Springfield Flyer.

[Freud]

Jim, any chance that you will attend the GNRS?

If so look us up.

Any chance for the Bonneville NW  Reunion?

FREUD

[tauruck]

Sparky, yes as in Abrams tank. Miss Overkill?.

Jim, thanks for that piece of info. I'll look into that for sure. You saved me a bunch of running around.
Pete, I sent you email.
Frank, I hope I don't see any boulders, not from any angle especially from an overhead view.

[tauruck]

Progressing but I don't have pics. PC broken, spare laptop in use.

Tom Burkland and Peter Jack thanks for all the advice.

[tauruck]

I temporarily mounted the first trailing arm.

I cut the crossmember out at the top so that the arm could be raised to facilitate wheel servicing.
There is no shortcut to changing out wheels on the tandem setup but I think this is the best compromise I could come up with.
I'll have a bolt in brace at top when it's all done.

The second arm is done and will be fitted over the weekend.

Some pics of the part.

[tauruck]

Bolted in place.

[tauruck]

Tigger.

[Captthundarr]

That's looking stout Mike, can't wait to see the steering linkage.  

[tauruck]

Frank, neither can I.

It's too hot to work. Man, it's cooking out there.

I decided to go to Waltons Stationers to buy some white marking pens for the Carbon work.

The missus said she'd do a lap around the lot while I ran in.

What I never figured on was that every school kid in the city was there gearing up for the start of the year.

Needless to say I never got a thing and plan on going back tomorrow morning early.

Check out the parking lot and they say the economy is BAD!.

[Peter Jack]

I recognize your brand of patience Mike. I have a little of that myself. I spend a lot of time going back a second time rather than standing in a long line.

Pete

[tauruck]

I don't do standing in line.

I think the last time was in the military.
No option there, hurry up and wait.

I've got too much on my plate right now so I've enlisted some help.
There's this dude Patrick that pulls a cart 5 miles to my suburb every Friday and does bin diving looking for plastic he can sell for recycling.
Coming here is tough but going back up the hill must be murder.
I figure any guy that is prepared to work that hard for about $5 is definitely worth a chance.

I'll get him into cleaning and sanding for a start and see how it progresses.
The liner needs to be finished by early July and earning money to fund the "black hole" is priority.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, the head carpenter is 78 and he was a shop teacher for many years.  He told me that one reason Germany is such a powerful economy is its ability to let a larger portion of their population realize their potential as workers.  In our part of the country the school curiculum has been demasculinized and almost all shop classes gone.  Kids never know the potential they have for making stuff.  The high skool auto shop is a day care for mother/students.  The news a year or so ago showed these teenagers and kids making firearms in Pakistan.  Not junk, but AK-47 type ones.  They were kneeling and sitting on the sidewalk and making these parts out of chunks of raw metal with hand drills and files.  The clowns that hire them do not even provide workbenches, shade, and decent places to sit.  Those boys are developing an instinctive feel for metal.  They would make great metal workers if they had a chance to fully develop their skills.  There is so much untapped talent out there.  It will be something special to watch this fellow develop skills.  It is good that you are giving him the chance.       

[tauruck]

Most of my school teachers were German.
They made sure you reached your potential by any means neccessary.

You're right and the schools here have done away with shop classes too.
I think IT literacy has replaced the creative classes.

I've been a one man show since 1988. I've tried and tried to train youngsters but I might have been fishing in the wrong pond.
These guys want to sit at a PC all day and earn the big bucks.
I don't see passion here. Guys are in jobs just for the pay at the end of the month.
I love working but the current crop of young dudes don't show much promise.

Guido's future son in law qualified as an engineer and he couldn't pour tank sealer in his bike's tank like I instructed. Go figure.

[tauruck]

The new guy started today and was on time.
He's keen to learn but I gave him an easy introduction.

I'm back onto the composite side of the build tomorrow so there will be pics flowing.
I ran out of Argon so I'll do some Carbon in the meantime.

Riaan was here today and he's taking over dealing with all aspects outside of the build.
Cool dude and he's the Eton/Aeroquip rep.

[Geo]

Mike,

Glad you are getting some help. As you get further along it takes more for a while. And now that you have lots of free time let's see some photos. 

Geo

[pro1racing311]

Hi all. My name is Riaan.
I am joining this forum as a newby,  :roll:but look forward to a remarkable time.
I have joined Mike on his quest, and hope to help him where I can amids the confusion of a dayjob.  Mike. Thank you for the opportunity. Promise I wont tell the Boys at CAT where the two big(70cm) Ball bearings went.