I dont usually scrap a project when I start one. My problem is starting .
I'll pick a project to death to try to solve any road block before they
happen. but have scrapped many experiments. I have a unique day job
that allows me to work on stuff during the down time . There is a complete
metal shop at my disposal . So to occupy my time I can build brackets and
such at work. Makes the day go by faster .
Today I fabricated a mock up elevator stick and put 2 brake levers from
an old bicycle on it and a thumb throttle . Just to see how it would feel .
One lever stands taller than the other and easy to separate by feel to
turn by grabbing one or the other, also easy to grab both to stop one handed.
Should work out grate.


--- In Airchairgroup@yahoogroups.com, Anthony McDonald
<machinedesignsolidworks@...> wrote:
>
> I wanted to build a pipe car when I was 21 and I first bought one rim
> and tyre for motivation and to get the sizes - lol. It became an
> ornament, which I carried around for a decade, obviously when I went
> back they told me it was no longer manufactured - there after it was
> called "The Lesson"
>
> Carefully calculate total cost - save up for it - or take a bank loan
> - buy every thing at one time, except the epoxy, it has a useful life
> which is limited, only buy the epoxy you going to need in the near
> future.
>
> If you don't use your build motivation all at once then sadly projects
> can be left half finished, as things and circumstances change and all
> that effort and the after tax dollars of a 50-60% complete, non tax
> deductible build, goes on the scrap heap - and trust me your family
> will enjoy reminding you the next time you want to build some thing.
> Half jobs have many bad repercussions.
>
> Sad but true.
>
> Anthony
>
>
> On 7/5/09, philsconcepts <philsconcepts@...> wrote:
> > Good point ! May buy bundles of like tubing at a time . Accumulate them
> > all as budget allows ,then build. Thanks !
> >
> >
> > --- In Airchairgroup@yahoogroups.com, <mark@> wrote:
> >>
> >> You said: Tubing will be bought in phases corresponding to sections . Like
> >> one wing half at a time, and so on.
> >>
> >> Call me superstitious, crazy, or what ever it is.
> >> But I would purchase both haves of balanced parts at the same time so they
> >> are as similar as possible.
> >> I know the tolerances of 6061 tubing should be very high and it should not
> >> matter. But both wings being from the same lot of tubing gives me peace of
> >> mind.
> >>
> >> I don't want the supplier to tell me in six months that wall thickness has
> >> changed or is no longer available. BLA BLA BLA.
> >>
> >> It might be silly or ridicules but what the heck.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
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