One of my other hobbies and some sad news.
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Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!
JCDammeyer's 42 projects
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Only place where there was room to lay out a 4'x6' frame for gluing. Cleaning up all the metal bits on the floor was the hard part.
I loved my '63! Body 5083 off the line. I could absolutely see the rust in the rocker panels. Oh well.
Holes in the floor boards. Rusted rocker panels. The A Arms in the front end had slots rather than holes. I fixed the front end. Rebuilt the engine and transmission. Never did do the bodywork. White convertible top instead of black. Probably put another 50K miles on it before we let it rust away in the back yard. The body just wasn't repairable and now dangerous.
The only major thing I did on mine was flip the ring gear on the starter/transmission interface. The teeth were stepped (to reduce weight, I assume), with the teeth cut away around half the thickness of the ring. Some clever previous mechanic had put it on backwards, so the pinion from the starter motor just *barely* engaged. Enough to start it, but also enough to wear away the teeth at top-dead-center. Until I fixed it you put it in 4th, gave it a good bump to rotate the shaft and then you could start.
More amusing is that fixing an electrical problem just before my wedding is what gained approval from my soon-to-be father-in-law. My turn signals were all wonky - double-speed flashing left, changing when I applied the brake, etc. Jimmy was poking all over the thing, and I was standing at the side with the wiring diagram, and I exclaimed "right side tail light ground!". Yep, pulled it, cleaned the crud, greased it back together and everything was fixed. He shook his head and called it magic.
More amusing is that fixing an electrical problem just before my wedding is what gained approval from my soon-to-be father-in-law. My turn signals were all wonky - double-speed flashing left, changing when I applied the brake, etc. Jimmy was poking all over the thing, and I was standing at the side with the wiring diagram, and I exclaimed "right side tail light ground!". Yep, pulled it, cleaned the crud, greased it back together and everything was fixed. He shook his head and called it magic.
Remember how it had two 6V batteries behind the seats under the panel? And positive ground.
Yeah. Totally annoying! All the assumptions we make now when we stick a voltmeter in there were borked.
The little bubble level arrived from AliExpress this afternoon. It snapped right into place. Whew. Worried I'd maybe ordered the wrong part.
Nice, did you model that yourself?
Nope. Found it online. I thought I had bought a package of 5 levels but it was, as it turns out, only one.
Amazing what you can do with 1x3's and a biscuit jointer and chop saw. There's the frame holding the bird netting to allow lots of light through. And the peas and beans have been planted. Now only time will tell.
The other day when I was mowing with the garden tractor and the new non-mulching blades the suction was enough to pull up and chop up the plastic sewer access cover.
Time for some CAD and 3D printing. Painted because PLA won't handle long term sunlight.
And this one has tabs so that it can be inserted, twisted and locked down.
Time for some CAD and 3D printing. Painted because PLA won't handle long term sunlight.
And this one has tabs so that it can be inserted, twisted and locked down.
That also happens sometimes when you flush the toilet inside. Changes the flush dynamics totally. Gotta watch that the tools don't end up out on the lawn.....
What did you paint it with & do you have any prior experience how the PLA is holding up?
It doesn't do well in the heat of sunlight and I may find that I will have to reprint this in some other material. What is needed is a much denser infill.
For example, try #1 with the keys was printed with 15% infill and the mistake in the design was the retention hooks weren't far down enough. I've had this sitting over the sewer access in the sun.
So it's got the cooler air from the ground on the bottom and heated from the sun on the top. It's badly warped. Dished down in the middle and twisted. Hard to see in the photo.
The new painted one is now out there and the hooks are under those ridges. Plus this one was printed at 25% infill which given the thickness means less air inside. Hopefully it won't warp.
I'm feeling a bit bugged out now. All that work to make the fence etc to keep the rabbits out and maybe the deer and what happens. Insects. The beans have been devastated and I only planted them outside yesterday.
You have a pipe and cover inside a pipe and cover? Is that a requirement?
Welcome to farming.......
As I write this, my corn fields are being destroyed by birds. They don't even eat most of the damage. Just yank the baby corn plants out of the ground hoping a seed comes out with the tiny little sprout. In case anyone is wondering, yes the hole is a deer print. The deer, ground hogs, and rabbits attack next.
No Idea. When the septic tank was removed this was the point where the connection was made to the house. This is a clean out T. Further down by the road there's another one right above the sewer line. It also had a cover like that which was stolen within a week. Now there's a large rock sitting at that spot.