1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Ouch!

 

We thought that the whole way passed Vegas really

 

So far I think they pretend to speak only Spanish

 

@Wulf

Come over for a few days, do diesel shit

 

Present company excluded

 

All I need is AC

Lights, fuck them lights we're going dark

 

I’ve driven new wranglers that make 30 year old Toyota pickups feel like they’re solid feeling.

 

So, I am genuinely surprised just how little reaming these holes require



Plasma cut hole -



5/8" reamer run just partially through



Holes still maintain 2" centers so this little fucker is going to be a great little asset

My 3/8" thick table should be ready soon; that one I ordered locally and it's being laser cut so I'll have two welding table fixtures

 

I had to weld up a big aluminum rectangle frame today and all I could think about is how much easier a fixture table would make it and how shitty I am at welding aluminum since I haven't touched it since high school.

By some miracle it is still square even welding it on the ground

 

I can see that if you're in happy valley (mountains that run north and south)

not stay away, it's fine

 

Fuck yeah!

It's when you do shit with so little that you learn to be resourceful and easily make up jigs or what have you with scrap

Then when you buy or make something nicer than what you have, you appreciate it that much more

Huge 180 from this shop where we'd make our own jigs or stops and weld them directly on our welding table or some large flat piece -









To another shop that provided all the tools and even certified you as a forklift driver to make use of all the tools at their disposal (minimal pics due to NDA) -

 

What broke?

 

Yea I don’t fab a lot of stuff anymore outside of vehicle projects and I miss it.

I just paid a machine shop 400$ to tap four holes after some guys at work fucked it up when I left them alone and it killed me. I’m trying to avoid wasting company money again so doing this project myself.

 

That's what I'll have to find out

Tomorrow is chill day, Saturday at my buddy's so...Sunday?

I'll need to get the batteries on a trickle charger and get them topped off but if that doesn't work, new batteries from the get go

All I know is it got a CEL just before he passed away; it was running cherry just before that and every single day before

It's got like 150k miles so we'll see

Gets dropped off tomorrow morning

 

Shiiiiiiiit that sucks

Well I've made plenty of one off parts for many members on this forum so if you need something that'll fit in a flat rate box, hit me up

I don't charge much either as my whole goal is to take on easy work, and keep it affordable for everyone

 

6.0 or 6.4... 150k... Ford... so you'll be getting it rebuilt eh?

 

The harder shit is local only and that's where the real money comes in; have to chop off the tongue, weld a new one on, and fix the drop-down on a trailer later this month

 

Talking about making stuff reminds me I need to cad a new intermediate shaft to make from 4340 so maybe I stop breaking them

 

Oh yeah do you have an OBD2 reader / Torque Pro