MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 11m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 06/11/12 11:05 PM Share Posted 06/11/12 11:05 PM Heres what me and two mates have done over 3 weeks. One week straight every night after work, two weekends and finished it yesterday. None of us have ever built a deck before, but one of the guys is an engineer who has built a pergola and me and my mate are just handy with tools. We built it for one of the guys.. All up came to under $3k including timber which was around $2K on its own. After my mate got a few quotes which ranged from $4K-$7K we thought f*ck it lets have a crack.. Did a bit of research and it payed off.. My mate has most of the pics but heres what ive got, this point we just finished putting the joists in and gettin ready to lay the decking..All done, just have to oil it up.. 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 06/11/12 11:14 PM Share Posted 06/11/12 11:14 PM Gotta be happy with that! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 17y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 06/11/12 11:15 PM Share Posted 06/11/12 11:15 PM Mate well done !! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 14y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 06/11/12 11:40 PM Share Posted 06/11/12 11:40 PM From a carpenter top job doing it with no prior experience. Good to see people still having a crack and it paying off. Looks schmick too. Bit of clear on top and she'll look a million bucks Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 11m 20d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 06/11/12 11:44 PM Share Posted 06/11/12 11:44 PM Yeah mate that's awesome! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 11m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 07/11/12 01:57 AM Share Posted 07/11/12 01:57 AM Thanks guys, the satisfaction alone is worth it.. Did everything by hand to, hammered every nail, screwed every screw (obviously a drill lol) and dug every hole, cement, the works... I can understand why people charge soo much to do it even though its one of those things that you can do it with a bit of knowledge but most CBF lol...Whilst we were finishing it up it started raining and gave a good indication of what its gonna look like once oiled and glossed and it looked pretty sweet.. Cant wait to have a bbq and a beer on it in summer... 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1321761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 07/11/12 09:16 AM Author Share Posted 07/11/12 09:16 AM That's awesome Mika and well done for taking something on you hadn't done before 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1322020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 02/08/13 08:43 AM Author Share Posted 02/08/13 08:43 AM It's been done before but thought I'd share my 'other' build .New 9.5'' Hiros came today - picking up custom axle (70") with hubs and tyres tomorrow. Mate bringing mig over in the morning to weld custom mounts on I've fabricated. Hopefully should be a roller next week if I get the frame painted in time (black semi gloss). Then I'll do wiring, make the checker infill panel for the front and source the toolbox. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1412325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,440 Member For: 15y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/08/13 08:52 AM Share Posted 02/08/13 08:52 AM LOve is in freakys bum ?I totaly missed thiseveryone loves me Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1412327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 20y 4m 24d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 04/08/13 08:42 AM Share Posted 04/08/13 08:42 AM Brought this today 8 channel 4 camera with night vision Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82681-cool-stuff-you-recently-built-not-cars/page/5/#findComment-1412863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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