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What a stupid comparison( worked Harley).

The Avenger when released was a bike to have, fast, like the X6 Suzuki Hustler, left British bikes behind in a cloud of blue smoke. A worked Kawasaki...

Before you buy a 2000, check to see if the table is dead flat with a straight edge and is not dipped in the middle.

The one I purchased had such a problem, dipped 3mm in the middle, gave it away...

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I will get straight to the point. Bought a new style Tritin Super Jaws in mid 2018, in my opinion it is a pile of crap. Blasted thing will not stay clamped to any kind of material I put in...

Thanks Blokes for the info, will go and buy a couple of 5amp fuses.

DD

Hello Gents

I have installed a BlackVue car cam into the dragons car, that was the easy part. To install the PowerMagic hard wired controller I will be using the "add a fuse" device. As i am not...

Perhaps you could tell me then why all my decking is lifting. Paslode nail gun used, would say I had 3 years use out of the deck before the nails started to lift out of the decking boards.

DD

All that beaut old machinery has gone to the same place as the Nail. Houses built with nails, the ring of the hammer echoing in new suburbs growing up in Brisbane has been replaced with the Pneumatic...

Me to, look forward to a dedicated metalwork site. No doubt you will inform us all when it gets up and running, do the switch etc.

DD

Thanks Blokes, for all the info passed on, I will do as what as been suggested. Give it a good oiling and put it back together.

DD

Enjoyed that vid, how work use to get done before the invention of the Safety Nazi.

DD

Hello Blokes

A few years back I bought a ML7 Myford off a chap to use as a second lathe. Before the money was handed over, I had him show me the thing working, turning some rod down making chips...

Bloke who delivered my lathe from H&F 12 years ago was a fellow who delivered machinery all over Perth metro & country areas. He had a special hook type of gadget that went around the headstock,...

Um, a pipe bender.

DD

If you have a shooter friend, ask him can you look at his cartridge case cleaner, its a plastic pot with some kind of medium in it, empty cases go in, turn it on and it vibrates. cases come out like...

I lifted mine out the back of my 4x4 with a Kevrek half tonne hiab. Advice from the Herless rep before the lift was to ensure that the head was secured to the column tight. Used 2 slings that were...

Way back in the 50's, 60's, before the invention of special locking nuts on race motorcycles, axle nuts were wired on front and rear, a small hole drilled through at an angle on the nut matched a...

Parting off scared the poo out of me for years after seeing a big Colchester lathe at TAFE loose the top slide when an errant adult trainee allowed the swarf to build up in the cut. A huge bang,...

Brilliant idea for the man working outside. Motorcycle riders have had access to a vest that is heated for a few years, I have one, also have heated bars and seat on my bike. The vest worn and...

iPhone battery failure, not with mine bloke. I have the original first edition iPhone, battery has not clapped out or refused to charge.

DD

Never ceases to amaze me with you blokes, what happened to the OZ " I can do" thinking. A learning curve it sure would be, you get ahead when making mistakes, its how we all learn, cept those who...

Cant be that hard to repair, its free for starters, that has to be a good thing. In your photos, I see that there are a few knobs missing, I can supply you pics of what goes where, knobs can be...

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The TLC340A lathe was originally sold by Heerless, before being consumed by H&F. I have such a lathe. Will take pics of the area that is damaged on your machine. I bought mine back in 2003...

The TAFE Colchesters lathes in WA were "down for forward" "up for reverse". My Chinese lathe is "up for forward" " down for reverse". As for the standards, there has never been any reviews or updates...

Hi Bob

I made one of them small presses back in 1987, company I worked for had an Enerpac one, I took a design off that particular model. Bought some channel, cant remember the size now, drilled...

Jaycar have got them, I bought one for the Dragon to use in her kitchen.

DD

Could be out of a straight 8 Merless generator engine.

DD

I dont have a Witch, I have a Dragon. I share the front shed with her car, she knows well enough to come only to the rolla door when i am in there beavering away. The back shed with garden tools is...

HAL was the computer in 2001 A Space Odyssy. Had a giggle when I read about cyberdyne.

Struth, we got drones all over the place spying on backyards, steel dogs that can take a kick, am waiting for...

I have a McNaught air grease gun if your interested, make an offer. Dont have a 4x4 or car anymore, so its in the back shed doing nothing.

I am at work wont be back until 19/02/15 to Perth and...

Just a Landcruiser ute and a swag will do me, mate.

DD

Hi Bloke

Never thought I would see a post like this. Back in 1973 I had a K2 Honda 750/4, couple of mates wanted to go for a ride up at Tambourine Mt, in Qld, had a chain on the bike that had gone...

Hare & Forbes have them. Check their web site for size.

DD

I use the Jamec style, been using them since the late 70's. In West Oz, u can get them at Veneables. Replaced all my air tools that came with the Nitto style with Jamec, including my arb diff lock...

That first one you showed looks like my Clisby 16cfm compressor. Have had mine since 1983, still going good. If it were me, would def go the cast twin cyclinder clone.

DD

"Bath plugs Wallace, what do you think about bath plugs". Neighbour quickly departed, not to bother me ever again, which is nice, as I love my time in the shed, with just me and my ideas.

DD

Brewing your own coffee on a job site, that would have to be better then drinking a HungryMac one.

DD

Hello Stinger

Looking at your tool post bolt, its similar to the one in my lathe, however, I have only one grub screw holting the bolt/shaft or whatever its called. I turned down the shaft with...

Give it a go Sting, its a good learning curve thing. I did what MG did. Disassemble, measure, re-assemble, several times. Got sick of the shim thing on the tool post, bought a qctp suitable for my...

The pilot hole was 3mm drill bit from sutton, bought a heap of them packadged in the green blister pack from my local hardware bloke. Random selection from the bin had the first 2 blunt as a dogs...

Started out making a C spanner from 3mm plate, nothing special, just the run of the mill flat plate that bins are made of. Few months back, I bought one of them well packaged hole saw kits from...

I just use a welding rod to push the hard compacted stuff in the nozzle back out. The Sellys no more gaps in the sealed squeeze bottle is good for small jobs, still goes off though.

DD

Place where I work have ditched the normal lights on their Excavators and replaced them with LED Strip Bars, am not talking little back yard diggers here, am talking about big buggers mine...

That one makes me laugh, on average I receive 3 a week from that scammer, I dont have a PayPal account. ITunes, the scammer says my account is suspended, funny, just purchased a tune, scammers from...

I have a pair of those Offset Dawn vice jaws in 150mm. You pay the post bloke, i will send them to you. Will post the pics of them on Sunday 02/11/14. Its late here in the West now.

DD

Hello Bloke

Its a bit late in the piece, only found this section of the Forum a few nights back. Check out the Eco Restorts South of Broome in West Oz. Spend some time at one of them before they...

Hello Bloke

Only thing I have to add is that if you get as far as West Oz, be mindful of the Cyclone season in the North West, which starts in November and finishes in Aril the following year....

Don't know where you live in oz bloke, but some forum members on here swear by TokenTools, check out their website, you will need a Tig that does AC/DC for alloy. Think TokenTools are in Wagga, or...

I bought a Makita right hand angle drill to finish a cat cage for the Dragon. Screwing the tin roof down below the house eaves left no room for an ordinary drill, either battery or electric. The...

Made some of these out of metric bolts, one off job fitting a backplate to a 4 jaw chuck. Searched the net looking for a supplier in oz, can get the punches, not the screws. Easy to make, they worked...

Hello Bloke

Back in the 80's, I picked up my special built off-road trailer which had been paid for by my sis, and found he had not built it to my plan. Indeed he had welded the box bit just like...