Day 2269

 I woke up at 8 and played games for about half an hour.  Then it was get up, feed the cats, and have breakfast.  After that I called the rock place and rescheduled the delivery until Wednesday.  It was easy.  Ellen's going to go to her doctor's appointment while I'm in surgery, so Monday should work out OK.  Worse case is I'll have to wait for her to get back.

I decided to work on the Ryft in the morning.  I got everything out.  That's when I discovered that the gear from Axial wasn't going to work.  I worked on it for hours, but there's just no way to get a gear that small in diameter to mesh.  I ended up looking on the web for some 14 tooth gears that are bigger.  There's no specs on anything,, but I did find a couple that looked like they'd work.  I ordered them.  We'll see.

I had brisket for lunch.  It was a nice warm day, 75, so I decided to work on the monster truck in the garage.  I modified the pieces for the steering link attachment and installed them.  Then I worked out how to install the servos.  That involved cutting part of the servo mounts off.  I also had to add standoffs under them.  I had old stuff from my 1980's RC box that did the trick.  Finally, I replaced the bushings in the hubs with bearings.

The next steps will probably be installing the shocks, motors, and mocking up the electronics.  I still need to attach the servo mounts.  I can't do that until I have the links.  I went back to the house and spent some time on Amazon finding the right length ones.  I ordered them along with the second servo.  I haven't added it up, but I bet I'm spending as much on this as I would have on another modern kit.  It's fun though.

Ellen went to get her hair cut while I was working.  Her hair really looks nice.  When she got home she fixed sausage and hash browns for dinner.  Afterwards she watched chick flick while I surfed.  When the flisk is over we watched a Gold Rush.  We have three more episodes to watch.