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Tinker Tuesday for June 9th, 2026

This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.

Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.

If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service.

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I bought a new standup jetski, I've wanted one since I saw them ripping around as a kid. Unfortunately I didn't quite do due diligence before buying, so I have a cylinder with low compression that looks like its got either frozen rings or a marred up cylinder wall. Goal is to get it going in the next couple weeks, so tier list is, hopefully the ring clears up with some penetrant I put into it last night enough so it starts and runs and frees them the rest of the way, or if not that, a hone and new rings and a gasket kit, and if not that, hopefully the cylinder can be bored at a nearby shop, and a new piston sends me on my way. All in all, I got a good enough deal on it I can afford to put some new parts into it, but its certainly eating into my profit/fun time on it.