{"id":846,"date":"2009-12-12T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2018-08-24T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:25:35","slug":"trike-is-home-for-a-few-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/vw-trike\/trike-is-home-for-a-few-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Trike is home for a few days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have been essentially storing the trike at the BTW clubhouse. The *intent* was to have it down there to work on it, but mundane life has ensured that I have had little time to pack up and head down there, compounded by the need to keep my footprint there at a minimum for the holidays. Now that our (probably) final holiday shindig there has concluded, perhaps I can make some progress working on it down there.<\/p>\n

But first, I want to get some stuff done that is arguably easier to do at home, such as the welding I need to do to complete the adapter plate.<\/p>\n

An acquaintance is building an airplane from a kit<\/a> and whilst perusing the builder’s guide on their website, I stumbled upon a piece of advice that I had inadvertently ignored: “[your construction space] should be as close to home as possible. Driving any distance at all to work on the [airplane, trike, whatever] will drive the time to build up by unimaginable amounts. One [airplane kit] builder estimated that having to drive only four miles to work on his project doubled his construction time.”<\/p>\n

It also says that “Good light, air conditioning or heat as the climate requires, good ventilation and good organization are essential. An uncomfortable place to work means hurried, often poor, work.”<\/p>\n

In my case, those are almost exclusive of one another. The clubhouse is a fairly well lighted space that has a roof over it, a decent amount of work space and a few specialty tools that are absent at home. It is, however, 4-5 miles from home.<\/p>\n

My driveway is covered but otherwise essentially outdoors, and crowded with stored tools and vehicles. It is, however, very close to home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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