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  1. harringtondav

    Prop boat to jet boat?

    For sure. The available fossil petrol is in the ground and fading fast. Pleasure uses of it will fade just as fast. My new gas powered pleasure craft boat will be here this summer. I'm not sure which will die first: Me, or my ability to afford to keep it fueled up. I cringed when I hard a news...
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    Snow Birds: Beware!

    We've had fiber optic WiFi at our river house for a couple years now. So remote temp adjustment will be a $saver once I get the new HVAC up. <2 hrs travel time is plenty to get it comfortable. Until now I've farted off this kind of thermostat at home. ...a near miss has changed this. We'll have...
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    Snow Birds: Beware!

    We are double vulnerable this winter. Normally I drain the river house and shut off the heat. This winter we've kept it open so I can continue to work there. The new forced air HVAC will have a WiFi thermostat for monitoring from home. Your idea of shutting off the water is good. Draining &...
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    Snow Birds: Beware!

    Our home furnace is less than three years old. I'll check the manuals, but I believe it has two stage capability. If so I'll do the same. I'm also installing a new heat pump with air handler electric heat at our river house. I'll be installing a top end dehumidifying thermostat to utilize the...
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    Prop boat to jet boat?

    This reply is based on opinion and observation, no facts. @QBhoy 's reply #6 mostly sums up my thoughts. I don't know the engines pushing jet boats. But I know the engines pushing outdrive boats. Most are variants of proven automotive engines. Maximum power and speed around 4600 to 4800 rpm...
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    Snow Birds: Beware!

    Good to know. Thanks. I saved the link. ....I'm not looking forward to fish taping a new cable. ...I suspect the original is stapled on a stud.
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    Snow Birds: Beware!

    We've been spending a lot of time at our river house this winter while I continue to work on the basement finish project there. Yesterday ended an eleven day trip away from our main home < 2 hrs away. When I opened the door at home I knew something was wrong. It was cold inside. A quick check...
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    Not sure if this is real, but it sure is cool

    ..a follow up from the original FB post. This may be a vintage Reinell. https://fiberglassics.com/forum/main-forum/132205-bill-s-museum.html?fbclid=IwAR16LjQUNRHpuxyu8w97gNaVHK6vE1IhmUnBGswc9q0YON2H7dnpO-enUbw
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    Not sure if this is real, but it sure is cool

    ......copied of a boating pal's FB post
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    Mississippi Slough Icebreaker

    ..Alternate title: Ice Fishing Boat. I spotted this trio coming up our slough, crunching through the ice. 27 deg F air temp, 32 deg F water temp. They made it up to the channel and got stuck for several minutes. They broke free and went down a back slough for a while before coming back up and...
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    New Boat Bummer

    ....we have a 17' Grumman alum canoe with a 4 hp Merc two cyl 'Gnat' o/b on a side mount. The last two registration stickers are still unused. Maybe I'll fire it up this summer and apply that last sticker. Weekday calm water shore patrol rides.
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    New Boat Bummer

    Last June got a verbal trade in offer on my Larson B/R. The dealer said if ordered then my new Regal 1900ES would be shipped in Oct. OK. Four months. Good to know. I used our Larson until Aug and sold it for 150% of the dealer's offer. I didn't want the new boat until this Spring, so I...
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    New DIY Learning Curve

    Continuing with our river house basement finish. I'm working to do it all myself. HVAC installation is a new frontier for me ...maybe the last at my age. Round ductwork is mostly erector set assembly, with a bit of cutting. Now I'm getting into the rectangular trunk sections. I watched the...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    Carbon is OK. I have a couple for cheese etc. ...actually better for cheese. The slices don't stick to the blade like with SS. Also a good practicing metal. It will take a fine edge quickly. But the edge fades faster than SS. But don't worry about effing up a good knife's edge. ...practice...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    I don't recall the specific angles. If you Google the question you'll find 15 to 22 degrees per side for kitchen knives. Thinner angles are sharper, but are very fragile and susceptible to nicks and damage. ....I think my guide is 17 and 12 degrees. But I fuss over my knives. I only cut on...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    You may be sorry you asked. I "slice" stroke the stones from top down, using the little block to get a vertical start and eyeball to the bottom. I slice stroke from bolster to tip in one stroke on shorter blades. 20 strokes per side for each grit. On the longer blades I take two slices, each...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    Below is my sharpening fixture for my Norton water stones. Surprisingly the keener angle is for roughing, the wider angle for finishing. The theory is the more acute rough angle will result in a very sharp, but also very fragile edge. So the finish side puts a slightly wider included angle on...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    We have a full set of Henkels Four Star ss, plus spares that we use at our river house. My pop told me, and I basically agree that high carbon takes an edge better than ss. I think Henkles are high carbon ss. Years I bought a pair of two-sided Norton "Japanese" water stones. 1000, 3000, 4000...
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    HVAC Heat Kit Installation Electrical Question

    Thanks. I plan on contacting Rheem soon. They make a variety of heat kits for this air handler. I'm hoping they have one in my amp/kW range that would work with a two stage thermostat set in heating mode. If so my goal would be automagically solved.
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    Prime Rib?

    It's been a while, but I've previously purchased whole beef short loin. Whole means rib bones included. I love tinkering with my Henkels Four Star knives. So I'd bone the thing, carve out the New York Strip, and carefully separate the tenderloin. ...good dog Zeke got the leftover T bones with...
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