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FWIW I've just been through my first Shipito transhipment too. It was for an item that Amazon wouldn't post to outside the US - a pair of high-tech ski touring gloves not available in Oz.

It...

I've not seen caveats about hitches.

Can't help with your other questions sorry.

Axle depending on what's there.

And brakes? Isn't 750kg the max gross weight for unbraked?

Thanks Greg.

One thing I have learned is that with some gear a US online retailer won't ship to Aus. acc. to their website. Sometimes it's clear that they don't want the extra bother or risk of...

Maybe they're on a 'go slow' :rolleyes:

Thanks for that info Greg.

Maybe the guarantee only applies to the time of landing.

I buy a lot of stuff from the US.

The key variable is the retailer's approach. Some do their best to minimise shipping costs and offer a range of options. Others couldn't give a sh*t.

The...

I suspect that for some lines Amazon do bulk shipments to NZ and redistribute from there.

My motorbike club has been ordering bulk buys of tyres from the US. Shipping on just one or two is steep but with more than that the incremental cost is minimal.

There's no competition locally on...

Takes a while to paddle across the ocean from NZ ;-}

Suspect std postage from there is surface mail.

If customs choose to inspect a parcel that can add a week to shipping times.

Happened to me; the tracking data I could access had no info on that but the shipper could get it.

Declared goods value AND postage AFAIK.

Look, it's old tech, as I said.

It hasn't done badly at all but could've done better.

Take the trailer to a brake place, outline the prob and insist that they do better.

Where are you ATM?

PS, I'm not a fan of Holroyd. At all.

Just an obs from a sometime user ..

Going off-centre is a poss after that many k's, but the symptoms you say are showing up at low speeds only.

If off-centre it is, you'd still get signs above...

Yes. AFAIK there are light and heavyweight versions of the electric drums.

You don't have someone you can borrow to press the brake while stopped and you have the drum off?

Assume they're electric drum brakes, not discs?

These are stone-age technology. I have them on my CT. They need regular servicing.

I could give you some guesses but you'd get better advice...

From memory, ball weight should be about 10% of loaded trailer mass.

Again from memory, if you have scales for humans, you can set one to one side of the jockey wheel, a brick on the other side...

Heheh, no, not fun but by crikey they're worth it.

You will prob. get useful advice on the following websites, which have members who roll their own or do their own mods:

MySwag.org The...

Offhand Ben I'd say you're being a bit hopeful ...

If by 'off road' you mean roads like the Oodnadatta and Birdsville tracks, often the corrugations there are so bad that anything not...

Yeah, sometimes feast, othertimes famine. With me it's self-tapping woodscrews.

Those are pretty small grub screws you want.

If you go to a decent auto supplies place they'll have bubble packs...

AFAIK there is a Veritas add-on for skews. Click

But that's all over the top.

A cheap Chinese platform x 2 (for the mitre gauges) or a Sabre from Carrolls would do the job.

Good outcome Mr B.

Folk wisdom has grey wheels as bad news.

Hock says that with care they are not.

Some grinders these days come with white wheels; many come with grey.

Suggest you try the grey if that's what...

You don't need a slow grinder. Std speed + care + the right wheel will get results.

With HSS you can go to dull red before damaging the steel.

HC plane blades and chisels are in trouble if you...

290l is a lot of water.

It'll just encourage the girls to wash ;-}

Thanks Yonnee.

So how do you get a compliance plate for a self-build?

Won't you need an auto engineer's certificate to get one of these registered?

There's a pic and some general construction principles in Collyn Rivers' book on Camper Trailers.

Good luck.

Haven't used this crowd myself but friends say they're good and cheap:

Couriers, Courier Services, Courier Companies, Freight Companies, Freight Forwarders, Packing Supplies

I can relate to corrupt RAM ;-}

Thanks.

:oo:

Quick and ....
effective.

Great; thanks guys.

Hi all,

I have a small device that holds a section about 40mm long of file to bevel the metal edges of snow skis.

On first use 3 of the 4 faces were worn out and it needs replacing for the 2nd...

Yeah, wot Dave said.

But instead of electrical tape there's some self-sticking silicone tape used for repairs by outback 4WD folks and it looks shmick. Prob found at Repco or Supercheap.

If...

LOL ... insomniacs rue!

No rush at all. I'm recovering from a broken wrist.

Yes - seems there are a range of options. eg http://www.woodworkforums.com/f10/diy-gouge-hones-99350/index3.html

ATM I'm committed to disc edge approaches, on a lathe arbor, ultimately with a...

Thanks Greg.

Yes, diamond paste is available - don't know how much to order. They're 5 g tubes, and an 8" x 3/4 disc is about 19 sq in on the rim in old money if my maths works. Assuming a...

Thanks Hughie.

Thanks Harry.

There's no shortage of compounds at the fine end:

Flexcut Gold ... 'down to' 0.6 micron but many particles much larger; from the website: "Its blend of aluminum and titanium oxide...

Thanks for sharing your experience Mal.

Yes, jumps btwn grits that are too big has been a concern; will see if I can get sil.car. grit to stick somehow.

Some carvers have had success with green...

There are no data sheets on their website unfortunately, and as posted above, they didn't bother to reply to an email.

I've sent them an email asking but no reply.

I want to hone/polish HSS woodturning tool bevels, taking them from the 80g bench grinder wheel to 1000g or better, using power honing with an array of...

Email sent.

That's a very generous offer Greg.

Just stumbled across this thread, as I'm interested in carbide tip scraping of handplane soles.

The price for the Sandvik Coromant plus spare bit from the local Totaltools is $180 :oo:

Greg, if...

See what you can learn from Plyco in Thornbury David.

Yeah, I use the Voyager and like fiddling with the settings to suit varying road conditions.

Maybe look at the Tekonsha Voyager, a manual unit, which IIRC is adjustable both for trailer braking delay and strength.

Labour costs are an important factor. Esp with something like a leather jacket which is labour intensive to make.

But not for machinery.

FWIW In Australian manufacturing, I'm told that on av...

There's a serious economic distortion in the pricing of Chinese-made gear.

The yen is undervalued by a factor of two or three.

That's managed by the Chinese gov't.

If they changed their mind...