Jump5fan's Blog

[J_freek]

I know I'm a little late....but those monster trucks are amazing!

[jump5fan]

I know I'm a little late....but those monster trucks are amazing!

yes they are. they are also really really loud.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday i bought two parts on ebay that we need fot the R/C truck/buggy. we picked up a free pool latter and sliding board for a pool. i di some work of the van again yesterday. i found that one of the spots where i had repaired rust needs to be redone because the paint that i used doesn't want to stick to the metal. the other evening i removed a couple wasp nests that were near the house. we have a couple areas along the side of the house where there is a little bit of grass growing so i am watering those spots to try to get more grass to grow. i still need to get the sprinkler set up in the yard so i might do that today. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was really slow. we switched chores and now my main chores are feeding the cats and getting them clean water and cleaning the litterboxes and stuff. our air condisioner frooze up twice yesterday and when it does that we have to turn it off and let all of the ice melt. the thing is we can't tell when it is starting to freeze. if we could tell that ice was starting to from we could turn the air condisioner off before the whole thing freezes. i am hoping that we will be able to start riding our bikes again soon. we haven't done any riding for a little while now. a couple of the trees around our house have a couple leaves that have changed color already. it has been getting a little cooler at night but we also haven't had any rain for something like a week and a half to two weeks and i think that might be part of the reason why some of the leaves are changing. a couple days ago i sold a mini bicycle on ebay. i was hoping to get $50 to $75 for it but it sold for $2.50, but i'm not sure how much i will get from the shipping. i took apart the pool filter and added some more sand yesterday. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[katmetal]

my main chores are feeding the cats and getting them clean water and cleaning the litterboxes and stuff. How is Sapphire doing? :)

[jump5fan]

How is Sapphire doing? :)
oh, i forgot to say how she is doing. she is doing great! she is eating like she was before. we still have her in a different part of the house so we can keep track of how much she is eating, but we are perabuly going to stop keeping track because she's eating fine now. i will try post a picture or two of her and our other cats sometime today.

[katmetal]

oh, i forgot to say how she is doing. she is doing great! she is eating like she was before. we still have her in a different part of the house so we can keep track of how much she is eating, but we are perabuly going to stop keeping track because she's eating fine now. i will try post a picture or two of her and our other cats sometime today. That's good to hear. :yep: I was thinking of posting a few pics of our cats too sometime. Isn't there a "Pet Thread" on here somewhere? I guess I could fit them in on "Caturday!. :lol:

[jump5fan]

what is Caturday? also, there is a thread for posting pictures of your pets http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56163

[katmetal]

What is Caturday?!?!?! Don't tell me you missed Caturday!!! (http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=152810)

:rofl::clap::rofl:

[jump5fan]

What is Caturday?!?!?! Don't tell me you missed Caturday!!! (http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=152810)

:rofl::clap::rofl:

i saw the thread on the forum but i never looked at it for some reason. thank you for bringing it to my atention! some of those pictures are so funny!

[Symbiotic]

hey!...we can post attachments again!!!!!

[jump5fan]

hey!...we can post attachments again!!!!!

yep, didn't realise how much i used it until it wasn't working.

[jump5fan]

well we went bike riding again yesterday whih was fun. it was good to ride around again because we haven't been riding lately. we rode down the trail which was also fun. we still have to ship the mini bike, so i think we are going to do that today. the water in the pool is looking a lot better, it is almost back to how it was before. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well my brother and sister and i went in the pool yesterday which was fun, but the water was kind of on the cool side. i did some work on my road bike too, i removed some rust spots and repainted those areas. my brother and sister and i went for a bike ride which was fun. we rode along the trail again and this time our sister came too. i didn't think she would be able to ride along the whole trail, but she was able to and she did a really good job:yep: when we were done on the trail our sister wanted to go home so we all went home and at home my brother switched bikes and he and i went back to ride on the trail some more. about half way down the trail i was in front of him and i looked back to see where he was and sawthat he had stopped and was looking at the bike. i went back and found that the rear derailer had come off. here the snap ring pin that kept the derailer on the mounting bracket some how came off. we looked on the ground for the pin for a short time then i rode back up to the top of the trail and then home because i have a small box of bike parts and i thought that i had a pin that would work, but when i got home i couldn't find it. my mom and i ended up going to get my brother and the bike with the Caravan which was pretty easy because earlier that day i had mounted the bike rack that we have onto the caravan. the only thing that i didn't like about riding on the trail yesterday was that there were lots of little flys flying around and whenever we stopped they would start flying around our heads and some would fly into us. when we got back home after picking up my brother and the bike i decited to find out how fast the caravan would accelerate and how fast it would slow down in our driveway, it does both pretty good. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well i have to make this qiuck because we are getting ready for church. we went to walmart yesterday and i stayed in the van and got some really cool pictures of a thunder dtorm that came throught. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well church was great! they had the blue prints for the new church building, they are really cool! we went to a picinc that they were having at church. i talked with the DJ that they had there about the sound gear and stuff which was cool. there was a guy there with a digital SLR camera so we talked so a little bit about the camera and he let me shoot a couple pictures. i drove most of the day which was a little tiering. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[J_freek]

You are building a new building? Sweet!
We just remodled one of our buildings at church, and it's really cool!
Church picnics are also fun. :yep:
Our pastor likes to say "where there's food, there's people"
:D

[jump5fan]

You are building a new building? Sweet!
We just remodled one of our buildings at church, and it's really cool!
Church picnics are also fun. :yep:
Our pastor likes to say "where there's food, there's people"
:D

"where there's food, there's people":lol: i like that:yep:

our new building i think will be able to hold 900 to 1200 people at one time, i think. it will be really cool. it is so asome to see how The Lord is working!:clap:

[jump5fan]

well today is 9/11. it doesn't seam like it happened that long ago. i don't really have much to post today, but i will try to post some pictures soon. see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well it has been getting a little bit colder lately. we went to the liberary yesterday so that was cool. i drove for a while and then my brother drove. we are going to be going to pickup two cords of firewood that someone is getting rid of. some time today i am going to start the conversion van and turn it around. when we parked it we had pulled it into the driveway and i want back it up in front of the garage so that i can work on the drivers side. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was a lot of fun. we made two trips with the van and trailer to pick up some of the firewood. after that we rented a uhaul truck which was a whole lot of fun because we got to ride in something other than a van.we rented the second biggest truck that they had. the only thing is that there was four of us (our dad, myself, and my brother and sister) and the truck only had three seats. i think summer is pretty much over now. we are going to take the log spliter some to be looked at today. the parts for the R/C truck came yesterday. i bought parts for a nitro truck thinking they would fit but they didn't. i was able to modufy the parts and now they work but i'm going to keep a eye out for the right parts. the truck works but it is very underpowered, but i think that is because the battery that we have needs to be replaced. i think we are going to try to build a battery pack because i don't want to have to spend a lot of money on a battery pack if i don't have to. i installed a EZStart system on my Nitro Stampede. i haven't tryed starting the engine yet but i did try cranking the engine and that workswell got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was fun. our dad i went down to the valley so our dad could look at boots and then we went to walmart. it was nice becasue we were able to spend some time together. after that we went home and took the log spliter to a place that repairs lawnmowers and garden tractors and stuff like that. when we got home i turned the conversion van around. the van is loud enough without the muffler but now for some reason the engine belt was sqeeling really loud. the brakes didn't seam to work as well as they should. i cleaned some of the rubber hoses and stuff with armorall and i think some armorall might have got on the belt by mistake and that is why the belt was sqeeling the way it was. i also think that the belt might have been slipping on the pulley for the power brake bowster pump and that might be why the brakes didn't work as well as they should. i also noticed that some fiuld that had dripped onto the driveway and also down in the culd-uh-sac. but i was able to turn the van around so now i can work on the other side more easly. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[katmetal]

the van is loud enough without the muffler I think you need headers on it! :D

our dad i went down to the valley so our dad could look at boots and then we went to walmart. it was nice becasue we were able to spend some time together.I am impressed that you refer to your dad in many of your posts; sounds like you guys have a great bond! :yep:

My son is really into video games, & I have a hard time getting into them with him...I'd rather him spend time w/ me in the garage, working on/restoring cars, but he's not really into that...yet..:yep:

[jump5fan]

I think you need headers on it! :D

I am impressed that you refer to your dad in many of your posts; sounds like you guys have a great bond! :yep:

My son is really into video games, & I have a hard time getting into them with him...I'd rather him spend time w/ me in the garage, working on/restoring cars, but he's not really into that...yet..:yep:

it already has headers, and a catilytic converter. i love my dad, we really do have a great bond :yep:. i like computer games but i can only play them for so long then i have to get up and do something produtive. how old is your son? he hay lose interist in video games and start getting into cars.

[Iceman-bass14]

I bet my truck could beat your van :D lol.My truck is a 1986 ford ranger(manual....ugh) and the muffler has rusted almost all the way off.So it sounds kinda rough but still drives...if i can get going im usually ok lol.

[jump5fan]

I bet my truck could beat your van :D lol.My truck is a 1986 ford ranger(manual....ugh) and the muffler has rusted almost all the way off.So it sounds kinda rough but still drives...if i can get going im usually ok lol.

i bet your wrong! (just kidding). what engine does it have? the muffler on thevan was the same way, rusted so much that the pipe just broke.

[jump5fan]

how is how loud the van is.http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=14012025 just don't have your speakers turned up too high.

[katmetal]

Loud is "relative" as per the rpms of the engine. Wind it up to around 9 k for awhile, it will get pretty loud, esp. towards the end! The it will sputter & get kinda quiet... :D

how old is your son? he hay lose interist in video games and start getting into cars.He's 14; I guess it just seems odd, to me, because I was into cars since I was old enough to walk, but video games are a "pull" on kids these days. They weren't getting real popular until I was in my teen years, so I missed the whole early craze with them. And, I am like you; I can only take so much of them, then I have to get up & walk away, same with sitting at the pc too long...

Productive was a good choice of words. I guess that is what really bothers me, sitting around "wasting" time like that, when there is so much productive things that he could be doing. Don't get me wrong, he's a super kid (homeschooled, btw) & we do a lot together, but for some reason teh vid. game thing just bothers me... :lol:

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was kind of slow. we went to the recycling place and then we went to a couple yardsales. after that we eat lunch and then we tried installing the new (used) pump and filter for the pool. when we went to remove the old pipe fittings from the filter we couldn't get them off and they ended up breaking off, here someone had used glue when they put the filter together. i think i spent around a hour and a half removing the bits of pipe that were glued in place with my dremal tool. i took a break half way though and went for a short bike ride so that i could stretch and stuff. all we have to do now is find our dad's 1 1/2" pipe tap so we can clean out the threads. we aren't going to church today because our dad had a busy night last night. well i guess that's it for now, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well yesterday we went for a bike ride which was fun. i took the left rear wheel off the van so that i can work on it. while i was working a skunk came out from under our deck and went under our one shed. the thing was that i was near the deck and it was only about 10 feet way from me. it is easyer to work on the wheel with it on a work bentch but it is still hard. as i was riding home i saw one of the guys up the street who was driving a dodge charger R/T. it looks like it is fully restored, it is painted matallic orange and is one of the loudest musale cars that i think i have ever seen. it is a very cool car. we knew that it was going to get down into the upper 30's last night so we covered the flowers and stuff with old sheets to protect them from the frost. i had to stop at one point becasue there was a skunk that was under our deck. after it left i watched it walk off itto the woods but then a short time later another one showed up, so i went back inside until it left. i think i am going to try to make a battery pack for the R/C truck myself. i am going to try using AA batteries and see how that works. well got to go see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was another one of those slow days. i was able to fix a battery pack that we have and we were able to use the R/C truck for a little bit. we still need to get a new battery pack since this one is a older one and doesn't last very long. we did have some fun with it before the battery would go dead. the truck actualy has more power then i thought it would, one thing that really slows it down though is tall grass. i bought a R/C racing game on ebay yesterday, it is a game were you can race Traxxas cars and trucks so that will be cool. i am hoping that it is a decent game where the handling of the cars is something like what it is in real life, not a arcade game. my brother and i got rid of the old burning baral yesterday and we got rid of a couple piles of ash that were laying around. we used the ash to level out the area where we park the caravan. it is a good thing we checked the area before we put the caravan back because there were some old rusty nails and screws and stuff like that in the ash but i think we got all of that stuff out. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well i did some work on the one van wheel yesterday. i decited that this is going to take a little longer then i thought. i melted between 40 and 50 soda cans yesterday evening. i made a fire with logs and i just put the cans in the fire so now i have a mass of half melted metal, burned wood, and cans that didn't melt. i am going to get my blower out and try to built another furnace. my brother and i went for a bike ride again yesterday which was fun. we couldn't going very far ahead because our sister was using her in-line roller blades, but we all had fun. we still are waiting for the log spliter to finish being repaired. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[Symbiotic]

it's funny to hear of someone talking about covering up flowers while it's in the upper 30's....makes sense, since you use F, but it's still weird...it's about 5 before we do anything...

[jump5fan]

it's funny to hear of someone talking about covering up flowers while it's in the upper 30's....makes sense, since you use F, but it's still weird...it's about 5 before we do anything...

:lol: i'm so used to F but i see what you mean.

[jump5fan]

well i am excited because we aere going to the NJ shore today! we have seen the shore two times already buit this time we are going to be spending some time there. we didn't going during the summer because the beaches would have been crowded. our dad picked up a new battery for us at radioshack and the truck runs great. i put the wheel back on the van yesterday. well got to go get ready, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

yesterday was pretty cool. we went to the NJ shore at Island Beach State Park. it was fun. i drove most of the way down to NJ on highways with three or more lanes, it was kind of tiring. on the way down we saw a Ram Coach conversion van which was really cool because our conversion van is a Ram Coach. well got to go, but i will post more about the beach tomorrow, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well we tryed putting the new used filter on the pool. we can't really tell if it works yet because we are having some trouble with the pump. my dad and sister and i drove down to the valley and stopped at a pool supuly store and a few other places. we drove home on the PA turnpike and the traffic was pretty heavy but it wasn't too bad. well got to go, but i will post more about the beach sometime soon, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

well not too much happened yestersday, we returned a mov ie that we rented and we went to the recycling center. today i am going to start cleaning the inside of the converxsion van. there is stuff that i need to get out of the van first and then i am going to work on ckleaning the mold that is in there. well got to go, but i will be back on though out the day, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

well i was able to clean out a lot of the mold from the van which was easyer than i thought it would be. there is still mold in the van but i might be able to take care of the rest (or at least most) of it today. i decited around 10:00 pm yesterday to move the caravan. right now we there are tons of acorns falling off of the trees and every once and a while one or two would hit the caravan. we went a park yesterday for a short time which was fun. i saw a guy pull into the parking lot with a restored firebird. i'm not sure what year the firebird was but it was a early model. i don't think i have ever seen a firebird as nice as this one. on the way home from the park we at a store to get some soda and in the parking lot at the store was a chopper motorcycle that looked a lot like something that they would build on American Chopper, it was pretty cool.we got the money for the minibike the other day, so i think we are going to be shipping it sometime today. i found a new favorite TV show, Eureka. well got to go, see ya'll

[J_freek]

I hope you were careful with the mold, that stuff is deadly.

[jump5fan]

I hope you were careful with the mold, that stuff is deadly.

i'm very carfull with mold, in fact most of the time i just try to stay away from it if i can. the stuff that i am using i guess kills 99.9% of germs and mold and stuff in 10 seconds, but i'm still carfull.

[jump5fan]

we went to the park again yesterday and this time we were able to stay there for a while. we took our bikes around to the park and my brother and i did a lot of riding. the park has two trails, one paved and the other one is graval. i think i rode about 3 or 4 miles, it was fun. the paved trail has some steep spots and the graval trail has a couple really steep areas. the only thing is that we have to be carfull on the trails because there were also people walking. the park has a paved parkinglot but there also is a big parking area at the end of the parking lot where it is graval and stuff. my brother and i took turns skidding around and kicking up some dust which was fun. well got to go, see ya'll.

[J_freek]

Biking on paved trails is so much fun. :yep:

[jump5fan]

Biking on paved trails is so much fun. :yep:

yep

[jump5fan]

well i think i'm almost done cleaning the van. today i think we are going to do some cleaning up outside. we watched a new episode of Eureka last night which was fun. well i guess that is it for now, i'm not really in the mood to type a whole lot right now for some reason. catch ya'll later!

[fedsigMaster]

the only thing is that we have to be carfull on the trails because there were also people walking. .

I sometimes go riding on hiking trails where you can't see more than 10' in front of you. so I ride through slowly at first (to ckeck for tree branches or trees that have fallen on the path) to get an idea of the condition of the trails.

[jump5fan]

I sometimes go riding on hiking trails where you can't see more than 10' in front of you. so I ride through slowly at first (to ckeck for tree branches or trees that have fallen on the path) to get an idea of the condition of the trails.

that's that my brother and i do. one think that you have to be carfull of while biking is wet leaves because they and be pretty slippry.

[jump5fan]

yesterday we shipped the minibike that i sold on ebay. we drove the caravan because we haven't used it for a little bit. my brother and dad picked up the log splitter and it works great, although it is really loud. i did more work on the van too. i think i took care of most of the mold which is great. i am thinking about trying to turn it into a small camper or something. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was another one of those slow days. our dad took our sister to the doctor because her one ear was hurting and it turns out that it is infected. our dad had to work last night so our mom and i drove to Riteaid and dropped off the persecrition and got milk and that we went home for a little while then we went back out and picked up the medecine. we watched the movie Day After Tomorrow, it is a interesting movie. i at one point yesterday it started to thunder a whole lot and a couple raindrops hit the deck but it never actully rained. it did rain later in the evening. the game that i got on ebay came yesterday. it is more of a arcade game then a simulater type game, but it is still fun. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

ok we did some cleaning up outside yesterday. i worked on the spare tire holder for the conversion van. the bolts that hold the tire in place were rusted so bad that i had to drill them out. i am also working on putting the ladder back on the one rear door, but i need to find a couple parts first, i put them somewhere back i don't remember where. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

i have to make this qiuck because we are going to be going to church soon. my brother was able to make a couple metal parts for the van body and i tryed welding them but i wasn't really able to because the metal was thin and i kept burning through the thinner metel with the welder. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was cool. we went to the libriry and a couple other places. we also picked up three more bikes. on way over to get the bikes we saw a astin martin. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[fedsigMaster]

that's that my brother and i do. one think that you have to be carfull of while biking is wet leaves because they and be pretty slippry.

Not just dry leaves. There are times when I can't ride up hills because of the leaves. Going down hill is even worse, the other day I had both tires locked up and slid uncontrolably down the hill. It was pretty fun.

my brother was able to make a couple metal parts for the van body and i tryed welding them but i wasn't really able to because the metal was thin and i kept burning through the thinner metel with the welder.

:D Don't you hate it when that happens.

[jump5fan]

we did some cleaning up outside yesterday which is good because the area is kind of a mess. the leaves are starting to fall off the trees, it is really pretty. the only think is the the leaves are changing color and falling off the trees right away. i thought that leaves stayed on the trees for a short time after they changed color. i rode the one bike that we got for a short time and it is a nice bike. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

Not just dry leaves. There are times when I can't ride up hills because of the leaves. Going down hill is even worse, the other day I had both tires locked up and slid uncontrolably down the hill. It was pretty fun.



:D Don't you hate it when that happens.

i have to be carefull with my mountain bike because it only has front brakes right now. i have to be really carefull while turning and braking at the same time. i can lock up the front wheel on gravel and dirt. one time i tryed slowing quickly on pavement and i actuly felt the back tire come into the air a little bit which was a little scary.

the whole welding thing was partly my fault because i am just learning how to weld.

[jump5fan]

well we did a lot of cleaning up outside again yesterday. i was able to melt a lot of aluminum too, i melted a 20 or 30 soda cans, two downspouts and some other stuff. i am going to try to build another better furnace sometime soon. the furnace that i used this time was the bottom half of a old oil drum that was really rusted. thje thing is that to melt aluminum i need a fire that is between 1200F and 1400F and sometimes the it is so hot that the furnace itself starts glowing. my brother and i watched the second half of the movie I Robot last night, it is a neat movie. we saw part of the movie before last night because they played a short clip at church not too long ago. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[J_freek]

What do you do with the aluminum you melt?

[jump5fan]

What do you do with the aluminum you melt?

i'm not sure yet to be honest.

[jump5fan]

well not mush happened yesterday i did some more work on the van yesterday i repaired a spot that was starting to rust and i took the doghouse (engine cover) off and cleaned some of the engine. i went to bed early last night which was good. well got to go, catch ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well we have been busy over the last couple of days. we are splitting all of the firewood which is taking a little while. we are using the log splitter for most of the wood but we are also splitting some of thwe wood by hand. splitting it by hand is kind of hard but it is fun too. the two main types of wood that we are splitting are oak and cherry. the cherry is a lot easyer to split then oak. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[fedsigMaster]

i have to be carefull with my mountain bike because it only has front brakes right now. i have to be really carefull while turning and braking at the same time. i can lock up the front wheel on gravel and dirt one time i tryed slowing quickly on pavement and i actuly felt the back tire come into the air a little bit which was a little scary.


I know what that's like. I had an old NEXT bike that the back tire kept eating the bearings, so the tire would wobble and rub the brakes so I took the brakes off. then I ran into the same problem you have. After riding without rear brakes for about a year I got use to it, now I do that for sport. I've gone over the handlebars once (i think) but that's not bad considering how many times my back wheel goes up. Now that I have a new bike I'm working on lifting my back tire up and than shifting it over on to a platform locking up my back brakes and lifting my front tire up onto the platform. Right now the biggest platform that I've successfully done that on is about 1 foot.


the cherry is a lot easyer to split then oak.


That is why I don't split Oak or Maple. (those poor guys at camp)

[jump5fan]

well we have been busy lately. we split a lot of the wood. we had some pretty big storms come though yesterday evening and it rained last night. it is good that it rained because everything was really dry. the only thing that wasn't dry was our yard. it never really got too dry because of the drainage field. we watched two episodes of eureka last night which was fun, eureka is one of my current favorite shows. i think i found a new sport that i am going to try, BMX biking. i am hopeing that we might be able to get a eghaust system for the conversion van. i think we will have to have it towed to a garage or shop to get a new eghaust system and also to have it inspected. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

I know what that's like. I had an old NEXT bike that the back tire kept eating the bearings, so the tire would wobble and rub the brakes so I took the brakes off. then I ran into the same problem you have. After riding without rear brakes for about a year I got use to it, now I do that for sport. I've gone over the handlebars once (i think) but that's not bad considering how many times my back wheel goes up. Now that I have a new bike I'm working on lifting my back tire up and than shifting it over on to a platform locking up my back brakes and lifting my front tire up onto the platform. Right now the biggest platform that I've successfully done that on is about 1 foot.





That is why I don't split Oak or Maple. (those poor guys at camp)

i think i know what you are talking about, i think there is a name for that but i don't know what it is.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was fun. i did some more driving and then after we got home and after we eat dinner my brother and i went for a bike ride. i rode my dad's bike that he got the other day, it is a nice bike. i rode part way down the trail near where we live and the bike handled really well. it has really low gears and it is very easy to ride uphill. well got to go. see ya'll later.

[RK_lover]

Hello! I just wanted to post in your journal!:D

hmm....what to say....

What is your ultimate career?

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was another one of those slow days. it rained all day so we stayed inside. i think we got between 3 and 4 inches of rain which is good because we haven't had much rain lately. there is a airport in the area and for three days (today is the second day) they are having this thing called The Wings of Freedom Tour. they have three WWII bombers on display, a B-17, B-24, and B-25. if you pay $300 you can go for a ride in one of the bombers which is really cool. we might be going to the airport sometime today to see the aircraft. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well we rode up to the airport to see the bombers but it turns out they had left i think about half a hour before we got there, so we didn't get to see them. we also went to homedepot to get some wood to build something to keep some of our bikes in and after dinner my dad and i drove to walmart to get a small TV to replace the TV that our mom uses. i think the heatwave that we were haveing is over because it has gotten colder. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday we did some more stuff outside. we have a tree house that our dad built severel years ago and we are turning the bottom half into a shed for some of the bikes. the tree house is built on four wood postsand we are putting plywood on the posts. today we are going to make two doors on the front. my brother and sister and i went for a bike ride yesterday evening which was fun but it was also cold. i like riding after it gets dark because it is nice and quite. i put one of our brightest lights on my bike for a headlight. this light is just as bright as (or maybe brighter then) most car headlights. it will light up street signs about half a mile away. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well we did more stuff outside yesterday and we did some stuff inside too. i am doing a little landscaping right now, stuff like putting rocks along the driveway and getting rid of old piles of leaves and stuff like that. my brother and i watched a neat movie yesterday evening called Stargate. i am in the middle of making a new brakelight for the conversion van. it is going to use LEDs. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well we went bike riding again yesterday and it was warmer which was nice. i found that i can clean the carpet in the van with ornage cleaner. carpet is made of really small plastic fibers i think so the cleaning spray should work fine (and it does). i repainted my miuntan bike yesterday evening. i had to take the front fork off first so i didn't get any paint on it. i didn't bother removing stuff like the rear wheel, chain, sprockets, or derailers because they already have been painted a couple times. i painted the bike bright red with silver metal flake. the way i did the metal flake was by using a little silver metallic spraypaint and alumanum flakes from the workbench in the garage. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was interesting i guess. i decited that i am going to repaint my bike the right way. i took my bike completly apart, and i am in the middle of removing all of the old paint and sanding the frame. i think this is the first time that i have complatly disasembled a bicycle. we also went and got our flu shots yesterday so that is good. i will post pictures of the bike sometime soon. i still am trying to decide what color i am going to paint the bike frame. i am thinking of maybe painting it a metallic color. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[RK_lover]

well yesterday was interesting i guess. i decited that i am going to repaint my bike the right way. i took my bike completly apart, and i am in the middle of removing all of the old paint and sanding the frame. i think this is the first time that i have complatly disasembled a bicycle. we also went and got our flu shots yesterday so that is good. i will post pictures of the bike sometime soon. i still am trying to decide what color i am going to paint the bike frame. i am thinking of maybe painting it a metallic color. well got to go, see ya'll later!

How hard it is to take apart a bike? (and how hard is it to reassemble it?:lol:)
What colors are you thinking about?

[jump5fan]

How hard it is to take apart a bike? (and how hard is it to reassemble it?:lol:)
What colors are you thinking about?

it wasn't too hard. i have been taking things apart for as long as i can remember. i think this is the first time that i have taken apart a bicycle. the thing is i can take things apart without any trouble, but i sometimes have trouble putting things back together. it shouldn't be too hard to put it back together. i am thinking about maybe metallic orange or something, i'm not sure yet.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was nice. it was warm again and i was about to be outside with shorts and shortsleeves, i think it was in the lower 70's. my brother and i went for a bike ride again which was fun. i bought season one of Eureka a couple days ago on ebay and it came yesterday. my brother and sister and i watched a couple episodes last night which was fun. well got to go, see ya'll.

[RK_lover]

it wasn't too hard. i have been taking things apart for as long as i can remember. i think this is the first time that i have taken apart a bicycle. the thing is i can take things apart without any trouble, but i sometimes have trouble putting things back together. it shouldn't be too hard to put it back together. i am thinking about maybe metallic orange or something, i'm not sure yet.

Ha, the reassembly is always harder! That orange would look sweet! Maybe when you're done you could post pics.....

[jump5fan]

Ha, the reassembly is always harder! That orange would look sweet! Maybe when you're done you could post pics.....

it is normal for me to put something back together and there still be a couple screws left over:lol: i will post some pictures.

[Symbiotic]

the idea is to have no leftover parts, Chris....;)

i, on the other hand, tend to try to skip steps when disassembling, which causes me to have to go back and do them over again...or i'll add in my own(my favourite is removing the intake boxes on the cars...Haynes never tells me to, but i do anyway...it seems to give me a lot more room to work with...)

[jump5fan]

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81023&stc=1&d=1192793696
part of the trail that we ride on.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81024&stc=1&d=1192793696
another part of the trail, note the roots.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81025&stc=1&d=1192793696
my bike on another part of the trail. i like riding in areas like this.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81026&stc=1&d=1192793696
our one cat, his name is Chester and he doesn't have red eyes.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81027&stc=1&d=1192793696
we see this truck almost every time we go riding. i want to get a truck like this someday. i like older (and newer) dodge ram trucks.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was a kind of slow day. our dad and i went and picked up two tool boxes. the rest of the day was kind of slow, they are calling for thunderstorms today which is good because we need the rain. well got to go, but i'l try to post some more later.

[RK_lover]

Man, that trail looks awesome! How often do you ride it?
The whole country almost is expecting rain in the next few days:lol: It's really windy here.
Btw, I like your cat! It's a Siamese, right?
See ya!

[jump5fan]

Man, that trail looks awesome! How often do you ride it?
The whole country almost is expecting rain in the next few days:lol: It's really windy here.
Btw, I like your cat! It's a Siamese, right?
See ya!

we ride on the trail when ever we can. it is getting harder though because there are leaves on the trail now and they sort of hide rocks and stuff but it is still fun.

you are right about Chester, he is a Siamese.

[RK_lover]

we ride on the trail when ever we can. it is getting harder though because there are leaves on the trail now and they sort of hide rocks and stuff but it is still fun.

you are right about Chester, he is a Siamese.

How long have you had Chester? Do you have any other pets?
Do you have any siblings?
(Btw, nice to see you in my journal!)

[jump5fan]

How long have you had Chester? Do you have any other pets?
Do you have any siblings?
(Btw, nice to see you in my journal!)

we have sevrle other cats and i have a younger brother and a younger sister

[RK_lover]

we have sevrle other cats and i have a younger brother and a younger sister

Sweet! What kind of cats, and how old are your brother and sister?

[Symbiotic]

Chester is a very cute kitty...is he social?...i like social cats...i don't like the ones that never want to be around you...

[jump5fan]

Chester is a very cute kitty...is he social?...i like social cats...i don't like the ones that never want to be around you...

sorry but he isn't very social, he doesn't like being held very much. the funny thing is that he is very frendly in he is in our mom's bathroom and bedroom for some reason. he goes from not wanting to be held to being one of the friendlyest cats.

[jump5fan]

well we got rain yesterday which is good. i'm not sure how much rain we got but i'm guessing a inch or two. i am starting to work on the game computer again. i have to look up some error codes. well got to go, see ya'll.

[Symbiotic]

i don't mind cats that don't like being held...i just like it when they'll come sit by you, instead of leave the room when you come

[jump5fan]

well yesterday we worked on the pool and we cleaned the pool cover. we also went bike ride again which was fun. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was another warm day. it was in the 70's again. i did some work on the pool and i was able to get a pump working. the people who lived in the house across the street before the current owners have grandkids and they stopped by around lunch time and my brother and sister spent the afternoon at their place. well got to go, see ya'll

[jump5fan]

well yesterday i did some work on the pool filter. i took it apart and cleaned the whole thing. there were three spots where the filter mesh had ripped so i fixed it by sewing the ripped spots closed. i got the filter back to gether and was ready to try it when i discovered that we don't have any of the powder that goes in the filter and we can't run it until we get the powder. we aren't going to be swimming in the pool any more this year but we want to try to get the water cleaned up before we cover it for the winter. i also cleaned out most of the gutters which was good because a couple of the gutters were full of leaves. it rained all night last night and it looks like it is going to be raining for the next couple of days. we watched a new dirty jobs episode last night, the 150th dirty job that mike rowe has done. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[RK_lover]

<marquee>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!</marquee>

Hope you have an awesome day!

[J_freek]

Darn, I missed your birthday? Oh, that's right, it's on the 31st.

Oh well, happy belated birthday!

[jump5fan]

<marquee>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!</marquee>

Hope you have an awesome day!

Darn, I missed your birthday? Oh, that's right, it's on the 31st.

Oh well, happy belated birthday!

thanks!

[jump5fan]

boy i haven't updated this for a while! i was grounded for a little while, which is why i haven't been on lately. i am now 20 years old! i'm kind of excited but at the same time i'm kind of sad because looking back there are a lot of things that i would have liked to have tryed or done but i can't go back. i got a radio for my birthday along with a small handheld vacume cleaner and a small eletric chain saw. about a week ago we got a bit coal bin thing to keep coal in, it is 4' wide by 6' tall by 8' long. we got our pool covered about a week ago. i have been doing a lot of driving lately and so has my brother. well got to see ya'll later!

[J_freek]

Hey man, it's been awhile.
What have you all been up to?

[jump5fan]

Hey man, it's been awhile.
What have you all been up to?

well for one i turned 20 on oct 31st.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was kind of slow. we did some work around the house. yesterday morning it drizzeled a little bit and then we had a couple snow flerys. i did some work on the R/C truck but didn't get very far. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was another one of those slow days. i think i am going to try growing a beard again (pointless fact). i am still sick but i don't think it is as bad as yesterday. we watched a new show on the Discovery Channel called Fearless Planet, it was really cool. we still have to get the cover on the pool skimmer but we are having a lot of trouble. i guess that is it for now but i will post some pictures soon. bye!

[jump5fan]

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81636&stc=1&d=1194878557
picture taken with my near-IR modded camera

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81637&stc=1&d=1194878557
one of the coolest Mustangs that i'v ever seen

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81638&stc=1&d=1194878557
me driving

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81639&stc=1&d=1194878557
a mod i made to the van (the black thing under the bumper)

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=81641&stc=1&d=1194878671
at the shooting range

[Symbiotic]

that 'Stang looks great....i really like the new GTs...i think i might have asked before, but i can't remember; what guns do you own?

[jump5fan]

that 'Stang looks great....i really like the new GTs...i think i might have asked before, but i can't remember; what guns do you own?

i have a .45 flintlock and my brother has a .22 rifle. our dad has a WWII Mosin-Nagant M38 rifle, a 12 gauge sawed off shotgun, .22 magnum revolver, 9mm Bersa Firestorm, 40cal Beratta 96, a Rememington .22 rifle, and a WWI Mauser rifle that i can't remember the name. i like shooting the flintlock and the .22 rifles and i also like shooting the Firestorm and the Beretta 96 (based on the 92).

[jump5fan]

well we did some more stuff outside yesterday. We moved a pile of logs so that we can park the caravan closer to the garage. We have to work on the CV-joints on the caravan. when you drive the caravan the steering shutters around 45mph. It isn't really bad but we want to fix it sometime soon. all morning yesterday it looked like it was going to rain and it did around noon for a short time. Most of the rest of the day it was really foggy. it rained all night which is good because we need the rain. My brother and I were having probalums with the electric rc truck where if we ran it long enough the motor would start to smoke but we were able to fix it by putting smaller wheels on the truck. We are going to go have the one minivan inspected this afternoon. We finlly were able to get the cover on the swimming pool skimmer the other day which is good. We watched a new mythbusters episode last night which was cool, it was a two hour specal. Well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

Well yesterday was a kind of slow. It snowed a little bit last night. Our dad took the van to be inspected and had to take it back yesterday so they could fix something. I am starting to think about what kind job I want and I think I might be leaning toward truck driving. we are going to use our wood stove this year because heating oil is pretty exspensive right now. we can burn both wood and coal in our wood stove. i made another jump for the r/c buggy that we have, i will try to st some pictures sometime soon. Well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

yesterday our dad and I went to sears and home depot and the post office. We watched star trek the motion picture last night, it is one of my favorite star trek movies.

[J_freek]

Hey, how've you been? I agree with Joel, that mustang is awesome looking. I"m completely in love with them. :D

[jump5fan]

yes they are really cool.

[jump5fan]

boy i havent updated this thibg for a while. i am using the ipaq right now because we are at a doctors appiontment right now. we have been splitting all of the firewood the we have over the last couple of days, other than that not much as been happening. the other day i moved the conversion van so thats cool. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[J_freek]

Ya'll have a woodstove in your house? I love that.

[jump5fan]

Ya'll have a woodstove in your house? I love that.

i don't remember when we used it last. we are going to start using it again this year because the cost of heating oil.

[jump5fan]

well the docters appiontment went well. it rained part of the way down to bryn mawr. we still have a lot of wood to split but it rained yesterday and some of the wood got wet, so we are going to have to let the wood dry.about a week ago i ran my nitro R/C truck for a short time. i put a starter motor on the truck so i tryed it out and it works great, it is a lot easier then starting it by hand. a couple nights ago there was a full moon so i went outside and took a lot of pictures. when i first went outside it didn't look very bight but after my eyes got used to the dark everything was so bright that you could prabuly read a book just by moonlight. it was so bright that i didn't bring a flashlight outside with me because i didn't need it. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well my brother and i did some more work on the firewood yesterday. we also have two piles of firewood behind our house that we we have to take care of also. the one pile has all been split but some of the wood is too long to fit it to the wood stove so we are going to have to cut the stuff that is too long. the other pile i think is wood that is too long and also needs to be split. my brother and i built a bin to keep small pieces of wood in. i played my guitar for a little bit yesterday which was fun because i haven't been doing much playing lately. a road crew came through the area yesterday morning and cleared some of the dead trees and branches from along the sides of the roads around where we live. we still have to fix the snow blower before it snows, so i am hoping we will be able to do that soon. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[mellow_yellow]

Hey! I just decided to drop by and tell ya hi....that rhymes...:D *giggles*

Have a good day! :yep:

[jump5fan]

we went to home depot to get some wood to built a couple more racks to stack firewood on. i drove on the way home but the sun was just above the horizion which made it hard to see. we put up our christmas tree yesterday evening so that is cool. we watched a new mythbusters episode last right . well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

Hey! I just decided to drop by and tell ya hi....that rhymes...:D *giggles*

Have a good day! :yep:
thanks for droping by, and hi to you too

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was fun. our uncle stopped by for a little while which was cool. our dad and i when to home depot again and drove both ways again. on the way home the sun was in my face again. yesterday evening was really cool. there is a comet in the sky right now so i was outside for a while and i found it! it doesn't really look like a comet but it is still cool. the name of the comet is 17P/Holmes http://www.spaceweather.com/. in addition to the comet i also saw a shooting star and 17 sattelites, very cool! it looks like we are going to get snow on sunday, but i'm not sure how much yet. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[J_freek]

Hey, i haven't been here in awhile, so I thought i'd stop by. :) do you have your licence?

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was cool. i found that i can melt glass with my furnace. i put a couple big pieces of broken glass in the furnace along with some soda cans that i was melting so that was cool. we are doing two christmas trees this year, one in the front part of the house and one in the back part of the hoyuse. the one tree is the kind that has fiberoptices but for some reason the light isn't working but our dad is going to look at it. the other tree is the type that is pre-lit but the lights arn't working ether but i thing we are going to buy lights for that tree. we looked at the comet again last night but this time we used the telescope. it was really cool but i think it is easier to see the comet with binocurs. one thing that i don't like about using the telescope during winter is that it is really cool. it looks like they are calling for us to get snow and sleet and stuff tonight and sunday and monday. so far it doesn't look like we are going to get a whole lot but that can change pretty quick. i will try to post some pictures soon. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

Hey, i haven't been here in awhile, so I thought i'd stop by. :) do you have your licence?

hey thanks for stopping by! no i don't have my licence yet. i'm not sure if i'm going to try to get my licence now or after winter, we'll see. do you have your licence?

[jump5fan]

well we got lights for the christmas trees yesterday at walmart. i drove both ways which was fun because the one road has a lot of bends and turns and stuff. we got 1 to 3 inches of snow over night. i think we are going to get some more snow today and maybe some freezing rain. tomorrow they are calling for it to be really windy with wind gusts between 40mph and 50mph. the thing is if there is ice on the trees and it starts getting windy tree branches might break off and hit power lines and stuff, but hopefuly that doesn't happen. when it stops snowing i'm going to go out and clear off the deck with my power shovel thing. well got to go, see ya'll later

[J_freek]

No, I don't....I'm working on it though...I've been "working" on it for months now. :rolleyes:

[jump5fan]

well we got around 3 or 4 inches of snowover the last couple of days. our dad took us driving around in the snow. it was interesting and fun. i did a revesese 180 in the cold-ah-sac which was really cool. we went and picked up a pool pump that someone was getting rid of but the house had a kind of steep driveway that was covered with snow. i was able to turn the minivan around and get about half way up the driveway but then the wheels would start spinning, our dad was about to get up the driveway. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[dogfood]

ive never driven in snow, ive been in hail and in rain
i havent really driven on ice either

[jump5fan]

ive never driven in snow, ive been in hail and in rain
i havent really driven on ice either

do you guys get snow in New Zealand?

[dogfood]

yeah dude, down the south island we do, i however live in the north island where its pretty warm all year round

[jump5fan]

well there isn't a whole lot going on right now. we watched a new Mythbusters episode last night. i am thinking about what i want to get everyone in my family for christmas. i tryed to clean the bathtub in the one bathroom and i was able to remove a lot of the dirt and stuff but now there are white streaks, so i guess i'm going to have to clean it again. i pulled the conversion van foword so we could back the trailer to where we keep it (we couldn't do it by hand because there is stuff on it right now). i had to rev the engine a couple times to get the van to move and my brother (who was watching) said that every time i revved the engine it blew out some black exhaust so i am going to have to look into that. the van is so cool because it starts very easly. the fuel in the tank is a couple years old and right now it has a boat battery but it starts right up. i think we are going to start using the wood stove today but i'm not sure. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well we got the woodstove up and running. at first our dad forgot to open the baffel (which controls how much heat goes up the chimny) so we ended up having a little bit of smoke in the livingroom but it wasn't too bad. it got really warm in the living room and i ended up putting shorts on :lol:. we went to two differant gun shops yesterday which was cool. well got to go, catch ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was kind of slow. it looks like they are calling for freezing rain today and tonight. last night my brother and watched some star wars episode 2 so that was cool. wel got to go, but i might post some pictures later on today.

[jump5fan]

well we are going to be leaving soon because my brother and sister have dentist appiontments this morning. we also are going to go pick up a couple pairs of shoes that someone is getting rid of. the only thing is that my brother and sister's apiontment is at 11:00am and we are going to pick up the shoe around 4:00pm. there wonr be enough time to drive home because we woulf end to leave almost as soon as we would get home, so to kill time we are going to go to cabulas for a little while. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[J_freek]

What's Cabulas?

[jump5fan]

What's Cabulas?

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/community/aboutus/retail-detail.jsp?detailedInformationURL=/cabelas/en/content/community/aboutus/retail/retail_stores/hamburg/hamburg.html&cm_re=home121107*right*retail_dropdown

[jump5fan]

we got more snow yesterday! at first it snowed pretty hard (big snowflakes) but then it switched to sleet. we got maybe 4 to 6 inches. they are calling for more snow and sleet tomarow and sunday but i'm not sure how much yet because some NOAA is saying less then a inch while someone on the weather channel said that our area is going to get dumped on. we never gotr the snowblower working so we are going to be shoveling the driveway with shovels. my dad and i had to go to the store and i drove. the roads hadn't been plowed yet and were a mess but it was kind of fun. i was going 25mph to 30mph on roads where the speed limit is 45mph (but people go at 50 or 60. we went to walmart the other day and we were going to take the caravan but the heater didn't want to work for some reasonwell got to go, catch ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well now it looks like we are going to get between 2 and 4 inches of snow and sleet. not much is going on right now. we saw a baby oposum last night, it was really cute :). well i guess thats it for now, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

i need to make this king of quick because i have stuff to do. the last couple days have been interesting. we ended up getting most sleet. we are having problums with the caravan so we can't drive it right now. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was warm which was nice. we have been wraping stuff over the last couple of days. i think we are still waiting for a couple things to come. i am excited because we are going to be going to church on sunday, i'm excited because we haven't been able to go for a couple weeks because our dad had to work. we watched a couple episodes of Little People Big World. we also did some cleaning around the house. other then that not much is happening right now. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

boy it was warm yesterday! we went down for church and to vist our grandfather for a short time. the temp at one point was 57F. we are going to church again this evening for one of the christmas eve servuses. our church is having 5 seruvues today, 12:00 noon, 5, 7, 9 amd 11pm. pastor jim said yesterday that we are exspeting almost 1,000 people who normaly don't go to church to come for the servues today. we have some cleaning to finish doing to and i still have to wrap a couple things. we got a call from the guy across the street yesterday whille we were eating dinner and he said that he was heard a couple banging sounds coming from a house next to his house. our dad and my brother went over to check. it turns out there was nothing but the house had been broken into i think two times before so our neibor had a reason to be conserened. our mom gave my brother a haircut the other night and she is going to let me continue to keep mine long. i drove most of the day yesterday which was fun even though it was foggy most of the time. we also went to walmart which wasn't all that much fun. i really don't like going into walmart right before christmas. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

Merry christmas everyone!


well today is christmas, so merry christmas everyone!!! we went to the 7:00pm church servuis yesterday which was cool. well got to go, see ya'll later, Merry Christmas!!

[J_freek]

Merry Christmas!

I haven't been around much...but I do read every time I long on...I just don't want to cheap post. :)

[RipVanWinkle]

Hey...what camera did you get for christmas?

[jump5fan]

Hey...what camera did you get for christmas?

i got a kodak easyshare C813. it isn't a digital SLR but it is a nice camera.

[jump5fan]

well i hope everyone who reads this ( and even those who don't) had a great Christmas :). it looks like it is going to be warm today. i got the CD by David crowder Band called A Collision and it is a really good CD. i also got the latest Jump5 cd along with a cd by PureNRG, family force 5, hokus pick, and relient k. i also got a kodak C813 digital camera . i got a lava lamp too. my brother and sister and i got a monopely game which is a lot of fun, the only problum with the game is that it takes a long time to playwe still have to fix the caravan so hopfuly we are going to do that soon. we went to the shooting range the other day. we didn't take all of the guns because we weren't going to be there too long since our dad had to work that night. i am working on my flintlock rifle off and on lately, i am polishing all of the brass parts and i will post pictures soon. well i guess that is it for now, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was a interesting day. we did some stuff around the house our dad was about to leave to go to the store when he spotted something by some trees. it turned out to be a deer that was almost dead. when our dad got back he checked the deer again and it was dead so he drug it out into the woods. it was a buck so we saved the antlers the whole thing was sad and our sister was really upset. last night after it got dark i went outside and took some pictures with my new camera, i think i got a couple pictures of mars! i wasn't using a telescope so you can't see very much at all but it is still cool. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well today is the first day of 3008. the other day we went shopping and it was snowing. i drove on the way back home and i had to go slow the whole time because some areas were slippry. i was behind a pickup truck for a little while and he was slipping around a little bit. i was going to stay up till midnight last night but i ended up staying up till 1:30am. yesterday we got around 3 inches of snow so i went outside for a while and took pictures. it was really pretty because the snow was sticking to the trees. we still haven't fixed the snow blower so i shoveled the driveway by hand which was fun. the discovery channel had a all day mythbusters merathon yesterday so we watched some of that. today they have a dirty jobs marathon all day so i am hoping to watch some of that. our sister is going to be doing a dance for us that she has been planning on doing for about a month now. our dad said that later on i can fire off my flintlock for a little while so that will be fun. i am going to record my rifle with my camera and i will post a video at some point. ok got to go, happy new year everyone!

[jump5fan]

well i tryed shooting my rifle yesterday but it wouldn't go off. the flash powder went off without much trouble but the main charge wouldn't. i tryed around ten times but nothing happened. the gun powder that i was using had been sitting around without a lid for about half a year so the powder is most likely stale. i was hoping that we would be able to go to the shooting range today but i don't think we are going to, partly because it is windy right now. we watched the rose parade yesterday which was neat. we also watched a couple episodes of dirty jobs. well got to go, see ya'll.

[RK_lover]

Happy New Year!
Hopefully you can get your rifle working....

Do you like the show Junkyard Wars?

[jump5fan]

Happy New Year!
Hopefully you can get your rifle working....

Do you like the show Junkyard Wars?

i love junkyard wars. i'm more into the UK version then the US one

[J_freek]

well today is the first day of 3008. the other day we went shopping and it was snowing. i drove on the way back home and i had to go slow the whole time because some areas were slippry. i was behind a pickup truck for a little while and he was slipping around a little bit. i was going to stay up till midnight last night but i ended up staying up till 1:30am. yesterday we got around 3 inches of snow so i went outside for a while and took pictures. it was really pretty because the snow was sticking to the trees. we still haven't fixed the snow blower so i shoveled the driveway by hand which was fun. the discovery channel had a all day mythbusters merathon yesterday so we watched some of that. today they have a dirty jobs marathon all day so i am hoping to watch some of that. our sister is going to be doing a dance for us that she has been planning on doing for about a month now. our dad said that later on i can fire off my flintlock for a little while so that will be fun. i am going to record my rifle with my camera and i will post a video at some point. ok got to go, happy new year everyone!

3008? :o

[jump5fan]

3008? :o

i try to fix typos but i guess i missed this one!:lol:

[jump5fan]

ok it is cold right now, i think it is around 9F. it is also windy so the wind chill is maybe between 0F and -10F...cold. i like this kind of weather for some reason though. we have the woodstove going right now so i have keeping a eye on that. we picked up a computer that someone didn't need anymore yesterday. it is a newer dell computer and my brother and i installed Battlefield 2 on it. we saw one of the Medevac helacopters land, pick up someone to be flown to the hospitle, and then take off again which was very cool. i think i will try to post some pictures a littl later, see ya'll

[J_freek]

It's cold here....it's 27 right now. :(

[jump5fan]

It's cold here....it's 27 right now. :(

i just checked and we have 8F

[mellow_yellow]

Just wanted to drop by and say hi! (That ryhmes! :clap:)

:D

[jump5fan]

well not much happened yesterday. we went to the thrift store and got some clothes this for once i sort of had fun. i'm not sure who did the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight but i found a video on youtube with this song and it is a really catchy song. well got to go, see ya'll later on.

[jump5fan]

Just wanted to drop by and say hi! (That ryhmes! :clap:)

:D

hey! what's up?

[mellow_yellow]

hey! what's up?

Nothing much...just waiting for school to start...yep...I'm that bored! :yep::lol: I start tomorrow.

So, how are you doing? :)

[jump5fan]

well the latest thing that is happening is that my brother and sister and i have switched chores and i am now doing the kiction. they aere calling for it to be really warm today and tomorrow. today they said it should be 57F and tomorrow it is going to be around 60F, which is really warm for this time of year. the funny thing is that just a couple days ago when i got up it was only 9F outside and tomorrow it is going to be 60F! i will try to post some pictures today. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

ok here are a few pics.

pic1 a lamp by my bed
pic2 burning some stuff
pic3 waving two lighters back and forth

[Jenacen]

Man, that fire looks nice and cozy!

[J_freek]

Fires are awesome!

[jump5fan]

it was so warm yesterday! it got up to 60F it was really nice amd i had to keep reminding myself that it is still winter and it is still going to get dark early. it is going to be 63F today. we are hopfuly going to replace the theremastat on the caravan today. i am in the middle of cleaning my keyboard and i removed a bunch of the keys so i am typing with a keyboard that has some keys missing. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well i cleaned my keyboard yesterday which took a little longer then i thought it would. we watched a new dirty jobs episode last night. we didn't get around to working on the caravan but that's ok. i am hopeing that we will be able to go to the shooting range soon. our sister's birthday is coming up soon and she wants to go bowling for her birthday so i think we are going to do that sometime soon. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

we fixed the caravan yesterday! we replaced the thorstate and the heater control valve. it was windy yesterday and the top part of a dead tree by our yard broke off so i got out my chainsaw and cut it up. the weather is starting to get cooler again. well i guess that is it for now, bye!

[J_freek]

Do you have campfires?

[jump5fan]

no but that would be fun

[jump5fan]

well not much going on right now. i have to make this quick because i have chores to do. our sister is going to go bowling with a frenid today for her birthday. it looks like it is going to be raining all day today. hawk nelson has a new song out called Friend Like That, it is a really cool song. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[J_freek]

Is Hawk Nelson coming out with a new album soon?

[jump5fan]

Is Hawk Nelson coming out with a new album soon?

i'm not sure, i hope they do though.

[jump5fan]

well not much is going on right nowthey were calling for rain yesterday and it did rain in the morning but most of the day was just cloudy and the sun even came out a couple times. we are going to be going to the recycling center today. i like the cold weather and stuff but i can't wait for it to get warmer so i can going riding again. i have a old Heathkit stereo amp that has been sitting around for a while so i dusted it off and hooked it up to some speakers and tryed it. it works really nice, the only thing is that the knobs aren't labeled but i found a picture online that shows what the differant knobs are. i also found out thatit was made back in 1975 and it still works which is pretty cool. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was interesting. we went to the recycling place and radioshack. the other day we got a used desk chair that was broken so yesterday our dad welded it. my brother and i shoot uop some soda cans with the BB rifles which was fun. i really like the BB rifles because they are quite. i like shooting at the range too. i haven't fired any of the bigger rifles that we have i guess because of how much recoil they have. i really like shooting my dad's handguns and last time we went shooting i shot at a target about 25 yards away and a couple shots hit the center. our sister's birthday is today so happy birthday to her!it looks like it is going to snow tonight around 2 to 4 inches. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[dogfood]

you can come here with ya bb rifles and shoot our stray cats

[jump5fan]

boy i haven't updated this thing for a while, partly because i was grounded for a week but i'm back. the last couple of days have been pretty cold. when we woke up sunday morning it was 2.7F outside, very cold. after church we stopped at a guitar store which was cool. they have a lot of cool stuff there.we got another wood stove for the back part of the house because the woodstove in the front part of the house doesn't heat the back. i'm not sure how we are going to install it so we will see. they was a new dirty jobs episode on last night so we watched that. tonight there is a new mythbusters episode on tonight which looks like it is going to be fun. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[J_freek]

It has been cold lately. Did y'all get any of the snow?

[RK_lover]

Hey, how's it going?

[jump5fan]

It has been cold lately. Did y'all get any of the snow?
yes we did
Hey, how's it going?
pretty good, you?

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was cool. we put the new wood stove in the family room. my brother and i moved the big grundig radio that we have upstairs to my bedroom. our dad and brother and i went to two gunshows on saterday which was a lot of fun. i almost bought a small 22 rifle but decited not to. well i guess that is all for not, i am trying to get back to updateing this thing everyday again. see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well it looks like we are going to get some freezing rain today and the next couple of days. the last episode of star trek enterprise was on last night followed by the first episode so we watched those. i haven't been playing my guitar that much lately but i am starting to play again which is good. i will post some pictures soon, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

well not much is going on today. i am starting to get into a hapit of not updating this thing. we are still working on installing the new wood stove. we got freezing rain yesterday so everything outside is covered with a layer of ice. i bought strings for my guitar on ebay yesterday. i switched pickgaurds on my guitar the other day and while i was doing that two wires from inside the guitar came off. a while ago i had started to replace all of the wiring in my guitar with better wiring but i only ended up replacing two wires. the thing is the wires that broke off were the two that i replaced but i don't remember where they went, so i need to fix that. i almost bought a austin guitar body and neck on ebay. i had enough money but i decited not to get the body and neck becuase i didn't want to rush and buy something without doing some research first. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

yesterday was a kind of slow day. we picked up a tv to replace one that broke. the thing is that it is bigger then the other one so that is cool. it has a thing were it turns off right after you turn it on and you have to turn it back on 6 or 7 times before it stays turned on. we are going to look at it today i think and hiopfuly we can fix it. well got to go, see ya'll later

[jump5fan]

well i don't feel like typing a lot right now so insted i will post some pictures.

pic 1 my guitar with the old pickgaurd
pic 2 after i put the metal pickgaurd on
pic 3 see pic 3
pic 4 close up
pic 5 the new wood stove.

[J_freek]

That's pretty cool. :)

[jump5fan]

That's pretty cool. :)

the guitar or the stove?

[jump5fan]

yesterday was kind of warm which was cool. we had a thunderstorm go through in the morning which was neat since we usualy don't have thunderstorms in the winter. they are calling for it to be pretty warm today, i think in the lower 50's. tomorow it is going to get colder again, i think in the lower 30's. a new episode of dirty jobs was on yesterday which was cool. for the strings that i ordered haven't come yet but they should come soon. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[J_freek]

the guitar or the stove?

The guitar. :)

[jump5fan]

The guitar. :)

thanks :)

[jump5fan]

well not much is going on right now. it rained yesterday evening and last night. it was really warm yesterday, i think we had 57F! i guess that is it for now, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

boy it got cold last night. when i whoke up it was 2F. over the last couple of days our dad and i installed a second oil tank so that is cool. well got to go, i will try to post a full update tomorow

[J_freek]

Wow that is cold! It hasn't gotten that cold here yet, thankfully.

[jump5fan]

well yesterday we went to the thrift store and walmart. i bought a infared thermometermaybe a week ago on ebay and it came yesterday and it is really usefull. we are going to get more winter weather today, tonight , and tomorow. it looks like it is going to be both snow and freezing rain. while we were in walmart yesterday they were having some trouble with their lights, at one point most of the lights went off for a few seconds but they came back on. it will nice once it starts getting warmer. our mom told us yesterday that our uncle is probluy going to restore the thunder bird that he has so that will be really asome!

[jump5fan]

well not a whole lot new happening right now. i am really starting to get out of rythum with this thing. i took some pictures outside yesterday and i might try to post them later today. the other day we got some snow and then sleet and then a lot of rain. everything we slushy and wet and then everything froze, so now the driveway is icy and it isn't even smooth. we still have our one christmas tree up so hopfuly we are going to be putting it away soon. we bought the movie Stargate at walmart and it is a great movie. i haven't melted any metal for a while so when it starts warming up i am going to build another furnace and melt some metal. i still have to do a lot of work on my mt bike. our church as a cycling minstory and this year they are going to be riding from church to Creation which is something like 200 miles. i think it would be cool to do that but i don't think i could ride that far right now. i am getting better at typing which is fun. when i joined the forum when i typed something i had to make sure that i hit any key but now i can type much faster. we still haven't installed the new wood stove bec ause we aren't sure if it will fit right now. it will fit but because of the shape of the room the wood stove would be almost in the middle of the room because you need to have i think 18 inches on all sides.i am starting to play my guitar more now but it doesn't sound very good right now, but then again it is a cheaper guitar. i am excited because our dad isn't working this weekend and we are going to be going to church. well got to go, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

i am excited right now because the first NASCAR race is tomorrow!!! this is going to see so much fun! i was suprised at the start of the last season when they reveled the new COT cars, i didn't even know that they were going to be using new cars so it was really cool. i am hoping to be able to go to one of the pocono races this year, that would be cool! we are going to church and to do some shopping tomorrow but hopfuly we will be home before the race starts. i can't wait to go to church tomorrow. i discovered the other day that there is a mobile version of myspace which is cool because it works woth the iPAQ that i use, the only thing is that you can't upload photos with it but hey it is still cool. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[dogfood]

i see on your church site, that you have a blended service......is it a very messy service?

[jump5fan]

i see on your church site, that you have a blended service......is it a very messy service?no it's not :).

[jump5fan]

well the prerace stuff before the daytona was really cool. they had Dale ernharts car that he drove what he won the dayona 500 which was pretty neat. they had some of the really old stock cars and they drove them around the track which was so cool. the whole thing was great! at church we sang a re4ally cool song called On My Lips by Ross Parsley, i think it is one of my favorite songs. yesterday morning was really warm, i think we had 52F. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

we are going to get snow tonight and tomorrow. today was a kind of slow day. we did some cleaning around the house and stuff. we fould that junkyard wars is on tv at noon. i am in the middle of uploading some videos to myspace so that's cool. i got a lot of pictures of the moon last night and i will try to post them sometime soon. well, see ya'll later!

[J_freek]

It's cold here and we have got sleet this morning.

Do y'all usually get snow?

[jump5fan]

It's cold here and we have got sleet this morning.

Do y'all usually get snow?
yes in fact it is snowing right now. i think i got 4 to 5 inches so far.

[jump5fan]

yesrerday was fun. my brother and sister and i had a snowball fight and we did some stuff around the house and we went and picked up two computer disks that someone was gatting rid of. i drove and some of the roads were pretty bad. we have a lot of roads in pa that need to be fixed. i think that one of my favorite roads to drive on so far is the garden state parkway in NJ. the computer that we use for gaming crashed the other day so i am trying to get that working but so far i'm not having much luck. we are getting my brother a SKS rifle for his birthday so hopfuly that should come sometime this week. i was able to setup my iPAQ so that i can watch online videos on it which is pretty cool. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well we went to church yesterday which was cool. i think todday we are going to look into where we can install the second wood stove. we watched the start of the nascar race yesterday. they were only able to race 80 something laps before it started to rain so i guess they are going to try to run the rest of the race this afternoon. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well not much is going on right now. i'm doing some more stuff on myspace so that is cool. i'm thinking about getting a bass guitar sometime. i have been playing some bass with my guitar and it is fun. stargate sg1 and stargate alantis were on last night so we watched that. i am really into both series right now. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well it looks likr today we are going to install the wood stove. i'l see if i can get siome pictures as we are doing it. my brother's rifle came a couple days ago. it is a yugo (how do you spell the full name?) SKS semi-automatic rifle. it is pretty cool. other than that not much has been happening. well got to go, catch ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

well it looks like it is going to rain today and tonight. we are in the middle of installing the woodstove so that is cool. i decited that when it gets warmer i am going to try to build a pulse-jet engine. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[Symbiotic]

i like wood stoves...i had one growing up...i miss it now....they add a nice warmth...not that fake furnace feel

[jump5fan]

we might be going to the shooting range today. i'm not sure if i'm going to take my flintlock or not because last time i tryed firing the rifle it wouldn't fire. we are also in the middle of building the chimny for the woodstove so we are going to be working on that today. we also layed the tiles for the floor where the woodstove is going to go. we had to go to the store two different times yesterday and i drove both times. the first time it was pretty windy which wasn't that much fun, i don't really like driving when it is windy. other than that i like driving, as long as everyone else on the road is being careful and everything it is fun. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

we are making a lot of progress with the wood stove. i have been playing the guitar a lot latly which is cool. well got to go, see ya'll.

[jump5fan]

well i am really excited right now because nascar is racing at bristol tomorrow!! i love short track racing. we went bike riding yesterday which was a lot of fun. it got up to around 60F yesterday. two pipes for the chimny came the other day so that is cool. i found that you can download software that lets you play playstation games on a computer. there are some games that you can get for ps2 that you can't get for pc so this way we can still play some of those games without haveing to get a playstation system. two games that i would like to get would be Project Gotham Racing 2 and Kingdom Hearts. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well we are done with the chimny. i took some pictures and i will try to
post a couiple later on. today is the first day of spring. the other day i
was looking at the conversion van and fould that the obne tire was flat so i
put air in it. i am hoping that we can get the vasn back on the raod soetiome
soon. i am still having trouble with my computer crashing so i have going to
be working on that from time to time. we missed the bristol race but they are
replaying the race this afternoon on speedvision. well got to go, see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

well we have been busy lately. we finished the wood stove and all of that stuff. we looked at a VW Golf that someone is selling, but i'm not sure if we are going to try to get it or not. we took the caravan for a ride yesterday which was good and we got a new (well used) shotgun. the boat had water in it so i drained that. my brother and i went biking again the other day, i am glad to be riding again. every spring someone comes through the area with a street swepper so i am waiting for that but that might not be for a little while. my brother put a GPS unit on his bike and while going downhill hit 37mph which is really fast for a heavy cruser type bike. well i guess that is it for now, catch ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

well i thought we were done with the wood stove but i guess we weren't. we had to put a couple heat shield things on the wall bwhind the stove and on the wall along the side of the stove. while we were on the road yesterday we saw a big rig pulling a huge trailer with more then 20 wheels. it was carring some sort of heavy contanor, pretty cool. well got to go, bye!

[jump5fan]

yesterday was warmer so i was able to do some work on my mountain bike. right now i am stripping all of the old paint off of the frame so i can repaint it. it is taking a lot longer then i thought it would but that's ok. i was able to melt some metal the other day and i was also able to melt some glass which was cool. on saterday we took all of our cats to get their raibes vatanations. we have 9 cats and we had to wait in line for a little more then a hour but we didn't have to pay as much for each vactenation. it would normuly be something like $50 for each one but everyone only had to pay i think $10. tomorrow we are going to be going to get more firewood but the thing is it looks like it is going to rain. we are going to have to rent a
truck again so that will be fun. we are done with the woodstove and we have used it a couple times so far. one of the first times we used it three of our smoke detecters went off. we think it was because some smoke might have been able to back into the house through a vent that is maybe 15 feet from the chimny. i am thinking about signing up with Flickr. well got to go, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

here are some recent pictures.

[jump5fan]

well it looks like today is going to be fun. we are going to go pick up the truck that we will use to move the firewood but we will have two hours between the time when we pick up the truck and when we go to get the wood. hopefuly it won't be raining. well got to go, catch ya'll later!

[JayCarrFan]

Hey Christopher, didn't you want a blog title change or something?

[jump5fan]

Hey Christopher, didn't you want a blog title change or something?

yes, i'l pm you.

[jump5fan]

thanks to JayCarrfan for changing the title of my blog.:)

yesterday was fun. it was so warm, at one point it was 65F. we rented the uhaul truck and got the wood. most of the wood needs to be cut and split and is wet and some of it is rotted but it was still fun. we saw a old 1970's dodge van which was really cool. when we got home our dad let me back the truck up the driveway, that was the first time i have ever driven something other then a van, plus it was the first time i have driven something that big (we rented a 17 foot truck). my brother and our dad went to drop off the truck at a nearby uhaul place and i drove over to pick them up with our mom we hit a pretty big storm on the way over and on the way back. i am hoping to sign up with flickr sometime soon. well got to go, see y'all later!

[jump5fan]

well there isn't much going on right now. i played some airsoft with my brother the other day which was fun, the only thing is that my brother can fire so fast that i can't get into a spot to fire back because i will most
likely get hit. i think we are going to go get the caravan inspeted sometime today. we are going to be selling our boat since we aren't using it and it just makes the place look trashy. it has a older motor and i was thinking that the motor wouldn't be worth much but i looked on ebay and found someone selling a motor just like the one that we have and it has a Buy it Now price of $600 so i guess the motor is worth more then i thought. well i guess that is all for now, see ya'll later!

[jump5fan]

i am so excited right now because we are going to be getting a metal lathe today!! it is a smaller one but it is still so cool! i'm not sure the exact size but it is made by grizzly industial. the guy that we are going to be
getting it from also as a quadrunner but we aren't getting it because it costs too much. my brother bought two airsoft guns online the opther day and they came yesterday so that is cool. tghe one is a semi-auto and the other one is a full auto and they both are a lot of fun. well got to go, see ya'll later.

[jump5fan]

yesterday was a lot of fun. we got the lathe but we ended up making two trips , one to get the lathe and one to get the stand for the lathe. the lathe is heavier then i thought it would be. even with me and my dad carrying the lathe it was still pretty heavy. i spent maybe half the afternoon cleaning the lathe and removing some rust. we also got a bunch of tools that go with the lathe. my brother and i played some airsoft yesterday with the new guns which was fun. the new guns don't fire all that fast and it doesn't really hurt when you get hit which i like. i am going to upload a short video that i got of the one airsoft gun yesterday on my myspace page sometime today. i am starting to record stuff with my camera so that i can upload the videos on myspace, it is fun:). well got to go, see

[Symbiotic]

what sort of tooling do you have for your lathe? HSS, or carbide?....wow, if you can lift it, it is small...i'll guess that tooling is HSS, cause a machine that small probably doesn't have the HP to handle carbide...

[jump5fan]

what sort of tooling do you have for your lathe? HSS, or carbide?....wow, if you can lift it, it is small...i'll guess that tooling is HSS, cause a machine that small probably doesn't have the HP to handle carbide...

i'm not sure what tooling we have. our dad would know, he knows alot more about them then i do

[jump5fan]

well not much going on right now. Stargate atlantis is on today so thats cool. we are going to work on replaceing the power switch on the lathe and see if we can get a new gear to replace the one that is stripped. i will try top post some pictures of the lathe sometime today. well got to go.

[jump5fan]

here are two pictures of the lathe

this is before i started cleaning it.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84757&stc=1&d=1207739876

and this is after.
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84758&stc=1&d=1207739876

[jump5fan]

the lathe works! we fired it up yesterday and i am so excited. i think a skunk sprayed near our house because the place smells like skunk. well i guess that is all for now. see ya'll.

[Symbiotic]

wow, that is a small lathe...is that the feed rod that i can see at the front? did you take off the lead screw, or does it have one?

[jump5fan]

well yesterday was interesting. my dad and my brother picked up a dvd player/vhs recorder that someone was getting rid of for free. the vcr part doesn't work but the dvd part does. last night that was a racoon on our deck and it was looking right at my mom and i through our front door, it was so cute! i got my theromiter which has a built in laser pointer and fould that racoons will chase laser dots, it was so funny! i was going to record it with my camera but there wasn't enough light. they are calling for it to be really warm today which is nice. i am starting to think about stuff that we need to do outside. my brother and i are thinking about what we are going to do with the track for the RC trucks. i am going to look into the price of grass seed because there are a buntch of areas where i would like to get grass to grow. we aren't going to be opening our pool for a while yet but i'm going to look into how to use the new filter that we got for the pool. the next stargate atlantis episode is on today so we are going t obe watching that. i've been playing my guitar a lot lately which is great. right now i am working on playing the song Canon Rock. it is a hard song but it is fun. well got to go, but i might post some pictures later on today. see ya'll!

[jump5fan]

wow, that is a small lathe...is that the feed rod that i can see at the front? did you take off the lead screw, or does it have one?

yes that is the feed rod and it i does have the lead screw.
here is the lathe that we got http://www.grizzly.com/products/9-x-19-Bench-Lathe/G4000

the thing is we got ours for around $400.