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Nice one, congrats.

Lots of time consuming jobs this weekend. First, in true Aussie style, i dug a hole: Even better, it isnt filling with water! Plus, started painting the garden shed the same as the house and garage, looks spiffy. Just needs another coat of the green Oh and setup a charger wall for the...

Haha, not quite. Just an old nickname that has stuck around.

Yeah, it was a nightmare. But its up now and done. Not looking forward to doing the other side of the garden though....

I keep my old brushed kit m12 drill with a pilot/centre drill in it at all times. So useful.

Now that we have finished the arduous process of moving we have started looking at the back yard and sorting things out. The first thing was that a couple of plants had to go. Nopics hated the succulent: and the other tree next to it was diseased in the core and rotting from the inside, so...

Im in a similar position, so ill weigh in as a fellow Melburnian. One of the things that we have down here is no-permit 10m2 sheds, which means that you can maximise workshop and car space by being able to shift lots of other stuff outside of the main shed. Personally I am building a secondary...

The main reason why i modelled up the shed was to be able to virtually play around with layouts, rather than having to move 500kg machines around repeatedly. Here are the two layouts im considering: and Now the second layout is the preferred one, as it keeps the mill and lathe as far away...

Brief update. We ended up moving in a hurry because of COVID lockdowns here in Melbourne, so everything went on hold for a bit. But I got a chance one weekend during lockdown to mostly finish the garden shed. Installed door frame: Put up the weatherboards: Then hung door and finished off...

Yeah, probably in the same circles really. IPRA SA and then IPRA Vic for a bit, but knew several of the NSW/ACT guys from Club Car days. Too right with Denny, when i get further on (after moving) ill be stripping some other bits back on the Hilux including welding up all the side marker lights...

Yeah. Will need a concerted pressure washing. But might go through some drive through ones first as the mud from the original pressure washing still hasnt washed off the pavement where i did it :bounce:

Somehow i dont think they will be building any time soon, not with our current situation. Although, they may try and get in for the $25k bonus. Good to see other lockdowners around.

Then finally, we get to the current update So we finally settled and got the keys last week. First on the agenda was to build a garden shed. The location for it is pretty sloping from the tree interference and is ontop of the sewer line, so i have designed it as a modular unit where i can...

Now, this is a project I dont think i have posted on here about. But i have an NA MX5 (Miata for all you yanks) that i started a 1.8 conversion on about 12 months ago now. So after 6 months of working on pretty much everything else (workbenches, mill and lathe stands, welding stand, storage...

The first thing after registration was to start getting everything ready for its first job, which is to help us move house in a month. As part of moving house I need to build a storage/garden shed for a bunch of stuff, and hence this needs to be able to do Bunnings runs. Now, if you were keen...

So, i went and took the ute for RWC on Friday, in part to know what they would pick on and then i could remedy that stuff. I fully expected it to fail. Anyway, came back with a litany of things, which i roughly condensed into: Things like rotors being under thickness (i had measured them at...

In the interest of getting this done so that we can use it to move house i kept at it this weekend. Managed to find a new 2WD towbar from Gumtree and put that on: Tucks up higher than the 4WD one, so if i actually get out and take this 4WDing it should cope better with departure angles...

Anyway brief further update. Had a quick bash at the steering with a pickle fork and the new M18 high torque impact wrench, and this happened: Dragged all that rusty and leaking stuff inside: Bashed at it some more with the pickle fork and then added some rattle can black: Then added some...

Got started on the suspension kit yesterday and figured i would have about enough time to do the rear suspension on both sides. First port of call was to fit up the tailshaft so that there is another point of contact with the diff: New/Rebuilt shaft went in smoothly and feels good. I wonder...

Whoops, forgot to update this for a bit. Where was i? A bunch of stuff arrived today, somewhat ahead of schedule, so i piled it all up and took a glory shot: In that stack are: RAW Nitro 40mm lift kit Front torsion bars Rear springs New greasable shackles and bushes Shocks Snorkel New...