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Hardshell Bicycle Trunk

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 15:01 — Jake von Slatt

vista lights and vista strobeHere are some pictures of a hard shell trunk I made for my all-weather commuter bike out of an industrial dual compartment mop bucket.

Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com.

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Foundry Furnace - Part 3 - Casting the Refractory

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 09:12 — Jake von Slatt

More progress on the foundry furnace!

 

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Toyota Sienna Body Repair

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 20:10 — Jake von Slatt

If you follow me on Twitter you know that I had a near death encounter with a flying chunk of steel last week .

This is how I spent my Saturday.

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Makeshift Forklift

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:27 — Jake von Slatt

A couple of months ago The Lady asked me to move the kid's playhouse to a different part of the yard.  Not having access to a fork lift, I fig'red that I could mount a 2" hitch ball on the Yaris' tow bar and make a "fork truck" with my flatbed trailer.  It worked beautifully!

Interestingly, the playhouse is built from the last 8' of the 28' travel trailer I cannibalized to make the flatbed.

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Short Wheelbase Recumbent Bike

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 21:15 — Jake von Slatt

This is a short wheelbase fully suspended recumbent bike I built about 10 years ago. It worked quite well, but ultimately I decided I liked my Tour Easy better.

Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com

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A Visual Aid for Bike Design

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:24 — Jake von Slatt

short wheel base drawingA visual aid for designing recumbent bikes.

 

Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com

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Front Wheel Drive Moving Bottom Bracket Experiments

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:08 — Jake von Slatt

front wheel drive bikeSome random experiments with front wheel drive bikes.

Originally published at Bike-Recumbent.com

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Cheap Hydration System for a Recumbent Bicycle.

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 09:29 — Jake von Slatt

cheap hydration systemWhen I changed the handlebars on my Tour Easy for a "T" bar arrangement I needed to find a new place for my water bottles. I took a look at some of the Camelback type systems available but balked at their prices. In the past I'd used homemade "hydration" systems made from soda bottles and plastic tubing so I decided to try it again. This time, however, I added two features that really worked out well.

More after the cut, previously published at Bike-Recumbent.com - Jake

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Home Depot Bike Headlight

Wed, 07/22/2009 - 14:06 — Jake von Slatt

Home Depot Bike LightsHow to make high power bicycle headlights with materials from your local home center.

This is an article from a few years back that was up at Bike-Recumbent.com, I'm consolidating everything from there over to here.

Nearly five years after I built them I am still using these headlights with the original bulbs. The 50 watt beam is awesome, oncoming cars always dim their brights when I flash it and it provides plenty of light for the 45 MPH downhill on my way home from work.

 - Jake

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Steampunk Keyboard Mod

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:01 — Jake von Slatt

Steampunk case modAn already venerable IBM Model M is retro-fitted with glass and nickel keys and mounted in a polished brass frame.

Update: I thought I'd pop this story up the the front page because I've been fielding a lot of mail in reference to SyFy's Warehouse 13 and the keyboard seen on Artie's desk.  The keyboard in the show is Rich "Doc Datamancer" Nagy's work - a much improved version of my original design.

For more info click through or check out Doc's website!

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