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Hood
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I have one of these, it was £30. I have used it 2 times so far on punctures on friends bikes when we have been on runs, never on mine.I carry one of these as they are so small, tested but not used in anger.
MotoPressor Pocket Pump V2
The MotoPressor Pocket Pump V2 is the perfect lightweight companion for riders who need a reliable tyre inflator. Its ultra-compact design makes it easy to carry, and it'll inflate a 150/70/ R18 tyre in under 4 minutes! The entire kit weighs just 545g and includes an EVA zippered bag, inflation...rockycreekdesigns.co.uk
Used it plenty of times to top up car/van/bike tyres and so far it has been great. Holds the charge well and if I needed could charge from the bike.
Hood
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It is 5mm, would have preferred 2 or 3mm but 5mm is the thinnest I have.
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I’ve made a deep drive socket for tightening/ slackening the nuts on field gate crooks. Used a draper 30mm socket cut in half and then the two bits welded onto a five inch bit of steel tubing. No pictures, got too engrossed in what I was doing!
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Mostly, some split -turned core print pattern ends for a two- stroke cylinder barrel that I am intent on casting.
Superglue was very much my friend....
Superglue was very much my friend....
brewdexta
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I have recently decided to have a go at drumming. So I bought a set of 2nd hand electronic drums for the brewery tap room, and I've got a smaller set up in the office for practising the boring stick control exercises. The drum stool that came with the full set of drums is the cheapest of the cheap. Wobbles and very uncomfortable, not ideal for a beginner in their 60s with a history of sciatica. So I bought a new posh drum throne and decided to repurpose the old stool, but without destroying it so that I can sell it on when the time comes.
This is the seat base, the 6mm thread of the seat clamp was stripped so tapped it out to 8mm and found a replacement knob, but it was still pants.
This is when I decided I was polishing a turd and decided to repurpose it as a snare drum stand. This is what the seat pad connects to.
So I turned up a little adapter that sits on that and has an 11.3mm spindle to take the drum. It just a few bits from the scrap bin.
The v-drum sits on it nicely
I also had to mount the Alesis Samplepad Pro, this is the box the v-drum pad plugs into. I had the plastic mount that screws to the bottom of the box, but no stand.
Then I remember that the youngest daughter had a short stand for her tuba that she has grown out of. So I removed the centre of the stand that fits the tuba, and replaced it with an old 90 degree aerial bracket that I cut at an angle so some of the bend still exists.
Here's the final set up, I had to make an adapter cable between the Yamaha hi-hat pedal and the Samplepad, but now it all works. The 8 pads on the Samplepad effectively mimic the sounds of a set of drums but the pads are just hard rubber, A mesh top v-drum snare provides a similar feel to standard drums in terms of bounce. The right hand pedal is the bass drum. But more importantly for me, the Samplepad has a metronome.
Once I'm past the basics, the youngest daughter is having the Samplepad as she does quite a bit with midi and Garageband etc. The v-drum will become a 4th tom on the full drum kit and I will probably sell the stand and pedals, and off course, that crappy seat.
This is the seat base, the 6mm thread of the seat clamp was stripped so tapped it out to 8mm and found a replacement knob, but it was still pants.
This is when I decided I was polishing a turd and decided to repurpose it as a snare drum stand. This is what the seat pad connects to.
So I turned up a little adapter that sits on that and has an 11.3mm spindle to take the drum. It just a few bits from the scrap bin.
The v-drum sits on it nicely
I also had to mount the Alesis Samplepad Pro, this is the box the v-drum pad plugs into. I had the plastic mount that screws to the bottom of the box, but no stand.
Then I remember that the youngest daughter had a short stand for her tuba that she has grown out of. So I removed the centre of the stand that fits the tuba, and replaced it with an old 90 degree aerial bracket that I cut at an angle so some of the bend still exists.
Here's the final set up, I had to make an adapter cable between the Yamaha hi-hat pedal and the Samplepad, but now it all works. The 8 pads on the Samplepad effectively mimic the sounds of a set of drums but the pads are just hard rubber, A mesh top v-drum snare provides a similar feel to standard drums in terms of bounce. The right hand pedal is the bass drum. But more importantly for me, the Samplepad has a metronome.
Once I'm past the basics, the youngest daughter is having the Samplepad as she does quite a bit with midi and Garageband etc. The v-drum will become a 4th tom on the full drum kit and I will probably sell the stand and pedals, and off course, that crappy seat.
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Improvised scaffolding.
That's not going anywhere. I'd work on that.
Hood
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Another roller made today, I am not welding the system to the boat as he didn't want to bring the boat to me so I am just making a few bits and someone else will be welding the aluminium.
I will also be starting on another roller this week and I will be doing the whole system on this boat, just hope the weather holds out for the next 2 or 3 weeks but it is not looking like it will
I will also be starting on another roller this week and I will be doing the whole system on this boat, just hope the weather holds out for the next 2 or 3 weeks but it is not looking like it will
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Depends how much he pee's the missus off.
Ok, failing homicidal wifely sabotage, that's not going anywhere.
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^^^ YEP SIZE DOES MATTER 
brewdexta
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More drum related stuff. Here's the full e-drum kit down in the man cave next to the brewery. Much smaller footprint than a full acoustic set. But I need a music stand, which I'm already using in my office upstairs, and I can't be bothered to keep moving it upstairs/downstairs, especially in winter as you need to go outside.
But I have an old monitor arm.
And I have the top bit of a music stand from somewhere. I've pop rivetted the Vesa mount from the monitor arm onto it.
Then some scrap plywood sprayed black with the last bit of a rattle can,
This is where its going to be clamped.
Finished, a bit fugley but cost nowt. Just need to finish tidying the cables up.
But I have an old monitor arm.
And I have the top bit of a music stand from somewhere. I've pop rivetted the Vesa mount from the monitor arm onto it.
Then some scrap plywood sprayed black with the last bit of a rattle can,
This is where its going to be clamped.
Finished, a bit fugley but cost nowt. Just need to finish tidying the cables up.
Kram
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Somone needs to cut that ivy! I hate the stuff.
Which is what I was doing yesterday, from a garage.
Chain survived, needs a light sharpen. Didnt do roof as no suitable ladder here. Should have got a photo back of the ivy, it was properly in all the motar gaps and my usual technique to ping it off, hardly worked - do two angled cuts 90% though and then touch the bottom nose corner in the middle and it should ping the ivy at you.
Today a 50 gear old apple tree pruning. The base is hollow but the cambium has occluded leaving two roots in an arch. Couldnt climb it and no ladder, so all with telescopic pruner and cordless prunier.
Which is what I was doing yesterday, from a garage.
Chain survived, needs a light sharpen. Didnt do roof as no suitable ladder here. Should have got a photo back of the ivy, it was properly in all the motar gaps and my usual technique to ping it off, hardly worked - do two angled cuts 90% though and then touch the bottom nose corner in the middle and it should ping the ivy at you.
Today a 50 gear old apple tree pruning. The base is hollow but the cambium has occluded leaving two roots in an arch. Couldnt climb it and no ladder, so all with telescopic pruner and cordless prunier.
