Gazebo Down For Repairs

In my earlier gazebo pics, you can see a rip in the screen if you look close. Today I lowered the roof back down to fix it and get ready to mount the weathervane...or at least get it ready to mount. Prior to actually mounting the weathervane permanently I need to paint the topside.

In my repair, I flattened the screen where it was buckled. I have a nice heavy irion thing I have been toting around for years..kind of a mini-anvil. My assistant held it on the underside and I gently pounded it from the top. Actually it laid down rather flat and the rip was bearly noticable.

I decided to take it one step further and solder it. Since the screen is acually a welded wire and not solderable, I took some bread ties and stripped the paper off. That gave me some very light wires to work with. At points along the rip, I workded the wire through the holes and twisted it. Then soldered the joint of the breadtie wire.

In the picture below you can make out the solder joints...the picture below that is from the underside. You can't see anything. Anyway a 1/2 Inch thick coat of paint will fix anything right? LOL

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The glare of the sky and the trees distract the eye from the repair. You have to actually look real close to see it!

Gazebo Update

Mostly thought about what I am going to do next with the project. One thing missing was a cap for the very center at the top. A lot of gazebos you see have another smaller roof kind of thingy (not sure what it's called) at the peak of the roof. After a trip to the hardware store I came up with something finally.

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It's kind of hard to see but there is a galvnized garbage can lid with the handle removed at the peak of the roof. I'm not sure if I am going to raise it up on legs or not as of yet, but it's highly likely. After I figure out how to mount it, I can install the weathervane.

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I also modified a couple of pole caps, This one is the solar panel for the spotlight below.

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I've aimed the light into the tree. Thjought I would check it out tonight after dark. Since it's actually a spotlight, it may provide just enough light so I can see when I drive in after dark without shining in somebodys' window.

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The rim of the roof is actually hollow so eventually I will pull the wire through and hide most of it. I think the unit has around 20 feet of wire

On The Air

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My New Wallpaper.

Check out the Techzilla Cam on My sidebar. Don't know how long I will leave it up or where it will end up. I'm using my camcorder actually and to display my screen, the cam is in front of the monitor. I thought about putting a cam near the bird feeders for some live bird action but would have to use my laptop and stream it wirelessly to my router. My Desktop gets rather boring actually. Anyway who knows?

What is RoHS ?

What is RoHS ?

 

RoHS is an acronym for "Reduction of Hazardous Substances", a directive of the European Community (EC) which is designed to reduce the amount of waste electronic equipment containing toxic substances. Electronic equipement containing Chromium, Cadmium, and other named toxic substances cannot be sold in or imported into EC countries after July 1, 2006 unless specifically exempted.

I see this warning in my documentation I receive for printers I need to repair. Usually, I will be replacing a fuser in a laser printer. It seems that there is a higher percentage of lead than this standard mandates a product to contain. I grew up with lead-based paint on everything. My fishing weights are made of guess what...lead. I used to work in a tire shop. We balanced tires with lead weights.

I'm still here to write about it.