Motown 454
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Thomas as always amazing. You've done alot of nice work. I really enjoy this thread.
Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop
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Firefighter315
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However, acorns or horse chestnuts do! Been doing it for years in my house, although we see the odd one now & again, that's all. But they need to be renewed each year to maintain their effectiveness. One in each corner of all rooms does the trick.
Thanks for the tip Mr. Tee! We have 4 acres of timber on our property, I'll have to head out and round up a bag of acorns to give it a try. That is if the deer haven't finished them off yet!
Very interesting information on the blacksmith vise. I've seen one before, but never knew the reasoning behind the design. Just thought it was another way of doing things years ago. Thanks!
Kevin54
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Man, that is one sweet '62. Sadly I had to sell mine a few years back. After my surgeries I couldn't work on it anymore. I had just gotten it back from a place that did paint stripping and was in the process of restoring it. I put all new floor pans in and was working, or planned on working on some other stuff, but after the one of many surgeries, I took it to someone else to weld in some rear quarter work. He had it a year and never did the first think other than let it rust up some more, so it was sold.
I drool everytime I see pics of Thomas's cars, and especially the '62!!!
Beltsville Shell
Hi everyone.
I just finished reading Beltsville Shell, on Thomas's recommendation.
(Thanks, Tee! Fun book!)
Here's my offer: I'll send it postage free to the first person who PM's me with an addy (in the U.S.) and will do two things:
• post up here that it's available after he or she has finished (to collect an address,) and
• pay to send it to the next person who wants to read it.
- And so on and so on. It only costs a cuppla bucks to ship, and it might be a fun way to entertain ourselves while we wait for new installments of this thread from the master.
We can sign and date it as we read it.
What say the braintrust? Takers? Anyone want to play along or is this a lame idea that deserves to die on the vine?
Hi everyone.
I just finished reading Beltsville Shell, on Thomas's recommendation.
(Thanks, Tee! Fun book!)
Here's my offer: I'll send it postage free to the first person who PM's me with an addy (in the U.S.) and will do two things:
• post up here that it's available after he or she has finished (to collect an address,) and
• pay to send it to the next person who wants to read it.
- And so on and so on. It only costs a cuppla bucks to ship, and it might be a fun way to entertain ourselves while we wait for new installments of this thread from the master.
We can sign and date it as we read it.
What say the braintrust? Takers? Anyone want to play along or is this a lame idea that deserves to die on the vine?
Re: Beltsville Shell
Hey that's a terrific idea oberst! May I be so bold as to be the first you send it to? I'd like to sign, date it and then sent off on its merry way to the next deserving member here. I'll PM you my address and let's get the ball rolling shall we? I think this has a lot of merit on many levels, especially since it's a great, fun story, a quick read (only takes a few enjoyable hours) and I have (and I bet most others here have), a real sense of camaraderie with everyone who follows this thread. We're all buddies that meet up here from time to time it seems.
I'm all in. PM sent!
Thomas
Hey that's a terrific idea oberst!
May I be so bold as to be the first you send it to? I'd like to sign, date it and then sent off on its merry way to the next deserving member here. I'll PM you my address and let's get the ball rolling shall we? I think this has a lot of merit on many levels, especially since it's a great, fun story, a quick read (only takes a few enjoyable hours) and I have (and I bet most others here have), a real sense of camaraderie with everyone who follows this thread. We're all buddies that meet up here from time to time it seems.I'm all in. PM sent!
Thomas
Here's what I was doing while hurricane "Sandy" was pounding the East Coast and not doing shop work and posting here!
At our airline once a year, flight deck crewmen need to do annual training and proficiency checks. It's done in a 6 axis, full motion, ground based aircraft type specific, flight simulator. This is why we refer to the simulators as "the box", 'cuse that's kinda what they look like though the newer ones are more curvy.
This is a B757-200 sim. Our airline trains and type rates us in both Boeing 757 and B767 aircraft. That means we can fly either aircraft and as such need to do our sim checks in both sims.
These sims are referred to as 6 axis, full- motion simulators, moved by hydraulic rams. They are thus now designed as hexapods. These are a special form of parallel- kinetic machine on six legs of variable length. This design allows motion in all six degrees of freedom “translation and rotation in each of the three dimensions”. The parallel configuration of the drive units lends hexapods a more favourable ratio of payload.
In real english it means they move and simulate the sensation of flight...
... very, very realistically. This is a B767-400 simulator in "flight". Note the extreme nose down attitude.
All the electronics generate quite a bit of heat...
... so the building they operate in are kept cool, plus additional air is provided to help cool the sims inside.
Before going to the sim we do a through flight briefing in a briefing room to save costly sim time.
Inside the sim the flight deck is replicated extremely accurately. The visuals looking out the windshield are becoming amazingly realistic as well but that's not shown here.
Behind the flight deck...
...is where the instructor sits. They are able to duplicate any weather, flight condition or equipment malfunction for our training. It's a stressful time for the flight crew but necessary for us to retain our proficiency is so many different procedures and emergencies.
Now that's completed..........back to the shop. Stand by!
Thomas
At our airline once a year, flight deck crewmen need to do annual training and proficiency checks. It's done in a 6 axis, full motion, ground based aircraft type specific, flight simulator. This is why we refer to the simulators as "the box", 'cuse that's kinda what they look like though the newer ones are more curvy.
This is a B757-200 sim. Our airline trains and type rates us in both Boeing 757 and B767 aircraft. That means we can fly either aircraft and as such need to do our sim checks in both sims.
These sims are referred to as 6 axis, full- motion simulators, moved by hydraulic rams. They are thus now designed as hexapods. These are a special form of parallel- kinetic machine on six legs of variable length. This design allows motion in all six degrees of freedom “translation and rotation in each of the three dimensions”. The parallel configuration of the drive units lends hexapods a more favourable ratio of payload.
In real english it means they move and simulate the sensation of flight...
... very, very realistically. This is a B767-400 simulator in "flight". Note the extreme nose down attitude.
All the electronics generate quite a bit of heat...
... so the building they operate in are kept cool, plus additional air is provided to help cool the sims inside.
Before going to the sim we do a through flight briefing in a briefing room to save costly sim time.
Inside the sim the flight deck is replicated extremely accurately. The visuals looking out the windshield are becoming amazingly realistic as well but that's not shown here.
Behind the flight deck...
...is where the instructor sits. They are able to duplicate any weather, flight condition or equipment malfunction for our training. It's a stressful time for the flight crew but necessary for us to retain our proficiency is so many different procedures and emergencies.
Now that's completed..........back to the shop. Stand by!
Thomas
Sunbimmer
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Very impressive Thomas thanks for sharing
Love the simulator pix.
A couple of questions - do you train as a captain and a co-captain, or is the training specific to your paygrade?
Who buys those simulators, Boeing or the airline?
Does the chair move on those rails on the floor? It looks like you sit down and take a little ride towards the dashboard! Cozy!
A couple of questions - do you train as a captain and a co-captain, or is the training specific to your paygrade?
Who buys those simulators, Boeing or the airline?
Does the chair move on those rails on the floor? It looks like you sit down and take a little ride towards the dashboard! Cozy!
Homebody
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I'm up to page 45...gotta go faster!!!
Love the sim pics also!!
Love the sim pics also!!
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When I saw your image of the charger, I knew it looked familiar, but could not place it. Once you showed the image from the Towing and Recovery Museum it all clicked. A little over a year ago, when I moved to Tn and was in Chattanooga for some training, I toured that museum. For a place as small as it is, it sure is full of interesting things and is a great place for any car guy to see.
Keep up the awesome work
While I was touring the Towing and Recovery Museum, before I saw the battery charger, I spotted...
...way in back on top of this spectacular tow truck...
...perched high among all that impressive steel super structure...
...almost hitting the ceiling...
...something very familiar. The lens was a slightly different color but there it was for all to see...
...a very rare Federal Beacon Ray, Model 17-B strikingly similar to the one from the tool shed.
Many people have never seen a Model 17-B before they are so rare and I not only own one, but now I've seen a second one and so have you! Take a look back at page 241, post 4801 if you want to refresh your memory about them.
Anyway that's not the point I'm trying to make about the museum here. How could I possibly take a close up picture like this...
...when it was mounted...
...waaaaaaaaay up there?
Well sir, I explained to those nice museum folks that I owned a kissing cousin to that rotating beacon and I really would like to get an up close and personal experience with theirs and would they mind very much if I hiked myself up on top of their super shiny, expensively restored tow truck for a closer look see? I pointed out that I was wearing soft sole shoes and I would be very gentle and careful but more importantly that there was just a bunch of interested folks on Garage Journal that would greatly appreciate a picture or two of this rare automotive icon. Well after hearing all that how could they possibly say no? So there I was, climbing all over that truck...
...to get all sorts of pictures from different angles and such...
...just for all my friend here.
When was the last time you got to do that in a museum? Climb all over on one of their exhibits and have the staff be so nice and friendly about it all. Those Towing and Recovery Museum folks just couldn't have been more accommodating and friendly, truly. Next time you find yourself in Chattanooga, TN you owe it to yourself to go visit.
Thomas
Wow! great job.
Hey thanks matta5. I'm a little behind here posting because of being away doing the simulator "stuff" and all but still wanted to thank you for your interest. I appreciate it.
Thomas
wog, that's a great link about blacksmith vises. Thank you so much for sharing it with us here.
Yeah about the test. I keep hearing Chris typing away on it in her office from time to time, adding more material. I think she's waiting for me to finish posting my last post and then spring it on you.
I suppose that's a good reason for me to keep at it for a while huh?Thomas
JC23
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I guess you can add investigative reporter to yer resume, Thomas. Thanks fer going the distance!
landroversforever
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Sorry Thomas, long time no check in here!!
Love the PDR looks great in red.
The old blacksmiths vice, it reminds me of one they had at my secondary school. It was great for beating the **** out of things on! Real solid. Make sure you save it! Maybe get bits of it powder coated or how about the heating up and quenching in oil method?
That flight sim is COOL! Certainly beats Microsoft flight sim
Love the PDR
looks great in red.The old blacksmiths vice, it reminds me of one they had at my secondary school. It was great for beating the **** out of things on! Real solid. Make sure you save it! Maybe get bits of it powder coated or how about the heating up and quenching in oil method?
That flight sim is COOL! Certainly beats Microsoft flight sim
type47fan
Member
While I was touring the Towing and Recovery Museum, before I saw the battery charger, I spotted...
...way in back on top of this spectacular tow truck...
...perched high among all that impressive steel super structure...
...almost hitting the ceiling...
...something very familiar. The lens was a slightly different color but there it was for all to see...
...a very rare Federal Beacon Ray, Model 17-B strikingly similar to the one from the tool shed.
Many people have never seen a Model 17-B before they are so rare and I not only own one, but now I've seen a second one and so have you! Take a look back at page 241, post 4801 if you want to refresh your memory about them.
Anyway that's not the point I'm trying to make about the museum here. How could I possibly take a close up picture like this...
...when it was mounted...
...waaaaaaaaay up there?
...to get all sorts of pictures from different angles and such...
...just for all my friend here.
When was the last time you got to do that in a museum? Climb all over on one of their exhibits and have the staff be so nice and friendly about it all. Those Towing and Recovery Museum folks just couldn't have been more accommodating and friendly, truly. Next time you find yourself in Chattanooga, TN you owe it to yourself to go visit.
Thomas
Thomas,
Thanks for going the extra mile for us. Great pictures and I also appreciate your investigative determination to verify your hunch on what the beacon might be. It is amazing that they let you climb around on that display.
However, that Model 17XA doesn't look like it belongs there. Another rotating beacon is on the cab and it appears your subject has been torched off of something else and just set in place, resting on the superstructure of the tow truck. It does fit the context of the display and looks "normal" from the floor. It might be just another artifact, if mounted inside of a case within the exhibit.
Wayne
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Omphaloskeptic
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Okay Thomas, you've been re-certified in the s(t)imulator, toured a very cool museum, have done some serious landscaping on the south 40, AND you've been generous enough to share those experiences with us GJ'ers! Now, we all want to know what's ahead in the way of 'winter projects' at the 'Center of the Universe's Main Attraction'; namely, your shop?
Since I own a Willys PU (project) myself, I'd like to know if it will be undergoing any 'pre-winter prep' before the snow flies? I think that Gus would jump into 4-wheel drive at the chance to earn his keep at 'Johnson's Hotel for Hot Cars and Big Boy Toys'. If you could find the snowplow attachment that was popular for those Willys (Powder-Coated in 'Caution Flag Yellow', of course), Gus would be glad to lend a hand on those light snow days and give your JD a rest. In fact, if you would let Gus push a plow, it would be a great reason to mount the Model 17-B beacon proudly atop his cab! I can just visualize ol'Gus now, plow on the front, sandbags in the bed, beacon burning brightly, driving around the neighborhood spreading some Christmas cheer by clearing the local byways of that white stuff. Why, you could become a local celebrity, along with Gus, when you are not piloting a 767 through the air, you could be piloting Gus around the C.o.t.U. doing good deeds and rescuing neighborhood vehicles from snowbanks.
Since I own a Willys PU (project) myself, I'd like to know if it will be undergoing any 'pre-winter prep' before the snow flies? I think that Gus would jump into 4-wheel drive at the chance to earn his keep at 'Johnson's Hotel for Hot Cars and Big Boy Toys'. If you could find the snowplow attachment that was popular for those Willys (Powder-Coated in 'Caution Flag Yellow', of course), Gus would be glad to lend a hand on those light snow days and give your JD a rest. In fact, if you would let Gus push a plow, it would be a great reason to mount the Model 17-B beacon proudly atop his cab! I can just visualize ol'Gus now, plow on the front, sandbags in the bed, beacon burning brightly, driving around the neighborhood spreading some Christmas cheer by clearing the local byways of that white stuff. Why, you could become a local celebrity, along with Gus, when you are not piloting a 767 through the air, you could be piloting Gus around the C.o.t.U. doing good deeds and rescuing neighborhood vehicles from snowbanks.
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hobbitss
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I too, wondered about the torch cut plate that the Beacon is mounted to... I figured it has a magnet glued to the bottom to keep it attached to the lift structure...
MetalMangler
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Omphaloskeptic - Your comments about the snow flying and Gus gave me an alternate vision: The red beacon on the front center of Gus' hood, Thomas dressed up as Santa... Gus would be Rudolph!
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BigAl62
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Thomas; your simulator pictures are great! The only simulator experience I have is in one for a P3 Orion (at NAS Jacksonville) and one for a twin engine Beechcraft (at NAS Corpus Christi). These were during high school NJROTC (Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp) spring trips. They were WAY simpler than the one you train on!
dsquire
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Hi Thomas
Heads up to Wayne and Joe for beating me to the draw on the Beacon mounting plate not quite fitting in with the rest of the quality restoration. I kept thinking of this last night while I was trying to go to sleep. I'm glad that I wasn't the only one to notice. I'm sure that something like this would never be allowed to happen in the center of the Universe.
Cheers
Don
Heads up to Wayne and Joe for beating me to the draw on the Beacon mounting plate not quite fitting in with the rest of the quality restoration. I kept thinking of this last night while I was trying to go to sleep. I'm glad that I wasn't the only one to notice. I'm sure that something like this would never be allowed to happen in the center of the Universe.
Cheers
Don
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tdkkart
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Inside the sim the flight deck is replicated extremely accurately. The visuals looking out the windshield are becoming amazingly realistic as well but that's not shown here.
If you pull those displays out of the dash it's very likely that you'll see my stamp on the back of at least one or all of them.
A round stamp in black ink:
RCD
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ATD
*** would be either 403 or 222, I got a new stamp somewhere along the line. I worked on these displays at Rockwell from the day I walked in the door in 1985 till late 1988, and then again in late '89 or 90 up till I moved to the 8x8" tube type displays when they came out, and then later the first of the color LCD displays. For a couple years we were selling 8-10 of the 737/757/767 CRT displays every day sold 5+ a day for many years. I know we were well into the 10-12000 serial numbers.
I spent thousands of hours looking at those screens with a magnifying eye loupe....that'll drive some people bug-**** nuts.
Today is my 27th anniversary at Rockwell Collins.
Kevin, I haven't forgotten your question on the trees, I'm just running behind....again.
Getting them unloaded from the flatbed was a challenge. It was just about the extreme limit of reach for my forks considering the weight.
At about 350 lbs (159 kg) and the forks extended that was a lot of leverage and those trees put quite a load on those front tires.
There were 22 of these arborvitae trees that were planted on the far west property line of the new property, Timber Haven West, THW. Here they are being placed near where they will be planted by the white flags. Additionally there were 6 hemlocks plus a couple of hardwoods planted near our future home and close to the shop and barn.
Before we dug those holes I moved 10 other Walnuts and Oaks using a tree spade. I moved a couple of Blue Spruce trees last year you might recall the same way.
A tree spade is mighty handy for this sort of thing.
They are hydraulically actuated...
...and make easy work out of moving trees.
The spade hydraulic pump is powered by this single cylinder (a Kohler I think?) engine. First the tree spade digs the hole where the tree will be planted ...
...then it's backed up to the tree that's getting moved.
Here's where the tree was just a moment ago...
...and here's the tree tilted in the spade getting moved.
And here the tree is being planted in its new location.
Once those were all moved we used the spade to dig the holes for the evergreens. While digging those hole we hit two clay field drainage tiles that needed to be repaired.
Almost all the farm fields around here are drained using ground tile that's buried about 4' (1.2 m) or more. That's necessary to dry the field out quickly to promote better crops and allow equipment into the field without rutting or compacting the soil too much. It was one of the keys to better crop productivity around the turn the of the century, 1900.
The original tiles were made of red clay and modern tile is black, flexible plastic, both seen here.
To repair the tile where it is broken, the area around the broken tile is excavated, the broken, clay tile is trimmed...
...to give as square a face as possible.Then the black plastic tile is cut about 1 inch (2.5 cm) longer than the space between the two tile faces and...
... it's compressed and squeezed between the two tiles. Because it's a little longer than the space available, that tends to hold the plastic tile in place. Then I cover the top of the plastic tile (it has slots in it to let water in) by laying pieces of the broken clay tile on top of it to prevent dirt from filling it in.
Then cover the rest of the plastic tile with a few inches of rocks and fill the rest with dirt.
Before the trees are placed in their holes I fill the bottom of the hole with several inches of river rock to promote drainage and to keep the tree from sinking down too far as the soil settles. KEY, make sure to plant the tree at least a couple of inches above ground level. The tree will settle over time and you do not want it to settle too low with regards to the surrounding soil level. If the tree turns out to be planted too low it will slowly kill
the tree. The area at the base of the trunk where it flares out to the roots should never be buried, but should be above ground level. Remember when digging the hole to allow for settling of the tree and don't dig the hole too deep!! Before the root ball was covered with dirt the wire baskets and burlap surrounding them were removed from all but the bottom 4 inches or so.
Here they are planted but not mulched in yet.
I use mulch to make a watering saucer around the base of the tree and water them in well for the first several days or weeks depending on the time of year. Fall is best as the trees are going dormant so they don't need as much water and it's getting cooler so water remains in the soil longer.
All done, watered in and ready to sleep all winter.
Thomas
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HOTFR8
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What is this ? You still have yet more plans for the property and will be building a new home ! We will need to have more on this. For getting the priorities correct and the Garage done first. 
Boosted1
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Wow! Nice job on the new row of trees.
Kevin54
MEMBER EMERITUS
Congrats on the anniversary. It's a rarity to see one employed so long at one place. My wife had 40 years in at Grimes which eventually became Honeywell and I had 31 years in.
Honeywell also makes a lot of the cockpit displays along with the external lighting on most of the planes and the windshield wiper units. When I started out at Grimes I was in Prototyping. Those were the good old days as we had first hand knowledge of the products and got to actually work with the engineers on the designs. They did away with the prototype area so I went to Tool & Die. Where we were, we rarely ever saw the finished product as we were in a different plant. So we had hands on with the parts but not the finished product. Here is a lot of the items we make https://commerce.honeywell.com/weba...ryId=53496&cacheId=1000000000000001&langId=-1 It gives one a great feeling when you see one of the big boys fly over and know that you had something to do with whats on the plane. The oddest thing is that the closest I've ever been to the products on the plane are at the Air Force Museum. Neither my wife or I have ever flown.
So Thomas.....when you're up there flying, give us a thought
Kevin54
MEMBER EMERITUS
I use mulch to make a watering saucer around the base of the tree and water them in well for the first several days or weeks depending on the time of year. Fall is best as the trees are going dormant so they don't need as much water and it's getting cooler so water remains in the soil longer.
All done, watered in and ready to sleep all winter.
Thomas
You want to make sure you keep them watered up until everything freezes and you can't water anymore. I learned about that from our local county Arborist. He said that evergreens need water all year around and they don't go dormant like a deciduous tree. The reason I found that out was that we had a lot of our White Pines dying out, although it was from a different problem. We had around (250) 25' tall White Pines that the previous owner had planted but planted wrong. The trees were planted in heavy clay and supposingly not large enough holes and the trees "root girdled" and started choking out. And once an evergreen gets a weakened immune system, then it invites other problems. Along with that White Pines are susceptible to what is called "Brown Disease". You look at the tree one day and it is green as can be, over the next week that same tree starts turning brown and dropping it's needles until it has none at all and the tree is dead. Once it's in the soil it can contaminate other trees. It's totally different from when you see a White Pine turn brown and shed some needles twice a year.
But you have the Upright Junipers. They are a hardy tree. Just make sure you keep them watered in good until you can't water anymore for the year
Firefighter315
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I love arbor vitae and try to use them whenever I can. They are a pretty tough evergreen. However, they are BAG WORM MAGNETS. I spend quite a bit of time fighting those little buggers. Evidently, the foliage of the arbor vitae is the bag worm's version of a prime medium-rare filet with bleu cheese crumbles!
abebummy26
Member
Uggh junipers, I can not stand those trees they smell awful to me. They probably are good trees though but I just would not want them in my yard or my neighbors. We had one in our landscaping, but a few years back the bag worms got it. I wasn't sad about that one. We lost alot of expensive mature bushes that year though.
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ZRX61
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I just had closer look at my version of this wrench...
It says:
COES WRENCH
6 S (& also something else I can't quite make out on one side).
The other side says:
MADE IN USA
UNDER L.COES PATS
Steel
It says:
COES WRENCH
6 S (& also something else I can't quite make out on one side).
The other side says:
MADE IN USA
UNDER L.COES PATS
Steel
Bill, the Triumph is pretty new to the family and I really haven't given its future use any thought as yet.
It's a fun little car...
...desperately in need of TLC, the car kind of TLC not the Chris kind of TLC though that never hurts
...
...already has a roll bar installed and ...
...trick little nerf bars instead of bumpers...
...and a massive chin spoiler. Not too sure about that though.
Craig already knows how it came to live with us and I'll get to that story shortly. Ya just never know when a day starts, with all the twists and turns, how it's gonna end. And so it is with the TR.
Thomas
dcm5652
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The engine on the tree spade is a twin cylinder Onan, these were used in a lot of different places, ( motor-home generators, bucket-truck lifts, lawn mowers, welders, etc ) I have three lawn mowers with that engine, 2 John Deer's and an old Craftsman
Homebody
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Up to page 107 and the 1 year anniversary post. That was awesome.
magnumleigh
Member
Triumph looks great, bit of tidying up but you've tackled bigger projects! It appears to have rust in all the right places
I'd do you a great deal on my GT6.....
I'd do you a great deal on my GT6.....
hobbitss
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Triumph looks great, bit of tidying up but you've tackled bigger projects! It appears to have rust in all the right places
I'd do you a great deal on my GT6.....
GT6, the poor mans Jaguar...
Always wanted one, could never afford it...
Shipping might be an issue.....
Looking ahead for this winters projects, that's a fair question. I try to make a general mental outline of what I want to accomplish when the weather is nasty and I'm confined to inside work. There are several but a big project that I'd like to conclude:
I'm still sorting material I've cleaned out of the tool shed and my goal is to finish cleaning it out. I'm having a problem finding room for it all. That's what has slowed me down on this. There's a lot of it that's worth getting into deserving hands but that takes gobs of time and I got side tracked with the purchase and clean up of THW this spring/summer/fall. That wasn't even on the radar this time last year! I'll need the collective expertise of everyone here to help identify objects/tools etc. from the tool shed/lean-to and volunteers to adopt items that I don't want to keep or sell but rather donate to a worthy cause. Especially those items that shouldn't be scrapped. I've been chipping away at this but I'd like to get it largely done as our house building project nears.
A barn project, is the SPOUSE bench (not to be confused with the SPOSE bench which is done as you've seen). I've got it moving along, unseen in the background at present along with another vintage electrical project out there.
I've got several car projects that should be done this winter that I plan on fitting in when I need a break.
Somewhat shop related is our plan to put our present house on the market...
...and get it sold so we can build out by the shop. It is 102 years old now, having been built in 1910. Our family has owned it for 53 years but it's time for Chris and I to move to smaller, more suitable quarters.
So Omphaloskeptic that's a bit difficult to accurately answer as there are also items that pop up that I take on but as always I like sharing my projects with all my friends here. Thanks for asking!
Thomas
Congrats on the anniversary. It's a rarity to see one employed so long at one place. My wife had 40 years in at Grimes which eventually became Honeywell and I had 31 years in.
Honeywell also makes a lot of the cockpit displays along with the external lighting on most of the planes and the windshield wiper units. When I started out at Grimes I was in Prototyping. Those were the good old days as we had first hand knowledge of the products and got to actually work with the engineers on the designs. They did away with the prototype area so I went to Tool & Die. Where we were, we rarely ever saw the finished product as we were in a different plant. So we had hands on with the parts but not the finished product. Here is a lot of the items we make https://commerce.honeywell.com/weba...ryId=53496&cacheId=1000000000000001&langId=-1 It gives one a great feeling when you see one of the big boys fly over and know that you had something to do with whats on the plane. The oddest thing is that the closest I've ever been to the products on the plane are at the Air Force Museum. Neither my wife or I have ever flown.
So Thomas.....when you're up there flying, give us a thought
I salute both of you and all those folks who toil behind the scenes to keep our aircraft operating so reliably. Being an A&P I have a distinct appreciation for your efforts. To have a problem of any real consequence with our instrumentation just doesn't happen. It's sooooo easy to take it for granted because it just simply works and works all the time.
Not sure if our maintenance staff would be real happy with me if I started pulling the Nav displays looking for your stamp tdkkart, but I have no doubt I've flown behind some of your fine work.
Works good and lasts a long time!
Grateful Thomas
;2660992 said:If you were in this attitude up in the sky what would the passengers be doing?
Thanks for sharing Thomas - thanks for keeping us safe in the skies, too!
Not too sure what maneuver was being simulated with the nose down like that BJ42LX, but it can get............intense at times in there. That's the challenge that keeps us coming back.
Thomas
HOTFR8 you need to review your thread notes. We've mentioned about building out there for quite some time. It is so beautiful, quiet and peaceful there, Chris will tell you it's hard to get me away and come home. Looking forward to being just steps away from it all.
Thomas