RWD3M
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MattF
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I hope not, I detest painting. I'd rather do anything other than painting.Are you suggesting he best stick to painting?
julianthegypsy
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I disagree, it looks like it was slanting when he started and he's levelled it. I'm mightily impressed!
If you are grinding/welding in there, cover that battery! Had one blow up years ago, I assume from a stray red hot spark, so I'm a bit paranoid - but I've not had one go up since.
RWD3M
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I get that, I'm not a big fan of it myself. But the difference it will make in terms of light will be well worth the pain.I hope not, I detest painting. I'd rather do anything other than painting.
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I need four 1/2" bolts for the upper shock mounts on the trike project. Looking on line the price for imperial bolts is crazy, so I had a brain wave and ordered a metre of 1/2" EN8, a split die, and a pack of stainless lock nuts.
I cut and threaded them, went very well, tightened nuts onto one end. Job done.
Then it struck me, I could probably have bought simple ready made studs in the right lengths on the web, probably cadmium plated, and probably for a lot less cabbage.
I cut and threaded them, went very well, tightened nuts onto one end. Job done.
Then it struck me, I could probably have bought simple ready made studs in the right lengths on the web, probably cadmium plated, and probably for a lot less cabbage.
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...and They would have probably been rolled threads as well.I need four 1/2" bolts for the upper shock mounts on the trike project. Looking on line the price for imperial bolts is crazy, so I had a brain wave and ordered a metre of 1/2" EN8, a split die, and a pack of stainless lock nuts.
I cut and threaded them, went very well, tightened nuts onto one end. Job done.
Then it struck me, I could probably have bought simple ready made studs in the right lengths on the web, probably cadmium plated, and probably for a lot less cabbage.
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What strip lights did you get and how are they working out, need some for my double lockup that has no mains electricity
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If no coupler available, a hot air gun to soften the pipe and push the end cap in to it. Let it cool, set and then glue it.
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Finally the extension I'm building is up to plaster. Should be all plastered by end of the week.
We have decided to give shaddow beads a go, I like it and saves me fitting skirting.
Finish Is good over all, I will find imperfections because I'm fussy also I'm painting it.
@Erie Fred welcome for you to say something about mud and tape or some other argument.
We have decided to give shaddow beads a go, I like it and saves me fitting skirting.
Finish Is good over all, I will find imperfections because I'm fussy also I'm painting it.
@Erie Fred welcome for you to say something about mud and tape or some other argument.
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Over the last couple of days I came up with these two spring loaded plungers.
Made from a couple of 8mm bolts, they're to hold the handwheels on my mill/drill either in engagement or out of engagement. I'll machine a pair of grooves in both screws to locate in.
Made from a couple of 8mm bolts, they're to hold the handwheels on my mill/drill either in engagement or out of engagement. I'll machine a pair of grooves in both screws to locate in.
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Looking good
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Nothing major interesting but got some time to fire up the lathes and turn up some M9 bolts for an Opel engine manifold.
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What sort of Mill Drill do you have Graham? Keep us posted on this project - it may be an idea I can steal off you!
Seadog
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It's a Rong Fu RF25. This one's a Clarke's, but Axminster and other companies all sell the same stuff.
It's going to have major surgery. I just need to attack it with the angle grinder and then there'll be no going back.
Once I progress a bit more I'll try to get round to posting it as a project. I do need to find someone with a decently sized mill so that I can achieve my aims.
It's going to have major surgery. I just need to attack it with the angle grinder and then there'll be no going back.
Once I progress a bit more I'll try to get round to posting it as a project. I do need to find someone with a decently sized mill so that I can achieve my aims.
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More "made a start" than made. Been running 50x50 trunking round a double garage packed to gunwales with tat. Every shelf on every wall full to the ceiling. The plan was to leave a nom 13mm gap between top of trunking and underside of roof joists. This so I could slip plasterboard in there later. Didn't quite work out like that, I'd have had to have cut Celcon columns down. In some places I've just enough clearance to get the trunking lid on. If it comes to it later I can pull the cables out and redrill the trunking but I'd clear the garage first. At least I'll have tidied a length of SWA and two 20mm flexible conduits that have been draped across the garage for the last 3 years and should be able to get my gate powered up:
