easy to say, hard to do

it's quarter to midnight. shinya's already finished whatever he was doing today and having a hand in falcon project...

like...holding a light for nabe.

すっかり今日の仕事を終え、明かり持ちに徹する木村氏。

take your time, nabe!

we'll wait. donut man opens 24　hours!

深夜まで諦めないナベ氏・・・だんだんカッコ良く見えてきた。まさか？

あ! 眠くて頭が朦朧としてきただけだ！

いかん、いかん、眠すぎて視力も落ちてきているぞ！

とにかくエンジン掛けて恒例のテストドライブ 
to ドーナツマン（24時間営業）、行くぞい！

back to the falcon...

just now...

 now it's ready to put it back in!
 準備OK！

 having a hard time to get the perfect fit...

諸問題により手こずっています。

the coco-nutcracker...

last night.

the falcon project is done behind the closed doors... well, actually, the door was half open, though.  

 shinya was just teasing nabe　

but nabe got real.

 今晩中にエンジンを載せたいと真剣なナベ氏にちょっかいを出す木村氏。

what motivates nabe? 
he just wants to drive falcon around, that's all.

なぜワタ氏ナベ氏がn美くんのファルコンにそんなに一生懸命なのか？

ただファルコンに乗りたいだけさ、だって！

カッコつけちゃってプププ

oh, and drink some coconut juice.

チンパンジーにバナナ、ナベにココナツ　の図。

こっちの方がお似合いだね。

あ、ケセランパサランだっけ？

today...

it's almost done...

ファルコン今日中には再び走る・・・かもかもかも

barter with neighbors...

since we got too much strawberries, we gave some to our neighbors.

in return, we got some coconuts!

they even made a hole for us!

スワップミートでイチゴ買いすぎちゃったので

お隣のメッヒコ人の板金屋さんにおすそ分けしたら・・・

お返しにココナッツが来たよ。穴まで開けてくれた。

下町の長屋情緒あふれる、アズサ・チャボ前です。

today's box is... a drill-bit-sorting-box.

sorting by sizes...wow

本日の収穫はドリルビットの整頓箱。サイズごとに仕分けして・・・

don't get the wrong idea. shinya is not, NOT a well organized person in the course of day-to-day activities. but when it comes to work and workshop, he becomes a different person. i call it "one of his twin brothers, the good one."

やけに几帳面そうな印象を与えるけど、これは双子の弟さん、まじめで几帳面な方の木村さんです。

van van van...

found @ the swap meet.

thought DicE was there :)

TGIT

at the weekly thursday swap meet, we found...

ash of back drop!! eeew

恒例の木曜メッヒコスワップミートでバックドロップのaちゃん発見！

怖いよぉ～

shinya got a boxful of strawberries for 5 bucks.

they didn't sell by the pack...

イチゴ1パックだけ欲しかったんだけど、箱売りなのねん。
8パック入りで5ドル也。

oh no! please do not show any boxes 

to shinya. no more boxes!

見てる、見てる。また箱見てるよ！誰か止めて。

 

don't tell me, nabe! 
it might be a virus that shinya is spreading...

この箱買い病ってうつるんだね・・・誰かさんが病原菌まき散らしてるから。

oh great, they decided to bring 

everything with them including ash.

全部お持ち帰りです、箱も顔面aちゃんも。

man! still hunting...

まだ何か探してるよ！ほんと好きだね。

walk with satisfaction...

大満足な人達の後姿・・・

sepia

this is an air cleaner of sepia, 

a 1946 harley-davidson that shinya built in 2008 for k.

do you know where did it come from?

 a vintage hair dryer!! 

 may 2008
sepia was about to leave for utah,

where k was.

we met up with k in las vegas in oct. 2008. 

shinya & k rode up to red rock canyon.

had so much fun!

on strip

k is a hard core rider and shinya loves it! you ride it, broke it, fix it, and ride it again! k, we were just thinking of you and talking about you today:)

play both sides...二股疑惑

shinya & ash was making seat for the knuckle but now shinya's focusing on mv agusta. he's dating two girls at once!

hulk

mv agustaの残骸

shinya's wearing the welding mask

that he found at the flea market!!

↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

aw..a damn useless info 

 using all these tools,

 he's focusing generous effort

to get what he wants...

moving shinya

lacing

this is what he wanted...

reach the most interesting part...

wow, it's almost finish!

very unique hand crafted seat

we had a long day 

 good night, ash!

day 5 continued...

the seat is now threadably mounted 

on the seat pan by shinya.

finish up the edges

 ash continues to work on the backrest

while shinya puts some final touches.

to be continued...

 

ash's day 4 and a part of day 5...

ash's day 4 has started.

hand stitching

the end of the day 4

day 5 has started.

hand stitching

to be continued...

wanatabi's crank shaft lapping seminar...

guys are gathering around the lathe

watching nabe's lapping workshop 

for the falcon crank shaft.

軽度のクランク焼きつきならお任せください。

by すっとこワナタビエンタープライズ

shinya always wants to try something wired...

人のクランクシャフトだから気軽に遊べるよ！

あ、人のって言ってもn美くんのだけども・・・

one quiet sunday

shinya finally got a pair of tubular tiers 

for his bike.

a piece of cake!

ah!

next project = bike rack for his datsun