Nice work Steve, I would recommend elongating one idler hole to a slot for future adjustment. Need not be more than 3mm.
Tom
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Tom
Thank's Rick.
My brother the Sadist come by the garage every so often and tells me the orders are piling up and we need more production. His last run by I suggested that stopping it would further his time on the planet because the ground isn't that hard to dig.
Steve.
My brother the Sadist come by the garage every so often and tells me the orders are piling up and we need more production. His last run by I suggested that stopping it would further his time on the planet because the ground isn't that hard to dig.
Steve.
Hi Pete,
Thank you. How are things going with you?
Steve.
Thank you. How are things going with you?
Steve.
Hi Tom,
Thank you. I had to cut the bolt heads off as they were tickling the spoke ever so gently. I used a short length of 3/4"x1/8" flat bar with two holes drilled in it for the bolts to fit though and welded them in place to the flat bar. I fed it though the back of the plate and tightened down the bolts on the pulleys to hold it in place. I'll get photos tomorrow.
I can cut the flat bar in half and weld in an adjuster so the pulleys can be spread apart the 3mm. I'll look at it tomorrow and see what I can come up with.
Glad you like the tanks. These I'm happy with.
Steve.
Thank you. I had to cut the bolt heads off as they were tickling the spoke ever so gently. I used a short length of 3/4"x1/8" flat bar with two holes drilled in it for the bolts to fit though and welded them in place to the flat bar. I fed it though the back of the plate and tightened down the bolts on the pulleys to hold it in place. I'll get photos tomorrow.
I can cut the flat bar in half and weld in an adjuster so the pulleys can be spread apart the 3mm. I'll look at it tomorrow and see what I can come up with.
Glad you like the tanks. These I'm happy with.
Steve.
Wowsers! You've started a factory!!!
Mr. B,
If this were to become a growth industry I'm certain that I will not be found in the same room with it.
Steve.
If this were to become a growth industry I'm certain that I will not be found in the same room with it.
Steve.
Tom,
This is what I came up with for the pedal chain tensioner roller to ride on. I can't add anything to make it expand to take up the slack since it would interfere with the spokes. If need be I'll make one with the rollers farther apart and drill the proper holes to fit it.
Steve.
This is what I came up with for the pedal chain tensioner roller to ride on. I can't add anything to make it expand to take up the slack since it would interfere with the spokes. If need be I'll make one with the rollers farther apart and drill the proper holes to fit it.
Steve.
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This how I soldered the gas filler neck in to the gas tanks.
Steve.
Steve.
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I rigged up a couple of pieces of steel to bend the sides of the tank bottom and the end of the tanks. Not a moment of beauty but it worked. I bent it up 1/2 inch all around. End and sides.
The blue masking tape is to mark out the line where it is to be bent. I used a pencil and it is hard to see. I used a body hammer to knock it into shape. I then used the length of steel plate to hammer it flat where I bent it up.
Steve.
The blue masking tape is to mark out the line where it is to be bent. I used a pencil and it is hard to see. I used a body hammer to knock it into shape. I then used the length of steel plate to hammer it flat where I bent it up.
Steve.
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The end sections I was able to bend by hand without hammering them into shape. I tapped the metal against the steel to make the edges more crisply defined and not so rounded so they were the proper distance apart.
I set the gas line outlet in place to see how it looked. The end and bottom pieces all together.
Steve.
I set the gas line outlet in place to see how it looked. The end and bottom pieces all together.
Steve.
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The bottom pieces were notched every inch with a notch 1/8" wide. The last 2 notches at the tail section are 1/2" apart to accommodate the down turn at the back of the tank.
The bottom is soldered in and the end section is clamped in place to help align everything as it's being soldered. The bottom is inset 7/8' from the bottom lip of the tank. Held in place by vise grips that are moved as it's soldered.
Steve.
The bottom is soldered in and the end section is clamped in place to help align everything as it's being soldered. The bottom is inset 7/8' from the bottom lip of the tank. Held in place by vise grips that are moved as it's soldered.
Steve.
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Mighty nice tin smithing Steve. Have Silver Bear and you set a date for Bike Camp? I would like to be in Ely for the rendezvous.
Tom
Tom
Hi Tom,
Thank you. I'm going to be happy to see them finished.
We've decided not to bother this year. Sue and Silverbear are planning on coming out to Vancouver in October with another couple who are friends of ours. With the new to them, house and having it redone to what they want the summer will be gone and there won't be a lot of time to mess around with bikes. They are having a hard time finding time to even get a canoe in the water for an afternoon off.
I plan to be out of here and headed East the first of next June for a couple of months. By then everything will have been done that they want to have done and I'll be finished building bikes, I hope. I don't believe me either but it felt good to write that.
Steve.
Thank you. I'm going to be happy to see them finished.
We've decided not to bother this year. Sue and Silverbear are planning on coming out to Vancouver in October with another couple who are friends of ours. With the new to them, house and having it redone to what they want the summer will be gone and there won't be a lot of time to mess around with bikes. They are having a hard time finding time to even get a canoe in the water for an afternoon off.
I plan to be out of here and headed East the first of next June for a couple of months. By then everything will have been done that they want to have done and I'll be finished building bikes, I hope. I don't believe me either but it felt good to write that.
Steve.
Here is a Toyota 4X4 that my son is involved in rebuilding. His friend Wally has a Toyota 4X4 rebuilding shop in Vermont and David works with him. David has been rebuilding them for over 30 years, mostly FJ40 Land Cruisers. This has been a long term build. It's surprising considering what they started out with.
Steve.
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Well Steve, looks like bike camp got moved to Vancouver.
That is fine, Wish I were there.
But Sept. 3 is Brother in law Mark Johnson's 74th birthday. He resides in the Powder Horn neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN.
That means we will attend the in my opinion best Mid-West State fair on Saturday. The Minnesota State Fair
If Mona and I get to Mark's Friday, this is on my to do list.
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Took the fifteen year old mostly Black Lab to Vet. today after work. She was only moderately cooperative. "Alpha."
Back home, and into the shop. Barley pop in hand.
Last year on one of my maiden voyages my rear brake locked up the wheel.
When I got home, gave it a quick look. Brake arm was twisted, but every thing was functioning fine. Fine it was not. that twist unlocked the brake arm side nut.
Over time the bearing cones got enough play for the wheel to wobble. That is most likely why the sprockets began to wear excessively.
My mistakes may create a manual .
Going to miss meeting the Indian Tri Car master.
Tom
That is fine, Wish I were there.
But Sept. 3 is Brother in law Mark Johnson's 74th birthday. He resides in the Powder Horn neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN.
That means we will attend the in my opinion best Mid-West State fair on Saturday. The Minnesota State Fair
If Mona and I get to Mark's Friday, this is on my to do list.
https://seasalteatery.wordpress.com/
Took the fifteen year old mostly Black Lab to Vet. today after work. She was only moderately cooperative. "Alpha."
Back home, and into the shop. Barley pop in hand.
Last year on one of my maiden voyages my rear brake locked up the wheel.
When I got home, gave it a quick look. Brake arm was twisted, but every thing was functioning fine. Fine it was not. that twist unlocked the brake arm side nut.
Over time the bearing cones got enough play for the wheel to wobble. That is most likely why the sprockets began to wear excessively.
My mistakes may create a manual .
Going to miss meeting the Indian Tri Car master.
Tom