Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)

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Trying to keep this corner of the shed clear and failing. Whilst one light is up, I haven't decided where the next one is going. The rear quarter panel is massively in the way.

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So time for more loop hooks and rope. It was a bit of a cunt stretching over to drill a couple of holes over on the far wall, what with all the quality used spares being in the way.

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And drag it up and out the way.

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Eddie is Mr Trebus
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Hooli wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:59 am Eddie is Mr Trebus
You have to be here. It's not like I can phone the likes of Moss up and have it delivered yesterday.

I really should find and get a 250 to fit that Rickman Typhoon though.
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One of the things I recently retrieved was this outdoor table. I think the late Mother Honda had it made by a blacksmith to be an outdoor barbecue table of sorts. As I've long needed a bench in my shed, I've decided to convert it into a decent workbench.

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The legs are 40 x 40 x 3 with 50 x 50 x 10 footpads. The leg braces are 30 x 10 flat bar, as are the edges of the table and centre underside support and the top is made up of 50 x 5 strips. It's fairly heavy and the top measures 1300 x 900 and is 800 tall.

As the shed doorway is only 870mm wide, it'll have to go in sideways.

Today, I collected a top to attach to it.

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I've gone way overboard and had it cut and bent from 10mm thick steel...
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That's the proper way to do it!
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Scruffy Bodger wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 2:29 pm That's the proper way to do it!
The proper way to do it is buy 5 years ago when steel was cheap...
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Fuck me, I know it's gone up a lot but that seems pretty steep!
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Fuckin hell!
I noticed today plumbing fittings and the like have almost doubled over the last few weeks. A 40mm solvent elbow has gone from 59p to £1.10.
10 x 22mm end feed connectors were £6.
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Scruffy Bodger wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:49 pm Fuck me, I know it's gone up a lot but that seems pretty steep!
I checked FH Brundle to see how much a single sheet was:

https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/groups/30MSS10__10mm_Thick

£429 for 2000 X 1000
£625 for 2500 X 1250

Donkey years back, I bought three 2500 X 1250 sheet in 1.0mm, 1.2mm along with a 0.9mm Zintec. Was probably around 30 yo-yos a sheet with the VAT. I must of kept the receipt somewhere.

Now:
1.0mm £73
1.2mm £92
1.0mm zintec (can't find 0.9 on Brundles) £129!!

Given that piece is laser cut 980 X 1300 with a bend in it and I didn't bother shopping around (supporting the local economy and not pissing around transporting things)
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