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12th March 2015, 01:15 PM
Thread: Sailing sit on top conversion.
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Sailing sit on top conversion.
This is a sit on top I’ve rigged for sailing. I’ve just sold a Hobie revolution which was marvellous but unfortunately just a little big for transporting on the top of my smallish ASX. Previously...
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10th March 2015, 08:50 PM
Thread: Captain 16
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Great Scott!
Great scott, how big is that chunk of metal?
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9th March 2015, 09:56 PM
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Annoyances!
Some annoyances, whether it be Gumtree, ebay, Trading Post, whatever: I generally add 'no emails or texts please' and what do I get? Emails and texts. I almost always put fixed price and...
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9th March 2015, 09:24 PM
Thread: Police Dog
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Could have been me.
Could have been me, I quite often sat there. Dam cold place Richmond.
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8th March 2015, 09:48 AM
Thread: Captain 16
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Captain 16
Anybody know anything about the Captain 16 power hacksaw. I'm assuming the 16 refers to blade length, that being the case are 16" blades available? I've done a search and can't find any. How big...
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7th March 2015, 08:38 AM
Thread: Kids go carts
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Vroom, vroom.
When I get old enough to get into a gopher???
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7th March 2015, 08:35 AM
Thread: Triumph Bonneville
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Moving
Things are not always as they sound: I was in the defence force, defence personnel move every two to three years. When moving everything gets put in boxes to prevent damage, I just never got...
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5th March 2015, 10:13 PM
Thread: Bi-metal Blade
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24tpi
24tpi, where did you get them, the finest I've been able to source is 18.
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5th March 2015, 11:34 AM
Thread: GS750 Suzuki
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GS750 Suzuki
This is a mid 70s Suzuki GS750 I built up. I bought it off a bloke I worked with in the early 80s as a wreck, if the bike wouldn‘t start, he‘s punch the tank, as you can see the tank is a bit of a...
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5th March 2015, 10:38 AM
Thread: Kids go carts
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Kids go carts
Not exactly passenger cars, but these carts I made for the kids did have engines, wheels, steering, and a seat so they did resemble some sort of vehicle so I guess you could call them motor vehicles...
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3rd March 2015, 09:44 PM
Thread: Bucket Racer.
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Bucket Racer.
Here's a little cutie, a bucket racer I built around the mid 80s. It’s a YB90 of early 70s vintage. I bought the bike for around $30 from memory and bought another from a wrecker for parts. The...
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3rd March 2015, 06:41 PM
Thread: VSD/VFD for those who have SWER power
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Clear as mud?
I read the manual on the link you provided and am now none the wiser.
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3rd March 2015, 03:15 PM
Thread: Triumph Bonneville
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Lust list
A 74 750SS and this, a 1966 BSA Spifire, mmmmmmmmm.
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2nd March 2015, 10:04 PM
Thread: Triumph Bonneville
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Triumph Bonneville
This bike was built over a 4 or 5 year period, I'd hate to think what it would have cost had I farmed out the work. Never quite finished her though, was going to install some Borani rims, an...
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1st March 2015, 10:03 PM
Thread: Recumbent trike.
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Recumbent trike.
Thought I’d share this, someone might find it interesting. I was moved to write this because I can no longer ride my recumbent and probably never will again, what a barrel of fun this thing was. ...
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1st March 2015, 06:35 PM
Thread: Bi-metal Blade
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Bandsaws.
I only use carbon, I had one bi metal when I first got the saw, but I cut a lot of thin walled tube and the teeth just kept breaking off. I used to use Starret and they lasted a while, but my...
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1st March 2015, 06:21 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Take some time, do it right.
I really don't think you have much of a choice here other than replacing the gap, the other options leave a little to be desired. If the Chinese managed to true it up, there is no reason why you...
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1st March 2015, 10:22 AM
Thread: Bi-metal Blade
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Be careful.
Just be careful when cutting thin walled sections, I always take the weight myself when cutting thin walled sections, nothing worse than an expensive toothless blade...
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1st March 2015, 10:15 AM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Critical thinking.
The problem with replacing the gap is not unlike truing the headstock. I had ocassion to realign a headstock a few years ago. I would line everything up nicely but the moment I did the final...
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28th February 2015, 08:03 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Lathe stands
It may be worthwhile using the search function for lathe stands. Quite a few members have made their own with some novel approaches. I did a search a few days ago, Rod someone posted his on the...
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28th February 2015, 05:18 PM
Thread: Police Dog
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More of the same - boring!
A few more pics of Sugar Plum:
1. going for 5’3”,
2, fail,
3. doing what dogs do,
4, if you could throw it, he could fetch it (he also fetched car tyres),
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28th February 2015, 12:35 PM
Thread: Police Dog
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Police Dog
I guess you could class this fella as a pet: PD576 Dante. PD Dante was a RAAF Police Dog, Dante was 3 years old when I began training him on number 31 RAAF Police Dog Handlers Course in 1975, we...
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28th February 2015, 08:39 AM
Thread: What could this piston be out of?
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$
I second the coffee table suggestion, I reckon it'd make a great coffee table, trouble is, the wife doesn't.
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27th February 2015, 11:45 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Alignment reports.
Most Chinese lathes come with a manual and some come with an inspection report I‘m told, although that hasn’t been my experience.. My current lathe came with a manual which included a report at the...
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27th February 2015, 06:11 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Cost effective manufacturing.
The Chinese make their hobby lathes in volume, making them affordable to the general hobbyist necessitates manufacturing to price rather than quality. so it would make sense to select matching head...
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26th February 2015, 11:22 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Simple to the complex - best practice.
I'd agree with that, with one big however: the machine has had a pretty hard life by the sound of it, all the crap under the gap, broken wheel, chipped carriage, missing gibs would attest to that. ...
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26th February 2015, 11:10 PM
Thread: AL250G problem
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locks
Amen to that, trying to find an allen key when you're in the middle of things is a PITA.
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26th February 2015, 07:49 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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Check and double check first.
The horizontal allen head at the rear is for headstock adjustment - I wouldn't be touching it though, at least not until you have checked everything else. Adjusting it before you are absolutely,...
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26th February 2015, 07:28 PM
Thread: AL250G problem
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Carriage lock.
When using the cross feed wheel, particularly if the carriage is not as tight as it should be, the carriage will move right or left depending on which way you are turning the cross/compound wheel. ...
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26th February 2015, 01:55 PM
Thread: lathe alignment
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What lathe?
I have to disagree re placing the level on the cross slide. The carriage slides on the bed so if the level is placed on the carriage (cross slide) and the carriage wound back and forth it is going to...
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26th February 2015, 10:04 AM
Thread: lathe alignment
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JMO
If the bed is twisted and the twist isn't caused by the stand/floor, it will prove nigh on impossible to level it on one of the sheet metal stands, they are just not sturdy enough. They make...
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22nd February 2015, 10:26 AM
Thread: What is it?
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Deserted
The workshop/shed looks like it's been deserted for a long, long time. Like to have a look through there and see what else is hiding under all that rubble.
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22nd February 2015, 08:35 AM
Thread: What is it?
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What is it?
Saw this 'thing' on Gumtree, any idea what make? Home made?. Nice clean, tidy workshop this, looks like the owner looks after his tools very well...
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22nd February 2015, 08:31 AM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Pictures please
That's a lot of money for such a small lathe. They are a nice looking lathe though, how about some pictures BJ
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21st February 2015, 07:07 PM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Not the full crum.
Since we’re being blunt, your understanding of levers, fulcrums, resistance and effort is a little flawed, not sure if that would make you the fulcrum or not, but, anyway: forces can only be equal...
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21st February 2015, 01:12 PM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Language skills
Your English is very good, not much trace of an accent! I studied Colloquial Indonesian many years ago and spoke it quite well, but after 25 years without practice I can't remember a dam thing.
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21st February 2015, 10:30 AM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Sometimes I have big shoulders.
Common practice is not always correct, let alone good practice, it is simply - 'common practice'. I think it also worth mentioning that turning the chuck by hand to finish of the last tiny bit of...
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21st February 2015, 01:13 AM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Agree - almost!
I agree CBA, the methods I listed are bad practice, with the exception of a purpose made plate spanner I think. IMHO I think it a better idea than a handle on the left side of the spindle: it...
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20th February 2015, 06:29 PM
Thread: Tips and tricks
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Another method I've seen
Another method I've seen is mounting a square file in the tool post and running the carriage back and forth. I don't think there would be much chance of removing too much metal that way, but if...
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20th February 2015, 06:22 PM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Spanners and wedgies.
Yes I've googled threading to a shoulder too, there's probably more ways of threading to a shoulder than there are googlers! I've seen a few people using shifters on the flats of the jaws, wedge...
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20th February 2015, 12:39 PM
Thread: Chinese HSS tool steel???
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Gee Wiz
I've always used Chinese HSS tool bits, only because that is mostly all that is available. I had a couple of bits a few years ago that were pretty bloody awful, but otherwise no problem since.
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19th February 2015, 07:57 PM
Thread: Tips and tricks
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Grind it - carefully!
There are quite a few videos on the subject, here's a couple:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALN0qGZbgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWsjeY6nJU
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19th February 2015, 06:02 PM
Thread: AL960b metric threads not quite right
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Threading to a shoulder using chuck key.
I also use the chuck key when threading to a shoulder. With a min speed of 125rpm it makes it nigh on impossible to thread to the shoulder under power. I've also used the chuck key method on...
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5th February 2015, 06:07 PM
Thread: Measure twist with a pendulum ?
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Knife edges
Forget rollers, have the pendulum knife edge resting between two like edges set at 90 degrees to the pendulum edge = no friction. I like the DTI idea, but wouldn't the pressure from the DTI have an...
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5th February 2015, 04:16 PM
Thread: Poly sail.
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Thanks
Thanks for that, now I know where to start.
Poly sails have their place: I used to race land yachts a few years ago, they were a one design Club 88 the club designed (take off of Class 5). ... -
5th February 2015, 02:32 PM
Thread: Measure twist with a pendulum ?
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Bearings?
I don't know why you would use bearings. You wouldn't use bearing in balancing a crankshaft (statically), you'd use knife edge rollers. Same principle could be used in a 50m pendulum. Then you...
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4th February 2015, 11:47 AM
Thread: Machinists Level. Build Log.
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Shop made tools
More about the journey I think, some buy some create.
My Chinese level is rated at .02mm/m, so .35mm/m may not be sensitive enough - depending on how fussy you are of course. But I do find my... -
3rd February 2015, 09:54 PM
Thread: Poly sail.
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Poly sail.
I'm currently fitting a SOT for sailing and intend on making a poly sail. I know everyone hates poly sails, but it will only be a test bed, once I have the right size, shape, plus all the other bits...
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3rd February 2015, 07:11 PM
Thread: Sailing Canoe - QC155 decisions
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Oops
Sorry wrong thread.
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2nd February 2015, 10:58 AM
Thread: Another Gizmo
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please explain!
Please explain its use???