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boro drift
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Car: '87 Supra, '92 240 with SR20 and '98 12 valve Cummins

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So where do you do all the work to your vehicles? Got a shop, space, garage? Whatever, post some pics!

Here's mine, I'm not a home owner yet, so I rent.

24X40, with a storage next to it.My welder.

Sander I built, handiest tool I have.

My AE86. I'll get that S13 subframe attached someday....

My work bench...<a The beast....And finally, the Supra.



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Logan76
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Nice welder, how did you make the sander may I ask?

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boro drift
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Logan76 wrote: how did you make the sander may I ask?
It's a custom backing plate, attached to a 1800rpm motor. The base is a drop from a bearing block for a rolls rock crusher, with custom feet. The mid section is 3" pipe and the motor mount and table section is all custom. I know it sounds stupid saying "custom" to every other part, but, they are one-off custom parts.

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Logan76
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I use a fixed belt sander alot, they are great for cleaning up parts, and deburring etc, I was just thinking if it was easy enough I would make my own.

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boro drift
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Logan76 wrote:I use a fixed belt sander alot, they are great for cleaning up parts, and deburring etc, I was just thinking if it was easy enough I would make my own.
For fabrication, this is a sweet setup. The backing plate is the main part, the rest you could come up with on your own if you really wanted to build one.

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Logan76
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hell yeah, a quality fixed belt sander is a must for anyone who plans to do fab, even shadtree guys like me.

Shady195
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Car: 1989 300ZX 2+2 GLL w/ 5 speed gearbox swap

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Deffinatly a nice little garage setup you got going there..

Someday I will have a nice garage haha..

Right now I just use my parent 2 bay.. My car takes it up most of the time, I would like to get a 9ft lift for it to make things much easier


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