Wired up and tidied up my 'workshop' 

"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet) 04/05/2016 at 14:54 • Filed to: None

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And felt proud enough to post it here. I say ‘workshop’ because it’s actually an ex-surveillance trailer, but it works a treat. 12 Oppo points to whomever can name the vehicle that is owed its upholstery back.

Alfalfa > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 15:07

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What’s funny is the past week I have been thinking of doing something like this to a trailer or possibly cargo van.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Alfalfa 04/05/2016 at 15:12

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If you've got the space then do it. I managed to score it for free because the roof collapsed in the corner and shiteyed the electrics, otherwise it’s solid and works really well as secure tool storage and a ‘shop. I don't need the roof to be watertight as it lives undercover.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 15:51

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Whatever have you got three vises for? A whole bunch of Irwin Quick-clamps I get, but the vises are bolted to the table, mate.

THShorn92 - Left his car in America > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 15:58

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The seats look they came out of something GM from the ‘00's but I can’t be any more specific than that.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/05/2016 at 16:11

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Sharpening things mainly, hedgecutter bars, chainsaw chains, tillers etc. But also useful for holding things while glueing, like an e39 hvac duct which I happily snapped off, and holding stuck metal things while twatting them with a big hammer.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > THShorn92 - Left his car in America 04/05/2016 at 16:12

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Oh very good. They’re GM, but pre-naughties.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 16:16

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Twatting things with a hammer I get. The vise in my dad’s workshop is one of my most prized metalworking tools - bends in small things, clamping things up for a weld, round surfaces for beating things around... My other favorite metalworking tool is, no joke, a particular sort of brick hammer, which sadly seems to have gone missing in the past few months. One of these , with the chipping end curved and worn just right to work out little bends and crevices.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/05/2016 at 16:18

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Yo that’s a posh brick hammer, Estwings are prized possessions in my line of work. Also, I love a good brick hammer. The perfect balance of deft, dexterity and twattability.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 16:44

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I’m quite serious that I will probably have to order one if it doesn’t show back up. Somebody gave me a set of lumpy cheap Chinese-made actual bodyworking hammers with Hickory-Style(tm) handles which are probably some kind of half-rotty porous ash or pine, and they’re simply not the tool that the brickhammer was. Heft all wrong, working angles not great, no comfortable grip, etc.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/05/2016 at 16:49

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It’s all about the neck. The Estwings have a wonderfully skinny neck and handle, and a surprisingly light-feeling head, but the balance and accuracy is excellent mai ly due to the lack of material in between your hand and the head.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/05/2016 at 16:51

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Unfortunately the bastards don’t make any hammers expressly for bodywork. A shame, as they’d no doubt be the best out there. Funny enough, I’ve also used an Estwing framing hammer, and its loft is just slightly odd enough to make you need to unlearn how to use a regular hammer a bit. Didn’t really like it at first.

El Darto > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/06/2016 at 02:49

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Tahoe?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > El Darto 04/06/2016 at 02:57

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More FWD V8 and less utility.

El Darto > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/06/2016 at 03:03

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DeVille?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > El Darto 04/06/2016 at 06:46

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Not a Caddy, the marque is no longer in production.

THShorn92 - Left his car in America > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/06/2016 at 11:39

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Olds?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > THShorn92 - Left his car in America 04/06/2016 at 13:25

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Yes