The "P" Factor

Ah yes- that "P" Factor!

So just what is this?

It's the reason The Fuzz has not been heard from for 20 days.

Otherwise know as Procrastination.

The Fuzz is an expert at this, having been an active* procrastinator for years now.  In fact he has become rather adept at this useful skill.

Of course there is a down side to this.

Procrastinations seem to pile up after a while until the pile is a bit hard to even see past.

Well, The Fuzz and His Sweetie have been kinda busy, in a way;

But that is no excuse.

Anyhow...

Previously The Fuzz mentioned something about things getting back to normal.  Well what is "normal" anyway?

In this case it turned out to be looking out after a grandchild whilst her usual caregiver was out of town.

(actually out of the country)

It's not that they have no experience in this matter, but it has been a few years since they were dealing with a Sweet Little 2 Year Old!

But all in all, they were glad to have the opportunity for some of that "quality time" again.

But getting back to the woods and "normal" it was time for The Fuzz to get back onto the project he had started.

He had picked up the motor for the table saw from the Electrical Motor Doctor and actually gotten the thing put back together.

Other more pressing matters (such as working up a bit of firewood!) had been taken care of, and The Fuzz felt the itch to get out into the shop again.

He had fun playing with his toys-

and even made a slight improvement to the design.

And here's a look at the new arrangement.

It seems to have turned out rather well.

Now the rest is up to His Sweetie.

*as if this word can be applied to the phenomenom!

Fun Pix

Just a couple of fun pix here...

And...

Getting Back to "Normal"

Getting Back to "Normal"

And just what is this "normal" stuff anyway?

I believe it was Junie B. Jones☺︎ who once said-

"Nobody in my family is normal."

Be that as it may, with the bathroom fully functional, it is time for The Fuzz to move on to other things.

And of course there is no shortage of other things.

Today, it seems that indoor things would be appropriate.

Even the Kitties agree.

The Fuzz's Sweetie saw an idea for mounting various bits of art on the wall and The Fuzz thought it was something he could handle.

In fact he had already done something like this-

although on a smaller scale.

To do it right, he would want to use the table saw of course.

But now there appeared to be a problem.

Whilst he was cutting a few chunks of firewood into smaller boards the other day, the saw quit.

(Well actually, it wouldn't start back up after he had shut it off)

It would just buzz and act like it wasn't getting enough power.
And there was that disquieting bit of smoke.

The Fuzz quickly determined that there was nothing wrong with the blade and bearings.

The trouble was the motor.

Bummer.

So it was time to take the thing apart.

In this first shot, the motor has already been removed.

But of course even that turned into a bit of a project.

In order to do this the drive pulley needed to be removed.

So he backed off on the set screw.

Unfortunately, the pulley still did not want to slip off of the shaft.

Step 2

So he got a rubber mallet and tried tapping on the shaft to loosen it.

Step 3

Tapping while while prying on the pulley.

(Which didn't work either)

Step 4

It was time to get out the gear puller.

Or what was left of it.

The Fuzz has this tendency to pick up cheap tools at- for example, Big Lots.

Sometimes this works out...

And sometimes not.

And...

The Fuzz has a tendency to push these cheap tools just a little too hard.

And that was what had happened to the gear puller.

If one closely examines this pix, one will see that the shaft of this precision tool is just a little bent!

This does make it a bit more difficult to use.

 But in this case ti did the trick-

The pulley was pulled-

And the motor is at the Electric Motor Doctor's.

The Fuzz should probably be using this time to clean up the mess in the shop.

But instead he is playing around here on the computer!

Well, there'll be time enough for that later.

Bathroom Update

The Fuzz is pleased to report

That the tile and baseboards are in.

And the Brand New Shower is hooked up and ready.

It has been one of those projects that grew a little as it went along.

At first the idea was simply to replace the bathtub.

But it was decided that a walk-in shower would be a better arrangement.

And since that would be a different size, a new wall would need to be framed in.

And then there was a matter of raising the floor just a bit as well to accommodate the drain.

Then-

since a few tiles would need to be added to fill in a gap-

It might be a good time to replace those stick-on vinyl ones with some real tiles. 

And that was a project in itself.

But all that is behind The Fuzz now.

All that remains is a new shower curtain and then-

a nice hot shower!

Back to Work

Longtime followers of Kinda Fuzzy may remember the Bathroom Project.

Well...

That one is still in progress.

At the last report The Fuzz was about to tackle the floor.

And while the Project is still in progress-

The tile is down!

Here's a look by the new shower.

As can be seen there is still a lot of work ahead.

He needs to work up some baseboards.

And...

Get the commode back in!

Fortunately there is another bathroom in the trailer,

so The Fuzz and His Sweetie haven't had to "hold it" all this time.

But with this tile down and grouted they should have the "can" back on line very soon-

Like Tomorrow!

Back to Normal Life

Well The Fuzz hasn't been too active here since returning from his Motorcycle Trip.

But life does go on.

There was plenty to do around the Home Place.

And then there was a Family Camping Trip to Jordan Lake.

From time to time those who can make it, like to meet up for a day or two of camping and some time together.

For many years The Fuzz worked collecting trash and of course "trash" often included some pretty good stuff.

One of the finds was this 15" cast iron skillet.

For many years it was just stashed away-

One of those things that's just too good to get rid of-

But there is really no use for it at the time.

It's not the sort of thing one would backpack with, and it's a bit too big to use on the kitchen stove!

But a Family Campout is another matter.

So The Fuzz got it out and gave it to the folks who usually are organizing these affairs.

And what better way to cure an iron skillet than a couple of pounds of bacon!

The Lake was beautiful this time of year.

The leaves were starting to turn.

And it wasn't too cold for Our Fuzz to get out in his Kayak!

The weather was perfect-

The rain didn't move in till everyone was packed up and on the way home.

For now it's time to get settled in for the winter ahead and the coming Holidays.