#crafty balboa

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LIFESTYLE photos: Cactus Garden, Balboa Park

It’s great when you can save yourself a two hour drive and create the same surroundings in your own town. That’s exactly what we did for these lifestyle photos: Cactus Garden, Balboa Park. The park itself isn’t huge per se, but it does lend itself to a few special sections. Cheers to that!

My fashion muse on this shoot is Erin from Revenge Bakery. She isn’t your typical San Diego fashion blogger, because she is actually a San Diego food blogger with a fashion flare 😉 She has tons of recipes to share with you. If you need some cooking inspiration make sure to check out her website. She also blogs about San Diego restaurants and eats! I have learned about so many new places because of her! It has made me more adventurous when it comes to trying new food!  It’s great to get food travel tips when she gets out of town, helps to save them on your instagram board for travel. Am I the only nerd with boards on my instagram?  You will never find her without a beverage and / or a food item! I love trying new things when I go to her house for in home shoots! She cooks right in front of me!

She also gives DIY artsy crafty ideas that you can do in your home and sometimes in just minutes! I can vouch for that as I have been with her photographing it as she does it. She makes it all look so easy! By the time I am done shooting she is all done!I love doing fashion shoots, so when she said she needed to do a fashion shoot for REVOLVE,  I was amped! This last photo might just be my favorite!

Location: Cactus Garden Clothes: REVOLVE Blogger: Revenge Bakery

  LIFESTYLE photos: Cactus Garden, Balboa Park LIFESTYLE photos: Cactus Garden, Balboa Park It's great when you can save yourself a two hour drive and create the same surroundings in your own town.

[ornamentodeux]

Fleisher Art Memorial is hosting the annual Handmade for the Holidays craft show on December 9, Noon to 5:00 in Fleisher’s Sanctuary, 719 Catharine Street in Philadelphia.  For complete information, press here.

In addition to a Small Press Faire and Make and Take classes,  thirty vendors will be offering handmade goods at reasonable prices and you are sure to find something for everyone on your list.  

  I am sharing a table with the Mighty Open Studio Potters of Fleisher and will have plenty of ornaments and some brightly-glazed, functional earthenware trinket holders, butter dishes and funky bowls.  My colleagues will have beautiful vases,  mugs, bowls and maybe even some terra cotta flutes that really play music!

  There are two other craft shows in the vicinity on December 9th.  The Philly Handmade Brigade will be at the 1241 Carpenter Studios  and Crafty Balboa will be at 1901 South 9th Street (former Bok School).  For more information, press here  and here.

                        Ornaments and Other Good Stuff at Handmade For The Holidays Fleisher Art Memorial is hosting the annual Handmade for the Holidays craft show on December 9, Noon to 5:00 in Fleisher's Sanctuary, 719 Catharine Street in Philadelphia. 

[thekellbrarian]

B O O K I S H G I F T S These two beauts are on their way to their new owners today! I’ll have a few collages like these with me at Crafty Balboa Holiday this Saturday, December 9th from 11a-5p at BOK! Come get your handmade shopping done! Bonus, first 100 entrants get a tote full of goodies! 💜 BOK 1901 S 9th St. Phildelphia, PA 19148 (at BOK)

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LETS GET CRAFTY!!!! #tyedye #indigo #handmade Mesa Fashion students#MakierFair at Balboa Park, San Diego #mesafashionprogram #makerfaire2017 #events #fashionstudent #sdmesafashion @sdmesafashion (at Old Globe Theatre)

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Upgrading to a Dual Master Cylinder

A while or two back, we touched on the subject of “The Five-Lug Changeover” as we switched front brakes from stock six-lug drums to new five-lug discs, which came as a package from Brothers Trucks. The subject truck was our customer-friend Danny Stinson’s 1955 Chevy second-series 1/2-ton shorty. The simplified kit conversion presented no unexpected challenges; no cutting, no grinding, no drilling, or welding as we’ve pretty much seen. Since that time we’ve successfully overhauled and adapted an 8-inch Ford rearend.

Out back we’ll stick with the stock Ford drum brakes, so for fine-tuning our disc/drum combo would likely benefit from an adjustable proportioning valve. Then of course for safety’s sake, a dual-reservoir master cylinder makes good sense as well.

Now before we proceed with the technical portion of our story, perhaps yours truly should ’fess up about somethin’. Through the years I’ve made a career of working on olderly motor vehicles, and yes, I’ve built a few old trucks. In all honesty, however, I’ve never built one singlehandedly. In that way the job at hand will be no exception as it begins at our own homebased shop, and later continues in Riverside, California, where once again I’ll seek assistance from friends at Ed Martin Garage.

For our particular purposes, manual brakes are fine. In order to save time, let’s make use of what’s available from Brothers. To the left of our new dual-reservoir master cylinder is a DMC5900 conversion bracket. This bolt-on will accept the dual-reservoir master cylinder and still allow us to retain the truck’s original pedal.

So, now we discover that our original, used pin is a tight fit for the new bracket, even though we’ve taken steps to prevent paint buildup in the bore. I probably should have test-fit this earlier on the bench before painting. Now that it’s bolted to the frame, let’s take a step backward and see if we can figure this out.

Back at the bench, both parts measure exactly 7/8 inch in diameter. At times like these, there’s always mad science. What about molecular manipulation? As a painter who likes to paint things only once, I’m not keen on the idea of heating the bracket, and I’ve already tried freezing the pin. When that didn’t work, a wheel cylinder hone did.

Just to clarify what we’ve witnessed; there is no manufacturer flaw in our new dual master cylinder conversion bracket. Tolerances are indeed tight, but given the height of the original brake pedal we’d rather have this tight than sloppy. With the easy bolt-on portion of this job completed, it’s time to load up and get help with tougher challenges.

The guy with the neat, gray, Balboa haircut is my good friend, “Guardrail” Willie Martin. As third-generation owner/operator of Riverside, CA’s Ed Martin Garage, he’s a crafty mechanic and he’s fun to watch as well.

As y’all may recall from “The Five-Lug Changeover” story, these rotors, calipers, and related components came in kit form from Brothers. Because we never know for sure these days, Willie employs a tap to see if these new calipers will require SAE or metric banjo bolts. These are metric.

New front brake hoses were included in the disc brake conversion kit from Brothers. At this stage they’re cleanly installed in the stock hose locations using stock-type retaining hardware.

Earlier on we’d elected to eliminate the stock steel brake line that came with our 8-inch Ford rearend. Hidden lines with rubber hoses running through frame to wheel cylinders will look more sanitary, but due in part to our lowered leaf springs, center punch access is difficult.

With our rearend already finalized in place, these are tight spots for drillin’ hose holes. Even so, Willie manages to find room for a pneumatic drill. Here he begins with an 1/8-inch pilot hole before switching to a Unibit-type step drill. As a visual aid, a piece of masking tape helps to prevent drilling beyond the desired diameter.

Now isn’t this better than seein’ a bent piece of steel brake line running side-to-side across the back of an otherwise-smooth axle housing? We won’t miss that, or the obtrusive vented union, or the plain-ugly bend-over tabs that used to hold it all down, either.

To get the balance right, let’s use a Wilwood-brand adjustable proportioning valve. With its big black knob up top, this unit will be easy to dial in during skid testing. That’ll come later on when the truck is driveable and bearing the full weight of its body parts.

Inside the driver-side framerail, just aft of the new dual-reservoir master cylinder seems like a logical hiding place for our proportioning valve. It’ll be well protected here, yet within reach for adjustments down the road.

The bending, cutting, and flaring of steel brake lines is a subject in itself and it seems as though it’s been covered fairly recently. We won’t rehash that, but it’s difficult to resist showing off Willie’s artistry. Here, beginning with a measuring stick and a rather dull Sharpie, straight lengths of tubing are about to become—art.

Although the majority of Willie’s artsy-fartsy plumbing will be concealed from view, the parts that might peek through at us won’t likely offend.

Since our axle housing is now void of unsightly plumbing, we’ll need to take an alternate route. The underside of this crossmember makes a more discrete location. The necessary bends are a bit much for a single length of tubing, hence the union on the right. We now have a hidden, two-piece crossover section that works.

This Ammco-brand, model 8650 Safe-Set shoe setting gauge enables adjustment with the drum still off. With the new drum’s inside diameter measurement locked in, the gauge is transferred to the new shoes and the adjuster is turned quickly with a gloved thumb. When the shoes contact the gauge, the drum will slip on snugly.

Now it’s time to juice and bleed our brakes. Brothers has supplied us with the necessary bits for bench-bleeding this new master cylinder, but let’s have a look around us. As a professional, Willie tends to favor the pressure bleeder. Here after DOT-3 fluid is added to both reservoirs, the pressure bleeder’s lid is secured.

If there’s going to be leaks, we’ll find them now—and sure enough, we’ve found them. After tightening a fitting or three, Willie continues by cracking open the furthest away, right-rear bleeder first. After working his way to the left-rear, it’s repeat as necessary, but only if necessary. Here, more often than not, a single go ’round is sufficient.

After pressure bleeding, the brake pedal gets a good firm pump to final set the shoes and this brake job is finished. So, now that we have functional brakes, will it stop on a dime? If you’ll give us a little time, just to finish the project and dial in the new proportioning valve, we’ll skid test this truck together.

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We have been busy lil’ elves prepping for our next craft show, so we are keeping this short n’ sweet.  Come visit Sundae Matinee this Saturday from 11a-5p at Crafty Balboa.  Click here for more details and hope to see you there. 

Until next week.  xo. Sundae Matinee

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Day 223: It’s good to be home, at least for the weekend.