xtremek
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"How high's the water, Momma?"
Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
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harley jim
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mybigwarwagon
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I think we are going to have to ad a few verses to get to the real totals.
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harley jim
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Hahaha, I think you are right.
I picked up the speedy cart from PC today. The main body is antique silver and the small parts are satin black.
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Front
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Back
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Close up
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Lots of small parts
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I started with assembling the steering axle.
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I just cleaned and wire brushed the motors, I didnt think painting them would look correct
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Dalton wanted to do the spring's with something different, metal flake copper.
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I picked up the speedy cart from PC today. The main body is antique silver and the small parts are satin black.
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Front
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Back
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Close up
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Lots of small parts
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I started with assembling the steering axle.
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I just cleaned and wire brushed the motors, I didnt think painting them would look correct
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Dalton wanted to do the spring's with something different, metal flake copper.
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harley jim
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I dont know why the pics do that some times
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mybigwarwagon
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Those headlights look great.
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harley jim
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Thanks Uncle Willie, I'm still trying to find some tail lights, need some mini 59 caddy units
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shortykorte
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Cart is looking nice. What is an estimated cost to PC that?
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drivesitfar
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looks like you are keeping pretty busy despite the rain. hope that little creek doesn't come up much higher. is your house far enough way to be out of harms way?
that cart has taken on a life of it's own hasn't it?
that cart has taken on a life of it's own hasn't it?
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harley jim
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Thanks Shopnut, it will be fun to take to the car shows.
Shorty, with all of the little parts it would be 150 to 200 range.
Drives, my house is about 300 ft. from the oak tree but it is probably 25 ft. higher. I'm on top of a hill so no worries on flooding.
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Shorty, with all of the little parts it would be 150 to 200 range.
Drives, my house is about 300 ft. from the oak tree but it is probably 25 ft. higher. I'm on top of a hill so no worries on flooding.
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BuffettFan
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The cart looks awesome Jim!
The powder coat really takes it to the next level
The powder coat really takes it to the next level
Unruh
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I agree! I also think Dalton made a great choice for those springs. It looks just right!
Bob Heine
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Jim, if I can get Medicare to pay, will you build me one? I bet it's cheaper than a hip replacement!
xtremek
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I took a close look at the motors for your buggy, and they're the exact same motors we used for our robots in college. Are you running them at 12 or 24v? We ran the motors at 24v off of 4 deep cell marine batteries. I still have them and the Douglas wheels and hubs we ran on the motors. Let me know if you come across any controllers, I'd love to get my hands on one, if you don't mind.
Jayman17
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I agree the cart looks great, nice touch with the spring color.
Jay
Jay
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harley jim
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Terry, Unruh
I talked Dalton into making the call on the colors, I just told him how I thought it should look. He did great.
Bob
Sure I had a blast building this one. We could start a club like wild hogs!
X
I'll keep an eye out for you. I got this whole mobility chair at my recycler for five bucks, he didnt think it would run.
It looks like 24 volts, I wasnt really sure. Shorty asked a couple days ago and I forgot, I'm sorry Shorty.
Jay
Thanks, now I have to decide what color for the upholstry.
Got the wheelie bars back on.
Headlights and controller done.
Cargo area.
Ordered tail lights, they will be here Sunday.
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I talked Dalton into making the call on the colors, I just told him how I thought it should look. He did great.
Bob
Sure I had a blast building this one. We could start a club like wild hogs!
X
I'll keep an eye out for you. I got this whole mobility chair at my recycler for five bucks, he didnt think it would run.
It looks like 24 volts, I wasnt really sure. Shorty asked a couple days ago and I forgot, I'm sorry Shorty.
Jay
Thanks, now I have to decide what color for the upholstry.
Got the wheelie bars back on.
Headlights and controller done.
Cargo area.
Ordered tail lights, they will be here Sunday.
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Strouty
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Looks great, when are you going to get started on the trailer, you will need a heavy duty one for when you find a big vise or maybe a good deal on a small block chevy.......
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harley jim
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Man all you need is a shopping cart and you got one.
I'm already looking for a controller. I'm wondering if any R/C stuff would work
I posted a video on you tube
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I'm already looking for a controller. I'm wondering if any R/C stuff would work
I posted a video on you tube
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Strouty
My sil sent me a cart last week for a trailer.
Its smaller than a normal grocery cart so I think it will work ok.
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My sil sent me a cart last week for a trailer.
Its smaller than a normal grocery cart so I think it will work ok.
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xtremek
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We used Victor 883 and 884 controllers, but they're expensive, and I don't remember them having braking, so going down a hill the motors turned into generators, back fed the controllers, and fried them. I didn't have the money to replace the h-bridges, or the room for "Frakenbot" (made completely from junk we found laying around), so I dismantled him. He was a fun toy.
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racer-john
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That was a beauty, too bad it didn't work out. Would love one like that.
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harley jim
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Strouty, that would be cool, and a deal there are 200 in tires and wheels there.
X, you can make it happen again.
Jeff, I wish I new more about how they worked I'm sure there are locally accessible parts that would work fine.
John, X2
This is what I would love to find for my next project.
I need an old school bumper car.
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X, you can make it happen again.
Jeff, I wish I new more about how they worked I'm sure there are locally accessible parts that would work fine.
John, X2
This is what I would love to find for my next project.
I need an old school bumper car.
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shortykorte
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Thanks for showing motor plate. Hope you find a controller soon. For the wheelie bar, I’d like to recommend
Down at Flywheelers, a guy put a vintage bumper car on an ATV chassis. Looked great. I know a guy in Cleveland that probably could fab his own bumper car body.
I was also wondering how you were going to deal with the chrome on cart, sandblast!
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Down at Flywheelers, a guy put a vintage bumper car on an ATV chassis. Looked great. I know a guy in Cleveland that probably could fab his own bumper car body.
I was also wondering how you were going to deal with the chrome on cart, sandblast!
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harley jim
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Shorty, once I get the fab work finished on a steel project I haul it to Donnies blast house and it will remove anything.
Fun Fact, some powder coat is harder to remove than chrome plating, chrome will come off pretty quick.
I thought about building one from a model T cowel and a grill shell. Hopefully I'll find a bumper car first.
Started the upholstery today, I got all the wood cut and fit up. I have some pronged tee nuts somewhere in the shop that I would like to hammer into the holes and then the panels could be bolted in, much better than screws. I'll resume the search tomorrow right now Pat said the chili is ready.
Pronged tee nut
Wood panels.
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Fun Fact, some powder coat is harder to remove than chrome plating, chrome will come off pretty quick.
I thought about building one from a model T cowel and a grill shell. Hopefully I'll find a bumper car first.
Started the upholstery today, I got all the wood cut and fit up. I have some pronged tee nuts somewhere in the shop that I would like to hammer into the holes and then the panels could be bolted in, much better than screws. I'll resume the search tomorrow right now Pat said the chili is ready.
Pronged tee nut
Wood panels.
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rmack898
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This is what I would love to find for my next project.
I need an old school bumper car.
That would be way cool.
I have been looking but maybe I missed it, did you finish the gasser pedal car?
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harley jim
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Mack
No I haven't finished it yet. I have some flanges that I think will work for the rear hubs. Like always I cant find them, lots of things are in boxes and cant put my finger on them. I have several projects waiting on parts.
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No I haven't finished it yet. I have some flanges that I think will work for the rear hubs. Like always I cant find them, lots of things are in boxes and cant put my finger on them. I have several projects waiting on parts.
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Man Jim
That's quite the old fart hauler. I like the color combo you chose. I have a few metal display cases with that combo on them. Is your plans for the interior tuck and roll like when we were kids?
That's quite the old fart hauler. I like the color combo you chose. I have a few metal display cases with that combo on them. Is your plans for the interior tuck and roll like when we were kids?
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harley jim
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Don, thanks, I was trying to keep it looking like a shopping cart with just a little kick. That powder is antique silver and satin black. I bought some black naugahyde and I'm trying to come up with a pattern, I'm thinking smooth border with tuck and roll insert. I need to get the sewing machine uncovered and see if it will run or not. It's been in storage for a few years.
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cbacres
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Coating looks great Jim.
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Thanks Craig, it did come out nice.
I have spent the last two days at my Masonic lodge doing building maintenance, we got rid of our old theater chairs last fall and bought some used church pews to put back in there place. All of the benches are 12' long so we placed the ones that fit last fall and I had to cut down four of them to fit into less than 12' spaces. I got so busy I forgot pics but I have one more in my shop that will get cut down to about 30" and I'll get pics of it. I need a coat rack about 7' long so I'm going to try to repurpose the rest of the bench if it will work out.
Today we cleaned gutters, I got in my truck rolled up the windows and turned the A/C on, while my bil was in the bed of the truck with a gas powered leaf blower.
We had to stop and blow the truck off a couple of times, I couldn't see.
About 200' of gutter.
You should have seen the bil. It wasnt a pretty site.
The Lodge is in the woods so plenty of leaves.
We are going to rewire all of the fluorescent lights to LED in the dining hall tomorrow. Then thoroughly clean the place Thursday. We were just released to resume normal business by our grand lodge so we are having a double masters degree on Saturday. Breakfast at 8:00 and two new guys after breakfast.
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I have spent the last two days at my Masonic lodge doing building maintenance, we got rid of our old theater chairs last fall and bought some used church pews to put back in there place. All of the benches are 12' long so we placed the ones that fit last fall and I had to cut down four of them to fit into less than 12' spaces. I got so busy I forgot pics but I have one more in my shop that will get cut down to about 30" and I'll get pics of it. I need a coat rack about 7' long so I'm going to try to repurpose the rest of the bench if it will work out.
Today we cleaned gutters, I got in my truck rolled up the windows and turned the A/C on, while my bil was in the bed of the truck with a gas powered leaf blower.
We had to stop and blow the truck off a couple of times, I couldn't see.
About 200' of gutter.
You should have seen the bil. It wasnt a pretty site.
The Lodge is in the woods so plenty of leaves.
We are going to rewire all of the fluorescent lights to LED in the dining hall tomorrow. Then thoroughly clean the place Thursday. We were just released to resume normal business by our grand lodge so we are having a double masters degree on Saturday. Breakfast at 8:00 and two new guys after breakfast.
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BuffettFan
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Looks like you got the right spot for cleaning the gutters Jim.
I can almost smell that mess!
I can almost smell that mess!
Strouty
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You should have used his truck!
xtremek
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Looks like someone had a really fun time..............not.
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harley jim
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I had a blast, my bil got blasted. I sat in the truck with the air on and laughed my self silly I just wish I could have got a pic of him.
We spent the day cleaning, Pat oiled all of the wood and I rewired all of the lights in the dining hall to LED. Had a can of coke blow up in the fridge so I washed about 70 cans of coke and washed the inside of the fridge.
I cut five feet off of this bench
I cut about two feet off of the one in the back row
Looking down the south side
The north side
There are a couple more in the lobby
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We spent the day cleaning, Pat oiled all of the wood and I rewired all of the lights in the dining hall to LED. Had a can of coke blow up in the fridge so I washed about 70 cans of coke and washed the inside of the fridge.
I cut five feet off of this bench
I cut about two feet off of the one in the back row
Looking down the south side
The north side
There are a couple more in the lobby
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harley jim
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I had to go to the surgeon this morning and get some cysts cut off and sewn up, while I was there I got a call from a friend who owns a resale shop, I have been looking for a roll top desk for a while and he found one, it was in great shape so we loaded it up and I hauled it home. Then we went to lowes and bought a sink and some other things for the lodge, then we stopped at city cafe for some lunch, I had chicken fajita salid and Pat had the philly wrap then we headed to the lodge and got busy. Really hoping we get done tomorrow it's our last day before the meeting.
Dalton showed up to help so he took the lead.
Took this old sink out. It was hopeless.
Works great, no leaks.
The faucet came with two different heads so I tried both to see which one had the best spray pattern and this is what one of them does. The light comes on with the water.
Both shoulders are sore, it's time to get some sleep.
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Dalton showed up to help so he took the lead.
Took this old sink out. It was hopeless.
Works great, no leaks.
The faucet came with two different heads so I tried both to see which one had the best spray pattern and this is what one of them does. The light comes on with the water.
Both shoulders are sore, it's time to get some sleep.
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mybigwarwagon
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No pics of the rolltop?