What I Did This Weekend - In Pictures!

Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Having done the weekly shop and it not raining, or likely to in the immediate future, I resolved to investigate something that has been in the back of my mind for a while.

It seems to me that the rear seats still occupy quite a large volume of the potential load-space, even when folded up. I did wonder if removing them might be less straightforward that it looked, as the three seat belt catches are attached to the seat squabs, but it did turn out to be just a matter of removing the two screws in each of the four hinges and lifting the seats out.

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With one seat out, it could be seen how much more space would be relieved.

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The whole volume in front of the footwell step is available now, with the seats out.

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I had been concerned that the screws might protrude out into the underworld and be difficult to release after 16 years of no disturbance, but they came out easily and clean - everything is greased up and back in place now, ready for occasions when the extra volume might be useful.

It is, in any event, a rare occurrence for anybody to sit in the back.
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Gramaisc said:
Having done the weekly shop and it not raining, or likely to in the immediate future, I resolved to investigate something that has been in the back of my mind for a while.

It seems to me that the rear seats still occupy quite a large volume of the potential load-space, even when folded up. I did wonder if removing them might be less straightforward that it looked, as the three seat belt catches are attached to the seat squabs, but it did turn out to be just a matter of removing the two screws in each of the four hinges and lifting the seats out.

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With one seat out, it could be seen how much more space would be relieved.

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The whole volume in front of the footwell step is available now, with the seats out.

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I had been concerned that the screws might protrude out into the underworld and be difficult to release after 16 years of no disturbance, but they came out easily and clean - everything is greased up and back in place now, ready for occasions when the extra volume might be useful.

It is, in any event, a rare occurrence for anybody to sit in the back.
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Proper minivan with the seats removed I should think.

Out of interest, what is the latch on the pack of the passenger seat for?
 
Mudgie

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Gramaisc said:
Having done the weekly shop and it not raining, or likely to in the immediate future, I resolved to investigate something that has been in the back of my mind for a while.

It seems to me that the rear seats still occupy quite a large volume of the potential load-space, even when folded up. I did wonder if removing them might be less straightforward that it looked, as the three seat belt catches are attached to the seat squabs, but it did turn out to be just a matter of removing the two screws in each of the four hinges and lifting the seats out.

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With one seat out, it could be seen how much more space would be relieved.

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The whole volume in front of the footwell step is available now, with the seats out.

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I had been concerned that the screws might protrude out into the underworld and be difficult to release after 16 years of no disturbance, but they came out easily and clean - everything is greased up and back in place now, ready for occasions when the extra volume might be useful.

It is, in any event, a rare occurrence for anybody to sit in the back.
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Don't forget your sandwich box.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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So, the router table is largely finished. A fine day, so the debris creating phase could be done outside, which is largely the point of the portable table itself.

A few more dog-holes and some routing to create more adjustment range for the cutter.

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Then the router could be test-mounted and fired up.

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It'll get a bit of a finish at some point and I will make a reasonable fence for it, but bodge-up fences will do for any immediate jobs.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Gramaisc said:
Feels like a weekend, so this was today's job - a clean-up and service for the cordless grinder, including making the lock-off button work properly, handy on a cordless tool that you will pick up by the handle. And a slight modification to the pin-wrench, to ensure that it arrives with the grinder every time.

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I would have preferred to fit it in a side-handle position, but the cooling vents preclude that option and it is going to be removed before use, anyway.
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Some years later, I discovered that this cordless grinder was a US home market item and did not have the 'universal' M14 that the rest of the world uses (even the UK!), but a 5/8"x11tpi thread. This meant the screw-on items, such as brushes, etc., were not able to be used. I got a 5/8 to M14 adaptor off eBay and so I can now use brushes on it.

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Apart from the convenience of cordlessness, this machine is a good bit less aggressive than a mains-powered device, which can often be useful.

The gate latches just got their annual clean-up and re-grease today.

To be fair to the Americans (not a stance that I will often take), it could be that 'their thread' is the original standard and it's everybody else that is out-of-step with them. The disc mounting hole is really 7/8" diameter, not the 22mm that is often quoted, but 22,23mm in reality.
 
Gramaisc

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When I finally woke up today, I decided that I would finally get around to producing the exit arrangement for the sink in the Shed.

I had insisted to myself that I must do this before I run the water supply in, to avoid unfortunate incidents.

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It went reasonably well. As the walls are rendered on both sides, I didn't know where I was going to be, in terms of cavities and joints. I drilled through the centre and that established that that, at least, was through a cavity. A ring of 'perforation' holes then revealed a slight incursion of solidity down one side of the intended hole, but that was easily dealt with by a chisel in the SDS drill and the pipe slid through with little 'excess hole'. I'll fill around it at some point, but not much is going to come in that way in the meantime.

For the time being, it just runs a few yards away and onto the ground. Eventually, there will be a soakaway, but it will never have huge volumes running out.

Running the incoming pipe may be rather more of a job, I think - we'll see. I have the 'through-wall' section done for that already, if it goes through easily - but, snaking the pipe around all the stuff in the way, between the sink and where it will come in, will be interesting. I could have run the incoming pipe around the outside and in where the drain is, but that would result in it being frozen in the winter, so I want to keep it inside as far as possible.

This means that I can now actually use the sink, as I generally have a kettle of hot water simmering all day - washing up will no longer require transporting to the house and back.

Half-way through this, a Christmas dinner arrived, from the people I traumatised with the spurious snowman last year, so I don't even have to consider what to eat now. Edit - I've just uncovered this to heat it up again (the gravy is in a separate container). That is a 12" plate, I may be some time...

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proactive

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Enjoying a drop of red.
Gramaisc said:
When I finally woke up today, I decided that I would finally get around to producing the exit arrangement for the sink in the Shed.

I had insisted to myself that I must do this before I run the water supply in, to avoid unfortunate incidents.

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It went reasonably well. As the walls are rendered on both sides, I didn't know where I was going to be, in terms of cavities and joints. I drilled through the centre and that established that that, at least, was through a cavity. A ring of 'perforation' holes then revealed a slight incursion of solidity down one side of the intended hole, but that was easily dealt with by a chisel in the SDS drill and the pipe slid through with little 'excess hole'. I'll fill around it at some point, but not much is going to come in that way in the meantime.

For the time being, it just runs a few yards away and onto the ground. Eventually, there will be a soakaway, but it will never have huge volumes running out.

Running the incoming pipe may be rather more of a job, I think - we'll see. I have the 'through-wall' section done for that already, if it goes through easily - but, snaking the pipe around all the stuff in the way, between the sink and where it will come in, will be interesting. I could have run the incoming pipe around the outside and in where the drain is, but that would result in it being frozen in the winter, so I want to keep it inside as far as possible.

This means that I can now actually use the sink, as I generally have a kettle of hot water simmering all day - washing up will no longer require transporting to the house and back.

Half-way through this, a Christmas dinner arrived, from the people I traumatised with the spurious snowman last year, so I don't even have to consider what to eat now. Edit - I've just uncovered this to heat it up again (the gravy is in a separate container). That is a 12" plate, I may be some time...

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You seen to have some very nice neighbours, looking out for the elderly...
 
Glam

Glam

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Gramaisc said:
When I finally woke up today, I decided that I would finally get around to producing the exit arrangement for the sink in the Shed.

I had insisted to myself that I must do this before I run the water supply in, to avoid unfortunate incidents.

View attachment 15036

It went reasonably well. As the walls are rendered on both sides, I didn't know where I was going to be, in terms of cavities and joints. I drilled through the centre and that established that that, at least, was through a cavity. A ring of 'perforation' holes then revealed a slight incursion of solidity down one side of the intended hole, but that was easily dealt with by a chisel in the SDS drill and the pipe slid through with little 'excess hole'. I'll fill around it at some point, but not much is going to come in that way in the meantime.

For the time being, it just runs a few yards away and onto the ground. Eventually, there will be a soakaway, but it will never have huge volumes running out.

Running the incoming pipe may be rather more of a job, I think - we'll see. I have the 'through-wall' section done for that already, if it goes through easily - but, snaking the pipe around all the stuff in the way, between the sink and where it will come in, will be interesting. I could have run the incoming pipe around the outside and in where the drain is, but that would result in it being frozen in the winter, so I want to keep it inside as far as possible.

This means that I can now actually use the sink, as I generally have a kettle of hot water simmering all day - washing up will no longer require transporting to the house and back.

Half-way through this, a Christmas dinner arrived, from the people I traumatised with the spurious snowman last year, so I don't even have to consider what to eat now. Edit - I've just uncovered this to heat it up again (the gravy is in a separate container). That is a 12" plate, I may be some time...

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I'll pass on the parsnips and sprouts, but rest looks nice. Will you be giving your cat any of it?
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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As the perpetual weekend continues, I hit on a way to solve a small issue.

I often don't need all the six bench lights on and one would be sufficient in the stove/cooker area, but I didn't want anything in the way.

The last threaded bar hanger for the shelving needed to be just over a metre long, so it had a coupling nut near the bottom, this meant that it could be opened to slide a swinging arm on and then reassembled for its primary purpose.

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A run of flex and a torpedo switch supplies the power for the lamp. The wire is on the side away from the flue pipe, just in case.

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It works nicely and will be handy if the cat wants to read.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
Gramaisc said:
As the perpetual weekend continues, I hit on a way to solve a small issue.

I often don't need all the six bench lights on and one would be sufficient in the stove/cooker area, but I didn't want anything in the way.

The last threaded bar hanger for the shelving needed to be just over a metre long, so it had a coupling nut near the bottom, this meant that it could be opened to slide a swinging arm on and then reassembled for its primary purpose.

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A run of flex and a torpedo switch supplies the power for the lamp. The wire is on the side away from the flue pipe, just in case.

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It works nicely and will be handy if the cat wants to read.
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I liked this post just for the photo of the cat. Just so you know............
 
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