How was your day too....two?

[DirtyDamage]

Talking to an engineering student. Built a go kart thats half golf cart half go kart. Powered by a honda CB400 engine. Really hoping to get this, then rebuild it to a trophy kart type of deal. Would be pretty epic, maybe 75mph epic...hmmm really hoping on this one.

Also ordered myself a new laptop. Alienware 14 "gaming laptop". Don't really believe in laptop gaming, or alienware as it's a glorified dell, but it was on sale from $1300 to $750...hoping it'll be here when I get back from outdoor lab.

Also start my new job when I get back, hoping to buy a lincoln mig welder. Lincoln "Handy Mig" welder. Comes with a mask and everything I need to get going except shielding gas. Should be a good little welder to have around the house, hoping welding will come as easy as soldering came for me, although it's really not the same. Oh well, just like anything practice makes perfect.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Dadgummit....somebody remind me next time I decide to dissect jalapeno peppers for pickling to wear gloves....I'm burning in my eyes and body parts I can't mention....

 

[DirtyDamage]

Well, lucky for me I got my laptop last night. Wasn't supposed to be here for another week according to the shipping details....anyways thing is pretty awesome. Speakers are as loud on the ones on my TV...and the entire thing lights up. Looks pretty sleek, not to mention I can boot from off to a loaded google page in 40seconds..lol

 

[J_Walker]

Don't ask how this broke.. my motorcycle brake lever where it pivots. First I tried just casting the epoxy around it, but it became brittle and cracked, so I made a paper mache epoxy combo. seems to work for now...

if it breaks its not gonna fall off and go down the road behind me. there's enough aluminium left. so its sorta safe...

 

[machinist@large]

Don't ask how this broke.. my motorcycle brake lever where it pivots. First I tried just casting the epoxy around it, but it became brittle and cracked, so I made a paper mache epoxy combo. seems to work for now...

if it breaks its not gonna fall off and go down the road behind me. there's enough aluminium left. so its sorta safe...

That might not be aluminum. Die cast zinc has come a long way in the past few decades; there are several grade's that I've read about being used that have mechanical properties almost identical to some grade's of cast iron, while still retaining the die casting properties of traditional zinc alloys.

And since the one single energy input for any type of metal casting is the materials melting point, if a lower temp alloy will do the job, it would most likely be the winner.....

 

[Badot]

Wow... You're not only creating an unnecessary hazard for yourself but for those around you... to save $10 on a lever.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Don't ask how this broke.. ..

Ummmm....do you need to re-read that owners manual on how to operate a kickstand?

 

[J_Walker]

Wow... You're not only creating an unnecessary hazard for yourself but for those around you... to save $10 on a lever.

its $19 bucks a lever...

it broke Friday, have ridden it twice since. like 10 cent in epoxy and free paper to repair it to have it at a point where its serviceable until I have the cash to find an order a new one. we don't exactly have "pick and pulls" for motorcycles around here, closest thing is like and hour and 20 minutes away.

rear brake and engine braking is all I really ever use anyway. so if I have to slam on the front brake it doesn't get used constantly so its not gonna just "break" again. maybe after a few hard pulls it might start to crack a little but the paper is a huge help over just raw cast epoxy.

That might not be aluminum. Die cast zinc has come a long way in the past few decades; there are several grade's that I've read about being used that have mechanical properties almost identical to some grade's of cast iron, while still retaining the die casting properties of traditional zinc alloys.

And since the one single energy input for any type of metal casting is the materials melting point, if a lower temp alloy will do the job, it would most likely be the winner.....

what ever it is, it sucks so much rooster.

Ummmm....do you need to re-read that owners manual on how to operate a kickstand?

you know.. I've never done that before. I've tipped a bike lifting it on a jack. and once going down a drive way on a hill while backing it up. never forgot a kickstand though.

lets just say I took it off road again, and got it kinda.. stuck... and in the process of pulling it out, the lever got stuck on a root and broke it?

and when I say stuck off road, more like stuck in a really dumb spot. that shouldn't of gotten stuck in, but did... picture semi related, kinda looks like that....

I SWEAR THIS WAS MY LAST TIME TAKING MY STREET BIKE OFF ROAD. LAST TIME.... last time... I promise... last... I swear.

i mean... I wasn't up to my thighs in water this time...

 

[Poboy kartman]

Well the Cowboys lost but a Texas boy did well in golf. 22 year old Dallas kid Jordan Spieth won the Fed Ex Cup. I said a long time ago this kid was for real...but haven't kept up with golf all that well this year to realize how well he'd really done...Youngest player to win the Cup, most career winning money in a year in PGA history (over $22 million) , now ranked #1 in the world , 5 wins, and a slew of other accolades...

Mark my words...he's just getting started...he's going to be a legend!

 

[machinist@large]

.....Mark my words...he's just getting started...he's going to be a legend!

Like another player with a last name referencing forests?????

 

[landuse]

I SWEAR THIS WAS MY LAST TIME TAKING MY STREET BIKE OFF ROAD. LAST TIME.... last time... I promise... last... I swear.

i mean... I wasn't up to my thighs in water this time...

Who takes a street bike offroading. LOL

 

[J_Walker]

Who takes a street bike offroading. LOL

I always do. I gotta stop it too. these things aren't meant for it.

 

[OzFab]

Umm, no, that's why there's street bikes & dirt bikes... spearate items

 

[J_Walker]

Umm, no, that's why there's street bikes & dirt bikes... spearate items

i've gotten a GSXR750 through mud and seat tall water....

#breakingstereotypes

 

[machinist@large]

You gotta find some fun at work......

The company that I work for designs and manufacture's propellers for a broad range of vessel's, ranging from the trolling motor on your bass boat on up to ones eight feet in diameter for small ship's. Some of the prop's that used to be manufactured in house though, are now only designed by the company, and have been outsourced for the actual manufacturing. That's where thing's get interesting......

One of the most critical issues for a prop is that the blade geometry is correct. And apparently many of our small vendors don't have the gaging and/or experience to be able to check that. That was any eye opener for me: and while there was a simple to use gage on the market year's ago (my company has one), they're not being manufactured any more. So, someone in engineering got tasked with designing a new one for our vendor's incorporating all the electronic bells and whistles that the tech types now demand.

And that's where my fun starts. And yes I mean fun. Prototypes are always a , but that's what breaks up the monotony of the daily grind around here. The photos today are just from turning and facing off a couple of aluminum blank's for the project, but the as machined finish was just to cool not to share.....

 

[J_Walker]

that sure is a pretty face... I hope one day I meet a girl with a face that pretty... LOL

 

[ML-TOYS]

Ooooooooh shiny

 

[machinist@large]

Ooooooooh shiny

And just as machined as well. Zero sandpaper or other ways of shining thing's up.

And for the non machinist's out there, when you have less than desirable tool's and tooling, getting the setups right for that only comes once in a blue moon.... That's why I posted it when I managed to make it happen with that POS lathe, using the orphan tooling that I have to deal with.....

 

[OzFab]

And for the non machinist's out there, when you have less than desirable tool's and tooling, getting the setups right for that only comes once in a blue moon.... That's why I posted it when I managed to make it happen with that POS lathe, using the orphan tooling that I have to deal with.....

That's an "almost never happens" deal; good job, Pat

 

[DirtyDamage]

Well I have an idea floating in my head, got it at outdoor lab...they had a 6X6 quad...kinda want to build a duel rear drive axle kart, just don't know how steering would work, or how the gearing would work. Would cost a lot too, between the TC that would be needed and 2 extra tires. But maybe it would be useful, maybe make it similar to a side by side or a gator, who knows. I just think it would be something to really think about....

Anyways outdoor lab was a lot of fun, although there was an incident of a kid hitting another kid in the head with a shovel...needless to say said kid got sent home....The hike i taught was a lot of fun as well. Anyways, signed up to be an intern for next year. If accepted I will be up there 5 days a week (living up there) and may be able to come home on weekends, and that'll be for my entire junior year. School (core classes) would have to go online, and I would receive the rest of my credits from the school itself. It would work out and I would get TONS of community service hours, I got 110 for this week alone, fingers crossed for next year, I really enjoyed connecting with these kids and seeming them grow throughout the week.