Perfect Weather Lets Capture Some Sun

The weather has been nice lately, getting well into the 70s with light winds. Still too early to put out the tomatoes but things are growing.

Thought this would be a nice time to work on the roof and garage attic; you know, before it gets really hot up there.

So we invited some nice young men over to put on a solar array.

Last pannel going up.


Roof cut off, first of three switches in the system.


The hold downs


The rack rails.


The inverter.


Here's the whole array.

It alls ends up powering the house and running the meter backwards when it is producing more than we are using.

After we recover all the tax credits it should pay for itself in about six years.  The payback is longer for us because we have some of the cheapest electricity in the country.

That means it is a better deal for all of you out there that live in the lower forty eight. Think about it!  I won't go into it being the right thing to do for the planet and your grandchildren. The price of electricity is only going up.

Go greedy and do it for the gold.

Do it now, while the weather is perfect.

Table Saw Blade Guard/Dust Collector, mark2

So, basically, here is what I want

Only $175 (not including saw and dust collector) but a nice set up.

I found a blade guard at the local restore for $4.00.  After a little hacksaw work and a trip to the local metal suppliers scrap pile ($1.00) I took it to a welder and here is what I got.

 Drilled two mounting holes in the rear support for the side table.

Foam block just a prop to lift guard for photo. Jury still out on the anti kick back feature.

Now all I have to do is rig an attachment for the dust collector already located overhead. Total so far $22.50.

Weather perfect outside so I'd better get to work.