Sunday, May 31, 2009























Will the real Katherine Gillespie please stand up, you make the call which one is the real one? I know it is an easy guess. Count the rolls on the arms, the one with most wins is Kathy, or is it?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009




This school year is coming to an end for Julia. As student body president she has done a wonderful job making lots of friends and setting a good example. Last month when she was awarded student of the month the comment on her award was that she stays true to herself and her values no matter what. She also has many adults at the school that just love her. They clued me in that Thursday I should hang around after serving lunch for the award ceremony at the elementry school. These are her pictures and her friends from her trip to Sedona with the 5th grade class. It was cold and rainy, but they still got wet at slide rock and had lots of fun. She has had a wonderful teacher this year, Ms Stein. It has been an awsome year for her so many good things have happened to her and she has made good things happen for a lot of others.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

well i pretty much just put 3 gallons of body filler on the bed and did alot of sanding.



















but really i cut the bed above and the bed that me and my mexican are sanding in half and welded the two together to get one sexy bed. there were a couple more dents and dings in the cab and the newer bed side but some hammering and body filler took all that out. it looked ok but if i had a little more time it would have looked alot better because of the small dings towards the top.










the over all finish of the truck didnt look to bad you could barely tell that some one had ran into a red four foot pole.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Concert Time!

It was my, Julias, concert and it had a patriotic theme.But Kindergarten-second grade just had some fun. Some kids were missing from the second grade so I and some of my friends filled in for the missing kids. It was very fun!
This is me and my PHENOMENAL Tango partner Addison Yadao. One day we are going to get married, just so he can ballroom dance with me. I got lots of compliments on how great I was as a man in salsa, Some people couldn't even find me, thats how good I was at being masculine :). One of the other boys asked if I wanted to chill in the guys dressing room to get into character, but I refused, that was too weird for me. And our Tango got me moved up to Ballroom two! YAY! I was ecstatic, I literally jumped for joy when Ms. Kenney asked me if I would move up! The concert went really well, I was very pleased that I didn't fall off the stage or anything.
PS
Emilee was really good as the leader, but she was spectacular as the girl in the tango.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Prom
Paul & Chelsey
Friday Chelsey and I went to prom at lavender and old lace. we ate dinner at On the Boarder(I know not the fanciest) but it was pretty good. the dance was good but really small. we had a lot of fun.

We have a winner




Yeah Gary is correct it is an adapter for 45 rpm records.



About a year ago I bought a record player that goes into a USB port on the computer, and within a month the adapter vanished. Well I now have several new records that can be transfered to digital and no adapter, they can be bought on the internet, and maybe with some looking maybe a Bookmans or some place that sells records. With that said I looked on google images and found one with a knob on the top and being that I work in an automotive machine shop decided that it should have a piston on the top. So 2 hours later and with a little imagination this is what was created, it looks very similar to a 12 to 1 pop up piston you would find in a older Chevy engine.



Hope you enjoyed the game and I know it was not truly fair as this is the only one like it and does not really look like an actual one




This might be what you would remember as an adapter

And this might be the next project.

Just need to find someone with a laser cutter

What Is This?

The bottom side
Side View


And finally, A view from the top



Now what do you think this is and what is it used for?


A couple of hints:

It does not go in the vavle body of a transmission, good guess though, Dusty

It does not have any moving parts and only resembles a piston.

It is not something you use every day.

It is something that was used a lot about 20 years ago.

It is custom made by me, because I could not find the one that came with the equipment it goes to.

It is readilly available on the internet, Best Buy, Walmart, and Radio Shack did not have one.

The bottom diameter in 1.48 inches (just a smigeon under 1 and a half inches). and the center hole is 9/32.

OK here is a hint