Old Man Roger
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Your suspension worried me, now your tires are worrying me..lol A little bounce or bump and you‘re overloading your tires. A blow out at 30 or 40 mph in the grass, and you might be on your nose.
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Old Man Roger
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To be clear, I know less than nothing about landing gear and planes. 
colindoyle
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If I manage to overload the tires with the wing still moving through the air and generating lift at 30-40 mph, something has gone seriously wrong.
Maybe we should put the airplane on a treadmill just to be sure.
Maybe we should put the airplane on a treadmill just to be sure.
cycle61
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That only affects takeoff, not landing.
PugetDude
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Takeoff is the only thing about flight that is optional.
colindoyle
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Can we please talk about something non-controversial like chemtrails or Building 7?
PugetDude
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Where do you stand on PVC airlines?
colindoyle
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You have to make sure not to put your support hangers any closer than 12 feet, so they hang with a nice parabolic curve. Really classes up a joint to have a bunch of saggy plastic **** nailed to the walls.
cycle61
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Standing on them is dangerous. Use a ladder please.
Planet X is now a primordial hole.
In Moab at EJS, looking around the jeep and found the crossmember was broken into two pieces. Friend had a Hobart 140 and flux core, I had an angle grinder and some extra steel. The crossmember is from a long time ago, not my best work but I was happy with the parking lot fix.
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mattthemuppet
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Absolutely beautiful work! My only suggestion would be to use corner radius endmills for any transitions so you don't leave a sharp corner that can act as a stress riser. Mainly for those U shaped clevis pin type brackets. Other than that, fabulous!I built this taller landing gear for my airplane (experimental/amateur built Fisher Celebrity) after finding out the hard way that it didn't have enough propeller clearance to land in a tail-high attitude, as one typically likes to do on hard surfaces. I took it from ~4" clearance to 18" clearance now with the fuselage leveled.
colindoyle
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Thanks, solid advice. I had considered it but I used the endmills I had on hand at the time.
Turned these clamps 
Into these clamps...
Into these clamps...
Beerhippie
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Great idea! Now I need to find a couple of those to make up some clamps for my DP table.
shortykorte
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I’ll post pics of how I welded my pvc air lines. Now where did I put the glue?
colindoyle
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Working on building a stainless frame to support this teak swim platform salvaged from another boat. My "uncle" (my dad's cousin) bought this Bruce Roberts homebuilt trawler with the intention of completing the Great Loop within the next couple of years. I helped him retrieve it from New Bern, NC last fall, and it's been sitting in my shop all winter. We're putting some final convenience and security touches on it before it moves to a marina in St. Paul in the coming weeks, and he plans on spending some time this summer cruising up and down the river, maybe as far as Lake Pepin, acclimating himself to the boat and collecting performance data.
Guy's in his late 70s and has served on the last couple of diesel submarines in the US Navy fleet, performed over a hundred transatlantic crossings ferrying light aircraft, then wrapped up his career flying Cessna Caravans for FedEx. The last few years, he's been towing a rail speeder car all around North America and participating in NARCOA runs. Serial adventurer.
Guy's in his late 70s and has served on the last couple of diesel submarines in the US Navy fleet, performed over a hundred transatlantic crossings ferrying light aircraft, then wrapped up his career flying Cessna Caravans for FedEx. The last few years, he's been towing a rail speeder car all around North America and participating in NARCOA runs. Serial adventurer.
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Beerhippie
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Nice save on the swim platform! That's not just convenient, it's a good safety feature if one needs to re-board of transfer from a dingy in rough conditions.
I'd never heard of The Great Loop. Now I want to do it! What would it take in a kayak--three, four years? I'll have to ask the boss for some time off.
I'd never heard of The Great Loop. Now I want to do it! What would it take in a kayak--three, four years? I'll have to ask the boss for some time off.
Bob Heine
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Colin, did he take it to Alaska? The Alaska Railroad doesn't connect with any other line but it traverses some truly spectacular scenery.
I rode the Fairbanks -- Denali (Mt. Mckinley back then) trip in 1957 and the scenery left a permanent video in my brain.
colindoyle
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A few years ago, he asked if I could modify my 4-place wedge car hauler trailer to carry a bunch of rail cars. I don't remember if he was trying to organize a run in AK or if it was something up by the Hudson Bay. I don't think he ever made it up there.
I believe he's done the Cumbres & Toltec run and that Durango-Silverton section, amongst dozens of others.
I believe he's done the Cumbres & Toltec run and that Durango-Silverton section, amongst dozens of others.
sqznby
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Man, that platform looks great, nicely done. Wish I got SS work like, it's all anodized or raw for me. I think I'm starting a bracket tomorrow.
Too funny you came to New Bern NC for it. Do you come out this was often? I'm at the coast 45 minutes east of New Bern in Morehead.
Too funny you came to New Bern NC for it. Do you come out this was often? I'm at the coast 45 minutes east of New Bern in Morehead.
colindoyle
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Never been out there before, we just made the trip to retrieve this boat. We put it in the water in New Bern, then stopped near Hickory to rendezvous with the previous owner, who had operated the boat much longer than its most recent owner. We put it in a lake there and douched out all the brackish water from the coastal port. Beautiful part of the country, and I never skip an opportunity to take a road trip somewhere with Waffle House.
Messing with the deck structure now. I'm not really able to put much of a vertical gusset feature under the center of the deck due to the exhaust placement, I figured my best defense against deflection is to make the flat part of the frame into a trellis and hope it resists twisting. Of course I'd love to support the whole thing from above with a couple of tubes in tension, but that's kinda antithetical to the purpose of the platform. I'm probably overthinking it, I weigh about 275 lbs and have a habit of overbuilding this type of thing.
My uncle is talking about renaming the vessel from 'Favrile' to 'Cat Sass' and painting a Cheshire cat on the stern.
Messing with the deck structure now. I'm not really able to put much of a vertical gusset feature under the center of the deck due to the exhaust placement, I figured my best defense against deflection is to make the flat part of the frame into a trellis and hope it resists twisting. Of course I'd love to support the whole thing from above with a couple of tubes in tension, but that's kinda antithetical to the purpose of the platform. I'm probably overthinking it, I weigh about 275 lbs and have a habit of overbuilding this type of thing.
My uncle is talking about renaming the vessel from 'Favrile' to 'Cat Sass' and painting a Cheshire cat on the stern.
Nortonscustom
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Thanks I'll check them out.
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Our spring "camping" trip was coming up and Mrs. Nc always complains about the water at this campground. So needing a break from the current projects I went to Menards and picked up a couple whole home water filters.
Bent up a frame and cut a mount.
The base un-pins and pins to the side. That way the filters can store flat in the camper.
Added fold down ground spikes. They turned out to be completely unnecessary because it weighs a ton once the filters are filled with water.
Mission success! No complaints about the water. Happy wife = Happy life.
Bent up a frame and cut a mount.
The base un-pins and pins to the side. That way the filters can store flat in the camper.
Added fold down ground spikes. They turned out to be completely unnecessary because it weighs a ton once the filters are filled with water.
Mission success! No complaints about the water. Happy wife = Happy life.
Harbor Freight has great F clamps for $25 ea. They are perfect for cutting up!
How did you twist those spirals? They are very clean and don't have any tooling marks.
Every Forum needs someone that inspires everyone through feelings of inadequacy. Fortunately, we have more than a handful of shining examples!
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zmotorsports
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Our spring "camping" trip was coming up and Mrs. Nc always complains about the water at this campground. So needing a break from the current projects I went to Menards and picked up a couple whole home water filters.
Bent up a frame and cut a mount.
The base un-pins and pins to the side. That way the filters can store flat in the camper.
Added fold down ground spikes. They turned out to be completely unnecessary because it weighs a ton once the filters are filled with water.
Mission success! No complaints about the water. Happy wife = Happy life.
Fantastic job and very creative with the base being able to stow away. Also the spikes being retractable is a nice touch.
I built a water filter setup for my in-laws about 10 years ago with an aluminum base and frame but it was nothing like yours. Great job.
colindoyle
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Held one end in the vise, heated the center with a rosebud torch, twisted the other end with a wrench, then trimmed and ground to length.
Menards are $30 plus 11%rebate making them $27.
The threads are copper coated as opposed to the black oxide of the HF models. Mssterforce claims welding berries won't stick to the copper.
EDIT: picked up another clamp last night. A picture of the label.
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PugetDude
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Jorgenson light duty F-clamps are $26/pair on Amazon
cosmokenney
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Very nice. Plus with those ground spikes you have a very nice tool to fend off pesky bears!
whitesco
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May have to steal this one - nice work!Our spring "camping" trip was coming up and Mrs. Nc always complains about the water at this campground. So needing a break from the current projects I went to Menards and picked up a couple whole home water filters.
Bent up a frame and cut a mount.
The base un-pins and pins to the side. That way the filters can store flat in the camper.
Added fold down ground spikes. They turned out to be completely unnecessary because it weighs a ton once the filters are filled with water.
Mission success! No complaints about the water. Happy wife = Happy life.
@Nortonscustom that is a great idea and execution. Are you running two different filter packs? Like one for most of the sediment and then a carbon one for taste?
Ron
Ron
Bodj Built
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That swimstep turned out awesome. What are you using to notch the stainless? It wreaks havoc on holesaws lol
Firebrick43
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The last thing I heard last night Officer was “Back you devil! , Back I say!”
This morning we just found shoes with the feet in them and this very nice portable filter setup. Do you think I can keep it?
colindoyle
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Milwaukee Hole Dozer, low RPMs, some cutting wax, and a resigned acceptance that the tool life will be drastically reduced no matter what I do.
ObnoxiousFumes
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Reminds me of that old saying:
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears will kill you..."
Nortonscustom
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Ron that's exactly what I did. Was genuinely surprised by how much better they worked compared to the standard Camco inline hose filter we've used forever.
Not to derail the thread, but a funny bear story. Couple years ago we were boondocking in the mountains of Utah next to a creek. Look out to see a mid sized black bear walking along the creek towards us. He walked right up the the window, looked at the back of my truck, turned and took a huge dump right in front of the camper door. Then kept on walking down the creek. To this day I'm convinced he saw my Illinois license plate, shared his opinion and went about his day.
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Bob Heine
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@Nortonscustom, we spent a day fishing the Yellowstone river in 1956 when I was 11. Not catching anything, I went for a walk in the marshy woods nearby. Stepped carefully from dry spot to dry spot until I came upon a GIANT (probably a cub) black bear standing on the other side of a fallen tree. I froze and thankfully the bear turned and walked away (I was pretty skinny back then). My 10-minute dry route into the woods became a 1-minute, very wet dash back to my fishing spot. I think it was my introduction to adrenaline.
whitesco
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We have a similar setup - Beech Lane is the brand I think (bought on the Amazons and I mention their name b/c of good customer service experience we had with them). Two filters, one 5 micron and one .5 micron/carbon filter. We still run the Camco filter ahead of it which is 20 microns if memory serves, just thinking it may extend the life of the other two.
I don’t have the bending skills and am still trying to teach myself to weld so mine won’t be as purrty but I’m stealing your idea!
jblnut
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Back to welding stuff !!
I have had some short pallet racking uprights around for too long and finally found a use for them. I acquired a few beams and some heavy decking and went to work. I found some old tin and a few beat up racking beams and welded it all together.
Goobered some angle irons on to assist in stacking them up.
Once they were built it seemed logical to fill them with firewood.
My S300 had its shorts full moving this over here. It didn’t fall on its face but was close meaning there is well over 5k in this rack. The top one stacked back on perfectly which means there was very little or no spreading of the uprights once it was filled with wood. Now that I know it works I just need to build 30 more lol
I have had some short pallet racking uprights around for too long and finally found a use for them. I acquired a few beams and some heavy decking and went to work. I found some old tin and a few beat up racking beams and welded it all together.
Goobered some angle irons on to assist in stacking them up.
Once they were built it seemed logical to fill them with firewood.
My S300 had its shorts full moving this over here. It didn’t fall on its face but was close meaning there is well over 5k in this rack. The top one stacked back on perfectly which means there was very little or no spreading of the uprights once it was filled with wood. Now that I know it works I just need to build 30 more lol