Some tasks achieved

Hi again, universe.

I saw an old friend of Sharon's in the yard: that cat from the beach.

I spent some time cleaning out the garage. I managed to get the chopsaw blade guard back together. (Luke, the "catch" in the motion of the guard was happening because the bearing in the mechanism was shredded-- all that was left was the inner race of the bearing and some metal shreds that probably used to be washers. I tried to adjust it so it's reasonably smooth, but it's not going to last long. I ordered a replacement bearing from the internet; I'll send it to you next week.) By the way, the blade guard is actually designed to be removeable *without* disassembling the spring mechanism-- remove the right 3 bolts, and it will come off intact.

I discovered one bad thing-- the old brake cylinder from the mini was left on an old sewing machine table. The brake fluid leaked through the box and onto the table; it basically melted the varnish in a few regions. Kind of unpleasant. I reorganized the stuff in the corner and put the table under the workbench where it will be a little more protected. (In reality, it will probably still be there untouched in 2050, but at least it's out of the way.)



There was also a mechanical failure with one of the hoses-- the end fitting popped loose while I was watering the grass seed. (You all would have found this very amusing if you had witnessed it.) I ordered a couple of replacement fittings; I'll send those with the saw bearing.

One other thing-- I think the large removable screen on the front of the lower blew off. When I found it, it was lying across a chair, and one of the screen panels was damaged. I'll try to arrange it on the porch so it doesn't get hurt more.