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Competition stuff from the states is way cheaper than here mate, in fact most things are, I bought my miller from there and saved £1400 !!!
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is the £1400 after tax vat and import Steve
PS hows the foot after the quacks visit
term rip of Britain comes to mind (note i didn't say great)
PS hows the foot after the quacks visit
term rip of Britain comes to mind (note i didn't say great)
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I did get a very nice deal on it from one of my suppliers and with everything paid and in my hands it's £1400 cheaper than buying it here, and it's arriving today
Foot improved thankfully, they said it may take a few weeks yet.
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lots of time to practice with the new toy then Steve
glad the foots on the mend all the best
glad the foots on the mend all the best
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Can't do much bodywork due to rain so got to thinking about an interior light, wanted something to continue the theme.
Found a nice milk lense on ebay so that was a start
next up I plasma cut some rings out of 1/8" aluminium sheet and cleaned them up on the lathe. These were welded together to leave a return for the lens to sit in.
Next holes were drilled for rivets
Here it is with the lense fitted
Next a base was made up and welded and a bulb holder attached
Heres the finished light minus the lense as I knocked it off the bench and it shattered into a million bits !!! Luckily I found another on ebay a few minutes ago
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Found a nice milk lense on ebay so that was a start
next up I plasma cut some rings out of 1/8" aluminium sheet and cleaned them up on the lathe. These were welded together to leave a return for the lens to sit in.
Next holes were drilled for rivets
Here it is with the lense fitted
Next a base was made up and welded and a bulb holder attached
Heres the finished light minus the lense as I knocked it off the bench and it shattered into a million bits !!! Luckily I found another on ebay a few minutes ago
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The replacement light lens showed up but was slightly smaller so slight modification called for, I spun up a ring to hold the lens and then welded it into the body, the pics tell the story, next step is to get it vapor blasted.
I found this little gem on US ebay, havn't a clue whats off but it was complete with cables and working switch, plan is to rechome and fit under bottom of dash.
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I found this little gem on US ebay, havn't a clue whats off but it was complete with cables and working switch, plan is to rechome and fit under bottom of dash.
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Ta bud
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Hi Langy, Just spent 2 days reading and re-reading your thread and had to join in the forum just to say these two words " Absolutely Stunning"
carry on the Great work
Geoff
carry on the Great work
Geoff
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Hi Langy, Just spent 2 days reading and re-reading your thread and had to join in the forum just to say these two words " Absolutely Stunning"
carry on the Great work
Geoff
Thank you Geoff , very kind of you
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Xmas time again so found a bit of time for my own project, I pulled dash out to prep it for paint and looking at it thought it looked a bit bland, so decided to give it a bit more character.
This how it looked
first job was to chop out the instrument section
Next I cut some 1.5mm aluminium sheet into 2 pieces, first one as a backing sheet and the front, then these were tig welded together around the outer edge. I recently invested in a new Miller Dynasty 210 tig welder and one of the really useful functions of this machine the the arc frequency control so this was wound up to 300 and away we went, turned out pretty good for time use.
I would normally of metal finished the faces before welding but completely forgot to do it but no problem as it will be vapour blasted shortly, the welded edges were blended & fettled to a nice radius and holes drilled for rivets.
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This how it looked
first job was to chop out the instrument section
Next I cut some 1.5mm aluminium sheet into 2 pieces, first one as a backing sheet and the front, then these were tig welded together around the outer edge. I recently invested in a new Miller Dynasty 210 tig welder and one of the really useful functions of this machine the the arc frequency control so this was wound up to 300 and away we went, turned out pretty good for time use.
I would normally of metal finished the faces before welding but completely forgot to do it but no problem as it will be vapour blasted shortly, the welded edges were blended & fettled to a nice radius and holes drilled for rivets.
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Nice 
it's following the theme you're using on other parts.
it's following the theme you're using on other parts.
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Nice
I always have a theme in any of my projects bud, keeps it all tied together.
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While I was on a roll I thought I would tackle the lower switch panel, thought it was gonna be a fiddly taxing job but it went easy, don't often get that happen !!!
First job was to cut a couple of strips of 1.5mm aluminium and drill the switch holes
Next I cut 2 slots out
Once cleaned all the edges up the top was put over the bottom plate and the various switches replaced, I havn't welded the edges yet as I ran out of gas and all the suppliers are shut bacause its bl00dy xmas !!!
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First job was to cut a couple of strips of 1.5mm aluminium and drill the switch holes
Next I cut 2 slots out
Once cleaned all the edges up the top was put over the bottom plate and the various switches replaced, I havn't welded the edges yet as I ran out of gas and all the suppliers are shut bacause its bl00dy xmas !!!
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Cheers Mike, not too classy I hope as I want it to have a slight agricultural edge.
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Ah not what I thought it was, I thought it was just a button with a wireless box hidden
