Wheeeyy I'm back.
Now live and direct from the workshop (new toy)
Got a little bored in the evenings whilst I was away so bought a laptop..
It's Faster than my desktop

Andy.

 

Andy you nutter

All you need now is a web came and we could have video link direct to the workshop. LOL

 

LOL..

David

 

I have a webcam.

Not installed at the moment.

 

now why does that surprise me

 

Moving swiftly on....

The SECOND welder has been sitting there since Last Friday on hire.

Last one was not working correctly ??

So I'm thinking tonight, must get up there and make an effort this week so I can off hire the thing.
Been feeling a little off colour since coming back off hol (caught some bug I think in a dodgy motorway service station.)
So I drag my sorry snivelling **** up to the workshop and start setting the welder up.....

1. gas hose connectors don't fit the regulator they supplied.

2. No plug on the power cable...

Ok well I'll get a plug from off one of the little used welders in the workshop then, least it'll be ready to go when I can get a hose adapter,
Fit said plug, sswitch on and....

**** BANG ****

wisps of smoke emanate from the now dark workshop.....

OOPs don't think a single phase welder likes three phase !!!
Thanks for telling me you sent a ******* single phase unit instead of the three phase one you sent out a few week ago.

Now the question is >>>
Do I, off hire it telling them to stick it where the sun don't shine, mentioniing the gas pipe doesnt fit the guage, this is the second time they have messed me about.
etc etc..

Or do I tell em I fried it and knocked out the whole farm in the process !!!!


Andy
<completely pissed off now, feeling ill obviously just isn't enough>

Do you get the feeling sometimes someone has got it in for you !!!

 

I would tell them they supplied you with a dangerously set up welder, some idjiot even put a three phase plug on a single phase welder. And obviously, the only thing that could happen, did.

paul

 

erm.. you wired it up wrong three phase has a few more wires..

Duh..

David

 

oh well it's gone back today with a message to stick it up their ****.

aquired one from a different company today and it turned up within the hour, set up and demo'd ...
For £10 more per week than the other two bit company..

Dave,
wired up correctly, just to too many phases
earth = earth
Live = Live
Neutral = Live, oops....

being as 3 phase is just 3 separate 240v (ish) lives I didn't think the end result to be quite as spectacular as it was..

 

Yes but what voltage do you get between phases???

Phase to netural is more like the correct way..

David

 

Fuzz, what are the hire rates like on a welder like that, would be a single phase for me (unless I tap into 3 phase junction before meter!).

Paul

 

£80 pr week



Andy

 

WTF ! Intercooler
not quite what I was looking for really

[Edited by Fuzz - 3/5/2003 8:00:30 PM]

 

your a ****.. :P

i'm sticking to fixing computers... Except i didnt even do that right well for p20spd..

David must buy milling machine and borrow andys scrap box.

David

Edited as I forgot my smiles

[Edited by David_Wallis - 4/5/2003 2:58:55 PM]

 

Was putting this off as I was not looking forward to f.. messing it up.
More confidence in the new welder now so the time came to melt down 1400 quids worth of turbo

Shuts eyes and arcs up... here we go.



Pop down to B&Q for a mooch and spied this


So used it for this



Andy

 

nice weld..



David

 

It's coming along
but to be fair the material is quite thick.
not quite so good on the tube yet

Andy

 

more by luck than judgment, it lines up.






<Jim Carey, stylee>
Like a glove!!!





Off out now, Blimey !! I have a life after all

Andy

 

£1400 on a turbo !!!!!! You must be mad ! You can get a 500bhp turbo for about 1/2 that from the USA

 

It is a 500 bhp turbo

just down tuned as I'm still running standard internals.

Andy

 

Oops! my bad !

it was £1208

(including mapping)

Andy

 

Now we're cooking

Bits have been arriving today



















Oh and I nearly forgot

My front mounted house


Andy
>>>> off to play on LFS now

 

fecking nora andy how long is that ??

 

Ooh, that looks familiar

 

Fuzz

Where the f**k does that trombone youve got in your picture fit

Cheers

Mark

 

Which headers are those?

 

Andy can you do a picture of the top of the intercooler looking down..

David

 

Fuzz will it be ready for japfest?? I would like to hear the sound of the headers .

 

Nezz,
Hayward and Scott, judging by the **** state of the welding !!!!
My Gran could have done better .....
And she's DEAD !
<shakes head at £1200 pound price tag>

***Disclaimer, This should in no way reflect on the supplier as it's only his design, he has nothing to do with the fabrication / welding ! (or so I believe anyway !)***

Gizmo,
anywhere you like as long as it plays the right notes


Big Bear,
I'm afraid not me old bean, I'm sure you'll hear it at the next star meet or Hullavington day (whichever comes first !!)

And lastly but by no means least,
David,
The pics,




If anyone ever asks you to lag a set of four into one headers.....

Run kicking and screaming into the hills. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
2 fecking rolls to do that !! (£30)



need some larger jubilee clips for the down pipe

Andy

 

clucking bell!! read that at 8am, just come round and picked myself off the floor

steven