Today I drove down to the hardware store and bought three more bolts, washers and pins. I was assured they were not hardened metal (they were) and set about drilling the holes. Three should keep me supplied for a year or two.
This is what I wanted:
This is what I ended up with. Just what I need:
These are the bits I broke trying to drill through those &%^$# bolts:
It was a good thing I had lots of bits!
Job Two:
Next on the list was to mount a Starchoice (I still can’t get around to calling it Shaw Direct) dish on the end of the garden shed for use in the motorhome when it is parked. We use the motorhome as a motel room when we have guests and it would be nice for them to be able to watch TV out there. I had an old dish in the shop. It was the one that got blown over and broken in Zacatecas, Mexico several years ago. I fixed it by cementing a block of wood to the back of it to reinforce the broken pieces. It looks ugly but works fine. The job went without a hitch. I am actually getting a better signal there than we are getting in the house.
I had an audience while I worked. Mom and one of her brand new babies. Norma did not notice them (luckily for them):
They look like grade 5 bolts (the three marks on the ends). You did well to only break that many bits. Had you not, any left over would have been pretty dull anyway, and best thrown out. They overheat and lose their temper (hardness).
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a lot of bits to break on 3 bolts. Good job, though.
ReplyDeleteWe have Starchoice piped into our rig for guests as well.
Next time you're in farm country, look for pins in the farm supply stores. Most farm machinery have about 50 different pins that tend to fall out or break so those stores have them by the buckets.
ReplyDeleteReally - there are tractor pins already with hole - save those bits.
ReplyDeleteI will watch for a farm supply store. Remember when we used to get bits resharpened? My dad always had stuff at the sharpeners. Bits, hand saws. saw blades, chisels....
ReplyDeleteHey Croft...the deer just wanted to watch TV!!
ReplyDeleteOK, let me put in my two bits! Yes, farm supply stores generally have the pins with holes already in them.
ReplyDeleteNice work of that Shaw Dish!