There is also copper tubing coiled inside a bucket filled with ice water...
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Greg, what initially looked like a good idea may not be so good in practice. The thermal conductivity of PVC is considerably less than iron pipe per given thickness. If I were you, I would consider using iron piping instead. It's $8.58 for a 10 ft section around here. To lower the total cost check the difference between PVC elbows and iron fittings.
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Today was in the high 70's. Had to work today (thanks Stan for keeping me company!). After work I had to stop at a customers house to adjust the valves on his generator, so l got a rather late start at priming Penelope's body work
Ran into one small issue and one rather large. No matter how much I tried I couldn't get the primer to spray correctly. I didn't have an issue the last time I used it? Wait, the last time I sprayed it I used the gun I gave Chuck. It had a 1.6 tip. I doesn't like being forced through a 1.4 tip. Cranked up the pressure to 45 psi just to get it to shoot so so. Well at least it is a sandable primer.
Spent two hours scuffing the epoxy, degreasing everything, cleaning the floor of the booth and getting all the little things out of the way so l could apply the primer. It's funny how little time is spent actually spent painting when you think about it. Put on a couple coats and spent the next hour and a half cleaning up the guns and block sanding the tank. Tomorrow I'll apply two more coats and take a picture of the rather large issue.
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Get Lucky and Morgan there to lend a hand. Darn free loaders!!!!MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.
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Spent five or six hours today out in the garage block sanding the seat trim, mixing up the sandable primer, shooting it and blocking out a good portion of the tank. This time I added in 1 part of reducer making the primer easier to spray. Put on another two coats, guide coated it and whipped out the sand paper.
Yesterday I found a slight black line in the tailpiece which at first I thought was a hair off one of the dogs. Unfortunately it wasn't. It ended up being a crack in in the ABS.
Tomorrow I'll mix up a bit of ABS slurry and take a die grinder to the crack opening it up enough so it can be filled. Hopefully I can get it repaired in time for it to be primed and block sanded before the coming weekend.
Dog hair...
Not!
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And the HITS just keep coming...LOLMY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.
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At least it was a minor issue this time.
And to think of the people who sell their bikes just because they get a little frustrated trying to get it running properly. (where did I put that rolleyes smiley?)
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Dale,
why not use ABS cement in the crack and be done with it?1978 GS 1000 (since new)
1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
1978 GS 1000 (parts)
1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
2007 DRz 400S
1999 ATK 490ES
1994 DR 350SES
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If it turns out to be ABS then I'll fill it with slurry. I'd rather use it than the ABS cement you find at the hardware store; plus I already opened up both cracks with my die grinder.
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But officer, it's not what you think it is.
I'll start a new thread on how to make a D.I.Y. air line desiccant dryer as soon as the 50 micron screen and 1/4" pipe tap arrives.
SCFM airflow chart for various diameter orifices. http://www.trident.on.ca/orifice-air-flow.htmLast edited by rustybronco; 09-26-2014, 01:47 AM.
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Son, you care to tell me what you're doing with this stuff? And keep your hands where I can see them.Last edited by Rob S.; 09-23-2014, 09:48 PM.1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.
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Hi Dale,
When I see what you are doing, it just confirms your way of doing things! What you do, you do right! You most likely know this, but just remember the slurry suffers from shrinkage and takes quite few days to settle depending on the thickness as the acetone is dissipated.
I wish I had your patience!
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Andre, I rather be done and over with this project but I just can't bring myself to do sub-standard work (my definition of it anyway), so on and on it goes. Working on her tonight might be a little tough. Last night Morgan decided his head should occupy the same space as my knee.
All the extra work building the booth and the plumbing for the air lines won't go to waste. My next project is a frame off restoration of the 78 CB750F which I gave to my son Russell. Then there's all the body pieces to paint for the Shelby, the bumpers to paint on the late model (a circle track car). The list is a rather long one.Last edited by rustybronco; 09-24-2014, 12:44 PM.
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