After many hours of internal debate i have decided that im going to use the build off as a sorce to help me quit smokeing. I have been smoking for about 9 years and its time to kick the habbit. So as of the day i start my build off bike i will stop smoking and focus on the project to help me mind stay somewhat busy. Wish me luck.
Best of luck to you and I should join you myself:thumbsup:
35yrs of smoking for me. With everything that's gone on in my life these last few months, I didn't feel like this was a good time to try and quit. But I do like the idea of all the money I would save :wink:
OldMiniBikes would wind up with my smoking money anyways :shrug:
Vic
Vic
35yrs of smoking for me. With everything that's gone on in my life these last few months, I didn't feel like this was a good time to try and quit. But I do like the idea of all the money I would save :wink:
OldMiniBikes would wind up with my smoking money anyways :shrug:
Vic
Vic
I'm hoping this build off will keep me out of the refrigerator:smile::smile::smile:
I have my sign ready and my in house engineer (my son BS,MS Mechanical engineering) and I made cardboard silhouettes of the wheels, engine, torque converter and laid out the jackshaft arrangement today. I had to keep telling him "think blowing the boxes off the conveyor with a fan." He suggested I make a gearbox to reverse the engine so the cylinder pointed forward and a few other things that would have delayed completion by a year or two. If you wondered what I meant by "think blowing the boxes off the conveyor with a fan, below is a short story my uncle send him when he graduated.
A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which can't be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean you must have quality assurance checks smartly distributed across the line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket don't get pissed off and buy another product instead.
Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem, as their engineering department was already too stretched to take on any extra effort.
The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP, third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution - on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line.
A while later, the CEO decides to have a look at the ROI of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. Very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. "That's some money well spent!" - he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.
It turns out, the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He filed a bug against it, and after some investigation, the engineers come back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.
Puzzled, the CEO travels down to the factory, and walks up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin.
"Oh, that," says one of the workers - "one of the guys put it there 'cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang".
I have my sign ready and my in house engineer (my son BS,MS Mechanical engineering) and I made cardboard silhouettes of the wheels, engine, torque converter and laid out the jackshaft arrangement today. I had to keep telling him "think blowing the boxes off the conveyor with a fan." He suggested I make a gearbox to reverse the engine so the cylinder pointed forward and a few other things that would have delayed completion by a year or two. If you wondered what I meant by "think blowing the boxes off the conveyor with a fan, below is a short story my uncle send him when he graduated.
A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which can't be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean you must have quality assurance checks smartly distributed across the line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket don't get pissed off and buy another product instead.
Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem, as their engineering department was already too stretched to take on any extra effort.
The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP, third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution - on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line.
A while later, the CEO decides to have a look at the ROI of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. Very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. "That's some money well spent!" - he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.
It turns out, the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He filed a bug against it, and after some investigation, the engineers come back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.
Puzzled, the CEO travels down to the factory, and walks up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin.
"Oh, that," says one of the workers - "one of the guys put it there 'cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang".
I had quit for 10yrs but like a fool started again 9yrs ago. My wife smoked when I had quit, and it didn't really bother me at all. I had made my mind up that I was quitting regardless and I did.
Sorry for the thread drift
Got my pile ready today for the build off pic :thumbsup: Just have to make my sign and snap a couple pics. Then order more parts from OldMiniBikes that I didn't realize I still need :scared:
All my damn Christmas money is going to OldMiniBikes , and soon they'll be getting my cigarette money to boot :laugh:
Vic
Sorry for the thread drift
Got my pile ready today for the build off pic :thumbsup: Just have to make my sign and snap a couple pics. Then order more parts from OldMiniBikes that I didn't realize I still need :scared:
All my damn Christmas money is going to OldMiniBikes , and soon they'll be getting my cigarette money to boot :laugh:
Vic