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Yayyy it’s Friday :thumbs: 

 

Still at it on the powder coat oven, I decided to go the extra mile on the rack for hanging the items being powder coated, I could have just put a metal rack in or just a couple of bars but where is the fun in that?

Instead I got some box

 

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Marked it up

 

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Cut it out a

 

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And the obligatory clean up :yawn: 

 

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Then I had to drag the lathe off the wall :lol:

 

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Just to make these

 

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Then some plates

 

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Lined up and tac welded on

 

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Made these

 

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And welded them on

 

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Some more box

 

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And some half inch bar

 

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All joined together to make a shelf

 

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That rolls out :thumbs:

 

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Here are the rollers, I need to add a stop so it can’t fall out :scare:

 

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I added a second set of plates and they bolt through the inner skin

 

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I will weld these outer plates to the frame and weld the nuts on so they become captive so the shelf can be removed and it is not just held up by the inner skin :)

 

Stay safe, have a great weekend I should have an update on Monday :thumbs: 

 

Keyser - “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” – Cullen Hightower

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On 29/05/2020 at 10:50, neo said:

bet you could cook a whole cow in there ;)

 

nice work again, wanna see some more buggy work when u get the chance :thumbs:

 

I know, I know, Thing is I now I have gone the powder coat route I need the oven done before I can crack on with The Bug but I will post the coplete build when I get to it, should be starting back on that in the next week or so, depends how long it takes to finish the Oven and put the lathe back together, the good news is that after The Bug the next two projects are vehicle :thumbs:

 

 

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Morning all. Hope everyone had a good weekend :)

 

So I got a bit done on the oven, Hoping to get these side projects cleared over the next two weeks and then get back to some work on the vehicles, The Bug first though as I’d like to have that in one piece and maybe even get some use out of it in the summer!

 

The mad fire foam has dried :lol:

 

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So I trimmed that down and test fitted the window frame,

 

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On the small door

 

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The foam had a big hole in it right where it is most needed, not sure why, maybe it’s because the foam is out of date :lol:

 

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I’ll stick some more in when I do the last lot on the back.

I got part of the old SMEG

 

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Cut some strips and ran them through the rollers to make loops

 

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Then welded them onto Back plates

 

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This was combined with a cut down box section to create mounts for the elements that stand 10 to 15mm off the inside skin of the oven

 

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Then an old bit of pipe was cut into lengths

 

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Some holes drilled

 

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A bit of tube cut to length

 

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Holes drilled in the oven

 

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Then weld it all together

 

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These are the light fittings and the tube is for the wiring

 

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The oven seemed very happy with my work!

 

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I may have been on my own in the Zed Shed to long, WILSON!!!!!!………………………………

:lol::lol::lol:

 

I then added some more box section behind the rest of the areas an element will go through

 

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The idea is to create some insulation area behind the elements as on the original ovent they just bolt them to the outside no insulation at all in places

 

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I’m trying to increase efficiency and it makes the thin steel stronger in the stressed areas, to that end I used my last bottle of fire foam

 

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After that had dried I trimed it all up

 

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Added some insulation

 

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Then riveted the back on

 

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Then I opened all the access holes for the electrics.

 

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The back looks like this now

 

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Wilson? :shrug: 

 

#staysafe

 

 

Keyser - “I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.” – Emo Philips

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, neo said:

Hope everything is ok your end as its been a few days since an update, maybe just snowed under with work:blush:

 . . . maybe he's trapped in the oven at gas mark 6 :lol:

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Sneaks back in as if nothing happened :lol:

 

Morning all

Well work came back with a vengeance, we are as busy now as we were on the first week of lockdown!

All the work that has been on hold for the last month or two is kicking off and everyone wants in NOW! Add to that a new project (work project not fun project) has snowballed into something bigger than we were expecting and needs to be ready by the 1st of July and I’m back on 12 hour days!

I have not managed even an evening in the Zed Shed this week, the good thing is if I’m working hopefully I’ll have some money to carry on with my nutty builds, the bad news is no time to either do them or post on here about them!

 

Here is an update from the end of last week,

 

I welded some support tags onto the inside to give the top shelf extra strength

 

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Cleaned these bits of previously used angle iron

 

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And put them in the oven for a middle shelf

 

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Again, supported to the frame

 

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Top insulated and cover on

 

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One side

 

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Other side

 

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And we are here

 

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Small door

 

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Window was fitted in theis handy hole :lol:

 

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I made a cover plate but it is held in with self-tappers rather than rivets so the window can be easily removed if required

 

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Now this thing is getting blooming heavy!

Had to get the heavy lift team in to get it from the Zed Shed to the powder coat room

 

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We did it :thumbs: 

 

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Just need to wire it and push it back against the wall now. :thumbs:

 

Hope to get some time in the Shed this weekend so there may be an update on Monday, have a great weekend guys n gals stay safe!

 

Keyser - “Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.” – Dave Barry

 

 

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Good to see you back in action and work picking up (despite the impact of that on fun time).

 

Just one thing, have you considered building a much larger powder coat oven so you can powder coat this powder coat oven?

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I feel your pain on the 12 hour days :console:

 

Oven looks great, looking forward to the first exciting episode of Cooking with Chris in the Great British Zed Shed Bake off. let me know if you need anyone to provide judging services :lol:

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:lol:

 

Don’t give me any more projects I have 3 on half and 2 more waiting to start not to mention I need to get the Radical in ASAP if we are to have any chance of a track day this year!!

 

Anyway…….

 

Morning all, Managed to get some time in the Zed Shed over the weekend,  Saturday morning was spent finishing a job for work (the paid kind) and tidying up then back to the powder coat oven – I really need to get this finished but the little bits take so long :angry: but I’ve put so much time and effort into it now I’m not going to cut corners and spoil it at the end!

Today I have the new control panel for you, on the first attempt at a powder coat oven I just cut the front of the Rangemaster oven down and bolted it to the top, it saved time as the mounts for the switches are complicated and I couldn’t be bothered to trace all the wiring so I even kept the clock which you have to set every time you turn it on or the elements won’t turn on :lol: this time I wanted to do it properly.

This is the old one just wacked on the top

 

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There was a draw in the Smeg and it was shiny so that seemed like a good reason to repurpose it :thumbs: cut a section out and bent it into a box of sorts

 

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MMM Shiny! :lol:

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Made a back from an off cut

 

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Then some carefully spaced hole drilling

 

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Then I had to sort out a discrepancy in thermostat controls, they come from two different ovens, so of course they are not the same length

 

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Nothing an angle grinder can’t solve :lol: 

 

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Next I made these trendy tags up

 

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They let me reuse the lights from the Smeg on my new switches

 

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Then I mounted the thermostat switchs in the back part of the housing

- I said they were complicated - well for a switch they are :lol:

 

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Had to add notches for the lights etc

 

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Tac welded some end plates in

 

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Made a top

 

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To give us the final control box

 

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Even has space for expansion in case I need more elements at a later date and it's shiny :lol: 

Just need to wire it now :headhurt:

 

Hopefully a bit more tomorrow. :)

 

Have fun :thumbs:

 

Keyser - You know that moment when you get up in the morning, you're full of energy and you can't wait to get to work? Me neither!  - Anonymous

 

 

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Morning,

 

Quick update before work :thumbs: 

 

Onto the wiring then

 

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Started with a hole for the cables

 

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Started laying in wires

 

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Took a while but got all the switches wired up in the end

 

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I used a plug from the Smeg so the control box can be removed if required

 

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Mounted it onto the oven

 

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Put the elements in and ran the wiring round

 

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The back looks like this now

 

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Made up some covers

 

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To make it all safe and secure

 

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End plate

 

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Fits here

 

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More covers

 

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Go here

 

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And finally 2 more

 

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Some end covers

 

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That just left the light access holes

 

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Cover for them

 

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Inside looks like this

 

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And the lights work :thumbs:

 

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Just need to make the middle shelf some covers for the fans – if I decide I need them?  put the doors on and add the thermostat and it’s ready :dance:

I recon another day should finish it off so that’s planned for Saturday as I’m booked solid for work this week, then I can powder coat the shelf from the lathe – remember how this started? :lol:

Then I can get back to The Bug, I need to put that together so before I can get the Radical in.

 

Be Safe

 

Keyser - “Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.” – Oscar Wilde

 

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Morning all,

Back to normal with work 5 days a week and only weekends to do all the normal stuff around the house associated with being an adult (I don’t do the adult thing very well :lol: )

Did manage to get the powder coat oven finished this weekend :thumbs: 

I put the top bar in and added stops, so it won’t fall out

 

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Then a nice big bolt to keep the doors shut

 

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Needed handles but the SMEG ones are different lengths

 

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So I cut them down pushed the end fitment out and put it back in the now shortened tube so I have matching handles

 

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Installed the thermometer

 

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Here she is all in place wired up and ready for a test before I decide if I need to anything else

 

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I do want to make some accessories like a middle shelf and some more hangers but nothing that stops me using it.

 

For now, I added a cover

 

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That’s so I can sand blast the shelf from the lathe and get it powder coated, that will let me finish another project :thumbs: 

 

Keyser - “Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment.” – Betty White

 

 

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