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Offline berlitza

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #950 on: October 29, 2013, 10:43:29 PM »
Quote from: crykies on October 29, 2013, 09:40:14 PM
No need to tell yas what i been doing. :)

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #951 on: October 29, 2013, 11:06:52 PM »

Quote from: bobkay on October 29, 2013, 01:25:54 PM
Any reason U used strips of wood for the draw runners rather then one single sheet of ply??
Not quite sure what you mean but the pieces of timber I used fit perfectly in-between the top and bottom lip of the plastic drawers
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #952 on: November 01, 2013, 09:05:41 PM »
I did a heap more welding and painted this trailer today..




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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #953 on: November 02, 2013, 01:15:42 PM »
Very proud of myself  ;D.I was given a Ryobi pressure cleaner which worked but the hand piece had a split in the tube from the fitting to the lance within the handle. after a few failed attempts at repairs, ??? I had borrowed a mates Gerni pressure cleaner and found that the lance fitted the Ryobi ( the big green shop sells machines not parts), After a few months of procrastination I finally dropped by the Gerni dealers shop,$45 later and a little trimming of the pressure hose sheath and I have a fully functional pressure cleaner :cup:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #954 on: November 02, 2013, 04:14:47 PM »
Gave the shed an overdue clean out.A tray of rubbish to the tip,and a wooden bin for the scrappy next week.Now the cruiser will sleep inside again.It's hard to throw some stuff out,knowing full well I'll want it  for something in a month or so.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #955 on: November 02, 2013, 04:42:33 PM »
Not a month later, its usually a few minutes after its gone that you need it.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #956 on: November 02, 2013, 06:42:23 PM »
Quote from: rodw on October 24, 2013, 09:52:13 PM
Did a bit more welding on my underfloor winch up 2 battery carrier.
Mounted a solar controller in my pop top as a warm up exercise.
Pics of the battery carrier would be worth seeing if you have any.  :D
Oops!  Came across the pics when Igot to the next page.    :cheers:
« Last Edit: November 02, 2013, 07:36:27 PM by B&B »
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #957 on: November 02, 2013, 06:58:36 PM »
Spent most of the day running wires in my pop top. It really is an awful job as the fridge had to come out to do this but I have my inverter mounted, some network cable run for the solar controller remote display, three wires for a remote switch to turn the inverter on and two extension leads with one end cut off run to where I will mount the power points. One by the microwave and one by the toaster.

I ran out of conduit so I had to fit up an inverter in my neighbours caravan as bought a 600 W version of my inverter. He had told me I could use the surplus conduit on the roll I told him to get. Half an hour of electrical work of course turned into about 1.5 hours when yarn time was included.

Quote from: B&B on November 02, 2013, 06:42:23 PM
Pics of the battery carrier would be worth seeing if you have any.  :D

Yes I will do this on a separate thread or in my buildup if I can find it again. I need time to take some pics. I am hoping I will get the electrics completed tomorrow so I will be ready to take some pics.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #958 on: November 02, 2013, 10:56:41 PM »
made a tail gate for a trailer, my welds turned out looking like popcorn chicken but live and learn
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #959 on: November 03, 2013, 06:16:34 AM »
Fitted a flat 12 pin socket to the rear of the Jackaroo.
As the existing round 7 pin was a Narva with the metal body (German mfg.) with 2 'indents' at the bottom for wiring access, I left it in place and ran additional wiring to the flat pin from the round plug.
Will run 6B&S to 4 of the 5 'fat' pins, to match the plug on the Heaslip.
Will also be fitting an Anderson plug on the opposite (LHS) of the tow bar, to connect compressor / and tug to trailer while camped.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #960 on: November 03, 2013, 07:10:11 AM »
Quote from: berlitza on November 02, 2013, 10:56:41 PM
made a tail gate for a trailer, my welds turned out looking like popcorn chicken but live and learn


learning to weld is practice practice practice..

try different settings.
try different techniques


just practice practice practice,


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #961 on: November 03, 2013, 04:48:33 PM »
Made up a chain guard for my Daughters Quad. A Kitty Litter tray (clean and empty) found at the back of the shelf was perfect. Seeing as she decided not to ride, the 4 1/2 year Old Prodigy Son decided to do donuts in the backyard. Kids got talent. Then bought a clean and tidy 44 Gallon Drum and 3 hot plates for $20 from some Bloke and decided to make me a big wood fire bbq, using an old 4 burner bbq as a base.

I was that engrossed in both projects, I only managed 2 beers in 6 hours. Now I'm making up for it. :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #962 on: November 03, 2013, 04:58:53 PM »
My son's Hilux is getting in the way of my mods on our 100 series Landcruiser so this weekend we fitted his dual battery system, solar input and 3 x Din plugs for lights, fridges etc.,  It was a whole day job but now I can get back to my 4x4  ;D

Thanks to Jetcrew for helping with the parts and prompt delivery so that we were able to finish the job this weekend  :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #963 on: November 03, 2013, 08:44:52 PM »
After 2 days of hard work over the weekend, it is finally taking shape.

My Inverter under the seat (still not live)


You can see 12 volt leads entering from floor on right and the power point and remote switch leads on left (switch  in black conduit)

First power point for toaster :) Note neon light that should light when inverter is powered up.



Inverter Powerpoint near Microwave



Note remote switch for inverter to left of power point. I also fitted the Tracer MPPT solar controller remote console which required crimping on some RJ45 connectors to the Cat  6 cable I ran.

So if this all works, the switch will have a LED light that turns on when the inveter is turned on. I still have to finish the 12 volt wiring under the van :(
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #964 on: November 04, 2013, 04:59:44 AM »
Finally got my wood stove in the Mancave and it's working well. ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #965 on: November 04, 2013, 05:33:12 AM »
My son and I pulled a 9" diff from an old LTD and put it into a 71 fairlane,

One minute you have 8 1/2 in diff and drum brakes and the next a 9" and discs  :cup: :cup:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #966 on: November 04, 2013, 06:05:32 AM »
Hey olboa,
Did the same to my 69 XW Fairmont
Threw under it a disc braked 9" LSD 2.75 from a Landau LTD.
I think the only thing I had to modify was the Handbrake cable ends to fit the Disc brake handbrake mechanism. 
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #967 on: November 04, 2013, 06:32:15 AM »
Serviced the wheels and brakes of my Bloke Trailer I built eons ago. Started making a bad noise a few weeks ago, got real bad sat morning so bugger it.
Turned out the caliper slide for the mechanical overide disc brakes was seized and nothing else wrong, Sweet.
Then knocked of and played silly dad in the pool with the kids.   ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #968 on: November 04, 2013, 09:30:32 AM »
Over this weekend I have been taking my trailers out the front in the hope to sell them.
I have been just winding the jockey wheels up as its only a q00m to the road but down one dip. If I go  wide its fine, today I cut the corner and broke off one of the jockey wheel clamp on that trailer..

So had to find another and weld it on, this time making sure its welded top and bottom etc.

what a pain, I usually tell everyone to take their jockey wheels off so they don't damage them. well I didnt do it and it happened to me .. bummer..

20mins later and its all good again.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #969 on: November 05, 2013, 09:21:08 PM »
Finally replaced the Hubs, discs and coupling on the boat trailer.
Took them off on Satuday and bought all the gear this morning and replaced the bits after work today,just need to fix the trailer wiring and all done.
Ready to sell the boat.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #970 on: November 05, 2013, 09:43:05 PM »
trying to make a spare wheel holder for a client for his trailer. it needs to be removable and I am trying to use the same size wheel nuts as to what he has already, so I have been tapping new threads, welding stripping down parts off the trailer contemplating just flipping the trailer and welding on a new "A" frame, which will mean the spare wheel holder and his tool box will both fit and making them removable easier.

I also sold one of my trailers today that was out the front, so that sale took a while......


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #971 on: November 07, 2013, 11:11:01 AM »
Quote from: Hairs on November 04, 2013, 06:05:32 AM
Hey olboa,
Did the same to my 69 XW Fairmont
Threw under it a disc braked 9" LSD 2.75 from a Landau LTD.
I think the only thing I had to modify was the Handbrake cable ends to fit the Disc brake handbrake mechanism.

I did the same to my '76 XB.

Had to go back and get the master cylinder as well, 'cos it locked the rears too easily....
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #972 on: November 07, 2013, 11:13:23 AM »
I also threw a 9inch with early commodore rear disc brakes in the Torrie
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #973 on: November 09, 2013, 11:15:13 AM »
After fitting the new awning the other day to the DMax, I thought it was time to re-fit the winch. So this morning I re-fitted the winch to the DMax for the wench!  ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #974 on: November 09, 2013, 11:39:00 AM »
Quote from: lino6 on November 09, 2013, 11:15:13 AM
After fitting the new awning the other day to the DMax, I thought it was time to re-fit the winch. So this morning I re-fitted the winch to the DMax for the wench!  ;D

Brave man.  Hope you have health insurance  ;D ;D

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