On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:53:20 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:25:12 +1000, John G
wrote:

Larry Jaques submitted this idea :
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:48:55 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote:

On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?

Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.

It's good that you're making friends and gaining conspirators.


But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.

Never heard of non-metallic tubercular tapers. groan I'm surprised
that the stuff in Oz isn't, um, Whitworth.

Due to our adapability we can and do put up with every known
measurement and thread form.
Whitworth, BSP, ASP, SAE, Metric, British standard Cycle, BA and
whatever else. :-Z

Having a Royal Enfield motorcycle..I most certainly could use some
Whitworth sockets. I think Ive got all the necessary combination
wrenches..but sockets would be very nice...
My first car -'50 Austin Cambridge - had an oil leak from the timming
cover at the front end of the crank shaft/starting crank dog clutch.
Not familiar with the rope trick, I removed the oil pan with
combination wrenches (on end, with a screwdriver through the closed
end), for the bolts between the pan and the bell housing; and blocked
the crank with a 2x4 in order to remove the nut/clutch. Needless to
say, these hex heads developed screwdriver slots before reassembly.
I may still have a few Whitworth wrenches but I have been in my
present location for 30 years, so God knows where the might be,
certainly not treadily available.
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Gerry :-)}
London,Canada