Kimjon

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. 

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!!!

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.

Guess what....winner, winner - chicken dinner!!!

Had my day in court last week, got letter the other day saying I won the case. So pretty happy with that.

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.