My Pot Arrived

The 100 pound pressure sandblasting pot arrived from Eastwood yesterday and I put all the pieces together this morning. Looks like it's going to work okay. There are 3 sizes of nozzles that came with it so I will do some experimenting to see which gets the best results. I already found out this morning that the cheap blasting grit I have been using is to large for all but the biggest nozzle. That one looks like it will work. Maybe we will see more progress this week. It's warm enough out for shorts and now I have to put long pants back on.

The rain is gone for a couple of days

The rain finally quit yesterday afternoon. Before bringing the frame back outside to do more sandblasting today, I decided to take Nancy for a ride on my BMW motorcycle. Had a great ride and breakfast at Laura's restaurant with No Job Johnny. After we got home Nancy helped me get the frame out and my little blast tent set up. I decided to do a little mowing of the yard before I got into it. I found about one quarter of the lawn is still so wet it can't be mowed yet.
Anyway got all set up and blasted about 4 feet of the bottom side of one frame rail and the sand quit coming. I had ordered some new tips from Sears on May 8th because I knew this one was wearing out. Well, it finally did. No new tips from Sears yet and the new pressure blaster from Eastwood isn't going to be shipped till the 26th. Called Sears to find out where the new nozzles were. Guess what, computer problems and had to be reordered and will be here the 26th maybe. Not all is lost, Nancy and I are getting our exercise lifting the frame up and down. I will work on small parts till some kind of blasting equipment shows up. Suppose to rain again on the 26th.

Still Raining

Been raining for a week now. Hope for more sunshine starting tomorrow. Ordered a pressure sandblasting pot from Eastwood. The one that holds 100 pounds af blasting media. It's back ordered and won't be shipped til the 26th of May. Flipped the frame over with the chain hoist so I can blast the bottom. Hope to move it back outside tomorrow and continue with the sandblasting unit I have. Made another roll around cart for the truck bed last week. This allowed me to remove the bed from the little canoe trailer I had it setting on. Besides, Nancy wants to use the trailer. Bought her a new lawn mower for Mothers Day. When will I learn that flowers or some type of bling are a better gift than a mower. Hey, it's a pretty red color. I get to move back inside the house next week, Maybe.

Old Dogs are Home

Well, the old dogs pulled back into Wever Friday afternoon. We made it all the way to Erin Tennesee before no gas available ahead of us. The flooding in Tennesee closed roads and gas delivery was not available. Turning South was worse. Looked like the ride to the Dragon Tail in North Carolina was terminated. We decided to head back into Arkansas and ride "The Pig Tail Trail" South out of Eureka Springs. We did that and it was a blast. A rapidly wearing front tire on my bike directed us back North to Lebanon MO to the Ozark Harley shop. 2 hours later we were back on the blacktop headed home. Our last day in was the only day we had to ride in the rain and wind. All in all, we rode in 7 states and over 2300 miles. Was a little disappointing not being able to ride the Dragon, but we had as much fun as 3 old dogs could have anyway.
Got more sand for sandblasting the frame yesterday but looks like rain all week. Maybe Friday. Will putter on some other stuff til then.