ABS/Tagan Black Pearl - evolution of a water-cooled rig

[shazza]

When you spray paint what time of day do you do it? Morning time or late late evenings? Here is Long Beach, CA it seems the best time for me is in mornings, after that to hot and windy..

I usually paint in the morning, cause I'm worn out in the afternoom (I'm rather old, you know). I tried painting outside in the summer - BAD idea here, got really bad orange peel from the paint drying before it hit the metal. Also, all the small stuff is being painted inside an air-conditioned garage.

shazza, Lucky jealous of your weather it is only 4 degrees C in Moscow now and likely we will have snow at the streets soon

nice pics as usual

Thanks, aka+GK. Wow, 4 degrees. I don't know how you guys do it. I know it doesn't help, but just getting ready to go in the pool for a swim (But remember, you CAN fry eggs on the pavement in the summer).



More baby steps ... finished painting the bits and pieces:







And now, a short romantic interlude ...

Yesterday, I was reading CptDreadFlint's wonderful Black Freighter Work Log. I said to Lou (aka "the husband") ...

me: "Hey, do we have any of these cute little drill thingamajiggies, I think they're called Chucks."

him: "Of course we have chucks, that's what holds the drill bit in - even you know that."

me: "Well look at this picture - do we have one of these? (showing him the photo of "Chuck" in CptDF's log)"

him: "Yes, I ( "I" being dramatically emphasized) have one of those - it's called a step-down drill or a unibit. But I don't use the larger sizes, mine's smaller - and I didn't give it a name (okay, I made that last part up )"

me: "Oh, OKay, maybe I'll get one of those some day."


Several hours pass ... Lou goes to run errands and to the hobby store to pick up his new locomotives.


He returns home (opening the garage door and ruining my radiator experiment )


Tosses a bag at me and says, "Here you go. Don't hurt yourself."







May I present my very own Unibits, Big Buck and Buck Jr., next to Baby Buck:






Brings a tear to my eye just thinkin' about it. Valentine's Day came early