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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6800 on: October 06, 2022, 07:49:30 PM »
Nice Paceman, good luck with the fundraising.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6801 on: October 06, 2022, 09:05:21 PM »
Well can finally reveal. This is a full scale wedge tailed eagle made from 1.2 mild steel sheet for the head & feathers. The skeleton is made up of round mild steel, and the talons are forged from reo bar. Wing span is approx 1.8 metres.

It will be mounted inside  a building at a veterans retreat near Charleville, however building has been delayed as the mill for the structural timber decided to fall to bits.

Was meant to stay under wraps until the building was ready but it was taking up to much room here at home.

Just delivered it out there & had a week camping at the retreat.

Been lots of hold ups with the building so it was decided to display the eagle until the building happens. Although it may just stay up there.

This is an open group so should be visible to those with Facebook.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6802 on: October 07, 2022, 07:22:26 AM »
Raym, absolutely brilliant, you are man of many talents. I looked at the date on your post and thought how did I miss that, went back and searched and couldn’t find it, is this the reveal?

Bloody well done.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6803 on: October 07, 2022, 10:19:40 AM »
Thanks mate, the plan is to live in it while we renovate the house, then it will be a motorcycle/farm workshop on one side and brewery/bar/mens shed on the other.

I was about to ask if there was going to be a brewery in it  :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6804 on: October 08, 2022, 05:31:38 PM »
I am building a man cave within my man cave. I need a dust proof area for all my radio gear and other stuff, I have sacrificed a 3m x 2.4m space and have all the walls up and done. Put in a desk today and will start fitting it out further tomorrow and hopefully start tramsferring the gear in next week.

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6805 on: October 10, 2022, 09:08:10 AM »
foil boarded the west wall of the new garage in prep for lining the whole thing with 15mm ply - only have 2 more walls to go with foilboard before I get to start doing it all over again with the ply.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6806 on: October 10, 2022, 09:12:53 PM »
Not quite the shed but kinda outdoor man cave
Just need to finish triming down drum for fire pit.
Outdoor area looking great.


Scored these 2 metal cupboards from verge collection.
Garage slowly coming together
Next step is tv mount on side wall and exited the bench out, double to what it is now




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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6807 on: October 11, 2022, 06:21:54 AM »


Both look great!

What are the two small dark squares in the garage floor, & the 3 (probably 4) what look like raised, round, metal discs ???
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« Reply #6808 on: October 13, 2022, 09:20:37 PM »
Both look great!

What are the two small dark squares in the garage floor, & the 3 (probably 4) what look like raised, round, metal discs ???
Squares are from the wife painting out bed head...... without a tarp. Guess I'll have to repaint garage floor now.

Discs are actually tie down points, yes 4.
Fil used them to strap his old Goldwing level when he was working on it, servicing etc

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6809 on: November 18, 2022, 07:23:47 AM »
Hey Pottsy!

Thought about you while we were at the Boonah Markets last weekend! ;D

You ever thought about a table at your local ???

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« Reply #6810 on: November 18, 2022, 08:37:12 AM »
Hey Pottsy!

Thought about you while we were at the Boonah Markets last weekend! ;D

You ever thought about a table at your local ???
Nah Fizzie, I’m just doddering along selling by word of mouth, I should get serious and try one or two and see if it’s worthwhile, need to get motivated one of these days.
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« Reply #6811 on: November 19, 2022, 06:51:11 AM »
That could then take the serious risk of almost turning into a business, I guess! :o
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« Reply #6812 on: November 19, 2022, 08:01:27 AM »
That could then take the serious risk of almost turning into a business, I guess! :o
Yep, don’t want that, it’s just a bit of fun money for when we get the chance to getaway.
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6813 on: November 19, 2022, 09:34:02 AM »
Yep, don’t want that, it’s just a bit of fun money for when we get the chance to getaway.

Chat to your accountant. There is a hobby form we use for community sport that enable tax free income to a certain level. You may be able to use this.


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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6814 on: November 19, 2022, 12:15:18 PM »
Chat to your accountant. There is a hobby form we use for community sport that enable tax free income to a certain level. You may be able to use this.


https://www.ato.gov.au/uploadedfiles/content/mei/downloads/statement%20by%20a%20supplier.pdf
Paying tax is not the issue, I don’t want to be tied to the shed, it’s just a bit of fun, between toys, painting, grandkids, wife’s medical appts and the odd trip got enough going on. I’m sure I don’t even do enough to pay any tax anyway. Cheers
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6815 on: November 19, 2022, 01:28:11 PM »
Finally got the alarm sorted out to be operational. Bloody resistors

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6816 on: November 19, 2022, 01:49:53 PM »
Finally got the alarm sorted out to be operational. Bloody resistors

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They can be a bit of fun.... ;D ;D
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Turns out the numbskull installer didn't quite nip up one of the terminals in a sensor... :-[

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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6817 on: January 04, 2023, 06:06:59 AM »
Swapped out the old reverse lights with some LEDS. A big difference, can now see behind me
Left is the old light, right new LED light.

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« Reply #6818 on: January 04, 2023, 09:44:18 AM »
I made these , sold before I'd even finished them.Coober Pedy opal set in sterling silver. Came up nice.  :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6819 on: January 04, 2023, 09:56:44 AM »
I made these , sold before I'd even finished them.Coober Pedy opal set in sterling silver. Came up nice.  :cheers:
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6820 on: March 21, 2023, 10:13:15 PM »
What a wonderful world it is, When a scrote likes your stuff more than you do and has a go at knocking it off .. Breaking the Curved tailgate canopy glass in the prosess .. I hate safety glass ...
Insurance puts us in touch with Windscreen O'Briens for replacement autoglass ...
As told to them, Good luck with that, the manufacturer of the canopy has probably been out of production by atleast 15 years at a  guess.
3 weeks of string along run arounds  later.... We cant help you ... No Shite Sherlock !!!  ..
One hour to make a CAD [ cardboard added design ] template,  a phone call to the local plastics guy ..$100 and a day later,  I have a 3mm sheet of Polycarbonate .. Several hours of toil,  fiddling cleaning broken glass from fittings / checking / measuring in sweat shop sauna heat / humidity of the west facing hotbox garage.
The Gapping void of the tailgate opening is now covered with a curved Polycarbonate  replacement window ..Still with a few minor adjustments to make with the latches along with a painted border and tint job ...... Just like that Willy Nelson song " Back on the road again " ...
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6821 on: March 22, 2023, 06:34:00 PM »
Hi edz , One problem that I have found with using Polycarbonate as a window is the dust will cling to the surface , static electricity makes the Polycarbonate a dust magnet . In the past I have found that if you earth out the Polycarbonate window the dust will fall of , to do this I have drilled a small hole through the  Polycarbonate and buy using a small bolt attached a earth wire to the window and also to the body of the vehicle .
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« Reply #6822 on: March 22, 2023, 08:22:46 PM »
Thanks for that Duggie, wmight do that ..
 Actualy tried putting an Electrostatic perforated tint sheet onto the inside of bloody thing today ..
For the life of me it will not stick to the polycarbonate, no matter what I do ..Reckon Id need to glue it on to get it to stick  ...
Might try and use it as a template and spray it lightly with tail light tint ...
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Re: What did you do in your shed / man cave today?
« Reply #6823 on: March 23, 2023, 10:19:44 AM »
Thanks for that Duggie, wmight do that ..
 Actualy tried putting an Electrostatic perforated tint sheet onto the inside of bloody thing today ..
For the life of me it will not stick to the polycarbonate, no matter what I do ..Reckon Id need to glue it on to get it to stick  ...
Might try and use it as a template and spray it lightly with tail light tint ...

You could have got tinted polycarbonate. I don't think it's much dearer if at all.
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« Reply #6824 on: March 23, 2023, 12:44:14 PM »
It was what they they had in stock as opposed to ordering in ..Will go see a bloke I  know about throwing som tint on it ..
This electrostatic stuff is garbage ..
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