Greg's sense of style is... interesting, winter been too long.. Been watching too much HGTV.
Or is that some secret protection incase the ladder comes back out?!?!
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'72 K5 - Greg's @MightAsWellK5 Build
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This is the build description. I will improve this later. (GB)
Greg's sense of style is... interesting, winter been too long.. Been watching too much HGTV.
Or is that some secret protection incase the ladder comes back out?!?!
Never really thought about it till now, but have you ever caught those rugs on fire?
Josh,
I only get the "rejects" from the house decorating..... either stuff that is old and worn-out, or stuff that is new but didn't look as good in person as it did on Wayfair.com
It's an eclectic mix of decor, I will concede that point. Perhaps if I keep mentioning Wayfair.com they will take notice and decide to offer me a small sponsorship.. Then I can decorate the shop in a more deliberate and cohesive way.
Carpets burn. Definitely. Mostly just pock-marks from the MIG.... and a few small slivers of metal that melted itself into the carpet faster than I could kick them away.
#WayFair.com
#WayFair
#GoFundMe
-G
BY THE WAY......
Cost me an extra $30 beyond the initial costs of the hoist system, but it was totally worth it!!!
Splicing in an extra 25 feet of 16/4 wire into the hand controller...
Now I've got a luxurious amount of extra length on the controller. I can stand safely out-of-the-way and lift from wherever I choose.
NICE!
-G
Cost me an extra $30 beyond the initial costs of the hoist system, but it was totally worth it!!!
Splicing in an extra 25 feet of 16/4 wire into the hand controller...
Now I've got a luxurious amount of extra length on the controller. I can stand safely out-of-the-way and lift from wherever I choose.
NICE!
-G
Nice!
-OG
-OG
Surprised you used black heatshrink on the other wires. With your CDO I would have expected red on red, green on green, white on white.
Cuz I never do that
-- A
Cuz I never do that
-- A
Surprised you used black heatshrink on the other wires. With your CDO I would have expected red on red, green on green, white on white.
Cuz I never do that
-- A
I actually DID think about that last night.... I've got a pretty good selection of shrink tubing (all precut and sorted by color and diameter, of course!) but I was feeling weak and just got this one done quickly....
-G
I bet after tossing and turning most the night, you changed it this morning.
OCD with the letters arranged alphabetically like they should be?
I bet after tossing and turning most the night, you changed it this morning.
Thursday Nights are "Martini Nights"..... I wasn't worried about anything I can assure you.....
-G
Why have we went so long without updates???
He may have gotten a new ladder. Has anyone been out to the garage to check on him recently?!?
Maybe he finished it, test driving to work the bugs out before unveiling it?
He can't find his RENTAL pants.
tomford
1/2 ton status
Greg, where in NH are you?
Near his house!
I did see a post on FB about a family vacation so guessing he had "family time" slowing him down and we'll see something soon.
The clock is ticking.........
2017.04.25 - UPDATE! - VACATION...!!!!!
It was long overdue.... we needed a family vacation. Oddly, we chose to leave the snows of New England... and head to .....the snows of the Rocky Mountains. It was all planned out, and our bags were packed.... plane tickets in hand, etc. We were heading to Denver, CO.
A few days before the trip, I got a message from a fellow 1st Gen enthusiast (Michael) from Seattle, WA... he was going to be less than 30 minutes away from my house and asked to stop by to see the "MAW" truck.... who could say no?
It's always fun meeting "internet people" in real life. We spent a pleasant hour (or two) talking about trucks and builds, etc. His son Connor snapped the photo to capture the moment.... not a single strand of hair between the two of us!!! HA!
We jumped on the plane to Denver and spent a couple days checking out the city... and the zoo, riding go-karts....eating good food, etc. Made our way up to Boulder and had lunch at "The Sink" and went to Red Rocks to let Charlie experience that. Eventually we made our way all the way up to Breckenridge.... which I guess the locals just call: Breck. Got in a solid day of spring skiing and had a great time.
Once we got back (and did about 6 loads of laundry) there was a little time left to get into the garage... I had previously ordered up some small LEDs to experiment with and installed them in the upper corners of the rollcage to see what the effect would be like for a makeshift dome light.
Even with only 4 LEDs... the effect was pretty blinding... with a dimmer, it was possible to get a nice useable light which will be great for setting up a sleeping bag in the bed, or finding the beer cooler, etc.
It seemed like a winning concept, so the process began to start building metal "gussets" in the cage corners that would hold the LEDs in place.
Each one is slightly different, and the bends in the upper cage bars require some extra effort to build a proper-fitting and good looking gusset... it seems to be working out nicely so far. Before much longer the cage will need to be finish-welded and the through-holes drilled to run all the wires. I'd decided that with a bit of care and proper grommeting, there's really no reason why the wires can't be completely hidden iniside the tubes.... and it will be cool.
To break up the monotony, the rear frame was cleaned up a bit also. New mounts will need to be fabricated to create the landing spots for the bedfloor and underside cageplates. (You can see all the cuts and residual welds from where the rollcage had been welded-down directly to the frame, on the distant framerail)
And.... as luck would have it, Charlie has been obsessed with Go-Karts ever since arriving back from Denver. So I did some research and found a great and inexpensive "starting point" for a fun father/son build...
This is a 24V electric Go-Kart that is already well-documented online... there are instructions to upgrade it to 36V and 48V to increase speed... replacement motors, battery charge options, etc. Charlie wants to design a cool wing for it, and also add metal panels to close-in the sides.... and add some painted flames too. This is going to be a blast.
He wants to call it "The Ghost Car (TGC)"... so look for a new build thread soon!
-G
It was long overdue.... we needed a family vacation. Oddly, we chose to leave the snows of New England... and head to .....the snows of the Rocky Mountains.
It was all planned out, and our bags were packed.... plane tickets in hand, etc. We were heading to Denver, CO.A few days before the trip, I got a message from a fellow 1st Gen enthusiast (Michael) from Seattle, WA... he was going to be less than 30 minutes away from my house and asked to stop by to see the "MAW" truck.... who could say no?
It's always fun meeting "internet people" in real life. We spent a pleasant hour (or two) talking about trucks and builds, etc. His son Connor snapped the photo to capture the moment.... not a single strand of hair between the two of us!!! HA!
We jumped on the plane to Denver and spent a couple days checking out the city... and the zoo, riding go-karts....eating good food, etc. Made our way up to Boulder and had lunch at "The Sink" and went to Red Rocks to let Charlie experience that. Eventually we made our way all the way up to Breckenridge.... which I guess the locals just call: Breck. Got in a solid day of spring skiing and had a great time.
Once we got back (and did about 6 loads of laundry) there was a little time left to get into the garage... I had previously ordered up some small LEDs to experiment with and installed them in the upper corners of the rollcage to see what the effect would be like for a makeshift dome light.
Even with only 4 LEDs... the effect was pretty blinding... with a dimmer, it was possible to get a nice useable light which will be great for setting up a sleeping bag in the bed, or finding the beer cooler, etc.
It seemed like a winning concept, so the process began to start building metal "gussets" in the cage corners that would hold the LEDs in place.
Each one is slightly different, and the bends in the upper cage bars require some extra effort to build a proper-fitting and good looking gusset... it seems to be working out nicely so far. Before much longer the cage will need to be finish-welded and the through-holes drilled to run all the wires. I'd decided that with a bit of care and proper grommeting, there's really no reason why the wires can't be completely hidden iniside the tubes.... and it will be cool.
To break up the monotony, the rear frame was cleaned up a bit also. New mounts will need to be fabricated to create the landing spots for the bedfloor and underside cageplates. (You can see all the cuts and residual welds from where the rollcage had been welded-down directly to the frame, on the distant framerail)
And.... as luck would have it, Charlie has been obsessed with Go-Karts ever since arriving back from Denver. So I did some research and found a great and inexpensive "starting point" for a fun father/son build...
This is a 24V electric Go-Kart that is already well-documented online... there are instructions to upgrade it to 36V and 48V to increase speed... replacement motors, battery charge options, etc. Charlie wants to design a cool wing for it, and also add metal panels to close-in the sides.... and add some painted flames too. This is going to be a blast.
He wants to call it "The Ghost Car (TGC)"... so look for a new build thread soon!
-G
