Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread

[Mof]

Changed my mind 

[Kimjon]

My wife plays roller derby. She needed a place to store her gear.

So:

Boom...getting me some tonight

[Kimjon]

Up on the wall

[Muncie]

The bottom of my toolbox had been useless too small to fit my power tools and socket sets in finally had a brain fart moment and a purpose for some stuff I had been hoarding.

Mini power station.

2 big arse 6 volt batteries a hardwired charger and a big boy inverter and a smaller one to run smaller stuff a bit more efficiently, I have had a few power cuts where I am with builders spearing underground cables with diggers it's been pretty damn handy. Plan is to add a solar panel and run a few circuits in the house off it lights etc possibly a 12v setup to avoid diving in to the mains stuff.

It's also a mint as a jump pack with these 6metre 35mm cable leads (every one needs these)

[Muncie]

Going to post this here for anyone whose putting up with a sagging hood lining as it turned out better than I was expecting for $7 only one spot I hit a roof structure and had to shorten the brass thumb tacks haha.

Stringlined the center rear view mirror to center of rear hatch then used a 1m ruler to place tacks every 150mm it settled nicely. Wont be putting any upholstery specialists out of business but it beats driving with cloth on ya head.

[moparmuppet]

Geez that's rough... I used a staple gun

[Muncie]

3 hours ago, moparmuppet said:

Geez that's rough... I used a staple gun

Maaaaate $7 wasn't gonna be Danske Mobler spec.

I used a staple gun on my Rover SD1 went thru the bloody roof skin.

[Muncie]

Sold car today guy looked up chuckled didn't even knock my asking price back.

[tortron]

For friggs sake, that jockey wheel has already failed. 

The axle/centre section of the wheel has seperated from the wheel itself (2 sides that clamp together) 

Not surprising as its only held on by a tiny bump of a bead. Should tell supercheap to eat a dick tbh, but i think il just weld 1 side onto the axle section

 

Everything is shit, need a lathe so il just make everything to an acceptable standard

[Valiant]

I've been making my kids a small half pipe over the last couple of weekends.

So far it's all timber I have scrounged up from around work etc, at this stage outlay is nothing more than some nail gun nails I already had.

This afternoon it started to look like more than a pile of firewood.

[Kimjon]

Fantastic! I had a spine ramp version like yours in my parents back yard...went home for lunchtime everyday (at high school) and rode it for years. Then built exactly what you've made when I was in London...kept me from going insane...seriously...

[Valiant]

During the week I purchased 8 sheets of 7mm downgrade plywood for the curved sections.

The flat was bits of 12mm I'd scrounged previously.

Progress from this weekend.

Looking good. Kids are excited.

 

[Kimjon]

Looking good. You're going to want 2 or better still 3 layers of ply on that bad boy.

The transition between flat and curve tends to get a pounding and holes in the ply develop really quick in that area if there's not enough layers.

[Valiant]

It's going to be two layers to start with, if it's a problem I'll add an extra later over the top.

I just didn't get as much done today as would have liked.

 

Thanks for the tip.

[SOHC]

They usually do a cople layers of 10mm at 45 degrees, get more from each sheet that way to.

[63Ragtop]

and stronger when layed long ways, shit this takes me back! I somehow managed to talk my olds into building one of these in our back yard when I was 14-15, good shit man, now get them gommits away from those scooters!

 

[Valiant]

3 hours ago, 63Ragtop said:

Now get them gommits away from those scooters!

 

It's my aim, scooters are humiliating.

the younger one has shown an interest in skateboards I'll get him one asap. 

I'm tempted to get one myself/broken hip.

[mutiny]

turn her into a bowl. heres a bowl corner i built quite some years ago

 

[mutiny]

and heres a video of the place as it sits now. well actually there is a couple of new additions

 

https://www.facebook.com/jan.beranek.10/videos/10211448553637460/

[Valiant]

That's a few steps above my skills/budget.

looks like an awesome job.