My Pet Project

[Bob]

I did have to take the top of the car engine back appart however... seams when I put the cams in , some how one of the shims popped off... and the tapit noise was really bad so I turned it off and pulled it appart again to find the problem and found the shim in the webbing and the cam follower all chewed u by the cam... but I ordered a new cam follower and dressed up the cam , put it all back together and it runs like a top now.... I even put in fresh antifreeze this morning so I am sure its ready to go for a while ! LOL !
...glad that's over!
heehhehehe
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Bob....

[Manta]

...and the tapit noise was really bad so I turned it off...

And pretty quickly I should imagine.

Here's an idea for your woodgas.  Why not go into the charcoal producing business ?  That way you get the gas and make a dollar or two selling charcoal.

Dave
(Manta)

[Bob]

well I wouldn't know the first thing about making charcoal...  and that's the truth !
according to the History channel they made charcoal by cutting down trees  drying them out , then burrying them with dirt and burning them and restricting the oxygen...
now how much oxygen is too much or too little I have no idea... and it sounds like allot of work for this old man ! LOL
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maybe I should make a real SMALL wood gas generator to power a B&S 5hp or so.... that shouldn't take all that much wood to feed it !
... I could use that to pull a generator for charging batteries to run the inverter if push ever came to shove and our economy collapses ! <GRIN>
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it really is surprising on how much wood is needed to get a bunch of wood gas...
I think if I was to go about it SERIOUSLY and say feed the tractor I'd make up a "Chunker" out of a car/truck Rear end and make it easier to chunk the wood up...
 a Chunker is a Rotory blade on a big truck rear end that turns slowly and you stuff the stick in it and it chops it off in small sections.... its perfect for making wood for a wood gas generator.
with one of those, a fella can put out as much sized wood as he needs...as long as he has the wood lot to work from.
...but lets face it ... I have far too much to do now, that I can't get done because I don't have the time or energy to do it.... making More work for my self doesn't sound too smart ! HAHAHAHA
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Bob....

[Bob]

Well, I've come a long way sense the last post here, but still have a very long way to go That is for sure!
...I've got the engine mounted , the tail rotor working good, though not the linkage to it.
the tail boom on and added braces to it as well.
the rotor head still isn't on yet but its getting there.
I am working on it in my spare time and havn't had too much of that lately!
... I am working on mounting the 68 tooth sprocket to the rotor head and the pinion/sprocket that drives it, then I will mount the rotor head and then do a piliminary hang test before I go any further
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I still havn't obtained the needed bearings for the drive shaft to connect the power from the engine to the sprocket up at the rotor head... I know where to get them now, (tractor supply) but just don't have the bucks for it ! LOL
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I spent most of the evening dismantleing a old singer sewing machine that had stripped out gears in it , boy what a field day! All kinds of goodies in that thing ! I have a good veriable speed motor from it and nore setscrews than I'll ever use!, a bunch of sliding shafts and too many pivots to count!.... those boys at the Singer Co. knew how to make something right!  I'm really impressed!
I found only 2 faults ....2 plastic gears and some Push on spring keepers other than that its probably the best designed piece of machenery I have ever incountered!.....
 not only that but I got it ALL apart without breaking a thing!  only had to use the hammer one time!
LOL !
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anyway... next project is moving the big TV to the other end of the living room... got everything done but the move and re-hookup.... I'll probably do that in the morning!
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Bob....

[Manta]

You've got time to watch tv !!

I'm surprised you even have time to eat with all the on-going projects.

Dave
(Manta)

[Bob]

HAHAHA...
You'd THINK that as busy as I've been that I'ed get all the projects DONE but soon as one is done 2 more pop up !  its a never ending battle.!
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I got the TV hooked back up before the wife went Loony on me, so that was a good thing!
I even got the DVD player working and watched Aliens vs. Predator last night...sense nothing was on but INFO-mmercials!  I really do resent paying for TV and having nothing but commercials at night!GRRRrrr.
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Football is Funner to watch now however! at least when the games are worth watchin' hehehe
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what I'ed like to do is hook my computer to that big TV screen and play games on it ! that might even allow me to read the screen without getting a crook in my neck! LOL
its a 60" Samsung LED and its a big monster... it would make a great Monitor!... but I dunno how to hook it up ...YET !
hehehehe
Bob......