Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

My dad used to call them wheel pants too, so that's always the term I use. But it got me wondering - is there differences between a shroud or a pant or a fairing?

Or a cowl?

[herr_oberst]

I think a cowl is usually reserved for the engine cover? Maybe? The other three I've seen used with wheels.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

I think a cowl is usually reserved for the engine cover? Maybe? The other three I've seen used with wheels.

I was thinking about Motorcycles more, I guess. I just picked up a used cowl for one of my bikes and it's the front that houses the windscreen, headlight, mirrors, and then also the two turn signals on the sides.



This is an aftermarket version I picked up on FBMP last year:

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

My dad used to call them wheel pants too, so that's always the term I use. But it got me wondering - is there differences between a shroud or a pant or a fairing?

They've been called spats as well as fairings... predominantly pants from my experience though.

[rsrguy]

Had an interesting day today. I got two runs in then took the bride to work....
Saturdays are wings days at the local market... they have a wings bar, my favorite are the salt and vinegar wings. While we waited we found local full briskets on sale for $4.99 a pound. We got a big one, winning!

Where i really hit it out of the park is the headliner, I finally got the sewing completed. I also figured out how to use my new to me pfaff machine.. soft pulses on the treadle to keep my stitching straight... awesome!

[Baz]

Very nice, Guy.....livin' the dream!

PS - killer mountain pics!

[A930Rocket]

Started fabricating my big truck tire mounting device, that Toby built and posted here

I will tack weld it, check if everything clears/works, then weld it up. My Jack is a little different than his, so I’ll have to work on a mount.

[DavidI]

We have a very large dining room table that seats 10. The chairs are solid wood, very heavy, and in great condition, but the juke webbing under each seat cushion has stretched. When someone sits in one of the chairs, it sinks a little. After going to the YouTube University, I found a couple videos that use various techniques to repair this issue.

This is the type of table we have, but there are 10 chairs and a sheet of glass over the table top.


This is the underside of one of the chairs and you can see that the juke webbing has stretched. I don't have the upholstery skills to take the chair apart and reattach the material because material wraps around the seat base and onto the sides of the frames. I would tear the cushion material.


I used dense 1" foam wrapped in Dacron, sprayed with adhesive to fill the juke cavity of each seat base.

I stuffed the cushion into the cavity and used the adhesive spray to hold the new cushion in place.


I made a template of the space I wanted to fill and cut 1/2" plywood to cover it. I installed 4 metal "L brackets" to hold the wood in place and applied pressure toward the seat cushion to ensure that each had a little more solid cushion in place. I used 2"x2" wood to frame around the edges and across from front to back and against the grain to provide support.


The last part is cutting and stapling a material dust cover for the bottom of each chair. Total cost was about $200 and 3 days of my retirement!

Rock on, David

[A930Rocket]

A little more work on the heavy tire lift device. I’ve got it tacked up but I need to close the gap between the tire and the jack mount. I wasn’t sure how much clearance I needed. The ends of the rollers are spring loaded, so I can drill new holes and bring them closer together as needed.

Also, I need to figure a way out to mount it to the jack, so that it’s stable. Maybe a couple of bolts through the mount to the jack pad and I can finger tighten them, to remove it quickly.?

Next time I take off a tire, I can fine tune it.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

A swing and a miss.... Sorta.
Started on a custom frame bag today. Not a lot of space, final unfolding was a little plump. Very plump. Will nip/tuck it in a bit with some more sewing and it should go.
The whole process of making something inside out fascinates me. The bag gets assembled in reverse and unfolded, like an everted stomach on some starfish or something.
Time to step away from the project and come back tomorrow with fresh energy.

[herr_oberst]

I wish I could sew. The fact that you're sewing leather makes it even better. Is that just a home Singer? I always thought you needed a rugged industrial machine for leather....maybe it's an industrial Singer?

Here's a tip, you can buy side-mount water bottle cages. I think your bidon is going to be trapped without one.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

I wish I could sew. The fact that you're sewing leather makes it even better. Is that just a home Singer? I always thought you needed a rugged industrial machine for leather....maybe it's an industrial Singer?

Here's a tip, you can buy side-mount water bottle cages. I think your bidon is going to be trapped without one.

LOL- You beat me to it! (and wish I could sew also!) Just after I posted this, I changed out the front cage. These actually pull out sideways pretty good. The singer is a "heavy duty singer', which is code for "not so heavy duty", but it does pretty good on light leather. This is all waxed cotton and it does fine. I was going to go out and buy an industrial machine, but researched this one- it works better than my beginner skills. All the industrial machines I looked at were all over 50 years old, well used and potentially needed timing and spare parts, -above my time and interest level.

Eventually, I will drill the frame and mount rivnuts, which should pull the bag tight with some CF struts I'll make for support. Ths supports should flare the sag out. Now I need a 90 degree drill that can fit into the frame triangle. My current 90 is way to big. I might freehand with a dental drill

[rsrguy]

That looks like a tricky project... one to avoid with the zipper and all.
Good on ya!

[A930Rocket]

A little more work on the heavy tire rig. I reduced the height by 1 inch and now have about 3/8 inch clearance to the tire.

Still trying to figure out how to mount it to the jack. I’m thinking a couple of 3 inch bolts threaded into the round jack plate. Not super quick to mount and dismount, but not too bad.

[Baz]

Posted in the Motorcycle thread the front wheel chock I installed on my trailer today. Everything went great and didn't even need to do any brazing. Didn't want to cut down the lip on the deck so used a few pieces of artificial wood to support the chock on both sides of the lip. The chock can be removed by unscrewing 2 nuts and I have a 4' piece of 1 1/2" x 1/8" aluminum angle stock to attach with a couple bolts on that railing to make it all one piece again.





And something that is near and dear to every guy's heart....adding more illumination to my work area! Bought this 4' LED shop light for my motorcycle service bay. Super bright and has a motion sensor and chain pull.

[HobieMarty]

I've just been piddling and gluing the top of this cigar box back together. It's just an old box that my late step-dad Charlie gave me many years ago, so it means something to me. My son has been storing guitar picks in it, and I saw that the top had come apart, so fixing it!!! Dolce Far Niente!!!

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[Baz]

Nice, Marty. I have a few of the old wood cigar boxes. They do carry some sentimental value!
I also have some of the conventional ones made of cardboard and they are very cool, as well.

[rockfan4]

It was windy here on Friday, really windy. The wind blew a piece of aluminum trim off the eave over the garage. When they built the house, they only used maybe 1.25" nails to attach the trim to the wood underneath. Never mind the trim has a u-shape at the bottom, and the soffit is sort of corrugated so there's really maybe 0.5" of nail holding in the wood. I happen to have some other aluminum nails that are a little longer, slightly thicker, and best of all ring shanked. It's a easy job to put it back, other than the distance from the ground. The older I get, the less I like heights. The double door section of the garage sticks out 2 feet from the overall roof, so I can stand on that to replace it. Who decided on a 8-12 roof pitch? Oh yeah, me. The garage faces west so I went up shortly after 12:00 to fix it. Bad move, the sun was right in my face. I climbed down, ran some errands with the wife, and came back to it around 3:30. Much better.

The neighbor across the street stopped over, asking if I needed help holding the ladder. I thanked him for the help, and we got to talking. I hadn't realized the neighbor next to him had passed away at the end of January. I hadn't seen him much, but didn't think too much about it. It's been cold out a lot of February. 75 is young these days. His wife has dementia and she's been in a nursing home for the last 3-4 years. They don't have any kids, but they have nieces and nephews to handle things.

[Baz]

New battery for the Prancing Moose.......

[Baz]

Also picked up a couple more tool sets from Amazon......