Quick(ish) UDS for client

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Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by ajfoxy » February 6th, 2019, 6:00 pm

Last year I thought I would retire at 68 and just potter around the shed building stuff I wanted to build. Like a Mack and possibly a mini GF or two. However, fate, the government and other circumstances sought to conspire to thwart me. I could not get an aged pension as I had been mindful enough to have paid off my mortagage and thus owned my own house, had squirreled away a few bob to keep me in my dotage. The government thought otherwise and said I had enough to live off and could not get a pension. So long story short my hobby is now a small business to put food on the table and pay the bills etc. So for now the Mack is on hold along with the mini GFs as I do cash stuff to get myself started.
With that in mind I've built a UDS for a client. He wanted a hinged lid and I could not get my hands on a second hand Webber lid to experiment with so I made a flat lid with hinge. It also has a dolly with wheels to make it somewhat mobile.
So, enough waffling here are the pics. Unfortunatley no Q-view as I only oiled it up and seasoned it... then off to the client.
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View if hinge arrangement
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All the internal bits
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Top hinge with my initials
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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by Big T » February 6th, 2019, 6:57 pm

Very nice build AJ :beer:


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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by Dirtytires » February 6th, 2019, 9:37 pm

It’s good to be self sufficient.

Nice build.



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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by Chromeski » February 6th, 2019, 9:44 pm

Looks good to me



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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by shiner78 » February 6th, 2019, 10:55 pm

I like the wheel set up. Good job.

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Post by Pete Mazz » February 7th, 2019, 5:39 am

:LG: :LG: :LG:


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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by towtruck » February 7th, 2019, 3:27 pm

Look great!



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Re: Quick(ish) UDS for client

Post by temurf » February 7th, 2019, 10:02 pm

:LG:

Lookin' mighty spiffy there AJ


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