Farside
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I prefer to think of it as an ad-hoc engineered solution.Versatilty the new word for bodging then?
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the bigger ah square base battery wouldn't suffer as much
James1979
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in the sensor not the hose
Finally managed to construct a welding bench in the mancave:
Wouldn't win any awards for style but it's plenty good enough for my needs. Legs are 4x4 wagon timbers
, top is 3/4 mm plywood, shelf is old scaffold boards, took a couple of hours to make and has tidied all my welding gear into one place 
. Needs finishing off with some 1/8 plate on top, a sheet of board behind it on the garage door, a 5' led batten light above it and a couple of extra power sockets. As I said, not the prettiest ever made but I'm glad it's sorted at last.
And in between times, managed to make to make a lasagna as well using my splendid pasta machine:
Enough for tea tonight and another 3 portions for tea next week. Won't need any tomorrow night as I should be home, wagon is in the garage after it blew the seals on the retarder on Saturday. Typical, had a great week last week, well over 2000miles from God's Country up to Huntly then back down to Edinburgh before delivering to Sittingbourne on Friday and reloading on Saturday from a tiny industrial estate about 100 yards from Santa Pod drag strip.
Wouldn't win any awards for style but it's plenty good enough for my needs. Legs are 4x4 wagon timbers
, top is 3/4 mm plywood, shelf is old scaffold boards, took a couple of hours to make and has tidied all my welding gear into one place . Needs finishing off with some 1/8 plate on top, a sheet of board behind it on the garage door, a 5' led batten light above it and a couple of extra power sockets. As I said, not the prettiest ever made but I'm glad it's sorted at last.And in between times, managed to make to make a lasagna as well using my splendid pasta machine:
Enough for tea tonight and another 3 portions for tea next week. Won't need any tomorrow night as I should be home, wagon is in the garage after it blew the seals on the retarder on Saturday. Typical, had a great week last week, well over 2000miles from God's Country up to Huntly then back down to Edinburgh before delivering to Sittingbourne on Friday and reloading on Saturday from a tiny industrial estate about 100 yards from Santa Pod drag strip.
Kram
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Yes that wouldnt sag much if at all, but I have a nice 12v 5Ah rc lipo I will eventually use as soon as I make the adaptor, but as it works well enough going slow I havent found the need to do it yet.
Derusting some tubes. Spent much of the day waiting for the water to heat up on my little hob/pan. I might get a new kettle for kitchen and keep the old for citric. Quite pleased that neither tube leaks.
EM1L4
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As a newbie, what’s going on in the pic? Looks like some box in old guttering?
Not made today, but finally got the car off of it to give it a lick of red oxide and get a photo of it. it Makes the garage more usable to be able to move the car around anywhere when working in there. It unbolts to make it easier to store when the cars not on it as well
Dr.Al
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Looks like some guttering filled with citric acid and some box dunked in it to get rid of the rust.
EM1L4
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I’m sure I missed an earlier conversation, what was wrong with the trenches? Or are they now for something? I’ve always wondered why people build brick work below ground instead of casting the foundation in concrete upto ground level (preferably to DPC level) what am I missing?today i made some trenches disappear and a wall get taller
EM1L4
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Would that be internal rust? Seems quite clean on the top end judging from the pics..
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qwakers
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the trenches i filled in are the ones in the garden, dug 5 years or so ago to put drains in
the 'brickwork below ground' is the walls to my inspection pit.
AndersK
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Cutting shelves trying to bring some order into the garden shed chaos.
Bought a Keter foldable workbench a while ago but this was first time using it. Was half price when I got it. Wouldn't have payed full price for it though. Feels ok maybe a little flimsy and difficult to lock when folding it but better than my old B&D Workmate that was falling apart.
If it only last half time the B&D it's worth it
Bought a Keter foldable workbench a while ago but this was first time using it. Was half price when I got it. Wouldn't have payed full price for it though. Feels ok maybe a little flimsy and difficult to lock when folding it but better than my old B&D Workmate that was falling apart.
If it only last half time the B&D it's worth it
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I'm a bit jealous of your upcoming inspection pit. I'd love to install an inspection pit in our garage floor. Unfortunately, there are only a few inches of soil under the garage's concrete floor slab before you would hit solid bedrock or "ledge" as they call it around here, and cutting a pit into solid granite or gneiss isn't high on my list of enthralling activities for retired old geezers like myself.the trenches i filled in are the ones in the garden, dug 5 years or so ago to put drains in
the 'brickwork below ground' is the walls to my inspection pit.
