#homemachineshop

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It’s been a pretty wild start to 2019, every single day has been busier than the last, I love that I have control of the hours that I do and have started to get into a routine, although that routine still involves 15 hour work days. You know what they say “if you love what you do then you’ll never work a day in your life” I just spent a solid few weeks building a bike for BMW that will be announced soon, it was delivered on Friday and I treated the garage to a cleanup and the Hilux to a little freshen up/ reconstruction of the front end. #engineeredtoslide #hilux #sr20 #tacoma #drifttruck #driftute #panhead #falkentyres #homemachineshop (at Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuClAz4Aqtq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5voby4ast77l

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A little BTS from the @lukey_luke @bmwmotorradaus F800R stunt bike build, I mixed a little new age technology thanks to @deakinuniversity a little lathe work, some time on the @swswelding TIG and a whole bunch of effort over a number of weeks to build a bike that will spend the majority of it’s time on either the front wheel, back wheel, rev limiter or sideways 🏁 hit the link in my profile for our journey. #stuntbike #engineeredtoslide #fabrication #homemachineshop (at Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFTSSJAukh/?igshid=a3k5b30vx5lt

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5 years ago and 3 years into the build, first test drive at Cobden go kart track. Power: 336rwkw Weight:900kg, driving with the body off was a different experience, but then again even driving this with the body on feels completely different to anything else I have piloted. #engineeredtoslide #sr20det #fabrication #homemachineshop #hilux #tacotuesday #driftute #drifttruck #tacoma (at Cobden, Victoria)

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Kicked off the filming with @bmwmotorradaus last night on what I am calling the R nine TE racer. The idea is to make a bike inspired by my RPS13 drift car by cutting down an old (cracked and bent) TE37 to reduce the width from 10.5 inches to 6.5 inches and by making an adapter on my new lathe to fix the offset problem and also change the PCD from 120mm to 114.3mm. Over the coming weeks the transformation will be complete and I can’t wait to see it. #engineeredtoslide #fabrication #homemachineshop #bmw #RnineTE (at Geelong, Victoria)

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Sunday’s in the back yard 🛠#engineeredtoslide #homemachineshop #1951panhead #bmwr9te (at Geelong, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxyYpxlZ7v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vomlqf6n5p31

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The @thespeedhunters has always been an automotive one stop shop of 4 wheel inspiration and I’m excited to help them announce their expanding into the moto world and bringing all that’s good on 2 wheels. I love combining the two disciplines of building and driving/ riding both 4 and 2 wheels and I can’t thank @speedhunters_dino enough for entrusting me to be their first crossover post. In preparation I cleaned up my workshop and made a lot of really positive changes in my direction, I also kicked off an exciting new build that will unfold in the coming months with @bmwmotorradaus to build a bike I have always wanted. So many great things happening at the moment and I’m going to work harder than ever for them all to come to life. #speedhunters #nigelpetrie #fabrication #engineeredtoslide #rninet #bmw #te37 #rayswheels #homemachineshop

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I’ve been putting a lot of my energy into what happens behind this door of late. I reassessed what I was doing, where I was going and what I needed to change to make it into a place that inspires me to continue along the path I have been going. I remember doing this multiple times in my little one car garage that the Hilux was built in, I have 4 times the room now and I am still trying to fit everything in and make it work like a functional workshop. More on this later and in further detail on #engineeredtoslide blog. #homegarage #homemachineshop #fabrication

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Ive spent about 15hrs stripping the #encomill tower. I discovered under the body filler was rust which is why there were cracks all over the finish. #manuallathework #manualmachinist #homemachineshop #howlindogforge https://www.instagram.com/p/CGyG3VCpkbvOimQFzoJ5JztUtJj_i-YDkBtZOg0/?igshid=1mpgarka43u0c