I Can't Believe I Did That!

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Making a new "can't believe I did that" thread. I couldn't find the old one.


Making a shield for the spreader today. The old one was thin and ugly. I made it a few years ago and have learned a lot since then....

But... In this latest version, while not paying attention, I made the mirror opposite of what I was trying to make.

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Oops.

But the welds are nice and strong.. great to cut off..
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Well that's an afternoon in the trash.

I can't believe I did that.

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Take 3.
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I fucking did it AGAIN!!!!!!!

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I made the mirror opposite of what I was trying to do.


What in the mother f****. Errrgg

[Captain 80s]

Ouch.

Been there. NOT a confidence booster.

[SPA]

Jack of all trades ...master of none

[bk94si]

Not being a welder I haven't done this but I have cut LOTS of pieces of moulding with the angle backwards.

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The saga continues.

After "re making" the back plate out of the old pieces I was unhappy with the fit.... Plus the part I baasedbit off fit not great.

So I did it again.
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FInishing this will be my Sunday afternoon.

I can't help myself. When there is this much time I want to to be right. And what's another couple of hours anyway.

[bones]

I think the Ranch manager should fire your ass for taking 2 extra days to finish a one day project.

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I think the Ranch manager should fire your ass for taking 2 extra days to finish a one day project.

Haha. Well, fortunately it was the managers fuck up so.... I won't fire myself.

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But it's done.

And I braced the hell out of the inside with 1" square tube.

[ParcNHawk]

Good help is SO hard to find.

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Good help is SO hard to find.

If they ain't good they better be able to persevere...

[bones]

Haha. Well, fortunately it was the managers fuck up so.... I won't fire myself.

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But it's done.

And I braced the hell out of the inside with 1" square tube.

Yeah. that wad the whole point of my post.
You should have fired yourself.

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Yeah. that wad the whole point of my post.
You should have fired yourself.

Unfortunately I play favorites when it comes to myself.

Can't help it

[rpcraft]

Whoopsie...

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So Saturday I went to change a spindle on one of the zero turns.

I found this different between the spindle we had and the one we got.

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I worked with my parts guy at Bestline to try and figure out wtf happened, what part we got and why is it wrong? Maybe just a bad part.. it happens.

We have hours into trying to solve this. Different deck than we normally have but the part number for the spindle is the same between the decks, mess up at Kubota parts catalog maybe?? Strange.
He called me again this morning and was asking for more info so he could get on with their tech support to figure this out.


So I pull the old one apart and I see that the ten mill I'm missing up top on the hex is the gap between the shelf and housing on bottom.. weird.
Throw her in the vise and "persuade" her a little.mmmhmm.
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The part was fine. An hour job turned into a whole big thing...

Can't believe I did that.