DIY: Be Creative & Do It Yourself

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Honda Rebel Rebuild

In the Gallery:
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2633

First step in rebuilding:
Add wheels, forks and bars - everything finger tight.
Used a bicycle stand to keep it upright.

Seat and tank just sitting on - I do intend to get a new low sprung seat and a HD Sportster Frisco tank along with a bobbed rear guard.

It'd be easier if my rear shocks hadn't been stolen - but they needed replaced anyway.

Now it's ready to roll out into the sun to wash and look for any cracks prior to painting.


Update: Grease and grime of the years washed off. Frame and wheels are in better condition than I thought. Everything will need painted ... just a couple of brackets to grind off.


Update March 2020

In the Gallery:
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2775

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Clothesline Cover Update:

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In the Gallery https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/picture/2776/

They now want $200 for the genuine clothesline cover. I redid my own design for a new clothesline for $29.

It's an improvement over last time
* Sitting much lower - same as the $200 version
* 4x Quick Release Clips
* Easy to remove
* Can be dropped down with the clips reconnected and the tarp left in place
  - The $200 version cannot do that. It's either on or off

https://youtu.be/4rvc3HLqu4w

As before
* Keeps the sun off visitors in the warm weather
* Keeps the rain off the drying washing in the wet weather

Next year I want to put natural fibre cladding on the metal fence
Don't waste your time. That stuff is shit!

Perhaps: https://www.bunnings.com.au/eden-1-8-x-3m-brushwood-premium-screen-fencing_p0056846

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I like this ... So simple, yet Creative.

Although their choice of décor seems odd to me. I like the V8 Engine Coffee Table. Nothing wrong with their lino floor or the lounge, but where are the Big W's? Where are the Swastikas?

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From Gallery - https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?su=user;cat=263;u=9

Cailen Garden 2023-02 Build That Fence!
Security fencing for the Zombie Holocaust / Dingo Fence / Coon Fence / Build That Fence!


https://creativityalliance.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=3369

2018 View: https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=2425

https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=3370
2017 View: https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=2196
2016: https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=1858
2014: https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=1903

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I got creative and added a back gate through to my neighbour's back yard.

This makes it easier for my neighbour and I. And it's perfect for my dog. She likes to run in the neighbour's larger back yard.

Had the wood for the door and the rubber for the edges lying around in my shed. Had to buy the paint, and a few bucks for the hinges. Also a tube of glue to keep my home-made door latch together and working from either side.

The rubber edging means nobody gets cut on the corrugated iron. And it looks better. I bought that for the car - probably $10, but couldn't use it. No point wasting it. The rubber on the door is just for looks. I didn't even bother to cut the wood for the gate. It fits well enough as it is.

It's coming to the end of winter. The grass will grow back soon enough.

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2024 Backyard Finished! (Well, close enough.)

What's Stella looking at? Perhaps she sees a rat on the fence?

Needs more and better plants hanging from the fences, but from that angle, the yard is finished. Fence painted, clothesline painted and awning as perfect as it can get. Painted trellis, hanging plants. Also the shed is painted to match, the gate off to the right matches the trellis and the lawn has been replaced with added stepping stones. Even the palms and banana plants over the back are better after working with the neighbours the other weekend.

Additional solar lighting all around the fence, under the awning, a flood light at the gate and on top of the awning there's a coloured light pointing at the palms, which adds to the neighbour's coloured lighting in their pool which reflects up into the palms.

* If I'd known how to do the awning, I would have done that ten years ago.
* If I'd known it was best to paint the fence ...
* If I'd known about laying grass instead of planting it ...
* If I'd been allowed to cut the fence and make a gate ...

The gate itself looks the same, but painted fence, repaired lawn and added pavers
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=3598

Fence, Gate & Clothesline area 2015
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=1679

Same again in 2020 - The flag lasts in all weather day & night for 3 years
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/gallery/?sa=view;id=2776