Topic: Dogs money pit (Read 2661 times)

jonspadge · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu 17/12/09, 18:39 »

Ouch!

hailfrank · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu 17/12/09, 18:46 »

it's only a flesh wound

:ni:

MarkC68 · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu 17/12/09, 21:39 »

Quote from: dog on Thu 17/12/09, 18:25

can you get diamond discs for steel, got loads of stone ones that i use for work, never tried them on steel though!

Dog, you need cutting discs for cutting out steel from the panels and grinding discs for the grinding up of welds etc. Your local Toolstore should have a good selection of discs. Dont forget your goggles too :sp:

75tintop · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu 17/12/09, 21:51 »

jesus that rot looks bad!!! makes me feel better!!!!

dog · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu 17/12/09, 22:41 »

got the cutting discs, just intrigued about using a diamond disc, would have thought it'd skip all over the place! i use flap discs on the welds, just think they're nicer to use. going throught cutting discs like noones business, and they're not cheap
i use a full face visor, earplugs and a dust mask. oh and the guard is going back on tomorrow. going to get another grinder for the flap discs and wire wheels so i dont keep having to swap over all the time!

lost-en-france · « **Reply #45 on:** Fri 18/12/09, 07:18 »

I am sure the discs are for cutting stone as well ,I have a selection of grinders and a small one has a disc on [had the disc donkeys years]I will take a picture today....But I am almost sure it is this one.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-x-4-1-2-DIAMOND-CUTTING-DISCS-BLADES-ANGLE-GRINDER_W0QQitemZ130344526892QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item1e5923a42c

ordinary cutting discs are pants ...

lost-en-france · « **Reply #46 on:** Fri 18/12/09, 16:58 »

I had to cut a door up as well...

dog · « **Reply #47 on:** Sat 19/12/09, 09:19 »

will be trying it out on sunday, got loads of those!

easy-does-it · « **Reply #48 on:** Sat 19/12/09, 20:51 »

...No way !! dont know why i never thought of using a diamond tipped blade before

, they go through everthing, including fingers so get that bloody gaurd back on young man and keep up the good work

dog · « **Reply #49 on:** Sat 19/12/09, 21:28 »

guard is back on, used a diamond blade today, works well!

75tintop · « **Reply #50 on:** Sat 19/12/09, 21:32 »

hey better luck this time with the fingers!!!!!

dog · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun 20/12/09, 11:42 »

well, had better luck with the fingers, just not with the integrity of the front panel.....its pretty knackered!

all round the lights is rusty or non existant, covered in an unhealthy amount of filler

every time i remove filler i find more bodged rusty areas. i hate whoever did the paint job on this, they just fillered over all the rust and holes then painted it! its a shame because the finish was really smooth, looks like they were good at what they do, but just love bodging and shortcuts!

why would you ignore this a-post rust when you put in a new cab step???? the po is (*%$£^&((!!!

dog · « **Reply #52 on:** Sun 20/12/09, 15:23 »

well, been chopping away today, used the diamond blade, one thing i will say is that it leaves especially sharp burrs, so make sure you use good thick gloves, i didn't and i now have a very painful sliced thumb!.
here's my pile of cut offs

got this to go back on

after the chop, and now awaiting a new front panel!

needs a good clean up first and the bottom and lower corners need sorting out, but i blew the fuse in my plug and i've ran out of 13a, so i'll carry on tomorrow!

MarkC68 · « **Reply #53 on:** Sun 20/12/09, 21:28 »

You've done the right thing there dude, at least you know it will have seriously good steel & not botched mess up front. Keep at it n keep the pics coming, we may need em later!!

dog · « **Reply #54 on:** Sun 20/12/09, 21:43 »

was going to just fix it, but i know i wouldnt be happy!, got really good access to the lower a posts too so i can rebuild them too! might even try to beef up the front structure a bit while i'm here! bit worried about that after seeing various crash test videos, and after seeing what really happens in rtc's through being a firefighter!

MarkC68 · « **Reply #55 on:** Sun 20/12/09, 21:46 »

Best way mate! You want it safe n sound

dog · « **Reply #56 on:** Wed 23/12/09, 12:56 »

finally got my new shed back after using it to make holly wreaths in, so i thought i'd better start filling it up really

dog · « **Reply #57 on:** Thu 24/12/09, 15:01 »

ok so front is off now, and it looks like this

got some work to do around the air bit in the middle, but going to wait for my dremel so i can be a bit more precise, and for the front panel so i can see what i need to keep
the inner panel was sound, but really poorly welded, so i took that off and i'm going to repair it
the schofields packing tape was still attached to it and stuffed down in between the panels

turns out the tabs to attatch the vent cover to the new panel were in there too!

i dont understand why they didn't just peel the tape off. some people are sooooo shoddy!

Birdy · « **Reply #58 on:** Mon 04/01/10, 21:20 »

OUCH! That's a lot of filler in the front panel. Nice to see your keeping yourself busy

BaG hEaD · « **Reply #59 on:** Wed 06/01/10, 13:36 »

Full credit to you

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Good Luck

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