Kimjon

It's got some shit attempt at crudely fitting some squirters, a real home job. And a jappa tank from a wrecking yard hooked to that. Better off without it I think.

It's not like I intend to drive it in the rain, but just checking if pre 92 vehicles need a windscreen washer/squirter bottle? I found this, and that how I read it: I'm having a bit of a dumb night where I'm struggling with written English.

I've been doing a bit on the impala lately. Nothing major...just a few touch ups here and there. Then I unpicked the birds nest of wires and loomed it all back as tidy as possible, but definitely not "deloomed", as that's just too painful to deal with when shit goes bad. Engine painted, and touched up the engine bay, chassis and guards etc while at it. Once again, presentable...but not show car pretty. I spaced out the radiator by about 4mm, as it was just touching the hood and rubbing. Probably been like that forever, fixed now. I added an overflow bottle to remove the jap car spec one that was wedged in between two giant horns the size of a turbo! Horns now gone too...smaller one replaced it. I'll remove the anodizing off the overflow lid, as I don't like the colour. The boot had some surface rust spots showing, that I was concerned about. I hit these back with the wire wheel and was pleased to find nothing but healthy panel steel underneath. It's a really good body on this car, so I sprayed it to protect it. not a lot to report really...but more love than its seen in a wee while.

Awesome, thanks. Looks doable...just need to see my physiology now to talk about the voices in my head telling me to do bad things to a new car.

What's the legalities in NZ if someone wanted to put an old motor into a modern vehicle? For example, say a 350Chev into a Nissan Skyline or a 2010 Commodore? Apart from requiring certification, and perhaps needing your head read by a physiologist for taking a giant backwards step in technology... is there any legalities against/preventing doing such a swap? Cheers

Fuck yeah...damit I'm hungry now

That short taper shouldn't be an issue. Just make up a spindle with that tape cut in and it will grip fine. Same as Morse taper on drill chuck etc... Gopeds use same idea, but are direct drive. They never slip. Something like this, but just put a 1/4" key in the shaft and machine OD at 1" to take centrifugal clutch. If really worried about slipping, machine a key into the taper as well, like flywheel on small motors.

Okay, in limp mode I set about tweaking every adjustable feature this thing has. I'm glad I spent the time doing this as now it feels much better and a couple small test pieces I've toyed around with look pretty good. First up, its missing bits. So a quick rummage around and I had a selection of springs, bolts, washers etc to work with... I checked the up/down travel in the work clamp for the share. Decided to use the kids pink pram springs... Set a gap at full stroke so work can be slid through...boom!!! Done. Next, the sheetmetal shear had a large gap in the middle. Luckily theres additional adjustments for this...so let's use em. And by tightening that bolt...magic happened... Cuts like a lazer now!

New toy arrived today. Its missing a few bits and isn't set up very well. But I'm sure with a bit more time and playing around I'll get it functioning as its suppose to. Stupid heavy. No idea of actual weight...but I'd say somewhere between "back breaking heavy" and "should have eaten more weetbix heavy"? Anyway, terrible photo. It's a 3 in 1 sheetmetal folder, roller and shear. I've been watching YouTube and all the reviews say it does an okay job at those functions...but not a great job. Considering the fact I have none of those tools - then this has to be an improvement upon what I had???

Drinking too much piss isn't all that bad. You get to hang out with your mates, talk shit and occasionally come up with the odd good idea. So when your first world problems begin to get you down...I look towards alcoholism to solve them. Problem: Fucking gopeds everywhere, I'm sick of tripping over them!!! Ah yes, I have alcohol- therefore I have a solution! And just like that, all your problems go away once alcohol is involved... Boom!!!

That is a cool refrigerator;)

Love the e-kettle above...wicked! Finished the barn door today. Been a public holiday I totally forgot that shops aren't open. However this just made me have to come up with creative solutions, rather than buying ready made. So: Standoffs made. Then using the above standoffs I attached the rail to the wall. It's just 50x6mm flat bar. The same stuff I made the hangers out of. Then I used some left over parts from Pete's velobike. And machined in some recessed pockets to hold some leftover harley bearings. Then I had to make mini stub axles for the bearing to attach to the door hangers. And tadah!!!! It works!!! Added a big handle made of rebar. As they say "big door - big handle"... I've also added some stops, "so it doesn't go off the rails" and a floor guide for it to track on. Pretty happy with it.

Barn door update. I've been away so much lately that this took a backseat. Anyway, a few more hours spent on getting it done this afternoon Ready to stain and hang on the wall.

4 doors, more whores....

What's the rush, if you finish it...you'd need to start another project straight away to fill the gap. So it makes more sense to just prolong this one.

I made a not so successful chain tensioner using a hairpin style spring. It worked okay(ish)...but not great. So I converted it to double coil springs and it's now working spot on! It needs this as the wheels weren't designed to have a sprocket. I added the sprocket using long bolts and spacers, so getting it to run 100% true was never going to happen. It's within about 1/4 of a millimeter but in the world of spinning mass...it may as well be a meter out! This tensioner allows a slack chain to work, and takes out the highs and lows in the system. Full tank of gas later in running time...no issues...success looks like this!

Sure thing. After work? Or I can leave them in letterbox?

Potato potato....put put put

Or post if you needed them yestrrday

Free. And I could drop in hamilton at one of your mates places (if you happen to have friends in low places like hamilton?).

If it's not too late, I found some half pipes today (headers, no mufflers). I think they're from a sportser. May give you options if you are unsure about cutting up your nice pipes? Yours if you want them?

Nice work, that's looking pretty legit now. Taken on an entirely new attitude.

How have I not seen this until now. Fantastic work...so cool. Proportion is the key to good design, it can be made out of dog shit and still look awesome if it's proportions are good. Or made of diamonds and gold and look stupid if the proportions are off. You've nailed it! Nice job.

I'm having a go at making a (double) rustic sliding barn door. I had a look a at few options to buy one ready made and it was going to be a couple grand. So, off to bunnings... $200 in rough sawn timber later. Which was then run over my buzzer to bring it into shape and unify thickness etc. I'm trying to keep some character in this, so not looking to make it perfect, just a little nicer than the shit timber I picked up...but not as perfect as framing timber either. I was so absorbed in making this today I didn't remember to take photos along the way. But this is it all glued up on the floor. The diagonal and corners are just temporarily screwed on to hold it square while the glue dries. I'll call the above "stage 1". Next up is to make my own hardware, finish the door and hang it. Though those steps may be spread across a few more weeks to come.

I was lucky enough to get a pool table. It's a childhood dream come true and despite not really having a big enough house to put it in, we do have a spare lounge that has no real purpose...so that's now my pool room (let's call it "a work in progress") Now there's one end of the table where the wall is a tad too close. Solution ...cut the cues down, or build a bigger house??? Okay, for now I think I'll just cut the cues down. Cue loaded in lathe. Boring a hole to stick the weight back into the butt of the cue. And there we have it. 2x shorties, 3x tall timber. Next on list is to make a pool cue rack and a sexy pool table light box thingy like the pubs have hanging above the tables.