Quinc
Buy a Superjet
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- California
Pretty cool seeing you do all these projects now that you have put fixing seadoos on the back burner. 
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
The Waveventure I worked on yesterday had nuts epoxied to the adjustment needles, I have never seen that one before but it worked.It's a small and silly mod but it works! My quick answer to no T handled mixing screws on my oem 44's. A piece of 1/8" primer hose over the screw heads first, then a piece of 1/4" fuel hose on top of the primer hose, a tie strap to both give it some really good bite and a little knob for turning...works surprisingly well!
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
I got the second metal sheet installed. these are laminated on with Dap weldwood then rolled with a J roller, it's really just to hold them in place, once the corner guards . the top and the fenders are on they can't go anywhere. I havent' cut the top piece off on the front yet , my carbide cutter made one cut and the bearing came off, I found the bearing but I need a another screw and washer to secure it and some loctite apparently . Slide out for the AC made from drawer slides and a piece of solid surface countertop material.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
Thats a pic of the 1" tube frame I welded up to go inside the plywood and with the skis loaded up, the back crossbar is removable for loading and unloading the skis. The steel inner skeleton is what sturdied this all up and made it workable before that it was a flexi flyer and looked like a covered wagon going down the road..
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
I need removable bunks for this to work and I have been working on that concept for a while, they need to be removable and light weight. I am sure there are a bunch of different ways to do this but here is what I came up with.
I litterally tripped over these today in the shop, they are Seadoo seat hooks, some seadoos have the hook part on the seat, some have the other style combine the two and do a little bending and they go right around the 2 x 2 "s I am using for bunks, the bunks don't really do anything on this traiiler but keep the skis from sliding around .
I don't want the height I would get using a 2 x 4 . I am using old Kawasaki SS rub rails on top of the bunks screwed down with stainl;ess steel screws for the skis to slide on. I am working on getting the bends in the right place, if that doesn't work out I can always hand trim the end of the bunk, it will have to be trimmedquite a bit anyway.
They are sturdy , they are stainless steel and the best part is they are free. I will work on securing the other end another day, it's Watercraft water testing time right now .
I litterally tripped over these today in the shop, they are Seadoo seat hooks, some seadoos have the hook part on the seat, some have the other style combine the two and do a little bending and they go right around the 2 x 2 "s I am using for bunks, the bunks don't really do anything on this traiiler but keep the skis from sliding around .
I don't want the height I would get using a 2 x 4 . I am using old Kawasaki SS rub rails on top of the bunks screwed down with stainl;ess steel screws for the skis to slide on. I am working on getting the bends in the right place, if that doesn't work out I can always hand trim the end of the bunk, it will have to be trimmedquite a bit anyway.
They are sturdy , they are stainless steel and the best part is they are free. I will work on securing the other end another day, it's Watercraft water testing time right now .
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I have loads of things that I made for this ski. I’m really far behind on posting. Here’s one little solution for the cost of rubber straps. These are mounts I made from scrap aluminum to use with $3 tarp straps that you can get in almost any length. So far they’re working really well.
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
Top on the trailer was horrendous, I had to fire sale it, you know what that means , everything had to go, 40 grit on the DA and down to the gelcoat, it was so bad I sprayed it with a quart of slick sand polyester primer, basically sprayable glazing compound , then back at it with the DA and 80 grit, I can probably wetsand to 320 from here , if not I am going to hit it with high build primer and lots more sanding but it's a whole lot better than what I started with.
A few pics posted of where we are right now. Most of the interior panels have been cut and fitted , all the insulation is installed and I am working on the window surrounds right now, they are like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing..
I will say it's nice to be working with bondo again, mix it spread it and sand it back down 10 minutes later, primer sand it shoot it and sand it again 30 minutes later those automotive guys really don't know how good they have it.
A few pics posted of where we are right now. Most of the interior panels have been cut and fitted , all the insulation is installed and I am working on the window surrounds right now, they are like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing..
I will say it's nice to be working with bondo again, mix it spread it and sand it back down 10 minutes later, primer sand it shoot it and sand it again 30 minutes later those automotive guys really don't know how good they have it.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
This probably doesn't look like much and it has nothing to do with my trailer build, there is a backstory here.
I have a guy that I worked with years ago that bores my cylinders, he has a boring bar at his home shop, I usually drop off my cylinders on his BBQ grille, he bores them , champhers the ports and puts them back, I pick them up and leave him some cash in an envelope.
I dropped off a set of cylinders several months ago, they were mine , not a customers so It was no biggie. I called about them a few weeks ago and found out he had been in an accident with a zero turn lawn mower, apparently it flipped over on him damaging his spine and now he is in a wheel chair, he can get to the boring bar but his vise is mounted too high for him to work out of his wheelchair, so last week I went up and took some measurements.
What I decided to do was attach this to the legs on his metal work bench using some channel iron and this Railroad plate That is probably older than I am , the plate is 1/2" thick and has depressions for square nuts , I have the square nuts to go with it, his vise will mount to this and I put 4" of adjustability in the legs, the channel iron will attach to the legs with u-bolts.
Tomorrow I just have to drill the holes for the back two bolts and for the u-bolts , attach the vise to the plate and he should be good to go.
I have a guy that I worked with years ago that bores my cylinders, he has a boring bar at his home shop, I usually drop off my cylinders on his BBQ grille, he bores them , champhers the ports and puts them back, I pick them up and leave him some cash in an envelope.
I dropped off a set of cylinders several months ago, they were mine , not a customers so It was no biggie. I called about them a few weeks ago and found out he had been in an accident with a zero turn lawn mower, apparently it flipped over on him damaging his spine and now he is in a wheel chair, he can get to the boring bar but his vise is mounted too high for him to work out of his wheelchair, so last week I went up and took some measurements.
What I decided to do was attach this to the legs on his metal work bench using some channel iron and this Railroad plate That is probably older than I am , the plate is 1/2" thick and has depressions for square nuts , I have the square nuts to go with it, his vise will mount to this and I put 4" of adjustability in the legs, the channel iron will attach to the legs with u-bolts.
Tomorrow I just have to drill the holes for the back two bolts and for the u-bolts , attach the vise to the plate and he should be good to go.
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
I got it mostly installed on his table yesterday , my stomach was giving me fits so I got a late start and he had things he was doing also, I still have some work to do on the legs, it ended up being installed a little higher thane we anticipated so I am making new longer adjustment bolts and we will give it another go. We still have to mount up the vise, so lots of drilling holes and fitting yesterday.
I have acquired quite a few spare cylinders here over the years , so in an effort to help both of us I have decided to have him bore them and sell them with pistons ready to go, that will hopefully put some money in his pocket , keep him busy and give me some much needed storage room.
I have acquired quite a few spare cylinders here over the years , so in an effort to help both of us I have decided to have him bore them and sell them with pistons ready to go, that will hopefully put some money in his pocket , keep him busy and give me some much needed storage room.
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
That is great you are helping him out. Missed you a SFF
WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
- Location
- Alabama
It just wasn't in the cards this year, you gotta play the hand you are dealt. Me and him go way back to my first job in the motorcycle business right out of AMI at the Honda -Yamaha shop, I am really not sure how the Kawasaki -Suzukli -Polaris place is going to make it without him . he was pretty much all they had, he is one of those old school guys who has forgotten more about motorcycles than most of us will ever know.
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smokeysevin
one man with a couch
- Location
- Houston
Took my red wagon from when I was a kid and stripped the inside, repared the crusty spots and threw some raptor liner on it.
I snagged some 10x3.5 knobby balloon tires from harbor freight and threw them on some sick custom 5/8" stub axles I made from 5/8x5" bolts drilled out to slip over the stock 3/8" axle shafts.
Then I threw the whole assembly back under the tray and secured them with some ss m6x25 torx head bolts and red anodized fender washers.
I need to get some new hardware for the wheels and then add the wheel locks on the ends of the axles. I may grab some cool gold castle nuts and use the spring loaded hitch pins to hold them on.
None of this was "required" to make the wagon usable and my kid won't appreciate it until he is too old to want it anymore but I figured why not go way overboard anyways?
Sean
I snagged some 10x3.5 knobby balloon tires from harbor freight and threw them on some sick custom 5/8" stub axles I made from 5/8x5" bolts drilled out to slip over the stock 3/8" axle shafts.
Then I threw the whole assembly back under the tray and secured them with some ss m6x25 torx head bolts and red anodized fender washers.
I need to get some new hardware for the wheels and then add the wheel locks on the ends of the axles. I may grab some cool gold castle nuts and use the spring loaded hitch pins to hold them on.
None of this was "required" to make the wagon usable and my kid won't appreciate it until he is too old to want it anymore but I figured why not go way overboard anyways?
Sean
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WFO Speedracer
A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
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- Alabama
So I know this does not look like much but the amount of time and effort to get here was ridiculous.
The frame has been cut down in both height and width, so four pieces total, since it is not square on one side you have that funky angle to deal with as well, which requires another couple of cuts , then you slowly piece it back together using epoxy fiberglass tape and cabosil, once it is back together the frame has to be sectioned, then you glue those two pieces back together, but since you sectioned them they are no longer the same size now, this means a few more cuts and splices.
Then the whole thing is sanded down which removes all the texture, then epoxy and fairing compound is applied, that gets sanded down, now the texture has to be put back on which involves using texturizer from SEM, then it is primed white and lastly it is painted and installed, one down , one to go.
I did learn a trick and used small pieces of cut off material and universal pipe cement, this allowed me to glue and clamp the frame all the way around so I could fiberglass it back to gether from the back side, when that was done I used a chisel and mallet to remove the pieces, some were stuck pretty well, but there is not enough surface area to use just the pipe cement to put it back together with., luckily I have messed with ABS before on motorcycle sidecovers and fairings, epoxy sticks it back together pretty well as long as proper surface prep is done.
I am hoping I can now lay them face to face and figure out where to make the cuts on the second one, it should go much faster than the first one did.
The frame has been cut down in both height and width, so four pieces total, since it is not square on one side you have that funky angle to deal with as well, which requires another couple of cuts , then you slowly piece it back together using epoxy fiberglass tape and cabosil, once it is back together the frame has to be sectioned, then you glue those two pieces back together, but since you sectioned them they are no longer the same size now, this means a few more cuts and splices.
Then the whole thing is sanded down which removes all the texture, then epoxy and fairing compound is applied, that gets sanded down, now the texture has to be put back on which involves using texturizer from SEM, then it is primed white and lastly it is painted and installed, one down , one to go.
I did learn a trick and used small pieces of cut off material and universal pipe cement, this allowed me to glue and clamp the frame all the way around so I could fiberglass it back to gether from the back side, when that was done I used a chisel and mallet to remove the pieces, some were stuck pretty well, but there is not enough surface area to use just the pipe cement to put it back together with., luckily I have messed with ABS before on motorcycle sidecovers and fairings, epoxy sticks it back together pretty well as long as proper surface prep is done.
I am hoping I can now lay them face to face and figure out where to make the cuts on the second one, it should go much faster than the first one did.
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- Location
- Granbury, TX
My previous firewood rack that I built in a hurry out of untreated 2x4s 6 years ago collapsed this week. I built a much sturdier one out of treated wood today.
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
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- Rentz, GA
Not fancy but it worked.
Rigged up a jig for my router to help cutout 13” circles for custom recessed light housings for my new workshop.
108,000 lumens in under 800 sq/ft. All flush with the ceiling.
They’ll be flush once a layer of 5/8” drywall goes over them anyways.
Rigged up a jig for my router to help cutout 13” circles for custom recessed light housings for my new workshop.
108,000 lumens in under 800 sq/ft. All flush with the ceiling.
They’ll be flush once a layer of 5/8” drywall goes over them anyways.
Link for those lights? Building a 1500 sq ft shop and looking into lighting solutions.Not fancy but it worked.
Rigged up a jig for my router to help cutout 13” circles for custom recessed light housings for my new workshop.
108,000 lumens in under 800 sq/ft. All flush with the ceiling.
They’ll be flush once a layer of 5/8” drywall goes over them anyways.
- Location
- Canberra, Australia.
108,000 lumens? Make sure you apply plenty of sunscreen!
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
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- Rentz, GA
How high will your ceiling be?
Two of these mocked up in my roof at 20' gave plenty of light so 4 mounted at anythign over 15' in your space would be amazing!
Ideally these would be mounted between 15-20ft but I already had 4 of these on hand when plans changed. Originally I was getting a steel building with higher ceilings so I had to adapt once the decision was made to stick frame and I ended up with a 9ft ceiling instead of 20'. After mocking it up, I ordered 2 more to get adequate distribution.
I got mine from our electrical distributor but they are available on Amazon as well.
Lithonia Lighting UFO's (JEBL 18L 50K 80CRI WH)
I searched out and ordered these for our last big project in both 18K and 24K lumen models. Anything under a 20ft ceiling gets the 18K and I use the 24K up to 60ft. They are now our company standard and we have installed a few hundred of them with less than 7 failures total. Failure rate is huge for us since most lights are hung above equipment priot to installation with no way to service afterwards other than taking off the roof and dropping in on a basket hung off a crane.
Thankfully they are dimmable, otherwise it's way overkill. I already had them so I was obligated to make them work but if I was to do it again, I would drop down to a 12,000 Lumen model. Even at 10% they peg my light meter at its limit of 400 Lux. Working on the table directly under them at full intensity is amazing, just don't look directly at or anywhere near them them, lol.
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