Chicken coop
Chicken coop
I got talked into a side job that I didn't really want to do. Adapting a Crosley engine to a Spridget transmission for a D sports racer was at least an interesting challenge and a laudable endeavor.
The flywheel had to be turned down 1.25" to fit the A series ring gear.
But it all works. Starter engages cleanly.
My wife did most of the work, but I helped a little. Katherine Ann popped out into the world last night 
In reply to BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter) :
Congrats!
New expansion chamber and silencer for the Ossa DMR flat track bike. Tapered header, two stage convergent cone. Should make a little more power than the old tractor pipe.
Still needs mounts, but is otherwise done.
I needed a bead roller for the cooling water tubes on the mid-engine GSR project:
It ain't pretty, but it works:
Designed in Fusion360, and fabricated this spring.
I thought I posted this as well:
In reply to OnTheChip :
Mid engine GSR?!?!
Power out to chicken coop
In reply to Trent (Generally supportive dude) :
Oh damn! CoBRA or CIMA?
In reply to BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter) :
Congrats, man!
In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :
I see casting marks in Trent's photos. CoBRA all rusted away by now.....
I don't even know what those mean!
My knowledge of Crosleys is limited to helping make a header and dual carb intake for a hot shot and this project here.
In reply to Trent (Generally supportive dude) :
CoBRA is a sheet steel engine block & head copper brazed together in a furness. Very early production only. Mercedes W196 racer used this tech successfully. Crosley had leak issues and the production "fix" was to hot dip galvanize them. Copper & zinc make a great battery, and they all corroded very badly. By1947 the cast iron CIMA was in production and cured the problems. This is what you have in photos.
You can't buy a desk for love nor money at the moment. But you can buy 2x4's and butcher block tops.
Several hours, coats of cabinet paint, coats of danish oil, and a couple dozen pocket holes later you get this.
As you can tell my daughter doesn't like purple, she berkeleying loves purple.
I also built a rolling miter saw stand with foldable wings out of some scrap I had laying around since I prefer not to get sawdust all over the garage where I work on metal things with actual tolerances.
Trent (Generally supportive dude) said:I don't even know what those mean!
My knowledge of Crosleys is limited to helping make a header and dual carb intake for a hot shot and this project here.
CoBRA were the first blocks for Crosley from World War II where they were used as generators and hordes of other small engine purposes- they were made of simple sheet metal, could be picked up by hand and could run over 1,200 hours without major maintenance. Powel Crosley thought they were the tits for a small car, but didn't realize that they were running continuously with religious military maintenance regimens; put salt-based antifreeze in them and they literally rusted apart.
CIBA (cast Iron Block Assembly) was the recast version- now all Iron instead of steel so it could deal with the stresses of stop/start and deferred maintenance. CIBAs were later built on some kind of license from Farm-O-Road for boats into the mid 70s, since the little 24ci Mills were light, stupid efficient and never seemed to die. I'm kind of fascinated by them because they had a ton of "firsts"- first overhead cam for the states, bevel drive (for said cam), and had no head- block was one cast piece with the valves dropped into the top like some old Alfa.
In reply to freetors :
Apple harvest time
already picked 5 bushels of Chestnut crabs, McIntosh, Harrelsons
Have about 4-5 bushels of Honeycrisps, 2-3 NW Greenly, 2 Honey Gold left to pick that are ripe now. And at least the same in a couple of weeks.
Built a reloading bench.
plans:
Built:
And in place:
I managed to do this as an Adam Savage style one day build, not counting the finish. if I'm going to keep building furniture I need a table saw and a radial arm saw
This is where we begin. Bathroom woes, first sign was toilet rocking.
Two weeks while working my full time job and even with paint and the new medicine cabinet I was only in it for about $450
solfly said:In reply to OnTheChip :
Mid engine GSR?!?!
Here's a link to the build thread on Team-Integra.net. Unfortunately, the photos are on Photobucket and the Index links no longer work.
https://www.team-integra.net/threads/94-gsr-mid-engine-rwd-h22a4-conversion.66688/
Finally finishing up the backyard and decided we needed a few items for entertaining. First I tried my hand at some masonary work by building a firepit. Done over a weekend with materials I had here on the property. It started with a cut-off piece of 30" ductile iron water main pipe that I found at the scrap yard many years ago and bought for $5. It's been sitting on a pallet for 7 years waiting for the right project and finally got put to use. The base stone was dug up a few years ago and also waiting to be used. The only thing that I had done was the cap stones. She wanted a flat and uniform surface rather than random field stones mortared on. I took 8 flat slabs of fieldstone to a friends machine shop and he cut them on a water jet and they are perfect for what she wanted.
Hopefully I can get more of the backyard done this week and set it in place.
I always been intrigued by outdoor wood fired pizza ovens, so I decided to put one of them out there as well. She picked the spot where it was going to be set-up and I poured a slab to build off of. Next was figuring out the shape of the countertop and building up the blocks to the correct height. I'm certainly not a mason, but I really enjoy working with rocks, boulders, blocks, mortar and concrete! To top it off, we decided to give a concrete countertop a try. I watched a few videos and set out building forms for the eventual pour. It came out "decent" for my first attempt and will be fine for a rustic outdoor oven countertop.
More pix to follow when completed.
Shelving
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