Recent content by Pogona

With bills to pay i have to have a steady income, i work as a Rov pilot/tech and my trade certificate says electrician. I have allways had an interest for cars and engines and have always wanted to be self sufficient when it came to machining work so one can say that everything i do in the shop...

Give me a shout if you ever get to visit bergen :) my shop is just a ferry ride and an hours drive away from bergen. :) nice place, famous for all the rain 😂 im actually travelling to bergen tomorrow morning, catching a plane from bergen to france, then congo-africa. Looking forward to some sun...

Yes its been a hell of a year, also been busy as a mechanic for a 2600cc S&S powered harley dragbike last year so i really tried my better half's patience. :) The shop is still in its original place in my parents basement and most of it is staying for as long as im welcome sponge on their...

thanks :) right you are, the new garage/shop is going to be on the left side of the house, the guy in the garden there is a buddy of mine taking pictures with his drone and the smal cabin is a 15 square meter fully insulated cabin attached to a roofed balcony that houses benches and tables and a...

i also sold off my old Mira valve seat cutting equipment, the kit was both good and handy but i had some challenges on some heads due to the ceiling height so when i had to upgrade and get some more pilots and cutters i listed it for sale as a kit, and apparantly there is still a big demand for...

hi guys! been way to long without an update here so im gonna try and catch up, and this update is going to be HUGE as you guys say in america now :P me and my better half bought a in the end of 2015 so last year was quite busy with work offshore in africa, work in the shop and with the new...

thats not a terrible idea at all, ill have to see what parts i can come up with and if i can fit that big a wheel with ease. :) if you have any pictures of a homemade setup like this i would apreciate it :)

im planning to buy a vintage in the block crank grinder for my lathe, i have no experience with this machine but i have seen one fitted to a lathe somewhere, anyone of you guys tried it? let me see them :) i could of course go ahead and buy a 15000$ piece of machinery to do the job but there is...

sorry about the late replies guys, im currently at work outside the coast of ghana, africa so im not able to upload any pictures until i get home. the dyno is a ground up build where im planning on only buying the waterpump and the control system. i will keep you posted with pics as i get...

Detail pic :)

Been away for work alot and had a lot to do for customers in the shop but managed to find som time in a mazak 500 machining centre with a friend at his work so we managed to turn out some beatiful parts for my dyno project. Will keep you posted when i get some more work done :)

Thanks for the comment :) as for the polishing machine, its still under construction, i just had to test it to see if the mounts for the pulleys were strong enough, next step will be t make a bicycle-like handle for it, and ill prbably end up powdercoating the frame in a radical color, because i...

Been a while since previous update but i have been busy at work. I have done some rearangements in the shop lately, so i sold off the small milling machine and actually made a decent amount of money on it so i bought myself a partswasher, its a fairly new Teijo unit wich uses hot water and high...

love the idea of this project, i would love to learn the process of anodizing myself someday when i get finished with my other projects. :)

MacTexas: thanks! old american cars has been in my blood since i was a child, and that off course lead to a natural inspiration when decorating the workshop, always looking for more vintage american art to fill the walls with and as you see, now the roof has to work as a canvas too :) happy...