What did you do in your shed / man cave today?

[GeoffA]

Cold chisel?

[Black Diamond]

MegaloMan to the rescue..... 

LMAO   

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Well done BD, your a lot closer than GG or myself.

[GeoffA]

So what did you have to do to get them off??

Must be a secret.....maybe "lefty loosy" was close to the mark....

[glenm64]

Reno is progressing.
Today I did a couple of feature pillars in sandstone before everything gets a texture coat

Cheers Glen

[Nomad]

Looking good. Whats the go with the garage floor...is it my eyes or is there no slab down in there?

Cheers Nomad

[GanG]

Fitted some pro rack roof bars to the Ranger and mounted up the awning. A little mucking about, but happy with the result.

[glenm64]

Looking good. Whats the go with the garage floor...is it my eyes or is there no slab down in there?

Cheers Nomad

Just dug up the whole drive way. New exposed agg going in after the texture coat is done

Cheers Glen

[Raym]

Made a set of carvers chops to make holding rocking horses a bit easier. Used Jacaranda & blackbutt.

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Looks great Ray.
Lotta thort gone into that one.

[Raym]

Not much thought just followed a plan

[Hoop Snake]

Cold chisel?

Yeah they're not bad. I'm more a screaming jets kinda guy for my OZ rock.😂
All jokes aside, sometimes if you have a nut or filter or lid etc that is too tight to undo, try tightening it first. You only need the slightest movement and it can sometimes be enough to crack the thread and mean you can then loosen it.

[speewa158]

Made a set of carvers chops to make holding rocking horses a bit easier. Used Jacaranda & blackbutt.

                                     Sweet                                  

[BigGUWesty]

Built a flat rack for the patrol and our 8000km trip north and back.
25mm shs with uni strut to mount rhino feet to..
4mm 50mm square mesh.
Best part is i had it all lying around so cost $0..

[sol]

Nice job mate.


       

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Built a flat rack for the patrol and our 8000km trip north and back.
25mm shs with uni strut to mount rhino feet to..
4mm 50mm square mesh.
Best part is i had it all lying around so cost $0..

Just like a bought one only better.
Have you any idea how much it weighs pls.?

[Rumpig]

Yeah they're not bad. I'm more a screaming jets kinda guy for my OZ rock.😂

Already got our tickets to see the Jets and Baby Animals gig that's coming up, just a shame my number 98 (as in 1998) Jets t-shirt I got back at a gig at the Calamvale Hotel has to many holes in to wear and seems to have shrunk a few sizes also (that's my story i'm sticking to...lol). One of the best old school live act pub bands you'll see, been to see them a few times and never disappointed.

[Paddler Ed]

I get some shelves today to organise everything outside (at last... 4 months after moving in)...

Other news:
-False floor is stalled at the moment, but resume shortly - I'm going down the t-nut route for the fasteners, I just need to organise getting them now...
-I hate motorbikes... the flywheel has been attacked by a monkey in the past, who has managed to a) shear one bolt head off and b) round another one off... Got a set of ezy outs (why are they called that, there's no such thing...) so will have a crack at it again at somepoint soon. I got fed up the last time I tried, so I stopped before I got too cross with it. Any one have magic tips for using a set of ezy outs?

[BigGUWesty]

Just like a bought one only better.
Have you any idea how much it weighs pls.?

With awning 40ish kg.

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Thanks for that, means I've got 110Kg. leeway If I put it on my 105 Cruiser.
Great build all the same.

[Troopy_03]

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Any one have magic tips for using a set of ezy outs?

Yes, drill out to the biggest size you can first up. Much harder than getting a sheared off bolt out, is getting a sheared off eazy-out out so you can try again.

A mate of mine sheared one off in an oil pressure sender in the side of his engine block once (may have been an old nissan sedan..??). Apparently it was common for that make and model at the time, (back in the 80's) to shear them when removing. He was quoted well over a grand to remove the engine then remove the rest of the sender, and fit a new one. I ended up excavating around the eazy-out with a dentist drill, just enough to get a grip with a small pair of multigrips, and twist it back to loosen it. All done in situ with an 90deg angle air drill.

Actually I like the Snapon style straight ones best, with the separate nut that slides over it.

[Raym]

Lost Trades in Toowoomba

I guess this is shed related. I went to the one in Kyneton earlier this year & it was brilliant.

http://www.losttrades.info/

For those on stalkerbook

https://www.facebook.com/events/1428897703797797/?ti=icl

[Paddler Ed]

Yes, drill out to the biggest size you can first up. Much harder than getting a sheared off bolt out, is getting a sheared off eazy-out out so you can try again.

A mate of mine sheared one off in an oil pressure sender in the side of his engine block once (may have been an old nissan sedan..??). Apparently it was common for that make and model at the time, (back in the 80's) to shear them when removing. He was quoted well over a grand to remove the engine then remove the rest of the sender, and fit a new one. I ended up excavating around the eazy-out with a dentist drill, just enough to get a grip with a small pair of multigrips, and twist it back to loosen it. All done in situ with an 90deg angle air drill.

Actually I like the Snapon style straight ones best, with the separate nut that slides over it.

That's been my plan - I was hoping that the biggest would get enough purchase in the rounded allen head, but it didn't so I ended up removing the end of it inadvertedly. After that I drilled down with the smallest one, and using that as a pilot hole the next size up... I'll continue to drill to that larger size and try that instead of the smallest one.

Thanks for the pointers; those snap on ones look a lot eaiser to use than the ones I have...

[Troopy_03]

That's been my plan - I was hoping that the biggest would get enough purchase in the rounded allen head, but it didn't so I ended up removing the end of it inadvertedly. After that I drilled down with the smallest one, and using that as a pilot hole the next size up... I'll continue to drill to that larger size and try that instead of the smallest one.

Thanks for the pointers; those snap on ones look a lot eaiser to use than the ones I have...

Just watch you don't go too big so that the ezi-out bottoms out before it bights properly. Yeah, the straight spline ones are good, but you have to drill the exact sized hole for them. And you can still break them off, which is why I have a couple of short ones now...  But I've had them for over 30 years, and they've had a good work out.

[Fizzie]

One of the best old school live act pub bands you'll see,

Rusty & the Ayers Rockettes were another good one