The chicken bell looks pretty good welded and stripped of paint. The welding was easy enough, but the bead blasting took a lot more time than it should have. When I finished blasting, I took the air compressor apart and ordered a water trap/filter/regulator, and a manifold to hook everything up.
Originally, the air manifold had a switch of some sort that hooked into the tank pressure, a pop-off valve, a tank pressure gauge, a regulator, and a working pressure gauge. I ordered a water trap/regulator and a manifold so I can install the feed line, the tank pressure gauge, the switch, and the pop-off valve. Plus, I need to be able to plumb the water trap/regulator off the end. The water trap/regulator has a gauge built in for the working pressure and the outlet. It shouldn't take too long to get it plumbed up. I'm going to put a union in the line as it comes out of the tank. It didn't originally, which meant I couldn't unthread the unit, or tighten it up since it had somehow worked loose. The Sawzall took it apart easy enough, though.
I sanded down and painted the piece I made years ago for my boat motor on the engine stand. I no longer have the motor, but I do have a couple of boats that may need a motor someday. I did just repair a skeg on a motor the other day, so it's not unreasonable I might actually need it again. Plus, it's not really junk if it's got a fresh coat of paint, now is it?
I didn't get anything done on the vintage trials bike yesterday, but I did a couple of piddly jobs that needed my attention. So, a productive day.
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