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this is the last video before the test drive,
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I hope you never try to sell any of those death traps you work on, really opening yourself up to legal problems….your workmanship is horrific.
If I had only a short time to live, I would choose to spend my last moments working in the garage with Mustie 1. Corny but true.
Next time you build one of these, you should really try and hunt down a 1950s Sturmey-Archer hub dynamo rim. They are MUCH, MUCH better than the bottle jobs. The voltage they put out is stable and won't rise going fast (and by fast I mean like 12mph) like the bottle dynamos do. They won't wear on the tire and they are much more efficient. They put out 6vac at 500ma at maximum (3 watts) and only put maybe a 5 watt load on the pedals. IOW, you really can't even feel them, while the bottle dynamos put a much larger load on the system and you most certainly can feel them. The bottle dynamos aren't built very well, either the old ones or the ones they make today. They burn out easily and they have no bearings or at least no serviceable bearings. The Sturmey-Archer Dynamo hubs are very easy to rebuild, you just put new grease and ball bearings like you do with any other hub.
A bonus is they are vintage. They have been making them for many decades, I think back to the 40s.
your really smart I want to be like you when I grow up
have you thought of making a inductive heat coil for soldering
I found a bunch of people wanting to know information About the black knight bicycle. Do you care if I share your video with them
Don't mind the trolls, buddy! Sometimes I wouldn't do it the way you do, but it's your project & video, not mine! Keep up the great projects, fella! 🙂
One "secret" that I've discovered for sweat soldering is "tinning flux", it actually has solder paste in it so when you heat it up there is already solder in the joint and you don't have to rely strictly on capillary action to suck the solder in. I use the lead free stuff for household plumbing, don't know if they make the old PB/SN type that solders so well.
Mustie1, you do GREAT WORK, and I appreciate everything you do. (let me pass a little soldering trick to you. They make an all aluminum finned clothes-pin that you can clip between your work area and what you don't want getting un-soldered clip 2 on, so all degrees of surface area are contacted. This dissipates the heat safely. You can purchase them in electronic parts stores.
Again, I appreciate you.
Bill, from Tn. 🇺🇸
Boats have brake lights? LMAO Port side Mustie.
See Mr. Carlsons Lab (electronics).
He has a great and easy mod to a Soldering Gun that makes it super fast, no waiting for it to melt.
I really love your site. Great stuff, and great work ethic.
Thank you so much. I’m recently retired, not very healthy, but I’m a “pickerâ€, I love for fix old broken stuff. It started when I was a kid. Someone threw away an old lamp, which I fixed up, and it was my lamp in my room until I got married. Wish I still had it.
Thanks again
Gary Drumm,
The Dallas, Texas area.
Very crafty and resourceful videos, very nice!
The garage I used to hang out & work in was right down the road. its no longer there. Watching your videos musty reminds me of the years I worked there. I would just go down there to hang out sometimes or Tinker around on something. I wish I lived closer to you. I think you and I would get along great Mustie. I am 50 yrs old now & I can tell you were brought up around the same time I was.
Good clean fun !ðŸ‘🇺🇸
I think the shock ties it together in the middle.
I think it looks better not covered!
Your time, you claim, is worth $50.00/hr. looks like you might have at least 30 hours in it , so you would have to sell it for at least $1700.00 just to try and break even. Why would anyone pay that kind of money when they could find a much better motor bike for a lot less?
You should have left the filter screen on with that tube on your valve your tank will not drain all the way
trolls or complements pay the same, so keep egging Singleton on! More hundos for you.
FWIW I love your videos. Ive been watching each series and I love how you make us feel like we are working along side you. I always thought that bullying was only something that kids do but now I know that there are those that never grow up. Bullies suffer from low self esteem and the only way that they can feel better about themselves is to put others down. The best way to deal with them is to just ignore them and don't respond to them as they are only after attention whether it be good or bad. Thanks for all you do Mustie1!
Mustie!!!! The bike is looking awesome bro. Wish I had your patience, talents, and most importantly… Your tools!!
Keep it up, I'm dying to see the end result. Good luck bud!
very nice
Beautiful word sir I'm so tired of seeing it I wish I lived close I would love to come ranch in the garage with you but I live in Dallas Texas pretty much homeless here but anyways I do have a job !!
Well, I appreciate your videos and how you talk to everyone when you work on stuff. I'd like to see you cast some parts and design an electric car of an old Beatle with light weight material. Build an aposing force generator and figure in all the components. A guy I met says he's a friend of yours. That's cool.
that screen is soldered in
Quick tip, and just the tip mind, but you should use the gas torch to solder on the gas tank as it'd be a lot quicker and would result in a better joint… Love your work, but I'm one of those people screaming at the screen from time to time…😂😂😂
The tap your looking for is in yo ur brass stash. I saw it in older video of yours
You'll find out later may need to beef up back break a thicker metal break arm clamp..will snap, with a motor on a bicycle made only to pedal..
Eww smells like WD-40
PERSONALLY I THINK IT LOOKS VINTAGE……..CUDOO'S MY FRIEND!
DO NOT endorse ANY product until you get paid to! lol
Since I found out the multipurpous use of WD-69 spray I clean and shine everything in my shop now!
Clearcoat would encase rust and protect at same time. Get a matte or gloss finish. Or varnish/ polyurethane. Have rattle cans at Home Depot/ lowes
Mustie, thanks for the effort in making all your videos. Inspiring and resourceful. The straight forward approach you take to getting an old motor working is great food for thought. I think the like to dislike ratio says it all. I love the no soundtrack no catch phrase approach… PS an american that keeps it low key is always good albeit rare.
i see you have a Douchebaggious Arillious trolling
call that spring the flux capacitor lol
Lessons learned about proper human behavior: Don't get angry with the job. Think about alternatives. Proceed to another step if temporarily vexed. Find a way.
I think another. Detail to add to this bike would be a rolled lip to the front and back mudguards and thinking about the petrol tank again I'm sure it would look more. With a barrel petrol tank underneath the front headlight I would imagine it
That WD – 40 works good but try Kroil you might like it better
a plumbers torch would work much better to sweat on the petcock, it keeps the heat focused quicker so the heat won't travel to the other joints before the intended location is filled.
I'm gonna spray this with, um, not gonna tell ya (then picks up what is obviously WD-40's new design of spray can wrapped in green painters tape).
Back in the early 70's when I was growing up in Long Island, there were some really cool homemade motorized bicycles running around town – 2.5 hp upright engines with fan belts for a drive mechanism. I kinda remember pulleys from washing machines were used and mounted to the rear wheel for a sprocket. Most of them were on Schwinn stingrays and the like…
Hey Mustie, have you tried braising with copper wire? I have found it cheap, strong and attractive.
I think American Pickers would buy that
You could wrap a couple of soup cans around that motor engagement spring to make it look like a homemade shock absorber.
You should watch some of the youtube videos by "Turning Rust." They tell you how to paint things with a paint that rusts without rusting the metal under it to look like older parts on a vehicle. I love the bike, great video and great imagination, with practical solutions to things you want on the bike.
You over think some things too much. The surfaces already are old looking why spray that stuff on there. Also painting the seat was probably a bad idea and will rub off on your pants. Also leave the shock alone, it looks fine.