Projecting, tinkering, fiddle-farting around: whatcha building?
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455 stand done. Packard 356 straight 8 up next.
Holley Sniper EFI - $1500
MSD ignition - $750
piece of scrap sheet metal so poorly scabbed over EGR port exhaust burns through carb insulator into throttle position sensor - priceless!
Holley Sniper EFI - $1500
MSD ignition - $750
piece of scrap sheet metal so poorly scabbed over EGR port exhaust burns through carb insulator into throttle position sensor - priceless!
In the extended lull at Mark’s Off Road, I’m splitting the bulk of my time between overhauling the front end of my swb45 and building a whimsical storage shed. Whimisical? Because it’s a crazy octagonal, where no two sides are the same! And, to make it even more impractical, instead of cutting wedges to make a slope for runoff, I deliberately chose to build all 6 walls from front to back with a progressive slope.
Why?
Some people enjoy soduku ; I enjoy trying to visualize things three dimensionally, then trying to build them without anything but a few numbers scratched on a piece of paper. This is why my cabinetry business across the street from my current shop never got off the ground: my best friend from college, who was also very interested in woodworking, couldn’t build anything without a complete drawing first.
And the bigger why: I plan to build something slightly less whimsical at home, and I considered this a POC (proof of concept)
I bevel cut all the corners in the table saw, one custom angle after another. Again, I enjoyed the challenge. My wife and I just had a slight change of direction in our remodeling plans at home Saturday , and I may end up building a custom linen closet. The refresher on creating exact bevels on the fly could save me a lot of $$ on wasted lumber when it’s time for furniture tolerances.
I love it.
Anyone can b
Make an 8' ×8' shed thats technically perfect and doesn't waste any material but this is not going to be anything like that.
It shows creativity and heart.
Square sheds are for squares man...
Anyone can b
Make an 8' ×8' shed thats technically perfect and doesn't waste any material but this is not going to be anything like that.
It shows creativity and heart.
Square sheds are for squares man...
Old Nick
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Karma is what karma is. I finally got to the point of putting the springs and axle housing back under the swb45, and the leftover wedges from the shed framing stabilized the housing perfectly on the motorcycle jack.I bevel cut all the corners in the table saw, one custom angle after another. Again, I enjoyed the challenge. My wife and I just had a slight change of direction in our remodeling plans at home Saturday , and I may end up building a custom linen closet. The refresher on creating exact bevels on the fly could save me a lot of $$ on wasted lumber when it’s time for furniture tolerances.
I wish they had links to a few of those. Most of them are easy enough to find, though.
Between putting the swb45 back together again, starting down the rabbit hole of remodeling the master bathroom and working on a couple of customer projects at the shop, the shed project has been dragging. The wall panels went up fairly easy. Then the blocking so that the part of the panels above the walls and below the roof was supported for full sealing. Then finally today the roof, which is only six sided instead of 8. I think when I build the larger BnB sized one at home the front of the roof will be a fan shape, so again I got some practice with figuring out angles on the fly.
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Black paper is on
Adding a bamboo wall to our bathroom. The blocking is so we can add shelves later.
