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Browno,you have a great attitude by having the balls to ask questions as this is whats needed to learn your trade.
Never be afraid to ask even a silly/simple question as this could be the difference between losing a finger or eye.
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Browno,you have a great attitude by having the balls to ask questions as this is whats needed to learn your trade.
Never be afraid to ask even a silly/simple question as this could be the difference between losing a finger or eye.
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ozchevy that would be great, most of what I want doesnt need to be all that accurate or large, your homemade jobby may just do it!
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ozchevy that would be great, most of what I want doesn't need to be all that accurate or large, your homemade jobby may just do it!
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yes i agree with you HZute-efi-VS5L you lend your measuring tools and they use them as a G-clamp or come back with welding spatter them! I also worked as a diesel fitter for about 3 years in the mines underground and surface what mine were you at? |
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I did my apprenticeship as a fitter and machinist too and I had a great mix of fitting with a dose of machining.
All of our equipment was old school manual Machining and all one-off things to design and make. A great way to learn but not something that
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I did my apprenticeship as a fitter and machinist too and I had a great mix of fitting with a dose of machining.
All of our equipment was old school manual 'Machining' and all one-off things to design and make. A great way to learn but not something th
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Here are a couple of pic's of the Lathe I started to make in 1981, it's still unfinished, need to still make up the screw cutting change gearbox. I started making this lathe as an apprentice from material left over from toolmaking jobs, just kept everythi Edited by user Sunday, 2 March 2008 4:50:27 PM(UTC)
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Here are a couple of pics of the Lathe I started to make in 1981, its still unfinished, need to still make up the screw cutting change gearbox. I started making this lathe as an apprentice from material left over from toolmaking jobs, just kept everything Edited by user Sunday, 2 March 2008 4:50:27 PM(UTC)
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well done. love your work. not many people would realise the time and effor that goes into making something like that. comming along good.
bundybluedog i worked in the Leigh Creek Coal Field here in SA. (NRG Flinders). I have had hundreds of job o |
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Brisbane tadesman wages are $25-$32 an hour permanent plus penalty rates obviously the more skilled then the more money, diesel fitters are about the same komatsu is screaming for fitters there is a major skill shortage here but they are paying the big do |
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Thanks fellas for all the advice and kind words
That lathe looks pretty impressive
Glad to hear theres alot of options for a fitter/machinest as i like to travel
I think my town must be a bit like cobar,not much around and im at 6.70 a hour but i know |
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interesting thread. Montesa is 250...?
You might find a lathe in some of the many auctions
they have from closures etc.
Diesel fitters in Kal are getting upwards of 100k, probably, more up Tom Price.
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nice looking machine looks factory made.
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awesome ozchevy.
i was trying to figure out how to make a simple lathe, from a pedastal drill?
for doing simple things like small pulleys out of nylon.
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Hey John,
Funny you should say that, I actually copied the basic design from a book I have on Southbend Lathes published in the 1950s which my Grandfather gave me. Every part of the lathe unbolts or unscrews. The bed is made from 3" x 2" Channel with s
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Hey John,
Funny you should say that, I actually copied the basic design from a book I have on Southbend Lathes published in the 1950's which my Grandfather gave me. Every part of the lathe unbolts or unscrews. The bed is made from 3" x 2" Channel with
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