Fun Stuff

I converted a Harbor Freight utility cart into a multifunctional welding cart. The conversions to the cart make it easier to move about in tight places yet strong enough to support 100lbs of brick and a plate steel top. I added a second smaller chopped up Harbor Freight utility cart as a firebox to catch all the sparks when cutting with the oxygen-acetylene and plasma torches.

Final cart modifications: Large plate steel top for MIG welding, bricks for oxygen-acetylene welding and firebox for plasma cutting.

Converted to oxygen-acetylene welding and plasma cutting:

Converted to MIG welding:

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How to build a “Trampoline Soaker” for only $26.68

What is a trampoline soaker you ask? Well it’s a name to describe any contraption that sprays water over a trampoline. It’s great fun for the kids on days when it would otherwise be way too hot to play on a trampoline.

I’ve seen this done before in many simple ways but found all examples quite difficult to put up on the trampoline, take down, control direction and change the type of spray. My first few builds were failures in all the above noted difficulties. I needed something much simpler, more functional and still flexible enough so my wife could take it down to spray her plants along the side of the house and then hang it back up on the trampoline.

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This is a fun post, for me, about our 2004 German made
Schimmel SP189 Konzert Diamond Edition 6’3″ piano. (Man ain’t that a mouth full?) We purchased the piano in May of 2008, but these photos are from Oct. 2008 and March 2009 because I just didn’t get around to taking photos of it for the blog. I guess I was having to much fun enjoying it to take photos or post the lighting design my wife and I came up with for the piano room.  So these photos are just to enjoying the beauty of a wonderfully made piano and some tips on piano care and how to create the perfect lighting for a grand piano.

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