In article , OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:24:52 +0000, Peter Wiley
scribbled thusly:



Yeah but - if the NSW Govt doesn't start getting a handle on this sort
of crap, people will start carrying. I know I'd think seriously about
it and all it'd take is one instance of a serious threat of violence to
get me to do it. The gun laws are meaningless; I made a 6 shot double
action revolver from steel stock some 15 years ago just to see if I
could. A blowback semiauto pistol is easier and I have a lot more
precision tooling these days.

They are working on it, Police areconstantly on the lookout for
weapons, confiscate and charge when they are found.

As I said I prefer to live where it isn't necessary Sydney is becoming
a right **** hole, courtesy and safety wise. Some places are fine -
northern beaches for example. I had a moment about buying another place
on Dangar Island when I was up last month. Got over it tho when the
rest of the family rebelled.

I prefer to live where it isn't necessary. And I do. My tooling gets
used to build my house, make boat bits, help out friends and the like.
I have a couple ideas for a different sort of boat winch, just need the
time to make some patterns and get the castings done. I have a couple
sets of bronze porthole castings that I'm machining up ATM.

Sounds interesting.

PITA but so what..... forgot how 'grabby' bronze was, had to grind
small flats on the top of the lathe tools to stop dig-ins.


Bring your new toy boat down for a visit, I have a spare mooring out
the front provided you don't draw more than 1.8m. The neighbour across
the road has a nice boutique winery.

Draft is 6', but I won't see her again till early next summer.
I'll quite probably come down and visit as long as you don't shoot at
me ...OK? :-)

Hell, the only guns I have in Tasmania are 3 muzzle loading cannons I
haven't got around to machining yet. My excuse is that the castings
need extensive ageing. So you're pretty safe.

Marinas at Kettering are 5 minutes drive away.

Amazingly, I expect to actually manage to be in Australia next summer.
Pity about autumn tho.

PDW