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Thank you all. Compared with Bazza's machine, the GMC is a toy. i now find it is limited to 5 tonnes, log size max 10" dia by 12" long. Bazza does 20 or 30 tonnes, and much larger logs.

I suspect...

Thank you all. Compared with Bazza's machine, the GMC is a toy. i now find it is limited to 5 tonnes, log size max 10" dia by 12" long. Bazza does 20 or 30 tonnes, and much larger logs.

I suspect...

Does anyone have any knowledge of the quality of the $450 2KW GMC electric log splitter ?

Ed T

Just try it out. Make sure there is an excess of filings so you eat up the acetic acid. And give it time to react. It will be quite slow.

You end up with Ferrous/Ferric Acetate, an innocuous salt...

I'll bet the plans are US ones, where "hardwood" is anything except conifers. So Meranti (pacific maple) is a hardwood by US boat building standards.

Except for things which must be stiff...

I make lots of fishing floats and lures from Western Red Cedar. Yours looks perzactly like the stuff I use. It has a characteristic smell. Scratch and expose a fresh surface, then compare the smell...

You are correct

Ed T

Seeing the deposit is above the waterline it might be Calcium Carbonate (lime). Check if Vinegar removes it ?

Ed T

Just to correct some dud info on "Methylated" spirits.

Originally ethanol was "methylated" with methanol as described. But the trouble was that methanol tastes like ethanol, so people like my...

My GMC unit has worked steadily and faultlessly for 18 months. In terms of bang per buck, it beats Karcher hands down.

Karcher and the like come into their own when you need to LARGE areas like...

I flew into Evans Head to an air show in the early 1970's.

Watched Brian ("Blackjack") Walker - a WW2 fighter ace - aileron roll a light twin passenger aircraft. Not rated aerobatic.

Most...

burn,

Yes, IF the file and it's components are not further protected with passwords. But it would be normal to password protect files which the author values.

Ed T

The whole idea of PDF files is to rigidly control the presentation of information. That is, to stop you from stuffing around with the document unless you have the full Adobe Acrobat and the necessary...

Wombat47 is right. Take care. But don't get paranoid.

Use a dust mask.
Have a vacuum cleaner handy, and clean up regularly.
Keep all surfaces damp to prevent dust from moving.
Don't let dust...

If you build a treated pine fence (infused with copper arsenate) it will not need much more. If you think soil will build up around the bottom, generously paint this area with creosote oil for some...

A company called A. G. Pulie of Granville, NSW makes a range of nicely finished Aluminium strait edges - cross section similar to a good level. My 2 metre one from Mitre 10 has a cross section of 70...

ThePope (or should we call you Benny 16 ?)



I was not doing a plastering job. That is a job best left for professionals. I already had a sound, even base to work on (the work of a good...

With no previous experience I skim coated all the walls of my house. They were originally painted cement render.

I trained at the bottom of the stairwell where no-one goes. The rest of the house...

Your "Metho" is actually Ethanol, or Ethyl Alcohol.

It was once "Methylated" with methanol to make it undrinkable. (Hence "Metho"). But that failed, as methanol tastes like ethanol, except that it...

Johnno was not talking about the on/off switch, but the one which brings in the capacitor during the start up.

You probably have a capacitor start, induction run motor. These are the most common...

Johnno is on the right track I think. CHECK THE SWITCH.

If you parallel up two identical capacitors, the resultant will take same voltage with twice the capacitance.

Put them in series and you...

I would have expected that capacitor to be 400V, not the 220 you stated.

It is only overvoltage which kills capacitors.

Ed T

My 7m dia x 2 m deep concrete tank holds 80kl and is 26 years old. Half buried. Never any problem.

Neighbour has one, same age, 7m x 2.5 m deep. His is buried. Again, no problem.

We find our...

Zed,

The AC "squirrel cage" motor used in drill presses will NOT drop to half speed if you halve the input voltage. Speed is contolled by mains frequency and the design of the windings.

If you...

Just sit back and wait for summer. Ultraviolet light will slowly degrade the blue organo-copper algicide. Keep the chlorine level up to assist.

Ed T

I'd use the straight edge on the ends first, and take it off in 2 or 3 bites, each time going deeper. Use the roller for the last pass.

Then do the sides freehand in 2 passes with the final one on...

I bought one of the early ones. The drive chain failed within a few hours.

Ryobi were quite frank, said it was a known design weakness in the early ones.

They took it back, upgraded it to the...

A company called A G PULIE in Granville (sydney) makes a range of straightedges up to about 2.5m.

I have had a 2m one for a year or so. It is excellent. Bought it at Mitre 10.

Made from...

I get my beeswax as sheets from an Apiarist supplier - The Honey Place at Urunga - NSW north coast. Phone 02 6655 6160.

Not expensive - about $30 per kg.


Ed T

A very simple clamp is the "Spanish Windlass".

A loop of rope, tensioned by a twisting a short timber rod in the loop at one edge of the timber being clamped. Then a simple little clamp to stop...

I also will back the Feast Watson varnishes as the best in the business. This is based on 30 years of small boat building and maintenance.

Ed T

I lightly stapled pink (glass) bats the the floor and joists, then thoroughly stapled fly wire across the joists to seal the whole space. Not good looking, but worked well.

Doing it again, I would...

I once made 16 foot plywood sailboats ("Fireballs"). Scarf joints worked fine on 1/4 inch marine ply, with about 2" of overlap and a resorcinol glue.

Never sprung a leak, but did bottle them often...

The plywood alone won't do much. The gap between ply and the underside of the floor is too large, and you will get air circulation in the gap, and therefore heat transfer.

You need stagnant air in...