Tuesday morning early

Writing this from my phone at 1am
. Not much to do, im at the casino,
came up here for a telephone job.
Was hayley and jackie dickerson,
remember them? Went to school with
hayley, she got expelled in grade
9! Good to catch up.
Ill finish early, as soon as i get my
200 i think, try to get up early tomorry..

Monday

well,I'm up...

just boiled the kettle now, so I'll make coffee next, mmmm..

A Vienna in a tall glass mug with a stem, black sweet coffee beans, and fluffy cream floating on top?? no, actually, its gunna come out of a tube, made by nestle. oh well..
looking through some old favorites on the net again, no posts anywhere of any real interest.
Been tossing up whether to make the JD conrods from a casting (maybe in bronze) or to machine both from bar stock.. would be a lot less machining to make them from a casting, but harder to set up to bore the journals.. might think about it a bit more.. look at some pictures, etc. they need a hole up the centre for oil.
Was talking to Verdun Pearn last week, BTW, and learnt a lot! you always seem to, listening to him. he had an idea for round leather belts, (like on the Lorch) was just a leather bootlace, joined with a section of spring from an old oil seal... good job, and it works.
Might take out the JD tomorrow and show him, if i wake up early enough.. like to get away by midday from here.

Coffee is good.

Mum n Dad are in Cowra this morning i think, got a good email from Dad on sat night. they rang too, so thats good.

sunday

Hey just trying this out! been thinking of starting a blog for some time, trying to get down some thoughts etc, rather than update my webpage HTML so often. the webpage will be mostly pictures now id say.

its sunday anyway, work at 4 pm. gotta put some money aside, I lashed out and put a deposit on a raymond wiel "tradition" watch, www.raymond-weil.com if you want a look. slower page though.

I also joined the Floridaame club, what a great group of people, a great site, and lots of good models there.. check it out! www.floridaame.org

Baked a custard tart today, must be nearly cool enough to eat. Jo (my sister) sent in some chook eggs a week ago, need using up. not much to custard tarts, the secret is to make sure the pastry is in one piece so it doesnt rise up in the custard.

got some cast iron for the top idler gear in the JD crank case, (the one that drives the govenor from the crankshaft) so hope to get round to blanking that out this week. its 3" dia. 46 teeth, 16 D.P. six spokes in the blank, about 1/4" wide.. it has a bronze bush in the centre running on a pin. splash oiled.

The JD is looking pretty good now, got a lot done this last little while, the steering is all going, the radiator finished, crank in, and front wheels finished too. take a look at my web page, http://www.geocities.com/marcusfromtassie/fpage.html its been updated.

The new AME mag came this week, its really coming into its own this last few years. a perminate subscription seems to come here now. guess you can remember that I won a subscription a few years back when my Otto and Langden got the AME trophy at the AALS convention.
And Here is a picture too. :-)