1972 Mazda Rx2- Moves to a new home

[jpsmit]

I continue to be amazed by all of this - even as I understand only the tiniest fraction of what is actually happening. Question though, what actual education/ training did you/ do you have for the work you do? Was it an apprenticeship? Did you pull a sword out of a stone?

Seriously though, I am so impressed by the breadth of your knowledge in this - not just the machining but the electrical. I would genuinely like to know.

thanks!

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Apr 13, 2020 20:30:20 GMT petervdv said:

You are right. It is pretty impressive compared to a counterbalance lifttruck and you are also right about the reason why it is so good. In static position in theory the height has no influence on the lifting capacity so in theory you can lift the nominal capacity to every lifting height but you can get in trouble when you are moving it with the load at height. Then you get a impulsmoment with the height of the load as the impulsmoment arm and it gets worse when you are making a turn as the width of the truck is less then the lenght. Most tipping accidents happen when a turn is made with a load at height and be carefull when the middle of the loadweight is not in between the forks.
I am pretty sure you have enough common sense and the fact that you are self employed and it is your own equipment will also minimise the risk.
Those beams look solid. I also worked for a compagny which supplied Demag overhead cranes and Demag has a nice system (Demag KBK) which could be usefull for feeding heavy steel parts to your machines.
It is a modular very flexible system and is not cheap but can be found used for a decent price if you take your time

Peter

Johnny Bravos turning at height rules are worth a read:
Rule number 1:    don't
Rule number 2: When in doubt refer to rule number one

Generally a lot of it comes down to planning your lifts. If I have to turn with something on the forks more than 1,5m off the ground,I reassess what I am doing. I saw the aftermath of a very bad industrial accident a couple of years ago and had the pleasure ( not) of freeing the victim from a steel structure that was crushing him. Poor guy is a paraplegic now. You cannot unsee things like that and I can still hear his screams. $hit doesn’t happen, arr soles cause it...👎🏻

Funnily enough,I have always been very safety conscious. Never had any serious accidents in any of the departments I have headed up. Was quite impressed that my private medical insurance premiums actually went down when I changed my employed status to self. Spoke to the insurance company,and they confirmed self employed people are a lower risk group....

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Apr 13, 2020 21:20:33 GMT jpsmit said:

I continue to be amazed by all of this - even as I understand only the tiniest fraction of what is actually happening. Question though, what actual education/ training did you/ do you have for the work you do? Was it an apprenticeship? Did you pull a sword out of a stone?

Seriously though, I am so impressed by the breadth of your knowledge in this - not just the machining but the electrical. I would genuinely like to know.

thanks!

I graduated from the University of Life 🤣🤣🤣
No, in all seriousness I did an Apprenticeship. Was extremely fortunate to do it in the small company I did. Probably the most random thing anybody ever said to me came from my Journeyman on the first day.    “I hope you are a thief.”    Bit bizarre 😳🤣.   “ Not with your hands, but with your eyes and your ears. Nobody has to give you anything. You are entitled to nothing.  Learn how to steal without being caught”. Never forgot that. I learnt pretty quick 🤣🤣

 Boss sent me on almost every course available. He had good connections in all sorts of places,so  if we didn’t necessarily do something at work,but he thought it necessary for me to know,he would ship me off for work experience for a couple of weeks at a business associate who did.  Been on courses for pretty much every machine I ever worked on. Spent a month at Bosch doing electrical stuff, as in those days we had a couple of cnc machines with Bosch controllers. Was dropped in the deep end with the CADCAM side of things. Sink or swim. Don’t go ask the boss unless you have exhausted every idea on how to programme something. We both learned a lot from that 😊
Not much daunts me. I’m game for trying my hand at most things. What’s the worst thing that can happen? Rather try and fail at something that not try and wonder for the rest of your life....

Ultimately I would have to thank my Dad though. Not only for what he taught me,but more for what he didn’t. He taught me how to think for myself. . I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere,in troubled times ,in a troubled country during a bush War, with Dad 3 months on and 3 months off being called up to the army. You soon learn to keep things going with nothing. It prepared me well. If I need something doing,I generally research it and give it ago.😊

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Anyway,back on track. Whilst I was looking into the cnc lathe issues,my House Elf painted all the beams. 🤣
Assembly of brackets commenced



Started putting the steel purlins in




End of another day. Did this floor with three RSJ’s,as I figured it would be easier to put it all together in two sections,given the amount of tat floating about. It’s a circle with teeth, aka a vicious circle. A lot of the stuff in there doesn’t belong to me and won’t be in there in a couple of weeks. It should be in the small lockup where the Mazda currently is. Things will be a lot easier once this is done and everything is where it should be. Next section will need a fair bit of stuff moving around again....

Cherry picker was also a good investment. Again ,broken when it came through the door. Half a day to find the fault and fix it 😊
Good for the House Elf. Not so good for me as it’s only 500mm wide and my shoulders get stuck in the cage climbing into it 🤣🤣🤣

[jpsmit]

Apr 13, 2020 23:21:32 GMT @johnnybravo said:

Apr 13, 2020 21:20:33 GMT jpsmit said:

I continue to be amazed by all of this - even as I understand only the tiniest fraction of what is actually happening. Question though, what actual education/ training did you/ do you have for the work you do? Was it an apprenticeship? Did you pull a sword out of a stone?

Seriously though, I am so impressed by the breadth of your knowledge in this - not just the machining but the electrical. I would genuinely like to know.

thanks!

I graduated from the University of Life 🤣🤣🤣
No, in all seriousness I did an Apprenticeship. Was extremely fortunate to do it in the small company I did. Probably the most random thing anybody ever said to me came from my Journeyman on the first day.    “I hope you are a thief.”    Bit bizarre 😳🤣.   “ Not with your hands, but with your eyes and your ears. Nobody has to give you anything. You are entitled to nothing.  Learn how to steal without being caught”. Never forgot that. I learnt pretty quick 🤣🤣

 Boss sent me on almost every course available. He had good connections in all sorts of places,so  if we didn’t necessarily do something at work,but he thought it necessary for me to know,he would ship me off for work experience for a couple of weeks at a business associate who did.  Been on courses for pretty much every machine I ever worked on. Spent a month at Bosch doing electrical stuff, as in those days we had a couple of cnc machines with Bosch controllers. Was dropped in the deep end with the CADCAM side of things. Sink or swim. Don’t go ask the boss unless you have exhausted every idea on how to programme something. We both learned a lot from that 😊
Not much daunts me. I’m game for trying my hand at most things. What’s the worst thing that can happen? Rather try and fail at something that not try and wonder for the rest of your life....

Ultimately I would have to thank my Dad though. Not only for what he taught me,but more for what he didn’t. He taught me how to think for myself. . I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere,in troubled times ,in a troubled country during a bush War, with Dad 3 months on and 3 months off being called up to the army. You soon learn to keep things going with nothing. It prepared me well. If I need something doing,I generally research it and give it ago.😊

thanks for that - being in a completely different field but in my current position because I know a little bit about everything and have experienced most things - I appreciate both the depth and breadth of your experience/ education (formal and otherwise) and your willingness to share. Having a father who was a young man during a different war I also appreciate the perspective that brings and the opportunity to learn for yourself. cheers!

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Absolutely nothing wrong with the university of life - but its always nice when you have someone that sets you down the long road of it rather than the dead end - I had a fantastic old school foreman who was excellent at teaching me everything that he knew and setting me down the correct road - even with what you what you call the daft stuff - how to convert a negative aspect in to a very positive outcome = treat has a challenge and don't let anyone convince you otherwise - Has JB states there's a lot to be said for having a go at most things it's certainly what keeps me smiling

[mk2cossie]

Glad you are keeping busy at the mo @johnnybravo!
Looks a nice sized man cave you are sorting out there as well

Is johnnybravo jr enjoying his tenure working away and being assistant?

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Apr 14, 2020 12:53:04 GMT mk2cossie said:

Glad you are keeping busy at the mo @johnnybravo!
Looks a nice sized man cave you are sorting out there as well

Is johnnybravo jr enjoying his tenure working away and being assistant?

He’s really enjoying it. Him and I are on the same wavelength. I am blessed 😊

[ballbagbagins]

You learn useful things just footing the ladder or putting the tools away when young, if you want to learn.

I was chief dogs body for my dad as a kid when he needed another pair of hands. He's meticulous so I learnt so much just from being there and interested.

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Another day of putting the steelwork up. Or should that read,”Another day of moving stuff around to put up steelwork?” 🤣
I had originally put a lot of Grahame’s stuff in the end racking. Having a new toy...err tool to use,it seemed a good idea to put a box of rear axles on the top shelf. Well,it was before somebody went and did this...

After measuring up properly ,it became clear that this racking needed to move to get the third set of goalposts in. Just. Not much,but just enough to force an empty out.


Started moving the easy bits
Photos out of synch,last photo in this post should be here 🙄


Didn’t relish moving the lathe to get the box off the top. Stroke of genius,let’s take it off the end. Not so easy as the cross braces parallel to the floor,top and bottom need to come out. No problem,we will have them out and moved in a jiffy....Eerrr. No we won’t. Put together with Capscerws and I only have the small set of allenkeys that goes up to six mm. Bucking fastard. 🤬

Anyways, v8ian went truly above and beyond the call of duty and delivered an 8mm Allen key to get me out the brown stuff. Thank you sir.😊. So weird with this social distancing thing,couldn’t even sit and have a cuppa, but did agree once this is over,beers are on me 😊
So braces relocated and box retrieved.





Then it was a simple task of positioning the forks under the goal posts before cutting the braces off



Moved the goalposts into position and started to install the purlins



Angle of photo deceptive,but the racking is pulled away from the wall one end to get the footplate in the right position



Another productive day. All purlins bolted in





Next job will be to level it all up and bolt the floor plates down using chemical anchors.

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JB - What are you using for the purlins it looks like a lightweight galvanised U section - if so is it a timber sheet floor fastened with self drilling fixings into the purlins - or am I spoiling the party by making the assumptions

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2mm galvanised u section purlins. Came out of a huge John Lewis store that closed down up North. As for the rest, wait and see 🤣🤣🤣

[v8ian]

Not a problem mate, I was on a mission to get the wifes car repaired as she is a NHS first responder, Your battery came in handy,

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After the garage got broken into at home about a month ago and all my new powertools got nicked,it’s been a slow process getting them replaced by the insurance company. Should have been an easy thing as I have all the invoices for what was nicked. Got peeved off so went and replaced everything today as I have just over two tons of floor boards arriving tomorrow and I cannot wait any longer . I need the tools. Low and behold I get a phone all from the insurance company this afternoon wanting my banking details to settle the claim. 🤣

Hopefully ,if all things go to plan,it’s finish the mezzanine floor this weekend. Paint the floor upstairs early next week and move the Rx2 into its new home the following weekend. Time will tell.....😊

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Drilled all the holes in the concrete with a sds drill that came out the skip a couple of years back. Not the greatest make to be sure,but for free it was exceptionally good value for money. 🤣🤣

Glued the studs into the floor with chemical anchor resin. So much easier than dicking around with rawl bolts.


38mm thick tongue and groove floorboards turned up so we hand balled them all into the unit. Just in time before the rain came down.



Woodwork time tomorrow.....😊

[yoeddynz]

Oooooooooohhhhhhh- I'm liking that little Chevette. It probably just needs a 12A...

Unless its a genuine HS and has the 16v doch donk? Then It'll be fine just as.

[NudgerSS]

Apr 17, 2020 21:20:42 GMT yoeddynz said:

Oooooooooohhhhhhh- I'm liking that little Chevette. It probably just needs a 12A...

Unless its a genuine HS and has the 16v doch donk? Then It'll be fine just as.

Old Vauxhall’s are just so cool and much cheaper than old Fords.

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Apr 17, 2020 21:20:42 GMT yoeddynz said:

Oooooooooohhhhhhh- I'm liking that little Chevette. It probably just needs a 12A...

Unless its a genuine HS and has the 16v doch donk? Then It'll be fine just as.

Not sure what’s in it. What I can tell you is it’s a porky little fecker and I won’t miss pushing it in and out of my unit all the time . Definitely lives up to its Vauxhall shove it name 🤣🤣

[75swb]

Apr 17, 2020 18:17:19 GMT @johnnybravo said:

38mm thick tongue and groove floorboards turned

38mm, that's not messing around! Love the progress, would love a proper space to work too.

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Apr 18, 2020 3:15:14 GMT 75swb said:

Apr 17, 2020 18:17:19 GMT @johnnybravo said:

38mm thick tongue and groove floorboards turned

38mm, that's not messing around! Love the progress, would love a proper space to work too.

It’s taken me nearly ten years to find something decent and affordable around these parts. It’s a bit small,but will make do 😊
Its been a huge mojo boost and more importantly it’s been awesome to spend so much time with my son. I feel desperately sorry for my son. He got messed around with being the first group to do the new GCSEs. Supposedly was going to fail English and get a B in maths according to their “predicticted “ grades. Landed up getting the highest mark in English( and no it wasn’t a fail 🤣) and supposedly did so bad in maths they wouldn’t accept him for A level maths. They then couldn’t understand it,so let him do A level physics without doing Maths because he had always been so strong,and said they would get the paper remarked. Three months later,it was “sorry the examiner forgot to mark one page,you got an additional 12 marks” You can go straight into A level maths. 🤬. Well, trying to play catch up at A level levels is no joke. Private tutor the lot. He then made a very responsible choice on his own. Decided not to write maths that year as he would pass,but not with the grades he wanted. So landed up doing a 14th year ,which must have been really hard when all your mates have gone off to uni. Then the beer virus hit and the 14th year was for naught...🤬. No chance to write the final exam,which ,quite frankly ,is ridiculous. 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Not sure how they are going to fiddle the marks this year. Another delight to wait for. However,if they use their favourite predicted grades bull$hit again,This time around it should see him good into uni..So this build has been very therapeutic for us both,it gets him out the house safely. September is a long way away,so it gives him something to do a couple of days a week.