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25th April 2007, 07:28 PM
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Akshoelee
http://home.flash.net/~guitars/sunburstaerosol.html
http://home.flash.net/~guitars/products.html#aerosols
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25th April 2007, 05:35 PM
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Crakkum Lacker.
I was going to refinish my guitar in POLY - URETHRA - Thane....
LOL say that fast 5 times.
Yeah My name is Wrichard.
Satin interior floor urethane, thinned with turps.... sprayed on.
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24th April 2007, 05:21 AM
Thread: Pimples in the Nose
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Naaaa actually I run my compressor on OLIVE oil.....
Naaaa actually I run my compressor on OLIVE oil.. it's an excellent non toxic lubricant, and I cool the air, and remove the condensate, and then feed the air to be breathed through a pressuriseable...
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24th April 2007, 04:54 AM
Thread: How do I work out what thread it is?
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I am the Producer Sucker - I understand Everything.
I had an OLD Hardly Rideable with the ONLY thread type, of that sort in the world on the motor output shaft...
Like I can't remember EXACTLY what it was, but there was to my researching, no other... -
24th April 2007, 03:20 AM
Thread: Vice Grip vs LockJaw
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I am now too old and tight arsed and mean to...
I am now too old and tight arsed and mean to really care much about brands...
The only thing that matters, is does it work? and is it reliable?
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24th April 2007, 03:02 AM
Thread: Brazing Magnesium Alloy?
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Bean a metal caster of wurld renoun.... ...
Bean a metal caster of wurld renoun....
Actually never did anything with casting magnesium.. but as part of my training in foundry practices, we watched a video on casting magnesium (mag alloy)... -
19th April 2007, 01:12 PM
Thread: Advice on my first build
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U forgot the most important part... LOUDNESS KNOBBS
In order for your guitar to work, you absolutely must have the right Volume Knobbs.
Most people only have Knobbs that go to 10.
I am making up vernier indexed volume knobbs that go to 50 - so... -
19th April 2007, 01:02 PM
Thread: How do I work out what thread it is?
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Mr Majik (agen?)
Ummmmmm I find having one of them big fat pocket thread gauges is a really good thing to have.
That way I can work out almost any common kind of pitch (thread turns per unit of measure), and that... -
18th April 2007, 11:40 PM
Thread: Spraying small items
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Yeah spraying.... like a Tom Cat.
Love spray painting Koff Koff.............
Well I am a bit tired and can't think too well....
I have a $30 on special Super Cheap "compressor" bits and fittings kit (or was it more???) that... -
18th April 2007, 07:42 PM
Thread: Pimples in the Nose
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Hmm these are my favourite ones to squeeze..... ...
Hmm these are my favourite ones to squeeze..... next to the ones inside the ear...
There are some really neato instruments you can get to hook out the dermal plug... or pierce the plug or exert... -
18th April 2007, 06:16 PM
Thread: Angle Grinders and Gloves
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Yeah I probably miscontrued it... even just a...
Yeah I probably miscontrued it... even just a bit.... and probably the important bit.
To be honest I kind of read "BIIIIIG angle grinder, no guard...." and carried on form there.
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16th April 2007, 01:34 AM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Excellent.
Umm no actually, that's metal primer.....
It's my motto... "It's amazing what you can do when you try...."
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15th April 2007, 10:48 PM
Thread: Angle Grinders and Gloves
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No Guard......... Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Uh Uh...
The quote:
"That's a little unkind and otherwise just plain untrue. I have worked professionally as a concrete repairer and my work often consisted of using medium to large grinders all day, often... -
15th April 2007, 10:01 PM
Thread: Copper reacting with other metals?
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Electroylisis....
Hmm it's only relative......
Copper and other metals reacting.... It's ONLY an issue relative to the ENVIRONMENT (humidity / free water / oxygen / salts or ionic solutions) and the proportional ... -
15th April 2007, 09:50 PM
Thread: Angle Grinders and Gloves
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An unguarded Grinder = Joke?????
As to gloves, I wore riggers gloves whenever I picked up a grinder of any size. They saved me from cuts more times than I care to remember. Only once did a grinder get through it and that was when...
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15th April 2007, 09:37 PM
Thread: Angle Grinders and Gloves
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Angle Grinder or BIG PEDASTAL grinder...
I dunno I think the issue is circumstantial....
If it's bloody cold and I want my hand warm and I feel comfortable about the amount of grip I am getting on an angle grinder.. fine...
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15th April 2007, 08:36 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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And the Sanding of the Guitar Body Edges Begins
I just Lerve that Quick Grip.......:lbs: The way it just sticks Evry-Thang.:gaah:
Coat the Drum, Coat the back of the Tape.....
Wind the tape on while the Glue is WET.....
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15th April 2007, 07:58 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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I am just Soooo Excellent.
Here is my Aluminum Sanding Drum.... Fresh off the Lathe.
I did not have any tooling for deep boring, but I fgured out how to do it and the best bit besides all of it, was that when I bored the... -
12th April 2007, 04:45 PM
Thread: $150 budget to get an arc werlder
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I'm not actually pushing any particular angle, I...
I'm not actually pushing any particular angle, I am citing a few of the more basic sublties on how to die.
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12th April 2007, 03:08 AM
Thread: Need suggestions for hole cutting in alloy
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Hmmmm if it was me.....
Well I guess the number one issue is the amount of material to be removed, and the amount of parts to remove it from.
If it was me doing it.....
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12th April 2007, 01:27 AM
Thread: Plasma foot in mouth time
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The thing about gossips is...
My idea about feeding steam under pressure to a plasma torch was based upon several things.
1. Water is cheap.
2. A little bit makes an awful lot of "water gas".
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12th April 2007, 12:52 AM
Thread: $150 budget to get an arc werlder
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Yeah it's a great site - BUTTTT
Go to the local TAFE, enroll in a BASIC WELDING CERTIFICATE COURSE.
Do it...
See it's all grand to explore and have fun and all... but welding it's only proportionally safe, based upon what you... -
10th April 2007, 11:43 PM
Thread: $150 budget to get an arc werlder
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Welding...
Ahh you speaketh most kindly of the most elite craft in the world.
My advice....
1. Enroll in your local TAFE.
2. Do a basic welding certificate course.
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10th April 2007, 10:47 PM
Thread: Shaft size for 12mm bearing?
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Umm a thort....
It is possible to BUY some centreless ground steel shaft.... tho depending upon ones circumstances... whether the running around and all the ???????? justifies getting some accurately sized bar, vs...
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10th April 2007, 02:27 AM
Thread: Shaft size for 12mm bearing?
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Herro, Missa.
Bean an Ingineer, building great walls to keep out the rabbits etc., to keep the rabbits out;
Akshoolee, building plain shafts for most bearings is pretty easy.
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6th April 2007, 02:44 PM
Thread: spray guns?- small compressor
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Ohhh Mickles.... Hmmmmmmmm poor fellow......
Ohhh Mickles.... Hmmmmmmmm poor fellow... replies:
a) If air has a relative humidity... say 15%, and it's compressed into 10% of it's original volume, the latent HEAT concentrates.... so it's... -
6th April 2007, 12:45 PM
Thread: Leather Washers for chisels
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A thort....
I do a fair bit of leather work..... really amazing things...
This is what I'd be doing..
I'd cut my leather disks oversize.
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5th April 2007, 08:02 AM
Thread: spray guns?- small compressor
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Back in my day...
Kompressor Fax.
Kompressors are MADE to wrun.
Getting hot is goode, cause it drives the condensation out of the oil.
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5th April 2007, 07:31 AM
Thread: Men in Sheddes
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Men in Sheddes
This is Rooly Rooly Rooly Goode.
http://www.mensheds.com.au/
Mensheds Australia is a not-for-profit Australian organisation dedicated as the peak body, to resourcing and supporting Men's... -
5th April 2007, 07:21 AM
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Chinese Wood Carving...
First: Get some one from China who can carve wood...
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5th April 2007, 01:01 AM
Thread: RAAF F111 Dump and Burn Hobart
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If everyone said....
If everyone said "No - I aint doing it, it's wrong" war would cease.
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4th April 2007, 12:58 AM
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This site looks interesting.
http://www.travelcentre.com.au/travel/Central_Asia/carved_wood.htm
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4th April 2007, 12:46 AM
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Yeah Hiya Frank....
I had a little squize around the seb and found some interesting stuff.
Re pix and websites.
http://www.timbecon.com.au/products/carving-sets-accessories-352_0.aspx
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3rd April 2007, 10:15 PM
Thread: Glass table - finished
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Waaaaa nice table.. Nice clean house.....
Ummmmm I need some one who is better than me at cleaning houses......
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1st April 2007, 03:27 PM
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Ahhhhhh chisels and gouges... (Magic)
Well the fellow from the Rickenbacker factory said they were "hand carved" and from a limited run of I think was 50 or so. Say I live in Seth Effreka, and I use an electric saw, drill and sander to...
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1st April 2007, 12:49 AM
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I want some carving tipps. Re Rickenbacker Base.
I am starting this project, and while clever enough to do anything... I find it useful to be humble enough to ask what would others, who have the expereince, use in the way of tools and methods, to...
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31st March 2007, 11:59 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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My first steppe
I'mm gonna turn up a SANDING DRUM... to take 50mm wide abrasive tape....
Then I am going to rebearing my OLD bench grinder and then mount that on a special mount, that clamps to a table and I am... -
30th March 2007, 02:09 AM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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Mmmm Problems, problems problems...
Asking me if I have any problems...
That's a good question.:)
Since you seem to be the expert on problems:russian:, I'd like to let you know that if I did have problems, you'd be the first... -
29th March 2007, 09:14 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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And the 1000W amp.....
Eden 410XST is a 1000W Bass Amp...
Tho I will check up on the effiency of the speakers, with the rating of db/W/m.
SPL (Sound Pressure Level) [[ this is a nice word]]
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29th March 2007, 09:07 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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The last of the specs came in from Rickenbaker...
The bass body is made out of walnut with an oil finish. The neck was maple with a rosewood fingerboard. The design on the body was carved by hand.
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27th March 2007, 11:22 PM
Thread: Reverse on a Lathe
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Reverse on Wood Lathes.....
The reason that lathes have reverse is for the left handed.
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27th March 2007, 10:37 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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Yep..... I will copy it exactly.
Yep..... I will copy it exactly.
The week after I am going to date the broad, and her sister.
Hmmmm and the week after this, I'll get a 500W amp to go with it too.
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27th March 2007, 10:17 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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All of this talk about knobs is making me excited...
So to change the train of thought, from all these guys or gals playing with their knobbs, I trawled the gnette and came up with a list of specs and working pictures and such like from assorted...
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26th March 2007, 01:40 AM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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It's easy to make your base louder.
My Base guitar WILL be louder than Lemmy's guitar.
See my good friend Lemmy, his base's volume knobb, only goes up to 10;
Mine goes up to 20.
20 = 2 -> the Log of 2 = 4 So therefore my... -
25th March 2007, 06:18 PM
Thread: I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
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I want to make a Rickenbaker type base.
Well my good friend Lemmie has a really nice bass, so I thought I'd make one just like his; only louder.
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25th March 2007, 04:27 PM
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An original idea... (or solution)
Hi, as I understand it, you basically want to change over to brass, because brass for reasons unknown to me, is gives good grip under sweaty hands, and SS doesn't.
One idea is to use a coarseish... -
17th December 2006, 10:23 PM
Thread: Plasma cutters - any good and which one?
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Plasma Cutter... I am going to make one.
Without going into ALL the atomic / thermal reactions and such like.. I want to build a chemically inert gassed plasma cutter, using steam as the plasma gas, because I figured that the steam at the...
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17th December 2006, 04:16 PM
Thread: Auto darkening welding helmets
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Multiple Material Welding Rods.
You can now actually buy arc welding rods for a variety of materials, including timber, concrete etc.
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17th December 2006, 03:24 PM
Thread: Auto darkening welding helmets
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Getting it right..
See my main thrust in these departments, is to obtain where ever possible, absolutely accurate information that can be reproduced and meets certain listable standards.
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5th November 2006, 04:53 PM
Thread: Which welder to get ?
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Electric Lenses..
See the auto darkening lenses are built like thus.
They are composed of a usually tinted layer of plastic or glass, that provides UV and Infrared protection..
The lense when not activated, then...