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    That's the spirit ! Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by K6Thou View Post
    That's the spirit ! Lol
    Half the bike is held together with zip ties and good will

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    The best ones usually are.

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    https://www.facebook.com/helen.pitte...60570944037832

    Well it lives, the owner sorted the last of the issues and got the first start done.

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    Linky no worky.....

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    Ok my bad

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    So it turns out I can make mistakes......... My mistake was being so far off chops when welding up these brackets for the new metal rack I said to myself. "Fuck it I wont clamp these down as I weld them, how far could they possibly warp"......... Well as it turns out a lot seems to be the correct answer. Well enough to be cough " out side of acceptable tolerance " cough cough

    To be honest, I really did fuck up. I had to think of a solution to bend 50x25x3 mm rhs back straight after some twat welded shit in the way. Not nearly as simple as one might first think. My solution may not be on the top of every bodies list but let me assure you, it was by far the easiest I could come up with at the time and I got very very lucky.



    installed onto their new home, just waiting till I can afford the 25mm mdf shelves I will be using



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    Presetting things like this is the only way mate. Something like that at a guess would be 10-20mm....

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    Quote Originally Posted by K6Thou View Post
    Presetting things like this is the only way mate. Something like that at a guess would be 10-20mm....
    Well silly me was to lazy to clean off the fab table to do that......

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    Know the feeling there.... The last 4x4 tray I did I had to preset heaps of bits, got really tiring by the end of it.....

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    I can't see pics but it sounds like a lot of fun for 3k....

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    not a bad buy but I turned down one with less needed for the same money but was n/a
    good buying for someone over 10k in good bits on it but id cut the mild steel rear section of and start again

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    progress has been almost zero...... no work means lots of time but in kind means no money
    so until some cash becomes available workshop upgrades are at a stand still
    but still knocked this trolley up out of bits I had laying around, its to hold all the blasting medium
    and some inox, etc.





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    I thought you weren't taking on any more jobs and now you say no work? I'm confused?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gix11 View Post
    I thought you weren't taking on any more jobs and now you say no work? I'm confused?
    No real work in my day job mate, I work for our family business
    and that's the one that pays my bills. There is a good chance when
    I get on top of a few things I might see if people are interested in some
    bike jobs

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    We may well have a commercial plumbing job coming up soon..dog grooming salon shop fitout if ya interested.
    Jesus died for his own sins...NOT MINE !

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharky View Post
    We may well have a commercial plumbing job coming up soon..dog grooming salon shop fitout if ya interested.
    possible could be, you have the number will do words

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    so 18 mths ago I grabbed some engine machining tooling that came up, one of the items was a
    old warren and brown Australian made valve grinder. Over all it was in great condition with only
    a few things to fix. With the time off and a stand still on other workshop projects till funds improve
    I took the opportunity to clean and inspect it. Well things got out of hand and it received a full pull
    down. All moving parts cleaned and repacked with grease. A drive spring, one belt and a messing oil
    pump are looks all that need to be sourced. I am waiting to see if the off size roller bearing can be sourced
    as well but it and its counterpart seem in good order after cleaning and packing so I might just reassemble as is.







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    Being without a shed these days only makes me hate you even more. Lol.
    Now all I've got is less room than what you have under your house.....
    Myself and the rest of the tribe will be down Brissy way in a few months so we'll have to do beers or that spicy bourbon or something.

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