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Suggest you try McJing tools I bought one (1/2") at the www show in Melb last year around $50.00 has a carbide insert tip and has worked well for me so far.


Peter

Thanks for the heads up Scooter always happy to find these tools at the "right" price.

I have just been to the Edithvale mega store and they are not available there.

Suggest you ring and order...

Hi Tiger,

If your able to get there Highett metals (Boundary Rd Braeside) have a good range of this stuff. I was in there yesterday and saw a length of around 1" Dia on the floor.

if you want a...

I use a widget called Quickresize.

Works fine for me, quick and dirty probably, but gets the job done.

Peter

Hi Tiger,

We just picked up a bigger one from H&F on Friday last. We bought one of the smaller ones around 6 months ago and took about 4 hours to set it up right. The blade it came with was...

:2tsup:

As always Stu informative entertaining and great presentation.

Thanks for so much enjoyable input and sharing.

Peter

How about we find what hp or kw the motor is.

An inverter single to 3 phase may be the option if it's not too big a capacity motor.
The inverters mostly only do 240 volts single phase in to 230...

Mine arrived today. What a lurvely sight they are too.

Thanks so much Gil and DJ for your efforts.

What a great place this forum is!

Peter

Sheesh I thopught we were doing it tough with prices here.

Don't go to Denmark guys!

Peter

Hi Tiger,

I've seen those clamps at woodworkers warehouse in Braeside Melb.

No affilliation etc just FYI.

Peter
Mugwoody

Dont forget rgum that even if you get an inverter you will still be needing to usse the same amnount of battery power to give you the required result.
Sadly in electrical terms you get nuthin for...

Not real bad service when sometimes it takes that long for a parcel to get from Melb to Sydney.

Great news.

Peter

Eggcellent Job there shorty.

Done very nicely with the grain match, so comes the next question?

Is it all one piece or does the egg come away from the cup?

Peter
Mugwoody

Hi Oosam,

As long as your joists are square with the line you want cut just project a line up from the joist face and mark you line or place your timber liner-upper in the appropriate position to...

Hi Guys,

From my experience the only way to go with power tapping is to use HSS "Gun nose taps"

These have a cutting lead which drives the chip forward and do not require backing out to break...

Onya Gil,

You're a legend for doing this.:2tsup::2tsup::U

DJ, did you get my details sent last week.

Peter

Mugwoody

Tell em theyre dreamin!

Peter

Thanks a lot for all of your responses. Think I have got a ballpark idea now at least... around $1000 mark or so.

Below is a pic of the lathe, which looks similar to the one one ebay I think?...

Onya Gil

Thanks for being so generous to us mugs over here.

It really is appreciated.

And thanks to DJ for his offer to be the "Bottom end" of the deal.

Peter

Take one of my 3 if you like i don't want to see any other forumites miss out on such a good deal :(

I'm easy, but not cheap:wink:


Peter

Sounds good to me no problems at all.

If you want to put 2 in the box with my 3 for Melbourne delivery thats fine.

Mugwoody

Hi Gil,

What a deal!:)


Put me down for 2 or 3 of the 10X 10 tpi please if they are still available.

I would be happy for anyone else in Melbourne (to save freight costs) to add to this to...

Hi all ,

I also have a Jet mini.

One catch is the thread form, I notice the original poster is in USA.

US threads being what they are they will be a 60° form wheras ours here will generally...

Yup,

Afraid it's correct and all due to the GST regs which came in back in 200? .

If you don't have an ABN I believe the scrappy is obliged to keep 50% and hand it on to the government. I will...

Hi Ian,

Just a couple of things for your thoughts.

Karcher units usually have a propriety line of virtually everything in them and if you have a failure you will only be able to use Karcher...

Hi Niki,

Youve done it again mate bloody brilliant and as always a simple solution to a complex problem.:2tsup:

Well done and as always a great series of pics and explanation.

Peter

Hey Groggy,


Congratulations go to you for your tireless effort of manning the stand pretty much continuously for 3 days.

Well done and thanks for letting me be a small part of it.

Also,...

Hi Mark,

Having been in the reverse situation to yourself in the last couple of years I can understand your quandary.

I agree with most that has been said in the previous posts but offer the...

I have one of those hat racks which I inherited from my son who bought it at a charity auction.

Unfortunately it is currently resident on Flinders island and I won't be there until xmas.
...

Hey Andrew,

The little buggers ars repairable.

Where is the leak from? the outlet or the swivelling nozzle part.

There is a specialist shop in Bentleigh (ViC) which carries all of the parts...

Hi Neil,

I figure its the least I can do to support this fantastic forum.

I anticipate attending the show on Saturday for the day and would consider it an honour to serve.

mugwoody

Just...

Try Treotham Trading in Moorabbin Vic.
The stuff is called "energy chain"
Phone 03-9555-4890
Sorry Don't have a website for them but they no doubt have one if you google them.

Peter

G'Day Peter,

I have a littlerat and it is a great little unit very happy with it.

I purchased the aluminium guide rails from woodrat around 2 months ago and do believe they are a superior guide...

Hi McMurphy,

IMHO poly is not a good selection for this type of application. From what I have seen of poly tanks and hot water after time they lose something in the make up of the material and...

I think youll find that these controllers are for 3 phase motors.

They take in 240v ac and convert it to dc then turn it into 3 phase 240 or 220 volt ac which is then controlled through varying...

$99.00 is correct got the docket in front of me. Definately not a typo or missprint. :U

Peter

Hey Wongo beautiful work :2tsup: drool drool.

Great lines and it doesnt look heavy, well done.

As a mug Ive got a loong way to go.:rolleyes:

Peter

OK so which one's Cliff?

By Jeez theres some sickos around and yes the ropes too good for them.

Sharks would definately gag.

Now lets see :smack: :whip: :burnt: :blowup: :minigun:

Morning all,
FYI I picked up a Warrior thicknesser at the Chelsea heights Mitre 10 mega store yesterday for $99.00.

At this stage I dont know how it will shape up but figured at that price for...

By jeez Joe I thought it might just be me.

I am having more fun building and playing than sucessfully building much else and have this little niggle in the back of my mind that the "journey' is...

Hi Colin,

For what its worth I have available some brand new cast iron worm drive boxes ratio 40:1 there seems to be very little backlash in them.

They are pretty heavy but may suit your need....

Like they say you can pick your friends but you can't pick your family.

Bugger about the rest of the gear missing and you probably dont know the half of it even now.

A bit worried about that...

Agreed with others on this.

Air lock (a big volume of air caught up in the pipework which cannot be expelled) is the most logical problem.

IMHO the following procedure should be followed
...

Sorry to post one after the other but still thinking.

The other thing to keep in mind is with those mains pressure pump systems the motor start up current is around 6 to 8 times the run current...

You may have hit the nail on the head with this one i.e. heater packed it in, as, if the pressure / thermal valve is leaking (out of that drain thingy) then you are paying for the energy to heat that...

Beautifully ironic:)

And oh so true as well.

Unfortunately I also cook:doh:

Peter

Yes they are used, among other things for lapping parts we use one for lapping silicone carbide seals.
Glued to a piece of glass to ensure flatness.

Peter

Hey Sheddy, its great to see that you've found retail therapy and the old addiction has been able to overcome your demons.

I saw your original posting a couple of weeks ago and felt sh*t been...

Like Al said far too good for the shed but beautiful work.:D :D :2tsup:

It's really nice to work with this stuff. I made a bench to go with the barby for salads etc just before xmas and everyone...