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Minno · 12-26-2010, 04:37 PM

Hi WC,

Kay and I also hope you will stay, but understand if you don't. If you don't, then hopefully you'll check in once in awhile as a lurker and see what's up.

Fair winds and following seas,
MC

Lance M · 12-26-2010, 07:15 PM

WC,
I am very sorry that you are leaving. Your presence here will be missed by many. Thanks for all your help with everything.

Lance M · 12-26-2010, 09:13 PM

Also WC, You should note that this thread has three times the views and twice the posts as the thread about self protection. Don't be bullied off the forums.

driftless · 12-27-2010, 07:49 AM

Chris, you are a definite asset to these forums. I for one have found your posts to be of great value. I hope you will reconsider or that the administrater's of the boards can figure out who should really be leaving!! Send me a pm with your email address prior to leaving, please.

lew

marzboy · 12-27-2010, 08:09 PM

Wow I cant believe that Chris. I am truly sad to see you go. I have enjoyed your posts and value your opinion. Is this your only solution? Pm me and I will give you my facebook info. Keep in touch with those of us who are here to learn, not preach.

driftless · 12-28-2010, 07:53 AM

Thanks for the pm, Chris. I understand your concern and your reaction. Hopefully you'll find a resolution and be able to continue to post the progress on your restoration. It has been of such great value to many of us. As your friend, I hope you find a resolution so that you have some peace of mind.

ND10CentCan · 12-28-2010, 08:23 AM

Don't let anyone push you out. It has been so valuable to see what you are doing and benefit from your willingness to share what you are doing to your AS. If you go, they win and that is what people think works. Don't let it work.
I hope you reconsider,
Sandy

Foiled Again · 12-28-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by wasagachris

Last Post. Thanks to everyone who was helped me in the past. Goodbye to all the friends I have made here. I will miss you all. I made the mistake of posting my views on gun control in another thread and now some pro gun nuts have set their sights on me (hopefully not literally). I have made my profile as private as possible and have requested the administerer and the moderators to delete my posts, pictures and my account. I will really miss being a member here but feel it is no longer safe to stay.
Goodbye and safe journeys to everyone.

I tried to send you a PM, but apparently that function has been shut off too. Dear Chris, please REJOIN with a different user name, then if you wish, PM your friends letting them in on your reincarnation... or perhaps rein-AIR-nation.

Illigitimi non carborundum..... "Don't let the bastards grind you down"

It's appalling that some folks think that freedom means freedom to intimidate others. I say,

Be nice to people, you never know when you'll need a bone marrow transplant and the person you're mean to might be a match.
Be nice to your kids, they after all will be choosing your nursing home
Youtube - kinda like your conscience, but harder to hide from! Be KIND. You're going to get caught, so why not get caught doing a random act of senseless kindness

Best always, Paula

wasagachris · 12-31-2010, 04:14 PM

I'M BACK.
Thanks to everyone for your support and kind words of encouragement.

A short note to the person responsible for the threatening phone calls. Go ahead and call again the police and the phone company and now prepared to find out who you are and if you call again I WILL PROSECUTE.

I will have a post soon to update my progress on the trailer.

wasagachris · 12-31-2010, 04:32 PM

Let's try this again and see what happens.
The A/C shroud is installed on the roof now. I had to fabricate new mounts for the fan and fan guard. I used all stainless steel hardware (bolts, washers and nuts).
I ordered rubber grommets for a different brand of A/C. The grommets are used as vibration isolators for mounting the fan. They are a little bit smaller but work just fine.
Anyone with the original Armstrong A/C will know that there is a 15" square hole in the top of the shroud to allow the fan to vent air. The problem is that the hole in the top allows all kinds of debris to collect inside the A/C. I had a local window and door shop fabricate a window screen the exact size and attached it to the top of the shroud. It fits perfectly and sits right on top of the fan guard. I painted the screen to match.
I had the shroud painted in as close a color to aluminium as possible and used a pinstripe in A/S blue.

moparjohn · 12-31-2010, 04:43 PM

Chris, so glad you are back, Happy New Year! The A/C unit looks great! and BTW is that you in the sexy pose on the rafters? Nice work as always! MPJ

wasagachris · 12-31-2010, 04:52 PM

This is some more progress. I got the main 1/2" gas lines cut,flared. bent and installed. There will be seven gas appliances in my new set up.
1) Catylitic Heater
2) Stove & Oven
3) Furnace
4) Fridge
5) Gas light
6) Water Heater
7) Generator.
The main line runs down the curbside of the trailer from the tongue along the A-frame and has to curve around the stabilizer jack. At the forward edge of the water tank it Tee's and crosses over to roadside to go to the fridge and gas light. Next in line is the Tee's for Cat heater,Stove and Furnace. The line continues along the curbside above the axles to the last Tee at the water heater and then crosses back over to the roadside to the last fitting for the generator.
I won't be attaching the 3/8" lines to the appliances until the final install of the appliances themselves.

Dave Park · 12-31-2010, 04:59 PM

Welcome back! I note PMing you is still disabled. Alas.

Nice pipework.

nmbosa · 12-31-2010, 05:17 PM

Chris, I've been following your thread for a while and really enjoy watching your progress. I'm very glad you have come back. The AC shroud looks great.

Norm

wasagachris · 12-31-2010, 05:23 PM

Thanks to John, Dave & Norm. I'm very happy to be back and start posting again.
John no that's not me posing. It's my employee Dave. We don't have much room between the scaffold and the ceiling in the shop, hence the playboy pose. LOL.
Chris.

Aage · 12-31-2010, 05:53 PM

hey, Chris, good to see you're back.

So, Dave.. Does he hang out in the rafters a lot...?

wasagachris · 12-31-2010, 06:04 PM

Het Aage Thanks. Well not any more we returned the scaffolding Today as I'm finished working on the roof. I was talking to the rental store and I can buy the setup for about $500 tax inc. I may buy it in the spring. It was very handy to have and would have several uses here.
Happy New Year.

ND10CentCan · 12-31-2010, 07:01 PM

So glad you didn't let any crazy people keep you out of the forums. I am shocked that people would go so far. I have really benefited from what you have shared here and don't want anyone to feel threatened in anyway. That goes against what good people are about and what I would like to believe the majority of people are about. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!

Minno · 01-01-2011, 08:58 AM

Hey WC - Welcome back! As always, the work looks fantastic! I really like how the a/c shroud just blends in with the rest of the trailer now.

$500, huh? I think that would be worth it. I've been thinking about buying some scaffolding myself for working on the roof. We'll need to replace the a/c at some point in the next couple of years.

Happy New Year!
MC & Kay

driftless · 01-01-2011, 11:50 AM

Welcome back Chris. As always, very nice work. And, as always, after your posts I have one more thing to add to my list for the AS.

Minno, you might want to check out the scaffold set they sell at Menards. I got one for a little under $200 and I've rented the same set from Home Depot for $29 a day. It is on locking casters, has a height of 6 feet without the optional extensions, and a platform that measures about 3' by 6'. Very solid and secure with no wobble at all at six feet. I plan to build a bridge something like Chris' that will sit on top of the platform and span the AS so I can do lots of work up there.

Happy new year to all of you.