made a road trip Saturday to Big Orange for 40 sheets of mold-resistant drywall, 34 studs, sundries and stuff. that's for the west half of the basement... Shawn is doing finish work on the drywall on the east side.
got home, the garage door won't open... goes up 6 inches and goes back down. started walking around after I tried to assist the opener and we got it open 8 inches, then down. one of the widowmaker springs is broken. turns out on closer inspection that when it broke, the lift cables despooled and wrapped around the spring axle.
since the door is solid scuzwood and bubbling anyway, good excuse to start asking about door sales. turns out it was second to last day of a sale at the Nard, plus the start of an 11% rebate week. so rented a second truck for the day, and brought home a door and opener.
the door has been propped open for the afternoon with a stud, and after some light wiring downstairs, what-ho! -- lightning in the north. so badgered Shawn upstairs and we shut the door. mostly. the east side hung up 4 inches from a snagged cable... I had seen and been able to pull the west side cable.
so... took off bolts, got the crowbar, and pried off the bottom door roller/support. dropped with a bang. got 1.6 inches of rain that night.
eek! -- just noticed I'm bleeding. bending a steel chassis. I won a HW-101 transciever on eBay, and got a transformer and choke pullout. I' ve been trying to get a hot-water for several weeks, since the CX-7a power supply is a true challenge similar to passing a national debt ceiling bill. this afternoon, put the air on the the shed, and have built 3 perfboards to constitute the power supply (ordered caps earlier this week.) get the chassis formed, cleaned up, and primed/painted, and when the oddball 11-pin octal connectors show up, can finish the PS and feeder cable.
then I can start checking out the HW.
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