Hello fellow forum-ers,
2015 was the last time I logged in.. checking back in again. Hope all members new and old are still going strong..
Been back in the UK for 4 years and have done many things for various companies both here and Australia and have settled in a small old family run...
Hi mate! Yeah just a bit, think it was about the same size unit as your 3 phase lincoln? 260 amps 3 phase. It's not up to the task of the 25 ton towbar i'm making some time in the next week or so... haha!
How's your business going? Did you settle into a factory?
I remember the first time i picked up an oxy torch, i've watched many videos regarding the safety and use of the setup, most notably the stand away from the cylinder and reg whilst cracking them open slowy, keep the acetylene away from 15 psi working pressure, crack the red first, then add the...
Can't seem to find one even remotely similar to it on google, i'll have to look at it when i'm back at work. Its 3 phase, 30 or 60 amps with a regulator and built on paper roll filter for the incoming air. I did get decent cuts but i like to see the point of cut and even with shaded glasses...
Had to blow out some drilled holes in some 75 x 75 x 6mm RHS today.. I'm making a subframe for a tipper body to mount onto. (Absolutely cannot weld on the vehicle chassis) So the subframe is bolted onto chassis and the tipper body is welded to this subframe.. bloody Isuzu's..
Anyway I'd just...
frost? nope, In the South East never frost, though randomly get golf ball sized hailstorms..Trust me.. they are scary! coldest it has ever been for me was 12oC and that's when heaters and jackets are dragged out into use lol!
Thanks Skotl, though as nice as it is here, and you'll call me barmy I do miss England and would like to come back at some future date. Its the cold mornings, frost and snow along with the smell of autumn, that early morning earthy smell in the air and skidding around on wet leaves that I miss...
Cheers, Haven't been to Sydney or Melbourne yet, Brisbane lots of times but as most big cities are with the traffic jams and many round the houses routes you have to take, it's not all that bad. Traffic getting in at the mornings can be a shocker.
I always see room for improvement, but I'm pretty happy with my weld appearance and techniques currently, I guess we find our own little method, i tend to keep mine as hot as the material can take, cool it a little on larger gaps to prevent shrink cracking but I like to see the arc dig into the...
Well, damn mozzies are plaguing me haha, had one job where i had my hands deep in a chassis trying to throw a nut on the end of a bolt and noticed a guy spraying the crane on the rear of the truck, I asked what he were doing.. He said that he's just seen a few redback spiders (bad news!) running...
Ah yep, I gave the old man two separate chances, never again! His vehicles are old and tired, I broke down twice in the same vehicle. I've never broke down in any vehicle I've owned (i've owned some old beaters!) The last straw was when I saw the harmonic balancer pulley rolling down the road in...
50 mm ISO, all metric here except for the chinese bolts they sometimes order. It's always good practice to keep drill bits all imperial unless the holes to be drilled are specced for size, (like tow balls for instance) I fitted up a monster 70mm ball the other week. Before then I never knew...
Good morning everyone!
I thought that I'd post an update for it has been a while.
I'm currently working at a motor body builder based in Brisbane, I've was laid off from the place August last year and did some work elsewhere until one day a phone call came out the blue and it was my old...