On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:43:02 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:


HF has a 6 inch post hole auger for $50.
It even looks cheap in the picture! But would probably be perfect for
my needs.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95973

Perfectamento! That's a bit large, so drive it more slowly. Build
the top box with angled sides, sloping onto the top of the cutaway
pipe the auger fits into, and it's self-priming/feeding.



I might as well say it before somebody else does: why the hell aren't
there grab hooks on the bucket? Um, they've been on my to-do list for
I forget how many years!

Who cares? It's going bye-bye anyway. Oh, I mean the sifter box,
not the FEL bucket. Grab hooks would have been a 20 minute project
which would have saved a couple hours the first time you used them.
How on Earth could you have overlooked them or procrastinated on so
needy a project, sir? tsk, tsk, tsk


Nice to know? The forks are all 2x6 channel from an old trailer
frame. They just hang from the top of the bucket where it rolls back.
They've never fall off. Simple.

Forks? What forks?


Oh, I stopped in JoGro today and what I thought was a shredder was
actually called a Power Trommel! Their basket was 10' long and about
6' in diameter. I think it has a shredder built in under the feeder
opening, though. You ought to hear that muthuh running!

So, what's the story on the missing paint job?


Oh man, this is a tough crowd-welding's not enough, I gotta prove I
know how to use a rattle can?!

Here's a roller I made, painted in not one, but TWO colors.

Here's my driveway gate in basic black. I thought the plastic bags on
top of the posts for nearly two years, would be enough to have you
shakin' your head!

http://steveandlizthompson.shutterfly.com/

As for painting the sifter, I figured it would spend most of it's time
in the storage shed, why bother. Apparently, I better reconsider!