Projects

Dual-engined Triumph at Bonneville. I've only watched the first 15 minutes of the movie, but it looks to be a real good movie.

Lining up some of the projects I need to take care of. The pieces on the left are the shoes from the bottom of the grader blade for the old Allis. I want to get those made before the snow flies. The garden trowel is cracked where the handle attaches. The trowel is stainless, so I'll TIG that. The all-thread is for a tool I need to make to get the oil seals installed in the fork legs. I tried tapping them in using a large socket as a driver but I wasn't having much luck. Mower blades need sharpening. The backpack sprayer has a broken buckle on one of the straps. I got that one fixed shortly after taking the photo. While my welding student was burning rods, I riveted the strap together. 

 I've got my ham radio and power supply in place. The president of the club has my antenna made up for me - we should get it up in trees next week. I went to Menards yesterday to get a ground rod and a couple of other things, but they were all out of the ground rods. I'll check with the hardware store and see if they have one. I'm looking forward to having the radio up and running. Planning on spending more time with the radio and books this winter and less time in front of the television and on the internet.