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Spent another 7 hours working on the build today. Managed to get the front bumper made and installed as well as the side panels and the roof of the cab. Also got the front panel of the cab installed with the dowel assembly from yesterday. Got the wheel well trim all cut and installed as well. Everything is all glued up and that's it for another week. Man, doesn't seem like much when you put it down in writing. Oh well, I had a good time anyway.
I can not believe how proud he is of his blue lighter... Kenbo, buddy, we get it... You have not lost, misplaced or had your lighter stolen because of your CDO (you have to alphabetize these things for his disorder, the rest of the normal people and Texans call it is OCD)
I can't speak for the Canadian texan but I can say you confused the H E double toothpicks out of me... (@Tony hush)
You googled it big cheater head!
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Spent another 7 1/2 hours on the build again today. It was a lot of tedious little things so it doesn't look like there is very much progress. The headlights and the signal lights took (what seemed like) forever to assemble, just to cut off 2 little ends to make the lights. I also got the rotating platform cut as well as the ladder support brackets, the controls and the air tanks for the ladders. I then started on the upper inserts for the large ladder of the truck but ran out of time after getting all the holes drilled. More to come tomorrow. And as far as the shot of my wood stove.........mistakes? I don't make mistakes.
I need to find that store....
You Google it too.
Yep....
Awesome work, Ken!
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Today's mission was to get the large ladders completed on the truck. There was a heck of a lot of drilling and checking and double checking and then the cutting of the dowels and the dry fitting and double checking and then the fine tuning and the double checking. Bottom line is that I managed to get them done and installed. It took almost 8 hours of work, but I got it done. I still have the hydraulic cylinders to make and install, but that will be next week. I will spend some time during the evenings this week to see what is left on the build and what order I should do things in. I don't like just going into the shop all willy nilly like that without a plan of attack. So that is all for this week. More to come next weekend. Thanks for hanging in there guys.
Ken that is awesome! You are talented for sure. Why do you have 2 cell phones?
Are you going to invent something that is round and can enable this to move around? That would be a really good idea. I would think it would make it about 5 puka shells taller too.
Are you going to invent something that is round and can enable this to move around? That would be a really good idea. I would think it would make it about 5 puka shells taller too.
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That's ridiculously cool!
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I'm getting to the wheels.....don't rush me man.
As far as the cell phones goes......I usually carry 2 cell phones. The one on my left hip is my personal phone and the one on my right hip is my work cell. In THIS case however, the one on the window sill is my personal phone and the one on the wall is my old cell that I use as an iPod in the shop for playing all my music.