Senior project ideas?
10-15-2008, 01:19 PM
#21
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: bend oregon
Posts: 301
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
lol...yeah I know...such a crappy deal. Oh well. Thanks for the offer! If you still have it in the future I might take it off your hands!
Last time I was in bend was in July. Went over to crooked river ranch in Terrebonne...I'm sure you know where that's at. lol. But usually I take a trip there every once in awhile to East Fort Rock to go dirt biking. Nice to see someone from Oregon though
Last time I was in bend was in July. Went over to crooked river ranch in Terrebonne...I'm sure you know where that's at. lol. But usually I take a trip there every once in awhile to East Fort Rock to go dirt biking. Nice to see someone from Oregon though
10-15-2008, 01:48 PM
#24
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 2,805
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I noticed you mentioned being an electrician. Perhaps you could get an alternator out of a junk yard, rebuild it, fab up a mount and then convert the alt into an on board welder. Then you could either prove or disprove how well (or if) it works by welding up some plate in the class and stress testing it.
When you get it to work you'll have something really neat that you did yourself and an OBW system that you can use for trail repairs once you rat hole the money for the SAS and start wheeling.
Another advantage is that you won't have your truck torn apart for the project.
*luagh* For my senior project about a thousand years ago I took a 1964 Ford T-bid 390 and punched that pig to a 422 and dropped it into a 76 drag truck. Heck of a lot of fun at 6 mpg in town and that thing still had "go" when the speedo was pegged and the front end, fenders and hood were shaking so bad I thought the truck would fly apart. I never did find out how fast it would really go, stop light to stop light was enough for me.
When you get it to work you'll have something really neat that you did yourself and an OBW system that you can use for trail repairs once you rat hole the money for the SAS and start wheeling.
Another advantage is that you won't have your truck torn apart for the project.
*luagh* For my senior project about a thousand years ago I took a 1964 Ford T-bid 390 and punched that pig to a 422 and dropped it into a 76 drag truck. Heck of a lot of fun at 6 mpg in town and that thing still had "go" when the speedo was pegged and the front end, fenders and hood were shaking so bad I thought the truck would fly apart. I never did find out how fast it would really go, stop light to stop light was enough for me.
That sounds like a fun truck! As long as you enjoyed it thats all that matters!
oregon rocks next time your in the the bend area we should go wheelin or riding
10-15-2008, 01:55 PM
#26
Registered User
Then sell me the damn welder.
10-15-2008, 04:29 PM
#27
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 2,805
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
And that is where the "project" part comes in. Do the research (it's out there), source your parts, put together a theory on how it should work to include basic and complex electrical behavior studies. Show how a mild amount of current can be stepped up (much like a transformer only in reverse) to create enough strength to heat metal to the point of liquid. Do it all on a minimal budget and with safety the foremost thought in your mind and I think you'll do well.
Then sell me the damn welder.
Then sell me the damn welder.
10-15-2008, 05:46 PM
#29
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 2,805
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10-16-2008, 10:54 PM
#30
Contributing Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Lake County, CA/Sacramento
Posts: 4,222
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
I had to do one of these, too in HS. My advice to you is to keep it simple, too keep the cost, time, and labor down. Mine was a partial restoration of a 1981 Honda Trail 110. I chose to call it partial, so I could get away with just getting it in good running order, rather than completely restoring it. I rebuilt the carburetor, put new brakes on it, new tires, new battery, changed all fluids, and cleaned it up and polished the chrome. 20 hours was the target time required by the school, and it took about 11, but I got it over with, and only spent about $100.
10-16-2008, 11:11 PM
#31
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bend, OR.
Posts: 652
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hell 91toyota you should just come down here and take one of our projects PLEASE....
but yeah dude you should come down to bend, we will show you what wheelin really is
if you need any parts basicaly pm me or harry (hillbilydeelux) because we probable have it
10-16-2008, 11:16 PM
#32
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: bend oregon
Posts: 301
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
damn i didnt know they did that in our area either, ha im glad we missed out on that one.... not like it would have been hard for use to make a f'in senior project anyway...
hell 91toyota you should just come down here and take one of our projects PLEASE....
but yeah dude you should come down to bend, we will show you what wheelin really is
if you need any parts basicaly pm me or harry (hillbilydeelux) because we probable have it
hell 91toyota you should just come down here and take one of our projects PLEASE....
but yeah dude you should come down to bend, we will show you what wheelin really is
if you need any parts basicaly pm me or harry (hillbilydeelux) because we probable have it
10-16-2008, 11:21 PM
#33
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bend, OR.
Posts: 652
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10-16-2008, 11:28 PM
#34
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: bend oregon
Posts: 301
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
10-16-2008, 11:30 PM
#35
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bend, OR.
Posts: 652
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jasonty
Pre 84 Trucks (Build-Up Section)
41
12-23-2018 01:00 PM
