done? the heat might be done but the shop still has a long way to go .getting sick of working on the shop and decided to pull my sled out and try to get it up and running this weekend. First time in 20 years i have not had a snowmobile that runs and we get dumped on with over 16" of fresh snow waching people ride down the street was just killing me. took the boy and some friends sliding insted.

Eric --

What is the Heat source in that floor heat system?

I have to agree with Jon and Eric about the signature... but I think you got the point and I see you've already modified it. You obviously have some skills -- just let the work speak for itself.
:cheers:

The new sig line is much better. Best of luck with your projects in 2010. The new shop space should help a lot!:cheers:

Greg the boiler is on the wall in theese picts.it is incredibly small but it does suck quite a bit of juice it is a hydro shark brand 10kw.boiler it takes a 40 amp breaker .it ran alot to get the slab from 26f to 68 f but now it hardly runs at all just to maintain the temp.it has been below zero for days now and the slab is set at 61f and holding today I'm going to head out to finish the ceiling in the fab area so I can start moving things back in to there final home and also start putting the duct work for the paint booth and the dust collector.someday maybe i can start in on the belair again.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...shing/0014.jpg

Nice set up there Eric. The install looks great too. How long until you have "everything" finished in the new addition? All that extra space should help a lot with the future builds. Nice!:thumbsup:

hope to have everything finshed up by spring paint booth functional and the fab area done by then too.going to start a new project this weekend my boys chopper bike build going to try to do this with him in the middle of all this mess .he wants to build it for the world of wheels show my stuff can wait the kids are only young once and it just goes to fast already.hope to get back on the belair so we can go on the 2010 power tour!.ps thanks for the input.

I remember in an old post you mentioned the chopper project he wanted to do. (see I do read these threads :D ) What is the plan/scope of work for it? Any pics or designs yet?

we have been working out the design and colors and the shape of it for awhile now. I think we are going to go out a shoot a video of the start of it this weekend as soon as i can clean up enough room to move should have some picts and a plan by next week.I will be shure to keep you posted.;)

Cool, thanks. Great way to get back into a project for the new year without having to do a full car build. You mentioned chopper and your son, is it peddal power or engine?

the bike is starting out as a stock schwinn stingray I don't know if you have seen them this is not the vintage stingray but the limited build occ.bike bought 2 of them in 2002 to build with my oldest son but lack of intrest on his part put them in the shed for years until my youngest one could reach the pedals he has got some crazy imagination and now we just cleaned out enough space to work and mocked it up today. we are going to do this one up with the pedals but we might do another one later depending on how this one goes with a motor.hope to post up some picts. tomarrow thanks for the support.

a new project begins!!
 

ok the cats out of the bag just thought I could use somthing else to do as long as my sled is apart,the shop is not done yet,the belair is in pieces. I thought it might be a great time to start another project of a different kind.A project to do with one of my boys it is aschwinn stingray occ. limited production bike to chop apart and make something realy cool according to my son.don't know where to post a build thread maybe one of the admistrators can help me out.this is going to be so cool my son has such a great imagination so this oughta be a realy cool build he has been drawing some picts. and doing some research. we started this weekend to do some mock up and this is what we have so far.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u.../020-Copy2.jpg
this is kind of the begining the way we started.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/028.jpg
austins first time using the plasma cutter
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/033.jpg this is the greatest ever.my dreams can wait!

Cool project. I can't wait to start another one with my kids

thanks marty. the way I look at it the best times in life are spent doing things with my kids they grow up so fast and no mater how busy I get my kids can put you in a sureal word and you just forget everything else and just live for the moment.life is good.:D

finally a little progress.
 

oh not on the car though.like I posted before my dreams can wait.this is the funnest build ever. I hope everyone can do somthing fun and cool with your kids it's the best thing in life.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/124.jpg
this is austin and I was showing him the proper way to use a stripper.lol.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/168.jpg grinding some paint off to make way for some welding
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/137.jpg
look at the concentration tapping holes to mount the front fender.
:D

Pretty cool :thumbsup:

This is really cool that you and your son are having so much fun with it. And that he is learning at the same time. Nice job!:thumbsup:

more progress on the bike this weekend.this is the best project that I have ever done. its just the best thing that you can do with your kids.:willy:
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0102.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0112.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0212.jpg
austins first time welding with out help.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0262.jpg
ok he agrees that he needs a little practice.hope you guys like it so far.:thumbsup:

He will be laying down nice even beads in no time at this rate.

Very cool that the two of you get to do this together.:thumbsup:

Eric -- Love that you're doing this and instilling that "let's do it" attitude in your son... :thumbsup:

Okay - just one question. Did he 'help' on the build of the chassis that is currently under my '37?? LOL - I've seen those welds on it!

Maybe you could hook him up with BROOKS!!

Great job Eric. I can't wait to start projects with my kids. Were stuck on puzzles right now.LOL

not the best welds yet.. but im sure he will be pretty skilled once he finishes all the welds on the bike.. but what i like the most is your new signature.... ;)

Just a question on the welding... have you discussed in detail what he SEES?

I have OLD eyes and my auto-darkening helmet has dial up settings (I use an Optrel Satellite).... and I find that the SUGGESTED settings are far too dark for me to use.

When I'm helping someone else learn - I always have a long discussion with them about what they SHOULD be seeing (as in how bright or how dark etc) and what they shouldn't be etc. As you know - it's real hard to weld if the light is too bright - and it's just as bad if you can't see a thing... and can't see the "start" point etc. The hard part here would be to get your son to "verbalize" what it is he's seeing - and experimenting until he goes "ah ha!" might be the only way.

In the one picture - it appears he's holding the torch "straight on" to the weld... and he may be covering up the actual "puddle"... For tack welding like this I usually lay the edge of the cup on the work (adjusting the stick out) holding it at about a 45 degree angle (maybe less than that) so I can see the wire and the area to be tacked.

My nephew was here for a weekend - they're about the same age. He wanted to "build something" so I busted out some scrap stock and had him using the plasma cutter - doing some basic layout - some math (to try to show him WHY math is important to learn) - and some welding. The welding I had him doing was about a ZILLION tack welds and it was amazing how much better he got - and his confidence went up - as we went along and we discussed his pattern etc. Once he could see properly (I adjusted the Optrel as he welded to show him "too bright - too dark - just right") it didn't take him long to get the hang of it. It was sure fun to see the sparkle in his eyes with the completed project...

greg that is an excelent point and thats is what part of the problem was is he could not see the puddle with the cone in the way.another thing I always tell someone when learning with a wire feed is listen to the sound when you run a great bead the sound that it makes is the sound you want to here and you can adjust your arc length acordingly. wish somone would have told me that you can't weld with only sunglasses on. i barrowed a stick welder when I was 15 and tried to weld on a go kart that I was building and fried my eyes and woke up at 2 am thought I was blind the doc. looked at my eyes with a flashlight witch really felt good to.and said have you been staring at the sun I looked at him and said do you think I am an idot? LOL.well how did you sunburn your face then? ha I am an idiot you can even ask my wife she will confirm that things still have not changed.LOL.

Eric --

Funny! And anyone that has welded - has no doubt suffered from a little "flash"... Love that sand in your eyes for about a week...

When I first got my TIG machine -- I spent the day messin' with it -- short sleeves -- "thinning hair" -- My arms and head had a very bright red glow...

there is just not enough time in the day.having a hard time trying to finish my shop and organize,work full time and get this bike built. I need a clone,lol.just a little more progress shots.
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0272.jpg
just one of the many mock up fitting,
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0122.jpg
as per requested by the owner he thought it would look better if it was lit up with led. lights I thought it was an awsome idea.will post up some more picts.soon.

Orange County Choppers got nothin' on you buddy!

ha.lol. it's only because I don't have some one screaming at me and breaking my door down and telling me that I need to work harded. maybe I should start yelling at my son telling him that I am the only one that that puts in an effort at this.lol. or not suites me just fine to have such a great time with my son. think we will just keep it like this for awhile.:D

paint ideas
 

well I told you guys my son has a great imagination so I am going to try to make his ideas come to life. he wanted some chains on the bike and he likes candy apple red. and he thought it would look better if it was lit up in led. lights.so this is what we sketched up. now I have to figure out a way to paint this on the bike.have not had much time to work lately.hope to get some more welding done tonight after we finish up some homework.:)

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0093.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0113.jpg
I just get a kick out of his coment of this is what he considers a simple paint job.hope he never wants a comlicated one.lol.

Very cool that you are train your son that young:cool: :thumbsup:

I figure I better do it now before he gets to be a teenager and knows everything obout anything.lol. if you have teenage kids you will know what I am talking about. he already is teaching me things about computers.why can't I learn that fast. lol.:D

i dont get it... how did a build thread for a 63 impala "flatliner" turn into a bicycle thread ?!?!

I think it comes from my a.d.d.:rofl: I was in full swing into the belair when my son asked if we could build the bike. thought other people might want to see it to and didn't realy know where to post it. I am always kind of doing about three or more projects at one time. I figure my dreams can wait. your kids are only young once and the time just flies by faster every day so I just try to go with the flow. hope to get back on the belair shortly and hopfully go on the power tour tour again with it. :)

progress on project bonding
 

ok still being side tracked on getting the chopper bike done and finishing my new paint area here is a little of progress on the bike.there just not enough hrs in the day!
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0164.jpg
never spoked up a wheel from scratch before so we thought it would challenge me more to drill and add more spokes.;)
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...ation/0363.jpg
here is the test pannel that we designed that will be used as a display sign but I was pretty happy with the way it turned out hopefully we can make this design work on the bike. hope to finish the welding this week and parts sent out to be chromed next week. hope to have the bike done so we can get the belair ready for the power tour..:D

finaly finished the fab work and the welding last night.hope to have the powdercoat base coat done before this weekend. with any luck we will have this thing done in a week and with even more luck we can get the belair ready for the power tour!
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/093.jpg
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...eation/056.jpg
please let me know how we are doing. still the best project anyone can do with there kids.

Pretty darn cool - especially since i'm into bikes.

That's a great project Eric! Way kool...
:thumbsup:

thanks marty. it definitly will be worth all of the effort when its done. just hope we can get it painted in the next week.

thanks greg ethier austins welds are getting better or i am just getting better at grinding lol.hope to do the rest of the paint and start assembling soon.the boy can't wait to see what it will look like all together.:D

Great job Eric. My twins that are four years old are starting to help me on my projects. Just this last weekend they both cleaned the back half of the boat. I was actually surprised with how good it turned out. And they were pretty proud of themselves. Makes your day that's for sure.

thanks for the intrest hope everthing goes good from here on out hoping to finish it for the house of color paint contest. as much as I want to go on the power tour again it will be a act of god to let us finish the bike so we can get the car ready to roll again. wish us luck!:)