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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #795 on: July 15, 2018, 10:23:31 PM »
Glad to see you back at work in the old shed. Just wondering; do you need to borrow a camera  :stickpoke: :lolb: :lolb:  Carry on  8)

Cletus


Man it must be a slow night in Springfield if a picture of 4 tapped holes gets your juices flowing brotha,...….

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Keep the old Dog straight Dave and in line he needs it.   :lolb:

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OK...progress   I got two connecting rods roughed out and bored...till I blew the wrist pin hole in one of them, so I now have a Single unfinished Conrod!    YEAH! :pinkelephant: :cartwheel:     :lolb:

Pictures coming.....I need a shower, and a beer....and not in that order.

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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #796 on: July 15, 2018, 10:27:51 PM »
And don't forget the plane update  ;D

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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #797 on: July 21, 2018, 03:21:54 PM »
Hoping for some material today.....Tomorrow is looking decidedly iffy for racing....forecast keeps getting worse....could be in the shop!... :cartwheel:
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #798 on: July 21, 2018, 03:51:32 PM »
The silver lining as they say....shop time!!  ;)

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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #799 on: July 21, 2018, 10:15:25 PM »
OK  got some bar stock today!    :whoohoo:

Maybe tonight....and we'll watch the weather....


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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #800 on: July 23, 2018, 01:37:26 AM »
OK....We could have raced....I backed out as I was convinced it was going to get called....it didn't .....ah well


Anyway.  I got some time in the shop...though the leg is in rough shape now...slow progress  I have some anti-fatique matts coming...Thanks Mike!!!

Two conrods and a fixture to shape them with.   I was going to do it with the dividing head, but it's just not ridgid enough for the metal removal

so....I started over and made two new rods   I like these better.   Much metal to remove.  This fixture is for rounding the ends somewhat,  Westbury states to do it on a mandrel in the 4 jaw...hmmmm...I like this way better... but I've got lots of vise work to do first.

I'll remove most of the metal on the Clausing...much quicker

We progress.....

Dave
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #801 on: July 23, 2018, 01:40:53 AM »
Glad to see you moving along with this build Dave.

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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #802 on: July 23, 2018, 01:42:38 AM »
Glad to see you moving along with this build Dave.

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I see my retirement from racing coming....I have things I want to do …..and he'll get his license soon enough.

Dave
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #803 on: July 23, 2018, 02:06:57 AM »
And it even has a picture! :ThumbsUp:
Good to see progress Dave.

Dave


Glad to see you moving along with this build Dave.

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« Reply #804 on: July 23, 2018, 02:45:16 AM »
And it even has a picture! :ThumbsUp:
Good to see progress Dave.

Dave


Glad to see you moving along with this build Dave.

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I see my retirement from racing coming....I have things I want to do …..and he'll get his license soon enough.

Dave

My quad didn't like it, but I did make some progress.   Ibuprofen is a wonderful thing!

Dave
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #805 on: July 24, 2018, 12:10:25 AM »
Hot dog, the camera is working  :lolb:. Man I’m glad to see you start metal whittling again. Now when our driving talent gets those driving license; you know what else comes along about that time ( same old thing that makes a tomcat howl all night  :old:) Now I’m hoping he’s going to try to impress the aforementioned with his talents on the track. The greatest gift you can give a child is wings that support steady flight  :old:. Sooo, you can get back in the old shid. Hey, I have a buddy that tore up an ankle and he built what looks like a big padded 30 degree angle block and he rests his leg on it without really sitting  :shrug:. Tell everybody hey.

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« Reply #806 on: July 24, 2018, 12:20:44 AM »
Hot dog, the camera is working  :lolb:. Man I’m glad to see you start metal whittling again. Now when our driving talent gets those driving license; you know what else comes along about that time ( same old thing that makes a tomcat howl all night  :old:) Now I’m hoping he’s going to try to impress the aforementioned with his talents on the track. The greatest gift you can give a child is wings that support steady flight  :old:. Sooo, you can get back in the old shid. Hey, I have a buddy that tore up an ankle and he built what looks like a big padded 30 degree angle block and he rests his leg on it without really sitting  :shrug:. Tell everybody hey.

Cletus
Hey Bud!  He had a interesting request recently....a girl calls, asks if he can go with her and her 2 friends to the movies.....Sure!   I'll drive ya over....so 3 girls....and William.....He's well spoken, and very witty...and fairly good looking...all unlike his father...    :lolb:... I think he'll do just fine.     

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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #807 on: July 24, 2018, 12:37:39 AM »
OK spent some time doing a G job sketch of the con rod.   the problem with some of these prints is they're meant for a start with a casting.   I don't have many of those, so I have to fill in the missing dimensions to get what I need to machine the parts.    Here's the con rod drawing from the article, and my updated one, meant for cutting from the solid.   That will help a lot

I spent some time getting rid of extra set ups where I can   I can do most of this in 3 set ups, including both sides.

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« Reply #808 on: July 24, 2018, 12:57:10 AM »
And I resisted the urge to fire up the Tormach P440NC at work and just let it go......you guys should be proud of me....

Dave
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Re: A Wallaby of my own.
« Reply #809 on: July 24, 2018, 01:00:36 AM »
Hey Bud!  He had a interesting request recently....a girl calls, asks if he can go with her and her 2 friends to the movies.....Sure!   I'll drive ya over....so 3 girls....and William.....He's well spoken, and very witty...and fairly good looking...all unlike his father...    :lolb:... I think he'll do just fine.     

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