[SEL] Prioritizing Your Projects

[Dave Croft]

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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:30 AM
Subject: [SEL] Prioritizing Your Projects


> Hi,
> I find that I am having trouble establishing priorities on projects  that I 
> get started and then for some reason before finishing the project I get  
> started on another one.
> As an example, I started to get my Johnson reassembled.  Then  I found that I 
> needed to get the magneto remagnized.  The person does my  magneto work has 
> been sick with the flu and pneumonia and will not be able to  get the work done 
> until next month.  Thus, the Johnson project is on  hold.
> Next example is, I have started to get the IHC LB running.  In  trying to get 
> it running right, I had to grind the valves.  My neighbor has  a seat 
> grinder.  However, he couldn't find the correct pilot.  After a  couple of phone 
> calls, I was able to borrow one.  I was able to get head  reworked and assembled 
> to the engine.  Of course, I had to make some new  oiling felts for the valve 
> stems.  To do this,  I make some  punches cut the felts to the correct 
> diameter.  
> The person from whom I borrowed the pilot called me yesterday  and told me to 
> come and pick up a Black and Decker valve grinder that he didn't  need.  Now, 
> I am in the process of building a roll away table for this new  tool addition.
> Am I the only one who has these types of interference or this to be  expected 
> when working with old iron.
> Francis Maciel

Hi Francis, we might have some of your problems but
it isn't usually caused for us by having lots of help & 
free gifts. 8^)
Dave Croft
Warrington
England
http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv