Motorcycles, 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.
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Motorcycles, tools, and garages! A little bit of everything mechanical and technical.
A little late, since the cart is almost done, but not too late to change
some things so if you see anything that needs to be reworked, I'd love
to hear it!!!
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.
Choppy choppy.
Got angles and measurements all figured out, time to goober it all
together. Gotta make sure you're in the appropriate welding attire
though...
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.
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.
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
up to an inch of snow on the ground after some really nice weather.
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.
Got grandpas truck drug over,
And all of the heavy crap was moved with this ooolllllddddd cart. Worked great.
That pretty much sums it up... I'm now live on Instagram. Right now its pretty much solely custom hot wheels builds, but there's the occasional Z50, tractor, or welding junk on there too.
Little late this year, but the December Hot Wheels Build Off is here!
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!
Hey all, I'm running out of time! I'm *REALLY* close to having this project funded. PLEASE SHARE even if you can't donate! There is a promo code that will match your donation- if you donate $5, they will donate $5 more! The promo code is EVERYGIFTMATTERS. Thank you so much to all of you that have already donated!
So the thermometer this morning said -12. Pretty, but YUCK.
Interestingly enough- the shop is STILL sitting at about 32 degrees. Havent lit the fire in there in like 2 weeks...
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...
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.
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.
Didn't take much to get it going,
Threw in a couple of scoops of coal and viola!
HEAT!
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
home.