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Shop and Tools: Tips and Tricks
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arse_sidewards
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How long is the plate?
Muckin_Slusher
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[memphis]
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Will watch tonight! Thanks for the link!
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18x24 maybe? I haven’t actually measured the length but a significant chunk will be removed for the wheel well arch
Think about the old short poison spider TJ crush corners. Not the full rear body armour
I’m pretty sure they don’t make them anymore? I need to chop out some rust and just want to make it look prettier with an armour skin, I guess it doesn’t even have to be .125. I could go thinner
I made this little gizmo with stuff I already had in the garage, the large diameter pipe and the aluminum I bought from the rem. section of my local steel yard. Built it so I could repeat the parts or adjust as necessary but I only used it once. It is very basic and could be made different or simpler depending on what you already have. 10 gauge 6061 for the corner guards. Probably under $40 all said and done.
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Now there is an idea… I could even do that on the ground… using the corner of my seacan for the weight… could be a good job for the highlift….I made this little gizmo with stuff I already had in the garage, the large diameter pipe and the aluminum I bought from the rem. section of my local steel yard. Built it so I could repeat the parts or adjust as necessary but I only used it once. It is very basic and could be made different or simpler depending on what you already have. 10 gauge 6061 for the corner guards. Probably under $40 all said and done.
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Like a steel Jerry Can? Or the under seat tank?
PAToyota
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I'm thinking he meant a gas cylinder?
WaterH
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Cut two today.
First put a strap on and made a sharpie line around.
Then I went around with a cordless circular saw. Finished with the chainsaw. I just sharpened the saw as per a U-tube video. It came out real nice
Of course those were the two next to the dock. Still got to do the ones out in the water.
Thanks Arse
budget76
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you've got a seat for the other two. shimmy your ass out on the 2x and do the same thing. add another piece of scrap or two if you want to be less sketchy and more stable
i'd been imagining posts 100' away from any dock
i'd been imagining posts 100' away from any dock
WaterH
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I went out yesterday to mark the other two poles. First I screwed two 2 by 6’s on top of the 2by’s that were there.
This was a pain in the ass, literally. I found out I don’t have enough padding in my ass to shimmy out on a 2 by 6. (At least not comfortably) I waited till dark and used a laser to mark the two poles level and the same height as the two poles cut. Today I hope to go and finish the job.
I also have two other poles that are for moreing a larger boat that I need to cut even. That will have to wait till warmer water.
chaplinfj60
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if you don't want to wait till dark. make a water level with some clear tubing. super simple and been around long before laser levels. just an option for day light
PAToyota
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The other advantage to a water level is it doesn't have to be line of sight. I still use one regularly when I have to go around corners.
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Id not be cutting anything until i needed to. Best bet to avoid the "o fawk i need this pole 8" taller".
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Seems like the perfect place to use the helicopter...
ThePanzerFuhrer
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Quality work takes time. Dont rush the man
Firstram
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And in a crawl space, I’ve leveled more than one house with a water level!
WaterH
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I thought the laser would be easier. I don’t have a long clear hose. Shimming around on those boards with a hose doesn’t sound like fun.
Too late.
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Looks like he's got a pretty big water level already on site.
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Old friend stopped in today to shoot the ****.
He got to telling me about a nugget of advice he heard on a youtube video.
When you're working away and you're looking for a part or a wrench or something and you can't find it because you've in the middle of a huge mess, just stop working and start cleaning. 5 or 10 minutes later and you'll find what you're looking for and you'll have cleaned up a bit which helps...
He got to telling me about a nugget of advice he heard on a youtube video.
When you're working away and you're looking for a part or a wrench or something and you can't find it because you've in the middle of a huge mess, just stop working and start cleaning. 5 or 10 minutes later and you'll find what you're looking for and you'll have cleaned up a bit which helps...
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Old friend stopped in today to shoot the ****.
He got to telling me about a nugget of advice he heard on a youtube video.
When you're working away and you're looking for a part or a wrench or something and you can't find it because you've in the middle of a huge mess, just stop working and start cleaning. 5 or 10 minutes later and you'll find what you're looking for and you'll have cleaned up a bit which helps...
This is what I do
Yep, pretty standard. Because as soon as you stand up that tool that you were looking for will fall off of your lap.
This is what I do
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I bought a parts sami from a guy who wanted to keep the body. Halfway through disassembly, he stopped everything, made me put all the tools away, cleaned up, and MOPPED THE FLOORS. I was annoyed that it was 8:00, we weren't done, and this dude is cleaning his shop (man-cave). However, after we got done cutting this samurai up, the shop was still halfway clean.
That was the most I've ever seen ever done in his shop though.
CarterKraft
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There's a balance....
There's guys that can do a lot of work, there is no mess, the shop is clean and the parts organized.
There's guys that work all day long, make huge messes, don't accomplish **** and they have no idea where the new parts are.
I'm somewhere in between, but if I get stressed **** goes out the window, I will get a lot done and make the biggest disaster ever
There's guys that can do a lot of work, there is no mess, the shop is clean and the parts organized.
There's guys that work all day long, make huge messes, don't accomplish **** and they have no idea where the new parts are.
I'm somewhere in between, but if I get stressed **** goes out the window, I will get a lot done and make the biggest disaster ever
PAToyota
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There's also those guys where everything is an absolute mess, but at any moment they can walk over to some random pile and find exactly the part/tool they need and keep going.
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This is me.
Which also sucks because then I’m never motivated to clean or organize since I always find my **** anyway
