Recent content by drummingpariah

I just picked up a couple of new gravity-units, but don't have a plan on where they're going to live yet.

Just in case anybody's interested, I put together a video covering them in a bit more detail. I'm pretty proud of how these things have turned out.

Soon™. Haha, seriously though, I need to make sure the failsafe car is ready to race and there are a few other projects that need to stop taking up brain space. The Datsun is a big enough project that I need to focus 100% of my energy on it to do it justice, but I'm as excited to get back to it...

Now I have 5 sets of these things. I'm not quite sure how many is 'too many' to be honest.

You folks will appreciate this. I have too many projects going on for a single-bay to work. I really needed more space to 'clean up' my non-running projects, wrap them up, and get back to business. Having a dedicated 3500sq/ft with 3phase and 208v 2phase readily available is fantastic. I've...

It actually included the key, it was just kicking around at the bottom of the unit. $75/section isn't terrible ... but they need to be usable. I had a few corners to straighten, but it really didn't take long at all. Vehicles here in New England tend to rust pretty quickly, and apparently it...

That's what every tool chest I've ever seen comes with. Shopping-cart steering is much easier to park and remove, in my experience. I'd be very surprised if your vehicles in the UK rusted as quickly as they do in New England. We cater to people who don't know how to drive and won't buy snow...

I'm pretty satisfied with how this latest workshop project turned out. I picked up some van shelves for $50, mounted some casters to spacers, and fastened them to the bottom. It's moderately stable, has really convenient storage cubbies (as opposed to tool chest drawers), and it'd be pretty easy...

Our goal is mid/late 2018 race season (July-Oct) for a shakedown. There are enough variables that we can't quite calculate that my confidence in being hillclimb-safe right out of the gate is low. I definitely expect some teething issues, and (at best) hope to race at a hillclimb for real in...

We definitely have classes as well, but as long as you bring a safe-to-race vehicle (go karts don't have any crumple zones, so they're not considered sufficiently safe, for example) you're good to race in your class. Our most important rule is that if you drive faster than the 'breakout time'...

Good question, and I did consider that. I've already moved the compressor into my engine machining room (attached to the garage), but still need to finish plumbing it. My thinking was that I won't really be running the compressor while I'm machining, and won't really hear the compressor when I'm...

You'll really have to twist my arm to hear more about hillclimb racing from me :spit: Hillclimbs are a little different in every Country, and sometimes vastly different in two regions in the same Country. Based on what my Aussie/Kiwi friends have told me, our area is very similar to the South...

I'm so pleased with how this weekend went. This is the cleanest and most well-outfitted my home shop has ever been. Nothing is awkwardly stored on the floor, all my machining stock is in a sensible place, and I don't need to move anything to get to important tools. There's always room for...

I absolutely love all the shopbuilt tools, that saw looks awesome! No caps on the legs though?

Update: The video introducing the box truck is live here: If you'd like to see more, post some questions in the comments on YouTube, and maybe even subscribe to the channel. We love seeing new comments on there!