Geophy
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Sounds like a great excuse for a large sump with a 2 stroke detroit dewatering pump. You care about your neighbours so it has a muffler but it mostly just rattles around on top.
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On 03/09/2023 at 17:10, Nominal said:
0.9 is a weird size too, mainly gasless wire?
0.9mm is quite a common compromise wire size. Do alot of solid core mig at work and its my go to for a little bit of everything. Would have gone through over half a ton of it over the last 3 years.
I do find its quite lacking at anything big but if I do have 10 and 12mm work to do ill chuck a roll of 1.2mm on for the occasion. 0.9mm can do comfortably about 2mm to 8mm with correct prep all day.
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Geez, just done some google mapping an it looks like the closest for me is about 120km return. Big night tonight then make the most of being home alone.
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I have a set of 13x6 hotwires and 2 sets of 13x6 Tridens in 4x100. Just keep your eyes peeled they do come up.
Trailer hubs are 4x98 Mini stud pattern which I redrilled to convert to 4x100. Allows me to only have to carry 1 spare as all the rims and tyres are the same.
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We had a sausage roll for lunch, nothing is impossible.
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Not sure sorry, local paint shop mixed it up custom. Pm me your address and ill mail you a sample.
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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
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3 hours ago, moparmuppet said:
Hey @Geophy. Have you got details of the blue paint you used on the Record? It looks spot-on for colour. Thanks.
It was a bit of trial and error to get it but its a cool colour, will check on Monday but it is a RAL code so easy to recreate.
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Dont know if this is right place to post this but does anyone know about Record no75 vices? Is the neighbours that I am restoring for him was his dads. Always thought records were blue but this seems to be red. Is that normal or is it had the dulux ovehaul at some point? Cheers.
Also last one I finished for @Dogwatch dad last week. Was his dads one so about 50 years old I understand. Dont have a before picture but was all seized up, went a bit hard on the paint so a bit too smooth looking but you live and learn.
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1 hour ago, mjrstar said:
In more linisher chat, I don't do much in the way of heavy steel fab work bit do need a way of tickling up a tungsten from time to time.. I find my baby bench grinder isn't ideal and thought that maybe a cheapo belt sander linisher makes sense..
Anyone using one of these poverty machines? Appears to have a few more watts than the one @Geophy linked back a page or two..
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ryobi-370w-150mm-bench-grinder-sander_p0314864
If its only for tungstens a green wheel is the one, also helps with contamination as only gets used for 1 job.
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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.
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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.
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23 hours ago, cletus said:
Like a 3L powered manual hiace that's done 470,000km?
BrrrmmmMMM OONNNGG brrrrmmMMM OONNGGG
You missed the high rpm little whistle they get just before a big onnngggg.
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9 hours ago, RXFORD said:
Warrick Bowring machining vices are the business, but you will need a 't-slot' clamp kit too for the jobs you can't clamp in the vice.
Tell us more about these vices, have the same mill and need to get a vice as well.
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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.
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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.
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1 hour ago, ThePog said:
Yea put in that light it's not too bad really.
Also fyi, I found an accessory for the Mosa in the container the other day. It is a DC DC converter, brings the output to 220v dc. It came with the unit originally it looks like.
I don't know how that would be useful to anyone, but you are welcome to it if you want it.
Yeah shit yeah thats awesome, ill PM you been thinking how much handier it would be if it could do power as well.
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On 07/04/2022 at 12:01, ThePog said:
2740kg with all my tools, the crane and a full tank of diesel.
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.
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4 hours ago, yoeddynz said:has anyone on here got one of those 3 cylinder ecoboost fords?
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.
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On 28/02/2022 at 20:39, xsspeed said:
I swear there used to be some low positive offset 13" Cheviots for chevettes
Like this?
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On 21/02/2022 at 11:53, SOHC said:
Should i get an alli press VFD? I see a guy selling them on trademe but they just look like aliexpress ones with the price doubled
Yes
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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.
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They are 15s and 16s on the early ones then 2012? When they got the facelift to the slatted grill all the steelies went to those big deep dish 17s for brake clearance.
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Have done a few nights for the local structural/ heavy transport fella and he gas flux core for everything. Shits amazing for 5mm and up just melts in, heaps of penetration and no splatter. Weld speed is about twice that of solid wire, great for positional too. I brought a 5kg roll for home which I have played around with a bit, ill take a pic of the label tomorrow. Not something a normal person would need at home but for reskinning a truck bed or smashing out some portals for a building, super invaluable.