I bought some flap wheels from my usual online source. Price was good, less than a buck a piece. And if you look closely at the one in the left side of the photo, you can see they're made in PRC. I've never seen that before as the country of origin, but I'm pretty sure that stands for the People's Republic of China. Maybe the commies are trying to fool people as to where the product comes from - not sure why that would be, since we don't manufacture much in this country anymore. It has to come from somewhere.
I welded up the broken chicken bell yesterday. Since it's cast iron, I brazed it back together and burned quite a bit of the paint. I decided to bead blast the remaining paint off, but I was having trouble with the water trap on the blaster. What I need to do is install an industrial strength one right at the compressor. The compressor has a regulator and a couple of gauges mounted right to the tank but it has somehow loosened up and I hear air escaping when the pressure builds up. I don't know if it's because it's loose or maybe the diaphragm in the regulator has gone bad. One more thing that needs attention.
I finished up the boat console job and I got back on the vintage trials bike project only to get sidetracked with the bead blasting. I've about got it cleaned up, so I'll finish it today and then maybe look at the compressor to see what's what, then look into installing a water trap. Finish up the brake pedal on the bike after that.
And it's November already, damn!
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