So far I love this thread!
Now, can you tell us how you made the hip flask carrier, I feel a project coming on!
Not as much response as I expected. :(
(http://www.velovision.com/storyimages/2008/08.jpg)
Having recently mended a Wobbly 'inspired' creation* and having built several contraptions of my own in the past I will happily draw up a deckchair next to Clarion and offer to share my 'Xtravaluemegabucket'o'popcorn' and big gulp Dr. Pepper.
Please continue with the inspired choices and, whatever else should happen, we need your continued silliness and creativity. Please do not be disheartened by the seeming lack of response but monitor the number of views of the topic. Not everyone who looks will actually post a reply.
Clarion. Would you like some popcorn?
*A 'Spin' cycle which had shattered the drive pin connecting the axle to the front wheel.
I don't think that the inspired inventors throughout the history of mankind would have bothered if it was public adulation they were after, WJ!
*struggles to hide hydraulic press envy*
I have not made one yet, But I have riden as stoker on the back of one of these. :o
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pLyp5OaCU70/RxYHoVEtsnI/AAAAAAAAAUM/cLQqMEyg5No/s400/MicWic.jpg)
I've ridden as both captain and stoker on one of they. Scary Stuffs being on the back.
*struggles to hide hydraulic press envy*
Unfortunately it tends to crush the lightweight ERW tube I often want to work with, even when they are packed with sand. >:(
I have not made one yet, But I have riden as stoker on the back of one of these. :o
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pLyp5OaCU70/RxYHoVEtsnI/AAAAAAAAAUM/cLQqMEyg5No/s400/MicWic.jpg)
I've ridden as both captain and stoker on one of they. Scary Stuffs being on the back.
Keep the madness coming John! :thumbsup: Did you ever see a pic of MFWHTBAB's recumbent pedal powered smoothie maker?
Oh, I'd love to build one of these and then ride it on PBP [provided I could get somebody else interested!]
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/wobblyjohn/Ultimateride4.jpg)
Let's see how long it takes to make a speaker :DYou don't do instruction sheets for stuff like that do you?
The Penny Fakething looks like the ideal ride to avoid wet legs when crossing fords on the Peddars Way... ;D
I have not made one yet, But I have riden as stoker on the back of one of these. :o
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pLyp5OaCU70/RxYHoVEtsnI/AAAAAAAAAUM/cLQqMEyg5No/s400/MicWic.jpg)
I've ridden as both captain and stoker on one of they. Scary Stuffs being on the back.
Oh, I'd love to build one of these and then ride it on PBP [provided I could get somebody else interested!]
Did you ever see the push-me-pull-you tandem Trice that they made for a couple to do PBP on in the early 2000's :D
Let's see how long it takes to make a speaker :D
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_annotate?v=BSg0Pw3GvkQ
*gets comfy chair*:thumbsup:*drags sofa in from back room*
I has water-cooler bottle! :thumbsup:
...human flesh for damping... :D
I've ridden as both captain and stoker on one of they. Scary Stuffs being on the back.
Oh, I'd love to build one of these and then ride it on PBP [provided I could get somebody else interested!]
Looks like the TPT!The Penny Fakething looks like the ideal ride to avoid wet legs when crossing fords on the Peddars Way... ;D
Just in case you need a reminder of the challenge you face ...
CLICKY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jCDj9mwURs)
One of your finest hours sir ;D
Keep the madness coming John! :thumbsup: Did you ever see a pic of MFWHTBAB's recumbent pedal powered smoothie maker?
I've not seen MFWHTBAB's recumbent smoothie maker, but I've seen & used a couple of the more upright ones.
Let's see a photo, if you've got one, Arch. :D
Mmmmm: A YACF man bag, for the chap around town.
Not as much response as I expected. :(
A brothel? :o
I have a lot of ideas on how to improve a Super C saddlebag, but neither the skills nor tools to implement it. I had an offer of help from a forumite, but failed to get myself together enough to act upon it. :-[
IIRC there was a toilet involved in the earlier rounds, or am I imagining that?
Isn't admiring bottoms the whole point in recumbents? You certainly get to see a lot of them...
I'm two gogs.
WJ
I am a bit involved in that big ride- lel, It would be rather fun to have some auto-pedalling articulated mannequins, would you/could you be inspired?
Bicycle powered vertical windsock thingy?
John, you are absolutely barmy! I'm glad you're on our side (you are on our side, aren't you......?)
Folk should be aware that Wobbly John was last seen at Mildenhall with a couple of turbo trainers, a few other components, and the glint of inspiration in his eye.
Waiting...
Sorry, WJ, I didn't mean to hassle you :-[
Oooh, is there some tilt in those front wheels - to maybe help with the cornering and that?
Oooh, is there some tilt in those front wheels - to maybe help with the cornering and that?
Nice.
Spare workshop time has been spent machining old Laboratory worktop into a greenhouse
Has John seen this (http://festival.yorkshire.com/events/fantastical-cycle-parade)?
I built this lorry about 25 years ago for my son, and it needed a little restoration to replace a couple of damaged bits and a fresh coat of varnish. It is based on plans by Richard Blizzard.
ackerman steering?Oooh, is there some tilt in those front wheels - to maybe help with the cornering and that?
Nice.
There should be some tilt (a factor of the centre point steering and castor angle), but is exagerated in the photos on account of not having any headset bearing in the kingpins. ::-)
ackerman steering?
I built this lorry about 25 years ago for my son, and it needed a little restoration to replace a couple of damaged bits and a fresh coat of varnish. It is based on plans by Richard Blizzard.
And somewhere in my house I have a photocopied set of those very instructions which are probably about 25 years old. Good to see someone actually built it!
I just know I'm now going to end up turning the place upside down to find them.
ackerman steering?
No, I'll be steering it myself. :P
;)
ackerman steering?
No, I'll be steering it myself. :P
;)
Always wondered: if the wheels weren't connected but steered independently (steer the outside and let the inside wheel castor) how much braking could you get by turning both in before the tyres came off the rims? :demon:
It's amazing what people chuck away which with a little tlc, the right skills and access to a large assortment of tools can look SUPERB again.
It's amazing what people chuck away which with a little tlc can look SUPERB again.
Remember the ukulele project (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=67060.msg1414155)?
Well, when the teachers came back, in September, from their summer holidays (while I had been making new benches & shelves for the workshop >:(), they announced we would be going ahead with the uke project.
This has meant that, in my 'spare time' I had to machine up 60 ukulele kits for the Year 5 students to assemble. It takes about 1/2 hour to do each kit. ::-)
I then found out that the teacher who was given the prototype machined uke kit, couldn't be arsed to assemble it to try it out - so nobody had actually trialled the uke kit I designed. :facepalm:
An electric uke? That is just wrong in so many ways.
(I will confess to late night browsing of UOGB on you tube, Teenage Dirtbag is a bit of a favourite)
love the noughts and crosses for marbles :thumbsup:
Specifically, one of these (http://www.gospin360.com/), I reckon. I recognise the handle...
Do I use this as an excuse to try and post my own video again? ;)
I don't always do exciting stuff, Graeme. Today I've only been testing fume cupboards, pressure vessels and radioactive sources.
:o
It's a small world: five days ago I had a chat with a French chap looking for meths for his stove. It was exactly like that one. He was a weight weeny, with good reason: we were in southern Patagonia and he was riding to Ushuaia, which is the southernmost town in the world.
Any news on the mobile deckchair wj ? :).https://yacf.co.uk/forum/Smileys/classic/sad.gif
What they save in weight they seem to make up for in fuel consumption, which soon makes things heavier overall if you're having to carry the fuel the whole way.interesting point that I hadn't considered. I'm now thinking of moving to gas (screw on canister tour with a Pocket Rocket) and caring a weight weenie coke can in case I have to use meths.
The main attraction as I see it is that it's something you can molish with your swiss army knife, should you find yourself in unexpected need of a stove. That's pretty cool.
I know that will be Colin Furze without even looking at the video link. ;)
I have normal bikes as well. The tourer is a traditional Dawes Galaxy frame I bought - should have enough bits to build it up, but I'm considering flat bars.
Don't let the pivot in the middle of the Wobblebike fool you into thinking it's not a useful bike - I've turned up, fully loaded, to a forum camping weekend on the Wobblebike, and also did the Dunwich Dynamo on it! :demon:
My main memory of the Wobblebike/Dunwich thing was the ease of parking the WB.
When I was doing the tour of foam suppliers pre MA show, they recommended using an electric carving knife!
When I was doing the tour of foam suppliers pre MA show, they recommended using an electric carving knife!
I've used an electric carving knife on foam before. It cuts it, but you don't get a particularly clean finish with it. A bandsaw with a knife blade in it, is deffo the best way.
For home use I have a long Sabatier filleting knife which is scarily sharp.
Placing the foam on a surface which has a slot in it, keeping the blade wet, and cutting only on the downward stroke, the blade disappears into the slot, cutting the foam cleanly as it does so - you move the foam towards the cutting edge - rather than moving the blade along the line you want to cut.
For cutting neat holes, I have a dozen or so copper and aluminium lengths of pipe, varying from ~3mmØ to ~50-mmØ.
I've put these inna lathe and taken the wall thickness at one end down to effectively an knife edge.
These tubes can then be hand turned into the foam to core out round holes.
I really should get out, a bit more often.
I didn't know about the knife bandsaw blades. I don't think we use foam often enough to justfy buying one.I remember seeing one being used by the foam vendor.
The ones I've encountered when people were making props and costumes out of foam, were the electric carving knife or a hot wire. Ventilation and some skill are required for the latter, but it has the advantage that you can make weird shaped cuts easily.Mandatory, these days, I think. Styrene fumes (and those of other insulating foams) are carcinogenic.
I have a box of Rohacell foam in the loft of my garage. :demon:
It's along side the sheets of carbon fibre/Nomex honeycomb and the roll of composite GRP/Kevlar composite sheet. O:-)
BTW, Did I mention I used aluminium honeycomb 'Aerolam - alike' for the roof of one of my sheds. :demon:
It was the substrate for some interactive whiteboards that were chucked in the skip when work replaced them a few years ago. ;)Have you asked TimO if he wants any? ;)
One of the gear leavers appears to have had the cable nipple soldered on in situ.
...and the first flat is milled (I machined it in 3 passes, gradually increasing depth of cut, as I'm only using a MDF jig and also didn't want to get the metal hot and have it harden. We don't run coolant on the mill, so WD40 cutting oil was sprayed on)
(https://vgy.me/ksV3eh.jpg)
Here's the setup, for doing the hexagonal end, on the vertical mill - (If anybody is having trouble visualising the size on these photos, I'm using a 12mm dia cutter. the MDF blocks are 25mm thick each):A delight to watch.
...
The next step is to unscrew the hub/disc mount from the block, rotate the spindle one hole and mill the next flat, and repeat - it's lucky disc mounts have 6 holes and I need to mill a hex end, isn't it? ;)
But, but, you can see what's happening with machines. You can't see electrons. What you do is def witchcraft.'Zactly this.
But, but, you can see what's happening with machines. You can't see electrons.
oscilloscopes
Talking of silly-scopes, have you had a go with Jerobeam Fenderson's Oscilloscope Music yet, Kim?
Thanks, Jurek. That means alot to me.That just makes it more impressive. :)
I think my ex-toolmaker colleague was suitably impressed...
...but also frustrated that I did the milling without using any measurements or measuring tools whatsoever (apart from an engineers square when bolting down the first MDF jig block). :demon:
Mr Wrath-Sharman raised one arm above his head, locked one wheel and kept a completely straight path.Howzat possible? Sounds like the "active yaw control" witchcraft that Mitsubishi used to make the Evo turn in faster than a 4wd car has any right to.
Mr Wrath-Sharman raised one arm above his head, locked one wheel and kept a completely straight path.Howzat possible? Sounds like the "active yaw control" witchcraft that Mitsubishi used to make the Evo turn in faster than a 4wd car has any right to.
Not stopping you from fitting a tailbox but I happen to have a Speedy rack in the shed. #justsayin'
Hats off to you. Fabulous job!
Great idea on the seat cushion. I'm finding the cruzbike stock material a bit squishy and was wondering what else I could use. I was thinking about butchering an old camping mat i have
BTW. Wanna rack?
Great idea on the seat cushion. I'm finding the cruzbike stock material a bit squishy and was wondering what else I could use. I was thinking about butchering an old camping mat i have
Ventisit (https://ventisit.nl/en/recumbent-bicycles/). I mean, closed-cell foam is lovely when it's a) cold and b) pish[1], and it's easy to work with as a way of contouring the seat underneath the pad (I've got a bit of old camping mat doing just that), but the rest of the time something that allows a modicum of air circulation is so much better if you're going to be riding for more than a couple of hours. Ventisit is also firmer and more breathable than the pond filter stuff.
[1] It's lovely when it's cold and dry too, until you get off the bike with your soaking wet back and promptly develop hypothermia.
I'm impressed (and slightly mystified!) by the lack of twist in that rack when it's loaded.
Love the colour-coordinated bottle cage. :thumbsup:
Do you need a barrier between bag and wheel Wobbly?
To improve the hairodynamics?Do you need a barrier between bag and wheel Wobbly?
TBH, I'd say the whole back wheel needs enclosing. Mr Burrows would probably suggest a haircut.
To improve the hairodynamics?Do you need a barrier between bag and wheel Wobbly?
TBH, I'd say the whole back wheel needs enclosing. Mr Burrows would probably suggest a haircut.
Spoiled rotten. :-D
How old, and what are those things like to ride? My 8yo has been casting envious looks at my trike (though she might be big enough to ride it by the time I finish it!).
I'm impressed (and slightly mystified!) by the lack of twist in that rack when it's loaded.
Is this Wobbly's evil nephew?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcvFpbh2fjE
I'm guessing some sort of regulator.
That's just brilliant!
That's fantastic. :thumbsup: Is there a Howto for this? I'd love to put it on the back of my seat tube!
SMIDSY - was boogieing to the disco lights ;D
Last weekend we collected a donor vehicle for a new project...
(https://i.ibb.co/dBCxySt/IMG-1118.jpg)
It used to be a 'quad bike', but all that remains is a damaged frame and wheels.
Good job that's all we need for the basis to build from. :smug:
So...
...what's it gonna be? :demon:
Last weekend we collected a donor vehicle for a new project...
(https://i.ibb.co/dBCxySt/IMG-1118.jpg)
It used to be a 'quad bike', but all that remains is a damaged frame and wheels.
Good job that's all we need for the basis to build from. :smug:
So...
...what's it gonna be? :demon:
I tried to take the Windcheetah for a 100 mile ride to watch the criterium racing at Fakenham. My recumbent legs weren’t up to it and bailed out at 80 miles dehydrated, with a numb tailbone and cramps.
A female roady said “Love the stickers!” When she overtook me on the hills around Castle Acre. :D :smug:
Edit: Looking on Strava 'flyby', the roady was Mim, and got a 100 mile ride in from just North of Fakenham, to Cambridge, but looks to have got quite lost around the area I saw her.
That looks cool. It reminds me of a Technic Lego car I had when I was about 12! :)
Shamelessly stolen from LFGSS, you should, perhaps consider this
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47960175198_fcab837589_c.jpg)
for your next build.
I'm trying to figure out what the handling would be like - especially if it's fixed.
But something in my branes is preventing me from doing so.
Shamelessly stolen from LFGSS, you should, perhaps consider this
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47960175198_fcab837589_c.jpg)
for your next build.
I'm trying to figure out what the handling would be like - especially if it's fixed.
But something in my branes is preventing me from doing so.
I'm guessing unridable, based on the saddle angle.
I'm guessing unridable, based on the saddle angle.
The spring appears to be a bit short of Newtons per square foot...I've seen that bit of Furze footage. :)
Colin Furze may have some answers to rideabilitity...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39uwTykTQk
Not being funny - but I reckon that you are right.
I'm guessing unridable, based on the saddle angle.
I suspect it corrects itself when you sit on it... ::-)
I sent my daughter a picture of the soapbox and asked her what she thought of it
Got the reply “GreEEEEEEAAAT!!!”:facepalm:
School has published the video I took with the camera on the Tiger's head:
:D
Space suit.
Space suit.
:o
Helium balloon inside? (environmental concerns noted)
I've just been made aware of another East Anglian weird bike builder: https://tallbikenorfolk.weebly.com (https://tallbikenorfolk.weebly.com) :thumbsup:
This week I bought a chopping board...
(https://i.ibb.co/0hWS8SD/IMG-1934.jpg)
...to CNC machine into chainring guards
(https://i.ibb.co/GQrRbzD/IMG-1935.jpg)
This was to enable grandsons to drill and screw them together to make a basic soapbox. :D
Which, I believe is how to get a drink in the hot desert.
Make hollow, piss in it. Jar, plastic, stone.
Wait.
(https://i.ibb.co/f14S4rV/Sign.jpg)Just catching up on, oo, two years worth of this thread, and this sign has to be one of the best forum posts ever!
:) :) :)
I can smell the wood shavings. :)