Red Mosquito

bodysnatcher wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 6:17 pm Low key weekend after traveling the last 3 in a row. Very happy about it. Went out to dinner with my cousin's family last night and had a top 5 worst pizza I've ever had. Grilling steaks tonight so hopefully I don't fuck them up and will make up for the pizza

bodysnatcher wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 6:17 pm Low key weekend after traveling the last 3 in a row. Very happy about it. Went out to dinner with my cousin's family last night and had a top 5 worst pizza I've ever had. Grilling steaks tonight so hopefully I don't fuck them up and will make up for the pizza

spike wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 11:45 pm Spent a couple hours finishing riveting together the new dog kennel yesterday. It was a bit rainy and quite windy - which makes working with large pieces of sheet metal interesting - but I didn’t want to be lefty doing it on Father’s Day today.

Anyway, if it’s like the last kennel, the dogs won’t actually use it for about six months.

tragabigzanda wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 2:46 pm

spike wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 11:45 pm Spent a couple hours finishing riveting together the new dog kennel yesterday. It was a bit rainy and quite windy - which makes working with large pieces of sheet metal interesting - but I didn’t want to be lefty doing it on Father’s Day today.

Anyway, if it’s like the last kennel, the dogs won’t actually use it for about six months.

Dude I hate riveting

spike wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 11:19 pm

tragabigzanda wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 2:46 pm

spike wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 11:45 pm Spent a couple hours finishing riveting together the new dog kennel yesterday. It was a bit rainy and quite windy - which makes working with large pieces of sheet metal interesting - but I didn’t want to be lefty doing it on Father’s Day today.

Anyway, if it’s like the last kennel, the dogs won’t actually use it for about six months.

Dude I hate riveting

This was my initiation. It definitely takes some skill and finesse. The actual riveting part was okay, once I started using the correct nozzle size. Before that, getting the old pins out was a hassle that slowed the process.

But then the hole drilling, through 2-3 different pieces of metal at times, was fairly annoying, but I got the hang of that too.

I had to tap in my wife as a second set of hands when it was time to put everything together into a three dimensional structure - and of course she had opinions - but we got it done without too much bickering. I had a headache all day from my head cold, so that probably weakened me enough to not put up too much fight, which kept the peace.

tragabigzanda wrote: Mon September 07, 2026 12:33 am

spike wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 11:19 pm

tragabigzanda wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 2:46 pm

spike wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 11:45 pm Spent a couple hours finishing riveting together the new dog kennel yesterday. It was a bit rainy and quite windy - which makes working with large pieces of sheet metal interesting - but I didn’t want to be lefty doing it on Father’s Day today.

Anyway, if it’s like the last kennel, the dogs won’t actually use it for about six months.

Dude I hate riveting

This was my initiation. It definitely takes some skill and finesse. The actual riveting part was okay, once I started using the correct nozzle size. Before that, getting the old pins out was a hassle that slowed the process.

But then the hole drilling, through 2-3 different pieces of metal at times, was fairly annoying, but I got the hang of that too.

I had to tap in my wife as a second set of hands when it was time to put everything together into a three dimensional structure - and of course she had opinions - but we got it done without too much bickering. I had a headache all day from my head cold, so that probably weakened me enough to not put up too much fight, which kept the peace.

Riveting + other people’s opinions about how to rivet = no bueno