the all aussie dribble thread!

[husq2100]

I sharpened a few handsaws tonight, made me realise why I gave it up as a job, but also made me realise That I would put my filing skills up against anyone in this country still!

had one which was in fairly bad nick after I finished it came out great! went from massive cows and calves to micrometer perfect pitch all done by eye! Once a saw filer always a saw filer!

Do you "breast" your saws?

 

[porky616]

And you are worried about the price of the oil you use in your saw??? man I wish I could charge that!

yes but in your area wood is layed on, you can be fussy and pick out all the cream easy sweet stuff, the crap i pilled and burnt around vic/sa was 10 times the quality i cut and a dam sight cleaner. im sure most of us now what masculator means although it is very close to another word starting with mas......
have you fixed old squishy yet?

 

[Hulsty]

Yeah it's funny how protective firewood guys get! My mate in Tasmania said that there have been many cases of guys who have decided to sell some wood on the side of the road in their trailer only to have their tyres slashed, lights smashed etc, or be met by a wood selling local holding a big shifting spanner telling them that this is their patch and to pi*s off before they get hurt. There are trailers filled with split hardwood down there everywhere and apparently the RTA linked in with Centrelink a few years back and they found that the trailers were registered to guys on Centrelink benefits yet they were making a fortune from firewood. Our bloody tax dollars were paying for those pr*cks to cut wood.
Unfortunately stuff like your cheap wood guy happens all the time in a lot of industries - truth is they won't be around long if they're making a loss. If they are around for a while and their opposition goes broke then they might be a bit more efficient and business savvy than people give them credit for

I've been on a few 4x4ing trips down to tassie and the amount of guys getting around with utes/trailers with wood stacked roof height is unbelievable, and its ALL stacked near perfectly, not just thrown in, all the same length etc.

 

[David (saltas)]

No I don't know what a masculator is and neither does Google

Is this you and your brother playing arround the house?

Pictures by masculator - Photobucket

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[tdi-rick]

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but also made me realise That I would put my filing skills up against anyone in this country still!

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Modest, aren't we ?

 

[David (saltas)]

I don't know about filing saws but I would guess that I could learn it fast.

The first four months of 1985 all the apprentices were all locked up in the apprentice training center with a set of files, some bearing blue and two surface blocks, one steel and one granite.
Everything we made had to hand filed flat and square,beveled or radius-ed.
Bearing blue does not lie
My bench was #5 so I still have stuff with a #5 stamped into it.
Four months "not good enough", "not flat enough", "Its a bit low there and there", "too quick, I don't believe you must have cheated somehow do it again".

Now there is always someone better than me just not sure its you :msp_ohmy:

 

[tdi-rick]

The fella's that file racing cross cut saws and race chains are masters. There's more to a race chain than just putting a file across a cutter.

I see Will occasionally drops into this thread for a read, and i think Neil might lurk sometimes too, and those two blokes are two of the best racers in this country ATM and would probably confirm that the chain is probably more important than the powerhead in a saw race.

 

[tdi-rick]

I don't know about filing saws but I would guess that I could learn it fast.

The first four months of 1985 all the apprentices were all locked up in the apprentice training center with a set of files, some bearing blue and two surface blocks, one steel and one granite.
Everything we made had to hand filed flat and square,beveled or radius-ed.
Bearing blue does not lie
My bench was #5 so I still have stuff with a #5 stamped into it.
Four months "not good enough", "not flat enough", "Its a bit low there and there", "too quick, I don't believe you must have cheated somehow do it again".

Now there is always someone better than me just not sure its you :msp_ohmy:

Sheesh, you'd have thought those teachers would have heard of a surface grinder by '85

 

[tdi-rick]

BTW, the rad shop confirmed stray current is the cause of the leak in the Patrol :msp_mad:

 

[promac850]

BTW, the rad shop confirmed stray current is the cause of the leak in the Patrol :msp_mad:

That sucks... I hope your Nissan gets well soon. :msp_sad:

 

[AUSSIE1]

That sucks... I hope your Nissan gets well soon. :msp_sad:

For sure

BTW, the rad shop confirmed stray current is the cause of the leak in the Patrol :msp_mad:

Stray current? Bad earth in the loom somewhere Rick? Is this what he's suggesting?

 

[tdi-rick]

Bad earth somewhere Al.
Could be the a/c fan, the spotties, anything really.

New rad came today, so after flushing I'll fill with straight water and start testing, turning things on to see what's got a crook earth.
Pretty much anything greater than 0.05v in the coolant is nasty.

BTW, I accidentally found one of your old posts on the patrol4x4 forum when looking for the pump timing/plunger lift. Didn't realise it was yours till I started to print it out

 

[tdi-rick]

That sucks... I hope your Nissan gets well soon. :msp_sad:

Cheers.
It'll be right and back to better than new soon.
These things are tough old buses.

Even though I choose to drive a Land Rover I really like our Patrol, just don't let the missus know. Just like this thread there's some good natured stirring in our multi-marque household, and just to add to the variety my sister is visiting with her kids in their Playdo (and she has the gall to call it a Land Cruiser :msp_confused: )

 

[AUSSIE1]

Bad earth somewhere Al.
Could be the a/c fan, the spotties, anything really.

New rad came today, so after flushing I'll fill with straight water and start testing, turning things on to see what's got a crook earth.
Pretty much anything greater than 0.05v in the coolant is nasty.

BTW, I accidentally found one of your old posts on the patrol4x4 forum when looking for the pump timing/plunger lift. Didn't realise it was yours till I started to print it out

Yeah right, that's really interesting. So how will you go about it? Pos from the multimeter in the radiator fluid, Neg to earth?
I'm sure I have a leakage somewhere myself. Must look into it.

Yeah I've been playing with the fuel adjustment again this last couple days with the fuel usage being a little excessive lately. I had the pump and injectors done a couple of years ago as it had unleaded contaminated diesel go through it from work.

 

[tdi-rick]

Yep, got it in one.
A mate did about three rads in his VR Commodore thanks to it before they isolated the fault.

You use an analogue meter too, luckily I have an analogue mega so that'll be ideal.

There used to be some excellent articles on the ARE radiator site, but there are bits missing when I went to have a look this arvo.

 

[AUSSIE1]

Yep, got it in one.
A mate did about three rads in his VR Commodore thanks to it before they isolated the fault.

You use an analogue meter too, luckily I have an analogue mega so that'll be ideal.

There used to be some excellent articles on the ARE radiator site, but there are bits missing when I went to have a look this arvo.

Oh good stuff. I still have an analogue meter from my teen years a couple of years ago!

 

[Terry Syd]

If you guys have a turbo with a boost compensator, you may be able to work out an 'economy' mode for driving.

I have a mechanical injection system on my truck and have modified the curve of the boost compensator to really put out some power. Unfortunately, having the smooth power come on so easily is addictive - and it will chew through some fuel.

So I put a 12v solenoid from Jaycar in line with the boost line to my boost compensator. I control the solenoid with a switch in the cab. I normally drive around in economy mode (99% if the time), but if I want to pass another vehicle, I can hit the 'afterburner switch' and be gone in a flash.

Other fellows with electronic boost compensators have done the same thing, you just need the solenoid to control the air pressure to the compensator.

The solenoid is only about $14 at Jaycar.

 

[masculator]

Do you "breast" your saws?

That depends on whether the customer wants it, modern manufacturing techniques did away with breasting or crowning. but if it is wanted I do it.

 

[masculator]

Modest, aren't we ?

No just honest! it is one thing I know I am good at! scored apprentice of the year each year of my apprenticeship for a reason!

 

[masculator]

I don't know about filing saws but I would guess that I could learn it fast.

The first four months of 1985 all the apprentices were all locked up in the apprentice training center with a set of files, some bearing blue and two surface blocks, one steel and one granite.
Everything we made had to hand filed flat and square,beveled or radius-ed.
Bearing blue does not lie
My bench was #5 so I still have stuff with a #5 stamped into it.
Four months "not good enough", "not flat enough", "Its a bit low there and there", "too quick, I don't believe you must have cheated somehow do it again".

Now there is always someone better than me just not sure its you :msp_ohmy:

LMAO thats how my teacher taught people how to sharpen drills you would get one PERFECT and he would go "yeah not too bad" and stick the end in the bench grinder, if you handed him a saw he would find a brick and plunge it into that!

There was a time a few years ago that I would hand file and set in excess of 200 tennon saws in a day.