| Author | Message | ||
     Ourdee |
What's in the beans? Pork butt, ham, onions, and beans. I found some corn meal up in the cabinet.  | ||
| 86129squids |
Jalapeno & cheddar corn bread, with kernel corn in the batter...  | ||
| Ourdee |
How do you spot that? You are correct. | ||
| 86129squids |
Didn't spot it, that's just the way God intended it to be made. We do the same! This weather has been SO crappy, might be time for some chili of some sort. Got various proteins, so, white bean chicken chili? Homemade starter for traditional MEAT chili, with prime tenderloin trimmings? Or the "Kick Ass" brand chili starter my sweetie's daughter sent us? Hmmm. I'm SO dang ready for a sunny day. Or 3. It'll be next week before I can actually do anything outside, work in the meantime. My honey's 93% sick, I'm 25%, F this weather. | ||
| Ourdee |
93% sick calls for the "Kick Ass" brand chili starter. I've been doing chili for weeks now. | ||
| Crusty |
You know; every time I see the title of this thread, I want to write about crazy Linda who I met in Florida. Then I catch myself and don't do it. Chili and Cornbread sounds like a good meal for days like we're having lately. Some good beef stew made in a crock pot is another meal that'll go good when it's cold out. | ||
| Ourdee |
Would a Crazy Linda story be work place friendly? If so, I'm all in. Weather has me doing very short stints out side. I need to clear the garage for Turkey day. | ||
| 1313 |
Base on these pics, I think Ourdee has gotten lucky a time or two. Perhaps he even has another pic or two?   | ||
| 86129squids |
"Would a Crazy Linda story be work place friendly? If so, I'm all in." I can haz edit. | ||
| 86129squids |
Thawed out 46.6 oz of prime tenderloin trimmings, probably won't use them all. Bought 3 cans of dark kidney beans, a red onion, a white onion... did what she said. Fully prepared for cornbread. | ||
| Ourdee |
Let the turkey day fun begin. In the final stretch to host Turkey Day this year. Having a smaller house has it's challenges when feeding 17 people. The garage figures into the square footage. I've never liked feeding peeps in the garage. So, it gets carpet, a couple of the big chairs from the family room, a dessert table, and the drink center(no alky). Living room gets the tree, remaining family room furniture, and decorated. The family room and kitchen connect to become dining and a food serving table area. Lil Red battery terminal work gets put on hold with other projects for the week(sort of)(shhh). The batteries for an upcoming toy have been ordered. They will be shared by a few projects. | ||
| Ourdee |
Just need to move the dessert table and the garage is ready for coffee, soda, and dessert serving.     | ||
| Ourdee |
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| Skinstains |
So are we to believe that those chairs are new to the garage and that you haven't been relaxing in one or the other gazing at your bike when you can't ride it for months if not years? | ||
| Crusty |
Don't worry about how much that bike gets ridden. I saw it in Suches, Georgia last month for Buelltoberfest and it was in Harrisville, WV for the West Virginia Buell Rally in August. I've also seen it in Cheviot, Ohio, but that's only a hundred miles from home. I have a strong suspicion that it'll be at the Springfield Mile next May, but don't quote me on that. | ||
| Ourdee |
After it is in East Troy, Wisconsin in June. The chairs are only there for Turkey Day. Last year people ate in the garage. This year they all get to eat in the house. A few old guys will sit in the garage and lie. I like sitting in the garage at 4:00 in the morning to read books with the door open. These chairs are in my way for that. | ||
| Skinstains |
Perhaps my punctuation isn't all it could be. I was in no way trying to say that that bike isn't ridden hard and put up wet. I was trying to say that when it couldn't be ridden, maybe it was gazed upon from a nice comfy chair. That perhaps the chairs have been in the garage for a while. That's all. I know that I have spent a lot of time looking at mine on a not-so-comfortable stool in my garage when I couldn't ride it. So just because I suck at delivering admittedly so-so humor I get the Bad Web pit bull clamping down on my throat !? (that's you Crusty) Tough crowd, loyal but tough. That was a joke boys. | ||
| Skinstains |
I'm actually on a stool in my garage now, looking at my bike and wishing I was on a nice chair. | ||
| Pwnzor |
I can sit in my office and stare at my bike through a security camera... | ||
| Ourdee |
Matthew, That's strikes me as funny. I can see you sitting there day-dreaming for about 3 seconds at the most. But we came to see the insanity;  I had a crazy amount of stuff hooked to my battery. I need it.  Tonight I soldered leads into the power cables to tap into. Cleaned the terminals and ends of the cables. Then went through my past sets of battery bolts and found the ones that came with star washers on them. The Harley batteries have went to supplying flat washers on the bolts and the terminals just have a threadded hole in the lead for them instead of a captured nut. I need to complain. I paid extra for extra. Not for some bean counter to pee on my parade.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Today I got a little time to get the positive side of Lil Red to where I wanted it. I buttoned it up last night not happy with how thick the positive connection was.  | ||
| Ourdee |
So off came the nut and bolt fastener. Combines a few wires in a connector with solder and a crimp. Then used solder in place of the bolt as a fastener.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Then some liquid tape painted on liberally. 3m tape to encase that. And it is thin.  This rides between the battery and seat with a foam piece between it and the battery. | ||
| Ourdee |
I got out of drone driving last year. I hated the amount of pre-flight time it took to sync everything. I do miss playing. I pulled an old radio out and topped off the batteries on it and a receiver.  Going to get my FatShark FPV out tomorrow and try the goggles on again. Flying wasn't as much fun when it required internet access. I have a 300 pound toy in the back yard that I'm thinking of bringing back to life. | ||
| Ourdee |
FPV is working fine. However, the toy got drug into the garage. Unfortunately the circuit board and controls have not survived the elements. The part to bridge the gap between receiver, batteries, and motors is going to cost $200. I have been trying to find it cheaper directly from China. Just not having any luck so far. Even thinking I am better off laying out the cash for the good stuff. That is where the cigarette fund comes in handy. I quit smoking in 1984. I used spare change to pay for cigarettes. They were still cheap to buy back then. While I lived in Illinois the church would collect my spare change every year. I had dedicated the change to drones after moving back to Indiana. With the drone program halted, it looks like the change may cover the part. I have to count it out and cash it in.  | ||
| Ourdee |
Good news. There is enough. Product Specs: Model: Sabertooth 2X60 Specifications: 60A continuous, 120A peak per channel 6-30V nominal, 33.6V absolute maximum Synchronous regenerative drive Ultra-sonic switching frequency Thermal and overcurrent protection Lithium protection mode Input modes: Analog, R/C, simplified serial, packetized serial Size: 3” x 3.5” x 1.8” 76 x 89 x 46 mm Applications: Combat robots up to 120lb Normal and hobby robots up to 1000lb Differential drive robots Electric vehicles, ride-on toys, scooters Easy speed/direction control for pumps, conveyors, automation and any application that uses two brushed DC motors | ||
| Ourdee |
So, more on the toy's resurrection and why. I am on a CPAP at night and it has been helping me. Camping with a CPAP requires a power source. I like camping without needing a power outlet. The car battery is not big enough. I do not want to run a noisy generator. I had an old electric wheelchair with dead batteries but a known good charger. My plan was to get a set of batteries for it. That makes a total of 70 amp hours capacity and smaller batteries by weight to move around. Further, if they power the chair, they can move their selves around. The charger is for 24 volt battery packs. I plan on putting a ball for my trailer on the base of the chair for maneuvering the trailer. Another modification to the chair will be a flat deck for moving groceries into the house. ie. multiple 40 bottle packs of water. I had already been researching the speed controllers in case the chair's controls were shot. I plan on using Powerpole connectors for the power side of the house. I have a DC to DC converter ordered for CPAP power duty. Another part of the plan is using solar power to recharge the batteries during the day. | ||
| Sifo |
I got luck this week! Got my self a drill press... For FREE!!!    Of course it hadn't been used for over 20 years. And the motor wouldn't run. Started taking a look at it today, hoping it might be something simple like the switch. I figured it would be easier messing with the motor on the bench, so off it came. I was about to open up the access to the switch when I noticed a red button on the back end of the motor. Reset? Sure enough and to life it comes!!! So I started taking a good look at things and cleaning it up with WD-40 and a rag. Got all of the adjustments sliding nice and smooth. There's a spring loaded index to set the head to 90 degrees that wasn't working. Took that apart to find it was packed with old... something. A bit of a soak and it starts moving freely again. Reinstalled that and it now indexes at 90 degrees! Time to drill a hole!!! For some reason when running, the feed lever was really stiff and notchy feeling. It wouldn't even return without a good deal of pressure. Figured out it must have a sliding shaft from the driven pulley, and it had a shaft that stuck out of the top of that pulley that dropped down when the feed was turned. So I dropped it down and filled the hole with WD-40. After a soak I started working it, cleaning it, soaking it, repeat. Got that working nice and smooth. Time to really drill my hole!!! Sure was nice cutting through a 1/4 inch piece of steel like butter. Took all afternoon to drill a 3/8 inch hole, but I sure am happy. Best hole I've drilled in a long time! I'm guessing the next hole will go faster. Also scored a bunch of drills including number sizes that I didn't already have. It also came with a stand (not what it's sitting on in the picture) and two machinist vises that I'm pretty sure are Chinese made, but they are far better than nothing. How's that for lucky! | ||
| Whisperstealth |
SCORE!!! Congratulations! | ||
| Ourdee |
Lucky Dog! Nice drill. If the motor has oiling holes for the bearings, I use a little straight 30 weight motor oil on mine. |
