Random photos

Not a view you get everyday. You are looking through the bottom end of the engine with the other case off. Hahaha

 

whoa, yeah THATS random!

 

Well... I thought I was gonna get something done tonite. Not looking promising. But I did get something done last night, but not in my shop. Buddy has Garage Night on most Wednesdays. Bring a project. Or not. Bring food. Or not.

He recently got permanently loaned some shop machinery. Lathe and mill, he had a good size drill press.



So I had a little project, some pickled jalapenos and some ciders. I am modding another F2 rear brake caliper for the parts that came off the RC26 and are getting donated to one of the 86 VFRs, Chrissy. The Guest / Rain bike.



Cut off and shaped the bracket at work. Drilled and tapped at Garage Night. My friend Scot smoked a Brisket that day, so sliders on Kings Hawaiian rolls and pickled Jalapenos. Did not suck.

This is pretty much the same version I just did for the RC26-II upgrade.



Works great. I will update the "Rear brake options for RC24/26 wheel swaps" sticky on this version.

 

Looks like a Ryobi man - like me!

 

Version 1.0



Version 1.1

 

No shit. I forgot to take a picture of the new storage / charging cabinet he made since that pic. Even more product than that.

 

I probably have 20-30 Ryobi tools. I think I use the Impact Driver the most. Then the air inflator. I also have a portable fan!

 

Ryobi is fine for most handy men for their shops. I had a Ryobi biscuit joiner that lasted me many years until one of the return springs for the base plate....well...sprung. I replaced it with a Makita cordless.

 

All Ryobi here for decades, too. I can't remember a failure for any of them, including the batteries.

 

I use Ryobis because I'm cheap and practical. Some of their stuff is awesome, some is just okay, a couple near worthless.

However, one item I can absolutely, 100% endorse is the ergonomic grip Vessel JIS manual impact driver. I took one look at these two bearing retainer screws and knew it was going to be a problem. I threw a towel over the case half while I waited for the Vessel to arrive since I'd be tempted to pick at the screws with substandard tools.



A lot of praying, torching, sweating, more praying, and hammering. They finally popped out without completely destroying the heads.



VESSEL impact driver No.240001. Highly recommend.

Wheeeewwww!

 

$44 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001WHKSS4?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

It's one of those things where I buy the cheap Harbor Freight tool at first to know if I'll use it, then buy the good one after. Well, cheaping out on a good impact JIS is something I never should have done. It just causes more pain and frustration. I'm deep into a "tooling up" phase right now to do some engine rebuilds and my wallet is getting pretty sad, but I prefer to learn how these things work and know I can eventually do it. Even if it would be cheaper for me to have just bought a built engine.

 

That looks like a nice impact driver. Mine is old school and works nearly every time. I did not work on the timing cover but that is a first.

I here you on the tooling up. Got a new lower box last year and I am going in for a new set of Snap on sockets. Tired of my 20yr old craftsman that keep losing the bit and occasionally stripping out a socket head cap screw.

Jelly on the mini lathe...grrrr

 

Vessell makes great stuff.

My Impact Driver is Craftsman from...when I was a teen, still in the same crappy yellowed blister pack!

 

I have and use 2 Ryobi cordless screwdrivers. Different designs but both do the same thing. They see a LOT of action!

In addition to the obvious function....they work great if you're looking for low speed cleaning applications using these....

 

I bought my first set of JIS screw drivers just a couple years ago and love them as opposed to that Philips crap. What don't you like about the JIS drivers?

 

This is actually what he wrote (I added the underline):

"Well, cheaping out on a good impact JIS is something I never should have done."

 

I guess I screwed up huh? Sorry bout that.