The electrical fitting is the same, the mounting holes are in the same place … but of course there has to be something … the mounting hole hardware is different ( the grommets are too big and cant be used from the old fan). I guess thats what the other 280 dollars I didn’t pay… Continue reading Aftermarket Cooling Fan for BMW F650
Author: Chris
Chris is experimenting with living a better quality-of-life by Simplifying back to basics. Valuing family time, friendships, personal time and free time over material things. Growing healthy food. Avoiding advertising and media commercialism. In a nut shell; directly pursuing Health, Sanity, Contentment and indirectly Happiness.
Fixed and reassembled the BMW F650
Today I finally got the bike back together 🙂 Managed to put the new oil seals in the front shocks 🙂 Asked an intern a work to knock me out a “seal driver” on the 3D printer (solid print) with the dimensions taken from the seal, minus a little bit, so that it would fit… Continue reading Fixed and reassembled the BMW F650
Yesterday I took a decision to buy a motorcycle
Yesterday … I took a decision … to buy a motorcycle … an old one, to commute to work on. I desperately need an alternative to the Jeep, as its going to be out of action for a while this summer. And we do not have the space in our driveway to store a third… Continue reading Yesterday I took a decision to buy a motorcycle
Day One Driving my New BMW F650
So the insurance for the bike was delayed, in an administrative tangle, and I could not use it. The Jeep battery was dead when we got home late last night from Mothers Day in Illinois, it’s obviously on a different date to Mothers Day else where in the world. The Jeep’s rear door latch was… Continue reading Day One Driving my New BMW F650
Camouflaging the Shed
I finished camouflaging the shed with green paint, and made the new doors. In the last two weeks it has rained a bit, and the Summer weather arrived … so everything has grown. So mission accomplished … the shed has virtually “disappeared from view” now we see the greenery and flowers.
New Timber Shed Doors
This is a photo of building my second shed door. The other door is built, primed, painted and on the shed. The ply was leftover from a previous job. So far it cost 20 dollars for both doors … for one eight-foot plank of Poplar (which I cut into four strips, 4x 6foot long strips for stiles,… Continue reading New Timber Shed Doors
Thoughts about a small tin garden shed in a cold climate
I think “the whole thing” makes the rigidity it is not beam and post. This is how our shed is made. It does not use “sine wave” corrugation. It’s “square wave” corrugation. Which gives it more rigidity when the panels are joined together and overlapping. This also gives the walls better “snow load” for taking weight… Continue reading Thoughts about a small tin garden shed in a cold climate
One Can of Paint (Before and After)
Last week … was spent scraping paint off skirtings and architraves in our bedroom, to try to make a clean line between two colours ( white and purple … called brassica like the vegetables) It was supremely boring, and tedious, to say the least. The walls and ceiling are all textured, so it makes it… Continue reading One Can of Paint (Before and After)
Bread: Making our own products one at at time.
When I look at the ingredients list on a loaf of bread in my local superstore, I can’t believe that all of these ingredients listed on the label, are there just for my benefit. I think that most of this incomprehensible long list is there to ease the manufacturing process, or to prolong the shelf… Continue reading Bread: Making our own products one at at time.
Growing Power: Will Allen’s Urban Farm
We wanted to grow our own vegetables, but life in the US is very busy, nobody has much spare time, certainly not time enough to chat about their backyard operations or even if they have one ( very unlikely). My local library has tons of books about gardening and veggie growing but it is really… Continue reading Growing Power: Will Allen’s Urban Farm