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  • Birthday 12/06/1996

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  1. We had a sausage roll for lunch, nothing is impossible.
  2. Have a look at this guys youtube page. Is a friends Dad who is also president for the BOP club has a full build explaining how hes done everything. Super clever dude making do with basic tools me and @Beaver got the full rundown when we watched the racing in Te Awamutu. Bloody quick too. https://youtube.com/@bazzasgarage1922
  3. If its only for tungstens a green wheel is the one, also helps with contamination as only gets used for 1 job.
  4. Yep we had at the same where I did my apprenticeship too, is a bloody awesome machine. Height adjustment is awesome and heaps of power too.
  5. Great choice in tool, up there with one of the most common tools I use. One thing to pay attention to is that ideally you want to be doing your linishing over a rubber wheel is much quieter and leaves a better finish. Alot of the cheaper ones arent really linishers as such they are just belt sanders stood upright. With a bit of trimming you can rotate then to face outwards instead of upright but having an aluminium roller to linish against is a bit shit. https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ozito-240w-bench-grinder-and-belt-sander_p0323486 ^is your cheapest option at $120, they are fine very underpowered and need sander roatated to get best use out of them. They do work though and if money is tight they are a good stepping stone machine. https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/g1590 ^ Is an option thats come into the market in the last couple of years, good design with belt pointing out and you can see the rubber wheel at the front. About $550. https://nzsafetyblackwoods.co.nz/en/linishall-bench-grinder-bg8l-each--01670411 ^About $700. Are a very good machine is what I have at home, takes a bit to spin up but has a fair amount of grunt. Are a very common machine most engineering shops have multiples of them scattered everywhere. Not so good for production material removal as are lacking in power but good for everything else. 10/10 would trade again. As far as buying 2nd hand I would be cautious and know the value of what gear is worth new the market is cooked. Was watching the bigger brother linishall 3ph linisher on trademe, it sold for $450 more then what they are worth brand new. See the same thing happen at machinery auctions as well. Main thing to take away is that whatever you buy get good consumables. Most grinding/sanding tools issues can be masked to a certain extent by installing good consumables. I buy most of my consumables through PPS, there red VSM Ceramic linishing belts are awesome last for ages and keep there edge well and arent that expensive. Dont even bother using the brown belts you can get from aliexpress and what they come with from the factory they suck shit. Might as well rub your parts with a brick they both remove about the same amount of material. Let me know if you want more info or if ive missed something.
  6. You missed the high rpm little whistle they get just before a big onnngggg.
  7. If there is a couple of ya im happy to come up one weekend day for a tutu? And get you dialled in on the tig. Not the right person for bodywork though. I want more people to be able to make cool shit so if I can help someone im more then happy to.
  8. Uhh @Beaver has your frame, can you buy him 2 hotdogs for delivery? For storage please save me a great bath sharn for one day in the future.
  9. Unfortunately not, have @Dogwatch brothers wedding that weekend. Want me to get that frame down to you?
  10. Yeah shit yeah thats awesome, ill PM you been thinking how much handier it would be if it could do power as well.
  11. Out of interest is exactly the same weight as my work ute, D40 king cab 4wd navara with a flat deck and a half width aluminium gullwing toolbox. Yours isnt too bad of a weight considering it has a bus motor and diffs out of a truck in it.
  12. Yeah Katie has one, 1.0 Turbo manual 3 pot. Goes good no lag not hot hatch quick but still goes pretty hard. Have had it for a year no issues motor sounds a bit rattly at idle but aparantly they are all like that being a 3 pot. Important numbers. Wellington to Hamilton driving normally (Cruise control as much as possible and a good hiding around western acess road) averaged 5.5L 100km 1 year of communting (30km each way 23km of rural roads and 7km of town driving) averaged 6.2l 100km. Love the fact its modern enough for modern car stuff like bluetooth ac power windows but isnt so new that it has every stupid accident avoidance feature under the sun. Adult sized windows and little bov noises when window is down. Traction control is very loose will light up in the rain and manual is a sweet gearbox.
  13. Dont put the ramps out the side, I borrow a car trailer that has a ramp under each side and it kills me everytime I reverse up a driveway and I cant get the ramps out because of a fence or a car. 2.4m wide trailer plus 800mm long ramps means you end up needing 4m of clear space.
  14. Tin arse
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