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  1. bobss396
    I use mainly #71 to #76 drills, a #65 and #37 for 1/32" clearance, 1/32" and 3/64" for tight clearance with installing pins. I have a pill vial with various other drills with paper tags on them, 2 old end mill cases, one is .026" to .062"-ish, the other .065" to 1/8". Then my trusty Huot number drill set, #1 to #60. I have to replace some missing drills.
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    Thanks. I am taking notes.
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    Cucumbers are starting to climb! Corn and celery are doing well too.
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    62 F at 5:30 am. Cloudy, as was yesterday. Monday high was 70 and I got some garden work done. Pool went from 73 to 68.
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    I picked up 2 of the Galaxie issues last year, complete for $25 each, bad boxes and decals. Spotlight Hobbies had fresh decals for $8 per.
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    Likely headed to a new-to-me venue on Saturday, Smithtown NY at a supermarket lot. Supposedly it draws a lot of cars.
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    I pin mirrors in place. I try to use the biggest "pin" that the mirror mounts will accept. That with CA glue holds them on pretty well.
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    We were sitting outside on the deck after dinner and one of the squirrels was poking around. So I got some peanuts out for him/her and the bluejays. The little thing was pretty friendly and hungry. 20250615_171334.mp4
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    Sunday was cool, never got past 64 and no sun. We had a FD gathering outside, got drizzled on a bit, the real rain started after 8 PM. Today, a light rain and 59 F.
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    Very possible. I will take another look at it. They were a pain to get in place. The indent for the bottom is very shallow and fiddly to hold.
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    I'm a widower for 11 years now. My late wife despised the hobby. I have been dating a nice lady for almost 8 years, she likes cars, even models tattoos and firearms. She has a pistol permit and a couple of nice pistols. Ammo... I laugh when I read of an arrest somewhere and the perp's house has 1000 rounds of ammo.
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    56 F and cloudy. Yesterday was a monsoon all day, slowed down around dusk. Possible rain today.
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    I had at one point around 80 in my bedroom closet alone. Now I have maybe 6 in there. The basement is another story, about 200 in the boiler room, 50 in the finished basement side and around 100 that I take to sell at shows in a big closet. I know of a local kit seller that has a truly psychotic amount of models and another former club member with a stash of 5000 and growing.
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    Splurged for new repro mirrors for the Belair. The old ones were too short, likely for a smaller car like a Nova. Now I can drive a little more safely. Changing lanes is no longer an issue.
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    Yesterday was nice, the afternoon was around 75. I put new side mirrors on the Belair and me and a buddy went to a cruise (Bellmore train station). I get a text from my girlfriend who was about 45 miles north and east of us... it was pouring by her. Not a drop by us, everything was dry, but light rain now and 61.
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    We made PC boards in-house at work until about 1989. I was in the right place when the drill collection was headed for the dumpster. I have more than a few 50 quantity boxes of them around.
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    Sleep is so overrated. Gotta get up with the birds 🐦 🐦‍⬛. Then again I am in bed by 9:30 or 10.
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    What a radical concept... doing what the manufacturer recommends...
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    Those look like older AMT issues to me. Possibly going back to the 1960s annuals.
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    I had some weed vine I had to remove. The clematis vine is delicate and thin, dark too. It took a bit of work but I got it.
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    A little before and after. The clematis survived another winter, but the rest was full of weeds. I added 4 more Elijah Blue plants to go with the other 3.
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    Nobody sounded like them. Great vocals!
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    62 F and looks like rain... surprise! It poured yesterday for about an hour, overcast from there all day long.
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    This is at a local shopping mall. Every Sunday from 8 to 11. If you want shade .. show up by 7 It pulls a good variety of cars and has a coffee truck. But no rest rooms, drink wisely. We took the Belair and it ran very well. The 1st road trip after the wires, plugs, new fuel pump, etc.
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    For paying jobs, I'd buy drills in packs of 12, usually screw-machine type, some TiN coated. The costs were figured into the job. I still have a crazy assortment of drills, end mills, saws and various cutters. I have an account with one tool house, but the warehouse moved too far to be convenient. eBay is my tool go-to lately. I shop the industrial section and can usually find made in the US drill packs.
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