Chris Hammondhttp://www.chrishammond.comRSS Feed for Chris Hammond120Mahna Mahna Muppets Attack!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/956/Mahna-Mahna-Muppets-Attack<span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YevYBsShxNs?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span> I was listening to the Cake version of Mahna Mahna today in the office and good ole Pat had to look up this hilarious muppets video on...Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:59:00 GMTca55aa39-1798-4d82-9940-7709f991a7f9Footbag Videoshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/1129/Footbag-VideosSo at work some of us have started playing a little hacky sack (footbag). Ian mentioned YouTube videos today and I figured I would take a look and see what I could find. Here's the first one I came across. This is some amazing footwork in the video Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:11:24 GMTafbb749a-133e-429b-9294-85ff366e525dLazy Mondayshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2051/Lazy-MondaysSo today’s blog post is going to be boring one, but hey, it’s my blog right? Was up late last night, working on a variety of things, but mainly on homework. I’m now halfway through the assignments for my Money and Banking course, I need to get my midterm exam setup somewhere here in the area and get finished up with the rest of the assignments to do the final. I have to be done by the 8th of February, as that’s when my online course expires! Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:42:06 GMT31020184-3c47-4e36-bdbe-0e071348d6bfTime lapse from the San Francisco Triphttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2126/Time-lapse-from-the-San-Francisco-Trip<p>Yesterday’s adventure to San Francisco was caught on camera! Check out the video of our drive</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H9s9y1-7HCU" frameborder="0" width="480" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:12:24 GMT5261f349-217f-405e-8777-5db9e1b97d08Jacqueline Videos!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2217/Jacqueline-Videos<p>So this blog post will consist of videos of <a href="http://www.jacquelinehammond.com" target="_blank">Jacqueline</a>!</p> <p>First, she has started to be come mobile with a combination crawl/roll motion, check it out.</p> <p><iframe height="287" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qa7qa9NAvqg" frameborder="0" width="460" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>She also now likes to “cough” and will respond to other coughing</p> <p><iframe height="287" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aSkd_G0O9v4" frameborder="0" width="460" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>Then there's tonight's video where she gets talkative at dinner</p> <p><iframe height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7tvmeuL2fAc" frameborder="0" width="425" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>Chris HammondThu, 09 Jun 2011 01:43:35 GMTfe45ce20-dcc9-45a9-98f5-b7e4bd9292c8What&rsquo;s going on this week?https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2285/Whatrsquos-going-on-this-week<p>So where I Chris at? I’m doing this all week!</p> <p><a title="What I'm doing this week" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17726343@N00/6095588258/"><img border="0" alt="What I'm doing this week" src="http://static.flickr.com/6207/6095588258_11a0abcc25.jpg" /></a></p> <p>I’m at the 2011 SCCA Tire Rack Solo National Championships in Lincoln Nebraska. Stay tuned to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/sets/72157627551307852/with/6095587688/">Flickr</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/christoc">YouTube</a> for videos and photos from throughout the week!</p> <iframe height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_F6XSXpTM4" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:13:47 GMT22ecd6f2-6a73-4057-814a-1126862edb99Toddler366 Video, a year in reviewhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2605/Toddler366-Video-a-year-in-review<p>Over the past 12 months we took at least one picture of Jacqueline every day (except 11/16) and posted those photos on Flickr. I’ve put together a video with those photos that you can watch below.</p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0tSCedhmJjo?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.chrishammond.com/blog/itemid/2309/baby365-year-of-baby-photos-2011.aspx" target="_blank">Also be sure to check out the Baby365 videos from the year before</a>!</p>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:27:19 GMTa3db602d-359d-40dd-ae20-ac7ef3e51abfTime lapse video from the garage salehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/1749/Time-lapse-video-from-the-garage-sale<p>So here’s the time lapse video from yesterday’s garage sale. No audio, so turn up your Zune software if you need music to go along with it, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fgw%26field-keywords%3Dzune%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">what, you don’t have a Zune? You should!</a><img border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=chrishammondc-20&l=ur2&o=1" /></p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z_dkhviAlcw?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p>What do you think? I think I need to get a power cord for the camera (if they make one) to prevent the times where I missed video because the battery ran out and I had to switch.</p> <p>UPDATE: apparently I did add audio to it... uhhhh</p>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:58:53 GMT7e8a3d01-ad3e-445c-b84e-f8a2803f5939A slow Sunday, more cleaning on the motor.https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1524/A-slow-Sunday-more-cleaning-on-the-motor<p>So I woke up this morning, <a href="http://www.project240z.com/Home/itemId/399/Little-progress-little-time.aspx" target="_blank">earlier than yesterday</a>, but still not as early as one would have liked. First things first I ran to Radio Shack to get an AC power source for my <a href="http://www.chasecam.com/" target="_blank">Chase Cam</a> so that I could use it to record video today. </p> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:44:15 GMTdde03e93-c29a-43ce-9072-60e22b98a8e4Another boring Project240z Video!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1014/Another-boring-Project240z-VideoSo I setup the toolbox last night in the garage, though I haven't put anything in it yet, I did take video of the process. Check it out over on...Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:29:00 GMT6b60d9b4-3df6-42d0-adab-ee5ce621ca65Back in the Saddle Againhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/843/Back-in-the-Saddle-AgainWell... I'm back onto Vista yet again. I started running Vista on my main desktop back in the fall, sometime right around the RTM date. February came and I was getting sick of it. I was having a horrible time with Vista, I reinstalled XP and came to find out that most of my problems weren't actually Vista, but my network in my house, my domain controller was down, but up, and killing the network. Once I got that cleaned up XP was flying again. So this past weekend I got a Canon HV20 camcorder, and XP just won't handle it with Windows Movie Maker, which I use for all the videos I put together for my Datsun 240Z over at www.project240z.com. So tonight I reinstalled Windows Vista Ultimate. I just finished reinstalling Office 2007, and now have some more things to install, configure, and play with. Hope to try to transfer some video later tonight.... More on that if it happens! Technorati Tags: Vista, Videos, Windows Movie Maker, Canon, HD, Camcorder, HV20 Posted from...Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:20:50 GMT4842b9e6-209e-4dbb-be99-b4613e0834c3Bondo cleanup and Gas tank removalhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/782/Bondo-cleanup-and-Gas-tank-removalI sanded the area that I bondo'd yesterday on the 240Z. I also then cleaned and sprayed it with primer. Now the Project 240Z officially consists of 6, count them 6, colors. Blue, orange, white, black, brown, and grey. After that I removed the gas tank so I can have that cleaned up like we had done with the radiator last week. Check out the video http://www.project240z.comhttp://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/16/Bondo-and-Gas-Tank-Removal.aspx For now, I think Krekeler is safe, the car most likely won't be ready for the first St. Louis region event on 4/15. So..... anyone looking for a codriver in SM2 for the first event??? :) I'm still hoping to have the car running, and street legal before my deadline of May 6th, or 9th, whatever the date of the bet with Seelig was. Though, we'll see if I make that one or not. There's still a lot left to do on the car. The more I dig into it, the more I wish I had done all this crap back in the fall! I really should of stripped the car to begin with and sent it off for paint and body...Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:33:22 GMT170cbfcb-695a-4a33-aecd-988f87096d56Bondo cleanup and Gas tank removalhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2381/Bondo-cleanup-and-Gas-tank-removalI sanded the area that I bondo'd yesterday on the 240Z. I also then cleaned and sprayed it with primer. Now the Project 240Z officially consists of 6, count them 6, colors. Blue, orange, white, black, brown, and grey. After that I removed the gas tank so I can have that cleaned up like we had done with the radiator last week. Check out the video http://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/16/Bondo-and-Gas-Tank-Removal.aspx For now, I think Krekeler is safe, the car most likely won't be ready for the first St. Louis region event on 4/15. So..... anyone looking for a codriver in SM2 for the first event??? :) I'm still hoping to have the car running, and street legal before my deadline of May 6th, or 9th, whatever the date of the bet with Seelig was. Though, we'll see if I make that one or not. There's still a lot left to do on the car. The more I dig into it, the more I wish I had done all this crap back in the fall! I really should of stripped the car to begin with and sent it off for paint and body...Chris HammondMon, 02 Apr 2007 09:33:22 GMT109388ff-c2b4-47d5-85f5-2c7906e2b06aBrakes bledhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2386/Brakes-bledDad and I spent a few hours this evening working on the brakes on the 240Z. You have to be able to stop before you even start on the motor right? That's what I keep telling myself, though they brakes still need a lot of work! We did get the new (rebuilt) master cylinder installed, and bled, and apply braking force on the discs/drums! We ended up with a hodgepodge of brake/clutch systems. The vacuum boost is from the 73 240z, the master cylinder is a rebuilt cylinder for a 78 280Z, the clutch is from a 78 280z as the 73 240z was originaly an auto. Catch all that? Both systems are bled and semi ready. The brakes need to be pulled off the car, probably get the discs turned next week, and see what I need to do with the rear drums/shoes. Eventually I'd like to go to a 4 wheel disc setup, but that will have to wait until I have the cash to do a full suspension setup, most likely a setup from www.arizonazcar.com. Not much else accomplished on the car tonight, hoping to get the garage a bit organized on Thursday and start shooting video again, it's been too long since I did a time...Chris HammondWed, 25 Apr 2007 08:56:23 GMTd7471362-5824-4e9c-8597-1bd532ba34d3Brakes bledhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/795/Brakes-bledDad and I spent a few hours this evening working on the brakes on the 240Z. You have to be able to stop before you even start on the motor right? That's what I keep telling myself, though they brakes still need a lot of work! We did get the new (rebuilt) master cylinder installed, and bled, and apply braking force on the discs/drums! We ended up with a hodgepodge of brake/clutch systems. The vacuum boost is from the 73 240z, the master cylinder is a rebuilt cylinder for a 78 280Z, the clutch is from a 78 280z as the 73 240z was originaly an auto. Catch all that? Both systems are bled and semi ready. The brakes need to be pulled off the car, probably get the discs turned next week, and see what I need to do with the rear drums/shoes. Eventually I'd like to go to a 4 wheel disc setup, but that will have to wait until I have the cash to do a full suspension setup, most likely a setup from www.arizonazcar.com. Not much else accomplished on the car tonight, hoping to get the garage a bit organized on Thursday and start shooting video again, it's been too long since I did a time...Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:56:23 GMT95b5ee15-d137-4fce-b812-116e61db2f35Garage Workhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1108/Garage-Work<p>So I spent most of the day today in the garage. I'll blog about it more on <a href="http://www.project240z.com">www.project240z.com</a> later this evening. Photos and video coming!</p>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:56:47 GMT0c0cf056-9e87-445c-ac8e-1bd95f4cae9dHeat gun on a hot nighthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/827/Heat-gun-on-a-hot-nightTonight after work Eric and I headed to Creve Couer park to do some skating. Kendra met us there to bring Eric socks and skated with us as well. As a group we went around the park once, they called it a night after that lap but I decided I'd go around one more lap before heading home. I had a big lunch so I figured I could definitely use the exercise. After that I came home and recovered for a few minutes. I had said I'd do some work on the 240z though so I felt i must get something done. I went out into the garage and grabbed 4 things. A pair of latex gloves, a shop light, a paint scraper and my heat gun. I went to work on the interior of the car and got most of the remaining tar board out of the floorboard of the driver and passenger sides. That should allow me to do a little prep work later this week and then get to painting the interior to clean it up. I'll take some pics and video as I start doing more work inside the car. That's all for...Tue, 29 May 2007 22:14:08 GMT9b34eacc-b850-4537-be05-8a7738b3d2e1Heat gun on a hot nighthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2400/Heat-gun-on-a-hot-nightTonight after work Eric and I headed to Creve Couer park to do some skating. Kendra met us there to bring Eric socks and skated with us as well. As a group we went around the park once, they called it a night after that lap but I decided I'd go around one more lap before heading home. I had a big lunch so I figured I could definitely use the exercise. After that I came home and recovered for a few minutes. I had said I'd do some work on the 240z though so I felt i must get something done. I went out into the garage and grabbed 4 things. A pair of latex gloves, a shop light, a paint scraper and my heat gun. I went to work on the interior of the car and got most of the remaining tar board out of the floorboard of the driver and passenger sides. That should allow me to do a little prep work later this week and then get to painting the interior to clean it up. I'll take some pics and video as I start doing more work inside the car. That's all for...Chris HammondWed, 30 May 2007 06:14:08 GMT179ad732-b8b4-4c5b-97be-c147cbffc110I've got nothing on this time lapsehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1364/Ive-got-nothing-on-this-time-lapseThis time lapse makes my time lapse videos for www.project240z.com look amatuer (hey wait a minute, they are). This is apparently GM Engineers assembling an LS9 for a ZR1 (View the full blog post for the video. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:12:38 GMT2b6ac8ec-aa3d-49b0-a6bf-466fb33bc63dMark stops by with a welderhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/802/Mark-stops-by-with-a-welderSome of you have kept up with my blog posts, first Scott got on me about using Bondo on the Project 240z, so he said to have someone come over and weld on the car instead of using bondo. So I started looking for a welder, might as well do it myself right? Well I didn't have much luck in the price range I was looking for. I had originally ordered something from Harbor Freight, but they suck and I cancelled the order because it ended up being on backorder. Mark Huebbe from 321GoVideo.com offered to let me borrow his welder for a week as he isn't going to need it this coming weekend due to the Rallycross event. I jumped on the offer and he brought the welder over this evening. He took the time to give me some quick lessons, of which I was in dire need. Thanks for all your help Mark, and most of all thanks for the use of the welder! Everyone should be sure to stop by Mark's build site as he puts together his Rally Bug! Now for Tonight's Video! It can be found...Tue, 01 May 2007 01:54:16 GMT0380ffcb-9c80-40f6-926a-b054ac90b985Mark stops by with a welderhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2391/Mark-stops-by-with-a-welderSome of you have kept up with my blog posts, first Scott got on me about using Bondo on the Project 240z, so he said to have someone come over and weld on the car instead of using bondo. So I started looking for a welder, might as well do it myself right? Well I didn't have much luck in the price range I was looking for. I had originally ordered something from Harbor Freight, but they suck and I cancelled the order because it ended up being on backorder. Mark Huebbe from 321GoVideo.com offered to let me borrow his welder for a week as he isn't going to need it this coming weekend due to the Rallycross event. I jumped on the offer and he brought the welder over this evening. He took the time to give me some quick lessons, of which I was in dire need. Thanks for all your help Mark, and most of all thanks for the use of the welder! Everyone should be sure to stop by Mark's build site as he puts together his Rally Bug! Now for Tonight's Video! It can be found...Chris HammondTue, 01 May 2007 09:54:16 GMTb4865db4-73d6-4b8a-a52c-fd62feabd36bNew Project240Z Videohttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1422/New-Project240Z-VideoYesterday I spent an hour or so working on the motor in the garage. I only got one thing finished, and hopefully it is finished and doesn't need to come off again, I got the cover and gasket installed on the head. After that I got the oil cooler connections on the side of the block and then spent some time cleaning up other items on the blog. It's amazing how much crap is on that block, I wish I had a pressure washer to clean it off. Video on the full postFri, 15 Aug 2008 23:06:11 GMT629358d6-08bf-4452-aade-74e4e15c86e9New URL for the Project 240Zhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/688/New-URL-for-the-Project-240ZI may not have worked on either of the cars lately, but I didn take a few minutes and purchase yet ANOTHER domain name! http://www.project240z.com I hope to actually track the project's status over there with a place to feature all the videos and other information about the car. posted from...Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:49:00 GMT64bdd5a2-0d4a-423e-9caf-58f9041e73dcP240Z fabricating a seat brackethttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/850/P240Z-fabricating-a-seat-bracketTonight was a semi productive night on the 240Z, which is always a good thing when some productivity happens during the week, it's hard enough being productive on the weekends. More on tonight in a bit. Summit Racing kindly sent me all of the fuel part oddities I had ordered last week. I had a 12x12 box sitting at the office when I returned from lunch today. I was dissapointed to find such a small box, after spending so much money! But I guess I did order "small" parts. After work I headed home and met up with Dave from http://www.soloperformance.com/ who came over tolend a hand. First we hypothesized on how to mount the 15 Gallon fuel cell I have for the car. I think we've come up with a good plan, and I hope to start fabricating that later this week. After going over that plan we started cutting and fabricating new seat mounts for the Project240z. We got quite a bit done on the Passenger side of the car. I started on that side just incase I were to screw something up, I can always drive without a passenger seat if needed, but I'll always need a driver's seat! Here's a link to the Video I took tonight. Towards the end you'll notice a small camera issue, the tape came loose and the camera basically inverted, which made for some kinda cool video as well. I also took some pictures of what we accomplished on the seat mounts. Tomorrow night, or Thursday I plan to finish up the passenger side brackets and get started on the driver's side brackets, as well as to start cutting for the fuel cell. I'll have to pick up some more 4.5" cutting wheels though, I've gone through 3.5 of them in the past two days of working on the car and have plenty more cutting left to do. I say tomorrow or Thursday, because I'm not sure I'll get any work done tomorrow (Wednesday) because I may head off and play roller hockey with some guys I used to work with at The Sporting News (www.sportingnews.com), they are in the process of relocating the "online" side of TSN to North Carolina and I think Wednesday night is the last night for Ray Slover at the pickup hockey games that have been going on for the past 5-6 years now. More later this...Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:15:00 GMT1a781f90-b453-4f9f-8c90-00c7847c96bdP240Z fabricating a seat brackethttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2414/P240Z-fabricating-a-seat-bracketTonight was a semi productive night on the 240Z, which is always a good thing when some productivity happens during the week, it's hard enough being productive on the weekends. More on tonight in a bit. Summit Racing kindly sent me all of the fuel part oddities I had ordered last week. I had a 12x12 box sitting at the office when I returned from lunch today. I was dissapointed to find such a small box, after spending so much money! But I guess I did order "small" parts. After work I headed home and met up with Dave from http://www.soloperformance.com/ who came over tolend a hand. First we hypothesized on how to mount the 15 Gallon fuel cell I have for the car. I think we've come up with a good plan, and I hope to start fabricating that later this week. After going over that plan we started cutting and fabricating new seat mounts for the Project240z. We got quite a bit done on the Passenger side of the car. I started on that side just incase I were to screw something up, I can always drive without a passenger seat if needed, but I'll always need a driver's seat! Here's a link to the Video I took tonight. Towards the end you'll notice a small camera issue, the tape came loose and the camera basically inverted, which made for some kinda cool video as well. I also took some pictures of what we accomplished on the seat mounts. Tomorrow night, or Thursday I plan to finish up the passenger side brackets and get started on the driver's side brackets, as well as to start cutting for the fuel cell. I'll have to pick up some more 4.5" cutting wheels though, I've gone through 3.5 of them in the past two days of working on the car and have plenty more cutting left to do. I say tomorrow or Thursday, because I'm not sure I'll get any work done tomorrow (Wednesday) because I may head off and play roller hockey with some guys I used to work with at The Sporting News (www.sportingnews.com), they are in the process of relocating the "online" side of TSN to North Carolina and I think Wednesday night is the last night for Ray Slover at the pickup hockey games that have been going on for the past 5-6 years now. More later this...Chris HammondWed, 27 Jun 2007 11:15:00 GMT316f0e72-82bd-44b7-8587-6e5128b45208P240z Motor outhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2408/P240z-Motor-outI came out to the garage an hour ago. The motor is once again removed from the 240Z. HD video with my new video camera will be posted tonight. More work to do out...Chris HammondSat, 16 Jun 2007 23:31:21 GMTa4e08c88-2fdb-4fd3-bc49-b194127645c9P240z Motor outhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/841/P240z-Motor-outI came out to the garage an hour ago. The motor is once again removed from the 240Z. HD video with my new video camera will be posted tonight. More work to do out...Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:31:21 GMT55045640-36f2-46c0-b3f7-55c68d5fde16P240Z Rollin until the wheels fall offhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/849/P240Z-Rollin-until-the-wheels-fall-offThe 240Z once again stands on its own! Eric and I put the brakes back together on the car, put the wheels on and roll her out into the driveway. Spun her around, and rolled her back in. Then we procede to begin on the fuel cell installation (read cut shit out). Tonight I'll be working with Dave and Eric to cut more, and start fabricating the mounts for the Fuel Cell which I hope to have mounted by the end of the week! Here's the video from Saturday's...Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:50:07 GMTbbe863f4-7a13-4cf4-b279-08de4f27e3fcP240Z Rollin until the wheels fall offhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2413/P240Z-Rollin-until-the-wheels-fall-offThe 240Z once again stands on its own! Eric and I put the brakes back together on the car, put the wheels on and roll her out into the driveway. Spun her around, and rolled her back in. Then we procede to begin on the fuel cell installation (read cut shit out). Tonight I'll be working with Dave and Eric to cut more, and start fabricating the mounts for the Fuel Cell which I hope to have mounted by the end of the week! Here's the video from Saturday's...Chris HammondTue, 26 Jun 2007 18:50:07 GMTc76c2050-d889-49a8-8490-3696e999723eP240Z two new videoshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/799/P240Z-two-new-videosI've posted two new videos for the 240Z. Yesterday I spent some time finishing up the work bench and organizing the garage a bit. http://www.project240z.comhttp://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/17/New-Toolbench-Setup.aspx And then Russ came over and we spent a few hours doing a few necessary things. We removed parts for the brakes and cleaned up items so that I can get everything turned this weekend. I installed the new Rocker arm cover gasket. Russ started fabricating block off plates for the various items that will be coming off the motor, you know, all those inhibiting emissions items! http://www.project240z.comhttp://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/18/Project-240Z-Brakes-and-Unecessary-items.aspx...Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:17:31 GMT5c719940-f72a-4181-b28c-e4c9d15fdf9cP240Z two new videoshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2389/P240Z-two-new-videosI've posted two new videos for the 240Z. Yesterday I spent some time finishing up the work bench and organizing the garage a bit. http://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/17/New-Toolbench-Setup.aspx And then Russ came over and we spent a few hours doing a few necessary things. We removed parts for the brakes and cleaned up items so that I can get everything turned this weekend. I installed the new Rocker arm cover gasket. Russ started fabricating block off plates for the various items that will be coming off the motor, you know, all those inhibiting emissions items! http://www.project240z.com/tabid/54/itemid/18/Project-240Z-Brakes-and-Unecessary-items.aspx...Chris HammondSun, 29 Apr 2007 21:17:31 GMT21c540be-a4ca-4b74-a3df-5dd7e05ccdcePacking up the Garagehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1797/Packing-up-the-Garage<p>So this weekend’s goal was to get the Garage packed up and ready for the move. I didn’t get much done in there yesterday, mainly just a few things assembled on the 240Z (<a href="http://www.project240z.com">http://www.project240z.com</a>) today however was a whole different story. I spent 9 hours in the garage, packing, cleaning, assembling, and throwing things out. I managed to get the car running, and even drove it around the circle (check out the 240Z site later for the video).</p> <p>I packed up the things in the garage that I could get into a box or container. There are a few more things to pack up, but mainly it comes down to getting the boxes out of the garage and onto the trailer next weekend. I have quite a bit of stuff to throw away or scrap. A load of metal I don’t think I want to move, so I’ll try to find a scrap yard this week where I can go and maybe even get some $$$ out of the deal?</p>Chris HammondMon, 20 Jul 2009 00:32:31 GMT9e4a72ca-a007-491b-b68e-1ba29c53ce6fParts car is almost gonehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2369/Parts-car-is-almost-goneToday I spent some time trying to get the parts car all finished up. I removed a lot of the rear interior with hopes that some of it will work out in the 240z, we'll see if it will or not tomorrow. I also completely removed the dash, pedal assembly, the master cylinders for the clutch and brakes. I also removed the hatch lock, and driver's door lock with hopes that I can reuse those in the 240 since I have a set of keys for the 280. Tomorrow I have to pull the diff out of the rear, and remove the passenger door lock, then it'll be time to load it up on the trailer and haul it off to the scrap yard. No video today, I wanted to just get some work done without going through the hassle of setting up the camera. Perhaps I'll use it tomorrow when I finish...Chris HammondSun, 11 Mar 2007 05:36:48 GMT3832eed5-3b2d-4849-b6e0-ce4b328b23baParts car is almost gonehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/749/Parts-car-is-almost-goneToday I spent some time trying to get the parts car all finished up. I removed a lot of the rear interior with hopes that some of it will work out in the 240z, we'll see if it will or not tomorrow. I also completely removed the dash, pedal assembly, the master cylinders for the clutch and brakes. I also removed the hatch lock, and driver's door lock with hopes that I can reuse those in the 240 since I have a set of keys for the 280. Tomorrow I have to pull the diff out of the rear, and remove the passenger door lock, then it'll be time to load it up on the trailer and haul it off to the scrap yard. No video today, I wanted to just get some work done without going through the hassle of setting up the camera. Perhaps I'll use it tomorrow when I finish...Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:36:48 GMT9cde4f00-9d06-4fa3-abcc-36720001b061Project 240Z - Starting on the Parts Carhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/624/Project-240Z--Starting-on-the-Parts-CarI got started on the parts car this week, a 78 280Z 2+2.Yesterday I put in about an hour's work in on the car, it may not seem like much, but between that hour and the hour I spent on Sunday, that's 2 hours this week, prior to this week I hadn't put more than 2 minutes in over two months.So yesterday I started disassembling the 280Z. In an hour I got the bumper and parts of the front body work off the car. Hopefully some of those parts will be reusable on the 240Z unless I find something else to do for front end body work on the Project 240Z.Check out the video from the work yesterday!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2g8DB8lDo  posted from...Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:09:00 GMTf2c81df7-0435-415a-84b2-5801670ab972Project 240Z The Motor Is Pulledhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/533/Project-240Z-The-Motor-Is-PulledWell, it's been just over two months since I picked up the Project 240Z from Krekeler. Today I successfully pulled the motor and transmission from the car. It took me a few hours today, in some of the hottest weather of the year. If you watch in the video below you'll see I aim the fan at me whenever I move around the car :) Also in the video, you may not notice, but before the motor comes all the way out of the car the front end of the car gets lowered. I had intended to lower this manually when I was ready, but the car decided it was ready to be lowered while I was pulling on the motor. Luckily I wasn't near the car, and I left the wheels/tires on it so the car just slipped off the front jack stands and onto the ground. It worked out perfectly, dropped the car down just enough to everything free and clear. Enough banter, here's the video!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKmMYhwZrMU   posted from...Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:29:00 GMT6ccd28ca-7a4b-4d93-9b67-70d937a6bcb8Project 240Z Video from 7-8-06https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/528/Project-240Z-Video-from-7806Here's a quick video of me out in the garage today. Funny to watch, though not much progress to be seen.   posted from...Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:07:00 GMTf3e0e206-6822-4b2e-b303-b80d0a94e752Project240Z Videos, she's back!!!!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2471/Project240Z-Videos-shes-backSo it has been a while since I've posted any P240Z videos, too long in fact. Well here are two, one that i failed to post back in March, and one that I just made today!Chris HammondSat, 09 Aug 2008 23:31:43 GMTa6732062-7b0d-47f9-b72f-09ef57d114c9Project240z.com and the car are for sale!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1417/Project240zcom-and-the-car-are-for-saleWith my recent acquisition I'm going to have to clear out the garage of all of my Datsun parts and cars to make room for a few other vehicles. I'm going to start putting together information on what all I have for sale, but here's a rough idea. 1973 Datsun 240Z (sans motor) Megasquirt Ford EDIS ignition Brand New Corbeau A4 seats 1978 280Z 2+2 Motor L28E Ran when removed from parts car, currently needs some parts from the L28ET installed to use the Megasquirt, needs rear main seal replaced. (2) 1979 Datsun 5 Speeds, one needs rebuilt 1973 Datsun 240Z Automatic Transmission 1983 280ZX L28ET (#2 piston blew up, head can be repaired and turbo system should be usable) Downpipe and custom exhaust  Complete second sport suspension for the car, ready to be cleaned up to be powder coated and installed. New Fuel System 15 Gallon fuel cell High Pressure Fuel Pump AN hose and fittings front to back Custom fuel rail Ford Lightning Injectors Website Project240Z.com domain name, and 1 year of website hosting, training of use of website. The site gets a lot of traffic from search engine results. DVD of the original video files of all the video recordings I have that I used in Project240z.com videos I'm not sure what all I want to ask for this, it could be a very fun project, with the most expensive parts already purchased and installed. If you're interested start making me an offer, if I consider it reasonable I'll respond. Currently not looking to part things out,...Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:09:58 GMTe416d9d5-e4d9-4353-9a18-08ecfaff2b9cProject240z.com and the car are for sale!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/952/Project240zcom-and-the-car-are-for-saleWith my recent acquisition I'm going to have to clear out the garage of all of my Datsun parts and cars to make room for a few other vehicles. I'm going to start putting together information on what all I have for sale, but here's a rough idea. 1973 Datsun 240Z (sans motor) Megasquirt Ford EDIS ignition Brand New Corbeau A4 seats 1978 280Z 2+2 Motor L28E Ran when removed from parts car, currently needs some parts from the L28ET installed to use the Megasquirt, needs rear main seal replaced. (2) 1979 Datsun 5 Speeds, one needs rebuilt 1973 Datsun 240Z Automatic Transmission 1983 280ZX L28ET (#2 piston blew up, head can be repaired and turbo system should be usable) Downpipe and custom exhaust  Complete second sport suspension for the car, ready to be cleaned up to be powder coated and installed. New Fuel System 15 Gallon fuel cell High Pressure Fuel Pump AN hose and fittings front to back Custom fuel rail Ford Lightning Injectors Website Project240Z.com domain name, and 1 year of website hosting, training of use of website. The site gets a lot of traffic from search engine results. DVD of the original video files of all the video recordings I have that I used in Project240z.com videos I'm not sure what all I want to ask for this, it could be a very fun project, with the most expensive parts already purchased and installed. If you're interested start making me an offer, if I consider it reasonable I'll respond. Currently not looking to part things out,...Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:09:58 GMT6e617324-9d90-42ed-996d-a0c8cdc08279Say it isn't so! We've found the piston!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1007/Say-it-isnt-so-Weve-found-the-pistonWhat? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor, so I did just that. I even recorded the whole process, so hopefully I'll have video up soon. For now you can check out the photos of what I found, be warned, it's not...Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:35:34 GMT9d0eee54-3c65-4e89-a594-db67a5519157Say it isn't so! We've found the piston!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1268/Say-it-isnt-so-Weve-found-the-piston<p>What? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor, so I did just that. I even recorded the whole process, so hopefully I'll have video up soon. For now you can check out the photos of what I found, be warned, it's not pretty!</p>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:35:34 GMT57d52d7b-7768-4a24-86e0-a993d2fbeb8bSay it isn't so! We've found the piston!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1555/Say-it-isnt-so-Weve-found-the-piston<p>What? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor, so I did just that. I even recorded the whole process, so hopefully I'll have video up soon. For now you can check out the photos of what I found, be warned, it's not pretty!</p>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:35:34 GMTa26d4b15-91fd-4045-8d31-dd5aeda31248Starting on the suspensionhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1774/Starting-on-the-suspension<p>With the <a href="http://www.project240z.com/Blog/itemId/424/It-runs-twice-and-therersquos-audiovideo-proof.aspx" target="_blank">success last night</a> I decided I had to work on the car this evening a bit. The first thing I did was get it up on all four jack stands so that they were under the frame and not under control arms of the car. This would allow me to begin working on the suspension pieces. </p> <p>When I got the car from Jeff, uhhh over three years ago now, it came with a second suspension that had been pulled off another car. This other suspension has springs (yellow), new(er) struts, a larger front sway bar, and also the addition of a rear sway bar. It also is a lot cleaner then the current suspension. So tonight I started pulling off the front suspension, starting with the sway bar, and moving on to removing the rest, at least what I could, of the right front.</p> <p>I got stuck at the tie rod, but I did manage to get most of the other bolts removed. I came to a conclusion though, I’m going to likely just drop the whole front suspension out, including the cross member as the second suspension has one as well. In order to do that though I am going to have to dismount the motor. I will attempt to do that by lifting the motor up off the mounts with the cherry picker, hopefully without having to disconnect the transmission and not removing the whole thing from the car.</p> <p>Before I do that though I will likely fully disassemble the other suspension and take it to a friend’s house to sandblast everything. I’m heading to Tampa for a conference tomorrow, so that will have to wait until the evenings next week. I’ll try to get everything disassembled during the week, both front and rear suspensions, and then probably go down to his place Saturday if he’ll be around.</p>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:17:08 GMTce0d2911-e4e0-4250-9613-97c41cd74fffThe Returnhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1402/The-Return<p>The car is finally back home, within reach of me actually working on it and hopefully getting it running in the next few weeks.</p> <p><a href="http://www.project240z.com/DesktopModules/EngagePublish/itemlink.aspx?itemId=128">I've posted two videos, you can find them on this page</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/sets/72157594465585463/">I've also posted some photos to flickr</a></p> <p> </p>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:42:32 GMTcd6d8148-9777-44e8-8e28-f4e4ff4541d0Updated the videos againhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/730/Updated-the-videos-againAlright, I have all the videos updated now. So every video that I've created thus far on the Project240z is now online with youtube and listed here on the videos...Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:00:00 GMTa80388b7-4ee5-40a3-836b-88dff03c8654Updated the videos againhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2356/Updated-the-videos-againAlright, I have all the videos updated now. So every video that I've created thus far on the Project240z is now online with youtube and listed here on the videos...Chris HammondTue, 30 Jan 2007 11:00:00 GMT8ec192f5-5a98-425f-99d8-14ba540c8096Wiring up the engine and attempting to starthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1741/Wiring-up-the-engine-and-attempting-to-start<div class="watch-video-desc description"> <p><span>I spent the morning with Dave and Terec helping to finish buttoning up items on the 240Z so we could attempt to start it today. We were successful in getting to the point of attempting to start it, though we weren't successful in actually getting it started, there's an issue or two that I need to track down. Likely issues with timing and firing for the Megasquirt. Because the last time I had the car running was back in August 2007 I've now got a new laptop and don't have it configured for the Megasquirt. I'm hoping to get it setup tonight and try to hook it up tomorrow to see what I find.</span></p> <p><span>Here's the video from today's work.</span></p> </div> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plj8ZyVgPuQ"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plj8ZyVgPuQ" />Flash Not Installed</object></span></p>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:59:13 GMT5a32a707-dddf-412e-9d65-15ac135a72c9Working on the motor againhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/2472/Working-on-the-motor-againTonight I spent some good time working on the motor for the 240Z again. Here's the YouTube video!Chris HammondFri, 15 Aug 2008 00:41:05 GMT589a32a5-7409-4017-a743-d5a6c1aa6ba4Little progress, little time!https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1517/Little-progress-little-time<p>So my weekend of working on the 240Z started off quite slowly today. I ended up sleeping until almost noon this morning, it was nice to catch up on some much lost rest from the travelling the past few months.</p> <p>So after my restful morning I had a few errands to run to get my costume ready for a party tonight. Once those were completed I was able to spend some time in the garage. First things first getting the months of piled on crap off the top of the car. That led me to assembling the 2nd craftsman stool that I had purchased probably 10 months ago now, it was in a box on the hood of the car.</p> <p>Once I could see the top of the car I made room at the back and rolled her back a bit in the garage, this allowed me to get to the motor which has been on the stand for quite some time sitting in front of the car. Without the Corvette in the garage (*sheds a small tear*) I had plenty of room to move the motor over to the free side of the garage to work on. The next step for the car is to get all of the motor bits back together, the manifolds, turbo and all other accessories need to be put on the car so that I can put it back in the engine bay. I spent some time this afternoon cleaning off some more of the grease/dirt that covers the motor. I think Lynn, the previous owner, took it to a rally cross based on all the dirt and grime I’ve pulled off this motor over time.</p> <p>I didn’t get too far today, but I hope that tomorrow I can get all of the parts back on the motor, if I can successfully do that I should be able to get the motor back in the car next weekend. The biggest problem I have working on the car is staying focused, if I’m by myself I tend to stray from the task at hand, and I never seem to get anything done. Case in point today, at some point while working on clearing off the car I got out the angle grinder and wire wheeled the hole where the FM antenna was at one point, I thought it looked like it might be rusting so I took the paint off then sprayed some primer on the car. Now it looks worse than before, but I had fun! :) </p> <p>More updates tomorrow, hopefully with some video. I tried using the Chase Cam today to shoot some video but apparently the PDR doesn’t really care for normal AA batteries as it only stayed powered on for about 5 minutes before shutting off, without me knowing.</p>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:24:26 GMT1dc2f34d-45ca-46e7-a5de-2c03a7367dbbMade it homehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1162/Made-it-homeI'll do a full writeup on www.corvettez06.org later this week along with some video. For now I've got a lot of work to do. I have to submit my topics for OpenForce08 as well as work on a few other DNN modules tonight.Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:32:42 GMTd7aef5c1-6844-4a8d-bae7-f2e85190ad3aDotNetNuke Module for Youtubehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1232/DotNetNuke-Module-for-YoutubeI started working on a YouTube module for DotNetNuke this evening. I have a very basic first version up here on Corvettez06.org. You can check it out on my corvette video page.Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:06:12 GMTb7813109-d1bf-42e7-bdb2-5b0bf415a305Peru National Tour Day 1 (Cones)https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1331/Peru-National-Tour-Day-1-ConesSo the CorvetteZ06.org Team took 9 runs today at the National Tour here in Bunker Hill Indiana. 2 out of those 9 runs were clean, the rest were DNFs and coned runs. Here's a quick overview of what I can remember Dave  Run 1 (Cones) Run 2 (Cones) Run 3 (DNF Cones) Chris Run 1 (DNF Cones) Run 2 (Cone) fast enough for 5th or 6th if clean Run 3 (Cones) Beth Run 1 (Cones) Run 2 Run 3 I am sitting in 9th, Dave in 11th, Beth in 3rd in SSL. I've reviewed my video from Run #1, and I don't see anywhere that I DNF'd the course, I did spin through the finish and hit a cone or two, but it sure doesn't look like I left the course at anytime. Right now tomorrow for Dave and I is just for fun, to see how well we can do in the car after a bad Saturday. I've got video from all the runs today, though it looks like the audio didn't record, I will have to check that out in the morning to make sure we get audio of tomorrows runs.Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:06:49 GMTc5273610-54e1-4bae-a4b7-fec18acc41bcToledo ProSolo Updatehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1346/Toledo-ProSolo-UpdateQuick update: Got home about an hour and a half ago, 8 hour drive, the POS Ford check engine light came on again. The Corvette Z06 team filled in the top bottom two places at the Toledo ProSolo... Not much good to be said of the weekend, except I got some good spin footage to add to the White Tornado collection. I'll be working on video from last weekend and this weekend over the next few days to get all the runs posted.Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:51:11 GMTed732eaf-ab71-4b48-9eac-6b78e930ce90St. Louis Event #7 Another good onehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1403/St-Louis-Event-7-Another-good-oneAnother class win in SS and SSL for the CorvetteZ06.org team, as well as another overall index win, that makes 3 local events in a row for the team. Videos and data coming later this week. Anyone who watched my fifth run today also witnessed the return of the White Tornado to St. Louis. Photos of the aftermath can be found on the full blog post.Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:35:26 GMT8c240c03-fd2f-4d6b-862f-f391cebb6b33New Look and New Videohttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1424/New-Look-and-New-VideoI spent the day today cleaning up the Corvette and then setup the new look of the car for the upcoming Solo Nationals. A big thanks to Dave at www.SoloPerformance.com for getting the vinyl cut yesterday. It took me pretty much all afternoon to get this done, with washing the car, clay barring a few parts of the car, polish and wax, applying the vinyl then another wash. I think the car turned out great, you can check out the flickr photos to see what it looks like. Now for the video, music from Steve Ewing (www.steveewingmusic.com) Check out the video on the full blog post. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:57:48 GMT4d2283bd-b04b-40fc-ae0c-4c86ed972973Kansas City National Tour Short Resultshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1448/Kansas-City-National-Tour-Short-Results3 of 5 drivers in the CorvetteZ06.org team finished in 3rd this weekend. Natalie finished third in SSL, Dave finished Third in ASP, and I finished third in SS. Beth finished 2nd in SSL and managed to win the only tire this weekend, Tom ended up having to deal with some family business in KC after taking his runs on Saturday so he was unable to run on Sunday. Hopefully his father-in-law is doing better. More detailed updates and video later this weekend/week.Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:57:00 GMTf3faeece-fed0-4328-969e-a6a21ce03d77Corvette Z06 Koni Shock Installhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/2348/Corvette-Z06-Koni-Shock-Instal<p>So today Nick and I spent most of the day working on the Corvette. We got the Koni Shocks from <a href="http://www.soloperformance.com">www.soloperformance.com</a> installed, the sway bar from <a href="http://www.stranoparts.com">www.stranoparts.com</a>, and the Hawk brake pads from <a href="http://www.jscspeed.com">www.jscspeed.com</a>. Everything went rather well except for the following.</p> <p>The shocks were a tad difficult to get installed because of the configuration of the suspension.</p> <p>We lowered the car with the OEM ride height adjustment bolts. Well..... we thought we lowered it. Nick actually lowered the rear, I managed to raise the front. So I'll be correcting that tomorrow, and then we'll work on aligning the car. I hope to also work on getting the hoosiers mounted tomorrow.</p> <p>I've got a TON of video from today to go through, perhaps I'll get it done after we finish watching "Miracle" on ABC tonight.</p>Chris HammondSat, 16 Feb 2008 22:38:21 GMT33007081-1c30-4221-991d-d4ed103a47f2This baby is trying to walk, what he does at the end will make you smile https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2652/This-baby-is-trying-to-walk-what-he-does-at-the-eThis little boy is trying to learn to walk, and won't give up. What he does at the end will make you smile. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.chrishammond.com/blog/itemid/2652/this-baby-is-trying-to-walk-what-he-does-at-the-e.aspx"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/zO_QCv7wzi4/0.jpg" alt="baby trying to walk" /></a> <br /> Age: 11 monthsChris HammondFri, 16 May 2014 00:09:00 GMT7424631f-706f-41d7-abcf-a341f95700bbI have a new YouTube channelhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2952/I-have-a-new-YouTube-channel<p>So over the years I’ve uploaded ALL of my YouTube content to the same channel, so there is a mix of <a href="https://christoc.com/Tutorials/DNN9-Tutorials" target="_blank">DNN Training videos</a>, Racing videos, family videos, and even a refrigerator repair video. I’ve never had anyone actually complain about the mix of content, but I have always thought that the Racing and family videos kind of get in the way, as most of the views on my channel are for the tutorial type videos.</p>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 14:56:58 GMT9dc74848-b8b9-4565-91f4-a401003fea9aProject240z Lives Againhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/1973/Project240z-Lives-Again<p>Yes, it's true folks, the Project240z lives again! Check out the latest incarnation!</p> <p>PHOTO REMOVED</p> <p>So what if it is in a web based video game.</p> Chris HammondSun, 15 Aug 2010 18:24:10 GMTa08f5092-41b6-45db-84d2-1a5f08620c72Building a Netduino Tankhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2544/Building-a-Netduino-Tank<a title="The @Netduino tank is finally ready for @makerfaire by chrishammond, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/7225828720/"><img alt="The @Netduino tank is finally ready for @makerfaire" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7225828720_d357383976.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a> <p>It was About 8 or 9 months ago that I posted my first video using my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlel4OuZds" target="_blank">Netduino powering a Tamiya Tracked Vehicle Chassis Kit</a>. After that I actually did a little more work on the project, but I never posted any video or updates for the project itself.</p> <p>Last week I was asked if I still had the project, and would be able to bring it to the Maker Faire. I thought, sure thing! So I got to work making it actually do something a bit more than going in a very long slowly arcing circle. </p> <p>V1.5 (if you consider the video linked above v1) actually had a piece of plexiglass as a base, sitting on some standoffs up off the wooden base of the Tamiya kit. But it was my first time working with PG and I ran into a couple of issues, I drilled holes and they weren’t right, so I drilled some more, and they still weren’t right, the "rectangle” was off center on the vehicle itself, and I never even got around to taking the protective coating off the plexiglass. I did mount a GoPro camera on it, using zip ties, and drove it around the office scaring the pets, but never published that video, or even took pictures of the setup.</p> <p>Thursday evening I decided I would try to take the motorshield I was using and make it work with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PA20PG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007PA20PG" target="_blank">Netduino Go</a>. Unfortunately due to a bug with PWM in .NET MF 4.2 qfe1 (or whatever is currently release) I was unable to get the Go working, so I wasted a full evening of time.</p> <p>Friday evening I got to work getting the original <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FRZ4E6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004FRZ4E6" target="_blank">Netduino</a> going again, along with the motorshield, and a new piece of plexiglass. The end result was the photo seen above, a cell phone picture taken at something like 2 in the morning Saturday before Maker Faire, so I apologize for that :D </p> <p>I ended up doing a little bit of coding, on the project (all sample code is hosted on Codeplex, at the time of this blog it is using <a href="http://christocnetduino.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/67198" target="_blank">Changeset 67198</a> (motor test project). I didn’t add a bunch of logic to the code, it basically has 4 programs, one that spins, goes, and repeats. Another that just spins. Another that goes forward then backward, and finally one that doesn’t do anything (stop). You can trigger through the programs using a button that was wired into the breadboard. Not the ideal setup, as the button was hard to get to while it was moving, but it was 2am and I just wanted to finish.</p> <p>I made the programs fairly short because I figured that the area where it would be displayed wouldn’t be very big, unfortunately even with the short programs there wasn’t any way to safely have it running during the Maker Faire, so it for the most part remained unplugged the entire weekend. But it looked cool!</p> <p>Speaking of looks, I took another piece of black plexiglass and cut it, shaped it on the belt sander, and then took the drill press to it to create holes for the standoff mounts, and somewhere to mount the Netduino/Shield to.</p> <p>I also stuck an old (think original AAA battery powered, pre HD/960) GoPro camera to the front, this was all for show at this point, there was no chance I was going to get it wired up, and I really just needed the weight up there to keep the nose down. The back end was rather heavy due to the two battery packs, one for the Netduino one for the Motorshield, and it wanted to ride a wheelie without the camera up front.</p> <p><strong>Update </strong>(before I even posted the original blog) I stuck the GoPro 3D Case and two cameras up front to shoot some video and photos, you can see them below. This setup weighed the front end down heavily, and also, on a rough surface (bricks outside) started to cause problems for the tracks, I haven’t tried to figure out why yet, but they were coming off pretty regularly.</p> <p>Here’s some video of the Netduino Tank in action, though I promise you it isn’t all that fancy yet <img style="border-style: none;" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.chrishammond.com/Portals/0/PublishThumbnails/Windows-Live-Writer/6b8f5728a27f_13469/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile_2.png" /></p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yYiPN09wfhw?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p>and then of course 3D Video of what it sees (you’ll want to wear red/blue glasses for this one, or turn off 3D on youtube)</p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rSuL5ziFWIM?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <h2>Photo Gallery</h2> <p><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true⟨=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2F&set_id=72157629895787330&jump_to="> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2F&set_id=72157629895787330&jump_to=" wmode="opaque" width="400" height="300"></object></p> <h2>Parts List <span style="font-weight: normal;">(quantity)</span></h2> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061HHTK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00061HHTK" target="_blank">Tamiya Tracked Vehicle Chassis Kit</a> $20 (1) </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061HHQS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00061HHQS" target="_blank">Tamiya Twin Motor Gearbox TAM70097</a> $10 (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">9V Battery Case (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">AA Battery Case 4-AA (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006851JZQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006851JZQ" target="_blank">AdaFruit Motor Shield</a> $21 (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_315521_-1" target="_blank">Yellow push button switch $1</a> (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Plexiglass platform</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Long screws (4)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Nuts, for above. (4)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Aluminum spacers, mounted between base and platform (4)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Small breadboard (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Heat shrink</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Solid core wire</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WY3TMA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005WY3TMA" target="_blank">GoPro HD Hero 2</a> (2)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004M18816/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004M18816" target="_blank">GoPro 3D Case</a> (1)</div> </li> <li> <div style="text-align: left;">Plexiglass Sheet</div> </li> </ol> <h2>What’s Next?</h2> <p>1) I would like to add some sensors to it so that it can move around on its own a bit, and know when it should turn around.</p> <p>2) I’d like to get the Wi-Fi-bac for the GoPro Hero 2 setup, whenever it comes out (this summer) and mount a Hero2 up front so I can stream video using the camera. This wouldn’t actually wire into the Netduino in any way, but I can imagine putting the GoPro on a servo system so that the Netduino could at least “point” the camera, at what, I don’t know yet.</p> <p>3) It needs either a remote control (<a href="http://www.dotnetnuke.com" target="_blank">DotNetNuke</a> module) and Wifi access or some other wireless access to the tank and send commands.</p>Chris HammondFri, 25 May 2012 17:08:27 GMT6ef762a9-7718-4f7e-901b-7743031762afBuilding a Netduino Tankhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2545/Building-a-Netduino-Tank<a title="The @Netduino tank is finally ready for @makerfaire by chrishammond, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/7225828720/"><img alt="The @Netduino tank is finally ready for @makerfaire" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7225828720_d357383976.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a> <p>It was About 8 or 9 months ago that I posted my first video using my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlel4OuZds" target="_blank">Netduino powering a Tamiya Tracked Vehicle Chassis Kit</a>. After that I actually did a little more work on the project, but I never posted any video or updates for the project itself.</p> <p>Last week I was asked if I still had the project, and would be able to bring it to the Maker Faire. I thought, sure thing! So I got to work making it actually do something a bit more than going in a very long slowly arcing circle. </p> <p>V1.5 (if you consider the video linked above v1) actually had a piece of plexiglass as a base, sitting on some standoffs up off the wooden base of the Tamiya kit. But it was my first time working with PG and I ran into a couple of issues, I drilled holes and they weren’t right, so I drilled some more, and they still weren’t right, the "rectangle” was off center on the vehicle itself, and I never even got around to taking the protective coating off the plexiglass. I did mount a GoPro camera on it, using zip ties, and drove it around the office scaring the pets, but never published that video, or even took pictures of the setup.</p> <p>Thursday evening I decided I would try to take the motorshield I was using and make it work with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PA20PG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007PA20PG" target="_blank">Netduino Go</a>.</a> Unfortunately due to a bug with PWM in .NET MF 4.2 qfe1 (or whatever is currently release) I was unable to get the Go working, so I wasted a full evening of time.</p> <p>Friday evening I got to work getting the original <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FRZ4E6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004FRZ4E6" target="_blank">Netduino</a> going again, along with the motorshield, and a new piece of plexiglass. The end result was the photo seen above, a cell phone picture taken at something like 2 in the morning Saturday before Maker Faire, so I apologize for that :D </p> <p>I ended up doing a little bit of coding, on the project (all sample code is hosted on Codeplex, at the time of this blog it is using <a href="http://christocnetduino.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/67198" target="_blank">Changeset 67198</a> (motor test project). I didn’t add a bunch of logic to the code, it basically has 4 programs, one that spins, goes, and repeats. Another that just spins. Another that goes forward then backward, and finally one that doesn’t do anything (stop). You can trigger through the programs using a button that was wired into the breadboard. Not the ideal setup, as the button was hard to get to while it was moving, but it was 2am and I just wanted to finish.</p> <p>I made the programs fairly short because I figured that the area where it would be displayed wouldn’t be very big, unfortunately even with the short programs there wasn’t any way to safely have it running during the Maker Faire, so it for the most part remained unplugged the entire weekend. But it looked cool!</p> <p>Speaking of looks, I took another piece of black plexiglass and cut it, shaped it on the belt sander, and then took the drill press to it to create holes for the standoff mounts, and somewhere to mount the Netduino/Shield to.</p> <p>I also stuck an old (think original AAA battery powered, pre HD/960) GoPro camera to the front, this was all for show at this point, there was no chance I was going to get it wired up, and I really just needed the weight up there to keep the nose down. The back end was rather heavy due to the two battery packs, one for the Netduino one for the Motorshield, and it wanted to ride a wheelie without the camera up front.</p> <p><strong>Update </strong>(before I even posted the original blog) I stuck the GoPro 3D Case and two cameras up front to shoot some video and photos, you can see them below. This setup weighed the front end down heavily, and also, on a rough surface (bricks outside) started to cause problems for the tracks, I haven’t tried to figure out why yet, but they were coming off pretty regularly.</p> <p>Here’s some video of the Netduino Tank in action, though I promise you it isn’t all that fancy yet <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.chrishammond.com/Portals/0/PublishThumbnails/Windows-Live-Writer/6b8f5728a27f_13469/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile_2.png" /></p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yYiPN09wfhw?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p>and then of course 3D Video of what it sees (you’ll want to wear red/blue glasses for this one, or turn off 3D on youtube)</p> s <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rSuL5ziFWIM?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <h2>Photo Gallery</h2> <p><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true〈=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2F&set_id=72157629895787330&jump_to="></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=109615" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fchammond%2Fsets%2F72157629895787330%2F&set_id=72157629895787330&jump_to=" wmode="opaque" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></p> <h2>Parts List <font style="font-weight: normal">(quantity)</font></h2> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061HHTK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00061HHTK" target="_blank">Tamiya Tracked Vehicle Chassis Kit</a> $20 (1) </li> <li> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00061HHQS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00061HHQS" target="_blank">Tamiya Twin Motor Gearbox TAM70097</a> $10 (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">9V Battery Case (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">AA Battery Case 4-AA (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006851JZQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006851JZQ" target="_blank">AdaFruit Motor Shield</a> $21 (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_315521_-1" target="_blank">Yellow push button switch $1</a> (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Plexiglass platform</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Long screws (4)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Nuts, for above. (4)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Aluminum spacers, mounted between base and platform (4)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Small breadboard (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Heat shrink</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Solid core wire</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WY3TMA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005WY3TMA" target="_blank">GoPro HD Hero 2</a> (2)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004M18816/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=chrishammondc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004M18816" target="_blank">GoPro 3D Case</a> (1)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Plexiglass sheet</div> </li> </ol> <h2>What’s Next?</h2> <p>1) I would like to add some sensors to it so that it can move around on its own a bit, and know when it should turn around.</p> <p>2) I’d like to get the Wi-Fi-bac for the GoPro Hero 2 setup, whenever it comes out (this summer) and mount a Hero2 up front so I can stream video using the camera. This wouldn’t actually wire into the Netduino in any way, but I can imagine putting the GoPro on a servo system so that the Netduino could at least “point” the camera, at what, I don’t know yet.</p> <p>3) It needs either a remote control (<a href="http://www.dotnetnuke.com" target="_blank">DotNetNuke</a> module) and Wifi access or some other wireless access to the tank and send commands.</p>Chris HammondFri, 25 May 2012 17:20:17 GMTe31f79ed-d835-4b9a-885e-efee63fd7537My first time at Maker Fairehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2200/My-first-time-at-Maker-FaireHoly Cow! If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and don’t have plans tomorrow, or if you do have plans, cancel them. You need to get the Maker Faire at the San Mateo County Event Center. Check out www.makerfaire.com for more info! I went this morning, and I am going to go again tomorrow, this time taking the family with me. This morning I headed over with my GoPro camera attached to my head, with the intention of time lapsing the day. I stuck it to the top of a trusty Boston Red Sox hat, which I hoped would last. Chris HammondSun, 22 May 2011 02:26:14 GMTe5fe46d8-f574-4f75-8df4-0c766d282083Time lapse of the snow storm in St. Louis, MO March 24, 2013https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2626/Time-lapse-of-the-snow-storm-in-St-Louis-MO-Marc<p>Here are a couple of time lapse videos from the winter (spring) snow storm here in St. Louis over the past weekend.</p> <p>The first video got a couple of media inquiries via YouTube this morning, and was featured on Fox 2 here in St. Louis on their 5 o’clock news broadcast. It is an hour’s worth of shoveling on Sunday morning compressed into 27 seconds. </p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/afBM8g-LCoo?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p>The second one is of our trip to see the Moolah Shrine Circus at the St. Charles Family Arena.</p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rNulS4thDlE?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span></p> <p>Both videos were shot with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009TCD8V8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009TCD8V8&linkCode=as2&tag=chrishammondc-20" target="_blank">GoPro Hero3 Black</a>.</p>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:38:56 GMT89296656-bb95-40c1-afe2-38f7add3cdc2Autocross Videos from July 13th, St. Louishttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1357/Autocross-Videos-from-July-13th-St-LouisBecause I slept for 5 hours after the event yesterday I was up until about 4am this morning, working on video from the autocross. I didn't get all of it processed but I did get quite a few posted. I'll try to get more posted later this week. All the video posted (except for one inserted video) was shot with the Chase Cam and PDR, we are proud to have Chase Cam as a sponsor here at CorvetteZ06.org You can find them on the Corvette flickr set, or by watching the videos below.Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:38:31 GMTdfcc14d1-5598-40dd-81a5-a3170895cfaaCorvette Videoshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1091/Corvette-Videos<p>So I got 3 videos posted from the autocross this past weekend in Cecil Georgia. I've yet to get a chance to setup a good way to view the videos on <a href="http://www.corvettez06.org">www.corvettez06.org</a>, so until I do I'll link to them from here</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHg4Htdav7g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHg4Htdav7g</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWYyCO8TdD8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWYyCO8TdD8</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWeKxfTsIzA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWeKxfTsIzA</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.corvettez06.org/tabid/80/itemid/65/The-first-National-event-Trophy-for-the-CorvetteZ0.aspx">Here's my blog post about the event</a></p>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:27:41 GMT33fb07e4-9dda-4475-b983-f5ff8d0b5d8aFlickr now supports video uploads!https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/1148/Flickr-now-supports-video-uploads<p>If this isn't just one of the coolest things of 2008 I don't know what is. Flickr now allows for video uploads!!!</p> <p>What's the big deal you might ask, there are already other video services, well I am a huge fan of Flickr, and would much rather upload my videos to Flickr, the same place I upload all my photos. Their clips have a maximum length of 90 seconds, PERFECT for autocross runs!</p> <p> </p> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="281" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.167" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=31d5dac809&photo_id=2399148321&show_info_box=true"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.167"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.167" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=31d5dac809&photo_id=2399148321&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="281" width="500"></embed></object> <p> The above video is my first upload for Flickr. It's actually a very poor video, the camera mount I used this past weekend frankly sucks! I'll hopefully get a new one tomorrow. </p>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:02:29 GMT88cf0225-3ff0-47ca-ad00-d3737f4fd272St. Louis Autocross on 7-13https://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1356/St-Louis-Autocross-on-713A great showing for the CorvetteZ06.org team at the July 13th 2008 event for the St. Louis Region SCCA. The car finished first on Index overall, first in SS and first in SSL, as well as a 2nd place finish in SS as well. Videos later in the week with a more detailed writeup of the events happenings.Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:12:14 GMTb1436a99-c841-4c68-bfdd-8fd2fe0127c0St. Louis Event 5 Autocross Reviewhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/1363/St-Louis-Event-5-Autocross-ReviewSo this past Sunday was the 5th event of the St. Louis Autocross season, really it was only the 4th event held this year due to rain/blow out of what was supposed to be event number 3. The region has changed their event structure this year, back to a three heat format, with the attempt to get 5 runs each heat, that worked out on Sunday. Beth ran the Corvette in SSL during the second heat, there were two drivers in the class, Beth ended up taking first, and also taking first on the ladies index challenge. Dave and I both ran in the third heat. I managed to take the win in SS, as well as the win on the index results for the event, I even managed to get the fastest raw time for the event, though I took out a single cone before the starting lights on that run so it doesn't count for anything! Dave managed 2nd in SS behind me, and 6th on index for the event. I've posted some of the videos from the event in a post a few days ago. I did come to realize there is no need for me to attend any more local events this year, as I have no possibility of winning the class championship, or the index championship due to the fact that the solo board decided to screw up the points by making the divisional worth a single event but double the points, so now, unless people just don't attend 6 events in SS I have no shot at making up 10k points. That doesn't mean I won't continue to show up though, I'll be doing my damnedest to win every event, both class and index for the rest of the year (cept 10/6 when I'll be in Europe). I might not have a shot at winning based on points, but I'll be damned sure to make people know who the fastest mofo in St. Louis is this year. This weekend the CorvetteZ06.org team is headed to Milwaukee Wisconsin to take part in The Tire Rack SCCA National Tour event, videos of that to come next week!Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:32:44 GMT92c41b25-9bf1-4738-910c-04bcedf6d38fThe hunt for the perfect Corvettehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/Corvette/itemId/940/The-hunt-for-the-perfect-CorvetteToday I went to Lynch Hummer here in Chesterfield, MO and test drove a black 2004 Corvette Z06. I forgot how much fun those cars are, last year I drove Krekeler's car at our last Autocross event of the season. You can see some of those runs in the videos below. I got to meet Jim Lynch, the owner, and a fellow SCCA Member. He's headed off to the Runoffs this week in Topeka, Good Luck Jim! Anyways, the Corvette I drove at Lynch just didn't quite fit me, black is a hard color to keep clean, and that kind of made me not want to buy the car they had on the lot. So I've been looking around, seeing what I can find online. I've looked ALL over! I think I've found a few options, but we'll see, heck, I might even end up in a blue commemerative edition car just like Krek's was. Road trip this weekend? Perhaps, we'll see..... my first run <span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tXzCG7dC6j8?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span> my only clean run <span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g7ET3Zm827c?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span> a compilation of the fun <span class="Publish_Video"><iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A6IrbQa6seA?HD=1&wmode=opaque" style="border: none"></iframe></span> posted from...Chris HammondThu, 04 Oct 2007 01:00:00 GMT73e42dd4-3783-464c-a3ce-fae2a74f4b74Time to starthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/1420/Time-to-startSo I think the time has come. I hope to begin work on the 240Z again this week. First step, finish taking apart the blown motor and find the missing piston! Next step after that, start to take apart the L28E motor sitting on the floor. It's been sitting for almost a year now, and I've learned my lesson about not taking a look at what you have (see previous "First step" above). So I hope to get the L28E motor somewhat apart so that I can replace the seals on it, and hopefully see what shape it is in. I'd hate to put a bunch of time into it only to find it's toast already. I know it ran, I drove the car it came out of, and I'm sure Lynn took good care of it, but I should really take some time with the motor this time so I don't get 40 seconds of time out of it! Now, to be fair, the old motor ran for probably a good 25 to 30 minutes total. It just got to drive for about 5 minutes, and 40 seconds of an autocross run. (Why oh why didn't I have the wife shooting Video instead of pictures?) Nick, if you're reading this and you aren't working all weekend I hope to see you and the new friend over here this weekend! At least on Saturday, Sunday I should really spend time with the wife for our first Wedding...Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:27:12 GMT2f0f36a9-9059-40e4-91c7-3b45b014ae14Time to starthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Cars/240z/itemId/972/Time-to-startSo I think the time has come. I hope to begin work on the 240Z again this week. First step, finish taking apart the blown motor and find the missing piston! Next step after that, start to take apart the L28E motor sitting on the floor. It's been sitting for almost a year now, and I've learned my lesson about not taking a look at what you have (see previous "First step" above). So I hope to get the L28E motor somewhat apart so that I can replace the seals on it, and hopefully see what shape it is in. I'd hate to put a bunch of time into it only to find it's toast already. I know it ran, I drove the car it came out of, and I'm sure Lynn took good care of it, but I should really take some time with the motor this time so I don't get 40 seconds of time out of it! Now, to be fair, the old motor ran for probably a good 25 to 30 minutes total. It just got to drive for about 5 minutes, and 40 seconds of an autocross run. (Why oh why didn't I have the wife shooting Video instead of pictures?) Nick, if you're reading this and you aren't working all weekend I hope to see you and the new friend over here this weekend! At least on Saturday, Sunday I should really spend time with the wife for our first Wedding...Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:27:12 GMTbc8287d4-2261-4ceb-8d21-7c42a2e3d7bbThe pain of the Walnut Ridge Prohttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/473/The-pain-of-the-Walnut-Ridge-ProIt's been a long few weeks for me. It all started with the St. Louis region driver's school three weekends ago and culminated today with the Walnut Ridge ProSolo. The driver's school went well, the Walnut Ridge National Tour went even better. The Walnut Ridge ProSolo though was far from good. The event itself was great, organized and run very smoothly. The 350Z's B-Stock performance however was far from desired. It's late, and I have a lot of things to catch up on, but in short the Z's drawbacks were most apparent this past weekend. The two drawbacks being the very flakey ABS, resulting in ice mode too many times to count this weekend, and the lack of a real LSD in the Z. What is Ice Mode? Well, it's hard to describe, but once you hit it you know exactly what it is. Basically if the Z isn't completely level when you hit the brakes the brake peddle gets rock hard and the car doesn't want to stop. It doesn't pulse like ABS, it can be quite disconcerning, luckily for me I've only hit it once or twice on the street, but it's a frequent problem on the non-brembo 350Zs, made prior to the 2006 model year. As for the lack of LSD, the 350Z models above the base model are equiped with an LSD, limited slip differential, which is supposed to limit the amount of wheelspin in the rear tires. The problem the Z has is that on corner exit with the throttle pressed for acceleration the car spins the inside rear tire in a nice smokey haze. A limited slip should actually transfer that force properly to keep the tire from spinning. At least, that is my understanding of how a LSD should work. It would be lovely in the Z had this feature, but it's something we must drive around. As you can see, nothing really good to say about the weekend. Andy finished 4th, myself in 6th, the three trophy positions were all filled by Mazda RX-8s.  I came home from Walnut Ridge this weekend and started looking at RX-8s on the Mazda website to see how much one would lease for..... Not likely that Andy and I will be switching, but I will be looking for an RX-8 at a local event to flog around the course and see what the competition feels like. I'll have some video of our runs up later this week. I've now gotta pack. I'm headed to Boston Monday afternoon for Opening Day at Fenway on Tuesday! posted from...Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:06:00 GMT3f60e589-cfae-4d00-833f-3f3d263c9220Injen Super SES Installation on the 350zhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2072/Injen-Super-SES-Installation-on-the-350z<p>If you followed the blog post earlier this week you already know that Injen came through and got me the replacement midpipes for my Super SES Exhaust which I removed late last year. </p><p> Today I took the OEM exhaust off the 350z and put the Injen exhaust back on. The job itself is easy, probably could do it all in about 25 minutes if I really pushed it, but I didn’t. I took my time, cleaned up in the garage a bit, cleaned up the exhaust a bit as well. I also managed to weigh both the Injen exhaust and the OEM exhaust to see what the difference was. I was hoping it would be more! </p><p> Read the full blog post for photos and video!</p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSun, 23 Jan 2011 01:07:18 GMTe5cba2f5-0cae-4847-964d-aa0097ffc5c9SFRSCCA Divisional 2011 Day 1https://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2103/SFRSCCA-Divisional-2011-Day-1<p>How was today?</p> <p><font size="7">COLD AND WET!</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/5458127935/"><img style="display: inline; float: right" border="0" alt="Hard to see but there is snow on them thar hills #autocross" align="right" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5458127935_f28fd5c35f_m.jpg" width="240" height="179" /></a>Beyond that? Very cold and very wet. I went to Great America today for the SFRSCCA Divisional Autocross. I got there around 7am and put the Kumho tires on the car, big mistake! I was sort of drying out, the sky was almost clear, but the drive down there was rainy, and there was snow! You can’t see it very well in this picture, but yes, there was snow in the “hills” around the Bay Area.</p> <p>So I installed the wheels/tires and walked the course a few times. The driver’s meeting got delayed, then the start of the event got delayed. Then the rain started back up <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile" alt="Sad smile" src="http://www.project350z.com/Portals/4/PublishThumbnails/Windows-Live-Writer/SFRSCCA-Divisional-2011-Day-1_10487/wlEmoticon-sadsmile_2.png" /></p> <p>Let me tell you this, Kumho V710s don’t work well when it is <40 degrees and raining. My first run I went out and it felt horrible, I turned a 66.*, I wasn’t too thrilled about that. Here’s a video of that run.</p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/WV9E75Gkc-Y&hd=1"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WV9E75Gkc-Y&hd=1" />Flash Not Installed</object></span></p> <p>But I was too lazy to go get my street tires (<a href="http://www.project350z.com/Articles/itemId/502/Night-before-the-Project-350zrsquos-first-divisi.aspx">freshly mounted the previous night mind you</a>). Big mistake, I went out on my second run and decided I would take things slower, expecting to actually go around the course faster. I slowed down and ran a 69.*. That broke this camel’s back, I ran off to get my street wheels, drill, and jack so that I could swap to the Falken Azenis RT-615s.</p> <p>Thankfully Grant (in a Nismo 370z) followed me over and helped me bring 2 of the tires back to my grid spot. I don’t think I would have gotten them changed in time had he not helped! Thanks for the help Grant!</p> <p>The Falkens were MUCH better, not perfect, but way better than the V710s in the rain. I managed to run a 60.*, a big improvement over the first two runs, though I just wish I had put them on before my second run, or even to begin with!</p> <p>Here’s a video of the third run</p> <p><span class="Publish_Video"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/cGIZVNTaNbU&hd=1"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cGIZVNTaNbU&hd=1" />Flash Not Installed</object></span></p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSat, 19 Feb 2011 21:42:29 GMT764f040b-36ec-41de-8993-a4e700f13c04Excellent customer service from GoProhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2118/Excellent-customer-service-from-GoPro<p>The night before an autocross, and I’m stoked for tomorrow, even if it rains (as forecasted). I got a replacement GoPro HD camera today in the mail.</p> <p>For those of you who don’t know, I had a problem with my GoPro camera, which I use a LOT! I use it for <a href="http://www.project350z.com/Videos.aspx">autocross videos, and time lapse videos of working on the car</a>. A few weeks ago I was working on the car doing a standard time lapse, but the camera freaked out. I came to find out that there was a bug in the camera software that would show up with time lapse mode after 10k (I think) photos were taken. It was a known bug though, and there was a firmware update for the camera to fix the bug.</p> <p>So I applied the firmware update, but something during the process failed and the camera ended up “bricking” which basically means it wouldn’t work. You couldn’t power it on, you couldn’t use it, nothing, it was as useful as a brick. Since I got the camera for xmas it was still under warranty so I contacted GoPro about getting it fixed, while it took a bit of back and forth via email with their customer service reps, they provided me with an RMA number to send it in.</p> <p>This was a couple of weeks ago, right before a 2 day autocross and right before we were heading out of town for vacation, so I didn’t get the camera mailed out until Tuesday of this week. On Thursday I got an email from them saying that they had a replacement camera ready to mail out, but I hadn’t included a return address. I replied with our address, and then on Friday I got an email saying it would go out. It is nice that we live about 15 miles from their headquarters because the camera showed up today via USPS.</p> <p>I’m not positive that the firmware fix has been applied to this camera yet, but I’m going to leave it as is for now. I want to use it at the autocross tomorrow, so I don’t want to run the risk of bricking it again!</p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSat, 05 Mar 2011 23:02:50 GMTeb3d1bab-988b-4953-bc05-f7b3f82d41bfSan Diego National Tour Practice Dayhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2148/San-Diego-National-Tour-Practice-Day<p>Today was a practice day at the San Diego National Tour. This morning I took part in the Evolution School advantage program, basically you get a ton of seat time in the morning before the practice course opens up for the rest of the entrants for the National Tour. My r-comps were on a truck otw to the tour, so I ran my street tires for the morning session. I also had the car set at full soft (bump/rebound), most definitely not the configuration needed, and my evo instructor Brian let me know.</p> <p>He knew me (not to be cocky, a lot of autocrossers do because of my involvement with <a href="http://www.SCCAForums.com" target="_blank">SCCAForums.com</a> and announcing at events throughout the years), but he made the mistake of assuming I knew what I was doing <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.project350z.com/Portals/4/PublishThumbnails/Windows-Live-Writer/San-Diego-National-Tour-Practice-Day_12E28/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile_2.png" />. He assumed I knew about suspension setup, I corrected him, and asked for help! He was very helpful and provided me some guidance to try things out.</p> <p>In the morning sessions on street tires (Azenis 615s, decent tires) I got down to 30.0*, not bad, but nothing near the 27.* that a SS Z06 was running. </p> <p>I also had a horrendous knocking coming front the front end of the car, though that wasn’t new, it was happening all week. When I put the new bushings in I failed to apply any grease to them (other than when they went into the control arms).  My father is here in town to watch me run at the tour, so we headed over to autozone to get some white lithium spray grease to try to help with the knocking. I thought, there was no way that it would help, but geez, it’s amazing how much quieter the car is now.</p> <p>When the tires showed up I got them put on and adjusted the Konis a bit, then went back out and ran a few more practice runs to see how the car felt.</p> <p>I got faster on each run, finishing with a 28.555. Still not up to snuff against that Z06, but definitely better than I had been doing in the morning.</p> <p>I ended up going with the following settings on the Konis</p> <p><strong>Front Double Adjustable Truechoice Coilovers <br />Rebound:</strong> 1 full turn from soft (2.5 turns is full stiff) <br /><strong>Bump:</strong> 6 clicks (12 or 13 clicks is full stiff)</p> <p><strong>Rear Koni Sports (single adjustable) <br />Rebound:</strong> 2.5 clicks (10 clicks available)</p> <p>I’m still trying to get the time lapse video from drive down to San Diego yesterday together. I can’t get Windows Live Movie Maker working very well on my laptop. I’m hoping it finishes up here soon.</p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSat, 02 Apr 2011 00:49:20 GMTb4a7cb13-f223-4b2f-baad-bd13ae60de4bNaked and famoushttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2164/Naked-and-famous<p>So the car is naked, well about as naked as it can be.</p> <p>Saturday evening I took it to the car wash and removed all of the vinyl. I plan to put it back on, but it’ll be a while before that happens. I figured it was a little too much right now to attract attention. I’d post photos, but there really isn’t much point, right now the car is just a blue 350z that is a little lower than normal.</p> <p>In honor of the occasion here’s some President’s of the United States of America, with Naked and Famous</p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GHPkLuVBQ1Y?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0" width="425" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSun, 17 Apr 2011 23:52:43 GMTa07a7360-a676-47f0-9f4d-c7ccd40ba2c7Color for the wrap has been decidedhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2186/Color-for-the-wrap-has-been-decided<p>A week ago I posted a “question” on Facebook to see what color we should wrap the 350z in. </p> <p>Well it looks like the final tally is 31/13/13</p> <p>31 for Matte Black <br />13 for Matte Green <br />13 for Don't Do It!</p> <p>So Matte Black it will be! Time to order the vinyl! I would hope to have it done by the end of the month, but realizing we are moving before then, we’ll set a goal of the end of June to have this completed. Of course we’ll have a time lapse video of the process!</p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSat, 07 May 2011 04:00:29 GMTe7677878-6e16-4801-b578-73c82daf5488Installing the Hitch on the 350z, Time Lapsehttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2266/Installing-the-Hitch-on-the-350z-Time-Lapse<p>If you want to read the details, <a href="http://www.project350z.com/Articles/itemId/544/Installing-the-350z-Trailer-Hitch.aspx" target="_blank">check out yesterday’s post</a>. If you want to see the video, you are in the right place!</p> <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ISWWwr0KpRc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondSun, 24 Jul 2011 23:12:02 GMT81cbf17f-b6aa-4086-b855-a1f6a1931651Undoing the modifications to the 350z, suspension and exhausthttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2315/Undoing-the-modifications-to-the-350z-suspension<p><img style="width: 200px" alt="Project350z Garage Work" align="right" src="http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/C5CMvuvCwac/0.jpg" />So what did you do this weekend? Did you spend two days under your car? I basically did, well more like 1 day, but it was broken up over an afternoon/evening and then the following morning after I ran to get a new “nut” that I needed to finish things up.</p> <p>Why was I under the 350z? Well, removing the fun parts of course. I planned to remove the front and rear Hotchkis sway bars, along with the TrueChoice Phase 4 Konis (front) and the off the shelf Koni Sports (rear) along with springs/perches. Though in order to deal with the rear sway bar I also ended up pulling the Injen Super SES exhaust system off the car as well and put the OEM exhaust back on.</p> <p>Read the whole blog post for the time lapse video</p>https://chrishammond.com/Portals/0/-1Chris HammondThu, 19 Jan 2012 02:00:07 GMT70fb7aee-f385-4daa-9cb1-052e343600922011 So Farhttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2084/2011-So-Far<p>So what’s gone on so far in 2011? Let’s recap on this 33rd day of the year.</p> <p>So far I’ve kept up with my blogging commitment, every day, You can find a list of all the blogs at <a href="http://www.chrishammond.com/">http://www.chrishammond.com/</a></p> <p>I’ve managed to post 33 photos of myself for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/sets/72157625593520079/">#Flickr365</a> and 33 photos of Jacqueline for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chammond/sets/72157625597966645/">#Baby365</a>. The baby is growing! She’s up to 13lbs 13oz last time she was weighed and in the 95th percentile for height at her age, a jump from her last measurement.</p> <p>I’ve managed to <a href="http://www.project350z.com/Articles/itemId/494/Autocross-Video-from-NorCalUFO-13011.aspx">autocross the 350z</a> once already this year, and have at least 2 more events coming up this month, with a possible 4th as well.</p> <p>The Super Bowl is coming this weekend, I’m ready for it, we’re going to finally get up to Fairfield and see some friends we haven’t seen in probably 8 months!</p> Chris HammondThu, 03 Feb 2011 01:21:11 GMT63cbbf75-6c36-46c6-86e6-1fe1cfda2d49Video Workflow for GoPro HD Hero2 Time Lapse photoshttps://www.chrishammond.com/Blog/itemId/2316/Video-Workflow-for-GoPro-HD-Hero2-Time-Lapse-photo<p>I’ve been one to do a lot of time lapse videos, I’ve actually been doing them since 2006, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgUDgNx-sBg" target="_blank">I think this was my first one, it is at least the oldest one I could find on YouTube</a>. Over the years I have used a number of different cameras, different software and as you can see from my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/christoc?feature=watch" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> different subjects (predominantly cars, though lots of them).</p> Chris HammondThu, 19 Jan 2012 02:47:53 GMTe11796f1-aabf-4302-838d-9edb692bd690