Last night I rebuilt the forward starboard caster using the dropout from a discarded bicycle. The original was off kilter a little bit and I think that contributed to it getting warped in the wee hours at Decom. I used my original fork and couldn't remove all of the original, hence the kludge here.
Being outside all winter, albeit wrapped in an old tarp, didn't do my motor shafts any favors. They'll clean up all right.
Charged the batteries, remounted the drive wheels, filled the tires, and it runs again!
I made seats last year and in time they will come out of storage. The plywood pictured was just scrap scrounged for the test drive. Now to get the lights working again. Later this year I will strip it and paint it, add a shade structure, improve on the lights, and possibly install a stereo. Would also like to get some distance / longevity testing in.
So how's it work? The motors independently drive the small drive wheels, which friction-drive the bicycle wheels that are on the ground. That's it. Very simple. Control is via joystick.
The port-side battery still has my official DMV sticker. There was nowhere else to put it.
Set 2 - Spring Training
Been a Giants fan all my life, finally got to Spring Training a few weeks ago. The weather was in fine contrast to the winter that persisted everywhere else.
The Anthem, one too many heads covered. Tony Gwynn Jr. gets to first base with Aubrey Huff to talk undergarments.
The Beard came in for the 5th inning to great applause and little effect.
Brandon Belt acquitted himself well, and did even better at Chavez Ravine yesterday with his first major league home run.
Aww.
Dodger out. Giant safe.
These adorable people in the stands.
Set 3 - Ghost House
I was driving down Fair Oaks Boulevard as it passed through miles of formless suburbs when a whisper bade me look to the left ...
How could it not call to me? I followed this unexpected road. Looked left. Looked right.
Stopped by a gate.
Looked through.
I felt I was being watched.
I was.
Carefully I made my way around back. Only the vegetation reminded me that time never really stops.
And though long untrimmed, the lanes remained.
3 comments:
Oh! That was baseball! Now I get it!
That first one in the "Ghost House" section is my favorite. Striking.
Nice shot of Belt standing in, waiting for the pitch. He's fun to watch hit; knows how to get a pitcher deep into the count. Even if he doesn't get a hit he makes the pitcher work, show all his pitches. Oh yeah. No less a talent than Will Clark said he may have a better swing than Will Clark. That's saying a lot.
It's baseball season! Ain't life grand?
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