the all aussie dribble thread!

[deye223]

Aaaah, it's that time of year again, Bogong Moth migration time :msp_ohmy:

All the doors and windows are becoming covered in the silly little buggers. :help:

have a munch mate they taste like wallnuts

 

[AUSSIE1]

I ran over my Makita 18V drill (non hammer as I have the Dewalt) while on the job a couple of weeks ago with both wheels of the GU ute. Good as new! Not quite...only a few marks from where stones left their mark! :msp_w00t: So I thought I had better get a spare plus I need the 3.0 amp hour batteries. I purchased the Dewalt screwdriver also.

How's the price - $458 shipped. Impact driver, hammer drill, two 3.0ah batteries and charger (110V but that's ok as I have the transformer used for previous US purchases), the Dewalt screwdriver, two batteries and charger.

Amazon.com: Makita LXT218 18-Volt LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless 2-Piece Combo Kit: Home Improvement

Amazon.com: DEWALT DW920K-2 1/4-Inch 7.2-Volt Cordless Two-Position Screwdriver Kit: Home Improvement

 

[Stihlman441]

Mmm i have been looking into these.
Last week at totaltools they had the Dewalt 18 v impact and drill with 3 3.0 amp hour batteries and charger for $500 this was the new model with the slip in battery.

 

[Rudolf73]

Thanks Al! Now you got me seriously considering buying more tools :monkey:

That is a great price for the Makita kit... they go for around $700+ here

 

[David (saltas)]

Cheap local genuine makita with warrantee

makita out of tool HQ in morrabin on ebay or direct ToolHQ - DeWalt and Makita tools, power tools, hand tools and accessories.

I bought a couple of 3.0 amph lxt batteries about a year ago for $99 ea best I could do locally was $240. I have bought other items

Makita BTD141Z 18V LXT Impact Driver Drill Li-Ion Lithium BTD141 BARE NEW

These are the best thing I have ever bought. the impact action helps stop the Philips bits from jumping and if you have a hex bit in a batten screw the have enough torque that if you keep pulling the trigger you can shear the screw in half or drive all the way through the timber until the thread has disengaged from the wood on the way out.

they have genuine chargers from $130 torches $35, circular saws $135 and drills with hammer action hammer from $85

 

[tdi-rick]

Hmm, I'm probably in the market for another battery drill as my fourteen month old Panasonic #### itself last month, just over four weeks out of warranty :msp_mad:

I haven't heard back from the repairer, but they think it's the motor.
I've been using a little old 12v Hitachi and it's been killing me, I really liked the Panasonic.

 

[AUSSIE1]

makita out of tool HQ in morrabin on ebay or direct ToolHQ - DeWalt and Makita tools, power tools, hand tools and accessories.

I bought a couple of 3.0 amph lxt batteries about a year ago for $99 ea best I could do locally was $240. I have bought other items

Makita BTD141Z 18V LXT Impact Driver Drill Li-Ion Lithium BTD141 BARE NEW

These are the best thing I have ever bought. the impact action helps stop the Philips bits from jumping and if you have a hex bit in a batten screw the have enough torque that if you keep pulling the trigger you can shear the screw in half or drive all the way through the timber until the thread has disengaged from the wood on the way out.

they have genuine chargers from $130 torches $35, circular saws $135 and drills with hammer action hammer from $85

They are cheap for Aus - the same kit as I bought - $499. I paid $292 for the same kit plus the Dewalt screwdriver, two batteries, charger and case, shipping for $458.

 

[ausneil 1]

Hey guys I noticed in the latest "Supercheap Auto" Catalogue they have Gulf Western Chainsaw Bar Oil - 5 Litre for $17.50

Gulf Western Supertak Chain Saw Bar Oil - 5 Litre - Supercheap Auto Australia

just priced some bar oil in the 205 and our man can do me a drum for $390.00 inc gst. This guy recycles hyd oil from the mines and adds the addatives and sells it by the 44. He also sells the new oils as well in 205 and 1000.

can arrange something if anyone is interested, and this guy is at tamworth.

 

[tdi-rick]

just priced some bar oil in the 205 and our man can do me a drum for $390.00 inc gst. This guy recycles hyd oil from the mines and adds the addatives and sells it by the 44. He also sells the new oils as well in 205 and 1000.

can arrange something if anyone is interested, and this guy is at tamworth.

He supplies the local tyre service here too.
[edit] It's probably pretty good stuff as it stinks

Neil, I bought a 20 litre drum from the Caltex depot at Tamworth, I only paid $63/20 litres last year.

 

[tdi-rick]

The drill repairer informed me my drill will cost $139 to fix and Panasonic basically said go whistle, much as they said to me on the phone too. (Which is pretty much what I expected. As the Electrolux state service manager said to me few years ago, his job is to save the company as much money as possible, ie. deny as many warranties as he can)

 

[ausneil 1]

He supplies the local tyre service here too.
[edit] It's probably pretty good stuff as it stinks

Neil, I bought a 20 litre drum from the Caltex depot at Tamworth, I only paid $63/20 litres last year.

yea thats about what our caltex depot charges as well. I like to have oil onhand as running out isn't not the best plan. I use bar oil on my friction drives on my mahoe mills, bar oil clings to the ropes better and longer, oh and a little in a work saw now and then.

 

[Rudolf73]

yea thats about what our caltex depot charges as well. I like to have oil onhand as running out isn't not the best plan. I use bar oil on my friction drives on my mahoe mills, bar oil clings to the ropes better and longer, oh and a little in a work saw now and then.

Is the mahoe mill similar to a lucas mill and does it have advantages?

 

[ausneil 1]

Is the mahoe mill similar to a lucas mill and does it have advantages?

I just emailed you a link to the mahoe company in NZ which will explain a lot regarding the mahoe mill, i am very happy with both mine.

 

[derwoodii]

What a great day, more often I'm busy as one arm painter with the crabs but today was a joy. Slept in till 8 did ma chores then spent the avo tinkering with saws n bit n bobs then reloaded 90 plus 223 rounds listen to the footy while the rain pitta patted on the roof. I'm a newbie reloader and still worry more than enjoy but got in the grove today twas almost a medative relaxation as the tigers rolled the hawks at the G.

Has any one seen borats Dictator yet? may go catch the 8 30 session told its a 70 min of vulgar fun.

 

[Graham99]

Hello Everybody,

Thought I would jump in and say hello.

Just to stir the pot, the try should not have been awarded :biggrin:

Went to the Stihl shop today to have a look at the MS241C and the MS441C. I picked up the 241, it felt light, and it would sort of do what I want. Then I picked up the MS441C and fell in love. Then I put it back, chatted with the bloke, and then picked it up and played with it some more. Even the wife approved.

Now to watch Rango :cool2:

Graham

 

[tdi-rick]

and further to that try (and I didn't even watch the game, but have noticed this funny trait about a lot of Qlders for quite a while now, AS Qlders excepted ) Peter FitzSimons, ex-Wallaby front rower wrote this in today's Sydney Morning Herald

The simple fact is, pound for pound, inch for inch, that Queensland team on Wednesday night was about three-fifths of a smidgin better than our blokes. In the game of inches, they were just a 10th of an inch more precise than NSW, and - I think this is the key - wanted it just a 10th of an inch more. Why? Because they're Queenslanders, that's why. And whereas you and I took with our mother's milk the fact that we are Australians, they took with their mother's milk the fact that they are QUEENSLANDERS. I don't get that. You don't get that. But they get that, and in such a tribal game as league, the fact that they identify with their tribe far more than our blokes identify with the geographical entity that is NSW actually counts, most particularly in the dying stages of the game, when you have to find that tiny bit extra. Think on it a moment. With 10 minutes to go and the game on the line, the Queenslanders were yelling at each other: ''ARTIE! ARTIE! ARTIE!'' to remind each other of Artie Beetson and what he gave to the game. Just who would our blokes have had to equal him? We have had many great figures, extraordinary players, but not an iconic, tribal figure the equal of Beetson. Why? Because we're simply not a tribe. We're Australians who live south of the Tweed, north of the Murray, and east of Uluru, but that's it. What is the answer? I really don't think there is one. But whingeing about the ref isn't one of them. I would suggest getting a sunlamp behind the heads of our blokes before the next game, to give them good red necks and sending them out with a chip on both shoulders might help equalise things and be a good start. But ultimately, when we can't quite match them for tribalism or talent (they really do have an extraordinary array of once-in-a-generation players in the one team at the one time)

 

[derwoodii]

Hello Everybody,

Thought I would jump in and say hello.

Just to stir the pot, the try should not have been awarded :biggrin:

Went to the Stihl shop today to have a look at the MS241C and the MS441C. I picked up the 241, it felt light, and it would sort of do what I want. Then I picked up the MS441C and fell in love. Then I put it back, chatted with the bloke, and then picked it up and played with it some more. Even the wife approved.

Now to watch Rango :cool2:

Graham

Giday bloke welcome aboard wow getting the missus vote for saw a big plus well done sport..
Gotta say dont watch so dont understand rugby rules but a injustise was done to as game was played in AFL land Victoria.

 

[tdi-rick]

Giday bloke welcome aboard wow getting the missus vote for saw a big plus well done sport..
Gotta say dont watch so dont understand rugby rules but a injustise was done to as game was played in AFL land Victoria.

Geez Al, you Ariel Ping Pong blokes just don't get it, 'State of Origin' is Rugby League, 'Rugby' is Rugby Union

(now donning Nomex for the assault from the Vics, South Australians and Western Aussies )

 

[derwoodii]

Geez Al, you Ariel Ping Pong blokes just don't get it, 'State of Origin' is Rugby League, 'Rugby' is Rugby Union

(now donning Nomex for the assault from the Vics, South Australians and Western Aussies )

Thanks for the edumacation tidi,, i still dont get the ruga game, sorry tis just not doing it for me. But Ha try explain AFL ping pong to US yankie and your got your work cut out. I did conversion with Floridia bloke last year, took him to a game twas the best match ever to see. At the end a sweet lassy in the crowd gave him her Essendon (who are right now chewing up the Sydney giants) scaf and he was then a AFL disciple.

 

[Bigdgb]

Geez Al, you Ariel Ping Pong blokes just don't get it, 'State of Origin' is Rugby League, 'Rugby' is Rugby Union

(now donning Nomex for the assault from the Vics, South Australians and Western Aussies )

having a shot at the REAL game are we Rick! :msp_ohmy: you have better stay in that humpy or us AFL guys
will come a shove them clappen sticks somewhere that may be hard to get at:hmm3grin2orange: