u/mattmag21

Found this Gem at a 7-11. There was an attempt at the word "squeezy"

Im a residential framer and we were hired to do some timber framing accents on a new resi build, as well as build the cabana in the first pic. The original framers couldnt hack it with the beam work. Im curious how anyone else does massive half laps? I think i need a new tool.. but what? Cut these to length with a sasquatch beam saw, but for the half laps I just scored with a circular saw. Then chunked, chiseled and sanded (60 grit turbo on the Bosch Get75-6n) the mortise. Theres gotta be a better way!! All in there were 15 scissor ties, made out of 4×6 Douglas fir. Cheers

Ps my little apprentice in the last Pic getting some hand planed champfers in.

But ended up with a nice walleye dinner and this surprise cat! Its funny, the only smallie we caught was on a spinnerbait. Ended up landing 5 walleye from 16-24", the cat, a 28" pike, 2 dink perch.

Given this potted river birch as a gift in the spring. At the same time I planted a bare root black locust that is thriving. I water the birch every 3-5 days. It seems that the bottom is springing new life / kind of looks like suckers. Is the top all dead? Should I prune it way down come winter? Thanks!

Firstly, I had a post about my 1972 9.5 Evinrude that was running out of fuel after 20 seconds. Those of you who mentioned the float were correct. It was wonky and its all my fault. I replaced all Amazon parts with oem and checked for level and she runs tits. Thank you for that! Now! I cant get on plane. Running about 11 knots, weight is distributed well (gas tank mid boat, battery front of mid seat, 16 year old co-pilot in very front.) Motor is tight to transom, as in i can't trim down any more. I also noticed that the motor back-splashing the hell out of my transom. Upon inspection, cavitation plate is a couple of inches below the hull. Motor seems to between a short shaft and a long (17.5" ???) I didn't even know this was a thing. For reference, the short shaft 4hp in the pic sits perfectly. Do I just have the wrong shaft length? Id hate to rebuild the transom (made of rich mahogany and my own sweat and blood). This Motor *came with this boat*! Its finally all back together and running well, now im realizing this. Grrr!

SE Michigan New construction, seeded too late so lawn was (is still) a mess. But I'm on it with a whole gambit of chemicals heh. The issue is this area that I seeded last fall with a bag of random seed I got for free from a landscaper friend of mine. I searched the package and looked it up, no mention of strains / species. Anyway now I have a few large patches of this garbage. It grows twice as fast, is lime green and patchy. Looking for a species identification so I can eliminate it. I have a quality seed i bought from Twincity this time around so hopefully my lawn looks nicer come next spring.

Thank you guys and gals so much for your help.

They be out there! Lil 2 hour trip yesterday!

Let's see how she swings this week. I am a hammerholic.

Fixed up a moused 9.5 9222m evinrude and its not running right (good compression) Replaced parts in magneto and set points. Rebuilt carb, new fuel lines, new fuel pump. Seems to lose fuel at full throttle after 20-30 seconds, but then idles down fine and will do it again. Loosened gas cap, and even tried with cowl off, no help.

I thought it was all a big joke on me because I've never even *seen* one before today. Abandoned apple orchard. Jackpot!