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A belated Happy Birthday Young Man

Hi Matt, I am liking the new lathe with the guard, coolant and auto feed. Keep safe bud. 😃

Great work Matt😃

Very nice build

Get down myself bro car keep s me going 💪

I am enjoying your machining- especially the decision making on order of work and set up 👍

I’m having deja vu 😂

Who made that nice looking van body ? 😊

Time lapse!

What’s the reason for making it fwd and not rwd if you have the space of the van? Does that change what class it can be raced in?

They are a blast too drive!!!!!! The more you, put your foot down it justs keep'zz!!! On giving. Luving it!!!!!!!

What size is your workshop?.

7 months of work in less than than 12 minutes. If only it were that easy.

The rear end has forth road bridge integrity whereas the front seems relatively lightly built. Or is it just my not understanding.

What the sheet metal bender your using , great to see the fab work the arms , their looking spot on keep it up 👍

Looking forward to getting mine 😉

You don't half moan mate

The ArcDroid with the R-tec P51D plasma cutter looks good, from Xtreme plasma.

I have the same tig and gas , what’s the best setting for it on tube ?

Agree with your welding tip regarding start and stop points. I always think of it as the closer you are to an edge or the more you point at an edge the better you’ll penetrate. Once you get to that inner tight corner you are welding the sides of 2 tubes (as one side is full tube that’s not been cut and the weld will struggle to burn right down into the corner where the cut edge is. It ends up almost forming a bridge between the 2 sides, hence I think of it as 2 tube sides rather than one tube side and an open end) that both have more heat dissipation than the outer edges where you start. You always have a colder start than end with a mig weld so that’s how you choose your weld path. Keep on keeping on buddy!

Nice welding tip!! I actually never thought of that but makes sense! 🫡

It amazes me that when you mention how you weld it makes total sense and appears obvious, but only after you have explained the reasoning. Yet another lesson learned, keep the tips comming.

Making parts to support your race car always a good move

Not gonna lie, i was hoping to see you do a little jig 😂

Good day on the floor love how you do the 45 degree on each corner frame connot come apart so am learning thanks for the post. On measurement and how you do it all side correct.

Good day on the floor love how you do the 45 degree on each corner frame connot come apart so am learning thanks for the post. On measurement how you do it all side correct.

Careful with the wire wool on a spinning machine. It can catch itself and wrap around fully.. Trapping fingers.. Be aware

100% correct floor

I have the same bender/ welder , both great bits of kit

Thanks for the video. Gives me something to watch while I wait out this ice storm / blizzard.

Not a bad fail as Mini's go, looks a tidy wee thing.

Doing the lords work as usual 🫡👊🏻🤘🏻👌🏻 those are really nice!!! Keep it up man!!

Hee heeee found a new job for the lathe already. Extra bonus is those inserts will seat better with the lock nut once they’re machined. A saddle stop is ideal for jobs like this if your lathe has one . If not make one .

Hi enjoying vids where are you based? I’ll need some mechanical work done on my pickup at some point is this something you would do? Cheers

Hi Matt, what was your old lathe doing in run out. Get back to that or better. I saw some good suggestions below, glad your keeping the guard, Safety First. Keep up the good work, I find it fascinating as I have had some experience in my apprenticeship, but not to your level of knowledge or others on the feedback. Keep improving bud. 😁

Short list for a race prep (MOT)

Happy new year Matt

I hope you spotted the rad fan issue.

Check the backplate for lateral run out because that will cause exaggerated runout further you are from the Chuck. You can adjust the holding pins as a rule to make the cams lock tighter.

It looks like a lot of chuck wobble on a dual gauge at 0.07mm. But when you consider that as 3 thou, it doesn’t seem so bad. Don’t get me wrong it would still bother me too, I’d be chasing perfection 😂😂

Just cleaning out the bits of shipping grease Now on to the business on parts

Would machining the chuck backplate help?

Great video 👍 As long as you’re happy the chuck body is running bang on can you not clamp outwards on a offcut off cut of tube and sent a boring bar in to reface your jaws?

They are oiling points on the front of the chuck.

Before it was dipped bet it looked smart. Dipping exposes everything and each individual repair over its 50year life. Way forward may depend on what he wants to achieve, if paying a bodyshop to achieve an immaculate raw shell again will cost thousands and potentially financially kill the project. Its a build that could be led buy the heart not the head. Noting that a lot of the previous necessary local repairs may been over many years to keep it on the road, with no opportunity for the full assessment now available 👍

Did you get a video of this all built up? Looks very impressive

That's bad and it's nothing special-probably '70s. I suggest you tell the owner to have the shell completely restored by a body restorer before you even touch it. Leave the restorer to tell him what needs doing.

Classic Mini Clubman production 1969 to 1980

Bloody hell Matt, that things got more holes in it than your hoodie. Where do you start😮

You said the back panel was good. Tell him to keep that n bin the rest. Just a suggestion