Recent content by Aussie Chris

Well, funnily enough I was in there last night doing some measurements, and there's not going to be a lot of left over space once everything is in! I need to take and put up some more pics... Cheers, Chris

I built a spit roaster out of a keg. It can run on bottled gas (has a BBQ burner), or the burner can be removed and it can be run on wood. I used a car wiper motor for the spit motor as the flimsy 9v **** you get from the bbq store won't turn a decent lump of meat if it's not directly centred...

Hi Topcat, well, it's all plastered, stopped up and painted as of this weekend! I started to move some of my stuff from the shed I'm renting to the new one here, but it's a slow process when you're doing it yourself! And I'm supposed to be out of the rented shed by the end of July. What's the...

Re: My unfinished garage in Vic/Australia Great thread Sam, and a lot of great ideas too, some of which I may pinch for my current garage setup that's happening at the moment! :beer: Cheers, Chris

I don't know what it's like in the US, but I just bought a secondhand Fujitsu split system for $400. It's a cassette ceiling unit. About 8kw heating, 9kw heating, a decent sized unit for my 6m x 12m (20' x 40') garage. Cheers, Chris

Hi all, well today I got 7 sheets of wall plaster up. Tomorrow I won't have any help so I can't put up the last 2 6m sheets, but I've got heaps to go on with... Cut the plaster to fit in the gable... Finish off boxing in the A/C unit... I'll also tidy up the electrical conduits on the...

Ok, well, as the roof sheets are nailed on, I didn't want to go to the expense of pulling them off to lay down the sarking, so I just installed it between each roof batten, from the inside. It's not the best way to do it, but it'll still do it's job according to my plumber mate. Then I bought...

Thanks Topcat, this site has given me a lot of inspiration, and although I'm traveling ok, I'm actually a couple of days behind where I wanted to be. So, over the last few days I've been working my **** off getting it built! I've finished off studding out the walls, roughed in all the...

Thanks SS, yeah it is available here, but it's actually dearer to buy locally than to import it directly from the US and that includes the shipping charges! Go figure... :headscrat Cheers, Chris

Not much ****? I hate working in and around junk! You're in Melbourne Topcat, wanna pop round and give me a hand moving and building stuff? :thumbup: Today I built the back wall and the right hand wall. Back Wall... Right hand wall... Left hand wall I did yesterday. In my "enthusiasm"...

Thanks Yonnee, That car looks more like an ADP to me? I could be wrong, but the with the VC rear spoiler and the white Irmschers? Looks like a mate's car actually, but he doesn't have the guard stickers. Yeah, a Brock Commodore is probably best related to a Shelby Cobra for our American...

Thanks lads, well, I can't upload any pics at the moment because my internet is limited to my phone, so for whatever reason, photobucket won't load. We had some heavy rain out east a couple of days ago, and it showed a point of weakness with water ingress in the front right hand corner. I...

Pics to follow, but... moved into the new house on Friday, did some cleaning up and trailer empty-ing and started gutting the garage, which I finished off today. Got all the timber benches out, loaded into the trailer and dumped at the tip. The benches were 20+ years old and definitely built...

I have no idea to be honest! Don't know what a matco looks like. If it's old, and takes an incandescent globe, then probably. How much? Cheers, Chris

Hi all, looking for a few old vintage trouble lights. if anyone has one or more lying around, I'd be interested. Cheers, Chris