Re: CB350 Built by a teen (don't forget the coolant)
Man, Matt beats me to this thread most days lately. hehe.
Indeed, we got some good work done. In my worn out lazy state after class this morning I forgot the keys to my dads truck (DOH!) so we had to wait for him to get out to jersey on his honda shadow... which I now have to fix the clutch on (bleh). However, it's always best to look at the bright side of things, and there were a few today. I got the stainless washers cut down to size (easier said than done) and they came out fairly well. The better of the two had an outside diameter that only varied by 1/10 of an inch; not bad for a piece cut on a bandsaw and smoothed down with a belt sander.
Matt always has good advice to give... and truly, I've come to realize that safety glasses, however cumbersome I may find them, are worth the trouble to save my eyesight. You would think my father would have embedded that into my head as he lost vision in one of his eyes because of a lathe accident; one which could have easily been prevented with safety glasses. alas, he is oldschool, and unless if it involved molten metal or lead paint, I seldom used safety gear while under his supervision. Thankfully, things have changed as me and him have come to realize the stupidity in that (and me nearly losing an eye of my own a while back was a nice reminder as to why one should wear safety gear).
Man, Matt beats me to this thread most days lately. hehe.
Indeed, we got some good work done. In my worn out lazy state after class this morning I forgot the keys to my dads truck (DOH!) so we had to wait for him to get out to jersey on his honda shadow... which I now have to fix the clutch on (bleh). However, it's always best to look at the bright side of things, and there were a few today. I got the stainless washers cut down to size (easier said than done) and they came out fairly well. The better of the two had an outside diameter that only varied by 1/10 of an inch; not bad for a piece cut on a bandsaw and smoothed down with a belt sander.
Matt always has good advice to give... and truly, I've come to realize that safety glasses, however cumbersome I may find them, are worth the trouble to save my eyesight. You would think my father would have embedded that into my head as he lost vision in one of his eyes because of a lathe accident; one which could have easily been prevented with safety glasses. alas, he is oldschool, and unless if it involved molten metal or lead paint, I seldom used safety gear while under his supervision. Thankfully, things have changed as me and him have come to realize the stupidity in that (and me nearly losing an eye of my own a while back was a nice reminder as to why one should wear safety gear).
