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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4275 on: June 23, 2018, 05:56:32 PM »
Couple squirts of silicone should fix that up.
Bit more than a squirt for these ones.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4276 on: June 24, 2018, 07:19:20 AM »
Stuffed sround, had a couple of beers, moved some stuff, kinda cleared a Spot on the bench to put more crap on, had a couple more beers listening to the wireless.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4277 on: June 24, 2018, 08:38:00 AM »
I had to replace the rear diff on the Old Girl , bloody thing locked up on me when I was passing a roadtrain the other day , was not a good feeling been a little sideways looking at the wheels of the roadtrain at a $1.20.

While I was replacing the diff I fitted a new set of rotors and pads to her as well .
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4278 on: June 24, 2018, 10:41:02 AM »
I had to replace the rear diff on the Old Girl , bloody thing locked up on me when I was passing a roadtrain the other day , was not a good feeling been a little sideways looking at the wheels of the roadtrain at a $1.20.

While I was replacing the diff I fitted a new set of rotors and pads to her as well .

A bit of cheek clenching of the seat covers would have been included in your driving technique at the time, I imagine.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4279 on: June 26, 2018, 08:35:48 PM »
Got a little bit further with the kitchen today. I'm wanting to use an oil finish, possibly decking oil or Tung oil, but I'm worried it won't hold in the wood putty like a varnish or urethane coating will. Has anyone had any experience, positive or negative, using decking oil to seal their ply kitchen?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4280 on: June 26, 2018, 10:11:11 PM »
To keep it water/stain proof I'd use a wood stain then a oil based varnish.
I did one years ago and it is still as new.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4281 on: June 26, 2018, 10:12:43 PM »
That looks bloody marvelous Kanga.
Well done.
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« Reply #4282 on: June 27, 2018, 12:05:23 AM »
Wow. That looks very nice, thanks Kanga.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4283 on: June 27, 2018, 09:38:16 AM »
Nice work fellas

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4284 on: June 27, 2018, 09:39:29 AM »
Nice work... they both look heavy... are they?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4285 on: June 27, 2018, 10:44:58 AM »
Very, used ours for a year or so and gave it to a mate living in his shed whilst building a house.
Is now in his camper.
We went back to basics with everything.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4286 on: June 27, 2018, 11:02:01 AM »
Quote from: Kangaron
Now even further, back to an Oztent RV4

Thats not back, going back to an RV1 is back  8) 8) 8) and as quick to put up and down as they say ;)
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4287 on: June 28, 2018, 03:09:45 PM »
finished off my new camping lights, with some anderson powerpoles:


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4288 on: June 28, 2018, 07:29:59 PM »
finished off my new camping lights, with some anderson powerpoles:



 :cup: ;D ;D ;D
Can you get them in anti-insect Yellow?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4289 on: June 28, 2018, 07:31:57 PM »
:cup: ;D ;D ;D
Can you get them in anti-insect Yellow?
No, but you can spray them with Aeroguard...  ;D
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« Reply #4290 on: June 28, 2018, 07:37:26 PM »
No, but you can spray them with Aeroguard...  ;D

Pay that one Troopy_03.

Won't achieve much, but you can still do it.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4291 on: June 28, 2018, 07:52:48 PM »
:cup: ;D ;D ;D
Can you get them in anti-insect Yellow?

Did you do a complete rewire, mine have pretty lightweight wiring? I have screwed the top cap of, how did you get to the solder joint inside?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4292 on: June 28, 2018, 08:01:44 PM »
Did you do a complete rewire, mine have pretty lightweight wiring? I have screwed the top cap of, how did you get to the solder joint inside?
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didn't solder...

just cut the alligator clips off, stripped the wires (which were thin), folded them back on themselves a few times, then crimped (i have the proper anderson powerpole crimp tool)...

i add a bit of heatshrink with glue lining to strengthen the plug area... have done that for other lights i have done and it works a treat...

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4293 on: June 28, 2018, 08:19:48 PM »
didn't solder...

just cut the alligator clips off, stripped the wires (which were thin), folded them back on themselves a few times, then crimped (i have the proper anderson powerpole crimp tool)...

i add a bit of heatshrink with glue lining to strengthen the plug area... have done that for other lights i have done and it works a treat...
Ok, fitted mine with dimmer switches using the original wire, pretty thin as you said. I added additional wiring and merit plugs for my CT. Might run some split cable protection on them now after seeing yours
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4294 on: June 29, 2018, 11:42:07 PM »
got magnets of fleaybay and fitted to LED work lights, had some plugs that match the LED camp lights.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4295 on: June 30, 2018, 12:09:49 AM »
got magnets of fleaybay and fitted to LED work lights, had some plugs that match the LED camp lights.

So your the one with the lights.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4296 on: June 30, 2018, 07:20:03 PM »
Top coat on another little table project. Its my "fractal" phase.

Cheers Glen

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4297 on: July 02, 2018, 04:35:47 PM »
Top coat on another little table project. Its my "fractal" phase.

Cheers Glen
Nice. Is the blue a resin of some sort?

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4298 on: July 02, 2018, 04:56:01 PM »


Nice. Is the blue a resin of some sort?

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Yeah Matt, its a pigment added to the resin.
Took me 2 goes to get it right. First attempt I poured it over the surface and screeded it off.
Only problem is because its its Norfolk Pine its a soft wood and it leached into some porous areas. Screeding off is fine on hard woods normally.
Had to sand off about 5mm to get rid of the discoloration.
Ended up using syringes to fill the burns. Time consuming to say the least.
Found a 3 fork tree branch I might use as the base.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #4299 on: July 07, 2018, 09:43:06 AM »
another quick addition to the french cleats in the garage...

the boys are using small rubber bouncy balls for handball at school and at home, and are acquiring them at a fast rate of knots...

came up with a way to try and tidy them a bit, instead of finding them everywhere, stashed around the house... :D

got the idea from the old stubby cooler holders that are scattered around the place...