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  1. So I wheeled the unit around to the meterbox...

    So I wheeled the unit around to the meterbox which has a 15A outlet. This is 5 metres from the street mains pillarbox (to explain: most of Canberra has underground power, no overhead wires). I...
  2. Good diagnostics. But: the oil level is ok -- I'd...

    Good diagnostics. But: the oil level is ok -- I'd refilled it and cleaned the sight glass last year -- so I can see what's going on there. And checked yesterday. No, I don't notice the motor to be...
  3. I'll check the voltage and the behaviour of the...

    I'll check the voltage and the behaviour of the motor on the 15A outlet at the meter board. If that solves the immediate problem, I'll have to think about the house wiring. But if it doesn't solve...
  4. Good point. The 15A gpo is maybe 20m cable run...

    Good point. The 15A gpo is maybe 20m cable run from the meterbox. But there's a 15A outlet directly at the meter box. I'll wheel the compressor around there tomorrow morning. And if need be, then...
  5. Air compressor motor tripping off -- but why?

    Air compressor motor has started tripping off at the motor overload switch. I'm wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone. Motor is a 2.3kw 13A cap-start cap-run single phase, Chinese origin, mfd...
  6. Thanks for sharing your experience on the...

    Thanks for sharing your experience on the disposable map-oxy sets, Sparksy. It sounds good for plumbers. But maybe not so good for light steel fabrication. In my mind brazing still has its place, but...
  7. I think this is referring to the UniMig Viper 182...

    I think this is referring to the UniMig Viper 182 -- I'd only suppose that if it was TIG capable, then that would count as a manufacturer's selling point. As it is, UniMig only begin with MIG/TIG...
  8. Steve, you've influenced my decisions here. -...

    Steve, you've influenced my decisions here.

    - the disposable gas cylinder kit might be too small as you say. Looks like if I stick with brazing, going oxy-LPG is a better approach. The kit is...
  9. FWIW, the reviews for it (the "Mk II", seems to...

    FWIW, the reviews for it (the "Mk II", seems to have come out in 2021) on the Total tools website are all very positive, so that gives me confidence in it. Once again, I'll only be an occasional user...
  10. Thanks Kryn Yes I think that would be about...

    Thanks Kryn

    Yes I think that would be about the scope of what I'd be doing with it. I suppose the advantage for sheet metal would be no raised weld? And that it can cope with gal sheet and tube?...
  11. Little oxy set using disposable gas -- useful for occasional DIY or just a gimmick?

    Are these "Bromic" brand "Professional Oxyset Portable Brazing & Welding System", from H&F Machinery House a gimmick, or would it be genuinely useful for occasional general DIY-type jobs?

    Link...
  12. Just to say thanks to Steve here in Canberra, who...

    Just to say thanks to Steve here in Canberra, who helped me out last night on my tricky shaft key. Apart from that, I enjoyed very much seeing Steve's array of fine array of classic 'mid-century...
  13. I'm not all that steady with a hand-held grinder...

    I'm not all that steady with a hand-held grinder -- just average -- and this will require two fairly accurate rebates so it's a good fit -- but who knows I might somehow luck through it for a stopgap...
  14. I need a hand in Canberra - shaft key that needs milling

    Just wondering if anyone with a mill can help me on a small milling job, in Canberra. It's a shaft key, that needs to be adapted so that it goes into a 3/16" keyway on the motor shaft and 6mm keyway...
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    It was Sutton. In those small sizes, for anything...

    It was Sutton. In those small sizes, for anything important in metal, I just reach for a new bit ... due to the difficulty of sharpening them for anything better than use on wood or sheet metal.
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    I'm no expert, but I wouldn't have thought so --...

    I'm no expert, but I wouldn't have thought so -- it cuts its hollow pretty quickly, and it's done. Maybe its true the problem was (or exacerbated by) too low rpm, but 1500 rpm on that pedestal drill...
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    Seems plausible. If so, that'll teach me not to...

    Seems plausible. If so, that'll teach me not to rely on the quick dodge of making a dimple with a dremel ball engraver to avoid lining up perfectly.
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    Ah, could this have been my undoing? The start...

    Ah, could this have been my undoing? The start was by a dimple I ground with a Dremel engraving bit. The centering -- mmm, can't be sure it was absolutely centred -- the Dremel dimple does allow...
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    Sticky: Tried your link and it came up with a "not found"...

    Tried your link and it came up with a "not found" error. Seems the url has now changed to:
    ...
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    Thanks for the replies! Well I don't know what...

    Thanks for the replies! Well I don't know what the problem was. The problem solved itself -- that is, I can't say I had any skilled input to the result.

    I got obsessive, tried a whole heap of...
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    Hmm, I don't know too - it's the original axle of...

    Hmm, I don't know too - it's the original axle of my old Champion buzzbox welder, mfd c.1980 in Australia (I'm crossdrilling it for a split pin instead of cheap axle caps). I just assume it wouldn't...
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    ? new drill bit won't cut on crossdrilling

    I don't understand. I've got a 10mm ms rod that I'm trying to cross-drill with a 2.5mm drill bit. I've got it on a pedestal drill, in v-blocks, brand new cobalt drill bit (coz I had no luck with the...
  23. Yeah it is pricey. It's one good thing about this...

    Yeah it is pricey. It's one good thing about this forum that you can get a bit of a reality check about stuff before buying. I've thought oxy many times but with my very low rate of use, couldn't...
  24. That's where my current wheelbarrow came from....

    That's where my current wheelbarrow came from. Served me well but the tray has rusted through now. So I just got a galvanised Moss tray new, was going to put it onto the old undercarriage but it...
  25. Well anyway I asked the retailer if they'd swap...

    Well anyway I asked the retailer if they'd swap out the medium burner in the kit for a large burner, at that price. Yes, they said.

    But here's the thing (a question here) ... I still want to use...
  26. The radii are all different - there's the large...

    The radii are all different - there's the large radius at the foot, and the two sharp bends up where the stand bolts to the handles. Then a couple of slightly less sharp of bends to make the tie...
  27. Yes, ok. Well, I had been thinking of taking up a...

    Yes, ok. Well, I had been thinking of taking up a current eBay offer that gets $60 discount, from Hampdon who seem to be a main retailer of Bullfinch in Aus.
    ...
  28. Bending steel bar - is a Bullfinch autotorch a good way to go?

    I want to bend up some 5mm (or even better, 6mm) x 32mm steel bar to make a wheelbarrow undercarriage. There's some slightly compound angles, some wider radii and most of it is not 90 degree bends.
    ...
  29. I like BobL's idea of 'up and over' tees, but...

    I like BobL's idea of 'up and over' tees, but given space, including even high-up wall space, is at a premium in my overcrowded shed, I think the sweep needed for that, rules it out for me. When I...
  30. Yeah that'd be the cream on top! But no, I...

    Yeah that'd be the cream on top! But no, I haven't stumbled upon any such link. MWF will be the first to know if I do.

    Mind you, I still don't know what notorious shadow-library sites like...
  31. Yeah, it's pretty good, aye? A sticky is about...

    Yeah, it's pretty good, aye? A sticky is about the only way to ensure that this isn't just buried under all the new posts coming in on the forum.

    I seem to have overstated the number of items --...
  32. I should probably explain more: almost everything...

    I should probably explain more: almost everything on archive.org is front-facing -- by which I mean that, if you search for a title that is on archive.org, it will come up with that book in its own...
  33. There was a very useful article by Josh Giumelli...

    There was a very useful article by Josh Giumelli in Farming Ahead magazine back in 2013 about setting up a multi-outlet compressed air system for a shed. He used 32mm blue pvc compressed air pipe...
  34. Secret trove of 1000+ pdf lathe manuals, catalogues, parts lists and bulletins

    I say this is a "secret" trove because none of it shows up in a Google search. There are 1130 items in total -- Myford, Harrison, Colchester, Clausing, Schaublin, Graziano, etc etc etc etc.
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    This might be the link you're after, Steve ...

    This might be the link you're after, Steve

    https://www.boc.com.au/shop/en/au/fill-for-less

    Has prices for D, E and G bottles

    Cut-paste of the D-plan:

    Oxygen D-Plan
    $ 79 / year
  36. Good point. It's something that's kinda on my...

    Good point. It's something that's kinda on my list. Hadn't actually looked at those eBay ones. Seems to be a wide range of prices for what looks like the same thing from different retailers -- the...
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    The Bunnings deal, even if it were available...

    The Bunnings deal, even if it were available where I live (which it isn't) does look expensive on gas. Looks better if it's a "try it out" exercise, but if its one of those things where, once you get...
  38. I very much like the simplicity of this. I should...

    I very much like the simplicity of this. I should be able to knock one up reasonably quickly, and leave the LPG/oxy setup for another day. Thanks for showing it.

    PS -- anyhow, I got that boss off....
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    Found the Bunnings deal -- this one for a size E...

    Found the Bunnings deal -- this one for a size E oxygen, $300 deposit plus gas $129

    https://www.bunnings.com.au/coregas-trade-n-go-gas-size-e-oxygen_p0013067

    But it turns out it is unavailable...
  40. Pics -- thanks, that'd be useful actually. ...

    Pics -- thanks, that'd be useful actually.

    That design of the cast / sintered boss with the cast-in key -- I don't like it either. Actually it was my mistake, I didn't get the 'wings' on the boss...
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    Even better. Thanks for the info.

    Even better. Thanks for the info.
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    Looks like you're well catered for over there in...

    Looks like you're well catered for over there in the West, with One Gas. They don't have any stockists on my side of the continent, but you've put me on the right track. I see for example...
  43. Thanks -- this seems to be the consensus then,...

    Thanks -- this seems to be the consensus then, and I do appreciate that some of the most experienced forum members have weighed in on this, I really do. Gotta get an oxy-LPG kit if I'm going to set...
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    Interesting thread. I just looked up one of these...

    Interesting thread. I just looked up one of these Oxy/LPG kits, the Cigweld CutSkill Tradesman oxy/lpg kit 208011, current price about $400. I suppose that's a good price on this kind of kit? Or not?...
  45. Yes, that's the one, since you know mowers, it's...

    Yes, that's the one, since you know mowers, it's the disc boss on a two-blade Victa 4-stroke, the one with the two 'wings' that sit into the blade disc to prevent the disc turning.

    I've got the...
  46. Had a look just then at the MAP gas kits. The...

    Had a look just then at the MAP gas kits. The ones I saw on the usual websites (Total Tools, etc) seemed to just be little-ies. Is this the one you're thinking of, Steve:
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  47. I was visiting a fellow the other day who had a...

    I was visiting a fellow the other day who had a big burner on an LPG bottle, it put out a lot of flame, and he was trying to get a shrink-fit hub off a 1.75" shaft. Didn't work. But it did make me...
  48. What gas torch for getting off bearings & bushes?

    I need a big blow torch (correct me on the right name) for heating difficult bearings and bushes prior to using a puller. I want something that works *effectively* on shafts about 20mm to about 40...
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    My understanding is that in the old days, a D-bit...

    My understanding is that in the old days, a D-bit was the go-to method for reliably straight drilling. Old model engineer's books by luminaries such as Ian Bradley featured them.

    A very lazy...
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    Interesting repair you're working on. There is a...

    Interesting repair you're working on. There is a freely available old textbook on motor rewinding available at the internet archive, might be useful:
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