ThePog
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2 hours ago, Positive Ape said:
You didn't consider the 40v Makita stuff?
Too many Milwaukee recommendations, here and elsewhere.
16 minutes ago, Bling said:Oh yeah, probably can redeem a free battery via redemption with that kit, the seller give you the info?
There was mention of that, I normally wouldn't let a rep have my my number but an extra battery never goes amiss.
Plus I imagine there is more to buy.
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The thing is I have been 98% desk based for a while now, no time to even quote the workshop jobs, but I go down and do shit in the shed every night so still need the kit, and will need it for when the cad dries up and i can build stuff again.
There was a discussion with the financial controller about whether I actually needed a drill, I said it would be exactly like having to live your normal life but without a bed.
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6 hours ago, Hemi said:
Had Hitachi to start with but decided to switch to Milwaukee around 17' Nothing wrong with Hitachi but I reckon maybe it was going through the transition to hikoki so the range wasnt that great hence going to Milwaukee.
man i rate Milwaukee hard, good batteries ( had a couple issue with the 6ah 12v and 12 ah 18v but they were replaced under warranty) the skins have all been mint. ive dropped them from multi metre height and they dont give a fuck.
only downside is the batteries where if they take too much punsihment the tiny screw posts crack and the top seperates from the bottom.
easily fixed by using some plastic weld.
Also every store seems to have milwaukee so support is pretty easy.
i have like 20+ skins now. pretty happy with them tbh
They feel pretty chunky tbh.
Apparently the rep has my number now, it is a downhill slope.
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12 minutes ago, Positive Ape said:
how much, ow?
A bit more than a grand
But it was on special. I couldnt bring myself to buy the other bits I wanted, maybe next month if the business is still cranking.
I definitely couldnt have hidden the 3.5k for the full beans kit.
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Should do the trick.
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Altho i need that shit tomorrow and Mitre10 dont seem to sell Milwalkee.
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3 minutes ago, Taistorm said:
Have used hitachi/hikoki, bosch amd milwaukee 18v. For heavy abuse drilling through thick steel on the daily I wouldn't bother with anything but the milwaukee one. Ugga dugga impact guns go well, the only issue I have sometimes is if they are accidentally out in direct sunlight, the batteries can overheat pretty quickly (obviously be mindful of where you leave them). My 2c.
Yea i give that shit a hard time, plenty of big drills into thick steel, good wrist breaking efforts.
I have been leaning towards the Milwaukee.
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8 minutes ago, sr2 said:
Over the years I've had a great run out of a comprehensive set of cordless Hitachi/Hikoki power tools . I particularly like how they've kept their move to 36 Volt backwards compatible, they get my vote.
Yea I have those boys for my wired grinders, I have one small one with a sanding disc and a big one with a cutting disc, they go hard etc. In fact the wee hikoki ran for 3 or 4 months with a cracked gearbox housing, just got a bit noisy...
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5 minutes ago, Bling said:
You wanting just a drill or to replace the dugga aswell? I wonder if you can buy adaptors for say Milwaukee battery to Metabo. Could just grab a drill kit then and run the other Metabo gear off the new batteries.
These guys are parallel importers, but I tend to buy half my gear from them because overpriced via official importer / channel.
https://www.i-tools.co.nz/collections/milwaukee-m18/products/milwaukee-2804-20-m18-fuel-12-brushless-hammer-drill-kit
I have that drill, but I grabbed it as a skin as already have some gear. Goes pretty well. Purchased it as I needed to add some 100mm holes to a metal cabinet + MDF, no worries doing that.Then perhaps one of these? I haven't gone deep, could be better / cheaper options. Assuming your gear is 18V too.
Its all pretty slogged out, its all had 10 years of full on use, so probably need to start fresh. The grinder is still ok and with 3x batteries it should keep it going, plus I am kindof needing a wee circular saw and a power wrench thingy.
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My nice Metabo drill has finally shat today, leaving me with only my dugga and grinder in that set and 3 average batteries.
I paid proper money for it and am happy to do so again for a top quality set, has anyone got any recommendations?
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Neighbor up the road has this, I quite fancy it.
He has some other interesting shit in his shed you can see behind, I will try to wrangle an invite one day.
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Yea so that pile of stuff is extruded PVC, 35mm thick. The theory is that it is light and stiff, plus the air trapped inside will give reasonable insulation. There are cappings and corner joints etc to go with it... here is a bit I have left outside for a few months just to see how it copes.
TBH I am not 100% sure this is the right material for a couple of reasons, the first is that is kind of brittle. It is not bad and no worse than other caravan materials but I would like it to be a wee bit more robust. The second is that it was supplied with many defects and dings from poor handling that I am having to work around. Again not a killer and it may be a case of getting the supplier to check the panels before sending out.... We may just have to rework the cover in something else if it ends up with too many patches.
Anyway I have been cracking on with cutting the panels to size and seeing how it goes together. The windows and doors will get cut later, this is just a dry fit without glue.
Altho first I stripped it down and finished all the welding. This meant tipping the whole thing over on its side to help with access, which was pretty fraught but doable with my forklift. Forgot to take pics that day.
I also added some steps, as it is a bit of a hike up. These were kindof tight to fit in and needed a judicious trim on one internal leg to get them to sit in far enough. They seem to work pretty well though.
Then just adding panels and checking the fit etc
That last pic is the start of the lid proper, I reckon it looks pretty nice, with some clean lines. Obviously there will be windows and such but that is later.
It is going to be a mission to assemble that lid and get it on, I will have to rig some lifting points.
I also thought I should sort the lift control system which is what I have been up to today. Mostly translating this;
Into this;
Which surprisingly actually worked..
I may just bite the bullet and get a winch contactor unit as this will be much tidier, but I needed to get the wiring right in my head.
So I at least need to get the lift limit switches in place before I can continue with the lid, that will be tomorrows job I imagine.
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When I built my fatbike it had some difficult bends in the top tubes. I tried the sand bizzo but as I didnt want to apply heat it was shite. I ended up buying a very long spring the same diameter as the pipe ID, this kept the shape really nicely even though it could be difficult to remove afterwards.
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55 minutes ago, square said:
I've used motec, Aim and racepak ones as stand alone loggers on raceboats with basic control functions, they are all easy enough to configure and set alarm limits on, but they all have big goofy dashes.
The last big install I did with the Aim one in a boat has an aquisition unit and the dash is just a display so that might be a good option where you just have warning / position light etc for asthetics. Aim system was awesome for input flexibility, I was using it to monitor a Russian gas turbine engine and we could still fuck around configuring all the inputs and limits to make it useful. It'd run timing no worries.
There's a fella down ( bob richardson ex link ) here that makes a basic loggers and ecus with basic display functions , he's made them for all sorts of engines.
Have you got his deets? I would be keen to get some logging of afr/map/revs/tps going on in my truck to see of it is worth messing with the pump.
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11 hours ago, sidewaysickness said:
At the same time? wow you are getting friendly with your clients.
I do like this design more than the original, I also did like the weird looks I was getting when towing it with a shitty e30
Maybe not that friendly yet....
This one is way smaller, lighter and lower profile for towing, but should have about the same usable floor area.
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2 hours ago, sidewaysickness said:
Is this still carrying on from the canvas skinned caravan or is it a different customer?
Same same, they pay materials and I pay in time and design, we'll both use it...
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Yea there are so many potential layouts that pack down. We very nearly did it with a kindof accordion type structure but the sealing was probably going to be difficult with so many hinged seams. There were a couple of really great ideas that were stymied by lack of manufacturing capability in nz, and reluctance to take a punt on a rando chinese factory to make what we wanted.
I have not had a heap of time to carry on with this but there should be an update after the weekend...
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6 minutes ago, Willdat? said:
Much fizz for this. I have a project I want a student to do involving making a lightweight, low drag caravan. But they don't seem as excited by the prospect as me...
So you want a lightweight, low drag caravan for yourself then....?
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I towed it out to see how it looked in the light of day, looks about right to me;
That was to make room in the shed for this stack of secret stuff, all will be revealed in a later episode.....
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This is where it gets tricksy, I have various things that make using a timing belt for the lift a sensible option, mostly availability and prior use in various designs I have done.
That main driveshaft lifts all 4 corners at exactly the same rate, it works well so far.
Then there is much random shite I have added
A doorway
Stabilisers
Towing accoutrements
Tail lights
Flooring
A modified ATV winch for the lift mech that works perfectly but is pretty noisy, I may replace this if it is a problem. Many thanks to @datlow for that sweet idea.
Some water tanks, 120L - set low and central so as to not screw up the weight balance too much
A pressure activated water pump to suit
The bed needs to lift away from the seating area during the day, this is my first cut at it which was a hilarious failure as at the horizontal transition point it went terribly wrong. I have found a better way now, more of this in future episodes.
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Been cracking through this as my main project since Feb, its been a good time.
Background; I have been designing this with some friends for a long time now after I built them a caravan a few years ago that was good but had a couple of limitations, mainly size and weight. This is the 547th design iteration since then, it is just time to crack on.
It is a hard side lifting roof, and the methodology will become apparent with the pics. The reason is that it gives plenty of standing height while remaining reasonably compact, plus way less frontal area when packed down for towing, and hopefully some smart packaging will allow nice space usage.
Firstly I went to Chch and grabbed this kit while I was there, altho the steel bits you see have been laser cut and folded locally;
I ordered some steel and cracked on;
Stand by for Part II....
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On 08/03/2023 at 15:49, datlow said:
12v winch...
I saw this listing you may be interested in: 12V WINCH 2000Lb Self Recovery & Remote https://www.trademe.co.nz/4023123980
A wee boy arrived today, its actually perfect, pretty grunty, the right revs, it can be manually disconnected, already has up and down controls...
Chur for that.
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I was thinking a limited run of handcarved woodprints. Limited by how bored i got after printing 3 of them
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1 hour ago, Truenotch said:
Can we get Dynafari T shirts please!?!?!
Its somewhere on the list.
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I have not installed the turbo yet, i can measure it. I think i still have a spare housing from the currently installed turbo, i can measure.