Today I BOUGHT
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tassietaurusbull
justin woods
Nice rigs guys I'm a complete ford guy. Today I bought a service on my old ba falcon just $1330.00 with new ball joints and bits. Oh and I got a 60-100zoom magnify glasses too of eBay today with other bits and bobs.
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Just to complicate it a little more, I'm currently sitting here thinking-do I or do I not purchase a coiltek 14" mono elite to hang off it. The 5000 already comes with the two commander 11's and the 15"x12"... Decisions, decisions!
Awesome Keano. You just need a Z, and a golf cart to lug them about the goldfields in now.Keano said:Today I bought a GPX 5000 to complement my SDC 2300. One happy boy!
joao garimpeiro
Joo Novaes Neto
tassietaurusbull said:
hey mate
I like your avatar! is the most beautiful flag in the world!
Gday Joao , havnt seen you for a while.Good to cya back
TheSilentBugler said:
the one on the left mate is a common brickies hammer, its a chipper they are still used today and i still carry one in my truck top pop quartz with. the top one i also have one of these i got from the markets, hardest thing is finding a handle that fits, they are amazing at busting open ground and if you look closely in the old mining pictures you will see everyone had one back in the day and they have lasted very well.
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Hey Scrounger, I have a wife that has taught me well! Plus she wants one as well, so what was i to do!!!
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I have a plan for that to mate, all be it a short term one! We are proud owners of a two and half & 6 month old girls, so it will be sometime before we both hit the fields together! But hey, she beats me regularly when where out fishing, so why would detecting be any different!!
But hey, she beats me regularly when where out fishing, so why would detecting be any different!!TheSilentBugler
Tim
Cheers GOlddigg@, did you find a handle or make one to fit?
I reckon the bloke on the right has got a dirty big one under that hat. Nugget that is.G0lddigg@ said:
TheSilentBugler said:
mate not exactly, the bloke at the market i set him a challenge, hes the kind of guy that sees alot of bits and pieces so figured hed nail it. i said if you can find a handle i'm happy to pay extra. he did but its an axe handle that isnt quite right. It was good for a few months but started to give way. If you seen how much of a hammering i give my tools you wouldn't be surprised
i am still looking for a perfect fit, its needs to be rounded at both ends of the head section..
TheSilentBugler
Tim
Gotcha, an axe head is never gonna be right, had a look, but the shaft is all wrong, given they're a one way tool, let alone the profile where it goes in the head.
I'll let you know how I go, got a couple ideas at the mo.
I'll let you know how I go, got a couple ideas at the mo.
yeh basically he tricked me by packing it full of wood and silicone, which lasted about 5 minutes i'm sure if you look around at the head shaped you will be able to find something...
i'm sure if you look around at the head shaped you will be able to find something...TheSilentBugler
Tim
Plan A is a mattock handle in imported hickory, in just about any hardware store, would need some shaping, but the shaft profile is right and plenty of meat on the head end, full bottle elbow grease and a rasp would do it.
Plan B is a custom job in spotted gum, historically right, and I'll have some stock soon for some other ye olde tool handles anyway. Much Bigger job, but would be a thing of simple, useful, beauty.
Plan B is a custom job in spotted gum, historically right, and I'll have some stock soon for some other ye olde tool handles anyway. Much Bigger job, but would be a thing of simple, useful, beauty.
i reckon go with b, a will be unnecessarily heavy for the extra bulk used in a mattock just my thoughts.
plus you're taking away 80% of the shaft although you could heat treat it and tap it in as well to re harden the core. hmmm now i remember why i walked away form this one
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plus you're taking away 80% of the shaft
although you could heat treat it and tap it in as well to re harden the core. hmmm now i remember why i walked away form this one
kawman
steve wardle
an old time spoke shave is excellent for making wooden handles.. sometimes a piece of pipe welded in lasts very well if you are really giving the implement a work out.
