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look like a freakin matador in that welding “cape” jacket I bought this past weekend. After I got home wednesday evening, I continued working on the floor patch. Did some more shaping (a.k.a pounding with hammer) of the metal, close enough to work. It’s no work of art, but it’ll do the job. Then broke out the welder and started on welding the patch onto the replacement floor pan. Started off ugly, and ended up cranking up the welder. As it got further into the night, I actually got better. A work in progress! Continue reading ‘Weld the Night Away’
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There has been a bit of an outdoor store void on ‘Oahu since the first iteration of Powder Edge went under. The zombie reincarnation of Mauka to Makai was a faint shadow of what the original store was, and that wasn’t really all that great to begin with. Today, Chris told me that a new outdoor store had opened in Windward Mall, and I stopped in this evening to check it out. Like Chris had mentioned, from the store name and signage alone, one might think that it was a Native or Jah-waiian lifestyle store, but looking inside immediately laid this notion to rest. They have a reasonable range of outdoor gear from major brands, encompassing hiking, camping, climbing and general outdoor goods. Tell me of somewhere else where you can retail a Petzl climbing helmet or Black Diamond harness on ‘Oahu! In the back, they actually have a small indoor climbing wall. It’s limited in height, since it is a retail store, but some parts have a negative angle for traversing fun. Pricing is mostly MSRP, but nothing quite beats the hands-on buying experience for certain parts of outdoor kit. They actually have some clothing items for 20% off right now. The owner/manager told me that they have been open for about three months. Check them out the next time you happen by Windward Mall – they’re on the second floor of the theater wing near HIC.
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I bumped into Clyde from Toyota parts a couple of weeks ago. He’s alive and mostly well, but hasn’t been at the counter because of a back injury.
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so I’m no kustom stay up all night (neighbors would really love that!) wonder fabricator, it’s taken me many days to finally get to this point with the floor pans that were sent to me. The rust we had to cut out unfortunately extended beyond the piece that was made for me, so I had to make that white patch piece out of computer case metal. Guess I shouldn’t feel too bad since this was done with a pair of aviation snips, cordless drill, Dremel, ball peen hammer, vice, c-clamps and a honking piece of angle iron as an anvil. Finally almost ready for welding!
Oh yeah, was browsing the new Lowes store when I spied this clamp in their small welding section. Wonders of wonders, this nice bar clamp is made in Germany, I had to buy it. I’d venture to say that the bars are forged?
Anyway, stay tuned to see how the floor shapes up, or not! Not sure if I’ll be able to weld it in during the week, weekday evenings I only have a couple hours before it gets too late to be banging around.
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