Author Topic: What did you do in your shed / man cave today? (Read 1975657 times)

RallyDog · « **Reply #1850 on:** July 28, 2014, 10:47:14 AM »

Gday MDS69
I've fitted rubber blocks to the back of the compressor and a 5mm alloy plate for the mounts for the compressor if it does still vibrant it will go back in the box. Im trying to save room in the back of the car and that was the only place I could mount the compressor any suggestions would be great.
Dicko

paceman · « **Reply #1851 on:** July 30, 2014, 04:29:52 PM »

made some pvc rod holders for the kids and myself.

40mm pvc, heat gun on 500 degrees and a funnel to shape the flare at the mouth and a quick saw cut to the bottom.

$15 each at BCF or $3 each for mine... and they work exactly the same...

speewa158 · « **Reply #1852 on:** July 30, 2014, 08:12:24 PM »

l moved in the 42in plasma to take up some bench space

rattrodeo · « **Reply #1853 on:** July 31, 2014, 11:59:56 PM »

Quote from: jk on July 23, 2014, 12:23:49 PM

Got bored today between shifts so I knocked up a vice that can be slotted into the 4b tow hitch for stability when working on broken campers and 4x4's on trips away

What a great idea. Handy to have but I hope you never need to use it!

scarps · « **Reply #1854 on:** August 02, 2014, 02:10:15 PM »

New bearings on the boat trailer. Think I've busted my shoulder again, this time trying to get the new bearing races in. Speewa, you might have to load the firewood for me tomorrow. It's ok, I'll hold your green cans:-)

Garfish · « **Reply #1855 on:** August 02, 2014, 07:03:56 PM »

Made my cave comfier after getting this finished, was 10 year old down to bear timber and mist of the kids names etched into it....

Rumpig · « **Reply #1856 on:** August 09, 2014, 03:32:59 PM »

spent part of the day making a bench that runs down along atleast half the lenght of the inside of the shed today, added a shelf in underneath also to help with storage of camping gear etc and then bolted the bench grinder down to the top of it. Managed to clean up a heap of crap that was laying about the shed using said earlier mentioned shelf, and now it's much nicer to walk around in there

Marschy · « **Reply #1857 on:** August 09, 2014, 08:23:58 PM »

Quote from: paceman on July 30, 2014, 04:29:52 PM

made some pvc rod holders for the kids and myself.

40mm pvc, heat gun on 500 degrees and a funnel to shape the flare at the mouth and a quick saw cut to the bottom.

$15 each at BCF or $3 each for mine... and they work exactly the same...

Putting that heat gun to good use I see, but

GGV8Cruza · « **Reply #1858 on:** August 09, 2014, 08:46:39 PM »

Measured up the new shed we are aquiring with the move 9x7m shed should be great

GG

D4D · « **Reply #1859 on:** August 09, 2014, 08:48:05 PM »

Quote from: GGV8Cruza on August 09, 2014, 08:46:39 PM

Measured up the new shed we are aquiring with the move 9x7m shed should be great

If you are after shelving, these guys are the cheapest I could find
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Heavy-Duty-Workbench-/231303823976

fishfinder · « **Reply #1860 on:** August 10, 2014, 07:44:27 AM »

sprayed the angle grinder with my blood

Garfish · « **Reply #1861 on:** August 10, 2014, 08:02:43 AM »

Quote from: fishfinder on August 10, 2014, 07:44:27 AM

sprayed the angle grinder with my blood

Hope no permanent damage.

paceman · « **Reply #1862 on:** August 10, 2014, 08:30:39 AM »

Quote from: Marschy on August 09, 2014, 08:23:58 PM

Putting that heat gun to good use I see, but

You bet, mate. One of the handiest tools I have bought. We'll worth the money.

Ratbag · « **Reply #1863 on:** August 11, 2014, 08:50:16 AM »

Gidday GG

Quote from: GGV8Cruza on August 09, 2014, 08:46:39 PM

Measured up the new shed we are aquiring with the move 9x7m shed should be great

GG

I'm envious, really VERY envious ...

Enjoy it, mate!

From my Batphone

Ratbag · « **Reply #1864 on:** August 11, 2014, 08:54:37 AM »

Bought an arc welder.

"Lost" my previous one about 34 years ago ...

Also a decent helmet and some 2.5mm rods.

From my Batphone

fishfinder · « **Reply #1865 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:03:27 PM »

Quote from: Garfish on August 10, 2014, 08:02:43 AM

Hope no permanent damage.

no just halfway across my wrist very lucky as i was going to put a new disc on a few seconds earlier

GGV8Cruza · « **Reply #1866 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:19:28 PM »

Quote from: D4D on August 09, 2014, 08:48:05 PM

If you are after shelving, these guys are the cheapest I could find
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Heavy-Duty-Workbench-/231303823976

Thanks Jamie, will see how I go when I get the keys, I think I can do better with some timber ones but I do have contacts

GG

Mallory Black · « **Reply #1867 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:32:25 PM »

Building up a little zook for the daughters to learn 4WD'ing
before and ....so far
It's not had a lot of love but been working through the problems and issues and by the end of the month will be refurbished and back on the road with a mild lift, mud tyres and of course an I-pod friendly sound system.
That thing you see by the RHR when is the top A arm for the diff, one of the bolts got loose and it flogged the mounting hole, so that was what most of Sunday was about, fabbing up some plates and wending them in place.

oddly enough..... also donated some knuckle skin to the angle grinder

Ratbag · « **Reply #1868 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:51:18 PM »

Gidday FF

Quote from: fishfinder on August 10, 2014, 07:44:27 AM

sprayed the angle grinder with my blood

Glad that it wasn't serious, mate!

A surgeon who has been a friend for a very long time has had to patch some very nasty wounds arising from angle grinders ...
He always reckons that one should wear a full face protection mask when using them. Many of the injuries he has repaired have been facial, where the cutting wheel has gone through the patient's face ... Makes me shudder every time I think of it. His descriptions can be fairly graphic!

Rumpig · « **Reply #1869 on:** August 16, 2014, 03:24:30 PM »

not in the shed but the carport...fitted new LED lights to the front bar of the Cruiser

BEFORE

AFTER

would have been nicer in a warmer dryer area to be doing the job, reckon i would have done it in half the time...lol...not complaining about the rain mind you, we need it badly.

MrCruza · « **Reply #1870 on:** August 16, 2014, 03:35:46 PM »

Fitted a new handbrake lever and cable on the Aussie Swag. Moved it from the side of the drawbar, where it was a perennial knee catcher, to on top of the A frame. Much better and easier to operate.

MarkGU · « **Reply #1871 on:** August 16, 2014, 03:39:12 PM »

Quote from: MrBitchi on August 16, 2014, 03:35:46 PM

Fitted a new handbrake lever and cable on the Aussie Swag. Moved it from the side of the drawbar, where it was a perennial knee catcher, to on top of the A frame. Much better and easier to operate.

Finally

thought that job was never going to get done

2impulsiv · « **Reply #1872 on:** August 16, 2014, 03:41:17 PM »

Lifted the camping trailer up with the stabiliser legs to see if it could. And it can.

but don't panic, I have some jack stands to sit it on when working on or underneth.

might have a beer now after all that hard work!

Coolblue80 · « **Reply #1873 on:** August 16, 2014, 07:51:45 PM »

Fitted up a wired reverse camera to a mates new Dmax. Job went well. Few beers and rumbos and laughs afterwards to celebrate a job well done. :cheers:Nearly ready for bed.
The more Itime I spend with my mates dmax the more I like it. If I was in the market for a dual cab ute, I reckon the Dmax wouuld be hard to beat for the money.
Cheers, Mike.

speewa158 · « **Reply #1874 on:** August 16, 2014, 08:00:50 PM »

Got the High pressure water cleaner out in the compound where l keep the play things . Moved 3M3 of dirt off the cement & the trucks . Looks really good ,,, for a few weeks or so .

then had

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Author Topic: What did you do in your shed / man cave today? (Read 1975657 times)

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