Springfield Flyer.

[tauruck]

Dan, we're at 6,000ft so humidity isn't the problem.
This year however it is.
I'm in a bad mood, the wife, the dogs and everybody else too.
This is killer.
I lived in a beach house in 05 and never experienced this.

I work 30 minutes back in the house, drink water and back out.

I think age also makes you suffer more.

[lsrjunkie]

I find myself bouncing around on different parts of my build as well Mikey. Keeps things interesting. And if I find myself at a roadblock on one project I can always move to the next. I don't know how many times I've come up with a solution to one problem while working on an entirely different one!

As far as your rear differential is concerned, I am running the same one, I cut the ears off. I'm using coil overs, ladder bars, and a pan hard bar under ole Hank.

[fordboy628]

The 36°C isn't so bad, it's the humidity over there that's the killer.

36 degrees C  . . . . . . . and you are welding?  ?

I always hated welding in the heat of summer . . . . .   too much like taking a bath in your own sweat.

Perfect excuse for a couple of cold ones at the end of the day! !
 
Fordboy

[fordboy628]

I think age also makes you suffer more.

Find me someone over the age of 30 who has something good to say about ageing . . . . . . .

I keep telling my wife that we are the "wreckage" of who we used to be . . . .   she is not amused . . . . .
 
F/B

[BHR301]

F/B   I'm over 30 and I have something good to say about aging...it sure beats the hell out of the alternative!  

Bill

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

Mike
Makro has a misting system like restaurants put on their balconys to cool u down. R39. $3.90. Guaranteed to drop temp by 15 deg cel.
Felt it work on the weekend. GREAT. 3m hose with all attachements.
But would have the car red rusted by the end of Feb.
Use it dont.
U want one ill deliver

[manta22]

Unfortunately those misting systems work well only when the humidity is low-- when you need it the least. In high humidity, misting systems don't make you feel cooler-- only wet.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

I laugh at guys I haven't seen for a long time.

Bunch of old Buzzards. Grey and beer bellies.
Its amazing what the eye sees. In my head I'm still 20
and these dudes are ancient.

I'm dealing with the heat and welding. What can I do?.

This project seems to grow the more I work on it.
You think the work should be lessening but it piles up
and up.
You need to keep your head down and don't think of the big picture.
Small bites here and there or you will lose it.

Riaan thanks for the offer but rather take me fishing.
I'll show you what a bad swimmer I am.


My connection at Jaguar Stainless Steel says she'll sell me 2mm thick (304) x 104mm 90* elbows for $10 each.
I'm going to buy some before she finds out she's made a mistake.

Joe, you're spot on. You get to the head spinning stage and need to walk away. The next day it's like why was I battling yesterday.

[tauruck]

F/B   I'm over 30 and I have something good to say about aging...it sure beats the hell out of the alternative!  

Bill

Hey Bill, you never said how far over!.

[fordboy628]

F/B   I'm over 30 and I have something good to say about aging...it sure beats the hell out of the alternative!  

Bill

Bill,

Quite true!

 
F/B

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, in Mexico they take a nap between 1 and 3, and sometimes longer.  They work into the evening when temps are cooler.  Gringos doing construction here have a different version.  They will get to work at 5 in the morning and quit at 1:30 in the afternoon.  Either way, work in the hottest part of the day is avoided. 

[tauruck]

Bo, I suffer from insomnia.

I was in Italy and their "siesta" lasted for a loooong time.

I did think of setting up the fan in the workshop but there's Carbon dust
in there. I'd rather sweat than itch. Heck, I'm scratching already just thinking about it.

[tauruck]

The header war continues.

Jerry Berry said that the SS was going to fight me
if I tried using the torch to do shape changing.

Since I don't have "metal working" tools like
air hammers, slapper bags etc I decided to go
on instinct and just take a chance.

With Floydjer sitting on my shoulder I didn't want to screw up.

I've got this ratchet type vice called a Triton that's foot operated
so I clamped the 89mm tube in there and started making it oval.

It worked but I never put any side protection on the jaws and
had to cut off about 12 inches and start again.
The tube was dented and looked like rubbish.

On the second attempt I used some 2mm plate on each side
and then put the squeeze on the tube. It got pretty close to where
I wanted it so I banged in two off cut 52mm sections to help keep
the profile.

Then I got out the torch and heated the oval. The small gaps closed
with a tiny bit of hammer help.

[tauruck]

I left it to cool and removed the two plugs.
I offered it up to my collector but it was out
by just a little.

I banged in the two plugs and forced a wedge between them.
The torch came in handy again.
As the metal stretched I knocked the wedge further in between the
pipes until I thought it was far enough.

[tauruck]

After cooling I removed the plugs. I think I'm on the money.
The collector slides in about 5mm.

All I need to do is get the round end flared enough to mate
up with the 4" elbows I'm getting.

How will that happen?.

Not sure but one has to improvise.