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    This'll be my last post, I'm sure, got a warning...

    This'll be my last post, I'm sure, got a warning from admins, who decided my health was reason enough to allow me continued membership. I replied that was a load of crap, I am me regardless of...
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    I use 30mm x 1.5 RHS, not the usual for bike...

    I use 30mm x 1.5 RHS, not the usual for bike frames but I've found on previous builds round tube doesn't fare too well where the main rail and cross member meet without significant gusseting.

    In...
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    A new project

    I built a recumbent bike a liitle while back, my third two wheeler, but due to balance problems and a wife sick of bandaging me up, I binned that and moved onto a trike, my fifth. This one will...
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    How do you keep all your machinery looking so...

    How do you keep all your machinery looking so nice and new, damned annoying that. Bet you'd like a filing machine, I know I would. I wonder if I could convert a reciprocating saw???
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    Don't know with regards to brass, I don't see why...

    Don't know with regards to brass, I don't see why they wouldn't work! I can't do reaming by hand so I use my lathe and chuck the reamers in collets. When new they work well and can removed a fair...
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    Straight shank reamer set.

    I bought this 9 piece set of straight shank reamers a few of weeks ago, 3-16mm, $23, can't resist a bargain. Yep I know, you get what you pay for and they won't last more than a couple of uses. ...
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    I don't know what that has anything to do with...

    I don't know what that has anything to do with anything, but yep, that pretty well sums you up, not that I would expect anything else though.

    Anyway, you have your views and I have mine, I'll...
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    My theory is based on what I saw, not arrogance!

    My theory is based on what I saw, not arrogance!
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    I have the same problem: small workshop/lots of...

    I have the same problem: small workshop/lots of tools. I mounted wooden beams across the shed at the appropriate height, banged some nails in and hung my tools up. Keeps the workshop a bit...
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    I may have but what I'm saying, part of or...

    I may have but what I'm saying, part of or bolted, it looks to be a complete machine, just twirl the table around the back and instant access to the xy table. On the end of the two handled spindle...
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    CIG three in ones.

    I have a CIG inverter mounted under the bench and a Uninig MIG on a wheeled cart. Having a smallish workshop I'm always cramped for space so I thought I'd get rid of the two, buy a three in one and...
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    I have an old half round file with a handle...

    I have an old half round file with a handle welded to it to make a T. The handle is set at around 30 degrees and both front and rear edges of the file are ground sharp. I just to drag it across...
  13. There must have been a few models of the GMF BG,...

    There must have been a few models of the GMF BG, I have an oldish one I bought in 1976, it didn't have the table securing post through the base though.
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    Ahhh, I get it , all this time I thought the...

    Ahhh, I get it , all this time I thought the headstock was part of my lathe, now I know better, it's bolted on therefore it must be an add on. Now that I look at it, the table is also bolted on, so...
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    No I didn't miss them, bat having actually stood...

    No I didn't miss them, bat having actually stood next to the thing, inspected it and taken pictures I deduced the xy table to be a part of the original design; but, who am I to argue with your...
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    This one had a modified top cover, the left side...

    This one had a modified top cover, the left side had a hinged door providing access to change belts. There was no hole in the top cover for the column to pass through so I've no idea how the head...
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    Nope the xy table was cast as part of the base.

    Nope the xy table was cast as part of the base.
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    Waldown drill.

    I came across this Waldown drill the other day and thought it interesting, never seen one like this before. I thought it a mill drill at first, but being so light on and not having a quill feed...
  19. I've been welding daragul for for for for...

    I've been welding daragul for for for for yearsssss and never had a problem. The one lung I have left hasnsssssn't oooobjected/
  20. Since it's just Duragal, there shouldn't be a...

    Since it's just Duragal, there shouldn't be a problem it will just burn off. Once. Finished just spray the joints with cold gal and it should look OK!
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    I went to a scrap yard when I first settled here,...

    I went to a scrap yard when I first settled here, bugger wouldn't let me walk around, said it was unsafe. He obviously hasn't seen my workshop!
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    I have heard of people using a circular saw with...

    I have heard of people using a circular saw with a fibre blade, supposedly quite accurate!
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    Golden rule: Never go anywhere near us old...

    Golden rule: Never go anywhere near us old farts when we're behind the wheel...
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    I won't tell you to go either way other than...

    I won't tell you to go either way other than avoid at all cost fibre disk drop saws: noisy messy and inaccurate. I'd imagine the hard blade drops are pretty noisy too.

    I have a Hafo BS5S which...
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    I changed the oil in my compressor about 12...

    I changed the oil in my compressor about 12 months after I got it, using Bunnings compressor oil. It was still a novelty then, haven't bothered since except for tops ups every five years or so. I...
  26. Thread: Table legs

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    Most steel fabricating businesses sell steel. I...

    Most steel fabricating businesses sell steel. I live in outer suburbia so have access to many steel supply outlets; however, most of my steel I source from a local fabricator: he's cheap and...
  27. Thread: Table legs

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    I have a bar bender the next size up from the one...

    I have a bar bender the next size up from the one pictured by Graham, which I think you'd need to bend the steel, the legs would have to be pretty chunky to avoid them looking like chicken legs. ...
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    Grinding after gal is a bit counter productive,...

    Grinding after gal is a bit counter productive, why not use a thinner walled square tube or a smaller round tube. The gal lumps will have to be removed of course but the gal should remain unbroken.
  29. Milwaukee power tools are excelent. Also have...

    Milwaukee power tools are excelent. Also have some Ozito Xchange power tolls, which for the money, are excellent value. I will say though, whilst the Ozito Xchange brushless drill is good value,...
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    I refuse to buy Frost or Sutton anymore, aside...

    I refuse to buy Frost or Sutton anymore, aside from being just HSS, they aren't that good quality anymore. I buy HSS CO drill bits on ebay from China, haven't had a dud yet, the smaller sizes come...
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    Funny thing about garage sales, everyone assumes...

    Funny thing about garage sales, everyone assumes you want a couple of cents for everything.
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    Everyone will frown at this but I use either a...

    Everyone will frown at this but I use either a scotch brite or a wire brush. It would probably wear the surface if you used them all the time, but removing rust from a lathe is not something you do...
  33. Thread: Spool guns

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    I've read on various groups and forums that you...

    I've read on various groups and forums that you can do without a spool gun, instead paying attention to keeping the gun lead straight, making sure the lining is in good condition, some even have very...
  34. Thread: Spool guns

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    Spool guns

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mig-Spool-Gun-Gas-Shielded-Welding-Lead-Push-Pull-Aluminum-Torch-With-3M-Cable/362051769572?epid=892612109&hash=item544bf794e4%3Ag%3A3xoAAOSwGbhaphTq&_sop=15&_sacat=0&_nkw=...
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    My wife helps when needed so she's starting to...

    My wife helps when needed so she's starting to know what some tools are for.
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    I don't have any.

    I don't have any.
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    No go with Delrin. Turned down a couple of...

    No go with Delrin. Turned down a couple of inner bushes today, inserted the and found they compress - lots. Brass/bronze it is. Hate turning this stuff, so damn messy.
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    I tried cutting it on my bandsaw, just melted the...

    I tried cutting it on my bandsaw, just melted the Delrin.
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    Ebay!

    Ebay!
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    Hmmm, cataloguing for insurance purposes is a...

    Hmmm, cataloguing for insurance purposes is a good idea, particularly if you're like me and never lock the shed. Personally, I'd like my workshop locked up and left the way it was when I left. ...
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    The big sell off.

    Lets say you suddenly went to the big workshop in the sky, you know the one, the one with the every tool and machine you have ever drooled over, how would those left behind best sell your workshop...
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    Delrin

    It was a 5/16 Whitworth thread. Notice I said 'was'.

    I recently turned up half a dozen Delrin chain idlers with 28x8mm bearing Works well for applications like this and it's a dream to turn.
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    Don't keep it a secret! Share...

    Don't keep it a secret! Share...
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    On my lathe and all the others I've had the half...

    On my lathe and all the others I've had the half nuts are moved by pins. The pins are inserted in a round disk, as the disk is turned they slide through a slot on the half nuts, forcing the bottom...
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    Delrin half nuts, I'd like to see that. I'd...

    Delrin half nuts, I'd like to see that. I'd imagine the pins or whatever engages them would suffer a little???
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    Well, being so easy to replace I think I'll make...

    Well, being so easy to replace I think I'll make them from Delrin, I have heaps of it. The local CBC outlet has a cheap offcuts bin which I raid whenever I'm close by. If it doesn't work out...
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    Not a lot of weight probably somewhere in...

    Not a lot of weight probably somewhere in vicinity of 80 kgs, resting on two bushes 25mm round.
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    No, it's not a commercially available design,...

    No, it's not a commercially available design, it's my own. Have thought of delrin, butI think with most of the weight on the top land it may wear rather quickly, slop is not something I'd want in...
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    The stainless bush will he static, H shaped and...

    The stainless bush will he static, H shaped and made in two pieces. They are inserted , top and bottom in a metal tube with a clearance fit and clamped. The steel tube rotates spasmotically and...
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    plain bearing material.

    Wondering if a stainless steel bush would be a good medium to use in a steel housing. previously I've used phosphor bronze to good effect but that is all gone. I have plenty of 316 stainless so...
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