Yesterday I hauled home a large amount of fresh steel.  This weekend I'll be cutting it up and putting it to use.

The CNC milling machine has been coming along nicely, and so it's time to take it to the next level.  If I want it to be a true Tony Stark machine  "Begin automated production.  I'll be in the bar." then I need it to run unsupervised.  A ( Read more... )

I'm home sick all this week, so I've been catching up on old projects.  This bike project wrapped up a month ago, but I never got around to editing the videos before now.

This is the last one in the series.

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This bike is fixed and out of my garage now, but I'm still catching up on video editing.

Here's two more videos covering the brake caliper rebuild.

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Has it really been two months since I posted?  I guess so.

Here's what I've been working on lately.  I converted my old milling machine to CNC (Computer Numeric Control).

Just watch the video and you'll see what it's all about.  It makes things.

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I haven't posted, but I've been busy.

Today, for example.

Continued work on converting my milling machine to Computer Numeric Control.  It will be done soon, and I'll be able to produce much higher quality parts on the mill.

I also tore down the rear brake caliper on the Turbo Maggot.  It was incredibly gunked up, so I'm letting it soak in the parts ( Read more... )

I finished the welding on the rain barrel platform today.  Now I just need to get some wood to make a top and sides for it.  It's going to double as a small storage area underneath.  I'll probably put a hose reel in there so that the whole setup will be nice and clean looking ( Read more... )

I got the rain barrels together, but was disappointed by the trickle of water that they produced ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent three hours tilling the garden to get it ready for the fall planting.  I know, I'm a little late, but so was the rain ( Read more... )

Last week I posted about Toffee Balls, my neighbor's cat, being hit by a car.

Tonight I went over to visit and noticed that unseelie_sidhe was petting a cat.  I looked at it for a minute and then said,"Huh?"

I've never been quite so shocked and confused.  It was Toffee Balls, BACK FROM THE DEAD.  He'd been waiting for them when they got home this ( Read more... )

Update time!

Day 6.  Fixing the fuel leak.  I love the simple repairs.  I was all set to repair the petcock, but instead I just had to buy a couple feet of fuel line and put it on.

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Day 7.  Taking the clutch apart and maybe finding the problem.  What do you think of my diagnosis?  What's the solution?

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Cheers,
Fred