Steel Art Angling

Hey Seestor! Does it look like this angle is right?

I sure hope it was, because it's all welded up now ...

and I have no intention of grinding it down and

cutting it off to try again.

The clamps are holding another straight piece of tubing to connect the two together so that they stay in the same plane of reference. When I'm done, and you look down the length of it, there should be no side-to-side wobbles.

When I'm done welding the 3 visible edges.

I'll unclamp the straight tube and weld the last side.

No fotos will be shown of the scrapes and dings (the bloody kind) that I acquired today in the process of filing, grinding, and sanding. Use your imagination. My wife and daughter asked, "What happened to your left hand?!" "Oh, not much." "Does it hurt?" "Some. It's nothing." And there you have it.

Roasting the Pig

Its still way too hot to fire up the oven or do other things that generate heat in the house ... so I dug the old FlavorWave out of storage. Sprinkled garlic powder on the pork, put it in for 16 minutes while we watched the movie "Rainmaker", flipped it over for another 16 minutes until it was delightfully done --- thoroughly cooked, but still moist. And we didn't have to turn on the big amperage sucking A/C unit in the living room.

About the movie .. the good guy wins the case, gets the girl, but doesn't make any money. The girl probably won't stay with him ... :-)

Koran (Qur'an) 9:11

I'm not a follower of the Prophet Mohammad,

but the following internet lie really irks me:

The following is ABSOLUTELY FALSE:

Koran ( 9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the People trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle Cleansed the lands of Allah; And there Was peace.

THE TRUE VERSE IS:

Qur'an 9:11. "But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practice regular charity -- They are your brethren in the Faith: (Thus) do We explain the signs in detail, for those who understand."

12. "But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt your faith -- fight ye the chiefs of unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to them: that thus they may be restrained."

translation from Arabic by Abdullah Yūsuf 'Alī 1939

DIRTY, HOT & SWEATY!

That is NOT some kind of symbol or emblem in that Foto. I spent all day cutting (with a hacksaw) steel tubing ... welding ... grinding ... and adjusting ... more welding ... grinding ... and adjusting. My cutting disk was worn down to a nub, so I had to resort to hacksaws. Sparks and stuff flying everywhere. And after all those hours ... subsisting on nothing but one apple and a liter bottle of water ... OH, and a Swann's mint-chip ice cream cone.

When I walked into the house, the wife said,

"Don't even think of getting close to me before you take a shower!!"

I did at least wash my hands before eating dinner ...

a 6-inch Subway Sandwich (baked chicken breast with all the veggies .. except jalapeño ... and laced with the SouthWest chipotle sauce).

Course Changes

JaNae talked about starting the A&P program in January.

In the meantime she was submitting all the assorted paperwork. She hadn't heard anything back on the financial aid stuff ... so last Friday she went to the college and talked with the financial aid person and then with a counselor ... and suddenly found herself enrolled to start classes today!!

Schedule-wise, the A&P program just didn't work with kids & job

... so she is majoring in Avionics Technology

(computers & instruments).

Way to Go!