Terrick down Under
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The worst part of loving your children is seeing them in pain.
Keep up the progress with your shed.
Keep up the progress with your shed.
Another Aussie backyard shed...
- Thread starter kai1980
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today i picked up some steel plate which is the first step towards a metal fabrication bench i'm going to build.
technically it'll be two benches.
approx. 1200x1400 ish... maybe a bit bigger, not 100% sure yet.
i'm going to make a D.I.Y version of a kind of fixture point table like this:
the idea of two benches is so that i can move them around a bit easier (they're gonna be heavy!), and also essentially adjust the size of the overall bench for different jobs...
technically it'll be two benches.
approx. 1200x1400 ish... maybe a bit bigger, not 100% sure yet.
i'm going to make a D.I.Y version of a kind of fixture point table like this:
the idea of two benches is so that i can move them around a bit easier (they're gonna be heavy!), and also essentially adjust the size of the overall bench for different jobs...
Kenfab
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Nice score on the bug 
Fixture bench is such a great idea, i love them. Might be able to help if you dont feel like drilling 4000 holes.
Fixture bench is such a great idea, i love them. Might be able to help if you dont feel like drilling 4000 holes.
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kai1980, , looking forward to following your progress on the bench build..
Progress has been lacking lately.
I've been very busy at work, lots of overtime, which doesn't leave much spare time...
Today i sanded the first bit of (awful) flushing.
Then did the first coat, and tape joins i had missed last time, plus a second coat over the ones i'd sanded.
Not sure i've ever known a more efficient way of making a mess!
My skills are improving, i've gone from 'absolutely woeful' to 'average'...haha
as you can see in the background, the rest of the shed is an absolute pig sty!
I have been side-tracked by a little project for a friend.
He's fitting a toyota sc12 supercharger to a VW mk1 golf, just for a bit for fun really... so i offered to make some custom pipework for him.
This is something i really want to get into doing, but i need practice! he's guinea pig #1, and i have another friend lined up ready to be #2...
No welding yet, did some cutting and test fitting, a little bit of fettling required then i can tack it all together before another test fit, then if all is ok i can weld it up.
these pics are of one side, i've got a similar arrangement on the other side of the supercharger too.
I've been very busy at work, lots of overtime, which doesn't leave much spare time...
Today i sanded the first bit of (awful) flushing.
Then did the first coat, and tape joins i had missed last time, plus a second coat over the ones i'd sanded.
Not sure i've ever known a more efficient way of making a mess!
My skills are improving, i've gone from 'absolutely woeful' to 'average'...haha
as you can see in the background, the rest of the shed is an absolute pig sty!
I have been side-tracked by a little project for a friend.
He's fitting a toyota sc12 supercharger to a VW mk1 golf, just for a bit for fun really... so i offered to make some custom pipework for him.
This is something i really want to get into doing, but i need practice! he's guinea pig #1, and i have another friend lined up ready to be #2...
No welding yet, did some cutting and test fitting, a little bit of fettling required then i can tack it all together before another test fit, then if all is ok i can weld it up.
these pics are of one side, i've got a similar arrangement on the other side of the supercharger too.
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kai1980 thanks for the update.
Great work all round...
Great work all round...
metalhead140
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Cool! You might appreciate these pics, mocking up an sc14 on my Midget:
metalhead140
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Yes, yes it is... Underdriven, and still should produce ~16psi of boost.
Yes, the engine's been built for it, and I'll run water injection too.Terrick down Under
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Hey, with that much power increase you may have to fit seat belts now...LOL.
Seriously that looks good, and looks like it be fun to drive, what did you do about the clutch?
Seriously that looks good, and looks like it be fun to drive, what did you do about the clutch?
So, progress is minimal....but small steps in good directions...
I have light in the room!
I picked up some shelving, ex-masters, solid stuff and a bargain!
Also, picked up this weird gauge, apparently it came from a power station. i plan to fit the guts of a beetle speedo and use it in my volksrod eventually.
I have light in the room!
I picked up some shelving, ex-masters, solid stuff and a bargain!
Also, picked up this weird gauge, apparently it came from a power station. i plan to fit the guts of a beetle speedo and use it in my volksrod eventually.
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kai1980 its nice to have a bit of lighting in your shop given our days are so short..
Your shelving looks the goods too..
Your gauge is most certainly from a power station and it was used to synchronise the phase angles between generators..
Your shelving looks the goods too..
Your gauge is most certainly from a power station and it was used to synchronise the phase angles between generators..
little bit more progress today.
a friend came over to help, we tried to get the $50 drill working, no luck yet... but we did move it to where it'll probably live forever.
I loaded up my new shelves with the **** that i've had spread across the floor for too long. it's amazing how much better a shed looks when you create some clean empty floor space! of course, it didn't stay clean for long...
we got the mezzanine basically done, just need to put a few more screws in here or there and it's finished...
a friend came over to help, we tried to get the $50 drill working, no luck yet... but we did move it to where it'll probably live forever.
I loaded up my new shelves with the **** that i've had spread across the floor for too long. it's amazing how much better a shed looks when you create some clean empty floor space! of course, it didn't stay clean for long...
we got the mezzanine basically done, just need to put a few more screws in here or there and it's finished...
Terrick down Under
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Great progress. Its amazing how much extra you can get done with just one pair of hands extra!
So, work has been a bit crazy, we're busy but we're not.... typical winter in the building industry, the weather throws everything out of sync.
i took today off, rather than trying to 'look busy' at work i decided to actually be busy at home!
making progress on the last wall of the shed that hasn't had insulation and gyprok yet.
in the process i had an extra double power point added, you can never have too many power points!
also, found a fire extinguisher in a box while tidying up, figured it might be a bit more useful mounted somewhere easy to access...
i'm slowly getting there....
i took today off, rather than trying to 'look busy' at work i decided to actually be busy at home!
making progress on the last wall of the shed that hasn't had insulation and gyprok yet.
in the process i had an extra double power point added, you can never have too many power points!
also, found a fire extinguisher in a box while tidying up, figured it might be a bit more useful mounted somewhere easy to access...
i'm slowly getting there....
A little more progress again.
I stuffed up a piece of gyprok so my timber 'feature wall' got a lot bigger...
I still need to decide what i'm going to do with the inside of the door.
Also, made a start on a ladder for the mezzanine, it'll be made out of 50x25 aluminium (because i have plenty of it already).
I really need to build my fabrication bench! it'll make life so much easier than the way i'm doing things now!!
I stuffed up a piece of gyprok so my timber 'feature wall' got a lot bigger...
I still need to decide what i'm going to do with the inside of the door.
Also, made a start on a ladder for the mezzanine, it'll be made out of 50x25 aluminium (because i have plenty of it already).
I really need to build my fabrication bench! it'll make life so much easier than the way i'm doing things now!!
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kai1980 imho I am glad your feature wall got bigger, it looks a treat..
managed a couple of hours in the shed today.
i was meant to be sanding on my gyprok but couldn't find my dust mask after the big 'tidy up' a few weeks ago...
so... i finished off the inside of the shed door instead!
those three pieces of floor board leaning up next to the door are all that's left of what i had, seems i'd scavenged just enough for this! if only i could say i planned it that way...haha
made a 'new' door handle...
and, just because it's been a while, here's a pic of how the room is looking right now.
i was meant to be sanding on my gyprok but couldn't find my dust mask after the big 'tidy up' a few weeks ago...
so... i finished off the inside of the shed door instead!
those three pieces of floor board leaning up next to the door are all that's left of what i had, seems i'd scavenged just enough for this! if only i could say i planned it that way...haha
made a 'new' door handle...
and, just because it's been a while, here's a pic of how the room is looking right now.
Been a while between updates.
Progress has been slow.
I did finish off the supercharger pipes for my friends car, they're far from perfect but i was very happy for a first attempt!
I've been slowly chipping away at the flushing on my room, bit by bit it's getting there.
Had some help form the boss which is always good!
My ute had been playing up a bit, i'm now totally broke because it took a bit of work to get it sorted, couple of replacement parts and a full clean out of the inlet manifold! the EGR has now been stopped from causing this much mess again...
Progress has been slow.
I did finish off the supercharger pipes for my friends car, they're far from perfect but i was very happy for a first attempt!
I've been slowly chipping away at the flushing on my room, bit by bit it's getting there.
Had some help form the boss which is always good!
My ute had been playing up a bit, i'm now totally broke because it took a bit of work to get it sorted, couple of replacement parts and a full clean out of the inlet manifold! the EGR has now been stopped from causing this much mess again...
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kai1980, thanks for the update on your build. Looking good..
Not a great outcome on the utes manifold, hopefully you get it sorted.
Cheers.
Not a great outcome on the utes manifold, hopefully you get it sorted.
Cheers.
so, some better updates should be coming in the next week or two. i've got some time off work and i'm planning to spend most of it in the shed!
I picked up some heavy wall steel to make some workbenches:
and picked up a timber top for one of them, this bench will have vice, grinder, sander and small drill press (and whatever else ive forgotten about) mounted to it.
in the mean time i have had a little bit of fun playing around making custom hotwheels cars... it's proving to be a fun little hobby, i can make good progress without having to invest too much time or any real money...
I picked up some heavy wall steel to make some workbenches:
and picked up a timber top for one of them, this bench will have vice, grinder, sander and small drill press (and whatever else ive forgotten about) mounted to it.
in the mean time i have had a little bit of fun playing around making custom hotwheels cars... it's proving to be a fun little hobby, i can make good progress without having to invest too much time or any real money...
HOTFR8
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Those Hot Wheels look like fun. How do you customise them ?
i bought a dremmel (which has now gone back to dremmel because it sh*t itself after about an hour of use), and i use a two part metal putty to stick bits back together again...
it's all very fiddly because everything is so small... i'd be a rubbish jeweler! but so far it's been pretty good fun.
here's another one, from start to finish took about an hour...
it's all very fiddly because everything is so small... i'd be a rubbish jeweler! but so far it's been pretty good fun.
here's another one, from start to finish took about an hour...
Playwme
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I had the same issue with my first Dremel.
Second one has been going a good 9 years so far though
Second one has been going a good 9 years so far though
Yesterday I made a bit if a start on the first bench.
This will have the timber top on it and will have vice, grinder, sander, small pedestal drill (and whatever else I can find) mounted to it.
First real go welding mild steel with the tig, found it quite easy so far, even bridging over a 3-4mm gap was fairly simple.
The family are out of town for a few days, it's just me and my shed!
Step one today was a clean up! Filled the trailer in no time flat...
Once that was done I could get on with the important business of bench building (and listening to the cricket)
Found some wheels so figured I'd give them a go, not sure if they'll stay...
And in place where it belongs, working out the best positioning for everything on it now, then once I'm happy I'll bolt it all down!
Probably gonna head back in this evening when it's cooled down a bit, try and get some more done...
Step one today was a clean up! Filled the trailer in no time flat...
Once that was done I could get on with the important business of bench building (and listening to the cricket)
Found some wheels so figured I'd give them a go, not sure if they'll stay...
And in place where it belongs, working out the best positioning for everything on it now, then once I'm happy I'll bolt it all down!
Probably gonna head back in this evening when it's cooled down a bit, try and get some more done...
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kai1980, looking great.
QST over the break, nothing better..
QST over the break, nothing better..
HOTFR8
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Looks like you have been having some QST.
I've drawn up lots of different mud maps for my metal fabrication table(s)...
I think this is the final design I'll be building.
It'll actually be two identical tables, allowing me to move them around separately if needed, rather than one massive table in the way all the time.
I think this is the final design I'll be building.
It'll actually be two identical tables, allowing me to move them around separately if needed, rather than one massive table in the way all the time.
Sabbath
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Those are some nice looking welds.
Enjoying reading through your thread mate, the Hotwheels are cool too!
Enjoying reading through your thread mate, the Hotwheels are cool too!
Thanks mate, I reckon my welding is slowly improving. Definitely getting plenty of practice at the moment!
Good day so far today.
Got the frame done for the first metal fab table.
Got creative with the wheels, used some m16 nuts and bolts, gives me around 10-15mm of adjustment.
Stopped for some dinner, probably gonna try and finish this table off this evening!
Fair bit of cutting to do, all with a 5 inch grinder...
Good day so far today.
Got the frame done for the first metal fab table.
Got creative with the wheels, used some m16 nuts and bolts, gives me around 10-15mm of adjustment.
Stopped for some dinner, probably gonna try and finish this table off this evening!
Fair bit of cutting to do, all with a 5 inch grinder...
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kai1980 your welds really look the goods and the table is coming up nicely..
Regards
Regards
Thanks 1/2 cup.
Last few pics for today.
Made some risers out of 65x10 flat bar.
Tacked them all in place, and then threw on one of the top plates just to see how it's going to look. Top plates are 300x10. There'll be a 60mm gap between each plate.
Still got to cut them down to size and prep them... Enough angle grinding for one day though, the neighbours must love me!
Last few pics for today.
Made some risers out of 65x10 flat bar.
Tacked them all in place, and then threw on one of the top plates just to see how it's going to look. Top plates are 300x10. There'll be a 60mm gap between each plate.
Still got to cut them down to size and prep them... Enough angle grinding for one day though, the neighbours must love me!
brit vet
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Was enjoying looking at your progress right up to the point you mention the cricket
Although typical when there's nothing but pride to play for, we have a good day..
Although typical when there's nothing but pride to play for, we have a good day..