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11th Dec 2011, 09:31 PM #106
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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11th Dec 2011, 09:34 PM #107Senior Member
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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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11th Dec 2011, 09:40 PM #108Senior Member
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11th Dec 2011, 09:53 PM #109Most Valued Member
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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
Did he try and blame it on head winds?
Stuart
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11th Dec 2011, 10:12 PM #110Senior Member
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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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11th Dec 2011, 10:39 PM #111Distracted Member
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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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12th Dec 2011, 08:39 AM #112Most Valued Member
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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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12th Dec 2011, 08:57 AM #113Distracted Member
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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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12th Dec 2011, 09:31 AM #114Most Valued Member
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12th Dec 2011, 04:57 PM #115Banned
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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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12th Dec 2011, 05:54 PM #116Senior Member
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12th Dec 2011, 06:34 PM #117Most Valued Member
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12th Dec 2011, 06:37 PM #118Distracted Member
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So how did the engagement go anyway?
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12th Dec 2011, 06:43 PM #119Pink 10EE owner
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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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12th Dec 2011, 07:11 PM #120Most Valued Member
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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