Duhhhhhh......

Sometimes one can be ones own worst enemy. But on the positive side, it is the primary mode through which we LEARN.....fighting our own ignorance in the process.

Or just, duhhhhhhhhhh......

56 Green Lights.....2/27/12....

Last night I rolled away from my Jones Farm office and proceeded to pedal home at full tilt and hit every traffic light green all the way home, with the exception of one light, right in front of Dante's downtown, but it was just really a roll to stop and then a green...but I have to be honest. Been trying to have this happen for years...something always cancels it out. Now it is done. By my count, it was 56 traffic lights lit up big green.....

NE 25th and Evergreen (Hillsboro Airport) – Green
Evergreen and Dawson Creek (Solarworld) – Green
Evergreen and Brookwood – Green
Evergreen and NW 235th – Green
Evergreen and Ronler Acres – Green
Evergreen and 229th – Green
Evergreen and Cornelius Pass Road – Green
Evergreen and NW Alocleck – Green
Evergreen and 196th – Green
Stucki and Cornell – Green
Amberglen Parkway and Walker – Green
Walker and 185th – Green
Walker and 173rd – Green
Walker and Schendel – Green
Walker and 158th – Green
Walker and Nike – Green
Walker and Murray – Green
Park Way and Cedar Hills – Green
Skyline – Green
Goose Hollow – Green
Columbia and 14/13/12/11/10/9/8/7/6/5/4th – Green
4th and Jefferson/Madison/Main/Salmon/Taylor/Yamhill/Morrison/Alder/Washington/Stark/Oak/Burnside – Green
Burnside and 3rd – 5 second standstill
Burnside and 2nd – Green
Burnside and MLK/Grand/6/7/8/9/10/11/12th – Green
74th and Glisan – Green
74th and Halsey – Green
HOME
99.9% FLOW

Punch the Clock

It has begun. Production run #001 is underway. Here's a commemorative "first bead" on Dan's seat tube insert…a break in to calm my nerves.



And we made it round the bend….not the sexiest ever, but some demons were exorcised in this little starter run.



And straight out of the forge, Dan, here is the first assembly of your ride. Hope this gets you through your Monday...



Squared up, and waiting for the next phase.



Nerves are shot. Going to bed.

onward.

Made it round the bend...

Take #2 on the final approach practice welds last night was a success....a little hairy in one spot, but it all worked out. I'm getting ready to burn Dan's bike now. Watch out.

Photo Catch Up

So, Dan, I know you have your hands full with a bombed out kitchen….so, here is some respite to your worries. I'll catch up with some pictures….had a good session last night on those 2 last practice joints. One down, one to go, and if I'm satisfied, going to start on your frame with fire.

Vise Mount. Nothing is more user friendly in the shop like a good vise. This is bolted into my old roll around Snap On tool chest that Dan found me at a garage sale by his house. Works great!



The Shop Zone…my refuge.



Here are the 2 last practice joints post acetone bath, awaiting their coupling.



Starting to understand the horsepower and flow of my machine….joints are coming in much better.



All is well on the turn….



On tap………delivery date, 2012….;)



The two greatest forces in nature are time, and pressure. They yield amazing results. I feel them both.

go

Much going on behind the silence....

I know that Dan's been after me to post up some more photos of progress....but "progress" in this case is just a bunch of rigorous practice sessions I've been having while listening to a varied array of late night metal. Last night was a good one....I finally got most of the surface features of my welds to disappear....something that has been haunting my sleep for weeks. Still not happy with my consistancy of heat and uniformity of bead around the joint, but really, those are just details that will surely not be perfected in time for Dan's delivery. So, I think I am going to put a stake in the ground now, and say that after 2 more practice joints, it's go time. Come what may.

3 day weekend this weekend....could be timely.

ONWARD