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    Hi All,

    There something magical about steam power, seemingly so simple and powerful. It was a great day. Thanks Phil,

    Some highlights, from a pretty full day..
    Steam powered wagon wheel making machinery. Metal Spinning shop, Blacksmith shop, Foundry, Steam powered Cornish Beam Pump, Huge steam powered rock crusher that was using rope drive was a highlight. Tinsmith shop, Gold smelting and refining demonstration (a crucible with 3kg of molten gold worth $164,000 is something you don't see everyday) More lineshaft driven machines than you could easily count.

    I took plenty of pictures, but most came out pretty ordinary, I hope someone got better pictures than I did, this one is of the rope drive that drives the crusher. The ropes are specially made, available from only one place in the world, and have to be spliced with a special "long splice" technique, that's almost a lost art.



    I'll try and sort out some better pictures and post a few in this thread.

    Thanks Phil for a great day. Anyone who hasn't been to Sovereign Hill, should go have a look, great efforts have been made to retain historical accuracy, and they have working machines that you would find no where else in the world, amazing stuff.

    Regards
    Ray

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    Yep an outstanding day
    here are a couple of pics
    I took 167 so I wont post them all up
    thanks Phil's
    one of the pics is Phils bear impersonation

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    and a few more

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    Hi Guys,
    Thanks for the pictures.
    First question, whats this?
    http://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...s-dsc_0387.jpg
    Is that the wooden wheel hub mortiser?

    Did Phil point out the shaking metal work building? lol

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    Greg was 2 minutes late
    Did he try and blame it on head winds?

    Stuart

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    Hi Stuart

    yep that is the wooden wheel hub mortiser pretty cool bit of gear

    cheers
    Harty

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    Some great pics there Harty. This one deserves a caption:



    I've always just driven through Ballarat. Next trip I will plan a stop.

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    Hi all,
    apologies for not posting last night but I crashed when I got home. Gotta love gettin' old.
    Firstly, thanks for a great day, I definitely had as much fun as you guys did.
    Great pics Harty, well except maybe one lol. What the hell was I trying to explain!!
    I have a few captions for that photo but sadly none are printable.
    You guys certainly got the royal treatment in the 'gold pour' room. Ray the gold pourer saw me and insisted I take you back to the room to get up close and personal with a serious chunk of metal. That only happens on very rare occasions, if at all.
    Another first is being on the floor while the large Phoenix engine driving the battery is running. Hopefully I wont get into too much trouble lol.
    Stuart, we found out the other day that under the shaky metal work building (Soho Foundry) there is a stope. A stope is a cavity left after the quartz rock is removed and brought to the surface. This stope is only 20 foot below the floor of the building. Perhaps that's why the building is now shaking more than usual now.
    Thanks for the gift guys (although absolutely not required) and thanks again for a great day.

    Phil

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    Caption:

    "Then my hair got caught in the overhead pulley. (Don't tell anyone but this moustache is really my pubes.)"


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    Caption:

    "Then my hair got caught in the overhead pulley. (Don't tell anyone but this moustache is really my pubes.)"

    Hi Bryan,
    Well done
    if only my hair could get caught in the overheads. It's been a long time since that was a possibility
    Anyway, the moustache might be her pube......see it just got way OT

    Don't forget to let me know next time you are heading through Ballarat.

    Phil

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    I’ll add to the chorus, I had a great day out, many thanks to Phil, for getting us the admission and the mine tour. I forgot to mention yesterday, let it be known to your management, that it was all much appreciated. I think we all went away, willing to tell all and sundry, it’s a great place to visit. I think that was my 4th or 5th visit, and I still found it fascinating.

    The whole day was great, but tell Ray, getting back into that gold room, and holding that bar of gold, is probably a memory, I wont forget in a hurry. I can confirm, that even with gold being so soft, you can’t score it with your thumb nail and bust a chunk off.

    We must have covered some miles, I don’t know how you old blokes went, but my back was killing me this morning.

    For those of you that didn’t get to go, make it a point to see that Morticing machine, and that whole demonstration, the form turning hub lathe is just as impressive.

    Regards Phil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer View Post
    Hi Bryan,
    the moustache might be her pube......see it just got way OT

    Phil
    that could leave a nasty taste in you mouth

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    Quote Originally Posted by harty69 View Post
    that could leave a nasty taste in you mouth
    Harty,
    Iam soooo gunna leave that one alone

    Phil

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    So how did the engagement go anyway?

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    That reminds me of a funny story, but a bit too rude for this forum...
    Gold, the colour of choice for the discerning person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
    So how did the engagement go anyway?
    Hi Bryan,
    the engagement went extremely well. Don't know if I can say the same for two of my nieces. They may have had a leeetle too much to drink.
    Today I went old book hunting and bought a book that had something interesting in it. You remember the travelling head mill, well, the book is called 'Machine Tools' and was put out by the 'Associated British Machine Tool Makers Ltd'
    This is what I found:
    Seems it is called a Vertical Slot Drilling and Keyway Cutting Machine
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