People Get Ready

 

There's lots of prepper talk out there these days covering all the basic topics - food, water, security, finance, physical fitness - but not much talk about getting right with God. I'm not comfortable discussing religion on the blog or in person, because I feel that's something that's between you and your maker. However, I've been reading some things about the role religion has been playing in what's occurring in our society these days and it's not necessarily good news. Might want to think about what role religion plays in your own life.

I did a bit of work on the vintage trials bike, aka the Rickati, Monday. I reamed out the tubing for the bushings for the shifter linkage, shown in the lower part of the photo. After getting the frame welded up I'll have to do it again to correct for shrinkage/distortion. I also drilled the swingarm nut and the frame for safety wire. The nut's drilled in two places. I wired it up just for the photo. If I take this thing to an AHRMA event, I don't know what if anything needs to be safety wired. When I entered the road racer, most anything with oil behind it had to be wired. I had damn near every nut on the bike wired. The shock studs are too short to get a lock washer or nut on them, so I'll drill those for wire, and, of course, the axle nuts need to be pinned or safety wired.

I was planning on drilling the nut with the cordless drill, but seems it no longer holds a charge for any length of time. The drill is a DeWalt, so a replacement battery is available. I'll get one ordered in the next day or so.

The ham radio club is having a "Ham Fest" August 11th. As I understand it, for a small town this is a pretty big event with some big-name vendors to be on hand. If you're interested in ham radio and you're close to NW Indiana, mark your calendars. I'll be posting details later.

Cuzzin Ricky and I are road tripping today in search of an acetylene tank and pork tenderloin sandwiches. The acetylene tank is a small "MC" that I can't get filled locally. I use this for my air-acetylene outfit that I use for soldering. As long as I remember to turn the tank off when I'm done, this one should be good for my lifetime.

I got an email from my boss at the college the other day. Seems the construction on the new exhaust system is not going to be finished in time for classes to begin. Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the classroom rather than out in the shop for a few weeks. If I had known that I wouldn't have been so eager to sign on for another tour. I think I've got a copy of all the material I used at the high school and what I used when I taught the class at the college. Time to dig all that stuff out and put together a plan. Either that or dig out the tap shoes and start working on a routine.