NickJ

Whats the largest object you've scanned successfully?

Rebuilding the Niva i'm seeing all my crap workmanship from 15 years ago, one of those is the sump, which is a right pain with all the bits it has to dodge, cross member, diffhead etc. That scanner is looking pretty inviting from what you've shown, getting all those bits in the computer could be easier than lifting everything in and out multiple times to beat a cad design into working. Data volume sounds like a good job for the work computer!

Was that scanned with the Ferret? Looks really good! Had a few things pop up of similar scale to work on and that looks perfect for picking up bolt holes?

the very next flight home? Warbirds this year has the F22 display team

Yeah, still have all the injection gear for it, lost steam when I got the datsun and decided that was the better place for it, then realised I preferred the datsun in a more original state. Building the efi back into the car wasn’t on my radar until you brought it up now, hmmm

I looked at repower options 6 years ago, all options were at or above the cost of a new truck, worst of all with diesel conversions is we never had that as an option so readily available final drive ratios are terrible for open road. Looking forward to leaving it with all the quirks intact and driving it hard(ish)

you gots me! Its not impossible and there are ways to address it, but you'd be up and running faster with steel

3d printing and fatigue life don't usually hang out together, machined from steel is a good contender for "better option" in this case

Cheers, coming up really well considering how little love its getting, just enough that I won't have to redo it ifor the next 5 years.

Very keen! And then the inevitable crc into dizzy cap after it stalls from 1 drop of water

While propping the car up with the nearest length of timber to work on the underside is a traditional practice, this was a first for me. If not for the last half cup of fuel spilling out it would have been uneventful and productive evening, note to future me, don't tip to the drivers side. Thats the underbody coating done and with 45kg of bits and pieces due to turn up in the coming weeks, reassembly is sneaking that much closer.

Flicked some paint around, managed to get primer and colour in the engine bay and interior. Colour felt a bit dark going on, but really happy after a few coats. (Must resist the urge to respray everything) Finished off the day with first coat on the suspension using the same paint as the Datsun, asking the supplier why it took so long to harden and that I wanted something more fuel/oil resistant they told me a few drops of fancy hardener could be added for exactly that. Ah, cool, best I grab a bottle of that too... \ Pretty happy with the Bunnings spraybooth, using the CNC extractor to maintain negative pressure is keeping the fumes down and outside the environment, if not for 30+deg outside, this would almost be enjoyable.

One of those slow days when every task seemingly takes forever. Positively, i'm ready to paint. Negatively, I cracked the windscreen while removing it. Brought a cheapo party tent from Bunnings along with some tarps for a makeshift spraybooth, wouldn't want to get any car paint on my floor paint!

Oooohweee, a new page! Hacked out the worst of the rot and through USSR's pleasant use of 1mm steel found useable meat in close proximity, carved out a patch and in it went Currently searching rapid rust pitting methods to make the new metal blend in a bit more While groveling around on the floors I found a few familiar holes... After this event roughly 20 years ago I soon learnt there were no bungs in the floor that emptied out directly, they all go into the chassis rails, to assist water exit and not having a shotgun at hand, I used a hammer and nail to creat suitable 'drains' These since constantly block but always allowed water/mud in, likely assisting the previous mentioned rust. (Always use a shotgun) Gave the engine bay a once over and deleted all the unused holes, various brackets and mounts that are no longer used with the twincam etc. Now to start the always painful cleanup and preparation for paint......

Ended up ordering the cheap "Iwata" gun, looks much the same as the generic ali gun, only thing Iwata about it is the name in small print on the back of the box, but at trade was quicker than waiting on the international mailman. while at it picked up a cheapy for primer too.