Post #4 (3/18/21 & 3/19/21):
Welp. Looks like my post from yesterday didn't actually upload so I guess it's two posts in one today.
Yesterday morning I worked on adjusting the new electrical housing box we got for the sawmill. First I had to pull off the original housing (1 and 2) and any damaged wires. After fixing the wires I began working on cutting a hole in the housing box for the wires to fit through with a return of my nemesis, the Jigsaw(3). To set the box in place to be jigsawed, I had to screw two boards to the workbench, then I nailed the box to those boards with some washers to make sure I didn't bust the plastic of the box. I was more successful this time around, though it was also a cut that was much less precise.
In the evening of that day, the whole
Bootcamp went to harvest
wood. Seven people were in one truck (Judy) and myself, Dez, and Dan were in another truck (Ranger Doug). However, Ranger Doug only has two-wheel drive and the roads to this harvesting site were still icy in some places. We ended up getting stuck on the ice twice (4). After we had made it out of the ice the truck's engine started putting out smoke (5). So me and Dan ended up hiking a mile to where the rest of the group was at while Dez stayed to see if he could fix up Ranger Doug. Turns out the engine had just overheated and the truck was otherwise fine.
This morning and evening I was working on the electrical box. Much of my time today was spent staring at a shelf, trying to figure out if we had the right nuts or bolts for the additional mountings I was putting in the box haha. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I started out today by adjusting some of the screw holes I made and look! The box fits great now, all four screws in the motor mount and now light peeking through the gasket (6). After that I worked on drilling some extra holes for some switches and wires that have to leave the box (7). And finally, I made a new bracket out of aluminum plate and bent it so that it holds the capacitors inside the box in place (8).
I'll be double checking that this post goes out for sure haha. And I'll leave you all with a picture of the cats all snuggled together.