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For many years I have tried to hollow out various aged hardwood sticks with a variety of drills, short, long, slow speed, high speed, etc. etc. But in the end could not keep the drill bits centred...

You are spot on. The electric circuit is something else but I do need very low carbon mild steel and since I have a real problem sourcing this product in small quantities I thought I ask for some...

Thanks for your response.
I agree that suppliers want to sell 1020 because they don't stock lower grades, presumably because of low demand. However I have used both and there is a difference in the...

Thanks very much for your reply. I have contacted them in Darra and they sell 1020 in various sizes, but I need low carbon and 2018 is definitely too high in that. I know there is somebody selling...

I would like to buy, AISI 1018 or lower, low carbon mild steel bits of the following dimensions - 20mm wide x 5mm thick x 45mm long. I have tried many firms but just cannot get the 1018 or lower....

Thanks Craig. That is certainly interesting. The specifics for low carbon steel are not mentioned but I can ask. The price for 5/16x3' (or 8mm x 91 cm) is not cheap around the $ 22.00 but would be...

That is interesting to know. At work they make beautiful railings etc for the boats but they talk stainless steel and nothing else. We shall continue the search. There may be something to be sourced...

I take it you make stuff for tattoo machines ? Phoned around more today but 1020 is the lowest grade around. It looks like I have to buy it from interstate.

Checked today but the lowest grade I can get is 1020 and unfortunately not suitable. Had a look at 1214 has low carbon but the sulphur is far too high. I will keep on searching.

Thanks Fossil. I think the standard length is 3.6m so it needs to be cut to fit in the car if I pick it up. I need 32 ml lenths. I will give them a phone call on Monday and hope they have it.

Thanks Craig. I will give them a ring next week and it will be interesting to see what is available. The guys I know are pretty good but all they are interested in is stainless steel and that is a...

Thanks Craig. Some 8 years ago I bought some from Austral Wright when they were still at Coopers Plains but they don't stock this any longer. For the best possible magnetic inductance I need very low...

Does anyone know where I can buy in Brisbane mild steel 1012 or 1018 rod of about 8 or 10 mls ?

Thanks Bob. I bought that book already, received it a week ago, and don't particularly like the design but after all the searching and opinions received it looks like the best option to build this.

To grind some metal frames and to set one side up as a coil winder since I am not able to get a small table top coil winder anywhere.

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What I can't work is out how these things work then. They are on Ebay USA and are advertised at o-10000 rpm at no load. Maybe I buy one of those and buy a voltage converter.

Sorry to disappoint you, no need to become neurotic. Personally I am not a fan of tattoos, don't have one and don't think I will get one in the future. I am only after a simple coil winder and that...

Neither. I work in the boat industry and my son is a graphic artist who moved into the tattoo industry. We have bought some tattoo machines from the USA from some of the really big names and always...

Thanks. I know that works but I have seen some pretty good small desktop machines either in progress or completed and there is one for sale on Ebay from a Hong Kong Company for US$200 plus freight...

Thanks Grahame. The wraps mean the number of layers and that will be something from 6 to 12 depending on what you want to use the coils for. Sometimes the cores are 1 inch high but the wraps remain...

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This is what the coil cores look like 1 1/4 x 5/16 with a 8/32 thread I think UNF

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The core is 1012 low carbon iron 1 1/4 inch long by 5/16 Inch round (I think square is better). The wire will be 24 AWG or 0.51 mm and will be about 10 wraps to give about 1.2 ohms for...

I am still looking so if there is one available somewhere, now or in the future, please let me know. Thanks.

Thanks Gerhard. That was a lot of information and very interesting. Nice to have you take part in the discussion. Erg bedankt en tot de volgende keer!

Thanks Blackout. Looks like a compromise for me taking the lowest possible rmp I can get.

Rotzak has a bit more mongrel in it while Klootzak is a bit more on the dumb site. Both are fighting words in de kroeg (pub) so be careful.

Thanks Tooling Around. I think you may be right. There is one unit on Ebay in the US but that looks out of reach. Maybe the very low RPM on the Aussie Ebay will have to do.

Thanks Batpig. I did look at most bench grinders and the lowest I see on the Australian Ebay is something like 240 RPM but I prefer zero.

I am after a small bench grinder with a variable speed from zero upwards. There seems to be nothing in Australia and I found one in the USA but they don't ship internationally and besides that the...

Thanks joe greiner. I have already done that and have a few that worked out quite well but I want one (or several) with a hole drilled through it. All over the world they use different methods and...

Thanks Harry72. I have already one of those but timber is much more exciting.

Thanks David. I have tried something like that and it is too much trouble and does not really work.

Thanks Dazzler. That is correct. I have a few of those already.

I need a didgeridoo from hardwood, lenght 125 cm with a 4 cm hole possibly tapering out to a flare at the end. Can this be done and how much would it cost?

Just a remainder that I am after a table top coil winder and after all this it seems there is nothing available.

Thanks Fossil. I have no idea what the volume will be. At this time it is just getting a lot of things together and see what the likely outcome might be. Of course I need to pay my way but need...

Thanks Floobyduster.
The problem is that I am not very good at the practical end of manufacturing things and certainly envy the guys who can do so much with their hands and brains. That is why I...

Thanks Grahame.
I hope that will be the case.

The estimated costs - on the trot - would be as follows-
Set up - $ 150
After that - per unit - Material $ 0.50 + Labour $ 0.25 + O/Head $ 0.25 = $ 1.00
Add: Profit and Packaging & Freight Cost...

Thanks for your comments. The accounting and overall managment process is not a problem at all. The practical oraganisation of getting in there and providing the necessary resources on the ground is...

That would be good! Where are they?

Thanks Dadpad.
I think there are lots of organsations etc. but the reality is that there are several Malysian companies harvesting timber in the Solomons and exporting it to other countries. The...

Thanks Prozac, I will check them out and see what they offer. There are many indiscriminate 'rip-out' timber practices going on which is causing a lot of damage including the destruction of the...

Thanks jmaxwell. One family has 400 hectares and wants selected trees taken out and others have more that 400 hectares each on different islands. I am told there are some expensive hardwoods...

Thanks Grahame,
I did ask a few people and I get the impression it is too fiddely and not enough volume to set up the machine, but will ask around a bit more. Gus

Thanks Grahame.

Should be I think. I need 1 1/4 x 5/16 with a thread of 1/4 at one end

Thanks Grahame.

I don't know what happened to my first reply to you but I will try again.

I Need coil inserts of the lowest carbon possible. The common usage at the moment is 1018 I think...

Thanks China.

Thanks Grahame. I am after mild steel cores of very low carbon and the current common usage is 1018 but I think 1006 is lower carbon. Sizes are 1.25 inch long by 5/16 wide with a inside thread (not...