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I have used a mob on Ebay called Electrotraders, I have bought a couple of 3 phase extensions and 3 phase outlets and plugs, all good. They are based in Qld too which is good for you.
Will

I wouldn't either! But I have seen them do it at H&F Sydney! Never buy anything that isn't in a box!
Will

Malb yes the load is quite high so we shouldn't have any problem there, the motor is naturally aspirated so no turbo
CBA Robertson has many different weather extremes we can have four seasons in...

When I install my new backup generator system i want to put Automatic opening shutters in each end of the building to allow heaps of ventilation when it is
running, as we have a very harsh climate...

I ended up finding a diesel powered genset within an hours drive it's powered by a six cylinder Volvo Penta diesel and has an output of 125 Kva so probably a bit more that we need but room for...

That's us Ray, 35 years and counting!
Will

That would be great Phil
Will

Would have never put it inside have already planned an outside enclosure
Will

Definitely three phase we hired a 100 kva recently but probably a bit big
Will

Hi Guys

We have been hit with bad weather, so bad in fact that we couldn't open our Pie Shop today! We normally only close for Christmas Day! Anyway we had no power for a fair while, we...

Rule of thumb is .1mm =.004"
1/4 = 6.3mm ish
So .012" Difference
Which is a fair bit on a small diameter
Will

As late as 1978 we were still chipping oil grooves for the slipper bearings on the rolling mill drives at Port Kembla steelworks albeit with an air operated chisel, they then went to doing them with...

Hi Ric
Were they new or secondhand when you got them? Maybe doctored up to sell? Or maybe the weather in Moss Vegas has something to do with it lol
The weather in is pretty savage
will

I picked up a Slotting Head for my Turret Mill off Ebay a couple of weeks ago, the Hare and Forbes one. Just wondering if anyone offers a set of toolbars for one of these? No problem to make them...

You need to state your location otherwise people won't know whether to reply ! Ie isF you were in Sydney and I replied from Robertson it probably wouldn't work! Happy to help you out if you are close...

Simon I'm pretty sure it will have V ways, mine has and I just did the block of wood trick that Phil mentioned. I don't think you would lift the table off on your own
and if ever you do use some...

Can you post a picture of it Simon? mine is a 20 x8 and I have a book!
I've also had it in pieces so know a bit about it!If you do pull it apart there are two little
one way oil metering valves...

Thinking back over the weekend, it was great to be there with like minded blokes who all got along- try telling the blokes at the local club what you are doing? Actually don't bother- they wouldn't...

Thanks Phil,and Marco!
What a great weekend! Good to meet everyone and great to learn some new skills!
Will

Got it Phil!

The wife said how about Dom Perignon? Just wasted an hour and ten minutes waiting on meals at the Hotel Nicholas ! Walked out when people who came in after us were getting served, we went to a pub...

On my way at Beechworth for the night , my wife wants to know if Mahoneys has Moët , caviar and a cheese platter lol
will

Maybe just build them up with low hydrogen rods and mill them back to size?
Will

I will be staying at Mahoneys, driving down on friday morning, not sure about the fellow who was coming with me , he is crook i will talk to him tomorrow and let Phil know either way. If he can't...

When I was an apprentice at AIS Port Kembla we were all( there were thousands of us over the years) taught to screwcut with the compound set in the normal position and to just advance the compound...

Andre, it probably took only ten years, should have started earlier though! The Pie Shop is pretty good we have owned it for thirty five years, just waiting for someone to
come along with plenty of...

Well i already have the Tormach PCNC1100, Syil CNC Lathe, just got the larger Boxford CNC lathe, Takisawa TAL 460 Lathe , a Hare and Forbes equivalent of Takisawa, a very good Taiwainese Bridgeport...

I think I must be a compulsive tool/machinery buyer! Do they have meetings?
I have an Isuzu truck, bought it new in 1989 well in 2003 it was getting a bit tatty, needed a new roof
and a couple...

I have Gearotic, v carve pro, photo V carve , sprutcam, master cam x 5,Alibre Design professional,G wizard and G wizard editor all are good
Will

Maybe sliding,surfacing and screwcutting? I have seen sliding and surfacing on lathes before
Will

I use Interlloy and Bohler they are both within an hour of here
And then Brass and Copper, Stanton Rd Seven Hills for Brass and Copper of course
And for Stainless Steel Midway Metals at Erskine...

Not sure whether the wife would like that, lol
Im supposed to be the boss! Our family business is a Pie Shop and it will be as busy as that weekend! (I laugh when people say are you the baker, I say...

I can do every date but the 4th and 5th of October, thats the October long weekend have to work at the money making job. I know I said I could do that weekend but I didn't realise it was the long...

That dates good for me
Will

Yes I'm interested too, missed out on the first two!
Will

As Bob said its only a set of extractors and no big deal, thats what gaskets are for!
Will

Interesting I only flicked through it I will read it properly later. When I worked at AIS Port Kembla in the late seventies in the Number 1 Machine Shop there was a Ford Horizontal Borer with the...

Work- but I love it!
Will

A DSG is the most beautiful machine I have ever used, however that was thirty years ago, and most would have that wear on them!
Good points have been mentioned already and they do have a clutch,...

I organised my Tormach to be imported and when the freight forwarder asked about import duty, I told
them as we don't make them here there is no duty, and there was none!
As far as I know thems...

They look like they fit a coventry diehead.
Will

Michael it sounds like you have a HM50-52 or similar? I have a Bridgeport style mill on steroids (3hp) and a horizontal head for it, which I am pretty sure I can setup so that the cutter is at 90...

The mechanism was indeed invented by Joseph Whitworth, it is called the whitworth motion Whitworth Quick Return
The Fitting and Machining textbooks that I had in 1977 detailed it.
Will

Wedding Ring and a shifter putting batteries in a bulldozer does wonders too! i don't wear a ring anymore- have a permanent scar lol
Wife sold the ring to the gold buyers!
Will

Hi Ewan
780 for the drill, it went to Bundanoon, a mate of Jordans got it, The lathe is a ML10 Myford 898.00, I will just clean the Shaper up a bit more and relist it next year.
Will

I had an Elliott Invicta on there last week with a vice and manual starting at 400.00, 35 watchers no bids.
Will

I am pretty sure another name for that material is Tufnol, a lot of Macsons used to have these gears also.
Will

It shows Metric on the sideways Screwcutting Chart, I am pretty sure anything out of Japan would have Metric capabilities.
Will

Nailed in one line, speed and horsepower as well as machine/bearing rigidity are what you need for negative rake tools.
Where do you live Nadroj,we might be neighbours?
Will

I have used E-Go to ship stuff from Melbourne with no problems they picked it up from the ebay seller and I picked it up from the local depot
I also sent a surface grinder to Melbourne and they...