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27th June 2016, 02:39 PM
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Another back garden building site
I've started driveway building. My little digger i bought last year has already proved it's self to be awesome but only came with 1 bucket @ 300mm wide. So i've been busy making digger buckets and stuff. Because the internet is awesome and that there are other nutters out there i have the instructions and sales lit for my little digger from the 80's. From that i now have the sizes of the original buckets 200, 300 i have, 400 and 600 wide, they all follow the same shape and as i already have an original i templated it to card.
I modelled the buckets in Inventor and sent the plate parts to a local company that cut it all on the laser for me. Then just a matter of welding it all up and splashing a bit of primer on them. Cad model 600 wide bucket primed and ready to go Bucket fitted to the digger and getting dirty. Something that wasn't available from new is a Ripper. Now that took a bit more in the way welding as the main tine is 15mm thk and the rest 10mm a few hours and many multi runs later a test fit. has been given a coat of primer since then and will take another.
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27th June 2016, 09:04 PM
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Dezzy. You should be done under the Trades Descriptions. Nothing here about your back garden building site. Its all about your digger buckets.
Anyway. Here, specially for you, is a ferry we enjoyed on ExplorA8tion Ireland. You got any pictures of that digger
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu
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28th June 2016, 07:31 AM
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 Built 1995 when i was just a boy, built a another one too called Shannon Breeze, in 2000 but i think she was slightly bigger. I do have some digger pictures somewhere on my phone i'll dig them out. Attached is the sales lit for it and the brochure with some 1980's lady showing all the male builders that even she can do it. 1980's advertising eh. Although they should have used an 11 year old girl as my daughters are a dab had at digger driving and they love it. Anyone with young kids should have a small digger in the garden it's the rules. Last year we made a small ring out of hosepipe and hung it off the bucket on a string, pushed a stick in the ground and played hoop the stick? Not actually sure what the game is called, but it takes very controlled movements on the controls or your hoop ends up swinging all over the place. Garden pictures to follow Nick, sorry for misleading you it was never my intention. I had to make buckets and ripper before i make a mess of the garden.
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love. Last edited by Dezzy; 28th June 2016 at 09:25 AM.
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28th June 2016, 10:54 AM
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Architex_mA8tey; 28th June 2016 at 12:05 PM.
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28th June 2016, 11:42 AM
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 I'm glad my ferry has been put to good use, carrying 8's i mean. I'm sure it's proven to be of use before. That fella that's stood on the deck in the background of the last photo, did he get you looking for the golden rivit?
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love.
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28th June 2016, 12:37 PM
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Here's a view of another one going in the opposite direction:
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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28th June 2016, 01:28 PM
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Woo look at that. I've never seen 2 ships i've built together, together since they left the yard. Those 2 would never have been seen together as they were built 3 or 4 years apart. I don't have any photos of those in build either or i'd have posted them up so you could see what they look like under the skin so to speak.
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1996 A8 4.2 QS. Bose, Solar roof, um...um... rally sport towbar. Now gone to a new home as the Traders 8. Bright yellow bus o love.
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28th June 2016, 01:40 PM
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs Last edited by Architex_mA8tey; 28th June 2016 at 01:44 PM.
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28th June 2016, 04:57 PM
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28th June 2016, 05:11 PM
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Yes you could call Pic 7 the ICTI2 incident! . . . All will be revealed when your romping and raving reporters have finished writing their reports
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
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