Stuff you have made today

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[Richiew]

Welcome to the world's slowest car build.

I tacked a few more tubes to the locost chassis today. The back end is slowly taking shape. I have neglected this for years but I'm running out of tools to buy (and space to put them) so I have no excuse not to get on with it.

I am finding the mill very handy for coping and squaring up tube ends.

The rear shocks got pulled out of storage for a semi test fit.
I've decided to just get on with it without fretting too much otherwise I'll never get anything done.

 

[badabec]

Welcome to the world's slowest car build.

I tacked a few more tubes to the locost chassis today. The back end is slowly taking shape. I have neglected this for years but I'm running out of tools to buy (and space to put them) so I have no excuse not to get on with it.

I am finding the mill very handy for coping and squaring up tube ends.

The rear shocks got pulled out for a semi test fit.
I''ve decided to just get on with it without fretting too much otherwise I'll never get anything done.


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I hope you are sticking to the original £250 budget

 

[Richiew]

I hope you are sticking to the original £250 budget

Will all the money spent on kit to make this I could have bought a Westfield. The fun and adventure is in building it though and I didn't need half of the stuff I've bought but it keeps me occupied.

 

[henry Kadzielski]

My two cents worth. Have had some play ground equipment to construct over the last few weeks, no all completed, so got on with the boat build. Boat has it's floor in and foam, si

side doors are welded and the motor well almost completed. We are using the motor well to get in and out of the boat at this stage. Plumbing and pumps are in cable conduit is also in.

Hard top roof is also constructed and will be fitted tomorrow. This means that the boat is 95% welded. So far 4.5spools of 5356 1.2 wire and 1.5 bottles of gas G size, so happly with the gas usage.

Front view.

I also do airless paint pump repairs. so I made this

Look like this

So it looks like this for the customer

 

[Kram]

Got some floor tiles cut. Will stick them down tomorrow.

 

[northwest]

Finished off all of the plasterboard. Checking to make sure I have everything I need to get it taped up over lockdown.

 

[Nick DV]

Will all the money spent on kit to make this I could have bought a Westfield. The fun and adventure is in building it though and I didn't need half of the stuff I've bought but it keeps me occupied.

I went through this to some extent to make it look better than others, but I only took a year or so to build mine. In the end I couldn’t be bothered with SVA etc and turned mine into a track car

 

[Melvyn Best]

Welcome to the world's slowest car build.

I tacked a few more tubes to the locost chassis today. The back end is slowly taking shape. I have neglected this for years but I'm running out of tools to buy (and space to put them) so I have no excuse not to get on with it.

I am finding the mill very handy for coping and squaring up tube ends.

The rear shocks got pulled out of storage for a semi test fit.
I've decided to just get on with it without fretting too much otherwise I'll never get anything done.


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[Dr.Al]

Today I (nearly) finished making a new stand for my two monitors for my home desk. It looks like I'll be working from home for the foreseeable future (and possibly part time for ever), so I thought I'd upgrade the stainless steel and aluminium ones I made a few years ago. The old ones can go into work for when I'm in the office.

Made out of offcuts of four different woods with a stainless steel frame and some self-adhesive felt under the feet. About 150 mm high, 800 mm wide and 240 mm deep.

Close-up:

The top view gives a better idea of the shape:

This is what the frame looks like: 20 mm round bar with the ends cut off at 75° and plasma cut 1.5 mm stainless sheet.

The stainless sheet sits in a routed cut-out, which you can see in this (pre-sanding and oiling) underside shot:

Making it produced some very attractive plane shavings!

For contrast, here's what the new stand will be replacing:

and a gratuitous extra photo as I haven't reached the limit yet:

The top has only had one coat of oil so far, so it'll be a few more days before it's actually finished and pressed into service.

 

[Nick DV]

Looks like you hand planed this, good man

 

[Richiew]

I went through this to some extent to make it look better than others, but I only took a year or so to build mine. In the end I couldn’t be bothered with SVA etc and turned mine into a track car

My aim is simply to ensure that it doesn't look like an unsupervised ten year old has made it. I would like to get it registered if I get that far. It would see much more use that way and it wont be track weapon spec either.

 

[4String.]

After many years and many hundreds of thousands of miles of sterling service my old grp rear marker board finally died last week so it's been retired with honours and replaced with a new aluminium model that I started a while back:




I cannibalised the old board for the marker lights, curly lead, and lanyard, and finished it off with a pair of seriously strong rubber coated magnets on the back so it can be stowed away out of reach of light fingers on the back bulkhead of the cab:




And while it has a lot to live up to, if it covers half as many miles as its predecessor did I'll be happy.

 

[Nick DV]

My aim is simply to ensure that it doesn't look like an unsupervised ten year old has made it. I would like to get it registered if I get that far. It would see much more use that way and it wont be track weapon spec either.

Fair enough. For me the SVA was a pain having to jump through hoops to get your car deemed roadworthy by some jumped up jobsworth, and now the IVA is even worse! Mine is bike engined so more suited to track. What engine are you going to use?

 

[Richiew]

Fair enough. For me the SVA was a pain having to jump through hoops to get your car deemed roadworthy by some jumped up jobsworth, and now the IVA is even worse! Mine is bike engined so more suited to track. What engine are you going to use?

Colin Chapman would approve of the bike engine, all lightness and power.

I've got a 1600 crossflow so it wont be setting any records. It's on the red stand next to the engine crane. As I get older I am warming to the idea of driving a slow car fast. I've got a pair of Carlos Fandango wheels for the back end so it will be all show and no go if I can still get tyres for them. 235- 50 -13.

I'm building with the IVA in mind. There's an extra cross piece between the plates where the shocks attach so I have a decent shelf for seatbelt anchors as the original design doesn't really cut it in that department. Today I've been making and welding some practice pieces for the panhard rod. I'm going to make it adjustable with a jack screw. I wanted to try tigging it but my mig welding is much neater on the small coped joint. The trouble with this build is it is all small fiddly welds on thin material. I might start a thread on this as I could probably do with a bit of advice and guidance along the way.

 

[Maker]

As always, I started cooking far too late and ended up going to bed at 2am after I'd cleaned up, but it's always worth it.

Not the first time I've posted it here, miso ramen. Really should buy some ramen bowls soon.

 

[Nick DV]

It's pretty quick with the bike engine and fun Certainly keeps an old git like me honest!

I still think the X-flow is a great engine - it was the first engine I stripped and rebuilt - and can put out some pretty decent power. It will make your kit pretty rapid. Just got to keep the momentum and enthusiasm going and get it finished

 

[Nick DV]

As always, I started cooking far too late and ended up going to bed at 2am after I'd cleaned up, but it's always worth it.
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Not the first time I've posted it here, miso ramen. Really should buy some ramen bowls soon.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, looks good

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Made an "extension" for the nut that holds the spare wheel onto my trailer. Wheel bolts on the trailer and van are all 19mm, yet the nut for the spare is 24mm. Welded a tube on the 24mm nut to clear the projecting thread, then a 19mm nut on the end of that.




I know the welding looks awful. Out of practice and welding kneeling on the floor using a torch switch.

After many years and many hundreds of thousands of miles of sterling service my old grp rear marker board finally died last week so it's been retired with honours and replaced with a new aluminium model that I started a while back:


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I cannibalised the old board for the marker lights, curly lead, and lanyard, and finished it off with a pair of seriously strong rubber coated magnets on the back so it can be stowed away out of reach of light fingers on the back bulkhead of the cab:


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And while it has a lot to live up to, if it covers half as many miles as its predecessor did I'll be happy.

Really like that! I have one i've been meaning to do the same to, need to get round to it so i can load 25' lengths on my 18' trailer deck.

 

[mtt.tr]

Finished off all of the plasterboard. Checking to make sure I have everything I need to get it taped up over lockdown.

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Dont tape it until you plaster it, it falls off