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Impressive Peter. I like your lifestyle.

What is the weather like down there?
Do you get snow in the winter? If so how much?
How hot does it get in the summer?

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katy wrote:



I hope for your sake they put run the extension cords high
enough.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_


He's gor the Red Green book on household maintenance so he should be fine...

Yup, gonna duct tape 'em to the tree branches!

Cheers
Marty

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Martin Baxter wrote:

I wish I could take my bandsaw from work when I retire, it's old DoAll,
wheels are about 600mm, 2m or so high, variable speed (50-5200fpm),
integral band welder and cutter, she's over 50 years old. I wouldn't
trade for a brand new one if you paid me, well unless you paid me lot.

Know what you mean. I have an old Grob Bros 18" bandsaw, the main
competitor to DoAll and about as good. Mine also has the speed range
for stainless on the low end and wood on the high end but it isn't the
variable speed model. It's a great machine. Cost me $600 which was
about the same price as a new Chinese 14" bandsaw with woodcutting
speeds only, no blade welder etc. The $400 to freight it to my place
was well worth it.

I have a little list of tools I want and when something on the list
comes up, I grab it. These days I'm basically trading up each time and
for some stuff I don't think I'll ever find anything better - or need
it. The shed is so I can have all the stuff useable under one roof.

PDW

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DSK wrote:
Peter wrote:
I could *never* go back to living in an apartment.

Depends very much on the apartment.

Where I am:

the waterfront is 2 minutes walk away
the nearest neighbour is 200m away
I can shoot rabbits on my front lawn without anyone caring
I can run a compressor and nailgun all day
I can have a big satellite dish on my shed
I can light up a couple acres of bracken & scrub and the neighbours
applaud.
It's quiet at night (because we all have enough courtesy to not ****
each other off).
There's no light pollution so you can look at the stars, and the moon
is glaring bright.

Complain about a BBQ? Hah. I can BBQ an entire *cow* over an open fire
and as long as it isn't one of the neighbours', the only complaints
would be from those without an invite.

MOVE!!!


OK, we'll consider this an invitation to camp in your yard.

There's a mooring out the front plus plenty of space to anchor. Down by
the dam, there's a power box hooked up to my mains power supply. Had
some friends from Sydney camping there for a while, they just plugged
their campervan in.

What's for breakfast?

Whatever you can catch/buy. You don't think I'd actually cater to
guests, do you?

Oh yes, there's a vineyard across the road...

PDW

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OzOne wrote:
On 27 Nov 2006 14:03:58 -0800, "Peter"
scribbled thusly:



There's a mooring out the front plus plenty of space to anchor. Down by
the dam, there's a power box hooked up to my mains power supply. Had
some friends from Sydney camping there for a while, they just plugged
their campervan in.

What's for breakfast?

Whatever you can catch/buy. You don't think I'd actually cater to
guests, do you?

Oh yes, there's a vineyard across the road...

PDW

Hey Pete,
Friends of mine just moved to Tassie.
Bought a cottage in Rosebery on the road to Strahn from Burnie

http://www.cradlechalet.com.au/tasma...h_west_map.htm

Nice country up there, friend of mine is from Penguin.

I'll be visiting around Xmas.

I'll be visiting Sydney for Xmas!

BTW, I don't have a chart, What's Port Davey like?

Believe it or not, I've never been there yet. Always too busy with
other stuff. My friends say it's pretty good, one of my neighbours has
taken his Van DeStat Dogger round there. Bit exposed getting there, the
west coast isn't the nicest place to be. Living where I do on the
Channel it's all a bot far really. I've got the Tasmanian mindset these
days - anything more than 30 minutes away is too far :-)

I'll certainly have a chart here at work tho if you want to borrow one
for a bit.

PDW

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Charlie Morgan wrote:

My father was one of the original DIY authors in the 1950's. He wrote tons of
books and magazine articles on topics ranging from how to do your own concrete
and masonry, to furniture projects, how to install a swimming pool, and even a
book on how to fix your own television. Companies were always sending him tools
and materials to feature in his books and magazine articles. DeWalt sent him a
really nice radial arm saw for a photo shoot. For many years afterwards, they
would offer to send him a new model, in exchange for the old one. He always
declined, and the old saw continued to appear in print for many, many years.
DeWalt would have MUCH preferred that newer models got some coverage. The
problem was that the newer models were not cast iron like the original, and
lacked that same feel and precision. My father was no dope! I have that saw now,
and it is still going strong after 50 years. It's a little light in the "safety
features" department, but it's a very good saw.

Hmmm. Friend of mine gave me an old DeWalt RAS when he moved
interstate. It's cast iron and I'd describe it as solid, all right. It
most certainly is lacking in safety features. The main difficulty I
have with it is the motor is relatively gutless compared with my (new)
12" DeWalt sliding compound mitre saw, tho I might well be comparing
apples with oranges. For certain jobs, it's a superior choice however;
I trenched out all the top & bottom plates on my barn frame and housed
all the studs. The RAS was a lot better (more precise) than the
compound mitre saw for that job. It can also rip of course whereas the
mitre saw can't, tho I never use it for that. When I have some time
I'll give it a thorough overhaul.

PDW

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"Peter" wrote
| Hmmm. Friend of mine gave me an old DeWalt RAS when he moved
| interstate. It's cast iron and I'd describe it as solid, all right. It
| most certainly is lacking in safety features. The main difficulty I
| have with it is the motor is relatively gutless compared with my (new)
| 12" DeWalt sliding compound mitre saw, tho I might well be comparing
| apples with oranges. For certain jobs, it's a superior choice however;
| I trenched out all the top & bottom plates on my barn frame and housed
| all the studs. The RAS was a lot better (more precise) than the
| compound mitre saw for that job. It can also rip of course whereas the
| mitre saw can't, tho I never use it for that. When I have some time
| I'll give it a thorough overhaul.


Power tools! So typically male.... But gawdawfully boring.

Cheers,
Ellen

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Peter wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote:

I wish I could take my bandsaw from work when I retire, it's old DoAll,
wheels are about 600mm, 2m or so high, variable speed (50-5200fpm),
integral band welder and cutter, she's over 50 years old. I wouldn't
trade for a brand new one if you paid me, well unless you paid me lot.

Know what you mean. I have an old Grob Bros 18" bandsaw, the main
competitor to DoAll and about as good. Mine also has the speed range
for stainless on the low end and wood on the high end but it isn't the
variable speed model. It's a great machine. Cost me $600 which was
about the same price as a new Chinese 14" bandsaw with woodcutting
speeds only, no blade welder etc. The $400 to freight it to my place
was well worth it.


Thats nothing I have a 8" coping saw, with a wooden handle, up to 80
strokes a min. Cost me 12 bucks at the local ACE hardware

I have a little list of tools I want and when something on the list
comes up, I grab it. These days I'm basically trading up each time and
for some stuff I don't think I'll ever find anything better - or need
it. The shed is so I can have all the stuff useable under one roof.


I need double offset 45 degree open boxed end 1/2" fuel line wrench,
think I'm going to have to build one. Crazy Brit engineers!

Joe
PDW

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Joe wrote:
Peter wrote:
Martin Baxter wrote:

I wish I could take my bandsaw from work when I retire, it's old DoAll,
wheels are about 600mm, 2m or so high, variable speed (50-5200fpm),
integral band welder and cutter, she's over 50 years old. I wouldn't
trade for a brand new one if you paid me, well unless you paid me lot.

Know what you mean. I have an old Grob Bros 18" bandsaw, the main
competitor to DoAll and about as good. Mine also has the speed range
for stainless on the low end and wood on the high end but it isn't the
variable speed model. It's a great machine. Cost me $600 which was
about the same price as a new Chinese 14" bandsaw with woodcutting
speeds only, no blade welder etc. The $400 to freight it to my place
was well worth it.


Thats nothing I have a 8" coping saw, with a wooden handle, up to 80
strokes a min. Cost me 12 bucks at the local ACE hardware

Cool. Let me know how long it takes you to cut thru a 4" long bit of 1"
thick Inconel with it. I'll expect an answer in about 3 years if you
start now....

PDW

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Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Peter" wrote
| Hmmm. Friend of mine gave me an old DeWalt RAS when he moved
| interstate. It's cast iron and I'd describe it as solid, all right. It
| most certainly is lacking in safety features. The main difficulty I
| have with it is the motor is relatively gutless compared with my (new)
| 12" DeWalt sliding compound mitre saw, tho I might well be comparing
| apples with oranges. For certain jobs, it's a superior choice however;
| I trenched out all the top & bottom plates on my barn frame and housed
| all the studs. The RAS was a lot better (more precise) than the
| compound mitre saw for that job. It can also rip of course whereas the
| mitre saw can't, tho I never use it for that. When I have some time
| I'll give it a thorough overhaul.


Power tools! So typically male.... But gawdawfully boring.

Anything that requires the application of knowledge and a modicum of
skill would be boring for you, I'd expect. Why don't you just run along
now and go clothes shopping...... you won't know the first thing about
how they're made or what they're made out of, but never mind. You're
the perfect example of how it's impossible to tell the difference
between someone truly stupid and someone who won't learn. Functionally,
there *is* no difference.

PDW