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Brandt

Well I have finaly got some time and cleaned up my workshop(shed for the australians) so that I make another set of blades for Tony's windmill.

It is a good chance to actualy use my metal lathe for some thing other than to look impressive.

It "Advance" model that was my grandfathers when he worked for the Pilot Station in newcastle as the ships engineer. It is a nice solid machine but need a bit of fine tunning at the moment as it a bit of slack in some of the bearings, something to do oneday.

here is a pic of my shed and lathe. The tide mark that can be seen about a foot off the floor is from the floods we had when the ship washed up on then beach in Newcaslte.

The start of turning the Boss.

Finished Boss

And my new toy, got it off ebay for $20 Just need to turn some thing that needs some Kurnling on it.LOL

tmuir · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject:

Looking great and those tide marks.

Glad I live in the hills, if my house goes under water then we are all in trouble.
I've got that same knurling tool. It works great for the knurling on the Renown safety valves and filling plugs.

Although I have damaged mine as when I bought it, it came with a set of finer wheels and when I tried to knock out the pins to fit the ffiner wheels I bent the head of the tool so I now need to buy a new one.

I made a cylinder for my windmill the other night but messed up the reaming on it but it will still be fine for the water pump and it was a good learning experience.
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Les · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

That's what I like to see, a proper shed with a place for everything and everything in a place.

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xlchainsaw · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject:

thats my kind of shed! everything close and handy

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toxx · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject:

... yo, Brandt!

That shop o' yours is one place I'd feel totally at home! Put me there with a beer or fourty, some Beatles music and I'd (try

) to make a steam engine or a disintegrator.

Darn nice workkshop! Say, the my new toy pic looks like a rifle bullet casing - what is it?
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Brandt · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

It seems to be a well made tool for the price.

Yes the joys of living on the coast and 2.5m about sea level.lol.

My shed gets mostly negitive comments about being messy , but it is a work in progress, am still trying to find the best layout and place for every thing. I also have a whole single car garage that is used for big suff and other junk.

xlchainsaw · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

i have a two car garage that i use for a workshop. the floor is a great shelf to keep the tools on lol.
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Wallace · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:43 am Post subject:

Nice shed Brandt

and I love the knurling tool. Always wondered what they look like
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Brandt · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Thanks guys. I love my shed.

My garage is for bigger projects, have made timber pew for my sister a few years ago and built a 2m high granite and steel cross for a water feature that is at the Newcastle cathedral, so is handy to have it there.

We dont put the cars in it as it was built for a "Hillman minx" back in about 1960 and they made it just the right size for it.

johnreid · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:16 am Post subject:

I have several sheds, but none are set up for work, I need to do some remodeling.
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Steve_S · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:58 am Post subject:

Brandt · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:

One of my biggest problems is rust.. We live about 300m for the ocean and any metal that exposed corrodes. I had a cover over my lathe and drills but left them off a few time and didn go in the shed for a few weeks, come back and it looks like the photo, a light coating of rust. need to give it all a good wipe wiht oily rag.

bessytractor · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

cool stuff, love the lathe!

I have had enough of knurling tools myself, its tool of choice for putting errant wheels back on their axles on my 5" loco, and I've had to do that a few time

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