modulation of frequency

by diogenesoftherifle, posted in Uncategorized

Trying REALLY hard to modulate my frequency away from the “Scarcity” mindset, and damn if that ain’t the hardest thing to do when the bills are piling up during what looks to be a weak MONTH,,,

I say that, and of course, weather being what it is, could change and change my attitude with it. See, last week, Son of Bossman canceled two days due to rain (that we saw very little of). THIS WEEK, we are forecast to have another two days of crap-tastic weather (and my sister in Colorado is getting snow a couple days prior, so the wet stuff is likely to hit here.) I fear that we are gonna get cut short AGAIN,,, and there are very real indicators that our work load has slowed more than a little. Signs of the times. People are getting scared and holding those duckies close to the chest.

And I spent part of my evening talking to the CC company about making a late payment this go-round. Because life sometimes bites back,, and this time, she took a chomp.

So, Gonna put up the Bleg again, I hatez to do it, but any little extra help would be greatly appreciated. Whatever help y’all send, is kitteh food n pupper rations. They will not starve, but I am cutting it that close to the bone this time around.

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If that link is a problem, let me know in comments or email. I have other options, (though PayPal wants me to start a business account for donations,,, Venmo works better)

Anywowsers,,, I am doing my part as I can, attempting to sell the transmission out of Donor Truck to a local that needs one. He doesn’t move, Donor Truck DOES,, to the scrap yard. Every little bit,,,

LIVE

LOVE

Laugh (I’m trying, really truly,,)

LEARN (every daggum day!)

Load,,, (slipped I did,,,)

8 thoughts on “modulation of frequency”

  1. For what it’s worth, if you’re gonna scrap the donor truck take a few hours and cut as much wire out as you can and sell that separate. Maybe some aluminum parts too. PS and alternator bracket come to mind. Alternator, starter and blower motor bring more for the copper windings than car or tin prices. And pack that sucker full of every little tidbit of rusty tin you got laying around. How hard is it to register a homemade trailer? The back half can make a fine redneck trailer with a little time. It took a day to make the last one I built.

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  2. And after I built the last trailer I had the idea of building one into a dump trailer. Use the fuel tank for the hydraulic reservoir and box tubing under the bed mounts with pivots at the back. PS pump for a hydraulic pump and add a pulley to a starter shaft to drive it. The weak point is the duty cycle of the starter motor. A log splitter control valve could control it.

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  4. The donor truck is a rusted out hulk of an S10 blazer. The frame is so rusted out, there was nothing holding the leaf springs in place. I bought from my Unk when we realized that it had the exact same (sort, different gear ratios) differential as Buffalo. This was when Buff left me on the side of the road in Alabama. Dropped the pinion gear at highway speed, locked up the rear end solid. long story,, can find here on the blog,,,,
    Aluminum brackets are keepers for me. Aluminum rims, not so much. Wiring, catconverter, stuff like that,,,yeah,,, here and there, it all adds up. Lots of stuff already pulled and ready for re-install elsewhere,,, like the starter, alternator, ps pump,, AC compressor was locked up. Transmission is ‘ok’, but the electronic 4X4 stuff was trashed and ‘cabled in’ by Unk. Not worth my time, but dude with a blown trans could probably swap out his selenoids for the ones in this unit.
    As for you using a starter to run the PS pump,,, doable, but I can think of a few other options. How many old treadmills do you see on Trashday? Those are DC motors, high torgue and close to, if not 100% duty cycle. Typically running 5:1 pulley ratios in the treadmills (serp style multi groove belts.) Just thinkin’ out loud.

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  5. And another thing about treadmills. The long belt pulley/roller? I use those for making Stock stands at the cutoff saw. Stuff rolls right across them with little effort. Priced one of those stands out for near $100, built it for pennies with old bedframe and a tossed out treadmill.

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