Monday, April 19, 2021 -- Powerplant & Manhattan Beach Pier

They're working on moving the sand around using small bull-dozers.

This is in front of the powerplant, just before you get to Manhattan Beach (where all the houses and the strand starts).

They had a person on each end with signs to control the "traffic."

 

Cleaning the Drill Press Table...

Forgot to take a picture before cleaning.

The table top looked bad. It was pretty brown with corrosion.

Some of the corrosion was a bit deep and caused some slight pitting.  Should have cleaned it sooner, but most of the pitting came out from the cleaning with sand paper & steel wool.

This is after cleaning the corrosion.

It's looking pretty good.

Applied a coat of wax and letting it "dry."

Will buff it later...

Buffed out the wax.

Doesn't look dramatically different but should be protected from future rust...

I need to do the table saw next...

 

Gordon Murray Car Collection

Just saw a piece on Gordon Murray's car collection on YouTube.

I have models of a couple of the cars from the video sitting around on my desk...

 

Friday, April 16, 2021 -- Manhattan Beach Pier

Not too busy at the pier area.

A bit surprising on a Friday at lunch time...

Lots of outdoor dining space...

I like the surfboard carrier setup on this bike (it's hard to see in the picture).

It's setup to carry it behind the rider (instead of next to the rider in a lot of the cases).

It doesn't make the footprint any wider and is pretty much out of the way of the rider.

 

Replacing the rear tire on the Cannondale 6/13...

Wore through the rear tire tread on the bike (Continental Gatorskins, 23 mm width).

The front is still OK so will replace the rear only at this time.

I have this Continental Grand Prix 4season in 25 mm width.

25 mm is a better width for general riding (more tread, more air volume, more grip/comfort without much increase in rolling resistance).

Installation instructions in multiple languages on both sides of the paper!

English portion...

Most of it is warnings!

 Actual instruction portion...

Removed the old tire

Installed the new one.  Takes about 10 minutes...

Thursday, April 15, 2021 -- Marina Del Rey

 

Home Made Bread...

CG made us a large loaf of sourdough bread.

Toasted with butter & blueberry jam and milk-coffee...

 

Thursday, April 15, 2021 -- Manhattan Beach Pier

 

Waiting to be read... Karl Ludvigsen's Fast Friends

 

Thursday, April 15, 2021 -- The flowers are blooming along the parking access road at Dockwiler Beach