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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5800 on: July 31, 2020, 11:01:14 AM »
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5801 on: August 01, 2020, 02:46:52 PM »
Bought one of these kits today  :cup:

Up to 13mm drill bit ( which i tested and it drill with it no dramas at all).

Indicator button on the batteries makes it very easy to see what charge is left  :cup:

Very happy with it in the time i have used it  :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5802 on: August 02, 2020, 10:40:23 AM »
I have both that drill and the impact driver. Been abusing them on and off with diy use over the past 6-7yrs with no issues other than one of my chargers stopped working but returned it to the big green shed and replaced it under warranty.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5803 on: August 02, 2020, 04:20:10 PM »
Bought one of these kits today  :cup:

Up to 13mm drill bit ( which i tested and it drill with it no dramas at all).

Indicator button on the batteries makes it very easy to see what charge is left  :cup:

Very happy with it in the time i have used it  :cheers:
https://www.ryobi.com.au/products/details/18v-one-1-5ah-5-0ah-hammer-drill-kit-r18pd3-h155s

All my tools were corded Makita and the like, well over 20 years old.
I moved to Ryobi as well now that I am retired and just tinker [one house reno to go]
Got all the brushless tools only and very happy with performance and 6 year warranty.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5804 on: August 02, 2020, 04:23:03 PM »
All my tools were corded Makita and the like, well over 20 years old.
I moved to Ryobi as well now that I am retired and just tinker [one house reno to go]
Got all the brushless tools only and very happy with performance and 6 year warranty.
That dustpans not brushless!!! ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5805 on: August 02, 2020, 06:21:21 PM »
That dustpans not brushless!!! ;D ;D

Mine always seems to be brushless when I want to use it.....
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5806 on: August 02, 2020, 07:28:19 PM »
Got all the brushless tools only

That looks like it's out of a Bunnings Ryobi ad, Ron! ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5807 on: August 02, 2020, 07:40:10 PM »
I got the drill and impact driver set for my birthday last week.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-18v-one-2-piece-core-kit_p0059997

It got a bit of use hanging some doors at the fire shed, but on Saturday I went out to a farm and collected a stack of logs for firewood.

I quickly got sick of sawing the logs on the ground, so out came the mitre saw, the Ryobi set and I turned some old veranda joists I was donated into a log saw horse.

It turned out pretty good, considering that it cost close to $0 and only used a handful of recycled roofing screws. I did kill the mitre saw blade by finding a nail on my 3rd last cut though.

The 20+ year old hardwood is soaking up the linseed oil like a sponge
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5808 on: August 02, 2020, 08:02:03 PM »
Washed & polished the work ute,
Wired in from the second battey(deep cycle) an anderson plug to charge the Makita batteries from the 12v to 18v charger.
Sometimes on job site I don't have access to 240.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5809 on: August 02, 2020, 08:21:53 PM »
That looks like it's out of a Bunnings Ryobi ad, Ron! ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5810 on: August 03, 2020, 07:58:41 AM »
I got the drill and impact driver set for my birthday last week.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-18v-one-2-piece-core-kit_p0059997

It got a bit of use hanging some doors at the fire shed, but on Saturday I went out to a farm and collected a stack of logs for firewood.

I quickly got sick of sawing the logs on the ground, so out came the mitre saw, the Ryobi set and I turned some old veranda joists I was donated into a log saw horse.

It turned out pretty good, considering that it cost close to $0 and only used a handful of recycled roofing screws. I did kill the mitre saw blade by finding a nail on my 3rd last cut though.

The 20+ year old hardwood is soaking up the linseed oil like a sponge

We had one like that when I was a kid, to cut wood for the old wood stove. Only trouble was, it was my brother's and my job to cut the wood by hand, using a bow saw. Still got the scars on my left hand from when the saw would slip sometimes when starting the cut.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5811 on: August 03, 2020, 11:42:45 AM »
I did a bit more work to my old Lathe on the weekend, well not the lathe so much but the bench and made some tooling for it.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5812 on: August 08, 2020, 11:23:54 AM »
With stage 4 lockdown upon us I need to drag the old mower out and see if it still runs.

It's a 30+ year old Victa with a Briggs and Stratton 4 stroke engine. I haven't used it in 10+ years as the local Jim's dude has been cutting the nature strip.

At least it will give me something to do ;D
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5813 on: August 08, 2020, 11:26:15 AM »
With stage 4 lockdown upon us I need to drag the old mower out and see if it still runs.

It's a 30+ year old Victa with a Briggs and Stratton 4 stroke engine. I haven't used it in 10+ years as the local Jim's dude has been cutting the nature strip.

At least it will give me something to do ;D
too cold and wet to mow around here...
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5814 on: August 08, 2020, 11:27:09 AM »
too cold and wet to mow around here...

Yeah, I wasn't going to mow, just see if the mower starts :)
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5815 on: August 08, 2020, 11:31:49 AM »
Yeah, I wasn't going to mow, just see if the mower starts :)
you are going to youtube it arent you ??? :)
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5816 on: August 08, 2020, 11:40:20 AM »
you are going to youtube it arent you ??? :)

Now there's an idea 8)
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5817 on: August 08, 2020, 11:46:52 AM »
Now there's an idea 8)
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5818 on: August 08, 2020, 11:55:06 AM »
I recently bought a couple of old Lathes. This one I am selling as the other one is an old American South Bend Lathe and I love it.

Bought this one as a part of the package.......thats a Maximat V10 believe it or not.





Spent a couple of days tidying the old girl up and she works very nice indeed. Its a shame I have to sell it, it is actually in very good condition. No broken gears, tight and machines nicely.




now you've tidied that have a go a these ?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5819 on: August 09, 2020, 02:08:35 PM »
Knocked this one out yesterday and today, present for a blokes 4yr old grandson, just on 430mm long. Rear wheels are on an articulating bogey.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5820 on: August 09, 2020, 04:34:50 PM »
I bought an old South Bend 10 Lathe and tidied it up.



It had no motor so I bought a 3phase motor and put a VFD on it. This was a great choice as it allows me to control the speed without having to mess around with belts and pulleys.

I havent 'rebuilt' it but I stripped it down, washed it, gave it a bit of original colour and put it back together again to see where it is at in regards to its condition.





I have to say it runs remarkably nice. It is smooth a quite and for the most part doesnt need a lot doing to it.



I have a full set of metric gears for it so I am converting it over to metric and the carriage in threading mode is a bit notchy in one direction which I need to investigate but besides that it is in very nice and accurate condition.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5821 on: August 09, 2020, 05:57:38 PM »
Knocked this one out yesterday and today, present for a blokes 4yr old grandson, just on 430mm long. Rear wheels are on an articulating bogey.
Great work again.

One question, what is the bit between the fuel tanks on the underside?  Is it a drive shaft or something else?
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5822 on: August 09, 2020, 06:30:47 PM »
Great work again.

One question, what is the bit between the fuel tanks on the underside?  Is it a drive shaft or something else?

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5823 on: August 09, 2020, 08:01:32 PM »
Over the last week or so, I have been "restoring" and old Kelso wheelbarrow that one of the wife's friends had tied up in the roof of their carport. Apparently it has been there for the best part of 15 years after they moved to town from the farm and didn't need it anymore.

Pull apart and rebuild. Surprisingly only two rusted solid bolts had to be cut out.

New tyre, strip tub and rust convert and repaint, lots of sanding and soaking coats of linseed on handles, reassemble.

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of it beforehand. I was going to do it in original Kelso colours, but the wife wanted it in red - because red barrows go faster!

But she wanted the stand and front struts left original. Don't ask me why! Thought the paint on them was actually in reasonably good condition.




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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #5824 on: August 09, 2020, 08:08:46 PM »
lots of sanding and soaking coats of linseed on handles

Got to love Linseed oil, easy to apply and cheap. I use it on all the raw outdoor wood and it comes up really nice.
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