Powder Coating Startup
Mark Bronkalla I have been interested in doing powder coating for a number of years but this does entailaddtioinal equipment and space (and spousal buy-in). I have been frustrated with conventional finishes…
Metalworking
Entryway bench
Teal has wanted a bench by the front door to use when putting on shoes. This would be better than sitting on the stairs. Last time we were at Kettle…
Crib – Planing and Plasma
Completing the rails Today’s tasks included completing the front and back top rails and making the bottom plates that fasten the ends to the front and back . The top…
Recumbent trike – idlers and longer ride
The trike is now mostly done, but the drive train was giving me grief. The idlers were not working out and I replaced the rear cassette due to the chain…
Recumbent trike – Paint
So now I have striped the trike back down to the frame. There was more touch up welding and grinding going on. The Atomic Zombie website motto seems to be…
Recumbent Trike – Steering pull solved
The steering pulling to the right bothered me. The 1.5 to 2 degree difference in the caster angles was there and it had to be the clue I needed. However,…
Recumbent trike front end work and test rides
The front derailleur needs a tube on which to mount. This ended up being a piece of water pipe that was bored out to a reasonable wall thickness. The pipe…
Recumbent Trike cabling
Hmmm, One brake lever and two front brakes. This needs a bit of work. I considered the dual brake line brake levers, but they don’t look exceptionally well made. I…
Recumbent trike handlebars
Looking at the upturned handlebars in the plans and the comments about twist grip shifters being hard to use, I was not surprised. You would naturally grip these thumbs up.…
Recumbent trike brakes and seat
The trike is set up with disk brakes. The fronts are new Avid BB7 mechanical and the rear is a used Avid Juicy 5 hydraulic. All have 160mm rotors. Mounting…