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Started by _Hamster_ , Oct 13 2010 02:43 PM

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#576 madtoranajzedded

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 11:26 AM

ask them what air tools you can run through it as they can be very handy too,

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#577 _Hamster_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 12:51 PM

mmmmm industrial shops......

area is a bit yuppie so ill have to go to........campbeltown i guess.

Yea have to get some of this air tools aswell.

anyways dad bought me some paint which was just the same stuff i used before.....which seemed to work so yea.

So i sanded back these terrible things to clean them up a bit.

And realised once again i suck ass with paint and i put to much on and it has run lines down it sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ill have to do that again. (i saw everyone else hang there bits for painting so i thought i would try that too)

Then in rage i pulled a bit off the steering collum and attacked that.

I'm assuming thats glue.....I got rid of it ill reglue it and if it wasn't glue.....i have no clue wtf its for.

still had to do a few bits by hand as usual.

to much paint again i guess......bonus is it has no run lines though. (then when i did the other side it had run lines sooo.....spewin)

then i attacked the kick panels.... I dunno what they are suposed to look like original if anyone has a pic?

Bit more work on em and they wont be to bad

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#578 _Quagmire_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 01:32 PM

many light coats hamo...

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#579 _Hamster_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 01:42 PM

yea i should of learnt that buy now lol.

Oh well learning as i go ill get there eventualy.

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#580 madtoranajzedded

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 02:24 PM

dont worry too much if it looks terrible when u put paint on ,give it time to settle and you will be surprised,if ya got cardboard box

hang it in that, away from the dust for a couple of days

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#581 _judgelj_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:24 PM

Belt driven, make sure it will run on whatever power points you have (10/15amp) and check the fittings make sure they are nice and not cheaply alloy stuff

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#582 _judgelj_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:27 PM

Make sure if they are hanging you don't go too heavy as gravity will create runs. Apart from that you would be surprised the finish you can get. I hit a fuel pump cap with aerosol and it came up like 2k glass. Nowhere near as tough just goes to show how smooth and clean the surface has to be

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#583 Rockoz

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 05:48 PM

Youre in a rural area. Have a look down behind the railway tracks. I Theres definitely one down on the right on the way to bowral

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#584 _Hamster_

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 06:39 PM

there used to be one across from the glass shop up from the co op dunno if thats still there. Might go for a drive tomorrow when im bored.

thats the only one i know of the rest are crap like bunnings and homo hardware

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#585 S pack

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Posted 01 November 2013 - 10:29 PM

Hamo

Plastic injection to hold the breakaway capsules in place on the column mounting bracket.

I reckon a hot melt glue gun would replicate that nicely. May need to heat everything up so the hot glue doesn't cool too quickly when it hits cold metal.

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#586 _Hamster_

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Posted 02 November 2013 - 11:55 AM

Yea i was just gonna dab a bit of glue on them, they came off pretty easy so it wasn't doing much. Unless someone had it off before im not sure.

The industrial shop i was thinking of has moved to camp town next to weldquip and dad can't think of anymore around here neither can i.

Sooooo as far as i know we are picking the welder up from weld quip so that will work out pretty good.

Sanded it all back this morning and painted it. I did it LIGHTLY FOR ONCE lol i did it so i could still just see the undercoat. Then waited a bit and put a bit more on (did that three times) ill prob do another coat tomorrow or something i can still see some small run marks so ill lightly sand it back and it should get rid of them.

(the one with the run marks)

and had to much of dads scotch last night so i threw up a few times so thats it for the day!

Edited by Hamster, 02 November 2013 - 11:56 AM.

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#587 _Hamster_

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Posted 07 November 2013 - 10:17 AM

didn't pick up welder cause we went pretty early so dad can pick it up tomorrow on the way home in the ambulance :stirpot:

ment to be 30 degrees today so i got the painting done as early as i could

It isnt perfect but i can live with it. With dad getting shoulder done......kitchen may take a while he has done the first coat in the cuboards and what not. So i might be able to do the 2nd and what ever else so i can HAVE A GARAGE lol

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#588 _Hamster_

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Posted 08 November 2013 - 04:44 PM

either im on dialup again or.....my computer is drunk not sure which but anyways!

Got motivated on the hottest day ever! (im not gonna survive summer it was only 30 today)

So i attacked this

Bering seems ok......

Shaft

This pin was that tight i almost gave up getting the stupid thing off i ended up heating it up and it came out, i thought i was gonna break the vice

then i did a wee bit of painting

and because i thought ahead i could put it in the closed garage!

got it in there just in time too, felt a few spots of rain.

Annnnd how do i get this end off so the tube can come out?

I tried tapping that plastic bit across but it wouldn't move and stuff so i have no idea?

thanks

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#589 _Hamster_

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Posted 09 November 2013 - 12:19 PM

Not very happy anymore and i was doing so WELL!

So i figured out this mumbo jumbo (im pretty sure they could of found of a better way to do it)

So basicly there is a tabe on the botton........thing we will call it. You lift that tab and you can turn the buttom thing right around. Then you wiggle the two leavers and everything pops out (literaly) so i go that all sorted. (gonna be an ass getting it back it at a guess)

all in pieces

(thats just so i know what order everythings in)

(order of plastic things)

all cleaned up (whole thing was really dirty for some reason, nut just grease but dirt)

Then that mofo bearing in the top of the collum. Oh ill just pop that out cause it would be safer so i dont get paint or anything in it and frOck it. Nek minit

frOcking stupid thing

then i tried putting it back together

made up a make shift press

and after literaly an hour.........................

I ended up with this and it still isnt closed properly. you can move the bearing and balls come out the top and basicly its #@$^%& so what a great day!

Edited by Hamster, 09 November 2013 - 12:21 PM.

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#590 sibhs

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Posted 09 November 2013 - 12:35 PM

Hamo, I admire your courage to pull everything apart. Not every ball bearing has to be restored. If the bearing was working fine I'd just grease it and put some tape over it before painting. If you get stuck just put it aside and ask the forum for advice. Great thread by the way, I'm feeling your highs and lows. Marty

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#591 _Hamster_

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Posted 09 November 2013 - 03:00 PM

Yea hindsight is a wonderful thing ;[ 65 bucks for a new one ._. nearly better off buying a new collum lol

I honestly thought it would just pop out. Like a normal bearing would......i guess not.

seen as the bearing isn't an issue now....i striped this back..

Painted this (figured i would leave the grate bit cause the paint was pretty good and its covered anyways.

Highlight of the day was to see this wayyyyyyyy better than all my other paint jobs.

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#592 _Hamster_

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 02:04 PM

So went to lens wallis audio to sort some things out geoff bought some new things but we will get a refund on all that and ill keep his older outdated stuff (still better than what most people would have mind you). Got to listen to a few different speakers. Might get the B&W PM1 speakers which is what geoff was gonna get which are around 3-5k depending if i get the stands (sorry if anyone fell over) really nice speakers!

And finaly picked up the welder on the way home so i can get stuck back into that. Ill finish the steering collum and everything first then i can pack that away and get it out of the way cause the garage is a shambles at the momment.

Edited by Hamster, 12 November 2013 - 02:19 PM.

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#593 _Hamster_

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Posted 14 November 2013 - 02:53 PM

soo power was out all day cause council was fixing something .... so all i could do it paint a few bits and thats it really.

This seems to have a big groove in it for some reason but anyways.

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#594 _judgelj_

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Posted 14 November 2013 - 08:50 PM

Nice inverter. What are the speakers for?

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#595 _Hamster_

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Posted 14 November 2013 - 09:16 PM

stero system my uncle had.

Mum and dad were gonna sell it now he passed away but i said ill have it. The speakers he has now are B&W 808s which are massive and won't fit anywhere in the house (let alone my room) so i gotta get new ones. And with literaly everything including the headphones over $1000 (each/individualy))headphones where $1500) i wanted to buy a proper pair otherwise it would be pointless. And im not paying for them he was getting a new amp and a few other things and already paid 12k for it all so mum and dad as far as i know are sorting something out for me and ill just keep all his old stuff until i want/need to upgrade it.

But i don't want to see it sold, im into music and all that so i can keep it to remember him i guess you would say. Some may say its expensive and stupid but without a hobbie/interest life would be shitty.

http://www.bowers-wi...1/overview.html

so im getting these

http://www.hificlub....rket/B-W808.JPG

to replace these.

Big downsize but technology has come a long way and i got to listen to the speakers and everything and im happy with them.

the 808s weigh over 80kg i think so they should be fun to move.

Car:
Power is back on!

should be able to get things moving. Im out of fricken paint again though so thats a pain in the arse but anyways. Should hopefuly get the collumn done this week (allowing for paint to dry etc etc etc) and i put the bearing on my xmas list so hopefully i dont have to fork the 60 bucks for that anoying thing!

Edited by Hamster, 14 November 2013 - 09:28 PM.

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#596 _judgelj_

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Posted 14 November 2013 - 10:45 PM

No fair enough, just wasnt sure if it was for car or whatever. Seems pretty serious, i dont even run my decks through that much volume.

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#597 _Hamster_

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Posted 15 November 2013 - 10:57 AM

yea it was his thing in life. He has a shitload of records and cd's i gotta through as well. And try and learn how it all works and get into it a bit more. He has 1000 or so hifi magazines but they are basicly just product reviews and not much information for the novice like myself.

Still gotta figure out were its all going in my room might do a small reno but it would only cost me 100 bucks or so to rip out the wardrobe and move it then put the system in that space but anyways.

With that cover

(that cover^) would it be ok to do that with caliper paint? its a high temp paint and i have some left thats all (might not be enough for 2 coats im not sure)

Edited by Hamster, 15 November 2013 - 11:00 AM.