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Some verra nice parts porn up in here. 5'dbird cooch posted:Most important tool in the box LOL. bird cooch posted:I have some old(er) school turbo bits rolling around for the rotory car, but I think I'm going to get a little fancier. If it seems like it takes a long time for me to get stuff completed, just know that I rebuild and refinish everything I touch. So things sprawl pretty quickly.. I am very familiar with this concept. My stuff is a whole lot more low dollar than yours, but I can *not* put a dirty rusty part back on a car. Not trying to doxx you, but Texas + 2019 tornado says that you're not far from DFW. I only mention this, because I'm in DFW myself. Howdy, neighbor! There are several AI goons here-ish, though I've only met STR, myself, and he's since moved his poo poo to Austin. edit: I look forward to the time I can retire and work on all the projects I've been slowly
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bird cooch posted:Oh I'm not concerned with that . I'm active enough online that anybody looking through my stuff can find out where I'm at pretty quick. I'm up in Denton. we had an F1 literally touchdown in my yard while I was mowing and hit my shop and then bounce off through some neighboring fields and dissipate. funnily enough I had been out storm chasing for a few weeks before that and the one I finally got to see was too close for me to even make it out other than being a giant wall of dirt and my roof. O.o Good Lord. I'd like to see a tornado once, but certainly not that close. quote:Rona is a thing so that's kind of an issue but generally I'm always down to hang out and do car stuff with whoever and help out on broken stuff and projects. Sweet! Hopefully I'll be able to drool over the projects at some point. quote:This all seems super scatterbrained because it is I am effectively weaponized ADD. Im also digging a post hole haha. Yeah, you just past in the URL - the forum automagically parses it into an embedded video. bird cooch posted:I am lucky to have some amazing friends who are total instigators and enablers pushing me to make even weirder and crazier cars. Birds of a feather and all that. Best kind of friends, at least after "friends who buy you booze."
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My dad did pegboard on the wall of his storage building that weren't covered by racking. Fantastic idea. You can even still screw stuff to it either using the spaces between, or the screw-in drywall anchors.
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bird cooch posted:Also having a Gantry is pretty amazing. Two things on my list for “immediately after I have a shop” are 1) a lift, and 2) a gantry crane. So very tired of dealing with traditional cherry pickers and their lack of reach.
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ought ten posted:I know less than zero about this stuff. Are those I beam chain hoists expensive? A little impractical I guess if you're trying to move something in more than one dimension. The gantry crane itself is about $700 from Harbor Freight: https://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-telescoping-gantry-crane-41188.html Then you need a hoist or chain fall for around $75: https://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-chain-hoist-631.html You’ll notice that the gantry has wheels, and that the attachment point for the hoist rolls along the beam, so you can move things around.
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angryrobots posted:Built in overhead beam trolleys with a chain hoist are neat, but require a lot of pre planning with the structure if you want them to have really useful lift capacity, and are limited in that you have to get the work right under the beam. The trolley crane systems that combine a beam trolley that can also move laterally are $$$$$ to $$$$$$+. It’s not that bad. Think of a trolley crane in a garage or small shop like a pair of gantry cranes connected by a beam. Neither needs to be powered in that environment, so you just need 3 beams, and four posts, plus the trollies, which will probably be the expensive part. It can be retrofitted, if you have space.
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bird cooch posted:If you ever need to get the zinc off a part for welding, vinegar does a pretty good job overnight. quote:Stew has all the cool wheels for sure.
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bird cooch posted:Volk ce28s in 18x10.5. Squared up on the R33 gtr. Niiiiiiiiiiiice.
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SWAG offroad makes some nifty press brakes, both kits and fully assembled. They can be upgraded to finger brakes, or purchased that way to begin with. https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Press-Brake-Kits_c_53.html I'd like one of the finger brakes intended for a Chinese (i.e.: Harbor Freight) presses, since that's what I currently have. Also, I want one of their 3D printed knobs for the jack thereon. I'd print one myself, but my 3D printer is currently in development hell somewhere in China.
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Well this is going to be an entertaining adventure. edit: and those engine mounts are lovely. edit2: you're insane to bring a car from PA to TX. Not because of distance, but because why would you bring that bad salt juju here? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Feb 2, 2021 |
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Alarbus posted:It just snowed a bunch so it'll have fresh salt and moisture! Maybe it'll shed some salt for when you all get another ice storm. It's amusing watching Northerners who think "eh, it's a few inches of snow - just go drive" realize that Texas rarely gets *just* snow. We get ice, or snow that melts and refreezes into ice, *then* snow on top of that. Plus, we never have snow tires, chains, etc., or experience driving on snow/ice, so, while they laugh, it's much safer to just stay home. bird cooch posted:If you're wondering how much a rusty Ridgeline is worth, well it isn't worth this much. Not gonna lie - I want to eat all those horrible snacks. Good thing the nearest Buc-ee's to me is the one outside the Motor Speedway, and that's a good 30 miles from the house. edit: I'm bummed that it hasn't snowed here enough to actually leave anything on the roads for the last two years. I bought a Subaru, and have yet to be able to do AWD snow drifts. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Feb 3, 2021 |
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Seeing that light pole dead center in the windshield was concerning.
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bird cooch posted:I was using it for a clipping point. Couple decades of drifting will do that to you. As long as you know what you're doing. It's seeing video like that without knowing the skill level of the driver that creates the concern... 
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Stay warm. We’re hiding out at my mother in law’s in Dallas, where there is power. I’m usually over by DFW airport, but we gave up Monday when we lost power at 7:30 am, and still not back by 9 pm. Still not back now (11 pm Tuesday). ERCOT can go to hell.
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IOwnCalculus posted:After about ten minutes of that poo poo, I'd have taken the Nest off the wall and twisted the right wires together to make the furnace kick on That's kinda what he did, but actually over at the furnace. bird cooch posted:Just bully Ted Cruz in any way you can. Do that regardless, especially since that turd made comments about "this is what happens when Dems set energy policy" back when California was being asked to conserve power during their ferocious even-hot-by-Texas-standards summer. Several TX Republicans did that, in fact, and they all deserve to get that thrown back in their faces repeatedly, at high velocity. Our '04 Outback has handled the snowpocalypse really well, despite the lack of proper snow tires (Hankook all seasons.) Once I replaced the marginal battery, that is. Between the cold and me leaving a map light on, it shat itself. Good Lord, I hope ERCOT gets its poo poo together soon.
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