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NM_Shooter

May 18, 2009, 09:57:43 PM
Okay, it probably does not classify as a widget as it has no moving parts.  Be that as it may, it is an apparatus that I built tonight in my little shop of horrors. 

Tell me what this is and I'll send you a jar of El Pinto famous salsa. 

BTW.... smart alec replies such as "an example of bad welding", "indication of a patient wife" will result in immediate disqualification.

Ready, set, go!

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MountainDon

#1
May 18, 2009, 10:01:54 PM
... a trailer / dirt bike accessory      ::)
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

Whitlock

#2
May 18, 2009, 10:34:02 PM
Hard to tell how big it is, ??? But if I were to guess I would say it was a lugage rack for a motor cycle d*
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peternap

#3
May 19, 2009, 12:50:03 AM
Tree stand ???
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StinkerBell

#4
May 19, 2009, 01:01:11 AM
Head board for a really cool bed.

Sonoran

#5
May 19, 2009, 01:32:11 AM
A doggie door that you are going to send to Peternap for Zeus  ???
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southernsis

#6
May 19, 2009, 07:45:07 AM
Frame for a backpack.
Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

Redoverfarm

#7
May 19, 2009, 04:40:00 PM
Spare Tire rack.

bayview

#8
May 19, 2009, 05:05:49 PM


   Bunkbed ladder for real short people . . .


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    . . . said the focus was safety, not filling town coffers with permit money . . .

waggin

#9
May 20, 2009, 10:04:23 AM
Headache rack for a motorcycle?   c*
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phalynx

#10
May 20, 2009, 06:59:22 PM
I large rack/rack extension for the back of a snowmobile that you won't be able to use until next winter when you find out that it could have been used on an atv, motorcycle and a small mule.  :)

I'll send you my address.

NM_Shooter

#11
May 20, 2009, 07:46:19 PM
I'll post a picture of this in the application soon!
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NM_Shooter

#12
May 20, 2009, 10:19:22 PM
Ok... this will be a tough call.  Don was sort of correct, and he was first.  Whitlock was right on the money, but second.  The judges are conferring now.

Here's pix of it before final grinding and painting:





Stay tuned for the judges' final decision!
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Ernest T. Bass

#13
May 20, 2009, 10:51:34 PM
I think you'll have to pick up another jar of salsa.. ;)

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MountainDon

#14
May 20, 2009, 11:06:14 PM
Would it help to say the craftsmanship is magnificent and the judges incredibly beautiful and intelligent?    :-\



Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

phalynx

#15
May 20, 2009, 11:12:21 PM
Wait a second, after looking at the installed product, I'd have to say there is a better answer.  Loaded up, it would be a dirt bike wheelie maker.....

peternap

#16
May 21, 2009, 08:01:40 AM
Now that Don has corrupted the judges.....

I'd really like to see some attachment details. ???

I have a little 125 that I've been scratching my head over for 6 months. Just doesn't seem like a good way to attach a rack.
These here is God's finest scupturings! And there ain't no laws for the brave ones! And there ain't no asylums for the crazy ones! And there ain't no churches, except for this right here!

NM_Shooter

#17
May 21, 2009, 08:45:10 AM
Hey Peter, I'll try to get some pix posted after the cleanup. 

The DRZ400S is built for two persons.  The rear frame extends into the fender well with tube steel.  Two bolts attach from the top into the tube steel.  Aft of that, the tail light assy is bolted onto the fender (no tube steel back there).

The side bars bolt onto two tabs that extend rearward from the frame.  I think they are specifically there to aid in mounting a rack, but I don't know.  I just made opportunistic use of the tabs as I found them.
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StinkerBell

#18
May 21, 2009, 09:41:40 AM
Hmmmm, maybe next time you can place a common object in the picture so scale can be better understood. :)

NM_Shooter

#19
May 21, 2009, 10:33:16 AM
Oh great.  Now the runner ups are griping at me. ;D
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Whitlock

#20
May 22, 2009, 10:07:23 PM
No need to judge,Let Don have it. 8)
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MountainDon

#21
May 22, 2009, 10:11:36 PM
Don't say that to a man with a gun!   :o   Actually it's a tough call; I was first but general, you were precise and just a little later, a matter of timing.

I can get an El Pinto fix by walking 10-15 steps to the kitchen.   :D   They make dang good salsa!

Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

NM_Shooter

#22
May 23, 2009, 10:44:21 PM
Pshew.  I'm back.  One of the judges had a birthday... between presents, dinner, motorcycle ride for the birthday girl, cake, and a minor problem with my trailer we got delayed.

Okay.. quit being magnanimous.  It won't help, as the judges decision is final, absolute, and non-appealable (I just made that last word up.  Feel free to use it).

You both win. 

PM me an address and what flame level you want (mild, medium, hot), and I will get it in the mail!  (Don, I am going to deliver yours to your cabin via Suzuki / Kawasaki deliver.  Have chips ready  ;D)

Whitlock, this ain't no city salsa.  The medium is hotter than Pace Hot.  I find the El Pinto Hot to be uncomfortable.  http://www.elpinto.com/restaurant/

"Officium Vacuus Auctorita"

MountainDon

#23
May 23, 2009, 11:35:43 PM
Woo Hoo!

I shall opt for the mild version.  :D

On the way to the mtns in the AM, and alas I know there are no chips packed;I'll have some on the next provisioning trip. Our plans are to be up their most of the summer; you're more than welcome any time. We do leave the pipe gate locked most of the time so it helps to know when guests are planning a visit, although it is only a quarter mile (but up, up, up) hike.

Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

NM_Shooter

#24
May 23, 2009, 11:48:47 PM
Did you get hammered with the rain tonight?  We were in church out on 528 when it hit.  Any issues with your road being washed out on the way to the cabin?
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