Started painting the gear box today. Needs a couple of more coats tomorrow and then it will be ready to reassemble after Christmas.
22-Dec-2020
Have spent a few hours on the lathe making a new speedo gear housing to replace the damaged one on my gearbox. Quite pleased with the results as it one of the more complicated pieces I’ve made since acquiring the lathe.
20-Dec-2020
One advantage of living on your own is you can take over your breakfast bar in the house with gearbox parts without being moaned at. All the parts were cleaned in the garage outside but decided it would be far more pleasant to reassemble the parts in the warmth and comfort of my house.
Once the gearbox housing is painted they will be returned to the garage to be installed.
19-Dec-2020
Had gearbox shot blasted today and have given it a coat of primer. Just need to decide what color to paint it and order the paint.
12-Dec-2020
Unfortunately my website has been down for the last 7 weeks. I was aware of this but was in Norway for work so was unable to investigate the issue (as couldn’t remotely connect to server). Fix was amazingly simple as server had crashed and just needed rebooting on returning home.
Last time I had issues it was my Wi-Fi router failing so it was a nice surprise that it didn’t cost me anything.