EEtwidget
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I'm a fan of the Hilux. It's why I own a 1986 4RUNNER. My snorkel is coming soon. Besides water crossing, it rams cool, dry, clean air. A great modification
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Another recovery today. Got this guy flipped right side up & down the hill.
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Done. If you win though, I get a ride.
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Awesome! Congratulations. My wife is 12 weeks pregnant with our first. I'm terrified but excited. Looking forward to a shop assist ?
This was from todays ultrasound:
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I'm searching for an airbox off a '99-02 5vzfe right now. I want to upgrade my MAF & the box will allow for the snorkel build.
hopefully I can do better then PVC, although it works I'm thinking about molding fiberglass
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Wiha is a great choice. They won't break the bank & stand up to heavy use. I have both ESD & regular drivers. I doubt you'll need ESD so save your $$. Everywhere I've worked use Wiha on the assembly lines.
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? father-in-law told me he wants to go off-roading again this weekend. Should I go break my rig again?
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Great job ?
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I think this is the vendor we bought the .50 cal gifts from:
https://www.bullets2bandages.org/collections/manly-groomsmen-gifts
they have stuff like six-shooter shot glasses and other manly gifts.
I had the rounds engraved with their last name, branch they served in, and our wedding date.
My pic won't upload-must be too big. Here's a vendor pic. I bought the regular style brass but these nickel plated ones look good.
Around $100 for a set
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If I were to make a guess, I would say piston ring tool kit?
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I would love to win a Detroit locker for my '86 yota... but this is the wrong forum for that. ?
I hope to see a CNC be given away on the forum some day. A lot of fine woodworking projects come to mind
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I'm a veteran & some of my groomsmen are vets so I decided to keep the theam. I gave everyone an engraved .50 BMG round that was modified into a bottle opener.
Ill take a pic tomorrow of the one I have
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I was teaching s class this last semester and one of the students was the son of my mechanic. While working on a quadcopter project I taught him how to use the screw cutter feature found on electrical wire strippers.
a few days before Christmas he gifted me a shirt. I gave him one of those Milwaukee combination wire strippers with the screw cutting feature. He was very excited, I love giving tool gifts to genuine tool enthusiasts.
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I went up to Big Bear on Saturday to do some off-road with my brother-in-law & father-in-law. It was an easy trail but very wet.
some snow but mostly mud, water and ice. I haven't had a chance to properly waterproof my truck and I paid the price. The 4Runner died, and about 10 miles from any roads. Luckily I'm usually over prepared.
Pulled the plugs & disassembled the intake.
used the compressor to blow out evap lines and cleaned all electrical. My family enjoyed the show.
I love this hobby. At one point a passer-by gave me his number and told me if I needed any parts give him a call and he will make a run.
i was able to get the rig running and off the trail. Toyota's are so tough, even when you break them they run!
Found a pizza place but parking was a nightmare. Luckily I was already muddy so I pulled around back to the washed out lot.
Every time I shut the truck down I had to go through the ritual of resetting the ECU & convincing the rig to go closed loop.
Made the 2-hour drive home! Now to clean & properly troubleshoot this rig. I'll be building a snorkel and doing waterproofing soon.
Coverd my TIA sticker
NASA sticker didn't collect much dirt? Must be some fancy technology in that sticker
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Wow. That's a crazy skill. I'm impressed. You should do a series of tools, recreate the classics.
Im sure you're a hell of a lot of fun to drink with... ?
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On 12/26/2016 at 9:28 PM, JimboS1ice said:
thats pretty sharp dude! have any robot helpers?
CNC was my robotic inlay helper. ?
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Well, the box isn't perfect but my wife loved it anyway, I've learned a lot from this build and look forward to trying again.
I will apply a proper finish and try to fix some of the 'mistakes'. Here's a short video of the build process. I've got better 4k footage but need to spend time in the editing room.
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I didn't get gift cards (I saw a few mixed in with presents but the wife snagged them all)
i did get get the new portable Kreg work station! Im looking forward to playing with this thing!
I was tired of getting trendy cloths for Christmas so I requested gifts that would 'help me survive the zombie apocalypse'
My sister got me a survival kit that included this sweet wallet knife and a pocket multitool.
my mom bought me this two pack LED Mag lights. Can never have enough Mag lights.
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18 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
Nailed it.
My attempts with gifts for my wife is pretty lame.... One year I got "her” an iron filtration system lol she would have liked something special for herself but she does agree we have the best tasting water now!! Win!!!
My wife bought me the isprings 6-stage RO kit a few years back. She loves to buy me presents that make her happy. Sure does make good water for the low price. I've got a ppm monitor inline with pre & post filter.
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10 hours ago, Theultimatehic said:
That's pretty nice work man. Learning the cnc machines my self. Experimenting is always fun but damn those bits are expensive! Lol
Yep, also hard to find proper end mills. I highly recommend using the v-bit method. ~$29 for the diablo 90-degree bit. I would of liked something smaller but this is the only one HD carried.
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I worked till about 3am. Although I'm not finished, it's in good enough shape to give her.
I used a little pastwax to bring out the natural beauty of the wood. I'll use oil later and give this box a proper finish.
Inside is lined with felt & includs a Rockler music ? movement.
I would like to add miter splines and more engraving also.
I made a video explaining the inlay concept & I'll upload later. My wife gets alerts from my YouTube uploads & she hasn't opened it yet.
tried my best to wrap it. .. didn't have much energy though
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8 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:
That's pretty slick, amazing what those routers can do.
At the in law's shop, I've used their CNC router, it's a small one but effective, should really get into doing more of that, it's addicting!!
Congrats too, hope everything goes good with the recent pregnancy!
Thanks; she's only about 10-weeks so we didn't want to announce. However, Christmas seemed like perfect timing. I told my mom, sister, grandmother, & grandmother yesterday. Overwhelming emotional reactions.
but back to the wood...
Im addicted to CNC 100%. I grew-up in grandpas wood shop. He's one of those old timers who can use a chisel & hammer better/faster then me with a jig.
I'm an electrical eng but I've never forgotten my love of woodworking. I have a small shop in my garage. Still no CNC but I'll build one eventually.
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So I didn't finish but I've made progress. I'll post more pics and video after the holidays.
Merry Christmas TIA Crew. I hope all your tool dreams come true.
Walnut & Bamboo mix. Bamboo was all I had. It's a bitch to work with!
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Toyota hilux
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TD-Millwork&Metal: Actually I ripped the 22re out and it's got a 5vz-fe with TRD Supercharger from a 1998 4Runner.
I come across 1st gens all the time in California. They are usually in great shape too. I can always be your proxy if needed. My buddy/neighbor owns a company called Blazeland He makes long travel suspension kits for first gen 4runners and 1/2nd gen mini trucks. Great stuff & much cheaper then Total Chaos.