What home improvement work did you do today?

Small bathroom remodel..almost finished..

 

Damn you guys! Got home before the wifey so was able to grab the package before she saw! J/K! If I did not see this thread would not have bought these. The m12 speaker is amazing for its size. The m18 job site radio bangs! I have a thing for Bluetooth speakers and this one is up there as far as sound goes.

 

I’d poop there for sure! Looks awesome

 

Im right there with you. I have a mix of green and blue. The blue ones must be 20 years old and still going strong. Not bad for the homeowner category.

 

Haha, he'll fire I posted this in the wrong thread! Milwaukee was where it was supposed to go.

 

Swapped pretty much all the lights in the house out for 5000k daylight LED bulbs. It's so much nicer than the soft white we had which just weren't bright enough.

I just need to pick up LED replacements for the bathroom vanity lights which are halogen for some reason known only to God and the builder (who was a hack with finishes...)

 

I like the daylight 5000k's, but wife hates them. Now I'll agree, in the bathroom it's nice to have the soft white or daylight on a dimmer. Getting blasted with that bright light first thing in the morning is a lil rough

 

The Woman was iffy about them until they were installed. Our house is pretty dark and doesn't have many windows.

The vanity lights are tied to the main light in the bathroom (did I mention the builder was a hack with finishing?). The LEDs I'm putting in place of the halogens are 3000k though.

 

What started out as about 3-4 hours work today turned into 7-8 when my portable light decided to be a f'n asshole ...

I've been meaning to rebuild the brew group on our Jura Impressa x70 since January. It's noisy. It blows its seal when I use too-fine of grounds, making it hard to pull a good shot. I bought a rebuild kit back in January from one of the Jura parts websites, the next day I learned I was getting laid off in March. Spent all summer with the kids hiking, and have been hunting for a new gig since. Been meaning to get to this, but it just wasn't happening.

Finally woke up this AM and was, like, "I'M GONNA DO THIS!" I'm rolling up on 30,000 cups this thing has put out, it was overdue.

Rebuilding the brew group was tedious but pretty straightforward other than the stupid plunger part, which you have to seat just perfectly, deep into some gears. Pulled it out, pulled it apart, Cafiza bath'd the shit out of everything, then rebuild it with new gaskets, reinstalled the brew group after vacuuming the crap out of the insides, and ...

Just as I'm putting it all back together, my damn work light fell into the grinder area and knocked the grinder settings gear out, which I tried to dial back in unsuccessfully despite the original OEM green lines being inside. That led me down a rabbithole of yanking the top burr, cleaning it all out, and doing the best I could to dial it in flying by the seat of my pants, doing close to what I'd have done with my Baratza burrs.

Well got it all back together about an hour ago. No leaks. Cuppa tastes good, roasty, not bitter. Will wait to see what the 'better ¾' says about her brew tomorrow AM, I guess. I grind off my own to pull shots with the same machine, so results are pretty predictable.

Gutted machine, torn down brew group, and reassembled with no (observed, yet) leaks. I'll take the W.

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I'm deep into the Bosch tools myself.

 

Dude, that's nice of you to say but we all know there aren't too many places you won't poop.

 

FIFY - probably have an avatar incoming at some point.

 

I can't wait!

 

Used up the last of the pallets.


Built a garden soil/ wood chips/ compost corral adjacent to the chicken coop.


Now to rent a chipper.

 

Does helping her put away her fall stuff so we can then put up her Christmas stuff count as home improvement?

 

Finally was able make the time to work on the fence post,freaking 4 weeks later!
Anyhow I routered out two channels and one shallow well for a j box for a 120 outlet and also for a camera.
Laid the wire in place then cut down some PT to cover it,sanded it down and gave it it's first coat of white stain.
Hopefully and I mean Hopefully I can dig a 40+ X 18" deep trench and tie this bitch in.

 

Thieves are lower than scum...
I have had to use these in highly populated areas and they hold there own.

 

Please tell me you’re not putting that outside…

 

Lol, the post I'm building is going to have one plus and additional 120 Volt outlet for the Misses to put Xmas lights up on the fence.
(See to previous post) no pun,"posts" lol.

Due to the distance I had to install a wifi extender to reach the post camera.