The Home Machinist!

pete and Bill--

Thank you for the tips! I'll follow them up.

--Other Bill

All-- Here is the drill I bought . . . it is an SDS Plus machine: Makita HR2641X1 . I KNEW from the get go that I wanted an SDS Plus rotary hammer drill. Not because I have ANY experience with them, but I asked a contractor that is doing some work for me what to get for my rock project. He said to d...

pete-- Re: Retaining wall drainage This wall is built from those 2400lb 2'x2'x4' concrete blocks you mentioned, plus a few 3500lb 2'x2'x6' blocks I had to use after my little block supplier went out of business. (BTW, I gave $30/ea for the 2400lb blocks, delivered [40+ miles]. With my new supplier o...

pete--

Good video. Thanks!

--Bill

pete-- Ha! I've got a lot of rocks! I want to make blocks for walls and stuff. I'm in no hurry. The rocks (that I'll use for wall material) range from 30lbs to 300lbs. Then I've got some that weigh a thousand up to about a ton, or so. I won't cut those as they are fairly regular already and cutting ...

BadDog and Bill-- BadDog , weight is a big factor for me, especially right now. Plus, my wrist will probably be problematic for quite a while. The reason I wanted cordless is because the rocks are not very close to power. There are probably a hundred tons that I've stacked about a hundred feet from ...

John-- Thanks! I saw the surgeon two months and one day after the accident. He took new x-rays. After analyzing them, he told me that I had healed more in that time than he expected in four months or more. I've always healed very quickly. Of course, I am still careful and there is everything from di...

BadDog and Russ--

How's this one look?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Makita-10-A ... /202517713

--Bill

All-- I am trying to learn how to split rocks. I have some feathers and wedges and a rotary hammer drill and some concrete bits with carbide tips. So far, I have no luck at all. I've only managed to get a hole about 3/8" deep in a piece of limestone. I've tried drilling using the 1/2" bit down to th...

Steve--

Mine is the top one.

--Bill

Russ and liveaboard-- Russ , I didn't get to watch the actual surgery because they used general anesthesia. I would love to see a video of it . . . now. liveaboard , it all stays in. (Like BadDog said.) One screw in the distal end may have to come out if bone doesn't fill in around the end of it. Ug...

All-- I've had a minor setback. I did a high dive off a ladder and shattered my left wrist. The distal end (the end next to the wrist) was broken completely off and a long longitudinal break in the radius also occurred. I didn't know that was even possible. It's interesting to think of the forces in...