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Old 10-06-2016, 10:00 PM
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I cant speak for Australia, but while spending a lot of time back and forth from the US to Germany. I ended up ordering a battery charger off ebay.de the german ebay. i kept it in Germany and has my US charger in the states. This was for Milwaukee tools too. The batteries charged on either charger but one was for 240 and european male plug the other 110 state plug
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Old 10-09-2016, 12:39 PM
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Progress from this past week.. Kyle got started on media blasting the drivers side wheel well and I "assembled" the two components for the passenger side..







We plan on epoxy primer on these prior to installation, so the media blasted surface will give a good bite for the primer.
Here's the test fit of the assembled passenger side wheel well...





Next, the road trip on Friday.. To preface, a couple weeks ago someone had posted a link showing a Baileigh English wheel on eBay (the big one). In the background was one of the Baileigh power hammers. So I called the contact number in the ad, asked if the hammer was available, which he said yes. He gave me a price, asked for a deposit, and this past Friday was the pick up day. I left the house at 1:45 am, picked up my nephew Chris, and drove to CT. Got it loaded up, made it back to the house by 10 pm, quite a long day. Wait....it's supposed to rain tomorrow, let's unload! So we got it off the trailer and inside by 11. Saturday, after sleeping in, was spent locating a spot for the machine, hooking up power, and trying it out on some scrap metal..



Excited to have this additional capability in the shop.
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Old 10-10-2016, 06:33 AM
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Hello Robert,

I'm sure that Hammer was supposed to be delivered to my Shed, very nice mate.
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Old 10-10-2016, 09:38 AM
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Leigh,

You failed to provide acceptable delivery times to your shed !!
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Old 10-12-2016, 01:53 AM
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Hello Robert,

I'm sure that Hammer was supposed to be delivered to my Shed, very nice mate.
or mine .. the do have a agent in melbourne .. but not game to go and have a sticky :-)
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Old 10-17-2016, 05:04 AM
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Lots to catch up on while I have been away. Alway great to see you thread Robert.
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Old 12-06-2016, 10:55 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys!


With the rockers and inner quarters now covered with some SPI epoxy primer, tonight we'll get the quarter panel baffles welded in place so we can get the wheel wells installed here soon.



Here's our home-made baffles:



Primer cleaned off for the plug weld holes..





Kyle plug welding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AIDbEy_uLc

Now plug welded in, we'll clean up these welds tomorrow evening, epoxy prime and seam seal around the top profile of the baffle inside the window extrusion area.



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Old 12-11-2016, 12:52 AM
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When we fabricated the quarter panel baffles we trimmed the upper profile to leave about a 1/16" gap, so that any possible body flex would be less likely to rub paint..



Plus, it gives a good anchor for the seam sealer....



Then we used masking tape to mark off the edges of the flange so we could transpose these to the wheel well for drilling plug weld holes...







Next, we have another yellow vehicle to work on. A new driver at a local high school missed seeing the bright yellow oversized vehicle as it passed, and backed into the side of it..



New filler panel was made out of 18 gauge steel, ready for some SPI epoxy..

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Old 12-21-2016, 01:20 PM
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Fitting up the one piece wheel well into the passenger side quarter. Once fitted, the edge is marked with tape, wheel well removed, and the width available beneath for plug welds is noted. Then holes are punched in the wheel well to match, and it gets refitted. We started at the front so we could use vise grips to clamp, and worked progressively toward the back.











We did have a few plug welds that were contaminated from the epoxy primer, so we'll grind everything smooth, fix those areas, redress the welds and finish any bare areas with epoxy primer. One step closer to the Line-x coating on the underside...


Here we are all tacked in place:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuCIhFYUMXY

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Old 12-23-2016, 08:18 AM
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All plug welds completed and dressed. Now for the other side and we'll epoxy prime again..







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