CntryBoy777
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We got an inch over nite and most of the day today....not suppose to move out til noon tomorrow.....and Joe....we haven't hit Spring just yet....it is still Winter....
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Mike CHS
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It has been raining heavy here for most of the day so we went to Columbia to do some UTV window shopping.
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So late last night before the final front went through I went out and dumped 2" from the gauge. This morning I went out and dumped another 1". So total now sits at +/-10" of rain in the past 8-10 days. Sun has been peeking in and out for the last hour or so. Hopefully tomorrow will be sun all day.
OK I've about had it with the non hitting keys so I got off my butt and scrounged up some new AA batteries to see it that fixes the issue. It had spread to the surrounding keys as well. Still misses the "t" every so often but much better than it was. Don't want to spend $60+ on another new keyboard...
Was out of goat feed (they got the last for a light breakfast) and the eagle pooped this morning (govt retirement check) so I had money again. While picking up goat pellets I got some cull lumber and a few odds and ends to finish the hay feeder. Any recommendations on how to cut the plastic corrugated roof panels without shattering the cut edge? Figure I'll ask before I wing it & make a mess... First thought was circular saw, then hand saw, then diamond cutting wheel in a drill. Poss a jigsaw? I think that would shake it into even more damage.
Also picked up CD&T vaccine for the goats and a 200ml bottle of ivermectin. Got the 1% injectable for cattle and swine but will give it orally. Dot is about 20-24 days away from expected due date. So she and the 2 boys got their CD&T today. The other girls will get theirs in the next week or so as I'm not sure how far they are from kidding. I don't want to give it too early and the kids not get the benefit. I think Bang is going to go 2nd followed by April then CB last. Another thing I noticed today, especially with April is their feet are starting to look really bad again. All the mud isn't helping and doesn't make trimming a fun filled prospect. I think I'm going to bring them up on the back deck one at a time and give them a bath and trim as they are covered in mud.
Next after the hay feeder is a milking stand. I got a really awesome pallet that is very high quality, brand new, and will be perfect for it.
OK I've about had it with the non hitting keys so I got off my butt and scrounged up some new AA batteries to see it that fixes the issue. It had spread to the surrounding keys as well. Still misses the "t" every so often but much better than it was. Don't want to spend $60+ on another new keyboard...
Was out of goat feed (they got the last for a light breakfast) and the eagle pooped this morning (govt retirement check) so I had money again. While picking up goat pellets I got some cull lumber and a few odds and ends to finish the hay feeder. Any recommendations on how to cut the plastic corrugated roof panels without shattering the cut edge? Figure I'll ask before I wing it & make a mess... First thought was circular saw, then hand saw, then diamond cutting wheel in a drill. Poss a jigsaw? I think that would shake it into even more damage.
Also picked up CD&T vaccine for the goats and a 200ml bottle of ivermectin. Got the 1% injectable for cattle and swine but will give it orally. Dot is about 20-24 days away from expected due date. So she and the 2 boys got their CD&T today. The other girls will get theirs in the next week or so as I'm not sure how far they are from kidding. I don't want to give it too early and the kids not get the benefit. I think Bang is going to go 2nd followed by April then CB last. Another thing I noticed today, especially with April is their feet are starting to look really bad again. All the mud isn't helping and doesn't make trimming a fun filled prospect. I think I'm going to bring them up on the back deck one at a time and give them a bath and trim as they are covered in mud.
Next after the hay feeder is a milking stand. I got a really awesome pallet that is very high quality, brand new, and will be perfect for it.
Mike CHS
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I cut the panels for our lean-to with a circular saw with a good blade but they were metal and I'm not sure about plastic. I use blue painters tape on the exit side of the panel. Same principal works for plywood if you want a better edge and it works sort of like a zero clearance throat on a table saw.
I dumped 2" out of the gauge yesterday and another 2 1/2 today.
I dumped 2" out of the gauge yesterday and another 2 1/2 today.
CntryBoy777
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I have used my dremel to cut plastic and vinyl material with good success....just takes a bit longer, but does a good job.
I dumped right at 4" out this afternoon after everything had past....water is standing everywhere....not sure about our totals I lost track of it all, but is around the 10" mark give or take some tenths. We do have 3 days before some more is to come in, but I don't think it is suppose to be near what we've been getting....
I dumped right at 4" out this afternoon after everything had past....water is standing everywhere....not sure about our totals I lost track of it all, but is around the 10" mark give or take some tenths. We do have 3 days before some more is to come in, but I don't think it is suppose to be near what we've been getting....
Bruce
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Plastic is hard to cut because it cracks easily (as you already know/surmised). The Dremel is likely your best bet since it won't shake the piece and is less likely to chip it. I would put tape on both sides and draw your line on that. The Dremel might melt the plastic as it moves through.
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I can handle it melting the edge... I just don't want it shattered and broken/cracked. I've often wondered why nobody has ever invented a heating wire coil that can be used to melt through stuff I guess I could heat a long piece of barbed wire or heavy (not copper) fencing wire with a torch and "pull" it through the panel... Should give a nice clean edge that way.
CntryBoy777
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If ya have a torch, then cut it and then use the torch to seal the edge?....I thought they were a fiberglass material. Dremel will work....that is what I use to cut trlr skirting with and worked like a champ....and cut other plastic stuff too with no problems at all.
Baymule
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I've cut acrylic pieces with a jigsaw before. I used heavy masking tape on both sides.
greybeard
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I've cut thousands of sheets of acrylic and polycarbonate at a fixture company I used to work for.
Polycarbonate is the generic name for Lexan....Acrylic is the generic name for Plexiglas. They are 2 completely different products with polycarbonate being much more forgiving when cutting or bending.
Warm ambient temps can help a lot...the colder it is, the more likely the poly is to chip. Acrylic, even worse.
If cutting across (perpendicular to) the corrugations and you have more than one sheet of polycarbonate to cut, cut them all stacked together..depending on the thickness, probably can cut up to 5 at a time with a good 40 to 60 tooth skill saw blade. A triple chip blade works better with close to a 0 pitch tooth rake but they are more expensive. You may have seen the Freud brand triple chip blade I had hanging on my shop wall..it's what I use for cutting poly with my table saw.
Jig saws and heated wires work poorly on poly because it has a relatively low melting point and even with a jig saw blade, you are apt to have trouble with either the kerf (the cut) getting hot and melting and clogging the blade or the kerf get hot and melt back together behind the blade. No matter what kind of saw blade you use, the feed rate (how fast you move the blade thru the material) needs to be fast enough to ensure each tooth pulls a chip..no teeth just contacting but not cut...it makes the poly get hot. But don't push so hard that you are forcing the cut.
Polycarbonate is the generic name for Lexan....Acrylic is the generic name for Plexiglas. They are 2 completely different products with polycarbonate being much more forgiving when cutting or bending.
Warm ambient temps can help a lot...the colder it is, the more likely the poly is to chip. Acrylic, even worse.
If cutting across (perpendicular to) the corrugations and you have more than one sheet of polycarbonate to cut, cut them all stacked together..depending on the thickness, probably can cut up to 5 at a time with a good 40 to 60 tooth skill saw blade. A triple chip blade works better with close to a 0 pitch tooth rake but they are more expensive. You may have seen the Freud brand triple chip blade I had hanging on my shop wall..it's what I use for cutting poly with my table saw.
Jig saws and heated wires work poorly on poly because it has a relatively low melting point and even with a jig saw blade, you are apt to have trouble with either the kerf (the cut) getting hot and melting and clogging the blade or the kerf get hot and melt back together behind the blade. No matter what kind of saw blade you use, the feed rate (how fast you move the blade thru the material) needs to be fast enough to ensure each tooth pulls a chip..no teeth just contacting but not cut...it makes the poly get hot. But don't push so hard that you are forcing the cut.
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