Monkey World Garage project
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Well actually on Saturday the wife's away on a hen do so i have a few guys coming round for a beer or 2!!
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well I have to say it is looking great now all the machines in side a magic garage 
just changed mine around got my spare tyres and alloys in racks on the side wall looks magic matt
just changed mine around got my spare tyres and alloys in racks on the side wall looks magic mattHa ha the rockery is temporary storage for the stone.It will be used to build a corner of wall on the workshop. And to fix the wibbly wobberly wall above.
I dont think it will fit in there JE when all the machines are installed. The list is growing. Lathe, milling, machine, pillar drill, Off hand grinder, Polishing mop, 10" chop saw, And the welding equipment with gas bottle. Add to that tool boxes and all the building type tools i have a massed over the years!!
I have a set of wheel knocking around in the way at the moment. Got any pictures of the wheel rack i think i will need one.
Its the big push this bank holiday weekend i cant wait for it to be done. My car needs some love its been mostly ignored for about 6 months :thumbsdown:
I dont think it will fit in there JE when all the machines are installed. The list is growing. Lathe, milling, machine, pillar drill, Off hand grinder, Polishing mop, 10" chop saw, And the welding equipment with gas bottle. Add to that tool boxes and all the building type tools i have a massed over the years!!
I have a set of wheel knocking around in the way at the moment. Got any pictures of the wheel rack i think i will need one.
Its the big push this bank holiday weekend i cant wait for it to be done. My car needs some love its been mostly ignored for about 6 months :thumbsdown:
Quite a good update coming hear. Its not finished but i am very close so i will soon be able to get the machines in. And start work on the zed at long last.
So i took a few extra days off over Easter to get the drive way sorted. Now nothing is ever as simple as just doing one job. So before i could start the drive way i had 3 things to do
1 put in and connect up a wast pipe so i can have a sink.
2 put in a and connect a water pipe so i can have a tap for the sink. I was a bit scared about this one i had never worked or connected into a water pipe before and it seemed stupid to cut into a perfectly non leaking pipe.
3 put in a armored cable for lights and electric gates. So i had to dig lots of trenches and and make a hole through an 18" thick Cotswold stone wall to get the pipes cable in to the workshop.
That all took 2 days and i felt like i was getting no where. As once it was all back filled and built back up there was little evidence i had done anything.
So then it was laying the drive way there was 6 tones of concrete mixed by myself and laid onto the ground for the bricks to be bedded onto. The bricks are mostly old engineering bricks that where originally on the drive when we moved in. With a few red pavers mixed in so that we could cover a larger area. The pavers where also brought because they where left overs at builders yard and i got them cheap!! Once they where all layied all i had to do was spread 6 yes 6 tones of grave around the edges. So i managed to spread the last 3 tones last night after work before i went out. I done it in an hour and 45 minutes and i think that's bloody good going!!
So some pictures first a few of the house as we brought it 5 years ago. We have done quite a bit of work
Some of the drive being done.
And done apart from a few small jobs.
So now all i need to do is point all the gaps and clear all the rubbish away. Re do a bit of stone work and build the kitchen area and i have all weekend..... Hoping for some better weather. Thanks for reading this completely non car related thread i hope the next updated is the finished machines in final one
So i took a few extra days off over Easter to get the drive way sorted. Now nothing is ever as simple as just doing one job. So before i could start the drive way i had 3 things to do
1 put in and connect up a wast pipe so i can have a sink.
2 put in a and connect a water pipe so i can have a tap for the sink. I was a bit scared about this one i had never worked or connected into a water pipe before and it seemed stupid to cut into a perfectly non leaking pipe.
3 put in a armored cable for lights and electric gates. So i had to dig lots of trenches and and make a hole through an 18" thick Cotswold stone wall to get the pipes cable in to the workshop.
That all took 2 days and i felt like i was getting no where. As once it was all back filled and built back up there was little evidence i had done anything.
So then it was laying the drive way there was 6 tones of concrete mixed by myself and laid onto the ground for the bricks to be bedded onto. The bricks are mostly old engineering bricks that where originally on the drive when we moved in. With a few red pavers mixed in so that we could cover a larger area. The pavers where also brought because they where left overs at builders yard and i got them cheap!! Once they where all layied all i had to do was spread 6 yes 6 tones of grave around the edges. So i managed to spread the last 3 tones last night after work before i went out. I done it in an hour and 45 minutes and i think that's bloody good going!!
So some pictures first a few of the house as we brought it 5 years ago. We have done quite a bit of work
Some of the drive being done.
And done apart from a few small jobs.
So now all i need to do is point all the gaps and clear all the rubbish away. Re do a bit of stone work and build the kitchen area and i have all weekend..... Hoping for some better weather. Thanks for reading this completely non car related thread i hope the next updated is the finished machines in final one
oke:Your not wrong Perry it dose really make it all worth while. Especially when the sun is shining and you can reward yourself with a cold beer or four
Ha ha it dose look like that. My zed is very timed she always checks to make sure its safe before she goes anywhere!! :rofl:
Ha ha it dose look like that. My zed is very timed she always checks to make sure its safe before she goes anywhere!! :rofl:
:rofl: I really did LOL from that!Machine monkey said:Your not wrong Perry it dose really make it all worth while. Especially when the sun is shining and you can reward yourself with a cold beer or four
Ha ha it dose look like that. My zed is very timed she always checks to make sure its safe before she goes anywhere!! :rofl:
Thanks Bob
Happy i made you simile
My car is also scared of our ginger cat that loves sleeping on the roof on sunny days. Its a new mod a slightly ginger roof to go with the lights :rofl:
Happy i made you simile
My car is also scared of our ginger cat that loves sleeping on the roof on sunny days. Its a new mod a slightly ginger roof to go with the lights :rofl:
PerryGunn said:
I am afraid that has started to happen. We have to try and avoid car parks now!!
lux said:Machine monkey said:
Difficult when you're an avid dogger like you!
:rofl: Country lain's and laybys are my savior Lux :rofl:
So I was going to work again to night but it's raining :thumbsdown: So me and the better half are going out for a drink and some eats
I think I have about 3 - 4 weeks of work and installing machines and getting them tip top. Then the poor ignored zed will be getting some fixing tlc and mods gutted I have missed out on the vf supercharger offers!!!
I think I have about 3 - 4 weeks of work and installing machines and getting them tip top. Then the poor ignored zed will be getting some fixing tlc and mods
gutted I have missed out on the vf supercharger offers!!!