Gelato Stand

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Got word yesterday morning that the part time lab tech gig I'm currently working is to become a full time position. Apparently, they're are going to try and convert several of the classes that utilize the lab into distance learning classes. The students will take the classroom part on the computer from home or wherever and then come to the lab for their experiments. My boss was kind enough to call me and explain the situation as well as offering me a chance at the job. He knew from previous conversations, however, that I've had all I care to have of full time employment. If I was going to be looking for a full time thing, it would have to be something like the portable gelato stand in the photo above. It'd be OK working full time just for the summer months - even better if I was driving a Piaggio Ape like the one above.  Get a good heater in the shop and then just hole up for about eight months and work on the projects.

Speaking of which, I ordered some parts for the Sportster - shims for the cams, points and condenser, magnetic drain plug for the oil tank, and a couple of other things.  Everything was in stock, so should be here the first of next week. In the meantime I'll try and get a couple of other things sorted. I need to finish the front brake, start chasing the wiring and I'm still a little confused about the front motor mount. I know there should be spacers between the frame tubes. One of the plates has a spacer welded to it but it's about a 1/4" too short and I haven't found a spacer at all for the other bolt. I'll get it figured out, though. Machining up a spacer is easy enough. I bought new lock nuts for the bolts already. I'll just keep pluggin' away. I've been having a lot of fun working on this thing - other than dropping the key in the crankcase that is. This is exactly the type of thing I was looking forward to doing when I retired.

Looks like the weather is going to stay cool for a few more days. This global warming thing ain't so bad after all.