Projects Giant speedster project

GO GO GO

My significant others middle name is Kay which is Yak spelled wrong...so while looking in your mirrors your Yak will be Kay .... kay?

 

The way you guys carry on,the name of this thread should be changed to"Comedy Central".
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Jerry,
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I took up your suggestion about trying out some java from Jumpin Goat Coffee Roasters. I'm a real coffee aficionado (or so I claim) and I can say with 100% conviction, those are some righteous beans brother!

They were kind enough to include a free mini 4-pak sampler of their flavored beans with my order that I wasn't expecting. Delightful, and I don't normally like flavored coffee at all but it's quite the treat in my Midwestern 'never warm enough' workshop this winter. http://www.jumpingoatcoffeeroasters.com/
Jimmy

Keeping with the Yak theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaHPgTdF1g&list=RDPtTC3pGBjs4

 

It's a Wrap!

Had time to stop in the shop for about an hour. That was enough to wrap the exhaust and install the oven. I was going to put that aluminum guard over the exhaust but it looked out of time. I'll make something more period but later on. Next job--put a hinge on the running board cover. I think the bad pics are because the light is really low at the shop in the winter. The shutter speed varies between 1/10 and 1/30. I doubt there's any way to get a good hand held pic at those speeds. Even the flash is little help. I'm bringing a flood light.

Jerry

 

According to the EXIF info on these last two shots the flash did not fire in either one. You might check the menus and make sure it didn't somehow get turned off.

Also in one shot the ISO is only 80 and the other is 400. Check the menus again and see if the camera is set on "Auto ISO". If it is manually set the ISO to 400, 800 or maybe even higher when shooting in low light. Switch back to a lower ISO for daylight shots.

Just trying to keep you from buying another camera if you don't need to. I mean in case Santa Claus doesn't bring you a new one.

 

Even worse pictures!

Forgot my camera and had to use the cell phone. That's why there's only two. I wanted to spare you the torture. I got the wood fastened to the running board tool box then drilled and installed the hinge. I know the hinge is a little short but it was the piece left over from the hood and that's as long as it is! Some wise guy will lift the running board up and ask, "Why is the hinge so short?" At that point I'll say, "Hey, isn't that oven cool?" Actually I'll say, "Shut up ya big dope!" I can't trim the top of the tool box until I fasten the walnut on the front edge of the running board and I can't fasten the walnut on until I put on the fenders. It's a vicious cycle! So maybe I'll hang on a fender just to see.

Jerry

 

Jerry; if anyone opens your running board, get a yak to head butt them

 

Jerry, The hinge is not too short. It was designed not to be visible from the ends of the lid so the gap looks uniform from all visible angles. You probably just missed that on the AutoCAD drawings, thank goodness the CNC hinge shrinker caught it!

 

Anyone what opens up my running board an' says sumpin' stoopid like dat gets a squirrel upside dair haid!

 

This is one of the coolest Build thread going on the HAMB.


Fryguy

 

Pipe wrap; A little late but here is what rope lagging looks like on a puny 577.5 cid Peerless engine.

 

that peerless engine is a work of art its gorgeous

 

Uh-oh. Now Jerry's gonna get out his polishing gear and go wild on the SS!

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Ya Big Dope!

Why didn't I see that hood hinge was too big! The whole cover was tilted. No matter. Luckily I had nice stainless hinge that worked perfectly. I'll have to get another for the other side tomorrow. It would sure be nice if I could get a whole day in the shop. Anyway the running board cover is on. I'd like to get the dash in now. Maybe tomorrow I can sneak away.

Jerry

 

Revolutionary Chemistry Set

I knew this guy in college named Loco. Loco was a revolutionary. He was arrested wandering around at the '72 Republican Convention in Miami Beach with a bow and arrow. The FBI routinely came to our house looking for him. Anyway Loco had something he called his Revolutionary Chemistry Set. I'll let you imagine what was in it. I did a little revolutionary chemistry today, myself. Remember the instrument panel? Well I bought some nitric acid a while back because I read it would etch brass. So today being a crappy rainy day I tried some. It wouldn't etch squat! So I fell back on my old method of electro-etching. This time I used a new formula. Root Kill, a little battery acid and water. Root kill is copper sulfate and battery acid is sulfuric acid. The combo worked great. I coated a piece of brass with wax and scratched a few lines in it. After a few minutes at 12 volts the lines were etched out beautifully. Next: the instrument panel.

Jerry

 

I love checking in on this thread, its one of my favorites. You are very innovative and inspirational.

The Speester is looking great
Bobby

 

Jerry,
Just my humble opinion, but the bite in the pix from such a harsh solution looks pretty drastic. I assume you wanted to achieve a design that almost loos engraved? You may want to look at this transfer/ brass etching method:

Even if you don't want to try iron on toner transfer and want to scratch the image through a ground, at least consider the etchant I suggest. I've used it myself in a shop that used it forever, it works.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-pictures-with-Acid-Etching/?ALLSTEPS

CHEAP SOURCE FOR: Dry Concentrate Etchant (Ferric Chloride)
This is what I used in the past to make some fancy floral patterns on some antique door knob side plates.

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/st...storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=70201

ETCHING GROUND
Good source for brush on ground 'ASPHALTUM'
I worked in a plate etching & lithography stone print studio in the 70's.
I know of nothing better for protecting, stop etch or grounding a plate surface .

These guys sell ferric chloride also but I'm not sure if they carry the shipping/storage friendly dry version.

http://www.takachpress.com/servlet/the-342/Graphic-Chemical-Senefelder's-Liquid/Detail

To apply you stand your plate up vertically and using a flat, straight edge 2-3 inch brush you swipe the surface; top - center & near bottom in brisk non-stop motions letting gravity do the work and you walk away from it until its dry. Sort of the way Henry had his boys paint the panels on A Model T.

* The ground may be thinner at the top but if it's completely covered it's still good. You can always flip the plate around 180 (after it dries) and repeat if you want a more pretty solid black surface. You can draw on the dry stuff or gently rub/transfer a pencil drawing with tracing paper too.

Jimmy

 

I found that web site a while back and tried all that stuff. I couldn't make any of it work. But then I'm just a simple caveman. I couldn't make ferric chloride work very well either. Too slow. I more of a down and dirty burn it out quick with lots of low voltage amps. It brings out the Dr. Frankenstein in me.

Jerry

 

MAJOR MILESTONE!!

Yes, children today we put on the hood. It was awesome! A confluence of fate brought together a conjunction of people: Me, Neil the Daring Scotsman, David the Other Daring Scotsman and Keith the Appalachian Mountain Man. With a great shout we heaved the mighty metal hood into place. (Let me know if I'm getting too melodramatic here.) I wish every one of you could have been there but there was barely enough room in my tiny shop for us to shuffle sideways carrying the hood aloft like a virgin to the volcano's rim. After it was in place we took off our hats and stood in awe for 4 maybe 5 seconds. Here's the amazing thing. Are you ready? The hood fit! No, I mean it actually fit! Top. Bottom. And both sides. Nothing else on the speedster fit after being put together then taken apart for painting except the hood. Folks around here are calling it: THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!! I took pictures with my fancy new Galaxy S3 phone but they refuse to come out of the phone and into the computer. My resident expert says it's because I use a Linux operating system. (Oh how I hate those pesky viruses.) But we'll work that out. Luckily, I took some extras with my old (but hated) GEX500

Jerry

 

Absolutely stunning......my hat is off to you sir!!!!

Is that cookie your likeness, or.......?????

 

Been watching this's build for a while and it's looking pretty great!!


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Your getting closer to the maiden Voyage... She looks Stunning!

 

Jerry, the car looks wonderful, but what's the deal with the cookies? No specification sheet? We can't have secrets here after all we have been through.

 

Very impressive. The car, I mean. Not that there's anything wrong with the cookie.

 

Well it is official, you have won me over! That speedster is pretty neat.

 

THAT, sir, is an impressive sight!!!

The Speester is truly a thing of beauty

Bobby

 

Were the cookies baked in your new oven?

 

There are a number of solutions to work around this....here are a couple I found in forums:

1. FTP - With android 4.0 and above and 12.04 the best solution for file management I have found is to set your phone as an FTP server and connect to it using Filezilla (or similar) in linux. This gives full access to the phone memories (and system if rooted). The ftp server can be set up using free apps such as ES filexplorer or eshare. You of course need the devices on the same wifi network.

2. Google+ - set up a Google+ account and use it to sync the photos from your device. You can then access them online via your web browser

3. Dropbox - Get a free Dropbox account. Sync your phone's dropbox folder, it's automatically synced with Dropbox online and if your computer is turned on, it will download and sync to your computer about 5 seconds later. It's all automatic.

If you move a very large file from your phone to your phone's dropbox folder, it might take a few minutes for it to sync on your computer. If you can also move an entire folder of files into dropbox.

Syncing the other way from the computer to the phone takes a few seconds longer because the file isn't physically on your phone yet. The dropbox file names in your phone are just links to download the file from the Dropbox online storage.

The Google+ and Dropbox solutions are the easiest. Hope this helps you.

 

Wow, it looks really good with the hood on.

But look at all that dust.

I can hear a tiny voice, it's the speedster, it's saying "Drive meeeee".

It's not unlike Vincent price at the end of "The Fly," different message though, could be distorted through the web too.