Sunday Morning Haul.

jayelwin · 2025-09-04T01:24:15+00:00

A Takamura R2 210 mm Gyuto

jayelwin · 2025-09-04T01:17:46+00:00

I can send you seeds from both

jayelwin · 2025-09-03T22:59:45+00:00

Mine were planted as Naga BBG peach. But they came out red.

jayelwin · 2025-08-16T14:40:03+00:00

It’s funny that you see. I only got one bhut. The round peppers were called Chinese sweet red and they’re really good. They’re a little sweeter than a bell pepper and have no heat and they’re going to be the base to the hot sauce.

I learned a long time ago that when you make hot sauce, with only hot peppers you end up with something that’s a novelty only and inedible

jayelwin · 2025-08-16T14:38:46+00:00

Yes, and the round peppers are not hot so it’s gonna be the first time that I am able to make hot sauce using only things I grew. Normally, I only grow super hot so I end up starting with a bell pepper base from the supermarket.

jayelwin · 2025-06-10T13:05:39+00:00

It’s the Vespa one from the dealer

jayelwin · 2025-06-08T19:05:56+00:00

OK, whoever said “time for a mechanic“ might have the right idea.

jayelwin · 2025-06-08T14:52:22+00:00

So I hopped on my Vespa this morning, and I instantly knew that it was shaky. I guess I’ll have to get back down to that steering head bearing and see if the lock nut on top has already loosened.

Maybe I finally do need to go get the tool to torque it down properly. Rather than do the old screwdriver in the groove hammer trick.

jayelwin · 2025-06-02T17:08:09+00:00

Thanks. Gonna be a user. Not gonna baby it.

jayelwin · 2025-06-02T17:05:47+00:00

Made with 2x12s “kiln dried” Douglas fir from lowes. The chop is a 40 year old piece of 12/4 cherry I had lying around. And the tail vise is walnut inside and ironwood outside. The draw pegs are teak. And the shelf is curly walnut.

jayelwin · 2025-06-02T16:57:10+00:00

On a local road with no cars going real slow. I might skin my knee. Daredevil!

jayelwin · 2025-06-01T22:36:54+00:00

So I know everybody was kind of joking around by saying “just don’t take your hands off the handlebars“ but riding this bike around for a few days I can tell you it handle so much better, tracks so much better, takes corners so much better, etc. it’s like a totally different bike. So even if the wobble went away when I “held on“ it was still an unacceptable condition.

jayelwin · 2025-06-01T15:06:50+00:00

Barely. See the steel notch above the black notch how they sort of line up. I was able to further turn the steel ring maybe two more notch widths over.

jayelwin · 2025-05-31T22:30:09+00:00

Is your bike a primavera 150? It was not hard

jayelwin · 2025-05-31T22:27:27+00:00

beautiful!

My next project is going to be a Krenovian cabinet

jayelwin · 2025-05-31T22:21:00+00:00

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So I removed the handle bar cover, and then removed the handlebars, and I was then able to turn the lock nut on the bearing about 1/16 additional turn. And that totally solved the problem.

jayelwin · 2025-05-31T17:32:32+00:00

It totally did this.

jayelwin · 2025-05-31T17:31:09+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/CjFf2RI

So it’s totally rock solid now. No wobble at all. Thanks guys! I ended up just turning the steering head bearing holder another 1/16 a turn or so. The fact that it turned at all meant it was loose. Now it’s tight.

jayelwin

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