The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

[BalsaDust]

Been playing with the covering iron again.

 

[pawnshopmike]

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Been playing with the covering iron again.

 

[BalsaDust]

I fear I'm getting really good with it.

 

[pawnshopmike]

I fear I'm getting really good with it.

I concur.

 

[Jetpainter]

I built a mount to hold a pump and battery for my fuel jug.

 

[BalsaDust]

That looks nice. I made one for my fuel jug last year. You got a much nicer pump than I do though. I just bought the cheap one from hobby King.

 

[Jetpainter]

View attachment 81657 That looks nice. I made one for my fuel jug last year. You got a much nicer pump than I do though. I just bought the cheap one from hobby King.

It's yet to be seen if it's better or not.

I couldn't find much info about this Miracle pump. I found all kinds of posts about their smaller one for smoke, but not this one.

 

[pawnshopmike]

I finished installing a new carb, reed block and heat block on my DLE 40 in my Stinson. As luck would have it, about the time I was ready to test run it, the rain started. And it hasn't stopped.

 

[HRRC Flyer]

@Jetpainter & @cbarnes0061 ,

You two need to get together and market those. I'd be more than glad to be your first customer. . . . .

 

[Jetpainter]

I tried doing some tuning on my GP61 today because I wasn't all that happy with how it sounded last weekend. I had a bit of trouble getting it to pop on the choke like it hadn't been run in months. The needle adjustment on it has been odd since the first time I tuned it. I ended up with the low at 2 3/8 and the high just a bit over one. That's way off of the 1 1/2 they're both supposed to be. It's always run well in the past at those odd setting.

Today I tried to start from scratch at 1 1/2 on each, but ended up right back at 2 3/8 on the low and 1 on the high. I'm going to pull it all apart and take a peak in the carb and see whats up since it's not been starting very well.

Anyone got any ideas what would cause one to need such odd needle setting to run well?