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Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

Define Irony.....

Not being able to complete a project due to work and winter weather so you give up a couple days to build something and rearrange the shop a bit to get that material stored and out of the way so that you can literally shelve that project until spring and work on other projects over the winter. Only to be immediately rewarded with a couple days off work with nice weather where you could have just completed the initial project in the first place.... Or most of it anyway.......lol

Sunday I got some more material in, and the other shelves and stuff all rearranged and put back together. A much more efficient use of space now. Monday morning I got a text just before going in that I was pulled off the job I was supposed to be on all week and to stand by for some breakdown stuff.....Nothing Monday, Nothing Tuesday, but got a call yesterday before lunch for a snapped screw conveyor. Nice 7 hour job. Have today and tomorrow off now too because they back filled my other job already. Oh well, I got caught up on a bunch of other household projects and little things I've been putting off for a while, while staring at my phone all day waiting for it to ring.

That was pretty much the only project we have going on right now, so it's time off until after Christmas for a 3 day shutdown unless something breaks in the meantime. Another month or so of steady work and I'll be back to where I was before making the career change this past spring and I can enjoy these unexpected vacations a bit more. The sometimes large amounts of time off between projects were one of the reasons I made the switch I just need to build back a financial buffer to make them a bit more comfortable. Getting there....

Was told to expect a call this morning too, but it hasn't rang yet, so I'm heading out to the shop after my coffee to finish putting the Tormach all back together and I should be back to baseline with everything all cleaned up, organized and ready to start some machining projects. Been a long time since I've cranked handles and programmed anything. Hope I still remember how.
 
jorogi said:
Sorry, it had a picture of your rock from a couple of months back whe I posted the reply. :rolleyes:
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Westerner just rubbing the mountains in our faces..... :D

I hope to make it out there next year to finally see those big rocks. With any luck, I might not make it back.......That's what the wife is scared of anyway......
 
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Not much to see around here. :rolleyes:
 
Ya I figured....rub it in some more....lol

Now ya got me on MLS looking......:D

I can't complain. We've got a pretty amazing spot here, but.....Mountains......
 
It shows they took pride in it. Sad to say, it would look much worse under my care lol. But it's a nice house and property. Not sure I could handle moving back into a town though.....Those other houses are awfully close....
 
historicalarms said:
The only problem I see in that property is that it may have " A River Runs Thru it" possibility
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It's a good 200-300 feet above the Fraser River so it would take a serious event to take it out, and at that point we would have way more serious issues.
My house would be gone about 250' earlier as we are maybe 50-60 feet above the Fraser River and around 30 above one of its tributaries. My biggest concern is the dam and canal just up stream as both are man made, and we all know how much they can be trusted if there's a chance to profit... :rolleyes:
 
It is amazing how much water can build up in a short time with the right conditions. I dont know the height difference between normal water level & the highway bridge at Lethbridge , its a long ways down at regular times but I crossed that bridge with a loaded semi one day during a flood and the water was within 3 ft of the bridge deck...that whole valley was full to the brim. The hiways workers were putting closure barricades up as I went by.
 
140mower said:
It's a good 200-300 feet above the Fraser River so it would take a serious event to take it out
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That'll never happen.....oh,, wait,, remember the Chilcotin River.

Water front property anywhere these days can be an issue but at 300 feet up, in theory you'd be okay.
 
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