Margherita just resigned..... hooray!!!
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Margherita just resigned..... hooray!!!
Hooray, congrats! Were they surprised?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Feeling a bit pleased with myself. It’s been a while since I did any woodwork & have spent much of the past week knocking up a new workbench for the new shed, having decided that step one of fitting out the shed needs to be the establishment of the workshop section. Walking between old & new sheds multiple times to do just about anything because tools/machinery are spread between the two was wearing very thin. So first a new workbench, then some power & lights for the workshop are the current agenda.
This was my ‘detailed’ plan for the bench on a piece of scrap paper. Mostly in my head following the usual ‘Cuppa’s making it up as you go along’ model. :)
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And this was the outcome
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6 metres long. Frame & legs all 90 x 45 ‘merchant grade’ pine studs - except for leg where vice will fit - a section of 100 x 100 verandah post I kept when replacing one which was rotted out at both ends. Bench tops are yellow tongue flooring with additional crossbracing underneath. Wall backboard & shelf is 12mm ply attached to 90 x 45 timber.
And this is my new favourite tool. (The whole thing is only screwed together (used around 700 screws!) to allow for dismantling should I ever want to move it elsewhere. Solid as!)
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finished cleaning off the snatch strap in the washing machine....... tis very clean now
@ cuppa you having lock up doors for your electrical tools
Possibly TD. Will decide once higher budgetary priorities are taken care of.
Having been accustomed to getting timber for next to nothing back on the farm I’m still in a state of shock over the cost of timber. Believe it or not there is over $600 of materials in that bench!
@cuppa
how do you find the flooring board as a bench top? i need to make a new work bench and im undecided what i want to make the top out of
Too early to tell as I only finished building it today & haven’t used it for anything more than a ’shelf’ yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by lhurley
It’s a lot heavier than ply & quite rigid on it’s own, but I added additional cross members underneath it which I screwed the top to, to make it as rigid & ‘bounce free’ as I could. It’s also perfectly flat & warp free. I think it will work well. The top surface has some sort of wax impregnation to give it a degree of waterproofing (designed to sit out in the elements for up to 3 months whilst a house is being built. It feels like quite a hard surface which I think will be quite durable, certainly a lot more so than ordinary chipboard. I plan to use it as is & think it will cope well but if I find after a while that the surface does deteriorate it would be easy enough to cover it.
Cost wise - if money were no object I’d probably choose 150mm thick seasoned hardwood strips laminated together & covered with metal or laminex sheet but I didn’t want to take out a mortgage! The yellow tongue was $42 for sheets 3600 x 900 x 19mm - 2 per bench with enough left over to make a couple of shelves elsewhere & a couple of doors for the ‘cupboard’ I’ve built to house the water pump. You can get the same flooring in thicker section too - Red tongue =22mm & Blue Tongue =25mm but it would be *very* heavy to work with. We (wife & I) ripped the length of our 19mm sheets on my old Triton saw bench & I’m really not sure we’d have managed it any heavier.
Catch can, dawes and needle valve on there way many thanks mudski
I've made a few work benches over the years the best one was 50 x 50 x 6 angle iron. It had a lower lockable section a big under top drawerQuote:
Originally Posted by lhurley
the top I inverted the angle and filled with 25mm timber x 2 then clamped and welded a sheet of 3mm steel on top, for electrical work
a piece of rubber matting up one end worked a treat. Wish I had it now, The one I made for home is made from 50 x 50 x2 rhs with 3mm top
solid as.
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Originally Posted by lhurley
I used to have my own Cabinet Making business with a production staff of 20. All my benches had Yellow Tongue bench tops. It's flat, it's strong. It's durable. Perfect for the job.
Obviously if you want to do a heap of welding then something else would suit.
I used to lay 12mm MDF over the work stations though as they got a workout and would swap them out every year or so to freshen thing up. Production runs are a little more demanding though.
You'll also need some recycled rubber floor mats, bugger standing on concrete .
Picked up the patrol from Patrolapart to finish things off...
This made me happy!
Fixed my high idle issue... yeow
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Top stuff. What was the cause?Quote:
Originally Posted by mullet_hunter
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Called to book the Harley in for its first service and they said would you like a free loan bike, too bloody right I do 😄
Do you know how to use them???"...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by AB
NICE!! Magic buttons ☺. It's almost like GQs were made for them with that spot for the switches. . . Complements the original stezza nicely [emoji6] . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Throttle position sensor.. [emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
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Anaconda having Snow boots and thermals on special, 3 weeks BEFORE the snow trip.
http://www.anacondastores.com/clothi...AonSale%3Atrue
so I suppose you'll drop it off Friday arvo then hey mate..pick it up mondayQuote:
Originally Posted by Stropp
time for a trip to BIG RED :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Just looked at this AB, you got Patrolapart to install that antique tape player! Wow really moving with the times hey mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
the sound of a td42 is enough music to my ears mate ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Apollofish
Have you seen the portable ones you can buy nowadays!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plasnart
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There you go AB and Plasnart, some much better than your current portables.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
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Originally Posted by Winnie
now you're just showing off.......... this is mine.
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Did it have 2 speed record for chipmonk play backQuote:
Originally Posted by Plasnart
C'mon you blokes, this is more your era...LOL
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More like this for some on here.
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See my Missing Person thread - FOUND safe and well
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...Missing-Person
good news mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Apollofish
That is awesome. Earlier I heard them say on the radio an old camp had been found and I was thinking bad thoughts. Really good news.
I have Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas" on an originalQuote:
Originally Posted by TPC
Thomas Edison label, the record is made of bakelite and about 6mm thick
New intercooler turned up today! Cheers mudski & got my AC bearing pressed back into the pulley! A night of playing with the car ahead!
Just got told there is an Aust Post Express post package at home for me. Thanks Threedogs:Yahoo!:
Finally have most forward facing lights hooked up
240 watt spot light bar ,100 watt HID spot driving lights,
and 75 watt HID headlights, oh yeah bright as.
all 6000 k
@ 4bye4 glad it arrived in time
Finally JPC are starting the td build. Still doesnt seem real that its happening though.
Any ETA Mark or just taking your time.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
I know you want it yesterday lol
This is what my engine bay now looks like!!! Over the moon!