After clearing out all of this new workspace in the garage, I was looking for a worthy first project so I thought I'd start by changing the spark plugs on my F150. If you're thinking plug changes are easy, you have to know this is a 2004 Ford F150 with a Triton V8 engine. So what, you might ask? Well, back in the early 2000s, they designed the Triton V8 with a somewhat unique … [Read more...]
Reclaiming Garage Space and Contemplating Life
It happens slowly, after all it's just a walk behind lawn mower, but it takes a really long time to mow the lawn that way and who wants to mow for hours, so a lawn tractor makes sense, right? And what about those snow tires for the wife's car? You have to put them somewhere when the roads are clear. Of course when the snow gets deep you need a snow blower and if you park it … [Read more...]
A New Direction for The Kneeslider
It's been a while since I posted and I thought it was time to say a few words about what's going on. Briefly, it's a change of direction. I've spent so much time on my computer over the last 14 years with The Kneeslider and so little time in the garage that the need to make a change became overpowering. The last post I wrote, about fixing things, was a tiny hint of where I'm … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Powered Full Body Go Karts are Ghraydon Wallick’s Newest Project
Ghraydon Wallick is at it again. If the name isn’t familiar, you might remember a couple of articles on The Kneeslider in 2010 about a leaning dual sidecar rig he built in his workshop in Thailand. Using limited resources he constructed a mechanism for sidecars, he designed and built, to be attached on both sides of a motorcycle and then to lean with it in the turns. Pretty … [Read more...]
Make a Laser Cut Machinist Toolbox and Store Your Tools in Style
If you can you appreciate the look of a well organized workshop, lots of tools and really nice tool boxes, then you'll like this project. It's machinist toolbox laser cut out of birch plywood with laser cut foam inserts to securely hold the tools inside and it's guaranteed to make you smile. Maker spaces and hacker spaces are popping up all over and a lot of us have access to … [Read more...]
Make Your New CB1100 Look Like a Classic CB750 with This Kit From Whitehouse
A few years ago I wrote about a motorcycle that looked just like a CB750, except it wasn't, it was a new Honda CB1100 fitted with a CB1100 Four K10 kit that swapped out the tank, side covers and a lot of other pieces to make the already somewhat retro CB1100 into a very close replica of an early CB750. The kit was from Whitehouse of Japan. The only problem at the time was the … [Read more...]