tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215659852024-03-13T15:01:29.947-06:00dorkpunch GarageMotorcycles, metal working, sheet metal, welding, TIG, MIG, education, cafe racers, old trucks, mendelmax 2.0 3D printer, vintage, technology and design, custom hand made Hot Wheels, old John Deere, stationary, hit and miss engines. A little bit of everything in the garage.dorkpunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900036378678814608noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21565985.post-49314120137755280132023-09-02T08:20:00.000-06:002023-09-02T08:20:02.890-06:00Barn find Yamaha! Old dirtbike buried behind a bunch of junk<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So quite a while ago my brother told me his neighbor had an old bike stuffed in the back of a barn. I managed to sneak a peak at it at one point, but wasn't sure I wanted to pick it up. </span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
It festered in the back of my mind for a whole year. They were in and out of town, our paths just never seemed to be able to cross, until... FINALLY... I was able to go back and make a deal!
Hauled it home on the hitch carrier, and after a few basic checks, gave it the old boot. What do you think? Not bad for a barn find!?
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How to seal and coat a fuel tank!<p><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So... Don't ever take your hand off the funnel when pouring tank liner in...</span></span></span></p><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">SUPER common problem when working on old motorcycles- the tank is rusty, has pinholes, or it's just filthy dirty. RED KOTE to the rescue! 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Got the frame cleaned up and painted.</span></span></p><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-m8T6L4T/0/f7ae7007/X5/20220628_101827-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-m8T6L4T/0/f7ae7007/X5/20220628_101827-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-ztHM5hz/0/b4e07a18/X5/20220628_102834-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-ztHM5hz/0/b4e07a18/X5/20220628_102834-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-p4MrwWT/0/a8322439/X5/20220628_104923-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-p4MrwWT/0/a8322439/X5/20220628_104923-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Love this paint, it goes on thick and seems to hold up well to years of abuse. Takes forever to dry though... VanSickle tractor paint, I find it at CAL ranch.</span></span><div><span style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Knocked out the swingarm and chain guard while I was at it.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-WjgLfbZ/0/6072c459/X5/20220628_150847-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-WjgLfbZ/0/6072c459/X5/20220628_150847-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-9WkW5Sn/0/e0c6a6cf/X5/20220628_202400-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-9WkW5Sn/0/e0c6a6cf/X5/20220628_202400-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-mKRwdwV/0/00e02d82/X5/20220628_202409-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-mKRwdwV/0/00e02d82/X5/20220628_202409-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-Q7LPN5p/0/db05340f/X5/20220628_202412-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-Q7LPN5p/0/db05340f/X5/20220628_202412-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It's a start. Have a loooonnnnngggggg ways to go still.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></span><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-73pcC9D/0/b1b34d16/X5/20220628_203053-X5.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-73pcC9D/0/b1b34d16/X5/20220628_203053-X5.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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</span><br /></div>dorkpunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900036378678814608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21565985.post-41720773299294715152023-01-06T17:00:00.005-07:002023-01-28T14:22:34.495-07:00Stripping the poor minibike down!<p><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">First video.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bS7nCPU0Xbg?wmode=opaque" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="640"></iframe><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Been shopping for parts, and man this could get expensive! Going the budget route for now. Plan on fixing / cleaning / painting everything I can on my own, but there's a couple of things I haven't found at decent prices used- muffler, gas tank, and front end. Think I'll buy repro's for the tank and front end, and trying to make my own muffler using the stock header pipe.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Spent the afternoon pressure washing the big parts. Most of them came out great. The one exception is the exhuast... The pressure washer punched all the rust spots all the way through. Don't know that I could save this one even if I had all my tools accessible.</span></span></p><p><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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I have plenty of time, but no kids to work with.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">It's time to make a go of this, because he's already tearing it up on his older brother's Z.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nF7fGDoRguY?wmode=opaque" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="640"></iframe><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">A few "before" pics we took just a couple days ago:</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-8n6sqXR/0/fb30007d/X4/20220617_142526-X4.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-8n6sqXR/0/fb30007d/X4/20220617_142526-X4.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-Ddz4vcX/0/63738e9d/X4/20220617_142506-X4.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-Ddz4vcX/0/63738e9d/X4/20220617_142506-X4.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-dVkGgBZ/0/bd8efbe5/X4/20220617_142501-X4.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-dVkGgBZ/0/bd8efbe5/X4/20220617_142501-X4.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">Annnnddd.... where she's at now.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-2Wr5cCP/0/f7b73863/X4/20220620_125419-X4.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-2Wr5cCP/0/f7b73863/X4/20220620_125419-X4.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><img alt="[IMG]" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" data-url="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-xBJ22S2/0/02fb0333/X4/20220620_125430-X4.jpg" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Honda-Z50-oli/i-xBJ22S2/0/02fb0333/X4/20220620_125430-X4.jpg" style="background-color: #202020; border: 0px; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;" title="Click this image to show the full-size version." /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">It is MEGA rough. But I think we can save it. Going to need a few harder to find parts- front end, muffler, rims, maybe a gas tank.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">Not going to restore it. A 6 yr old will be thrashing on this one, just like his older brothers did on theres. They got them for Christmas 12 years ago. </span><a class="internalLink" href="https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/hope-my-boys-like-second-hand-junk-for-christmas.646877/" style="background-color: #202020; color: white; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px -3px; padding: 0px 3px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/hope-my-boys-like-second-hand-junk-for-christmas.646877/</a><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">Stay tuned for more. Planning a whole YouTube video series on this one! Goal is to have it done by August 10.</span><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;">Think I can do it?!</span><div><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: #202020; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 16px;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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Think I can get all these things done!? What should I focus on first?</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/itoiW7uqT9E" width="320" youtube-src-id="itoiW7uqT9E"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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Hoping to do a little more blogging: We got "real" internet for the first time in 3 years. Little easier to upload pics and actually write from a computer than trying to do anything from a phone... If you want to catch up on whats been going on there is a little info on my Instagram at, you guessed it, dorkpunch.<br />
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In other news. 2017 has been off to a rough start- Met my insurance deductibles and all that crap in the first week of the year with a popped appendix and a few other things.<br />
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To add insult to injury, turns out I have cancer. So yeah... Been a rough year. <br />
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On the bright side, now that we have internet and I'm moving a little slower than I should, I have a bit of time to upload pics and update y'all on all kinds of things. Stay tuned for... Something. I dunno. Probably some bikes, a few hot wheels, several welding projects, and likely a little info on the cancer treatments and all that junk.<br />
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Still to do: make a hanger for the torch, a nub for the ground clamp,
and a box for the pedal. Build the drawer. Figure out where the
welding rod holder will go. Build a little leg on the front at the
right height- NO front wheels. Clean it all up. Paint it. Put the
dang thing together.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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truck I borrowed to do the roof last fall? Well... It sat. And the
brakes drained out. and the battery went dead. And I've been busy with
this that and the other. Had my pa help me get the brakes bled, and we
FINALLY got the shingles and carpet hauled to the dump. Yay! glad that
parts over with.<br />
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High on the list is getting to the floor. Its got some really loose
spots- not really creaky, the boards just have a lot of flex. Picked up
some shims and started wiggling them in.<br />
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Shims:<br />
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Floor feels 100% more solid. Its going to have to be, because I just picked THIS up:<br />
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And it will be sitting right about in that spot. Eventually. When its
cleaned up. Which may not happen for a long, long time... *sigh*<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out my new shirts!!!
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Made this bracket to hang cords from.<br />
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Hooks for cords and such.<br />
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Telescoping handle fer movin' it around, and a tie down loop for the welder.<br />
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Axle welded on. Did this with the stick welder, and was really worried
about burning through the thin tubing but it came out pretty good.<br />
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Yeah. #isuckatwelding.<br />
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Capped the tubing. Really not all that pretty...<br />
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Made some aluminum side panels to cover where the drawer will be.<br />
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Quick test fit- looking good so far.<br />
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some things so if you see anything that needs to be reworked, I'd love
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I bought my Alphatig a while ago, and am tired of it getting tripped
over in the welding booth. I've had a plan in the back of my mind for a
while, but now its time to execute it. Plus, I suck at welding so
this'll be a good chance for me to get a little practice in.<br />
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Choppy choppy.<br />
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Got angles and measurements all figured out, time to goober it all
together. Gotta make sure you're in the appropriate welding attire
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Thats the main frame. Obviously, the welder will sit on the angled
bars. Argon tank will go between the uprights, and I'll have a drawer
underneath the welder.dorkpunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900036378678814608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21565985.post-56416488239213385022016-03-29T10:00:00.000-06:002016-03-29T10:00:05.378-06:00Operation Spring Break 2016 #2- Spring IS here!And in other news, spring *is* getting here... <br />
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and finish pruning the apple trees...<br />
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And rip this stump out of the ground...<br />
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Wait- the boys already did that for me. They've been hacking on it for
the last 2 weeks with their knives. They finally noticed it was really
rotten and kicked it right out of the ground- its supposed to be over
where that pile of sawdust is.<br />
dorkpunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900036378678814608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21565985.post-40871743760690673842016-03-28T19:40:00.002-06:002016-03-28T19:40:59.883-06:00Operation Spring Break 2016!SPRING BREAK! The time teachers use to catch up on everything they fall
behind on around the house during the school year... Of course we wake
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It melted off quick though. Got Operation: Spring Break 2016, task one
finished up. We are *officially* done moving all of our crap over here.
Cleaned out the last of the storage shed.<br />
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Got grandpas truck drug over,<br />
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And all of the heavy crap was moved with this ooolllllddddd cart. Worked great.<br />
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Storage shed empty!<br />
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Come vote on the latest custom Hot Wheel build! Please DO NOT try and
figure out who built what, just pick your favourite and vote by "liking"
the pic! Winner to be announced on Monday!<br />
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Vote here: <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1506673976308577.1073741833.1459737441002231&type=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1506673976308577.1073741833.1459737441002231&type=3</a><br />
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Interestingly enough- the shop is STILL sitting at about 32 degrees. Havent lit the fire in there in like 2 weeks...<br />
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It was so cold that even our two kitties, who normally won't get within
10 feet of each other, decided to let past feuds lie for the moment...<br />
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The outside temps mean the upstairs temps get a little low. Started
checking things with the infrared gun. The one storage room upstairs
with the door closed was a*little* chilly.<br />
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I musta not been naughty enough for Santa, so I had to have a friend give me a bucket of coal to try out in the stove.<br />
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Didn't take much to get it going,<br />
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Threw in a couple of scoops of coal and viola!<br />
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HEAT!<br />
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Stove works great with coal, which I guess isn't surprising since that's
what it was designed for... Going to pick up a few buckets of free
coal tomorrow. We'll see how well it works over this week while we're
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