Wicked Strong Shelves

I finally decided to make some seriously strong shelves to mount up above the motorcycles. we will be moving out of our storage unit at the end of the month, and will need more space for random motorcycle parts. So i did a bunch of scrounging from the scrap bins and piles at work, and found just enough steel to weld up some two-level shelf brackets.

Here I am welding the two vertical pieces together, then welding the two horizontal bars to the vertical bars. Nice solid brackets. Note the special welding shorts.


The entire bracket assembly gets bolted to the studs with large 1/2" through-bolts. Four bracket assemblies in total.



The shelves are actually special built pallets that come under AdvanTex AX100 pods - when they get strapped down to flatbeds - which is the type of wastewater treatment system I typically design with at work. Three pallets come per pod, so we've usually got a bunch of these pallets out in the yard keeping it real. The pallets just slip over the brackets, and also provide some little cubby holes for stashing small/thin objects between the upper and lower planks of each pallet.


As you can see, these new shelves are quite strong, and ready for some motorcycle and VW parts. They won't stay empty for long!

C'

A Little FV Maintenance

I spent the morning out in the garage working on the Vee. At the last race, after the last session, I noticed the steering stem was cracked about 50% of the way around. The quick release stub (that the steering wheel mounts too) was welded to the steering stem, and just past this weld point, the stem had the crack. It was a pretty thin-walled piece of tubing, so I found a length of tubing with the correct OD - to fit inside the steering bearing and steering box connector - but a much thicker ID. After some clean up on the grinder, everything got welded up.

I also used this opportunity to re-grease and adjust the steering box, since it had gotten a tad "loose." Lastly, I also did a bit more cleanup around the work bench, swept the floor, and shook out all the rugs.

Tomorrow, I'll be replacing the master disconnect switch, since the current one does not seem to have a positive engagement when turned "on." At the last event, I had the car lose all power on the out lap of two sessions. Never again!

And if I get through that in a timely manner, I might do a little more body work on the fiberglass gas tank extension on the C110 Landspeed Racer project, "Salty."

C'

First Blog!

Just a sample to see if this things works. And here is a photo of the FV for starters.