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    Engineer's Plate

    Hi,

    Finally got my engineers plate on wheels after about 10 years procrastinating. I refurbished some old castors and made the yellow brackets out of 32mm thread and nuts.

    There's not much room...
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    I'll post some pickups ... hopefully not f-ups ...

    I'll post some pickups ... hopefully not f-ups :)
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    2.7k ... But it cuts quite well in practice at...

    2.7k ... But it cuts quite well in practice at 1.7k
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    I was buying a few drill bits at Equipment...

    I was buying a few drill bits at Equipment Sales, Kingaroy. When I spied this on the shelf, they appeared to be the only mill bits in the whole place. Dirty, dusty, musta been sitting there for...
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    Wow ... I'll show them to my mate. Thanx for this...

    Wow ... I'll show them to my mate. Thanx for this one

    In n-gauge it's 1:160. So the brass rods in the photo are 3mm wide x 10mm (0.48m x 1.6m in real life) It's not that hard to work with brass.
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    They're all nutters. They scratch build...

    They're all nutters. They scratch build everything from brass. Some sorta railway disease they've all got :)
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    Bwahahaaaaaaa 🙃

    Bwahahaaaaaaa 🙃
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    Thanx for this one. For this type we were...

    Thanx for this one.



    For this type we were just going to cut away as much swarf as possible and then finish with triangle files. Brass is easy to file. So I could just use a drill to cut the...
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    Thanks for the answer, The idea is to cut the...

    Thanks for the answer,

    The idea is to cut the brass bar into I-beams and trusses. At the moment the 3 on the left are (scaled up 160x) 1.6m wide and 0.48m thick. They have to be thinned and...
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    Help selecting mill bit

    Hi,

    I'm helping a mate with his model railway. I need to mill quite a bit of brass (hoarded by my mate over the years) to build his loco shed. But never mind the details.

    The brass ranges from...
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    It started out as a fire-bug bracket with a...

    It started out as a fire-bug bracket with a lifting handle to match the 16mm bar-handle on the other side of the hose reel ... but my angle grinder got a little carried away .. hehee :)

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    The fire hose nozzle can push out about 15metres....

    The fire hose nozzle can push out about 15metres. It also has a deluge function so you can soak yourself if you're caught. The reel has to be unrolled before using, and has to be pressurised to roll...
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    Hi, it won't be mounted on a vehicle. It will sit...

    Hi, it won't be mounted on a vehicle. It will sit under cover and only be dragged to the fire tank once per month to run for five minutes. I call the sickle a brush hook. Very hard to find, no one...
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    Thank you for both of these, great ideas. Greg...

    Thank you for both of these, great ideas.

    Greg :)
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    WOW ... Lotta foresight and work gone into that...

    WOW ... Lotta foresight and work gone into that one.
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    Cool ... thanks for this

    Cool ... thanks for this
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    Hi, The timber decking is some type that...

    Hi,

    The timber decking is some type that cinders, but doesn't actually burn ... well, at least as decking it doesn't. It passed Attack Level 29.

    Also the house is insulated, so well that it's...
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    August 2018 Bunya Mountain Range, qld. ....

    August 2018 Bunya Mountain Range, qld.

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    Looking down the slope is also looking directly...

    Looking down the slope is also looking directly North. I have cleared most trees from this area for a radius (around the house) of about 50m. It's as you say, it's the grass and lantana build up...
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    Actually I'm not as defenseless as it seems....

    Actually I'm not as defenseless as it seems. Here's what I have to meet a bush fire at Attack Level 29.

    Nothing in either shack is made of wood. Apart from the 'slow-burn' decking timber, the...
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    398087 398084 398086 398085 Back...

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    Back soon .... gotta cook din-dins. :)
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    Oower ... still trying to upload. Will reply...

    Oower ... still trying to upload. Will reply soon. :)

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    All I have to do now is assemble all the...

    All I have to do now is assemble all the equipment.

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    I made all the little clips and hooks so that I...

    I made all the little clips and hooks so that I could 'coat-hangar' the equipment onto the frame.

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    To the frame I attached the engine mount (made...

    To the frame I attached the engine mount (made from wood to reduce vibration)


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    Might work this time. OK, working. BTW my...

    Might work this time.

    OK, working. BTW my workshop is the open doors of a sea container. My welder is a lttle Fronius, Makita angle grinder and and I have a Sentinel Welding helmet.

    A piece of...
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    I put in a 22 tonne tank solely for fire use when...

    I put in a 22 tonne tank solely for fire use when I built the place years ago. At that same time I bought a Honda GX200 and a 50 metre fire hose reel. But none of this has ever been utilised or even...
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    I've lived here for quite a while, about 12...

    I've lived here for quite a while, about 12 years. I'm retired now and luvin it. We had a bushfire here in 2018. I was totally unprepared. Not even a garden hose to reach the edges. No plan, nothing....
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    Fire Fighting System.

    Hi Peoples,

    It's been a long time since I posted here. Hope I'm in the right forum. Anyway, I'll try to keep this interesting, and if at first it seems like I'm offtrack ... well, gotta work my...
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    Don't be fooled by the 'coarseness' that the high...

    Don't be fooled by the 'coarseness' that the high magnification produces. The drill bit is super sharp and will still drill fine. It just won't go in at any depth. (some of these pics you can click...
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    I bought this 16mm bit for the job. $31.50 ...

    I bought this 16mm bit for the job. $31.50



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    It worked fine. Almost. I never meant to road test it and analyse the results. It just so happened that when it died I had the figures at...
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    Thanx to everyone for all the help here. ...

    Thanx to everyone for all the help here.



    This was the option I went with and no problems. I bought a 5/8 and a 16mm bit, just in case the 16mm was too sloppy. But I never needed to use the...
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    Thanx for all the advice peoples. :) I'm sorry...

    Thanx for all the advice peoples. :)

    I'm sorry for not making it clearer.

    A piece of 50mm RHS 4mm wall thickness.
    6 x 16mm holes drilled through it top and bottom, 100mm apart
    A 1000mm...
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    OK ... I understand that. By tapered-shank drill...

    OK ... I understand that. By tapered-shank drill I meant Morse-Taper, I think.

    I also have a full set of collets. Would it be just as good to buy a straight shaft 16mm drill (no taper) and cut...
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    Do you mean you narrowed the contact surface of...

    Do you mean you narrowed the contact surface of the drill point?

    If you have a before and after shot that would be good. I still have to go H&F, my biggest drill is 13mm

    Ta
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    These are the first 6 of the 400mm lengths (3...

    These are the first 6 of the 400mm lengths (3 holes right through and 3 from the side for the set screws.)

    There are 700mmm lengths with 6 holes as well

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    That's why the shank drill is best for me, at...

    That's why the shank drill is best for me, at least I can sharpen it.

    You'd have to be a jeweller to sharpen an annular cutter ... heheee.
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    The RHS (50mm) is 4mm wall thickness.

    The RHS (50mm) is 4mm wall thickness.
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    Will do. I'm gunna go into Brisbane, Hare &...

    Will do. I'm gunna go into Brisbane, Hare & Forbes. I'll take the picture of my mill and get them to read your post and give me what I need (500km round trip for me)

    Thanx
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    Hi Peoples, Thanx for all the helpful advice....

    Hi Peoples,

    Thanx for all the helpful advice. I didn't realise just how complex it is to drill accurate holes.

    I went into Equipment Sales today (I live in the bush) and looked at the Annular...
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    I own a Sieg 3 lathe. I know all about the gears....

    I own a Sieg 3 lathe. I know all about the gears. I just feed really slow, works fine. I face 16mm rod in the Sieg, I really like it.



    Yes. That wasn't meant to be the setup. I don't know what...
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    Ta Michael, Not sure what a boring head is,...

    Ta Michael,

    Not sure what a boring head is, nor what sort of holesaw would cut through 8mm over an over again.

    But I'll look them up

    Greg
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    I may be totally wrong, but the annular cutter...

    I may be totally wrong, but the annular cutter appears to be a glorified drill bit. I need a milled surface wall?

    (all the different parts that fit the holes have to be interchangeable)


    Greg
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    Words must come dear where you live. Do you pay...

    Words must come dear where you live. Do you pay by the keystroke? heheee

    Annular cutters don't appear to come longer than 50mm. The box tubing is 50mm.

    You don't happen to have a link to a 16mm...
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    Thanx for that. But what exact Rotabroach?

    Thanx for that. But what exact Rotabroach?
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    Need help with mill bit/s

    Hi

    I want to drill 5 x 16mm holes in heavy gauge 50mm box tubing (4-5mm wall thickness maybe) Each hole has to pass through both walls.

    Each hole has to be exact in location to the other 4, but...
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