Thread: New shed. Buy or build

Hi phil. That lathe really does look well cared for! What I was trying to say eatlier was that for a short term solution it looks pretty darn good!

PS. Only at the resort for 2 days. Its just a topover on our way to Fraser Is. It will be camping for us there..... which is what I prefer!

Cheers

Simon

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Hi Ray,
yep they certainly are.
I'm just getting ready for old age
The true story though, a young girl doing year twelve was struggling with her schoolbag and the chair at the same time so her mother asked if I could make a rig to hold her bag.
The brief was that she could swing the rig around to get access to her school bag.
In their shed was well in excess of ten of these chairs so I grabbed one for measurements.
I managed to design a swingaround rig and began to build it when the girl decided to drop out of school.
I asked if she wanted the chair back but as they had plenty, I could keep it. What I didn't realise was that was payment for work to date. Meh, ya win some ya lose some.
I have carried them around with me ever since.
The wheels are 24", if you can use them you can have them.

Phil
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Phil I hope the girl has still gone on and done something for her sake.

Thanks for the offer Phil, they would fit mine by the looks as they are quick release but if you can find a local TAD or a place that does repairs etc the are always after parts.
The frame looks quite adjustable and low set although it doesn't fold up, mine is normal and just right for me to get up and out of. I guess its alloy light as and those axle mounting blocks I am sure could be used somewhere.

The swivel front wheels mount could come in handy if you mount it with a work light in it I have 2 to make here. The tube off the frame if you were wood turner I have made tool handles out of my old wheelchair. Front castors ideal for a large steady. LOL sorry I don't see waste I see possibilities.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Phil I hope the girl has still gone on and done something for her sake.

Thanks for the offer Phil, they would fit mine by the looks as they are quick release but if you can find a local TAD or a place that does repairs etc the are always after parts.
The frame looks quite adjustable and low set although it doesn't fold up, mine is normal and just right for me to get up and out of. I guess its alloy light as and those axle mounting blocks I am sure could be used somewhere.

The swivel front wheels mount could come in handy if you mount it with a work light in it I have 2 to make here. The tube off the frame if you were wood turner I have made tool handles out of my old wheelchair. Front castors ideal for a large steady. LOL sorry I don't see waste I see possibilities.

Hi Ray,
the wheels are yours, I think transport may even have been arranged.
You have given me some ideas with the rest of the stuff though. My daughter has requested a sports drink holder for her chair and she is starting to nag me now .
The young girl I am sure has gone on to do what ever she wanted to do. She certainly wasn't a shrinking violet

Phil

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Hi Ray,
the wheels are yours, I think transport may even have been arranged.
You have given me some ideas with the rest of the stuff though. My daughter has requested a sports drink holder for her chair and she is starting to nag me now .
The young girl I am sure has gone on to do what ever she wanted to do. She certainly wasn't a shrinking violet

Phil

Phil your a top bloke let me know the cost please, now how did you know where to send them

Well now the workshop is set up get cracking daughters can be very annoying when it comes to requests left outstanding


Edited to ask Q

Phil on an idea I have had for the spare wheel hubs I have, being they are sealed bearings and stand up to some gruelling punishment would the bearings and hub make a reasonable drill mount for the lathe?? If I turn a shaft much like the axle and fit a Jacobs Chuck or small keyless chuck Thinking out loud

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

The monster shed is due in about 16 billion years from now .

Geez...you'll be a lot lot older than the wooly mammoth that they found in Russia...and believe they might be able to clone...that was only only 50000 yrs tho
at 16billion you aint going to be able to cloned so stop dreaming about the new shed...go get one ASAP before its too late

I think what you have made for your self now is better than the container idea tho...albeit less security.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Phil your a top bloke let me know the cost please, now how did you know where to send them

Well now the workshop is set up get cracking daughters can be very annoying when it comes to requests left outstanding


Edited to ask Q

Phil on an idea I have had for the spare wheel hubs I have, being they are sealed bearings and stand up to some gruelling punishment would the bearings and hub make a reasonable drill mount for the lathe?? If I turn a shaft much like the axle and fit a Jacobs Chuck or small keyless chuck Thinking out loud

Hi Ray,
we have a forum member visiting Ballarat and he has offered to take them back with him.
Not sure about the hubs as a drill. The direction of the load on the bearings in a wheelchair is entirely different to the direction of loading in a drill press type situation.
Still that also depends on how blunt the drill bit is.

Phil

WRT insulation, you may not be aware that Bradfords make a foil board insulation product in various thicknesses. It is polystyrene rated for house insulation so doesn't support combustion, with aluminized paper glued to both sides. 2400 x 1200 sheets in various thicknesses. I've used quite a lot of the 30mm thick stuff to insulate my boat and the cathedral ceilings of my cottage. It's reasonably stiff and you could easily attach it to the underside of the iron roof.

It'll make a *huge* difference to the heat transfer.

PDW

Originally Posted by PDW

WRT insulation, you may not be aware that Bradfords make a foil board insulation product in various thicknesses. It is polystyrene rated for house insulation so doesn't support combustion, with aluminized paper glued to both sides. 2400 x 1200 sheets in various thicknesses. I've used quite a lot of the 30mm thick stuff to insulate my boat and the cathedral ceilings of my cottage. It's reasonably stiff and you could easily attach it to the underside of the iron roof.

It'll make a *huge* difference to the heat transfer.

PDW

I reckon that might be worth looking into.
It was like an oven in thee today and it was only 21 outside.

Phil

I built a shed extension with my dad when money was a bit short and certainly was not going to extend to a concrete slab. Dad got around this by scrounging second hand bricks form wherever and topped them with a layer of concrete to smooth it out. It was still going strong twenty years later when we sold the place. The bricks had a lime concrete mix broomed into them and hosed to lock them together before concrete was laid over the top. He said that a lot of old factory floors were done this way way back when.

Containers appeal to me for a lot of reasons and some nifty houses have been built from them What puzzles me is why a slab would be needed to put one on when they are designed to be supported on the four corners. Surely put four piers down and drop it on is sufficient?

Originally Posted by PDW

WRT insulation, you may not be aware that Bradfords make a foil board insulation product in various thicknesses. It is polystyrene rated for house insulation so doesn't support combustion, with aluminized paper glued to both sides. 2400 x 1200 sheets in various thicknesses. I've used quite a lot of the 30mm thick stuff to insulate my boat and the cathedral ceilings of my cottage. It's reasonably stiff and you could easily attach it to the underside of the iron roof.

It'll make a *huge* difference to the heat transfer.

PDW

That's the same stuff I've got in the roof of the workshop, and I've got R4.0 fibreglass batts on top of that. I painted it white before installation. Helps with lighting.

Ray

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

I reckon that might be worth looking into.
It was like an oven in thee today and it was only 21 outside.

A bit of shade cloth over the top may help with that too.

Michael

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Hi Ray,
we have a forum member visiting Ballarat and he has offered to take them back with him.
Not sure about the hubs as a drill. The direction of the load on the bearings in a wheelchair is entirely different to the direction of loading in a drill press type situation.
Still that also depends on how blunt the drill bit is.

Phil

Thanks Phil just keeps amazing me this forum.

RayWill drop them off tne end of next week.JohnQ

Originally Posted by JohnQ

RayWill drop them off tne end of next week.JohnQ

Thanks John

Phil

Thanks for coming in the work today, to deliver the wheels. Exspecially seeing you are on holidays.

Also thanks for showing us a few of the sights.

Regards
John & Debbie