It’s been a while since the last mini mill post. I’ve taken the table off a couple of times to clean out chips that get in under the gibs and re-grease the ways, but it should be clear from the relatively large number of posts of stuff actually made with it that it’s been running really …
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While slowly making progress on assembling the fuel pump housing (welding the 1.6mm 6061 sheets is really taxing my welding skills), I’ve addressed the other end of the fuel supply. The stock petcock can’t be used since it has no provision for a fuel return line, and the tall strainer makes the pump suck air …
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The previous installments of the “2016 kitchen sprint” described the prep work needed before getting new counter tops. In parallel with getting this done, Kathy and I had started the discussion about what kind of counter top we wanted. Basically we considered three different alternatives: granite, “solid surface” which is a mixture of acrylic and minerals …
It’s now been almost exactly 2 years since the last post about the weatherstation I built and put up outside the house, so I thought it would be good to talk about how it’s worked out. In general, it’s worked well. However, a few things are showing their age: Over the past few months, the …
In the last post, I described how we’ve finally gotten some momentum back on the long-stalled kitchen refinish. In this post, we continue with painting. The existing kitchen paint, under the top layer, contains lead. This was the reason I wanted to get rid of it, at least on the surfaces where the paint was …
It’s been more than two years since the last post about the kitchen cabinets where I talked about how they were going to get reconditioned with Brushing Putty before being repainted… Well, you know how it goes. First there was the basement flood that lead to the basement unfinishing and drainage projects taking precedence, and once …
Back in 2013 when we knew what address we were moving to, I decided to make a street sign with our address and names on it. I ordered fancy wood from Inventables and was going to route it on the ShapeOko. However, the ShapeOko has not yet been unpacked and it’s been 2.5 years so finally …
The fuel pump housing I described in the last post has slowly been coming into existence. (There’s been some house-related distractions that I may talk about at some point…) All the “complicated” parts have been completed. What remains is to cut out the 8 pieces made of 1/16″ (1.6mm) flat sheet. I’m not entirely …
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If there hasn’t been that much activity lately, it’s because I’ve been pondering how to solve the fuel pump mounting problem. The pump is just large enough that when you include the diametrically opposite inlet and outlet, there just isn’t enough room, and since the pump can’t self-prime with any amount of air in the …
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With the intake rubber fitment problem overcome, I could finally mount the entire throttle body assembly onto the bike. This was a moment long coming. Thankfully it all fit. The four throttle bodies slid into the intakes a lot easier than the carbs did, which isn’t surprising since the “barbs” are much smaller now. The …
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