teaboy
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WTF - how come we are only introduced to fat Al now - we've had rust, oil tanks, cakes and biblical floods but no fat Al till now *Heart Sorry Bstardo, Alan is a bit shy. He used to just be Alan but the vet has said he is overweight so now he's Fat Al and he is a bit self-conscious about it. It hasn't affected his appetite for sausages though. Usual Saturday stuff today, which included Fat Al having some sausages from Ten Acres Cafe. He looks forward to it all week. It was late afternoon before I got to look in the tent. The cling film had a bit of brown stuff showing under it, which is a good sign.  Cleaned off it looks like I'm 90% of the way there with the rust removal.  I gave it another coat and wrapped it back up. I didn't want to stand watching it do its stuff because not only is that a very boring thing to do it is also quite uncomfortable because I have done my knee in. I have a stool to sit on in the shed so I went up there and contemplated the bit of floor that I chopped out.  I started making a piece to replace the first scabby bit.  Once that creasey bit was done it was pretty straightforward to put a couple of bendy bits in it.  One more bendy bit and it was looking ok.  Nothing for it but to cut the scabby bit off.  Then we can clamp the new bit on.  Tack it in place.  Before you know it...  This is one of those occasions where I heeded the sage counsel of Darkspeed and it is a 'good enough job because this side...  is going to be half covered by a chassis leg. And this other side,  is almost completely covered by the seat crossmember. My knee is killing me now so I'm off for a cup of tea. These were recommended to me and are on offer at Tesco so I'm going to give it a go.  Cheers. |
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eerrrmmmm, surely you only need one packet to try them ... what happens to the other three if you don't like 'em ?  |
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teaboy
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eerrrmmmm, surely you only need one packet to try them ... what happens to the other three if you don't like 'em ? Mini eggs are alright, a bar of chocolate is alright, I think we're on safe ground. Did the visiting parents thing on Sunday. My dad is struggling with mobility so I got him one of those electric lift up chairs to help him. It was a bit disappointing if I'm honest because it is a bit slow at lifting up. I was expecting it to be a bit more like 007 getting rid of one of Goldfinger's henchmen through the roof of his DB5 but my dad seems ok with it. It's like winter again so I didn't linger too long in the tent tonight. I cleaned off that Deox gel with some water based degreaser and dried it off with a heat gun.  I would say that over 99% of the rust has gone from the pits now.  I didn't give it another treatment because I couldn't be bothered but mainly because I have now run out of that gel. I recon it will be ok so I just used some of that rust converter on it.  A couple of coats and it should be good, I think. It's gone black anyway.  It was a really hard day at work today, hopefully I will have a bit more enthusiasm tomorrow night. Cheers. |
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teaboy
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I need to complete the repairs to the removed floor section. This bit.  It is very lumpy and wiggly. This was the beginning of my plan.  I then spent two hours cutting, folding and hammering a piece of steel until I had successfully converted it into a perfectly useless piece of scrap metal. I feel a bit deflated at the moment. Quiz night tomorrow, hopefully that will cheer me up. Cheers. |
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eurogranada
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Knowing you, you will get there!!
I am in awe of what you have managed to achieve in single plate repair pieces, where plenty of experienced people would have opted for multiple pieces pieced together just because of the shapes. So as much as I understand the feeling (I really do) you, like me, will live to fight another day and will get there!
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teaboy
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Feb 11, 2023 23:48:35 GMT
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I am in awe of what you have managed to achieve in single plate repair pieces, where plenty of experienced people would have opted for multiple pieces pieced together just because of the shapes. I was seriously considering doing a repair with several different bits stuck together, until I read your post. Thanks Alex, it was the motivation I needed to try again. Now, where were we? I need to complete the repairs to the removed floor section. I spent two hours cutting, folding and hammering a piece of steel until I had successfully converted it into a perfectly useless piece of scrap metal. Quiz night tomorrow, hopefully that will cheer me up. Cheers. Firstly, the quiz. We finished second to last. I don't want to take all the credit for that, it was a team effort... Thursday night, two and a half hours in the shed and no piece of floor to show for it. I nearly froze to death. Friday night was almost exactly the same as Thursday. Today, the Lovely Doctor was working so I got stuck in. Well, I got stuck in after breakfast at ten acres cafe, vacuuming the house, hanging out the washing and anything else I could think of to avoid going into the shed. Once I had run out of excuses I had to do it. There are over ten hours of work in this piece. Actually no, there are over ten hours in several scrap pieces of metal before getting to this stage. I really did consider just making up smaller repair pieces and welding them together because this little bit of floor that is never really going to be seen has been probably the most difficult bit to make, so far. Anyway enough babbling, this is the current state of play.  It is just as wiggly and lumpy on the other side.  It does need a little bit more work to get it to fit because it has to sit properly on the chassis leg and also it needs to be the right shape for the seat crossmember to fit on top of it.  I have yet to decide how much of it I will use and how much of the original I will retain. I shall contemplate that over a nice cup of tea. Cheers. |
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That's a darn complex shape, are you just hammer and dollying this? Its dead impressive. Great thread by the way!
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Feb 12, 2023 13:27:24 GMT
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Stirling job there T
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teaboy
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Feb 12, 2023 19:50:00 GMT
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That's a darn complex shape, are you just hammer and dollying this? Its dead impressive. Great thread by the way! I used anything to hand, bits of metal, bits of wood and the open jaws of the vice to hammer and chisel against. It wasn't a nice job to do, honestly. Cheers, DS. Well, I'm glad that bit is over, I really didn't enjoy it at all. It was horrible to shape and the piece of floor that it fits to is so thin it is horrible to weld.  As is normal, the procedure is to replace the least amount of metal as possible so most of the bit I spent ages making got thrown away.  It is still a horrible piece on the other side.  I normally enjoy doing this stuff but that just wasn't nice. Cheers. |
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Feb 12, 2023 20:32:30 GMT
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Good work. Those are some irritating shapes to replicate!
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eurogranada
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Feb 13, 2023 10:29:32 GMT
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Good for you on sticking with it, but my post was never meant to mean that a multi piece repair at a time is something to be frowned upon or not done. It was just meant to state the awe I have for how much one piece masterpieces you were able to create so far and thereby motivating you not to give up just yet...
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teaboy
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Feb 13, 2023 20:46:25 GMT
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Good for you on sticking with it, but my post was never meant to mean that a multi piece repair at a time is something to be frowned upon or not done. It was just meant to state the awe I have for how much one piece masterpieces you were able to create so far and thereby motivating you not to give up just yet... No worries, Alex, I know what you meant. I will and have made repair sections out of more than one piece when that's the only way, but I do like to use the fewest bits that I can get away with. Thanks for the vote of confidence, I appreciate it. Just had an hour tonight, I went over the piece and welded up any pin holes and a couple of places where I had been giddy with the spot weld drill when I took the seat crossmember out. There was another pitted bit which I did think about replacing which I wire wheeled up first.  It is really not that bad and because I have got a new bottle of that rust remover spooge I just covered it in that then wrapped it in cling film.  We'll see what it looks like tomorrow. The Doc has ordered pizza so that's it for tonight. Cheers. |
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Feb 13, 2023 22:05:48 GMT
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I've had to do a bit of catching up. Probably about a week's worth I've just caught up on. Great work on that 'wibbly wobbly' panel....that really is a tricky piece to replicate. But then, I wouldn't expect anything less from your good self 👌🏻👌🏻
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teaboy
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Feb 14, 2023 20:10:01 GMT
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I've had to do a bit of catching up. Probably about a week's worth I've just caught up on. Great work on that 'wibbly wobbly' panel....that really is a tricky piece to replicate. But then, I wouldn't expect anything less from your good self 👌🏻👌🏻 Cheers, CC. I was fed up with the wibbly wobbly bit which was why I did the rust remover spooge thing to avoid having to do another repair on it. Did I get away with it? I gave it a brush up,  and cleaned the stuff off.  It cleaned up reasonably well, but the pitting was quite deep and the panel is paper thin to start with so...  This bit is not as wibbly or wobbly, just a bit steppy and curvy, so it took about ten minutes to make instead of ten hours.    I forgot to take a picture after I had cleaned back the welds but I did try it to see if it looked like it would fit back into the floor.  I might just get away with it. Cheers. |
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Feb 14, 2023 22:55:04 GMT
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I thought you’d cut it out
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Feb 16, 2023 10:29:29 GMT
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Are you on a diet? No more cake? ;-)
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teaboy
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Feb 16, 2023 20:32:31 GMT
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I thought you’d cut it out Am I that predictable? Are you on a diet? No more cake? ;-) Thom Sorry Thom. It isn't an official diet, my cake making lady is not currently making cakes because her husband died recently. I'm wasting away. It was a night off last night because my daughter came over so we went out to have something to eat. I thought it was a sensible option because although she is an excellent cook and would probably have made us something lovely, it would have taken me hours to tidy up after her because she doesn't do the menial stuff, that's a job for dad... Anyway, they had some vegetarian stuff and I had a very lovely steak and chips, it was really nice. I was going to paint the inside of the chassis ready to weld the wibbly wobbly bit back on so that was the job for tonight instead. I have ordered some epoxy paint from Rust Buster in RAL 7023 which looks to be the closest match to the original E-coat, well, according to the Doctor it is, so if it looks rubbish it's not my fault. I also ordered some other stuff from them at the same time. I got a message today saying it had been delivered so I was excited to try it to see if the colour was any good. When I opened the box, all the other stuff was there but not the paint.  I was surprised at how quick they had been in preparing a custom coloured paint... Anyway, I sanded back the rust converter spooge and masked up.  I had to use the black epoxy again but it is inside the box section so I don't suppose it matters.  I unmasked it before it had fully dried.  Those bits that were masked will be getting a coat of weld through primer next, but that is a job for another time. Cheers. |
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Darkspeed
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Feb 16, 2023 21:25:25 GMT
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I thought you’d cut it out Am I that predictable? You see, I read that as being a high compliment in that it looks like it had not been touched - So only you are only predictable in so far as the quality of work that you produce never failing to impress. - Well that and "ALL rust must go" Trouble with compliments like this swelling your head, is that it makes more space for you to stuff cake into...... |
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teaboy
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Feb 16, 2023 21:53:55 GMT
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Trouble with compliments like this swelling your head, is that it makes more space for you to stuff cake into...... I'm just not seeing this as a problem, DS. |
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Darkspeed
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Feb 16, 2023 22:03:07 GMT
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Trouble with compliments like this swelling your head, is that it makes more space for you to stuff cake into...... I'm just not seeing this as a problem, DS. Didn't quite think that one through did I ....... |
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