Guest Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Looking good Mike, glad to see you are getting on with it, I take it you are feeling better now? Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Thanks Jason. We're both still not right but you know th feeling. We'll have tomorrow off then try for more work Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Mike, How is the trailer going, not seen an update for a while. Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Very slow just now. Nothing was done the week after the show. We both took a rest. Then it was cold and damp. Plenty rain as well. I've made the door frames for the locker doors at the back. I'm going to try and consecrate on the small time consuming bits while it's cold and damp. I'd like a nice warm day to glue and rivit the bed frame to the floor but I can do other things I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 I had hoped to be able to shew you the pics of the nearly finished locker doors. Well the story is my Evolution saw for some reason will not saw. It jams to a halt. It could be the blade is now blunt. I have cut a lot of alli sheet with it but I'd have expected the blade to have lasted longer. I'll go and get a new blade today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Have you got aluminium build up on the blade tips? It can sort of weld itself to the tips which would stop it cutting, bit of tallow or wax can help to stop this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Have you got aluminium build up on the blade tips? It can sort of weld itself to the tips which would stop it cutting, bit of tallow or wax can help to stop this. Well I can't see any. I tend to rub a candle on the tips of the blade before I start to use the saw. I spoke to B&Q today as that's where I got the saw from. Like me they think blunt blade. I've been reading a couple of blade reviews. A few saw the blades don't last long. Evolution have a technical phone number. Also a mobile engineer. I'll ring them Monday and see what they say. I'm wondering if the "professional" blade would last longer than the DIY one. There's only ten quid difference in price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 My dad worked for a firm a few years back that made a whole load (hundreds) of welded aluminium windows for a big office block up London, the extrusions were 10" wide. They used a standard DeWalt sliding mitre saw (dw723) and fitted an aluminium cutting blade, the same blade lasted the whole job (3 months of cutting) and is still workin fine today without having been sharpened, tallow was used to lubricate the blade. If you have some tallow might be worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 Sorted Put a new blade in, bought the "professional" one instead of the DIY one. Spoke to Evolution technical this morning. Yep candle wax is fine as it talcum powder to help keep the blade tips clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 There is to be lockers each side of the trailer behind the wheels. I've been making those.Fiddly at times and time consuming Uploaded with ImageShack.us This is the frame the door fits into. The holes at the top are for screws to hold the frame to the bed base. Because I'm using square tube to square tube, I can't use pop rivits. You can see the crush tube on the left for the hinges. Crush tubes are 8mm ID but the hing bolts are 6,, to allow for adjustment Uploaded with ImageShack.us Another pic of the frame Uploaded with ImageShack.us Hinge brackets in place Uploaded with ImageShack.us Door Uploaded with ImageShack.us Door fitted. Everything is a tempory fitting. Note the self tappers. These will be replaced with pop rivits when it gets warmer and I can use the sealant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie D Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Nice work - love the atention to detail with the hinges. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Looking good Mike, will you be finished before Christmas? Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Thanks Steve. All made on the chop saw as posted earlier. It's easier to make them all the same size even if the doors are bigger/ smaller. Oh yes Jason. I take it you just mean the locker doors LOL Actually I have the other door to finish on the hinges....Then hopefully I can start on the main doors fitting the locks and bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Oh yes Jason. I take it you just mean the locker doors LOL No Mike, I meant Christmas, however I was careful not to state which one!! Keep up the good work, Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have a big smile on my face today. I went to buy some MDF. The place was shut so I guess I'll have to wait until after the holidays. I've managed the center bits for three of the doors. One to take the bolt to keep it shut and the other for the Yale lock...Having done that I wanted the door frams in position so I could check where the hinges would go. As it was sunney but cold and windy we put the frames into position THEY FIT as I wanted them too. So I'm a bit stuck until I get some MDF..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have a big smile on my face today. I went to buy some MDF. The place was shut so I guess I'll have to wait until after the holidays. I've managed the center bits for three of the doors. One to take the bolt to keep it shut and the other for the Yale lock...Having done that I wanted the door frams in position so I could check where the hinges would go. As it was sunney but cold and windy we put the frames into position THEY FIT as I wanted them too. So I'm a bit stuck until I get some MDF..... Mike have you considered using something other than MDF? as it doesn't like getting damp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 The MDF is only to make the fixture. Once both the outside door frames are made and the other doors and things made the MDF will be used for lighting the fire... It's cheaper than ply.... The original fixture I made the door frames for the doors and the locker doors on isn't wide enough to do the reat of the job.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Ahhhh that's OK then . Must have missed that bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Ahhhh that's OK then . Must have missed that bit. There won't be any wood AFAIK anywhere on the trailer......MDF is only for building parts on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 There won't be any wood AFAIK anywhere on the trailer......MDF is only for building parts on.... Great work by the way, looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Great work by the way, looking good Thanks. Things have stopped a bit because of the weather.... If you look at the pics of the locker doors above. You'll see why I'm using the MDF That table fixture isn't wide enough or long enough to make the entrace doors. Hense the requirement for more MDF.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks. Things have stopped a bit because of the weather.... If you look at the pics of the locker doors above. You'll see why I'm using the MDF That table fixture isn't wide enough or long enough to make the entrace doors. Hense the requirement for more MDF.... Weather is most irritating when it stops play! Need a workshop. Yes, I saw. Good idea, as you have a good flat surface to work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schneide Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Well I was asked on Sunday how things were going with the trailer. Slow I'm sorry to say. The cold and wet weather has slowed things right down. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Doors and door pillars partly made up. The doors seem to take a lot of time Uploaded with ImageShack.us fridge dropped into fridge slide. The "kitchen" will be in front of the fridge, to the right in this picture Uploaded with ImageShack.us Fridge slide pulled out Uploaded with ImageShack.us I've managed to fit the left wheel box. Note the rear locker door. Discovery steel wheel Uploaded with ImageShack.us Spent yesterday cutting angle to make brackets, now just the holes, four in each bracket, to drill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Brilliant thread. Liking this a lot :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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