This is so good! Thanks for introducing me to this series!!

You’re supposed to know who your representative is, but I find that if you want others to do things you make it easier for them. These should have their constituents listed next to their names every time.

Here are the 16 US House Representatives sorted by state and then by district:

1. Arizona
2. Ruben Gallego - 3rd congressional district
3. Raúl M. Grijalva - 7th congressional district
4. California
5. Jimmy Gomez - 34th congressionial district
6. Ted Lieu - 36th congressional district
7. Katie Porter - 45th congressional district
8. Eric Swalwell - 14th congressional district
9. Kevin Mullin - 15th congressional district
10. New Jersey
11. Mikie Sherrill - 11th congressional district
12. New York
13. Jamaal Bowman - 16th congressional district
14. Oregon
15. Earl Blumenauer - 3rd congressional district
16. Pennsylvania
17. Dwight Evans - 3rd congressional district
18. Texas
19. Jasmine Crockett - 30th congressional district
20. Lizzie Fletcher - 7th congressional district
21. Henry Cuellar - 28th congressional district
22. Virginia
23. Jennifer Wexton - 10th congressional district
24. Washington
25. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez - 3rd congressional district

To find more information about your representatives, you can visit the official House of Representatives website.

https://www.house.gov/representatives

Multiple edits later: I struggled to get the lists formatting and the sort of districts didn’t work. You get the idea though. If you live in these states you should be asking questions of your representatives.

Well, since this is my first time I’m not entirely sure. I didn’t remove any of the seeds so even though it fermented for 2 years it did calm down the heat. Still packs a hell of a punch.

You can’t go wrong though.

DEATHPROOF

I installed Gallium OS on an aging Chromebook that was no longer offered support from Google. I’ve been able to run FreeCAD on it with no problems.

The little Acer I bought years ago is spill proof and designed to be fixable. I think it was initially intended for kindergarten classrooms.

Initially I bought one for my dad because he was constantly getting his computer infected with viruses due to forwarding emails. This little Chromebook fixed 90% of those problems.

I loved the Chromebook so much that I bought myself too. I was disheartened when Google stop supporting the hardware but then when I found out about putting that specific version of Lennox on them it gave them new life.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.

It’s a fun little game!

Got the part in but my wife went into labor. We had a 8 lb 7 oz baby!

Obviously this is going to delay the progress of this saw project.

I did want to mention that the bent washer isn’t very “bent”. I’m going to figure out how to provide measurements once I can get to focus on this again.

I promise I’ll get y’all updates at some point.

How did this turn out??

Still waiting on the part.

USPS says it should be here tomorrow (05/10/2024).

I’m looking forward to using this thing for so many projects.

Still waiting on the part. USPS is late with the shipment.

I won’t let you down. I’ll keep ya posted. Thanks again for all the help!

I am reluctantly ordering a single wave washer here for $9.76 if you include shipping:

5140032-75 Washer, Curved, 10.1 X 17Mm - Dewalt®

I checked all of my local hardware stores. I think Lowes usually has these, but they said their small parts vendor hasn’t come to restock anything in a long time and they weren’t sure when they would be coming back. All other hardware stores in my area didn’t have them or staff wasn’t very helpful.

I will keep everyone updated. I hope this is the last part that I need to order online. I’ll try to do a summary video when I’m done because I haven’t found many that really get into this level of detail on repairing this specific issue online. I’m just glad I’m keeping this thing out of the dump and I hope to start using it soon so I can start to build and repair some stuff around the house. Super excited about building a French Cleat system in my shed.

I’m looking at this part of the diagram

I’m noticing part 83 (Washer 5140032-75)

That washer appears to be bent on purpose on the linked website for replacement parts and I’m guessing that it would keep the tension on the threaded dowel consistent. I think mine is missing or it was flattened out when someone torqued the mechanism.

Upon further research that is a bowed washer, spring washer, curved washer or wave washer. Their purpose is to retain tension and it’s likely the solution to my gears binding. More can be explained in this video: https://youtu.be/sG1gSQGZQl8?si=nQhzR2a8TZUwJ5rY

That’s another guess.

Would like to get some guidance here.

Well, the screws were definitely over torqued, but it didn’t fix the issue. I tried multiple methods to get one of the screws out but had to use a grinder and a flathead screwdriver to get it out.

I think I may have an Idea what is causing the issue after looking at the gears after your advice.

Since the clanky movement really only happens in one direction when the saw is on its side I figured it had something to do with the direction of the pressure being applied by the screw mechanism.

When I put the table saw completely upside down and then tried to move the blade up and down it was very smooth.

This led me to think that there might be some movement in the gears based on the pressure that’s being applied. Watch this video to see what I’m talking about and you’ll see a gap that closes when I go in one direction and opens back up in the other.

You can see the movement of the gear at about the 1:04 mark in the video.

https://youtu.be/4J7jqrm9Sn4?si=UAGNhSC3HjRo7LS8

Any advice?

Thank you!! I always appreciate learning something new.

Awesome… Thanks. I know exactly what part you are talking about.

Block 5140032-73

I’m attempting to learn what a shaft boss is so I can find it. Is there a part number on this exploded diagram that you can refer to?

It may be in the 30s or 50s (if that helps you find it)

You may be right about the tightness. I noticed that the spinning gets smoother when the saw is on it’s side as seen here in the second video I made. https://youtu.be/MdXE7IPnA6s?si=AteFwlZ1x2kFfOVt

I don’t think they are skipping. It gets smoother when I have the saw on it’s side.

When it comes to chicken poop you will be dealing with the smell of ammonia for the most part. If the chickens have a monocultural diet (eating one kind of food like grain) you’ll likely figure out ways to cope quickly.

Honestly, the best way I can suggest that you prepare mentally is to learn how that manure is used for fertilizer and compost. Learning the biological process of what happens when that manure is used may take the edge off of it as well.

The “gross” stuff on a homestead is usually considered disgusting because we don’t really understand it.

Part of the appeal to homesteading is getting closer to and understanding the natural ways of things. It can turn into something that fires up an affinity to natural systems.

If you approach it where you refuse to understand how things work in those natural systems you aren’t likely to grow as a person.

My two cents, so take it for what is worth.

Best of luck.