Dan
I'm now Lt Dan
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2002
- Location
- Superior, Montana
I look forward to it! What year?
1980
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I look forward to it! What year?
Thanks for the interest.Could you explain your approach on the M45 to transfer case torque tube? I'm wondering how you kept them coaxial and made the torque tube just the right length. Did you have an alignment tolerance in mind or did you fixture it and weld it and called it good?
Impressive fabrication, wish you lived next door to me
Welcome to the understatement of the year.I cut the tube with a cutoff wheel, and I fine tuned it with a grinder and a machinist's square. That part took hours to get it perfect.
I?m *originally from that area. I moved to Idaho 16 years ago and miss nothing but the... well, nothing really.
I?m a cabinetmaker by trade, so it?s entirely possible.What I see here is how my brain works with wood. Maybe someday I'll switch gears.
This is either incredibly well thought out, or you've not bothered to show us all the trial and error. Or maybe a bit of both.
...what do you do for work? Is this just a hobby thing or do you work in the same industry as well?
I?m Mr. Mom. I homeschool my 2 kids (Idaho schools SUCK), I?m the family chef, and I run my own high-end cabinet business out of my shop when I get time. During school months, I don?t really have the time to take on big jobs, so I sneak down to the shop after my wife leaves for work and before I start school, which is usually about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs a day. Never enough. This project is in its 13th year I think. Finally seeing the light at the end of the loooong tunnel has been a huge motivator.
I have a BS in art education but never used it. Since college, I?ve worked as an auto mechanic, shop welder, iron worker, cabinet maker... My wife has more success at making money than I could ever dream of, so I just work at keeping her happy, fed, her car running, and the house in decent shape; I fit my hobbies in where I can. It all works out in the end.
Did I buy my 242 from you?? I purchased it from a stay at home dad in Post Falls...