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Message started by splash07 on 06/22/11 at 16:44:02

Title: Recent projects
Post by splash07 on 06/22/11 at 16:44:02

I have not had much time for the bike lately, unfortunately, but I have managed to get some other smaller projects accomplished. Here are a few shots.

A hand truck I found on the side of the road with a busted wheel.
Before:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0508111621.jpg
new wheel of fleabay 5 bucks shipped.
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0508111621a.jpg
After:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0515111147.jpg

My trash can rain barrel and garden
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0613111735.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0613111735a.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0613111736.jpg

Gary fisher frame brought back to life after being stripped by hoodlums  :-[http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0523111825.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0601112017.jpg

Finally, my jetta's roof rack and fog light installation.
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0622111917.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0622111918.jpg
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/splash07s/0622111919a.jpg

Next up, a certain suzuki savage needs some attention.

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by tragicallysteph on 06/22/11 at 16:57:25

Nice Jetta and love the fogs! How do like it? Which model is it?
Traded in my '06 TDI for a '10 Golf TDI last year. Love the VeeDubs.

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by drharveys on 06/22/11 at 19:52:20

Nice projects -- Those are great hand trucks/dollies.  It'll come in handy in places you'd never even think of, till you have one!

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by Serowbot on 06/22/11 at 23:36:35

Shucks... I put off doin' more than that,... every day...
... and every next day, and the next, and the next... :-?...



Funny,.. it actually looks fun, when you do it... ;D...

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/23/11 at 03:50:21

Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it?

QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy.


How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by babyhog on 06/23/11 at 05:08:19

Mmmmm, nothing like fresh home-grown 'maters.  Can't believe I didn't grow any this year.  Shame on me.  

Great jobs!  (I had a red Jetta several years ago.  Miss it like crazy!)

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by splash07 on 06/23/11 at 07:38:20


292F3C3A343E3C3131242E29382D355D0 wrote:
Nice Jetta and love the fogs! How do like it? Which model is it?
Traded in my '06 TDI for a '10 Golf TDI last year. Love the VeeDubs.



I love my V-Dub, its a 2010 TDI Jetta, I used to have a 2006 TDI Jetta but I wrecked it pretty bad and insurance bought me this one. Great car that gets around 40 MPG with a turbo charged dino burner.

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by splash07 on 06/23/11 at 07:44:08


4C5355524F4879497941535F14260 wrote:
Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it?

QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy.


How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?


The trellis is a simple design I saw online somewhere. Yes, I just built the frame and then ran twine down from that to hold up the plants. It is working really well and I have a ton of tomatoes growing.

The hand truck was CHEAP. I got the frame free on the side of the road and the only parts I had to buy were one replacement wheel and two new casters. I already had most of the supplies I needed including paint, all I had to buy in terms of tools was a jar of naval jelly to strip off a lot of the rust. I probably put around $30 in it when it was all said and done. New I think they are around $65, so i guess I came out on top. It just makes me happy knowing I brought something back to life that was on its way to a landfill.

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/23/11 at 07:53:11


797A666B79623A3D0A0 wrote:
[quote author=4C5355524F4879497941535F14260 link=1308786242/0#4 date=1308826221]Looks like a QCE answer on that trellis. You build the frame & then run string on it?

QCE is Quick, Cheap, Easy.


How much time & $$ you got in that hand truck including paint?


The trellis is a simple design I saw online somewhere. Yes, I just built the frame and then ran twine down from that to hold up the plants. It is working really well and I have a ton of tomatoes growing.

The hand truck was CHEAP. I got the frame free on the side of the road and the only parts I had to buy were one replacement wheel and two new casters. I already had most of the supplies I needed including paint, all I had to buy in terms of tools was a jar of naval jelly to strip off a lot of the rust. I probably put around $30 in it when it was all said and done. New I think they are around $65, so i guess I came out on top. It just makes me happy knowing I brought something back to life that was on its way to a landfill. [/quote]




Sounds like you did allrite there.. I butchered mine to build a project, now I gotta get another one..

Got a website that offers up trellis ideas?

Title: Re: Recent projects
Post by splash07 on 06/23/11 at 07:58:50

No good websites specifically, I just google image searched for " tomato trellis" and A whole slew of designs came up. Mine is a modification of one that I saw a picture of.

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