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Offline Pottsy

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4150 on: April 15, 2018, 12:41:08 PM »
Quote from: edz on April 15, 2018, 12:18:14 PM
Early morning hook up of the battery charger to the truck, few hours later.  Strapped  my little Vacuum Belly Umbilical Cord buddy to the Stubby gear stick  and just did a Sneaky  circuit of our housing estate .. Shhhhh dont tell the wife  :angel:
First drive of the O'l girl in 3 months .  ;D ;D
Small steps, good on ya. :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4151 on: April 15, 2018, 01:08:55 PM »
Solved an electrical charging issue for a fellow ultimate owner.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4152 on: April 15, 2018, 02:29:42 PM »
Finally put my shower/toilet cubicle back into its bag ready for a ( Much overdue ) upcoming DI Beach Trip ;D

It came home from a beach trip out of the bag some time in June last year ::) :o

Can't rush these things ya know!
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4153 on: April 15, 2018, 03:25:41 PM »
Sorted out my charging /power problem with my inverter for a trip     :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4154 on: April 15, 2018, 03:43:15 PM »
Installed a solar panel on the car to help keep the second battery charged.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4155 on: April 15, 2018, 09:19:50 PM »
Quote from: jwb on April 15, 2018, 02:29:42 PM
Finally put my shower/toilet cubicle back into its bag ready for a ( Much overdue ) upcoming DI Beach Trip ;D

It came home from a beach trip out of the bag some time in June last year ::) :o

Can't rush these things ya know!
Sounds like the Dome tent I took to Fraser last August, Might get the eldest daughter to put it all back in the bag as I cant just yet .  :'(
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4156 on: April 15, 2018, 09:21:55 PM »
Did a bit of pre-trip maintenance. 3 weeks to go....
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4157 on: April 15, 2018, 11:59:12 PM »
Quote from: jmorgan1981 on April 15, 2018, 03:43:15 PM
Installed a solar panel on the car to help keep the second battery charged.

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What sized panel is that?  I need to get off my bum and do similar for my car...  Struggling for motivation and decent components for mounting the panel - what have you used?

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4158 on: April 16, 2018, 12:03:44 AM »
Quote from: DrewXT on April 15, 2018, 11:59:12 PM
What sized panel is that?  I need to get off my bum and do similar for my car...  Struggling for motivation and decent components for mounting the panel - what have you used?

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100W. I used mounting brackets that I got from a mate that installs house solar.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4159 on: April 16, 2018, 05:28:11 AM »
Been doing pre trip maintenance myself, like running gas fridges and running 100lt trailblazer I got my solar gear out and hooked it up to my 4 x 120amp AGMs and been running the freezer, pulled out the bait for the trip north about 13kg of pillies and 18kg of squid out the 300lt home freezer and repacked it to 2 to 3kg double bags bags, then packed into the trailblazer, Been getting gear out of the 20 ft container and putting in the shed ready to pack in the boat and 4wds over the next few weeks as we head off in May, Craig 
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4160 on: April 16, 2018, 07:32:47 AM »
Finished up the electric winch for the camper trailer.
Since adding the new boxes it has gotten a bit heavy for swmbo and I to open and close comfortably.
The new winch system works a treat. Only need one person to open and close it now  ;D
Also getting everything ready for our first camping trip since Christmas 2016.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4161 on: April 17, 2018, 11:31:05 AM »
Quote from: GeoffA on April 15, 2018, 09:21:55 PM
Did a bit of pre-trip maintenance. 3 weeks to go....
Less than 2 weeks till we are off & running    :cup:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4162 on: April 17, 2018, 06:37:05 PM »
Made a fractal wood burner today.
Thought a dead man switch was probably a good idea.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4163 on: April 17, 2018, 07:27:51 PM »
That is seriously awesome mate.... ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4164 on: April 17, 2018, 08:19:12 PM »
great stuff glen it comes up nice, a mate of mine does it up at 1770. Craig
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4165 on: April 17, 2018, 08:49:25 PM »
Nice work Glen
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4166 on: April 22, 2018, 08:38:41 AM »
Started to build a an outhouse  ;D

A friend of a friend lets us access their 2000 acre property at Mt Barney for camping on a fairly regular basis. It's a fantastic spot on a beautiful clear creek on a locked access property. Over time we have been carving out a nice little area for ourselves beside a waterhole, but we have decided it's now time for a more appropriate and permanent toilet. So I've been accumulating some bits and pieces over time, and the build started yesterday afternoon. It'll be a composting toilet (long-drop) using one of those 1000l I.B.C containers buried underneath for the composting chamber. It'll have the top cut out and be buried upside down on a gravel bed so the worms can do their thing. The stink pipe has a 12v computer fan to draw the air through to encourage the bio-action and eliminate the smell from inside. An old car battery will run the fan (that draws 0.4A) and a LED light, with a small solar panel on the roof to keep it charged. The structure itself is being done as much as we can as a "flat-pack" so we can easily trailer it out and assemble on site.

Today we'll do the roof trusses and door, then sheet it with corro. Hoping to finish it today so we can take it out next week-end when we go out to mow, and have it up and running for the long week-end.



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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4167 on: April 22, 2018, 10:28:41 AM »
Good stuff Spadz
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4168 on: April 22, 2018, 10:33:14 AM »
So where do we register for the working bee to help build, in return for access to the property ??? ;D >:D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4169 on: April 22, 2018, 12:55:20 PM »
Quote from: Spada on April 22, 2018, 08:38:41 AM
Started to build a an outhouse  ;D

A friend of a friend lets us access their 2000 acre property at Mt Barney for camping on a fairly regular basis. It's a fantastic spot on a beautiful clear creek on a locked access property. Over time we have been carving out a nice little area for ourselves beside a waterhole, but we have decided it's now time for a more appropriate and permanent toilet. So I've been accumulating some bits and pieces over time, and the build started yesterday afternoon. It'll be a composting toilet (long-drop) using one of those 1000l I.B.C containers buried underneath for the composting chamber. It'll have the top cut out and be buried upside down on a gravel bed so the worms can do their thing. The stink pipe has a 12v computer fan to draw the air through to encourage the bio-action and eliminate the smell from inside. An old car battery will run the fan (that draws 0.4v) and a LED light, with a small solar panel on the roof to keep it charged. The structure itself is being done as much as we can as a "flat-pack" so we can easily trailer it out and assemble on site.

Today we'll do the roof trusses and door, then sheet it with corro. Hoping to finish it today so we can take it out next week-end when we go out to mow, and have it up and running for the long week-end.

I presume that's a typo... maybe 0.4A?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4170 on: April 22, 2018, 01:08:00 PM »
Currently I’m in the middle of replacing the pajero’s rocker cover gaskets, made a lot more difficult by the fact that you need to remove the inlet manifold to do the job.
Slow and steady, it’s a little more difficult than I had imagined, but one cover is now done, the other I’m removing the old casket as I type



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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4171 on: April 22, 2018, 06:04:11 PM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on April 22, 2018, 12:55:20 PM
I presume that's a typo... maybe 0.4A?

Whoops, my bad..... yep, 0.4A
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4172 on: April 22, 2018, 06:16:48 PM »
Just did an experiment in the kitchen, finely chopped 3 Birdseye chilli’s deliberately ensuring my left hand got a good dose of the juices and rubbed on the seeds

I then put about 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil on my hand using it to thoroughly wash my hands. (During the process I found a couple of small pieces of chilli) to absorb the chilli.
I then used soap and warm water to remove the oil.
Dried my hands and then sucked on my finger. To my surprise almost no hint of chilli, certainly no burn whatsoever
Experiment was a success


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4173 on: April 22, 2018, 07:22:32 PM »
Quote from: lloydus67 on April 22, 2018, 06:16:48 PM
Just did an experiment in the kitchen, finely chopped 3 Birdseye chilli’s deliberately ensuring my left hand got a good dose of the juices and rubbed on the seeds

I then put about 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil on my hand using it to thoroughly wash my hands. (During the process I found a couple of small pieces of chilli) to absorb the chilli.

Chopped off fingers and cooked in a hot wok for 5 minutes.
Delicious


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4174 on: April 22, 2018, 11:16:00 PM »
Quote from: lloydus67 on April 22, 2018, 06:16:48 PM
Just did an experiment in the kitchen, finely chopped 3 Birdseye chilli’s deliberately ensuring my left hand got a good dose of the juices and rubbed on the seeds

I then put about 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil on my hand using it to thoroughly wash my hands. (During the process I found a couple of small pieces of chilli) to absorb the chilli.
I then used soap and warm water to remove the oil.
Dried my hands and then sucked on my finger. To my surprise almost no hint of chilli, certainly no burn whatsoever
Experiment was a success


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I wonder if that trick will work on other parts of the body? o
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