Time to take the workshop to a new level. My friend Marcus (RIP.) allowed me to use his lathe and mill for the last few years, but was going to sell his company. So now it was time to buy a new lathe and mill for myself in my own workshop next to my house....
Yes I know, this was asking for trouble. M10X1.0 threads in aluminium for the banjo bolts in the tank. Threads were fucked after tightening to pressure test the tank. Time to put helicoils in. With 1 challenge…. I was not able to get a drill into 1 of the...
Pressure test complete!! 2 small pinholes that need to be fixed. For this amount of welding only 2 pinholes is a miracle in my opinion 😂 Tested it at 1.5bar/21psi and pushed it down under water in a large...
It took +/- 70 weld seams, 1500 liters of Argon and almost 8 months of spare time to get this done. This was a very large hurdle that took allot of learning and effort, but I must say I am pretty happy with the final result. To bad allot of it will be covered up by...