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More of gear engagement

Used the press brake to bend the cover.

That’s awesome- let me look at prices.

Drive shaft flange will be cut down to mount a disk brake rotor. Dual motor bellview.

I have an idea using a brake assembly off of an atv. The lathe can make short work of that fab. Or a drum brake setup like the fj40 parking brake. Maybe electric or air assisted stopping. Let me put some big brain juice towards it. I’m slow...

Interesting- using what I learned from the previous one. Should be able to make a cut for the gear to interact with the drive gear. The extra motor will require more support so I will try to make a curved flat plate to be more appealing to the eyes.

I’m using 100% argon gas.. you’re right it could be cleaner. Again it’s just an idea that this might work. I’m sure the gear that the motor drives is going to be the weak point. More of a proof of concept. The spool gun does make a building...

First one is always the hardest, gonna try the M8000 bellview and dual motor it also.

Using a spool gun for the aluminum

Got busy with the dual motor mod.

Have a ton of smaller projects to work though before I can get started back on the 55.

Was supremely happy that this was relatively easy to take apart ..lube and impact gun

Still cleaning the 80yr old lathe protected coating of clay and oil

Spring break for the kiddo - not much of anything related to progress on the 55. The 40 is fixed and driver now.

The hitch mount cherry picker with winch is still the most amazing thing I built over the years.

Picked this up yesterday… needs a good cleaning. Both operate and run.

So this update: work has stopped on the 55. The 40 is flying on the lift until parts arrive. Just a matter of time now till I’m back on it.

No saving the yoke. Twisted the splines

Break

FJ40- front nose cone… of the break

Working on the sister-in-law truck. Auto body work is fun. Heat with torch and beat. Then pull it and repeat the heat and beat!

One of the cool things was this abandoned cabin in the woods on the forest trails. Missouri has embraced side by side - by allowing them drive on paved roads and in town. We made a 50 mile loop around town and through some of the back woods of...

One of the nerd things I saw in Missouri was this turn of the century lathe. 10ft bed, probably run off the power shaft in the ceiling for the 4in belt. The motor is single phase 220. Chris the owner is going to make driveshafts. Every things...

So the cruiser gods shined once more. Jason Braswell called me on the way up to Missouri. We talked for a minute and he said he was thinking of buying another cruiser. As fate would have it the Person sell it was one of the people we met at...

If anyone knows this guy in the FJ40 he winched me back down the trail. The cowboy hat is the park owner, he drives a monster Jeep Cherokee. He said he could tow me up the trails to camp. He did very easily.