CudaChick1968
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I got these today from the coworker of my customer. Hey Mikey, he likes it!!! 
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Yes that's the one, No we don't race at the Glen this year but will be at Sonoma Raceway in Sept. I'm at Mid-Ohio today setting up, here is a picture of my garage for the next four days.
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Finally took some pictures of it yesterday. It's been in my shop since 1984 and it had 19.3 miles on it when I first saw it. This is the second time I have rebuilt the carb on it because it just sits there. It's running great now tho. Sorry for the photo quality but I'm one of those guys who still has a basic phone with 1.3 mp camera on it.
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JimVonBaden
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Got some semi-related work done. I ordered a new SS table that has nice beveled edges. I wanted a more user friendly table for work, plus to use the original table top on my work bench, as I had planned all along.
The SS table I ordered several months ago has a nice rounded front and a back plate. Perfect for my work bench.
Instead I used the hell out of it as a table with a shelf for my XS-400 build.
I still wanted to use it for my work bench, so I ordered another table with no back plate to use for the table, plus it gave me an extra shelf.
Perfect for what I needed.
Then I stripped the structure from the old shelf and construction glued it to my old work bench surface. Old work bench:
New one with the SS top on it:
Oh, anyone need some washers? I have about 25 pounds of them.
The SS table I ordered several months ago has a nice rounded front and a back plate. Perfect for my work bench.
Instead I used the hell out of it as a table with a shelf for my XS-400 build.
I still wanted to use it for my work bench, so I ordered another table with no back plate to use for the table, plus it gave me an extra shelf.
Perfect for what I needed.
Then I stripped the structure from the old shelf and construction glued it to my old work bench surface. Old work bench:
New one with the SS top on it:
Oh, anyone need some washers? I have about 25 pounds of them.
zmotorsports
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Last night did some multi-point inspecting on our coach for an upcoming trip and noticed the hydraulic reservoir for our slides and generator slide a bit low so topped it off.
I received a package of MT3 drill bits that I purchased off of ebay last week. Then spent the next 2+ hours sharpening the drill bits. HOLY **** is it amazing how people try to sharpen a drill bit. No wonder why they put these up for sale, there is no way they would cut any metal in the shape they were in nor in the manner in which the person tried to sharpen them.
Oh well, their loss in knowing how to sharpen a drill bit properly is my gain I guess.
Mike.
I received a package of MT3 drill bits that I purchased off of ebay last week. Then spent the next 2+ hours sharpening the drill bits. HOLY **** is it amazing how people try to sharpen a drill bit. No wonder why they put these up for sale, there is no way they would cut any metal in the shape they were in nor in the manner in which the person tried to sharpen them.
Oh well, their loss in knowing how to sharpen a drill bit properly is my gain I guess.
Mike.
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replaced the thermostat in my jeep wrangler. Was able to pull the whole vehicle in and work comfortably around the vehicle in my skvies ( its hot in tx, and i don't have a mini split yet)
Outlander
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You guys really rock, I pale in comparison.
Yesterday I continued repairing ATV boxes, little things that have bugged me for ever. Changed waterproof cover on a toggle switch (30 second job that required me to go to the surplus electronics store which I absolutely LOVE doing. I'm like an addict in a crack house without the side effects).
Finished replacing clasps on rear box. Had to rivet them in - first time actually using rivets. I did have an old rivet gun from my uncle so I am pleased with that. Found some threads here so I was able to prepare.
Replaced u-bolts holding the rear box down. Threads are too long so I'll need to trim them so they don't catch on everything like the old ones did.
Slow days here - my wife is working nights and we have a new puppy so I was left in charge. Not sure she made a wise decision, but at least we are bonding. She brought him out to the garage so he could see me working. She is trying to make him more of a garage dog than any of the others - part of her ploy to make me like him I suspect.
Yesterday I continued repairing ATV boxes, little things that have bugged me for ever. Changed waterproof cover on a toggle switch (30 second job that required me to go to the surplus electronics store which I absolutely LOVE doing. I'm like an addict in a crack house without the side effects).
Finished replacing clasps on rear box. Had to rivet them in - first time actually using rivets. I did have an old rivet gun from my uncle so I am pleased with that. Found some threads here so I was able to prepare.
Replaced u-bolts holding the rear box down. Threads are too long so I'll need to trim them so they don't catch on everything like the old ones did.
Slow days here - my wife is working nights and we have a new puppy so I was left in charge. Not sure she made a wise decision, but at least we are bonding. She brought him out to the garage so he could see me working. She is trying to make him more of a garage dog than any of the others - part of her ploy to make me like him I suspect.
87BMW325is
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Xicaque
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Xicaque
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Thanks for sharing this!!!! This is on my to do list for my QT7.5 unitCleaned up this a.m.after the long job of installing a suspension lift last weekend.
I finished up with this little after cooler project.
A little custom work necessary for the outlet of the pump too tank (instead of being a compression fit I welded a -12 an male fitting to it) some SS hose too a big hayden 1290 oil cooler (27.2"×23.4"×2.1") with 3/4"npt outlets. Secured it to the fan shroud with some vinyl cushion clamps, 1/4×20 fang bolts using two 1/8 thick rubber washers on each side of the shroud. Came out nice so far. (compressor is a husky 80 gallon two stage 7.5hp 175 psi) should jave got an ir but for 500 in great shape on craigslist i needed it badly .Anyway from cold start 0 psi too 175 psi I measured just about 200F Outlet temp (measured at the cooler input and I saw just over 90F coming out) .this was with it being at least 90F in the shop . The large pulley does an ample amount of airflow through the cooler to get the temps down. I think an electric fan that came on with the starter would do even better but I don't have a blast cabinet yet or anything that will consume any large cfm of air to see what kind of temps continuous cycles will do .Hoping to find a deal on a hypertherm soon and change that.
where did you get the cooler? online?
Thanks for the info.
Xicaque
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Built a wall... it's huge... and had Mexico pay for it?
Beautiful! Where in Colorado bro? And how did Mexico paid for it. I want the same too
Xicaque
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Got some semi-related work done. I ordered a new SS table that has nice beveled edges. I wanted a more user friendly table for work, plus to use the original table top on my work bench, as I had planned all along.
The SS table I ordered several months ago has a nice rounded front and a back plate. Perfect for my work bench.
Instead I used the hell out of it as a table with a shelf for my XS-400 build.
I still wanted to use it for my work bench, so I ordered another table with no back plate to use for the table, plus it gave me an extra shelf.
Perfect for what I needed.
Then I stripped the structure from the old shelf and construction glued it to my old work bench surface. Old work bench:
New one with the SS top on it:
Oh, anyone need some washers? I have about 25 pounds of them.
JVB,
are you posting your XS400 build somewhere? Like at the XS400 forum? I'd like to see how you are coming along. I have a 1980 model that I restored to full stock. Thinking of looking for another one to make it into a cafe project.
Tell us more about those 25 pounds of washers... I thought I had a ton but you take the cake.
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Xicaque
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Xicaque
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Becareful with that spring if you decide to do it next time. They demand respect and proper tools.
zmotorsports
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Tell me how you did it please. Never done it.
Kind of hard to explain by typing. Maybe I ought to do a video of the process.
Basically to keep a 118* tip you want to keep each side of center approx. 59-60 degrees from parallel to centerline. I rest my left hand on the tool rest at the correct included angle with the drill bit faced slightly upward to keep the heel of the bit lower than the cutting edge. I go back and forth from side to side turning the bit 180-degrees in my hand and using my right hand to turn the bit on occasion to keep the two sides equal, but I use my left hand as a guide by keeping the same placement on the tool rest. I also have my cup of water nearby to keep the bit quenched between grinds.
Most of the time I can do this by sight quite easily but when I get to some of the larger ones sometimes I use my small adjustable protractor to keep the angle correct and to measure the distance from edge of bit to centerline in order to keep the bit symmetrical. If the bit is not equal side to side you will get a nasty vibration as the drill bit seeks that center point when drilling.
I would say take what I explained which takes about 2 minutes to read (and hopefully I made enough sense that you could follow along) and multiply that by nearly 30 years of sharpening drill bits by hand and you can get pretty proficient at it.
Improperly sharpened drill bits have to be one of my pet peeves with my co-workers. I have shown many and quite a few have picked up pretty will but there are a lot that just don't think it is worth the time to learn properly. I can honestly say learning to sharpen drill bits free hand is one of the absolute best skills that I learned to master in career. I am always touching up a drill bit and it takes so much less time than using any of the commercially available sharpeners out there and our shop at work has tried about all of them. I still just do it free hand.
Hope that was helpful and not too confusing. Maybe that would be a good idea for a video for my channel. Hmmm.
On edit, I should point out that I am LEFT handed. IF you are right handed you will more than likely want to switch opposite to what I stated above.
Mike.
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Dutch01
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well, not actually in the garage, but will eventually give more space in the garage. Finished welding the steel structure for flat roof that will become storage area in the back of my property. Here is work in progress:
Got the complete carport for free. It was cut in sections to enable transportion
Got the complete carport for free. It was cut in sections to enable transportion
kaymccampbell
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Started putting the mess away from the bathroom dormer siding and trim.
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timbitca
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Cleaned the mess I made while building the shelves for my pantry. Also cleaned up a few other things and cleared off my workbench.
Started thinking of plans for my next workbench, if I want to incorporate into it a cabinet, a lower shelf or maybe one of the nut/bolt organizers that my grandfather built that I have in my mother's garage. The plan was to build my workbench in the 3 weeks of holidays I had but I slacked off and didn't.
Started thinking of plans for my next workbench, if I want to incorporate into it a cabinet, a lower shelf or maybe one of the nut/bolt organizers that my grandfather built that I have in my mother's garage. The plan was to build my workbench in the 3 weeks of holidays I had but I slacked off and didn't.
Xicaque
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Kind of hard to explain by typing. Maybe I ought to do a video of the process.
Basically to keep a 118* tip you want to keep each side of center approx. 59-60 degrees from parallel to centerline. I rest my left hand on the tool rest at the correct included angle with the drill bit faced slightly upward to keep the heel of the bit lower than the cutting edge. I go back and forth from side to side turning the bit 180-degrees in my hand and using my right hand to turn the bit on occasion to keep the two sides equal, but I use my left hand as a guide by keeping the same placement on the tool rest. I also have my cup of water nearby to keep the bit quenched between grinds.
Most of the time I can do this by sight quite easily but when I get to some of the larger ones sometimes I use my small adjustable protractor to keep the angle correct and to measure the distance from edge of bit to centerline in order to keep the bit symmetrical. If the bit is not equal side to side you will get a nasty vibration as the drill bit seeks that center point when drilling.
I would say take what I explained which takes about 2 minutes to read (and hopefully I made enough sense that you could follow along) and multiply that by nearly 30 years of sharpening drill bits by hand and you can get pretty proficient at it.
Improperly sharpened drill bits have to be one of my pet peeves with my co-workers. I have shown many and quite a few have picked up pretty will but there are a lot that just don't think it is worth the time to learn properly. I can honestly say learning to sharpen drill bits free hand is one of the absolute best skills that I learned to master in career. I am always touching up a drill bit and it takes so much less time than using any of the commercially available sharpeners out there and our shop at work has tried about all of them. I still just do it free hand.
Hope that was helpful and not too confusing. Maybe that would be a good idea for a video for my channel. Hmmm.
On edit, I should point out that I am LEFT handed. IF you are right handed you will more than likely want to switch opposite to what I stated above.
Mike.
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I think I will not try it as I am sure I will mess any drill bit I put my hands on
zmotorsports
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. I think I will not try it as I am sure I will mess any drill bit I put my hands on
Yes, you will botch a few, but hey that's learning. Please don't be afraid to try it. I guarantee once you become comfortable with it you will wonder why you ever drilled a hole with a questionable drill bit and you will throw rocks at any of the commercially available sharpening devices. With some practice it will become so natural you won't even have to think about it.
One quote or saying that I have committed to memory that always comes to my mind when I see, read about or hear about a skill that I want to posses is the following: "Knowledge in itself has no value, it is the use of that knowledge that makes it valuable". Don't be afraid to learn a new skill.
Mike.
yes its hayden's biggest model on amazon , something like 156 shipped
KM223
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I built a west side bench press
rt dak
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Installed new heads and fogs on the R/T. Before and after...
lakeroadster
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Finished the Tyvek today.. up in the rafters, in the heat. Turned out really nice.
Outlander
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gregtwojeeps
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Spent all day in my garage working on my old 1993 Snapper "Gump" that I bought off CL 3 weeks ago. ....
Since then I have been preening on it in my slow times with some new paint, replacing missing parts, built it a starter gear drive top shield, deck discharge chute, electrical box cover, made a diff cover so rocks and sticks won't kick up and damage the axle boots/cable/clutch disc drive, etc. Plus, replaced the junky, loose battery cable terminals and basically have just been fixing the jake leg stuff done by the PO's...
Today the Gump got a new blade drive belt, new brake/clutch pedal pad, fuel filter, oil change, cleaned the drive/clutch housing out well before I installed the new axle flex boots on it. Got all the pivot points lubed and greased all zerks. ...
I got the diff and gear box topped out with Stens 00 grease, and got the deck reset and hanging to specs and the blade sharpened. I adjusted it while tasking measurements from the concrete floor... to where it should not cut uneven any longer.
Now I just need the grass to get tall again ....so I can Gump on it.
Since then I have been preening on it in my slow times with some new paint, replacing missing parts, built it a starter gear drive top shield, deck discharge chute, electrical box cover, made a diff cover so rocks and sticks won't kick up and damage the axle boots/cable/clutch disc drive, etc. Plus, replaced the junky, loose battery cable terminals and basically have just been fixing the jake leg stuff done by the PO's...
Today the Gump got a new blade drive belt, new brake/clutch pedal pad, fuel filter, oil change, cleaned the drive/clutch housing out well before I installed the new axle flex boots on it. Got all the pivot points lubed and greased all zerks. ...
I got the diff and gear box topped out with Stens 00 grease, and got the deck reset and hanging to specs and the blade sharpened. I adjusted it while tasking measurements from the concrete floor... to where it should not cut uneven any longer.
Now I just need the grass to get tall again ....so I can Gump on it.
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cgall
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Checked plugs and valve lash, hoping to run a local race tomorrow, very stormy here lately, see what happens.
SweetD
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Just got home from a long week in Calgary, CANADA business trip...fooling around with my 1956 Coleman lantern to get it to run correctly...these things are my newest "hobby":
It's getting fuel and air, just not enough. I'll get it going eventually.
I love these old lanterns...
Dave
It's getting fuel and air, just not enough. I'll get it going eventually.
I love these old lanterns...
Dave
Ryanbabz71
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Changed the rear diff fluid
Ryan
Ryan
Outlawmws
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Just got home from a long week in Calgary, CANADA business trip...fooling around with my 1956 Coleman lantern to get it to run correctly...these things are my newest "hobby":
It's getting fuel and air, just not enough. I'll get it going eventually.
I love these old lanterns...
Dave
You probably have carbon buildup inside the generator. Take it apart (be careful there is a TINY cleaning pin on the end of the actuating rod), and clean with lacquer thinner.
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Outlawmws
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SweetD, I should have also mentioned the "spring" (Its not a spring, but looks like one) inside the generator tube.
That also will come out of the generator tube, and also needs cleaned. What it does is provides a LONG path for the fuel to travel giving the heat of the mantles time to vaporize the fuel. If it's dirty it blocks the path...
That also will come out of the generator tube, and also needs cleaned. What it does is provides a LONG path for the fuel to travel giving the heat of the mantles time to vaporize the fuel. If it's dirty it blocks the path...
Xicaque
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Installed a RAM mount on my GSA. Called it quits after that as it is to damn hot for my liking.
Duster346
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Nice looking duster!! How quick is it? I have a '71 as well. And also a '73 &'74.Checked plugs and valve lash, hoping to run a local race tomorrow, very stormy here lately, see what happens.
LS6 Tommy
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Changed the rear diff fluid
Ryan
Din't forget to do 8 "figure 8's" to work the French modifer in...
Tommy