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« Reply #10005 on: November 23, 2017, 07:35:58 PM » |
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I swear this is the last Winter I'm going to spend in a lock-up garage cos I'm never building anything else, ever again! I knew my 2 rechargable lights weren't lasting very long, so I timed them tonight. 3/4 of an hour for one & an hour for the other -no wonder I'm not getting much achieved each evening! So I've just been to ScrewFix & treated myself to 2 new ones. They're 4 times the size & are supposed to last 3 hours on full power or 6 hours on economy setting. About 30 quid each. It'll be like working in a tanning booth now
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« Reply #10006 on: November 23, 2017, 07:43:28 PM » |
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The heater's a little camping one that runs on aerosol sized gas cannisters. 4 cans for 7 quid & they last a couple of evenings each, so about a pound a day to take the chill out of working there in the evenings. I insulated the tin roof last year, so hopefully I won't get condensation in there this time around.
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« Reply #10007 on: November 24, 2017, 01:55:41 PM » |
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I bought one of those LED lamps Andy, only trouble is I can't find the mains charger for it & it's just gone off! News update.....just found the charger, twas in the fruit bowl, well lets face it, it's never had fruit in it!!!!
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« Reply #10008 on: November 24, 2017, 03:02:09 PM » |
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I think I might connect mine to a 12 volt battery and then charge the battery up instead, get longer from that set up
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« Reply #10009 on: November 24, 2017, 03:32:29 PM » |
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In the fruit bowl?? first place I'd have looked (its a man thing)
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« Reply #10010 on: November 24, 2017, 05:10:03 PM » |
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I did, but it was in the other fruit bowl!
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« Reply #10012 on: November 24, 2017, 11:01:46 PM » |
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Fruit & nutcases New lamps work well. Nice & bright in thr garage again now. Left at 9.o.clock this evening & had to scrape the car windscreen. It was minus 4 outside.
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« Reply #10013 on: November 24, 2017, 11:02:33 PM » |
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« Reply #10014 on: November 25, 2017, 09:10:43 AM » |
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There, you will see it in a whole new light now Looks good Andy, certainly brightens things up.
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« Reply #10015 on: November 25, 2017, 03:42:17 PM » |
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I think that was the economy setting -the switch isn't labelled & both positions seem the same brightness. The little heater makes a suprising difference too -plus I've insulated the roof of course. Not cosy-warm, but I was suprised to find my car windscreen frozen up when I went to leave last night. Still not much to show at the moment. I was painting the chassis, so the electrician can clip his loom to it. Then I decided to make the loop under the dash removable, ( still waiting for the joining slugs to be machined). That meant the bulkhead was more accessible, so I cleaned that up & sound-proofed it. Then I decided to get the upholstered panels & headlining modified, so while that's out I'm sorting out various bits of bodywork that were only half prepped before. One job leads to another & it just snowballs. Still chipping away at it, a couple of hours a day, but it doesn't look much different yet.
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« Reply #10016 on: November 26, 2017, 10:21:34 PM » |
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10 hours spent in the garage today -absolutely no visible progress, except the place is now knee deep in filler dust. I'm actually not using much at all cos most of it's getting sanded back off, (just straightening up edges of panels & filling low spots where panels sank slightly during welding). I emerged this evening looking like I'd aged 50 years, with white hair & beard. I love working on cars.
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« Reply #10017 on: November 27, 2017, 04:09:31 PM » |
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I really hate using filler. Even when applied with care, somehow most seems to end up being sanded off again.
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« Reply #10018 on: November 27, 2017, 04:10:16 PM » |
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looks like you don't need anymore, but if you do, we keep Dynamat here on the shelf, so should be able to get you a bit of a better price on it
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« Reply #10019 on: November 27, 2017, 07:22:05 PM » |
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Now you tell me! Thanks Arch' but I think I've got it covered now -literally. I bought mine from Miles at Jackhammer in Farnborough. He didn't tell me until after he'd sold me several acres of the stuff that you only need to stick a patch in the middle of each panel. I've covered every inch of my cab, but most other people do the same. The new stuff's black, which looks much better than the old silver. Once the Pop's roadworthy again I need to take it to the upholsterer & get a few areas covered in vinyl that are welded into the cab so not removable. Until then they'll be visible in silver. I don't mind sanding filler -with the garage door closed & the heater on, it's quite cosy in here -yes, I'm here as we speak -& it's quite therapeutic after a tough day at work, but it does seem to be taking forever. The edges of some panels are a bit crinkly, where they've been welded down their length, so I'm just adding a smear of filler here & there to try & square them off. Plenty of bare metal still showing though, so it's not that thick
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