Workshop Projects

[jfields]

Starting to look finished! F You Chad!

 

[CBoukal]

Starting to look finished! F You Chad!
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Kidding aside, that does look really nice! Great to see you measured the two straight posts and not the 1 crooked one You ever considered a job in home inspection?

 

[H. Vachon]

Fabbed a bracket to link a Craftsman plow to a cub cadet lawn mower out of an old shelf. It ain't redneck if it works lol

 

[hydro-terp]

Nice looking welds. One looks a little slow though.

I bought a blower for mine and Ive never attached the blade since. I thought a blower came with every house sale/wedding present in MI?

HT

 

[H. Vachon]

Nice looking welds. One looks a little slow though.

I bought a blower for mine and Ive never attached the blade since. I thought a blower came with every house sale/wedding present in MI?

HT

As much as id love a blower for the cub cadet, its hard to beat a free plow lol. I have a little single stage snow blower. It works but the second the snow gets slushy it's useless. This plow is from a lawn tractor my folks bought about 20 years ago, I found it while clearing brush.

 

[Long Ash]

Great job! I'd love to see pics of it in the man cave setup too.

 

[H. Vachon]

Great job! I'd love to see pics of it in the man cave setup too.

I can try, but it's likely too wide for the door

 

[Long Ash]

I can try, but it's likely too wide for the door

lol I think I got confused and didn't realize this was a new message on an old thread. My bad

 

[H. Vachon]

lol I think I got confused and didn't realize this was a new message on an old thread. My bad

I figured haha

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Fabbed a bracket to link a Craftsman plow to a cub cadet lawn mower out of an old shelf. It ain't redneck if it works lol
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Did you do the welding yourself?

 

[H. Vachon]

Did you do the welding yourself?

Yeah

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Yeah

 

[hydro-terp]

Yeah

I miss welding. I have debated getting a big portable miller that I could put on dolly wheels that I could roll out of my shop and double as a genny for the house. And maybe make a little side hustle $.

HT

 

[Nihon_Ni]

It's alive!

We successfully completed the first engine run yesterday! The engine started on the first crank, and I was relieved that everything worked as it should. We have a few squawks, but noting we can't solve. The FAA inspection is scheduled for next week, and hopefully it will end with the examiner handing me a Airworthiness Certificate.

It's been a great journey, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the process. I've gained many new skills along the way, and spent time working on it nearly every day I wasn't traveling. The project has taken 13 years, 2 months and 9 days to get from first step to last rivet. It has tested my perseverance and I'm glad to be approaching the finish line.

The first flight will be sometime early next year.

 

[DomnioMaestro]

Congrats! Looks beautiful!

 

[2K6TBSS]

Congrats on the build! It looks amazing, can't wait to see some pics of it in the air.

 

[cabaiguan juan]

It's alive!

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We successfully completed the first engine run yesterday! The engine started on the first crank, and I was relieved that everything worked as it should. We have a few squawks, but noting we can't solve. The FAA inspection is scheduled for next week, and hopefully it will end with the examiner handing me a Airworthiness Certificate.

It's been a great journey, and I've thoroughly enjoyed the process. I've gained many new skills along the way, and spent time working on it nearly every day I wasn't traveling. The project has taken 13 years, 2 months and 9 days to get from first step to last rivet. It has tested my perseverance and I'm glad to be approaching the finish line.

The first flight will be sometime early next year.

Wicked cool!

 

[smellysell]

Have dipped my toes into leathwork lately. Finished my first project for a secret santa gift. Excited to get some better tools for the next one, but not too bad.