2009 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Thinking of replacing my copper electrodes on my spot welder to reach hard areas....... yours looked more adaptable.....

What is the exact diameter of your copper rods...where they fit in to the main body........?

Boob

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Thinking of replacing my copper electrodes on my spot welder to reach hard areas....... yours looked more adaptable.....

What is the exact diameter of your copper rods...where they fit in to the main body........?

Boob

Hi Bob

I've started on response to post about flywheel, got to find a particular picture. I'll measure the rods on the welder today.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

..... how was the Weare event this year....?


We are getting ready at the barn for more recovery.....hihihi

Bob C.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Today driving past Bob's place of employment, I observed an unconscionably large modern 4x4 truck with a distinctive "vanity" plate that would bring a smile to any Rusty Old Trucker on this forum. It isn't Bob's truck that got my attention. I already knew Bob wasn't shy, but that he was parked 3 spaces to the right of the space permanently reserved for the top dog, the big cheese, the man in charge, the one who has to answer to the Numero Uno.

I feel flushed with pride knowing I know someone so important. Or maybe just amused that Bob would just park on top of some insignificant little eco' fuel sipper.

[Bob Carriere]

I own you one Terry!!!!!

....for the non educated..... as a long term Pubic Servant with a bad back (hell the front ain't much better) ....I get to Park in the Krippy section 3 spots away from the Minister.....hihihi

Age does have it's priviliges.....

Bob

[Gunner]

Boobee:

When is yer next trip to the warm part of Ontario? Stewart Loy has a tarp for me and I have a cheque for him!

If'n yer willing perhaps I could reward the delivery of said tarp to the Ottawa area with a case of something cold and fizzy!

Mike

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Gunner

Boobee:When is yer next trip to the warm part of Ontario? Stewart Loy has a tarp for me and I have a cheque for him! If'n yer willing perhaps I could reward the delivery of said tarp to the Ottawa area with a case of something cold and fizzy! Mike

Mike, I am heading west to TO area very early tomorrow AM. Coord an RV with Stewart anywhere east of the highway to Orangeville, and I will pick up the tarp for you...

[Craig Tanner]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Today driving past Bob's place of employment, I observed an unconscionably large modern 4x4 truck with a distinctive "vanity" plate that would bring a smile to any Rusty Old Trucker on this forum.

This was a surveillance photo taken during a recent incursion into "the very few and far between CMP territories". The vehicle and plate are very similar to the one listed above. The perpetrator was apprehended and interrogated using the tired and tested down east method........beer boarding.

Bob! Thank you for stopping and visiting with us, Bill and I both wish that it could have been a bit longer but thanks stopping here as a part of your down east venture. I hope that you and Joyce had a great trip !!

Kind regards

Craig Tanner

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Thinking of replacing my copper electrodes on my spot welder to reach hard areas....... yours looked more adaptable.....

What is the exact diameter of your copper rods...where they fit in to the main body........?

Boob

Hi Bob

Here is the information on the spot welding prongs, the first picture shows my collection of prongs, while my HTP QuickSpot II Spot Welder uses welding arms which are at the mounting point Diameter of .787 inches or approximately 20MM. http://www.htpweld.com/products/spot...quickspot2.htm http://www.htpweld.com/products/spot...ersatongs.html

Over the years I have also used prongs or welding arms which are for the made I believe made for the Hobart http://www.hobartwelders.com/product...ips_chart.html http://www.hobartwelders.com/products/spot/hsw/ and others which are smaller in diameter by using brass bushings to match the size. The other tips I have are .625 inch diameter.

You will note that the long tongs are covered in rubber this is just sheet rubber to act as insulation so that the tongs don’t ground out on when reaching in to a deep point.

Hope this answers your questions.


Weare Rally was good though a bit wet, the East Weare flood control area that we usually use for trail rides was actually closed on Saturday because of high water so alternative rides had to be used. Several Youtube posts of the rally can be found at http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f . Vehicle count at noon on Saturday was 125+/- on the field.

[Bob Carriere]

....so no matter what they say in these Men magazines.... size does NOT matter if you use a brass sleeve........ hummm!

The one I need for the doors is the bottom RH on the first picture also shown as the top LH on the second slide.....

I need to reach inside the frame and clearance is a problem.... like the idea of a rubber sleeve to make sure the pwoer goes where it is intended.....

Will be measuring tomorrow.....

....currently in process of ripping off the floor to reach Tcase linkage for adjustment........

Will keep you posted of my findings.....

Thanks again for your help...

Bob C.

See picture of the door profile.....

[Gunner]

Hi Guys:

Thank you all for the various offers. I will be putting the cheque in the mail (yeah, I know, where have we heard that ONE before!) this evening after I deposit Her Majesty's monthly pension to this somewhat worn old warrior.

Bob: your offer for later in Sep seems the simplest (Jiff, much appreciated that you would get it to TO for me!) so if'n I can impose, thats the way I'd like to go. I leave for 'frika on 2 Oct and return about 23 Nov.

Mike

[Bob Carriere]

.....tentative plans are a visit on Oct 11 to pick up the mother inlaw.... and do Acton....hihihi....sneaky ain't I...... or may be earlier in Sept. to visit Joyce's Dad........

Will need to know when and where Stew is blowing things up......

Bob C.

[RHClarke]

Had to make a difficult choice this day. Stay at home and listen to 10 screaming kids attending a birthday party, whilst putting up with their mothers who get progressively anti-man as the wine flows, or go to the barn...

What a great day at the barn. Today we had some visitors - the first one arrived to take measurements of various CMP items and to bring Bob up to speed on things going on in the west end of Ottawa. Bob missed the Gracies call, so Don Dingwall had to repeat all of his Gracies banter. The next visitor was Rob Hutchingame, CO of the Manotick Army Cadet Corps and family friend. Rob had to make the same decision as I had to, and he chose the correct path forward. The morning went quite fast and we headed into Hammond city centre for a brunch at Mike's Place.

After brunch, Don headed back to the wild west, and Rob H was put to work in the HUP wagon lines. First, we tarped the Gough/Ginn HUP body. Then we filled her up with all sorts of HUP hardware that had been sitting on back of my Philips HUP. The other HUPs were suitably tarped and cleaned out. Then it was back to the barn.

Bob and Grant were dissecting Bob's drive train so Rob H and I decided to replace tire number three on the Prototype HUP. After the wheel was removed, we demonstrated the "new" and "improved" de-rimming technique. This involved the safe removal of all of the nuts on the rim and the judicious use of long punches to separate the bead from the rim. Once the punches were in, chisels were used along the rim to further move the rubber away from the rim.

Rob H and I think we set the new record for removing old tires from rusty HUP rims. It took 5 minutes. The local peanut gallery moaned that it was because the HUP rims were a different angle and therefore easier to de-rim. As well, a number of theories were offerred about the ease of de-rimming the HUP - it had rolled on it's tires and therefore were easier to remove, etc...

In any case, the official timekeeper verified that the 5 minute mark was achieved. I now offer the challenge to all - beat our record of a 5 minute Prototype HUP tire de-rimming, and I will let you have the first offical drive of the Prototype upon restoration roll-out.


After that fun, I asked Rob H if he knew what a needle gun was...he knows now. Being a good sport, he had a go at cleaning up one of the Prototype's freshly opened rims. After a good spell of ear-splitting needle-gunning, Bob took pity on Rob H and stood us down for a beer (which evaporated quickly).

That wrapped up the day for us. Rob H and I headed back to the city and to our wives and kids. They did not seem to miss us...

[RHClarke]

So much for the "routine" 5 minute HUP wheel derimming...This weekend I attempted to derim one of two remaining serviceable HUP wheels - both came with the Prototype HUP.

5 minutes turned into almost 5 hours. The chisel and punch technique refused to work. The sledgehammer technique was equally frustrating. Soaking the gap between the rim and the casing with gasoline failed to produce any noticable results. Kharma, it seems favours the modest. Grant's smile said it all. After soothing my hurt pride, I found out why the tire refused to derim in the same manner as all of the others. It was a runflat tire with a hell of a lot more surface area at the bead. We resorted to Bob's wood splitter to break the bead and finally the inner rim separated from the tire.

The run flat - one tough SOB to derim:


In the meanwhile, Grant took on the chore of sandblasting (using quartz as the media) his rims and some of Bob's sheet metal. Here he is expelling noxious emissions:


I took a break from the rim bashing to blast the already separated HUP rims. It was fun in comparison to tire bashing.Paint soon followed.
HUP solar collector:


Bob and Grant also replaced U joints for their drive shafts. Bob sprays his short drive shaft:


It was a warm and sunny day with just a hint of a breeze - which kept the sandblasting dust away from the barn. The late summer weather has been great for the past week with more of the same coming this week. After some time remediating Bob's drive train issues, we enjoyed a cold beer before closing up shop and spoke of an upcoming road trip - details to be announced...