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Old 04-26-2012, 09:11 PM
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Default Wow on the way guys!

Hi all, after 1/2 hour in car, 1 1/2 on train and 9 hours in the air I finally landed fine in Chicago
Right now Im between Chicago and Minneapolis, a place called Black River Falls is the place for a sleep and fill up the car..

Nearly 24 hours since I leave my home, time to sleep I think ZZZZ ZZZ

Tomorrow I will visit Geneīs place, Nice!

See you very soon!!
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Old 04-28-2012, 04:23 PM
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Just a thought..We are about 20 min drive from Jean in Ramsey..Just north and east 10 miles......No hear is 763 753 4340.if you are looking for something to do give me a call . We build machine tools for metal working,,, hot rods and race cars.. Retired guy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Barry Larson
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Old 04-28-2012, 08:30 PM
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For anyone who hasn't gone to the meet. GO. I went last year and it was awsome, can't go this year and it's a bummer. Last year I planned a planishing hammer build and got the hard stuff done. Got it finished since then and its great!
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Old 04-28-2012, 11:53 PM
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Per (pronounced PEAR) and I got in this afternoon. Two local guys (Randy and Ben) came over and once we got unloaded the fun started immediately.

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Per decided to make a viking helmet.

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One horn side down, 3 more to go.

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I brought Dan the components to make doming dies and I used his lathe to drill and tap some holes and then Dan and I worked on fitting his new quick change adapters to his Eckold.

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Tomorrow we're going to reorganize the shop a bit and make a list of what needs to be done to a couple of Dan's projects.

It was really great to meet Per in person. He's a talented guy and a lot of fun.
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Old 04-29-2012, 12:10 AM
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The pictures are great!looks like a great start!
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Old 04-29-2012, 06:02 AM
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Ok, in place, nice people, nice shop! Canīt ask for more :-)

Great pics Kerry!
I will do my best to put some up later!
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Old 04-29-2012, 09:52 AM
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I'm in my shop on a Sunday morning, painting a car so I can pack up and get up to Dan's.
Glad to hear that you are going to have everything cleaned up by the time we get there Kerry!
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Old 04-30-2012, 07:57 AM
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Sunday started beautiful and ended rainy. I mowed the grass on LouAnn's tractor then we started moving stuff. Photos are in the order taken so things were happening all day off and on.

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Per was working on his helmet

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Check out Per's glasses. How neat is that!

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Neat little rotary cutter from a fabric place and the mat you use it on. Think pizza cutter. VERY sharp and follows a line beautifully. I'll be getting this setup. My big hands aren't made for sissors.

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Moving time. Jesse Larson came down and helped. He's steering Dan's Pantera while Dan pulls it with LouAnn's tractor. (Don't call it Dan's tractor around LouAnn)

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Randy did some weedeating around the things I couldn't mow

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The fuzzy alarm system supervised.

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Dan's neighbor pulled a redneck grader over the driveway to smooth it out.

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Jesse couldn't deal with Peacock (Dan and LouAnn have Peacocks) crap on the Pantera so he washed it. We got a nice space opened up in the lower metal barn. We'll hold most the demos down there away from all the noise.

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Last year, Randy was just building his Ewheel (Imperial clone...he's got good taste). He's made it into a neat workstation. This is a cutting table made from a Harbor Freight electric shear. Really works nice too. I've been meaning to do this for years but after using his, it's definitely on my list. This cutter is one of the few "good" metalshaping that HF carries. About $30 and work great!

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You can tell that Dan Shady wasn't around. These are my pants after kneeling on the floor for a minute. I felt right at home.

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I managed to pull a KFU and trip Dan's mechanical PEXTO shear before it got up to speed. Don't do that! You have to pull the cover and rotate it by hand until the mechanical components release. Really, seriously, for real...don't do that!

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Dan's Eckold was missing a guard on the adjuster and I decided to build something to cover the moving and electrical bits. Nothing special but Dan wanted it in steel instead of aluminum so it took twice as long and weights 10 times as much and isn't as pretty but the customer is always right......

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Started by shearing a 5" wide piece and wrapping it around the area.

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Then I marked the face to fit and sheared it out.

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Meanwhile Randy and Per were using Dan's bead roller with roundover dies on the horns.

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This is the footswitch on the bead roller. Looks like a plain off/on switch but Dan mounted some microswitches and a swivel so you bump it to one side for forward and the other for reverse.... hands free.

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Using Dan's P21 with round over dies, I did a half roll on the side AND the top of the cover. Dan assured me he'd show me how to make them fit perfectly.

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Randy was wheeling on his horns using a convex upper...actually one of my 6" anvils for Viagra but because it has a 3/4" axle I also use them for uppers when I want to do reverses and small stuff.

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I did a little tuning up on a TEE dolly

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After we cleared off a space on the welding Table, Dan showed me how to weld up the cover. The approach is best done with two folks. Holding the panels in position, tack (MIG) together. Lifting, tapping right on the seam to bring them together.

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Per made an embossed cover for Dan's air whistle, Work of art!

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Randy was making progress on the horns.

By now it was 11pm and raining. Tomorrow it's more cleaning, organizing, and time to work on the COE.
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Old 04-30-2012, 04:48 PM
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Looks like fun is being had by all so far. I wish I were there.

I do have to ask Dan:

Why does the Pantera have to be pulled by a tractor? That is much too nice of a car to not be moving under it's own power.
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Old 04-30-2012, 05:42 PM
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It hasnt been started or moved in 4 yrs so I need to drain the fuel and restart .I dont need to muttle up the carb just to start and move it and let it sit longer .
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