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Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 05, 2016, 11:40:29 AMYou dress up clean Mr. DC
Posted by DC
- April 04, 2016, 23:51:04 PM
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 04, 2016, 15:34:43 PMHave her check this site out......I personally buy clothing from here and it is a hoot and a lot of fun......
https://www.gentlemansemporium.com
the steampunking stuff is cool also......
Posted by JagLite
- April 04, 2016, 15:11:52 PMI have always used the large cardboard box before.
Same filter and exhaust fan blowing out the garage door.
But in my previous shop I had heat in the slab so very little dust in the air.
I forgot about that this time and the overhead gas heater blows everything around almost constantly.
I didn't notice that until I painted of course. Duh...
For small jobs I will turn the heater off from now on.
The sewing machine is an antique, 1922 Singer that my wife is restoring.
It will get all new gold filigree decals over the black paint and then gloss clear coat over that.
She will use it when we are "camping" in our RV since it is a hand crank machine.
Very neat.
She has several other sewing machines in her sewing room that she uses normally.
No, she doesn't sew anything practical, she loves to design and make dresses from the past.
1600's, 1700's, 1800's and a few from the early 1900's.
After she makes one, she may get to wear it once somewhere, then she puts it on Ebay and sells them for more than what she has in the materials so it is a self supporting hobby, not a business.
She's happy and that makes me happy.
Of course, if she would make these fancy dresses in a more common size they would find more buyers but she makes them her size, which is tiny. 5' tall tiny. Oh, well...
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 04, 2016, 12:06:35 PMcool idea on the paint booth. I have used a large cardboard box in my back room.....when you need to come up with an idea it sometimes is good. Now why the sewing machine....lol......
Posted by JagLite
- April 03, 2016, 22:35:53 PMI'm back!
It is so nice to not be sweating from 8am to 10pm...
I can't take the heat you all deal with.
70 degrees is HOT to me 
I sprayed the paint on the tank and fenders before leaving and it turned out unacceptable.
Most disappointing. 
So much "junk" in the air got stuck in the paint and since I am using mat clear I can't buff it out.
And the color was just too white...
So, I built a temporary paint booth using PVC pipe, corner pipe fittings, plastic drop cloths, and two air filters - one in and one exhaust with a fan sucking the fumes out.
I like this color much better and the paint came out nice and smooth.
I also painted the parts for another bike in the temp paint booth, and my wife is going to use it to paint her sewing machine before I take it apart.
I had to move my Drifter to make room for it and with no wheels on the Drifter I was glad to have a good rolling jack and flat surface to make it secure...
I have some painting to do on the forks and then I can put the bike back together and finish the exhaust system.
The weather has been exceptionally warm here with highs in the 40's so the snow has melted away and people are already riding!
That is amazing, and about two months early.
We aren't complaining though! 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- April 03, 2016, 16:36:03 PMlol going out of state.......to visit 49 in BC are you......
Posted by Tim
- April 03, 2016, 16:33:47 PMHi Jag some cool work here. Any updates? I am digging your efforts.
Posted by JagLite
- March 13, 2016, 21:50:42 PMFinally the shop heater parts arrived and the repairman installed them Friday.
Three weeks with no heat in the shop...
This weekend was mostly spent painting but I did get to work on the flex tube exhaust a bit.
Cutting and tack welding along with some thinking.
The thinking is the tough part.
The inner pipe is a slip fit inside the pipe flange:
Both pipes tacked to the flange pipes:
The outer flex tube will slip over the inner tube after I seal weld the inner tube to the pipe flange stub.
Then the inner pipe will get welded to the collector and the outer flex will slip cover the joint.
That's the plan so far anyway, subject to change if I figure out a better way.
The outer tube will get a 3/4" wide band clamp around it at the flange for appearance.
Or possibly just a section of tube the size of the clamp welded over the end.
I haven't found anything to use as a dressing and since it is all getting painted flat black anyway... 
Here is a comparison of the sizes of flex tube:
The 1.5" I am using for the inner (actual) exhaust pipe, the 1.75" that I am using as the outer pipe for appearance, and the way too big 2.25" flex I thought I was going to use.
I tried to get 2.0" for the outer but can not get it without paying far too much for shipping.
I won't get to work on the pipe for two weeks as I am going out of state but I was glad to finally get to do something.
I hope to shoot the color coat on the tank, fenders, and side covers before I leave so they can dry while I am gone.
Posted by greenbarn
- March 02, 2016, 21:29:59 PMAnxiously awaiting.... Do you have anything in mind to cover the ends of the flex??
Posted by JagLite
- March 02, 2016, 21:18:09 PMMy outer flex pipe arrived.
But it won't work.
I don't know what I was thinking to order 2.25" flex tubing to go over the 1.5" inner flex.
It is HUGE. 
It is 2.25" I.D. and way too big.
It looks like a cartoon bike.
Goofy!!!
So today I ordered a piece of 1.75" flex.
I also made some real progress on painting.
I called the pro's and had them come fix my shop heater.
Now I can actually do some painting this weekend.
I hope...
Posted by JagLite
- February 22, 2016, 10:41:55 AMBig plans for painting the tank, fenders, and side covers this weekend were frozen.
The heater in the shop died. Or is on life support. I think the fan motor is overheating and tripping an internal relay.
I could only get the shop up to 52 degrees so I worked on other projects.
I will spray the high build primer asap...
The other tank and seat are for my street tracker that is also getting a change of color.
Other good news is that the 2.25" flex tubing for the new exhaust is finally on its way north to Alaska.
When it arrives I will be able to work on putting all the pieces together.
I'm not keen on the looks of the big fat Borla muffler so if it doesn't sound really good I will be replacing it with a smaller diameter glass pack probably. That would be more fitting with the period I think. That's the reason to make it myself, i can change it myself. 
One interesting thing when I was taking the tank off the bike I discovered that when it had been painted green, they did it on the bike! The electrical connectors and a few wires and hoses had green overspray on them. That was quite some masking job they had to do on the entire bike to be able to paint the tank while installed.
I guess the paint shop didn't want to try to find out how to remove the tank.
Or the previous owner probably. The fenders had been removed though.
Posted by JagLite
- February 09, 2016, 09:54:52 AMI will weld the flex to the pipe ends
I will make a bolt on connection to the muffler so that I can change the muffler if I don't like it.
I don't like how big it is so if it doesn't sound good to me, I will make my own muffler that is about 3" diameter.
Hopefully once it is together and painted flat black it will look smaller and mostly disappear.
Posted by greenbarn
- February 08, 2016, 21:51:28 PMLooking good so far.... One question: how will you fasten the flex tube to the hard pipe?
Posted by CDNRatMan
- February 07, 2016, 23:13:48 PM following and waiting to see how it works out......