Bulldrek v3.0

UncleJoseph

I drive by from time to time. Hope we get some more activity someday.

UncleJoseph

3278 wrote:I'm quite curious to know how I'd have scored then, and how everyone else would score now, and how those have changed.

I scored the same as the last time we did this: about where a Libertarian would fall.

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Serious Paul wrote:I try to make time. It's not always available-time that is.

You should make time, brother. Your insight is always appreciated.

UncleJoseph

I guess it's up to us to carry the torch.

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Anyone? Bueller?

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To further expand on this topic: I have several neighbors and friends who all know that I take precautions and make preparations for emergencies. Many of them flat out state that they will be coming to my home if a disaster strikes their home, and they are serious. With several of the folks who don'...

UncleJoseph

The other day, we had a threat of a severe thunderstorm...it just barely missed my neighborhood, but caused lots of damage in the surrounding area. Just before it arrived, I took my generator out and fired it up, making sure it was running properly. My neighbor, an older retiree, was out in his yard...

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Is it possible that the persistent redshift we see wherever we look into the universe, which is statistically greater the greater the distance the object is from us, is not from expansion, but from a property of spacetime that acts to decelerate objects with mass, such as the "resistance"...

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Misfire post.

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It seems like - although maybe it's just my YouTube viewing habits - there's more and more demand for "speed shops," and fab shops that make custom bits for enthusiasts, whether they're into buggies, carting, off-roading, performance driving, or whatever. I've often considered opening a s...

UncleJoseph

For my whole life, I've never gotten involved in any kind of activism. I don't put political signs in my yard, I don't typically belong to any organizations that have a "message." The NRA is an exception, and I'm only a member there for the firearms insurance plan and a few other benefits....

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With all the recent events in the news (one of which was really close to home), I'm glad I no longer work in law enforcement. While I wouldn't necessarily fear going to work every day, the current political and social climates suggest sweeping reforms in the ways law enforcement will be allowed to c...

UncleJoseph

If you end up staying in the lower peninsula a bit longer, we can squeeze in a shop day any time after August 1.

UncleJoseph

Upon switching jobs to the state, I walked away from the ability to retire with a full pension at age 51. Now I will only be able to draw my partial police pension, but I have to wait until I'm 61 to start collecting it. Now that I've been at the state for 1.5 years, I have roughly 19-24 years befor...

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I'd put the fender back on, but that's just me. And I'd finish the door mods ASAP so you at least have the option of throwing to doors on if you ever need to, not that you ever will after this. We still have to deal with that driveshaft yoke too...

UncleJoseph

Sucks man...sorry to hear of it. Had to put one of mine down in 2013. Still bothers me, and I knew it was coming at the time. They're family, almost like our kids (especially for me and my wife, because we are unable to have kids). Mine had cancer, but we thought it was inflammatory bowel disease be...

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That's something I've slipped on, too, is water. We used to keep 3-5 gallons on hand, because we used them to water some of our more delicate animals, but they just get tap water now, so we don't have piles of full gallons on the shelves. Like Joseph, we do have a water filter and two different typ...

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45 mph...don't kid yourself. He's doing it at 60.

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Yesterday, with the looming threat of a severe winter storm, I finally filled my waterbricks with treated water (5-year shelf life). I only filled 4 out of 10 of them, but it's a start. I also have four 15-gallon water jugs, but they still need to be cleaned from when I bought them years ago. For al...

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I probably won't post anymore progress pics for a while, aside from few major milestones. I've started a blog, so if anyone cares to see my progress, you can subscribe and follow at gregsplane.blogspot.com.

I'll be posting regularly (hopefully at least weekly) updates with pictures and videos.

UncleJoseph

That's a great project, Sin. Could be pretty lucrative. My dad wants to sell his '75 Beetle, but the heat exchangers are bad...tough sell up here in Michigan. Plus he swears up and down it's carbureted, but I think it's fuel injected. I can't find any heat exchangers for carbureted 75's. Other than ...

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No. It gets formed as is. A few people have suggested annealing it in some of the tighter radius areas, but there's a reason this alloy was chosen (largely for its rigidity), so I don't want to soften it. The parts that are the hardest to form are the places that shape the noses of the aerodynamic s...

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3278 wrote: The bolt is a Spicer 231401, so it should be 1/4"-28. I haven't checked my taps yet, but I suspect yours are of much higher quality, anyway. [Mine were an impulse purchase at a discount tool store. ]

We probably have the same kind then!

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Well, I've been hard at work since my last post. Put in some serious hours on the plane, and have some real progress to display: Start with wooden cutting templates and form blocks for the ribs: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eC7QaHfnA8M/Vc5xaKOb87I/AAAAAAAABs4/GIuB6g4UdBI/s912-Ic42/2015-08-14.j...

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Rewired the relay today. Took apart the old harness, and inside it is the connectors I need to wire to the Bosch-style relay. Just figured out which pins were which and plugged. Tomorrow, my heat shrink gets here, and I'll cover each connection individually, and then maybe paint it with liquid elec...

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Other shit I have to do: Tap/chase the threads in my front diff yoke so I can install the front driveshaft Rebuild and install the linkage that lets me turn 4x4 on Finish cutting the doors off, because I haven't been able to use my driver door for several months, and I'm getting a little tired of g...

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Hell, I don't know Joe. I put a quart of Lucas in, which my uncle swore was suppoused to be good for it, and then 4 quarts of my regular penzoil high mileage in. And... well, it wasn't good. Seems odd that a bottle of Lucas would cause that withouth some additional underlying problems. I've persona...

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Not that it really matters now, but did you do something wrong changing the oil?

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Spent about two days worth of working on the flanging dies for the lightening holes in the ribs and bulkheads. This appears to be a task beyond my comprehension or skill level. After several attempts to make the 2" die set and one attempt at a 2.5" die set, I simply cannot get a consistent...

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The other option would be to have the dies professionally made out of steel or wood on a lathe, or find someone to make plastic ones. The problem is that the only company I found willing to do them, was going to do them in carbon steel and wanted $1000. No thanks.

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Now for some real progress... Here are all the forming blocks and cutting templates for every rib in every structure of the plane...22 sets of forming blocks and 6 pairs of cutting templates. I re-made the ones I cut 3.5 years ago, found a flaw in my approach, and it caused kinks in the metal. I had...

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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GNmIoQGI4bA/VciaFqBMsUI/AAAAAAAABrA/wfjiTxTTRME/s912-Ic42/IMAG0486.jpg Here are the forming blocks and cutting templates for the main wing structures. Wing nose rib, wing main rib, flaperon full rib, flaperon nose rib, flaperon rear rib, slat rib. I still have to ...

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Assuming I'm looking at the right model, those do seem to be big-ass blocks of metal coming out of the inverter, which can be removed from the body with a couple philips screws, so maybe it can be as simple as pulling the blocks out and welding your own connector points onto them. I think I'll try ...

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Updated drawings arrived today. I was expecting only the drawings that were affected by the updates (roughly 20-30 pages). Instead, my $50 got me a completely new set of blueprints updated to 3rd. Edition. Not bad! After a careful review, I only need to re-make one forming block, but the actual part...

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In my review of Zenith Aircraft's website for updates on my plane's design, I discovered they released the 3rd Edition drawings back 2012. This was short after I stopped working on the plane. I was able to see which blueprint pages had been replaced by the 3rd edition drawings, but not the drawings ...

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Getting even closer. Shop area is mostly cleaned up. Started finding all my tooling that was packed away from the move. Even found some time to review the instructional videos. Trouble is, I'm broke right now. While I have lots of materials to work with, I don't have quite everything I need....mainl...

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Speaking of wiring, I'm having a hell of a time figuring out how to wire my Harbor Freight inverter permanently in the truck. Of course, I know how to wire something to the battery, but the design of the inverter just confounds me. It is a 2000-Watt inverter with overload/short circuit protection. T...

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Cheaper hobbies would be in order, it seems. But what fun would that be?

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I have way too many interests...I think I have some form of Attention Deficit Disorder. I'll get all obsessed with something for 3-4 months, then change to another flavor-of-the-quarter. There have, however, been 3 mainstays. I may put them down for a bit, but always come back to them: Shooting Prep...

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Well I haven't really been shooting since the last time I posted about it...maybe once? I have a .300 Blackout AR on the bench that needs final assembly. The lower is all put together...just need to add the barrel. Have a nice EOtech for it from a Black Friday purchase last year. Just so many projec...

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With my new job, I've redoubled my preparedness efforts in the past 6 months. Made a kit for my work truck, streamlined and stocked the kits in my truck and wife's car. Organized my supplies. And put some other things together. Really back on track now, so I can focus on some other stuff. I'm also f...

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Okay, so 4/5 years later, I am getting close to having my new shop in my garage set up. Worked all day yesterday on a new construction table and work bench. Tonight, I'll try t get everything organized. I stopped working on the project back toward the end of 2011 because we decided to do some rehab ...

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So I return to this thread every once and a while...nostalgia of sorts, I suppose. But every time I do, it makes me want to sell my Tundra and get another Audi. I'm getting close to being done with a major need for a truck. On the other hand, it's almost paid off and it is extremely capable. And for...

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I'm changing careers. Some things have happened recently that really illustrated it's time for a change. There are lots of reasons, really, but the main push has to do with career advancement, earning potential and job satisfaction. I was offered a job with the state and accepted it. My tentative st...

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I ordered a supply of waterbricks , and oh man, are they nice. My first foray into large capacity water storage was 55-gallon used food-grade drums. What a PITA! I've never gotten them really clean enough, and they're too big to move once full of water. So, they've sat empty for years. So much for w...

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I've read good things about the Harbor Frieght "Predator" generators, which are Honda clones. Although Honda is the gold standard, they are quite expensive. Even if you find one on Craigslist or elsewhere, they aren't going to be cheap. It's why I bought a new one. However, you can get a P...

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Since I've gained so much weight lately, I'm going to focus on losing it. I am the heaviest and most out of shape I've ever been...not good for many reasons. I also have more health issues than I've ever had, the bulk of which I am convinced comes from my lack of nutrition, sleep and poor health hab...

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Bishop wrote:Currently driving an Audi 2.7t, 2001. It's a fun car, with lots of buttons, though it needs a new front lip.

A4, S4, A6 or S6? Do you have my old car??? I miss mine...the only car I really, really, miss. I think when my Tunrda is paid off, I will get another Audi.

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