Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in Dadaless' LiveJournal:

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004
12:39 am	progress 20040831 Major progress tongiht brought by about 7 hours solid work. All 5 major frame pieces were rough cut and filed square and to size. Next session will do the same for the 3 pairs of frame stay pieces. after that its dropouts and support brackets. Its time to order brazeons and bottom bracket shell Ill try to get some pics but i think ill move off livejournal first. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, August 27th, 2004
1:54 am	update 20040827 Been busy both with Bike and with work and education. On the bike front I got a new crosswise table for the drill/mill press that works well. I've set up a tolerable miter cutting jig for the steel tubes I have had a devil of a time getting metric measuring devices and drills. Bought a use Fox Shock FloatR for $60 also got some general bike tools today A spoke Tension meter from Park Tools a chain cleaner a nipple driver and some wheelsmith spoke set goop. Still trying to sort out photos and getting this site into a more palatable format. On the education from Im loking into taking machining classes at DeAnza. (Comment on this)
Friday, August 13th, 2004
2:11 am	Report 20040812 bleah, real work bogging me down and feeling a bit of burn out. Lined up to get some scap stock from physics shop, this could be a huge help. Bouth a new 1" abrasive disc for the pedistal grinder. Forgot to look to see where it was made. Put it on the grinder and it spun 1/4" off true front to back. Looked to see where it was made. China. damn. must alwyas rember to look before buying. I guess its hard to implement quality control over political prison labor and in a economic system so corrupt. Fun researching Internation Standard for disc brake mounts... still cant find the origionating body of said "International Stadard" Any hints appreciated. Flevo Bike mail list report that replace dodgy rear suspension wiht a hydraulic has been done by others. Still need to get the photos sorted out, took alot more today. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 11th, 2004
12:14 am	report 20040810 report 20040810 mostly reasearch and testing. still some gear to buy the metric drills and taps are on back orger, grr looking for a small vise mounted a wire brush on the pedestal grinder. continued diagnostics on the drill press, wibrations are coming from the front pulley, which seems to spin eccentrically. deciding which digital metric/english calipers to buy... mityotoyo is in the lead. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 10th, 2004
12:35 am	flevo racer construction day2 Report 20040809 busy day setting up the shop the small steel bits came in orginazed and comissioned the "shop" started with a mess ended looking pretty good made some soft jaws for the vice installed but didnt test the abrasive chop blade in the skil saw ran the jig saw with new metal cutting blades and the major item was refurbishing a x-y+rotary table and bolting it to the drill press to make an inpromptu mill. this took a long time. I had to work the play out of the ways, clean and oil everything, work the play out of the screws. polish the foot and the drill press table, mount and secure the table and finally tram it the table is level and perpindicular to the drill presses axis of roataion to about ~.0035. at least till i bump into it next. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 8th, 2004
12:45 am	A flevo Bike Raceer Construction Journal This page documents the construction of a flevo bike racer from the inital materials preperation to compleation (hopefully!) The Flevo Bike is a Bike designed in FlevoLand a "county" in denmark. Its unusual in that has center frame steering. You steer wiht your legs and body causing the frame to bend underneath you. Basic Information about the Flevo and its incarnations can be found here. <Ref>http://flevofan.ligfiets.net/ the goal is to get something as cool looking as this <ref> http://www.zandman.nl/flevoracer/webfotos.html# http://www.zandman.nl/flevoracer/images/flevoracer99.jpg I started in July of 2004 to design a recumbent bicycle for a few obscure reasons of my own. I quickly discovered the "already been done" phenonomon in my research. During my research I discovered the Flevo Bike racer plans. <ref>http://flevofan.ligfiets.net/ch5/e-flevoracer.zip I punted and decided to just build a bike first to see what it took. I'll design one later. On 20040801 I comitted to building this beast and ordered the steel I'll photograph it when it shows up. Ive also assembeled a small set of tools which i'll photograph as well. Ill get into the welding later but for now im going with the cheap sets metal forming school. Skil saw with abrasive blade, Drill press, hand files, drills and taps. Alot of research went in before i comitted to construction. <ref> I sorted out the steel standards (an amazingly complex mish mosh of international and national standards with cryptic, chemical, mechanical, arbitrary and confusing designations ), the results of theese sortings found me learning that i needed a "mild low carbon steel, which is all we sell anyway, why the hell are you asking me weather its 1018, I just work here" All in all metullurgy is very fun. I reccomend theese books <ref> http://www.zandman.nl/flevoracer/images/flevoracer99.jpg (Comment on this)