Very fun project to attempt. I thought that if tobacco leaves dry green that meant they would be harsh and taste unpleasant. Did you remove from the plant too soon? I tried growing tobacco 3 years ago with some success with the Virginia Gold variety giving some beautiful large bright yellow leaves. The fermenting stage is the tricky and difficult one, I tried rolling up leaves putting them into sealed jars and then pressure cooking for a couple of hours. I would love to be able to make a decent cigar from scratch, maybe one day! Thanks for posting.
Thank you for the comment ! It was on the harsh side, I believe I did pull the leaves early. The plant was starting to go to seed at the time but it still took a few weeks to fully develop thus I probably should have waited. Rolling with only the hybrid plant yielded something way more pleasant than the rustica plant. Overall I think I might try again with different varieties and see if there are other ones that dry cure nicely. I haven't tried setting up fermentation but it is something I am curious about
I like it, though personally I have the habit of sanding really vigorously, so I probably would've made some tweaks holding the sandpaper in place more tightly.
Hi Pherioxus thanks for the comment! I have the same issue sometimes when I put too much pressure the sides can slip out. However, I am enough of a hoarder to have extra scraps that I don't care about driving some wood screws through (short enough not to poke out the other end) and really fasten it down.
Hi Tiltnation, thanks for sharing! Rest assured, I use only the strongest duct tape and prayers 🙏 available 😅 Im cooking up an idea for a trike that I think will up the sketch factor with plastic drive train parts, if it doesnt blow up in my face I think I will share it
Hi Micheal, thanks for the comment, Im based out of the maple suyrp drinking land where e-bikes are not allowed to go faster than 20mph on motor power alone ... so lets say 20mph 😉
Thanks for the tip, I hate the sound of my own voice but I think you are right that audio commentary is better than text, I will just have to work on doing voice overs 😀
@@TheDIYMakersManifest Don't worry mate. Most people don't like their voice, because they know it by listening "internally" and it seems off when recorded. Completely normal phenomenon :) For others it's just a voice. Keep up the good work. I like seeing real DIY, not only expensive crap. You're going the right way!
Hi mondude, thanks for the comment! You are right trying to source lefthanded parts was a nightmare. Turns out BMX bike riders sometimes switch their drive train side to grind rails on the right. This meant I had no issues finding a single speed left handed sprocket, it was the double sided wheel hub that was impossible to source with 2 different threads. What I ended up doing was using the space the double hub gives and rough up the area where I wanted the sprocket with sandpaper and a file. I then used a metal epoxy I've done repairs with that has a high tensile strength and bonded the sprocket on. It worked great! The only issue is you get one shot to do it right since when the epoxy sets it stuck, but I didnt want to weld it since the heat could damage the bearings if I am not careful. My next idea might be to try making my own threads but idk where to source the dies so I might try printing threads and see if it holds. Cheers,
Hi Comrade, thanks for the feed back! You are right brand new for everything you honestly are better off just buying something pre-built or a kit. For myself I do some farming on the side and have a lot of scrap parts and junk laying around and figured it would be fun to weld a motor down on an old Canadian Tire super cycles bike. The only thing I needed was the sprockets and volt meter and 25H chain links. Cheers!
@@TheDIYMakersManifest i have an old car alternator and I’ve been thinking about turning it into a motor and slapping on my bike but idk how to make the driver for the motor and mount the motor on my bike cuz i have no skills in metal working nor the tools like: angle grinder and welder
@@Comrade_YG That sounds like a really cool idea, I've thought about making a generator out of an old alternator but not as a motor before. You are right about mounting it was pain since none of this was ever made the fit together and I am a terrible welder so I blew through the thin pipe wall on the bike frame a few times. For me it just took a lot of screwing around and breaking things to try and learn how to stick 2 pieces of metal together. But if you have the space it's a ton of fun, princess auto and amazon has really cheap tools just be safe, I've burnt myself too many times.
Hi earthssecretenergy I appreciate the concern but rest assured I have had no issues going up hills on it, saves my lazy legs a lot of effort! Although maybe I need to do some more exercise, my hefty body is around 210 lbs (on a good day lol) and the bike im not sure but I will guess 100lbs tops, that would be a total weight of 310lbs. I cant recall what the torque at stall was on the motor (I want a dyno really bad) I think it was around 2 N.m from the listing which sounds about right for a 500w motor. Just spit balling the first numbers that pop up on google the coefficient of rolling friction for tire on asphalt is like 0.012, 310lbs is like 1378.95N (the force of the weight) so to get the tire rolling is around (1378/2)*0.012 = 8N. The wheel radius is like 0.3m so the torque needed is 2.4N.m . So you are correct the motor by itself isnt enough, (2 < 2.4) but the gearing is like 11 teeth to 72 teeth which gives us a total output from the drive train of 13 N.m which is > 2.4 N.m. So even up a bit of a hill its fine (I think you just take the sine of the hill angle to get the components) But I'm not good at dynamics so please correct me if I'm wrong but from using it there's enough torque.
Hi Colin, thank you for your comment! I had to wait a while for the log to dry out. You are right if its still too green I will have problems. There is a good chance it might crack on me but I have had pieces off the same log stand up alright on my desk for a few weeks 🤞 I'll keep you posted if the new ones go sideways in a few days
While your knife does become sort of sharp. It's not good enough. It probably has to do with the lack of force you are putting on the blade when sharpening.
