Suspension Rebuild
Made some progress on the suspension and chassis. The axles have been rebuilt with lower ratio crownwheel and pinion. All new bearings, rebuilt calipers. The front axle is from a…
Finally some progress on the Patrol
I've finally made some progress, chassis and axles disassembled and rust cleaned. New Crownwheel and Pinions installed. A/C bracket machined. Alternator moved up high and another A/C compressor mounted for…
L322 Range Rover Rear Washer Motor
I disassembled my rear windscreen washer with help from this post here and found it to be in need of repair.Cleaned it up and now need to replace the seal.
Miller Spectrum 625 Plasma Cutter Cup Microswitch
The cup microswitch on my Miller Spectrum 625 ICE-40C torch head started playing up, the cup light would come on and stay on despite there being new consumeables in the…
LS1 for the patrol
LS1 waiting to go in the patrol .. Needs a few accessories to be moved around. Sporting a new rear sump.
300tdi joins the fleet
Our 300tdi picked up at auction .. bit of rust , doesn't like starting when cold .. 250,000kms. This is a 1995 model which replaces the 1999 TD5 version we…
CNC Milling Vacuum Former Platen
I decided a while ago to build a vacuum former. The first stage is to build a vacuum plenums hown below. It is 360mm x 560mm which will take a…
LCTHC install in Miller Spectrum 625
Having completed the build of a CNC plasma cutter which was started by a mate, I decided that it needed a Torch Height Control. Originally I started out using a…
My Luxo 400
While I owned a Tanner bandsaw, it really was too fast for cutting metal. My horizontal bandsaw cut metal fine, its small sheetmetal table for conversion to a vertical bandsaw…
Spindle Cooling System
I needed a cooling system for my CNC spindle. Instead of using an aquarium pump and a bucket of water, I wanted something a little more convenient and elegant. I…
CNC 6040
Kia ora koutou, A few months back I brought a CNC6040 to mill a range of materials from foam, to PCB boards to aluminum. After discussions with Walter from the…
Kit as it arrived plus the Transformer
Eastwood Hot Coat Powder Coating
Kit as it arrived plus the Transformer I've been eyeing up powder coating guns for a while and was keen to lay my hands on one. It looked useful for…