Kimjon
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There are a few things in life that are never big enough...ummm yeah, well that too...
But other than wishing I was hung like Dirk Digler, a mobile workbench was pretty high up on the list. Something to store tools in, be able to roll around, and assemble stuff on top of. But at around $4000 to buy one, it only left two options for someone like me...make one, or go without.
So I'm making one:
Collection of 3 draw filing cabinets. I cut about 60mm off the total height of each one. It would have been way to high otherwise. Some were also 4 draws, this didn't matter as I just cut them down to match the size of the others.
Next was to mig weld all 5 cabinets together. I stich welded them around the edges. Then made up an angle iron base that it will sit in.
8 caster wheels were added to support the weight. Yes this is epic over engineering...but they are cheap, so I don't see any negatives in this.
And paint time...
Mounted on roller chassis.
It wheels beautifully! All the casters are the type with brakes, so it can also be locked if you don't want it to move.
Draws painted
And assembled....Boom!!!!
Pretty happy with it for the money. Basic cost breakdown:Filing cabinets off Trademe total $70
Caters x8 total $106
Steel $50
Paint $77Grand total $303
Not bad considering the cost of anything remotely similar is $3000 - $4000.
My brother makes kitchens, so the top is on order from his scrap pile. So it will be a freebie for me. But it's still very usable as it for now:-)
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8 hours ago, Bellicose said:
What's your paint plans?
Poo brown metallic at this stage...but may change my mind?
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Frame is an ultima product and welds are all tig welded.This gives a good base to build off, but enough room to tweak proportions to put your own style on it.
I used a 4" over front end, to compensate I balanced the rear with a 17" wheel as weirdly this gave a higher overall diameter compared to other available choices in that width tyre due to aspect ratio. The taller than normal rear wheel lifts the rear up to level its stance (close enough).
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5 hours ago, Seedy Al said:
This is Awesome!
Slash I'm actually keen to build an old wooden trolly for max nostalgia with the old rope steering and 1 sided Wood on wheel brake.
Go on...only good things can come out of it
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Te Miro school, where it's remote enough to escape the PC curse that is taking fun away from kids "since ages ago".
That project was done with minimal tools (okay I did use a lathe, but i could have done without). The welder i used was an old arc welder worth about $150, it even handled the thin pipe on the roll bar by basically doing a start/stop technique. I do have a mig... but I like to use the old arc welder whenever I can.
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Photobucket sucks balls.
Can't be bothered updating the pictures, and without them this thread seams pointless.
So revised; long story short I've made a hardtail harley motorcycle. Started with nothing, now looks like this!
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Deleted all my old posts as photobucket wants to extort me and the posts make no sense without the photos.
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59 minutes ago, jakesae101 said:
Welcome seen ya projects on the NZHS forum have to post something up about ya bike too!
Hey, yeah guilty of recycling. But this forum maybe the better place for such things eh?
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A few spills and frills later, we entered the local schools Trolley Derby.
Where she got 2nd place in her age bracket.
Don't worry, the other girl was fine. There were plenty of crashes...but no one was hurt. Its so cool that a school allows such things to go ahead in this crazy risk averse world.
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Deleted photobucket pictures, as they (photobucket) suck balls.
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I wasn't happy with my first attempt at making a drift trike...so I made version 2.0
There's well over 30hrs put into making this bad boy. I started with a kids drift trike, and there really isn't that much of it left untouched. I won't bore you with a step by step...but there were many. Its a tad underpowered, but in saying that...its got enough to get you into troubleCrazy fun for something so simple!
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First post on here, so more testing how this works?
Picked up Pete's velo bike. It has appeal, as I'm very much a 2-stroke fan. I've made similar projects myself in the past...and hopefully I can get this bad boy going again?
Mocked up for inspiration, will get onto in as time allows.
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Bunnings. $70 from memory, comes in white only...red paint fixes white