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    Don't let something as insignificant as a reason...

    Don't let something as insignificant as a reason keep you from getting one. :;


    Graeme
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    Now in WA

    Picked up a pair of bottles at Bunnings in Cannington. I was obviously the first to get them from there as it took them a while for them to find the key to the cages and to work out how to undo the...
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    Bunnings oxyacetylene in WA...

    I've just received an email from the manager of our local Bunnings (Cannington) telling me that stores in WA will be getting the swap&go oxyacetylene bottles in the coming months, so finally there is...
  4. What's a suitable finish for a large outdoor brazier?

    I'm making a brazier/fire pit, mainly from bits of scrap with a few bits of new merchant bar. The narrower uprights in the photo are the new bits of steel. I'm undecided as to what finish I should...
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    Sounds nice and simple. I've even got a few old...

    Sounds nice and simple. I've even got a few old leaf springs lying around outside that could be put to use, so it could in theory be made "hingeless". Thanks for the idea!

    Graeme
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    Any ideas for a small jackable platform?

    I'm a member of our local SES unit and every so often we go along to school fairs etc. to raise awareness of what we do, drum up support/volunteers etc. We try to have something for kids to do, but...
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    Try this...

    I came across this file a year or two ago when I was looking for something related (gas springs for Landcruiser boot) and grabbed it in case I needed something to calculate gas spring sizes at a...
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    I had a bit of a think about this yesterday when...

    I had a bit of a think about this yesterday when I was using various potentially limb severing tools to build a chicken coop.

    A very simple way of doing this would be to put a mains rated...
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    I wouldn't touch Frost ones again. I bought some...

    I wouldn't touch Frost ones again. I bought some earlier this year and the first one I used lasted just a few minutes before the first inch or so of the tip split in two. Note - split, not snapped....
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    Something like this - Buy Reed Switches...

    Something like this -
    Buy Reed Switches Switch,sensor,proximity,reed,HD,form A,N/O RS N/O3/RS online from RS for next day delivery.
    spliced into the live feed would do the job. You'd just need a...
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    Cheers Jeff, I'll give that a go. Now, where did...

    Cheers Jeff, I'll give that a go. Now, where did I put my battery drill? Oh yes, bedside table. Silly me for forgetting that.

    Graeme
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    I just scraped/cut it roughly to size with a...

    I just scraped/cut it roughly to size with a sharp knife then fine tuned it with a small file. The graphite is harder than your typical pencil lead, but the principle is the same. I've done this a...
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    I learned two things today...

    The first is that some people will chuck "broken" tools out without attempting to find out what's wrong with them. On the way to dropping my son off at school I drove along a street which was due to...
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    They're dampers rather than springs, so the...

    They're dampers rather than springs, so the pressure (in most cases) doesn't need to be high.

    I'd not thought of salvaging the rod before. It seems like they'd make a good source for the ways I'd...
  15. Thread: Brazing wire rope?

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    Thanks for that Mm, that's handy to know. The...

    Thanks for that Mm, that's handy to know. The only knowledge I've had about colours and UV stability is that you should avoid red, as that seems to be the worst. This was based on a TV programme I...
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    Not sure about that; towards the end it was more...

    Not sure about that; towards the end it was more "sod it, that'll have to do" as it was only one of many jobs that need done.

    I'm quite happy to re-oil it every few months, or rather, get my wife...
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    Thanks for all the great suggestions guys.:2tsup:...

    Thanks for all the great suggestions guys.:2tsup:
    I'll probably use a combination of a few of them - a bit of epoxy, copper swages & some heat shrink (not sure how long that last bit will last in...
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    Brazing wire rope?

    I'm making some gas bottle bells and drums to be put in the garden of my daughter's kindy. These will need the drumsticks/beaters attached to them so they don't go for a wander and get buried in the...
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    Basic chemistry and not tidying up

    You know how you always mean to be tidier and sweep up after yourself? Well, when you only manage to find time late at night to do things, such as cutting steel using the drop saw, you do tend to...
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    No problem, I didn't take it as anything other...

    No problem, I didn't take it as anything other than a joke. I'm not sure I've ever heard OH&S referred to in anything other than a joke or a complaint. The rest of us talk about common sense and...
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    Apparently the gaps will all be filled with...

    Apparently the gaps will all be filled with various springy plants. There's about 3 miles of retic (or at least the volunteers putting it in made it sound like that much) so it should stay alive once...
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    All done!

    I installed the bench at the weekend and oiled it with Cabot's jarrah decking oil straight away, and my wife oiled it again last night when she went to pick up our daughter. I'm quite happy with the...
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    Nappy san? It's not been peed on yet! :) I'll...

    Nappy san? It's not been peed on yet! :)

    I'll go with oiling it now and re-oiling in a few weeks time. Thanks for the advice guys. Once that's done it's time to start on cutting up old gas tanks...
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    Wait 4-6 weeks...

    I've (been) volunteered to build a bench seat to go round a tree at my daughter's kindy. I'm at the stage where all I have to do is screw it together then oil it. I wandered over to our local big...
  25. Thread: Bunnings

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    That's what I'd considered doing, but the only...

    That's what I'd considered doing, but the only bell they stock needs an 8v supply. Not that that's a big issue as it's simple to drop a few volts across an appropriate resistor or maybe a string of...
  26. Thread: Bunnings

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    There's one factor which is both a blessing and a...

    There's one factor which is both a blessing and a curse for my local Bunnings - it's only a 5 minute walk away. That's great when I need something I've forgotten, but it probably also means I'm a bit...
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    The boards have been planed to 20mm thick (a nice...

    The boards have been planed to 20mm thick (a nice quick job with my new planer/thicknesser toy). They started about 22mm but some had a fair bit of damage after 40 years of foot traffic (some of...
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    Buckling was one of my concerns so it was one of...

    Buckling was one of my concerns so it was one of the things I tested when I first put the frame up. Primarily to test the hinges I put a couple of hundred kilos on the opposite end of the frame (in...
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    Each door is about 2.5m wide by 2.2m high. I've...

    Each door is about 2.5m wide by 2.2m high. I've worked out the weight of the steel and the jarrah, and even erring very much on the side of caution then each door comes in at under 200kg (actually...
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    How to fix T&G jarrah externally?

    Hi,

    I'm in the middle of making a pair of doors to stick on our car port (barn door style). They're made from a patio tubing frame (cross braced, possibly excessively) with an infill panel of...
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    Inspiration?

    No plans, but have a look at the following sites for possible inspiration -

    MONOWALKER

    Chariot Carriers: Bike Trailers, Jogging Strollers and more, for bicycle riders and joggers

    -

    Graeme
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    I have one and I'm very happy with it. That said,...

    I have one and I'm very happy with it. That said, I'm not that great at welding so my welds with the DHC 2000 don't seem massively better/different to standard oxy welds. I think my short experience...
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