On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 22:24:09 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Larry Jaques on Sat, 15 Jul 2017
08:17:58 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Hell...bring up both pieces of conduit..make the splice, seal well
with RTV and GOOD tape, and slide a 3' section of gray PVC pipe and a
end cap over both conduits. Easy to get on, easy to get off and scraps
are easy to find. Hit it with Krylon paint for plastic in ones choice
of colors and voila! $20 at most for a life time of security.

snort Um, a coupla 6" pipes filled with concrete (bollards) -right-
next to it on the driveway side are necessary if you truly want that
"life time of security" for it. Otherwise, the bright paint draws
drunks.

I was under the impression that they were going to "come up" in the
yard..not the driveway.

I'd think there would be a driveway between the garage and shop, and
that people have no qualms about backing off driveways onto grass.
shrug But, since neither of us has seen Pete's yard...

The "driveway" - such as it is - in on the front of the house.

I wise I could draw pickytures - but - okay this is close enough"

|
|...[___].......[_] |
:
-------------------+-----{not to scale}
the vertical lines are the fence on the west side, the : marks the
extension to the Ally, which is the -------+

The shed I got built is the [__] on the left side and was build
over what had been the graveled parking area, The shed being rebuilt
is [_] - and as far as I know - was never parking 'cept maybe back in
the last century..
Somewhere near where the second I in the sentence "I wish I
could..." is the origin of the power conduit which goes to the shed on
the right. I'll be moving that trench - not as much as I though, and
then running something from that shed over to the west shed - its
about 17 feet gap.

Tips for digging. Water or flood the area well, then wait exactly 36
hours before digging. The water will have had time to soak in and
disperse, preventing mud digging. And it will not have had time to
reharden on the surface. Digging in gravel is a bitch on a good day.

Use a digging bar and the narrowest shovel you have, like a transplant
spade. A pick mattock can dig and shovel the stuff out of the way.
Or, if you have access to a power auger, use it to soften everything
and just shovel it out of the way when the time comes.

I've done a lot of digging in the past ten years, and the water tip is
the best thing I can pass on to my friends. I also recommend that you
bury -anything- a couple inches deeper than a shovel head (9-10", so
dig a foot). It will save heartbreak time and again. I have turned
down literally 100s of repairs on sprinkler systems and phone/cable-
/elec wires buried 6" deep over the years.


I'm buying the 100' roll of flex conduit, and any left over goes
to A Good Home.

Goodonya, Mate.

-
If ever the Time should come, when vain and aspiring

Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government,

our Country will stand in Need of its experienced

Patriots to prevent its Ruin.
-- Samuel Adams