nzstato

If you want a list of more stuff to do, or list of addresses with OS stuff sitting in a paddock, hit us up.

My Wifey was a bit jealous of the workbench I built myself and wanted something similar. A bought a bunch of macro sleepers from marketplace a while back and still have a bit of rata left. Knocked this outdoor bar leaner up over the xmas break. I cheated this time as there are a few screws in it, but nothing you can see

I'm in for this idea

Doing lots of little tool restoration at the moment - the shed cant take any workshop machinery. I really dont like cosmetic restorations of tools or 'collector only' stuff- my preference is to keep whatever age/patina is there and then get it working how it should/straight/sharp etc. Kinda worked out my own process for derusting stuff like this (FYI for anything else). I tend to go with the brass wheel on a bench grinder to knock off the major stuff, then dunk in a tub of water/oxalic acid for a few days, back out and on the wheel and repeat untill the rust is gone and any exposed bits have a black iron-oxalic acid complex to them. Nickel plated stuff I'll scrub any excess off with a tooth brush and steel buff off on the wheel - coating in CRC or linseed oil keeps them fresh. You can buy oxalic acid as 'bar keepers friend' from bunnings for cheap.

Yes the top is all glued. The frame is held together mainly with mortise + tenon joints (+drawboard pins) with a few housed dovetails. The lower shelf is handcut T&G in a housing joint, same with the 'trough' between the benchtops

This is a bit of a different project for me, and my first real try with carpentry. I set the goal to make a workbench using all wood joints - no nails/screws. Every piece means something: Rimu (laminate top) - recycled from 1880s biscuit factory Rimu (frame) - from a large beam left in the garage when we bought the house. Rata (laminate and legs) - saved from the lintels from a greenhouse I had to take down (the beams were heavy) Macrocarpa (frame) - milled from a work colleagues house site overlooking Otago harbour. Wood vice (Record 52 1/2) - ex Otago Girls HS (c. 1950s) Blacksmiths vice - from my pops workshop (still more restoration needed)

Kinda 3d print thread, but also here. I have decided that I do need a little bit of dust collection on my thickensser as have a project upcoming where I'll be using it alot. I made up a simple 2 piece collector housing to go on the thickesser and printed it out in PETG, found a cheap vortex separator on Temu (though in hindsight I could have printed that too), then a bunnings bucket + hose completed the ensumble. Isnt 100% (but I dont need it to be) and a quick test run has it working fine as long as you're not expecting it too much of it. Beware of the 'dust collection barry' rabbithole which exists on the internet. Continuing the wood tool theme.... I very much like the concept of a track saw (and will be handy to process some beams I have here) but refuse to pay the $$ that is demanded by festool + others considering. Found some alloy extrusions from Temu for ~$40 which come close to the Festool profile and the printed a 'sled' which matches the groove profile + my skilsaw base. Doest have the depth of cut as a retail plunge saw but worth it for the $ I have into the whole affair.

Some more updates which might help others out there.... While the Zenith 36IV carb is a pretty simple bit of kit, and largely 'set and forget', it does come with a major issue over time... Sitting over a hot manifold the light alloy casings will warp, and with only 4x bolts holding it together it will do so to the extent that fuel (or more problematically, air) will seep past the gasket. You can see this here by the blackening on the gasket nearest the venturi, the ports that are now open to atmosphere control the economy diaphram which causes the copious fuel consumption at idle. The fix is to sand the faces back down flat, you can see the area where the feeler gauge can still get through. Assembly on these are pretty simple, with just a handful of jets/diaphrams to worry about.

noice, I was thinking about a new gun. What settings did you land on to dial it in?

Some updates.... 1/ Have now confirmed that it can move under its own power, consuming a vast quantity of petrol at idle so a rebuild of the carb is needed as the mating surfaces are probably no longer flat. 2/ Front wiring is all mostly sorted so I now have functioning lights. Last major jobs is I want to replace the rear fuel tank with another one I have here - I have a suspicion that it may still leak after my repair and it has a diesel return line on it I no longer need. Likewise need to sort out seatbelt mountings, I have factory ones here. Also some further fabrication.... the inner wings have basic splash guards which were mostly gone/rusted/bent when I got it. There was a change between the early/late wings for these and as I have 'late' wings with an early firewall it was a whole lot easier (but still fiddily) to replace them from scratch in alloy.

A general update with more documentation needed.... did some dry runs on the engine which seems to start/run ok for a short period. Was a bit of a pain to run some fresh brake/clutch lines but likewise we got there. Got some much needed enthusiasm to sort the painting of the front panels before the weather gets too cold. Now I have no excuse to mount the rad and sort the cooling for some longer runs, then its just 999 little things before going to the WOF man.

Either ply, or shop around for some dressed macro?

You wanna buy stuff we can go past Shingle creek - heaps of old iron and nick nacks.

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