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  1. 18th November 2010, 09:25 PM #1
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    Defender inspired bench (with sink) for my shed....

    At last, I have finished building my "welding bench with sink" project. Only took about six weeks or so

    It's built much like a Defender, out of Aluminium TIG welded together, with the top held on by recessed rivets and SikaFlex. Fit up is a bit better than the usual Defender level, although that may not be saying all that much.

    This was my first proper project TIG welding anything, and I learnt a lot. Destroyed quite a bit of Ali on the way, but now I can at least do half reasonable welds, as long as I am using 1.6mm or thicker material. Tried TIGing 1mm sheet and it just got horribly deformed, so I stuck to rivetting that stuff and welding the rest.

    Because the whole bench is Ali, I can just clamp the edge of the bench, and anything put on top is "live" to go for welding. Easy.

    So - on to the next project, which is sorting out my air compressor. Or maybe it will be learning how to TIG weld Stainless Steel....

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  2. 18th November 2010, 09:32 PM #2
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    how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy
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  3. 19th November 2010, 07:15 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by newhue View Post
    how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy
    you beat me too it. I wish I had that much room I could have a clean shed.
    Nice bench
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  4. 19th November 2010, 08:16 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by newhue View Post
    how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy
    Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

    If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".
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  5. 19th November 2010, 08:28 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by spudboy View Post
    Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

    If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".
    hh's random "filing system" must be lot more random than yours as he very rarely finds anything I have to look for it

    I am working on colour coding all the spanners etc, red for W/Worth, yellow for metric and blue for AF much easier to put away

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  6. 19th November 2010, 09:12 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by spudboy View Post
    given my very random "filing system".
    "Random Dynamic Storage"


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    Quote Originally Posted by spudboy View Post
    Haha - give me about a week and it will be covered in crap.

    If I posted a pic of the bench behind it you'd see a whole lot of stuff, as you'd expect in a farmers shed. Ms Spud is constantly amazed at how I find anything, given my very random "filing system".
    Yeah I use a "chronological filing " system....

    whatever I got last is on top of the pile
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  8. 19th November 2010, 09:44 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by newhue View Post
    how about you throw a bit of crap around as the next project. Your shed looks waaaay too tidy
    agree
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