TRUCK CAMPING IN WINTER

CAUTION: We are going to be talking about PROPANE HEATERS. I know this is like wearing a MAGA hat into a STARBUCKS to some folks. Use your own best judgement. If you use a propane heater and die, don’t be blaming me! You were warned! OK, with that out of the way, lawyers can stand

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FINAL VFD Install and Programming

I finally have my metal lathe and my milling machine operating the way I had envisioned it. I decided to convert both machines to three phase from a 220v Single Phase electrical supply. Using a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) and a three phase motor, this is very easily accomplished. There are dozens upon dozens of

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BLACK POWDER SHOTGUN RELOADS WITH ROLL CRIMP

I recently decided to try my hand at “Frontier Cartridge” category in the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting www.sassnet.com Frontier Cartridge requires the use of Black Powder in all the firearms used in this category. I’ll be shooting 38-40 cartridges in the revolvers and the lever action rifle, and loading for these is quite simple

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Truck Cap Camper…Modifications are needed!

On another post I outlined the entire renovation of a 50 year old Maine Camper truck cap and then taking it on a 10,000 mile cross country , two month long trip. Along the way various “Parking Lot” modifications were made to tweak the usability of the camper. But there was one major modification that

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Renovated Truck Cap Pickup Camper

Well, It’s done! Here’s the intro to this story. Over the years I’ve had four pickup truck campers. Two hard side and two soft side. My first “Soft Side” was really a “Soft Everything”! COX Campers made a small pop-up that fit in mini pickup trucks. Just like this but no chassis and wheels etc.

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AKITIKA Z4 Amplifier Kit Build

I had been reading lots of reviews on this amplifier kit offered by Dan Joffe who owns www.updatemydynaco.com and www.akitika.com . Update My Dynaco is exactly that. A source for all kinds of kits and parts to Update vintage Dynaco Solid State Amplifiers and Preamplifiers. AKITIKA is a site to purchase solid state amplifier and

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John Deere 316 Electric Conversion

This is my third gas powered Garden Tractor to Electric motor conversion. You can read all about the Toro and John Deere 214 conversions on this web page. http://rvbprecision.com/machine-tools-welding/garden-tractor-to-electric-conversion-john-deere-214.html The John Deere 214 was a great success. Fantastic power, long battery life and just a joy to use around my property. But I wanted to

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