Geophy

On 25/11/2021 at 21:19, datlow said:

didn’t you say you had high levels of metal in your blood or some such?

Tin arse

If you buy it Beaver ill give you a ride down and grab my stuffs.

Yeah just try a small bit, it will become obvious whether its working or not. Those rods go mean on the tig just scrape the flux off and wire wheel the rod. Use as your filler rod for all the dodgy repairs. Used them recently to weld up some holes between the vanes on a triumph 2000 water pump for old barry mate. Apparantly its still going mint, he refuses to replace it as reckons its a long term repair. 

Was quite a good repair to do as was the gunkiest place to repair, super grot super shit casting but still welded good.

Making a bit of a shopping list, wondering if anyone has reccomendations for the following parts;

Boring head. Want to buy once and have it for the forseeable future within reason. Looking at just a 50mm one at this point. 

Mill vice. After something basic but not chincey crap. Doesnt need to be hydraulic etc. Thinking something around the 125 to 150 width doesnt need to tilt but needs to roatate. 

Cheers

On 18/10/2021 at 20:14, Muncie said:

Alright chaps I'm going to upgrade this year I want to sell everything I have now and go to a new multi process welder. 

Lincoln 200M. Have been eyeing them up at around 2.1k+ gst. Seem to review well and being a lincoln its easy to get part.

6 hours ago, escorted said:

Spotted at the local scrappy

 

So how many beers is it gonna take for you to drop some hints on a location?

Wouldnt think so, the materials arent that dissimilar. Havent had one break on me yet and I use that trick alot.

Agree with KPR, 1.6 mild steel is the general rod

For stainless most of what I do is fine pipe work so I use a 1.2mm give a real tight weld. 

Have 2.4mm mild steel as a back up for big gap craft jobs or things requiring filling up. 

Stainless rod on mild steel is a good get out of jail card, its probably naughty but it welds yucky mild steel without going all poopy. Good if you are repairing old exhausts etc.

Really like the silicone bronze rods, makes pretty welds.

Yeah its under my bench, just need to finish off the new terminal connections. Will post updates once ive finished it.

Ohhh what a goodie. Good size bore and big toolholder, give you heaps of options. Have always cleaned older gear with wax and grease remover. Doesnt wreck the paint but actually cuts through it grime. Would reccomend giving it a quick hand polish and a wax, suprising how sharp they turn out.

For tooling Manu put me onto CarbideNZ in Palmy. Really good to deal with and pretty cheap. Wprth doing some learning on carbide tooling shapes such an easy solution. If anyone tells you it wont have enough grunt they are wrong, can get the equivilent geometry of HSS in carbide but doesnt loose its edge. 

On 20/09/2021 at 17:43, Goat said:

Doesnt seem to support foot pedal. How often do you tig welders use a pedal. 
I've only ever welded with a pedal, but i can imagine that it would be a right PITA for 90% of welding jobs.

I can see why you would want one for more specialist jobs but have lived without it for the last 6 years. I think if you get to the point where you are wanting a pedal you would upgrade to a grunter machine as well.

Would like to bring 2 bikes, may I bring pitty pup if I hack it up into something exciting? 125cc hillclimb only.

Speedcocks AGM tonight. Was good to catch up with everyone again.

Quite a variety of bikes.

On 13/09/2021 at 14:00, Flash said:

At $180 for the kit it seems like good value?

Tell us more about this? Where were you looking for these prices?

As more of a eastwood vs machinery house debate.

My old work had the original machinery house beadroller (eastwood style) which worked well but had alot of deflection. Did a trade with a mate so brought him the newer machinery house design and wow what a difference. So much stronger with almost not deflection at all and much beefier gears and adjusters etc. Definetly worth the $60 more. Have been giving it a hiding and wouldnt bother bracing the new one.

Something to consider in the future is you may want to convert it to powered, its amazing. The machinery house motor kit is $200 cheaper. Either way have a look at the other die kits available on there website may be something there that suits you.

We also made a small adapter amd put a steering wheel on, is a bit smoother then the handle as you can grab from the same spot everytime rather then having to reach through the handles arc.

10 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

Probably not a bad choice. Good loaded truck is 2km per L or 50l per 100km. Trip to Taupo in the work hilux with a 2.7t digger was 28.5l 100km. I know what id prefer.

On 02/09/2021 at 20:13, tortron said:

2-3 weeks for the stuff I have gotten recently. But might be better looking for a complete saw here

Is this the thinking that has lead you to own 10 Dr200s at once?

British racing green for me. Easy to make pop especially agains your pi badge. Also gloss green is reflective enough that is disguises welds you arent proud of. 

Go you man looks great.

4 hours ago, RXFORD said:

4 hours ago, RXFORD said:

20L of slideway oil to suit it

Hey what a rad collection. Can you please tell more about this slideway oil? Need to buy some an know nothing about it.

9 minutes ago, kyteler said:

Giz your slot mags Geophy. 

Also.  I may have videos that I took with me when I left that you will enjoy.  I'll try remember to take them along to the next event I attend that you're also attending. 

Unfortunately my stash of 4x100 tridens is all being used atm. Although here is a teaser for you, chucked them on a mates mx5 a few years ago. Would have looked much lovelier about 50mm lower. Other set is on my trailer.

But yes very keen to share factory sharns again maybe another wagnats?

Nowhere near as fancy as your guys setups, is more of a test bed for a custom full size cabinet.

Was give a cabinet from my old work that someone had raxxed the gun and screen out of. Took alot of inspiration from Sheepers cabinet and came up on this. Still have a bit of tutuing and and finishing to do but seems to work considerably better then before.

Have a gavity feed hopper on the side which makes a huge difference, just super consistent flow and good pressure from the 2nd smallest tip. Has a 12v ali x light bar in the side but will probably go to a light bulb like most of you have. Have it going into a shop vac but have a cyclone extractor to use, just struggling for room atm.