"larry g" wrote in message
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Well RJ I gotta say that was also probably one of my first powered
projects.
I had built some coaster cars before but a subscription to Popular
Mechanics
and finding the jig saw project you describe led me to build this saw
also.
I ran across the saw head and blade a few years ago in dad shop, but it
was
quite rusted.. I also am a year north of 50. I didn't do the worm thing
though as I don't fish.
lg
no neat sig line

RJ wrote
I'm 51 and I haven't stopped building things since that first worm
shocker/saw. I chuckle out loud every time I happen to think about that
thing.

Anyone else brave enough to share THEIR first project?

RJ
--
"You're just jealous because the voices are talking to me, instead of
you."

When I was a kid 10 speed bikes were a new thing. They had the derailer
type shifter that moved the chain across a series of sprockets. I always
wanted one. My bike was the old style English 3 speed.

Finally I got one. I bought it from a kid that had busted it up. I fixed
it up and rode
it for a while but I was not satisfied. I wanted more speeds than anyone
else.
I wanted 30 speeds!

I took the 3 speed hub from my English bike and mounted the 5 sprocket hub
on it from the 10 speed bike. I had to braze the center of the 5 speed
sprocket
to the mount point where the sprocket went on the 3 speed hub. I had to
lock the
ratchet in the 5 sprocket hub because I needed the ratchet in the 3 speed
hub to operate.
I could not have both ratcheting mechanisms work at the same time because
the English hubs required the ratchet to work so that they could shift.

Unfortunately the English 3 speed hub had a different number of spokes than
the 10 speed bike rim. I solved this problem by rearranging the spoke
pattern in an uneven arrangement that was good enough to have a straight
wheel.

I put the 10 speed bike back together with my combined rear wheel and had
my 30 speed bike. It worked great! I rode it on my paper route for about
a year until someone stole it. I never did get my 30 speed bike back but
afterwards, I checked every bike that I saw for my 30 speed modification.

Pete.