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    Nice chairs Baslig, " donkey work " puts it all in perspective.
    Cheers, Bill

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    WOW!
    Basilg thats beautiful work and love the design, its like the chair can't decide which way up it wonts to be!
    But I've never seen a donkey use a bandsaw, they may have powered one somewhere back in the day.

    Absolutely Brilliant Work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
    Since we've been talking about the more traditional skills and hand tools.
    I thought I might show some of my sign writing on timber.
    It's one of those things you don't seem to see too much of today.
    Overflowing with the Awesome.

    I think you need to teach some classes!

    And a WIP would have us all befuddled and drooling. (that's a good thing)

    Paul

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    My eyes went a bit moist when I read your post...

    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
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    Dad's 90 years old now and lives with me and my son, it's a bit of a boy's club!
    ...
    Thanks Dad.
    Trevor.

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    My father is the type of man that can speak volumes, without the need for hardly a word.
    His always been more interested in the result than the method.

    On a map he'd show you your destination, but never tell you how to get there.
    His a person who'll give you the time and space to find your way.

    If you fell down a hundred times, a hundred times he'd pick you up.
    But he'd never hold you up.

    In his life he's Loved but one woman, fought a war, raised three children and
    worked at his trade for one Company for over 50 years.

    A better man I'll never meet.

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    Another beautiful post, mate. A worthy presentation for Fathers Day.
    And he did a good job with you, obviously.
    Give him my best wished, please.

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    Thanks Bill, I'll do that right now!

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    Default Napier Billycart

    This is a Napier Billycart, its 6 feet long and made from timber off the wood pile at the local landfill.
    It's loosely based on a 1914 Napier, if it was in any way real you'd probably describe it as being a
    chain driven, dual rear wheeled, straight eight roadster.

    In making it I used my trusty bandsaw and a cordless drill, and I'm going to admit straight up I used
    a router to take the edges off the spokes. But in my defence there is 84 of the darn things on the cart.
    All the rest is done my favourite way, time consuming, laborious work all done by hand "Love It".

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    To get the affect of the hinges, I used lengths of dowel and scored them with a small pipe cutter to
    make it look as if they have segments. Then I added a double row of nail heads to look like it was riveted.
    Theres about 400 of them in the bonnet.

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    The goose-neck horn is made from PVC pipe, the head is built up from bodyfiller, and the mouth by cutting a
    piece of pipe in half.
    The long tapper on the horn was made by holding a piece of pipe over a gas stove, turning and drawing
    it out as it softened. Then I bounded it with cord.

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    The small gears on the steering connected to the levers, to make them look as if they work are from an
    old video player.

    I think the thing I enjoy most about building things, is making something look exactly like what it isn't!
    Or to pinch a line from The Hitch Hikers Guide, to float in the air exactly the same way a brick doesn't!

    Always have fun with what you do!

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    That is wonderful. Thank you for showing us.
    Has any boy let it go down the neighbourhood hill?
    It is a far cry from our fruit case on 3" metal wheels!
    Thank you again, Bill.

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    Default Flat out, Down hill, No brakes!

    Quote Originally Posted by Old farmer View Post
    Has any boy let it go down the neighbourhood hill?
    It is a far cry from our fruit case on 3" metal wheels!
    Thanks Bill,
    I don't know if you know Mildura, but it fronts onto the Murray River.
    Down the eastern end is a lock, and above it a neat little hill.
    The hill drops down about 30 feet to the lock, with a sweeping right hand bend in it.
    Best little Billycart hill in North West Victoria.
    Mind you it's a public road, so we snuck down early one morning and gave the Napier a rip!
    A mates young fellow was up for the task, so we sent him down a couple of times.
    In one of my other carts just in case.
    The other Billycart is painted in St.Kilda Footy Club colours, my mates a Collingwood supporter.
    So you can guess how that when over with him.

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    After a couple of runs in the St.Kilda cart we let fly with the Napier, and she went like a Billycart should.
    "Flat out, Downhill, NO BRAKES".

    A couple of the fiddlier parts on it took a bit of a hiding, but overall it worked really well.
    If you have a look at the picture of the bonnet ornament, you can see were its been repaired.
    I didn't fix it every well because I think its nice that it has same battle scares.

    Anyway thanks again, and I'm glad you like it.

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    I'm confused ... where's the DVD player fit?
    Paul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmcgee View Post
    I'm confused ... where's the DVD player fit?
    Paul.
    The parts arrowed in the picture below are from an old Video player.
    Their the gears that work the opening and closing mechanism when you put a tape in.
    Its nice of the Phillips Company to supply Billycart parts.

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    Default Time to get back in the shed.

    I'd like to think my work is a good example of what can be done without the need for a hole lot of power tools.
    But I'm the first to admit I'd be lost without my trusty bandsaw.

    To build the things I do, my tool box is pretty much:
    Bandsaw
    Wielder
    Grinder
    Drill
    Hammer
    Chisel
    Screwdriver
    Pliers
    and Sandpaper (by the ton)

    In the end I just love making things!

    This T Model Ford Van was my first attempt at trying to make a Billycart look like it was real.
    It's 2/3 scale to what would be the original, and as with most of my stuff it's made from recycled timber
    and pretty much anything you can find to do the job.
    It's all hand finished and painted.

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    Like with most things one seems to lead to another, and the T model was what led me to building the
    Ariel motorcycle that's at the start of this tread.
    When I'd finished the T Model, the first thing I thought was how good it would look with a motorcycle
    beside it.
    Of cause after the Ariel was built I realized if you're going to have motorcycles you've got to have a Harley!

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    After building cars and bikes for a while, I wonted to do something different.
    When I was a kid my favourite show was Doctor Who, and that being the case what better to build than a life size Dalek.

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    But as you can guess if you've got a Dalek you need K9.

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    And of cause you can't have those without the TARDIS.
    Which is pretty much where I'm at, theres a half finished TRADIS in the shed and the weather is getting better.
    So it's back to the shed for me.

    Cheers.

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    Flabbergasted and totally gobsmacked and words fail me beyond that. The problem of handing these skills on is finding the people who want to learn and have the time. Is your son interested in following your foot steps?
    CHRIS

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    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
    And of cause you can't have those without the TARDIS.
    Cheers.
    And you can't have all that without ... a museum and a web-page
    Wow!!

    Paul

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