Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[sean donato]

Well, I got nothing to report. Used the last 4 hours of my vacation up today. Basically stayed in the house while it snowed, and kept up after the 3d printer. It's not looking good for my wife's dad's project. Filament that was supposed to show up today and tomorrow is now pushed off to tomorrow and Sunday. I may run out and grab him something stupid as a fill in, he'll really like the puzzle box when it's done. I wish my wife found it like 2 weeks ago.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Wonder what bar oil he uses.

Crisco

 

[benz66]

Got some of these wago connectors to try out in the shop. Works been using them for year now, in both AC and DC systems. All the electricians seem to favor them, except a few of the really old guys. They are rated for 20 amps in this series, but I figured I'd use them on the lights since everything is led and doesn't hardly draw anything. Also the lights stand the biggest chance of getting changed around at some point, so this will make it really simple, especially since 90% of the wiring is thhn in conduit. Bug nuts just suck with stranded wire.
I did cut up some of that slab wood this evening, but my main focus has been getting Christmas stuff for the kids (nieces and nephews as well as my kids.) Through the 3d printer. If everything goes as planned, and the rest of my filiment shows up Saturday I should have everything finished up Monday after work. My wife did request one specific puzzle box for her dad, but I'm unsure if I'll get that done in time or not. She just found it last night, 197 parts to print, and I've read from 1 hour to 6 hours to assemble. So it may be a bit late lol.

I really like those connectors. I first encountered them in the 500+ fancy backlit Chinee bathroom lights I installed in a hotel remodel quite a few years ago. At first I pocketed them and used wirenuts. Some strange new thing from china... Kinda looked like European DIN rail stuff. Then in one box, there was an existing wire with maybe an inch in the box, Rather than trying to struggle with a wirenut to add a piece, I just snapped the extension into one of those, and then snapped it over the stub. Pow! Done. Slick. After that, I started using them on the rest of the lights. They made the installs go faster. The GC and the Sub I worked for were both very pleased.

A year or so ago, the cheapest place I found to buy them (in the US) was Home despot. Not that brand. I don't remember the brand HD had.