will help keep it cooler on sunny days when I want to work on the inside some more. I still have to put […]

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the City just put in Stage 1 restrictions (we're very lucky here that we have abundant water resources, many places on Vancouver Island have restrictions almost immediately every summer)

So the clock is ticking! If we get to Stage 2 and I haven't filled the pond yet, I'll be prohibited from doing so until the rains come! We can only "top up" pools and ponds in Stage 2. And (god forbid) we get into Stage 3 or 4, the pond will have to be left to dry up. (at which point I would probably just use it as a watering source for the gardens)

I don't think we've ever reached Stage 3. The last time we got to Stage 2 was about 5 years ago I think, after the Heat Dome.

I would be surprised if we got to Stage 2 this year. It has been dry, but not excessively hot, so hopefully our resources can hold through August.

The good news is... I'm close to at least filling the intake bay and wetland filter.

Once the rest of the rock/pebble comes tomorrow I'll immediately start moving the rock into those two holes as quickly as I can, and once done, I'll start filling them with water so I can test out the pumps.

I might set up a temporary path for the water to recirculate through the intake bay and filter, avoiding the pond. That way those two parts can start to grow good-bacteria for the filter while I work on the big pond.

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“Is she still talking about color? Ugh.”

Here is a pic of my basement wall getting painted with Sherwin Williams’ High Reflective White, over basic white primer, which was painted over bare Sheetrock. Although I acknowledge that the grey of the Sheetrock may be affecting the tone of the primer, notice how much brighter the HRWhite is! 🤩

Installing the electric motor in the nose of the glider.

The motor is not large, but can deliver 23Kw max power briefly during takeoff and initial climb.

It is mounted to a bulkhead with viscoelastic pucks that help absorb some vibration.

The final photo shows the motor in place, but the propellor blades and spinner have not yet been installed. It also shows a cowl flap for motor cooling...which is an unusual feature on a glider.

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#pondlife #poolpond #backyardPrpject #diy #rock #labour

The rock came!! At least the first load. Big stuff 4"++. About 3 yards/3.5tonnes.

The rock place doesn't have a dumper truck small enough to make the turn into the backyard, so he had to dump it on the edge of the alley.

Then Son and I moved it.

2hrs in the sun. 🥵 But we got it done. 💪

Tomorrow at 8AM they will bring 3yards of drain rock and 3yards of pebble. We'll see how much we have to scoop out of the alley.

Hat hier jemensch Erfahrungen damit, Brillen zu reparieren? Meine RayBan hat seit einigen Tagen das Problem, dass der eine Bügel nicht mehr so richtig federt und beim Bewegen manchmal laut knackt. Ich würde da jetzt gerne was gegen tun, also den Bügel oder das Scharnier austauschen. Gibts ne Chance, dass ein neues Scharnier allein das Problem schon behebt? Und wie bekomme ich das Scharnier am Bügel getauscht? Ne Schraube dafür sehe ich nicht. #pleaseBoost #diy #right2repair :boost_ok:

Nie, nie planuję drukować klamerek, ale potrzebuję jej część jako mechanizmu co się otwiera i zamyka ale jakoś trzeba sprawdzić czy działa to i część użytkowo bieliźnianą wyciąłem.

Zadziała od pierwszego razu? Nie zakładałbym się. :D

Okay, in my tradition of doing things the hard way, fixing my "don't have decent sewing shears" by buying a dull used set of Gingher shears off eBay, and going to sharpen them here. (In the meantime, I scrounged around the house and successfully sharpened 7 different pair of kid-sized scissors to razor sharpness capable of cutting fabric and/or fending off an invasion of miniature pirates with cutlasses, using a sharpening steel and an extremely fine whetstone, so pretty sure I can sharpen this....)

Kennt sich jemand mit C++ im Bereich Lowlevel im Zusammenhang mit esp-idf insbesondere rmt für #esphome aus?
Ich würde gerne ein Projekt auf den aktuellen Esphome Stand bringen, damit es auch wieder kompillierbar ist. Ich verzweifel an RMT und könnte da Hilfe brauchen.

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