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minesapint
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:39 am

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This car's going to be well Fuched!
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:34 pm

I dont know what your next job could possibly be :D

But I would like to know how much James May charges for his tool fannying services? :P

Thats one tidy bench.
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:08 pm

Thats a new bench, there is no other explanation
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:23 pm

Repeat after me

I am not OCD

I am not OCD

I am not CDO (in alphabetical order)

:)
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:33 pm

look at the metal sheet overlay around the whole vice area .... attention to detail right there !
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:53 pm

Is that the lube required to extract something from Pete's legendary "back passage?" :D
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:53 pm

Ha ha, the bench seems to be attracting the attention not the Fuching oils!
But for your info, I built the bench in 1980 when I got my first Morgan. An annual job on those was replacing the kingpins and bushes (and still is). The bushes had to be hammered out and back in, and then reamered to 1" exactly, with an adjustable reamer. You needed a solid bench to do that job on, hence what you see.
It's legs are 4" square, top 2" solid, front cross piece 6"x2", plus three drawers, all mortise and tenoned, glued and dowelled. "It's solid"!
Stainless top is easy to wipe down, good vice.........every garage should have one! I like being organised.
Yes I'm old school, "do it once, do it right".............my car's the same!! And I'm proud of it.
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:13 pm

I'd be impressed if the log burner is in the garage also n not the house
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Post Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:19 pm

Nice job of the workbench
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Post Sat Mar 12, 2016 6:32 pm

Looks like an insurance job to me lol
I'd be asking why was there all them flammables on a wooden work bench full of firewood lol haha. :mad:
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Post Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:37 pm

Oils look excellent and the car will always feel the benefit, your work area is impressive - nothing better than seeing a tidy garage. I agree whole heartedly :-)
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