BoilermakerFan
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Good luck on the genset.
The Almost 10 by Almost 15
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Squashfest81
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Fingers crossed Boiler.
Strout, they are talking 60 degrees for Friday. Fatbike disk shows up today. Hopefully it’s flat and cures all my brake dragging woes. Then we can get it further down the path and into the sand.
Strout, they are talking 60 degrees for Friday. Fatbike disk shows up today. Hopefully it’s flat and cures all my brake dragging woes. Then we can get it further down the path and into the sand.
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Cruised our to Falmouth yesterday to check out a pop-up camper that didn’t work out. The hunt continues if anyone knows of a clean camper out in MA.
While coming home I hit up a pawn shoppy kind of place. 25 bucks spent. Grabbed these sweet Arm RC8 Japanese wire cable cutters. Just what I need for cutting bike cable. And I’ve wanted to grab an 18 volt Ryobi chainsaw if I bumped into one cheap. This one is super clean and looks like it had very little use. That completely makes sense after trying it out. It’s pretty bad. Nice to grab when I need to do a quick rough trim, but yeah, not recommended at any price over cheap.
While coming home I hit up a pawn shoppy kind of place. 25 bucks spent. Grabbed these sweet Arm RC8 Japanese wire cable cutters. Just what I need for cutting bike cable. And I’ve wanted to grab an 18 volt Ryobi chainsaw if I bumped into one cheap. This one is super clean and looks like it had very little use. That completely makes sense after trying it out. It’s pretty bad. Nice to grab when I need to do a quick rough trim, but yeah, not recommended at any price over cheap.
Strouty
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I wonder if those pliers are Felco rebrands or if Felco rebrands those? They look just like all my Felco pliers and if they work as good, you will be very happy. Stinks the chainsaw doesn't live up to your expectations, as you said, you didn't pay too much for it.
I hope the disk solves the problems with the fat bike, I this time of year is perfect for a bike like that.
I hope the disk solves the problems with the fat bike, I this time of year is perfect for a bike like that.
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Squashfest81
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Interesting on the Felcos. They look identical. Felcos are Swiss and 10 bucks more on Amazon though. I tried the Arm cutters on some bike cable and they cut like butter. I’m impressed.
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Replacement seats for the 76 Trailduster have been on the list of items to watch for. These Subaru Outback LLBean edition seats popped up for free. Leather, tan, no rips, cozy. I’ll have to figure out a way to mate the Trailduster pedestals, but that’s once the truck comes home in Spring.
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Finally got a minute to mount the new disk. It was no better, so I took a deeper look. The old disk definitely wasn’t flat, but maybe it was a few other factors.
1. Noticed a bare aluminum spot on the caliper mount that must have rubbed at some point in all my trials. Took a file to it and removed plenty of material. If it didn’t help with clearance at least she’s lighter.
2. Added washers to angle the caliper out to match the arc of the disk as at some point in my trials it was dragging on the caliper casting.
Boom! All my brake annoyances are gone.
Off to the sand. She can go much farther into the sand than any bike I’ve ridden. Overall, I like this fatbike. The low pressure giant tires give her some strange steering at times, but also a little squish for suspension. Also, I need to weigh her as she feels similar to my Gary.
Oh, Strout, it took way too long to find a stick stand on the beach...
1. Noticed a bare aluminum spot on the caliper mount that must have rubbed at some point in all my trials. Took a file to it and removed plenty of material. If it didn’t help with clearance at least she’s lighter.
2. Added washers to angle the caliper out to match the arc of the disk as at some point in my trials it was dragging on the caliper casting.
Boom! All my brake annoyances are gone.
Off to the sand. She can go much farther into the sand than any bike I’ve ridden. Overall, I like this fatbike. The low pressure giant tires give her some strange steering at times, but also a little squish for suspension. Also, I need to weigh her as she feels similar to my Gary.
Oh, Strout, it took way too long to find a stick stand on the beach...
driftpin
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That beach looks like hard-pack to me. You should be flyin' on that stuff. I find just-above the waterline is the best packed sand, another few feet away from that, and you'd be in sand so-soft, it's hard to ride at-all. SE Florida.
Glad to hear shims did the trick. Wasn't some-sort of runout evident?
I haven't tried a fat-tired bike w/those size balloons. About 27 years ago, I bought a Klein Attitude w/full Shimano XT, top of the line then, but I replaced the XT brakes w/Scott-Pederson self-energizing brakes, which were a really-great product for the day. I raced that bike for a couple of years in NORBA events here in south Florida, and I took it to San Francisco/Marin Co. a couple times, when visiting family. The tires I liked best on it were Ritchey Kevlar bead folding tires, I got the biggest that would fit, they were 2.35" and were good for the day, especially if you let out a bit of air from road use pressure. I used to ride on the oceanfront through a city and county park to the jetty entrance at Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) from my home a bit south, on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Klein was a bit over 23 lbs. and was an old-school ride, no front suspension, no rear suspension. Factory was an integrated handlebar/stem and a fat set of very-lightweight forks, but with large diameter tubing, they steered like a dream, and the frame was light but rigid, w/good response to your input. The year after it was purchased, Shimano released their first XTR gruppo, I brought my bike in when they got their first sets in, and had the XT transferred to a chro-moly frame, and the XTR installed. The XT was good, but the XTR was really-good. The shifting mechanism was much-better, and more gears too. I still have the bike, but I don't ride competitively any more, and have slowed-down, being close to age 70. I really enjoyed riding on the beach w/those tires, I imagine the wide wheels/tires of today allow an easy time of it, despite what I assume to be more rolling resistance.
Glad to hear shims did the trick. Wasn't some-sort of runout evident?
I haven't tried a fat-tired bike w/those size balloons. About 27 years ago, I bought a Klein Attitude w/full Shimano XT, top of the line then, but I replaced the XT brakes w/Scott-Pederson self-energizing brakes, which were a really-great product for the day. I raced that bike for a couple of years in NORBA events here in south Florida, and I took it to San Francisco/Marin Co. a couple times, when visiting family. The tires I liked best on it were Ritchey Kevlar bead folding tires, I got the biggest that would fit, they were 2.35" and were good for the day, especially if you let out a bit of air from road use pressure. I used to ride on the oceanfront through a city and county park to the jetty entrance at Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) from my home a bit south, on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Klein was a bit over 23 lbs. and was an old-school ride, no front suspension, no rear suspension. Factory was an integrated handlebar/stem and a fat set of very-lightweight forks, but with large diameter tubing, they steered like a dream, and the frame was light but rigid, w/good response to your input. The year after it was purchased, Shimano released their first XTR gruppo, I brought my bike in when they got their first sets in, and had the XT transferred to a chro-moly frame, and the XTR installed. The XT was good, but the XTR was really-good. The shifting mechanism was much-better, and more gears too. I still have the bike, but I don't ride competitively any more, and have slowed-down, being close to age 70. I really enjoyed riding on the beach w/those tires, I imagine the wide wheels/tires of today allow an easy time of it, despite what I assume to be more rolling resistance.
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Squashfest81
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Driftpin, when you happen to be in MA hit me up and you can take your first fatbike cruise!
She does run easily in the harder packed sand, but the soft stuff is still a problem.
Yeah, runout was evident, that’s why I bought a disk. It just wasn’t my only issue.
The next project on the fatbike is the chain. If you’ve been following along, I added that second gear for super low range. The problem is when you are in the smallest cog both front and rear the chain is too “long” and messes up the derailleur. Pulling a few links will help that, but I don’t know when it will effect the high range. Guess I’ll just pull links and see? Any input on that?
I do like it up north, but that Florida weather would be nice for riding!
She does run easily in the harder packed sand, but the soft stuff is still a problem.
Yeah, runout was evident, that’s why I bought a disk. It just wasn’t my only issue.
The next project on the fatbike is the chain. If you’ve been following along, I added that second gear for super low range. The problem is when you are in the smallest cog both front and rear the chain is too “long” and messes up the derailleur. Pulling a few links will help that, but I don’t know when it will effect the high range. Guess I’ll just pull links and see? Any input on that?
I do like it up north, but that Florida weather would be nice for riding!
driftpin
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I'm not a pro bike mechanic, but if you speak to the experienced guys, they will probably tell you when you're 'cross-chained' that the angle of the derailleur should not be fully-extended to an extreme position. You want the spring of the derailleur to be able to compensate for those extreme positions, yet be able to work to a more-moderate set of gears. If it's too-tight, you may-not be able to even engage the largest to smallest gears (F-R) If it's too-loose, your chain may not stay engaged, and could come-off. Obviously, you rarely would be in the most-low position for very long, hopefully, because if you are, you probably need to change your gearing to have the flexibility you need, for the riding you do.
I also have bought the best chainrings and gearsets, and chain, in the line, because they seem to for me, offer the most-reliable service.
Thanks for the offer of a ride in MA. My brother was a senior engineer for Amtrak in Boston, but he retired, and moved to Milwaukee and I'm not sure I would be getting up that way. Every time I did visit, we would go to Doyle's in Jamaica Plain. A good place to eat & drink. https://www.doylescafeboston.com/
And since this is garagejournal, I also enjoyed seeing whatever was going on at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline. https://larzanderson.org/
I also have bought the best chainrings and gearsets, and chain, in the line, because they seem to for me, offer the most-reliable service.
Thanks for the offer of a ride in MA. My brother was a senior engineer for Amtrak in Boston, but he retired, and moved to Milwaukee and I'm not sure I would be getting up that way. Every time I did visit, we would go to Doyle's in Jamaica Plain. A good place to eat & drink. https://www.doylescafeboston.com/
And since this is garagejournal, I also enjoyed seeing whatever was going on at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline. https://larzanderson.org/
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Picked this up for a screamin deal off the facebook last night. Any locals searching for a sweet 9 drawer.
Picked this up just before the Lista. Came in handy. As may be obvious, we are expanding our camper options.
Picked this up just before the Lista. Came in handy. As may be obvious, we are expanding our camper options.
Strouty
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But the black one only has four drawers, it is shiny though, so I guess it passes.
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Squashfest81
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Moved that Lista along to a dude who plans to fill it with ammo! Score.
Drove past a pair of cool retro boxes on the way home after the kiddos tennis. I’m a sucker for cool boxes. The last box I opened to find a gorgeous accordion. These held a Bell and Howe super-8 projector and the other an Argus slide projector. The google shows they are not worth much. Both work. What can I do with them? Other than killer shadow puppets?
Drove past a pair of cool retro boxes on the way home after the kiddos tennis. I’m a sucker for cool boxes. The last box I opened to find a gorgeous accordion. These held a Bell and Howe super-8 projector and the other an Argus slide projector. The google shows they are not worth much. Both work. What can I do with them? Other than killer shadow puppets?
captain14
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Do you have the kiddos trained to assist this program?
I can suggest some names for the positions.
1. Investigator ( opens the box and shows you)
2. Lookout ( for nosey neighbors)
3. Driver. ( the getaway vehicle)
I can suggest some names for the positions.
1. Investigator ( opens the box and shows you)
2. Lookout ( for nosey neighbors)
3. Driver. ( the getaway vehicle)
Strouty
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All I can think of is the movie sinister, just don’t watch any random film you find.
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Squashfest81
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Exactly Captain! Everyone has a role.
The shed has been stagnant for a long time. Time for an update.
The 36in solid core door has been delaminating for some time now, rubbing, and annoying me. I’ve been waiting for a real exterior door to fall in my lap. Yesterday a door pops up for free on Craig’s. Done deal!
The shed has been stagnant for a long time. Time for an update.
The 36in solid core door has been delaminating for some time now, rubbing, and annoying me. I’ve been waiting for a real exterior door to fall in my lap. Yesterday a door pops up for free on Craig’s. Done deal!
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And in! No, the door didn’t change color. She’s mounted to swing out.
Nice window for light. Even came with a deadbolt and keys.
Now to get some trim up.
Nice window for light. Even came with a deadbolt and keys.
Now to get some trim up.
Strouty
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Looks great, plus you get a bit more light inside.
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Squashfest81
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Couldn’t help my self and grabbed this beauty. The color! Those handlebars!
She’s in better shape than my pink Colombian Twosome and I don’t need tandem tandems.
Also grabbed a 1970ish Raleigh Super Course that needs a good tear down and cleanup. That will become my keeper streetbike.
Strouty
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That is too cool, did you get it for your normal price? Free?
Outlander
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I re-read this fun thread (well re-read meant looking at all the pictures again). Looks like it is till working out for you!
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Squashfest81
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Strout, I had to pay up! Fifty bucks.
The sellers father was a Yamaha dealer in the 60’s and 70’s and he choose the bike as some corporate prize. The guy said that it’s been in the shed since ‘73!
Thanks Outlander. It’s all about the pics.
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Squashfest81
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Started some chrome cleanup. Evaporust and steel wool.
The before. Rust spotting.
The before. Rust spotting.
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Squashfest81
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Wasn’t sure how it would go. It’s coming right back!
And check out the dual top tube!
And check out the dual top tube!
Bigbandguy
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Looking for some ideas for my 12 x 16 and found this thread for the first time. Hats off sir, you have come up with some ideas which I will definitely steal. I really like the outdoor toolbox. Did you ever get power into that place? You would be dangerous with a welder considering some of your inventions. Really great thread!
Strouty
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I would have bought that for $50 too, very cool. The cleanup is going very well, amazing what a little elbow grease can do.
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Squashfest81
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Bigband, a ton can happen in a 12 by 16. Do you have a thread?
No power yet. Actually got power run to my smaller shed by my driveway to add an outlet for the camper. I’ve got the wire to run to the shop, just need conduit and the motivation to trench.
No power yet. Actually got power run to my smaller shed by my driveway to add an outlet for the camper. I’ve got the wire to run to the shop, just need conduit and the motivation to trench.
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With the purchase of the yellow tandem I’ve got to move the pink tandem on. No one needs two tandems, do they?
While checking over the pink Columbian tandem I noticed it has a nicer aluminum front brake over the stamped steel piece from the yellow Huffy. Switched the Weinmann piece over to the Huffy.
Cruised it a little with the kiddos. I didn’t expect the increase in frame flex over the Columbian. I’m guessing it’s the top tube setup. She’s got some wiggle.
While checking over the pink Columbian tandem I noticed it has a nicer aluminum front brake over the stamped steel piece from the yellow Huffy. Switched the Weinmann piece over to the Huffy.
Cruised it a little with the kiddos. I didn’t expect the increase in frame flex over the Columbian. I’m guessing it’s the top tube setup. She’s got some wiggle.
BoilermakerFan
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Other than the color, is there a reason you would keep the Huffy over the Colombian?
I'd be inclined to check ebay and see which bike brings in more money and sell the higher value one... unless the Colombian rides that much better. Then I would probably swap the brake back over and the seats, then sell the cleaned up Huffy. New brake cables, brake pads, and chain will make a huge difference in how well either bike rides. Tires too.
While purging some stuff from my garage attic storage, I found my old Soul Cycles Hooligan NIB frame. It's a hard tail with XC geometry. It's probably time to really decide how I want to build it up and start collecting parts. I need to reach out to Soul and see if they can still make a rear derailer hanger for it. Right now it has the SS rear insert. The bike has an elliptical BB so it can be a disc brake SS or a disc geared bike. I priced up new bikes recently and I think it's time to build it as a 1x10 with a nice suspension fork and disc brakes. My son has discovered XC trail riding with a friend and my Gary Fisher is now a rigid SS so it's no bueno off road.
I'd be inclined to check ebay and see which bike brings in more money and sell the higher value one... unless the Colombian rides that much better. Then I would probably swap the brake back over and the seats, then sell the cleaned up Huffy. New brake cables, brake pads, and chain will make a huge difference in how well either bike rides. Tires too.
While purging some stuff from my garage attic storage, I found my old Soul Cycles Hooligan NIB frame. It's a hard tail with XC geometry. It's probably time to really decide how I want to build it up and start collecting parts. I need to reach out to Soul and see if they can still make a rear derailer hanger for it. Right now it has the SS rear insert. The bike has an elliptical BB so it can be a disc brake SS or a disc geared bike. I priced up new bikes recently and I think it's time to build it as a 1x10 with a nice suspension fork and disc brakes. My son has discovered XC trail riding with a friend and my Gary Fisher is now a rigid SS so it's no bueno off road.
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Squashfest81
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Morning Boiler. The pink Columbian is fun, but it doesn’t compete with the cool factor of the Huffy. It’s possible that the Columbia is a “better” tandem, but I own a tandem for the look!
Yeah, get that Soul together. Definitely gear it as I’m a firm believer in gears. We will need a build thread once you wrap up all that attic crawling wiring.
Yeah, get that Soul together. Definitely gear it as I’m a firm believer in gears. We will need a build thread once you wrap up all that attic crawling wiring.
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We’ve got this nor’ easter going on, so I thought I’d get the generator back together. Didn’t drag a battery in to the shed due to the rain, but I’ve got high expectations.
Then I got back on the 618 lathe setup. Drilled holes and got things planned out. We need to order some belts and grab hardware.
Finallygotit
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Hey, I have one of those! I refurbished mine not too long ago.
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Squashfest81
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That looks amazing Finally! Well done. I want mine clean and running.
What are you using to run it? Any suggestions on belts? Anything else I should be thinking about? I do have a 3 jaw and milling attachment I’m excited to actually use.
What are you using to run it? Any suggestions on belts? Anything else I should be thinking about? I do have a 3 jaw and milling attachment I’m excited to actually use.
Finallygotit
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Here's my set-up
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Squashfest81
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I do. So I plan to run a Craftsman 1/2 horse 1725 rpm motor. To do so I was going to buy a matching pulley to the two step original mounted on the idler arm.
You did not go that route? Why not? How did you decide your pulley diameters? Were your choices to optimize some speed?
Thanks again,
You did not go that route? Why not? How did you decide your pulley diameters? Were your choices to optimize some speed?
Thanks again,
Finallygotit
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The reason I ditched the two step pulley was that I felt it wasn't needed. The set-up that the lathe came with had the chuck spinning at a ridiculously fast RPM; even on the low speed set of pulleys. So I made a trip or two to ACE Hardware to find the best pulley combination that got the speeds I felt were ideal. Even with the single pulleys on the motor and intermediate shaft, I have eight speeds to use.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Squashfest81
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Good to know Finally. Do you have a rough measurement on the pulley sizes you settled on? It’s always good to know what worked from someone in the actual world.
Finallygotit
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I can do better than that, the exact outer diameter on the motor pulley is 2-1/4" and the pulley on the intermediate shaft is 3".
Let me know if you need anything else.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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Squashfest81
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Got it Finally. Thanks.
Finallygotit
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BTW, that intermediate shaft normally runs in two bronze bearings that you have to oil. If you don't oil those frequently, the casting and shaft get surprisingly hot. Plus the excess oil gets flung around making a mess.
I pressed those bushings out and opened up the bores and pressed in new needle bearings with seals. Check out my thread at post #454 for the details.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
I pressed those bushings out and opened up the bores and pressed in new needle bearings with seals. Check out my thread at post #454 for the details.
Let me know if you have any more questions.