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Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first.
Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 5:30:08 PM UTC-4, Jon Anderson wrote:
Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Nice! I definitely could use one of those pretty often. Just today, however, I found myself needing a square with a narrower base, Made do by slipping a parallel between the square and the work. |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. -- Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense. -- Buddha |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus How much???? Blink blink............blink Ive made those by simply bolting on wider plates to a standard Starret or other brand square. Silver soldered some D2 flats to one as I recall. |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Now...I dont know what the exchange rate is...but $170 Oz could be $35 US --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 18:32:03 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Now...I dont know what the exchange rate is...but $170 Oz could be $35 US Not QUITE that bad - The OZ dollar is pretty close to the Can-Buck - at about 73 cents US |
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Larry Jaques wrote on 6/5/2017 7:05 PM:
On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. The price may double to $340 after they have patented it. Go buy it now before it skyrockets. |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 18:32:03 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Now...I dont know what the exchange rate is...but $170 Oz could be $35 US Another strike out. US$170 Australian is worth about $127 US -- Cheers, Schweik |
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On 6/06/2017 9:05 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. You are not fabricating for a living, day in and day out, so your assessment of it's value is meaningless in my world. As noted in another, post, anything really worth anything, costs a bundle here. It's hard to find a combo square here even approaching what I consider decent quality. $35 will get you a soft aluminum square head with a cheap blade. Figure $50 for anything halfway reasonable. Moore and Wright, now you're talking quality. And $$. Could probably have saved something having it shipped to my mom in Calif. So shipping there. Then mom, in her 80's has to repackage, go to the post office and ship to me. She's not getting around so well, and that all would probably have take 2+ weeks minimum. And there's the exchange rate... I'm just glad I have all the really expensive shop tooling already, no way in hell I could retool a shop at AU prices, on my salary. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 6/06/2017 8:12 AM, rangerssuck wrote:
Nice! I definitely could use one of those pretty often. Just today, however, I found myself needing a square with a narrower base, Made do by slipping a parallel between the square and the work. Glad -someone- sees some value in it... I use it every day and it definitely make my job easier. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700
Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Looks like ~$70 on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=LaSquare and ~$80 via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LaSquare-Mach...dp/B01E0J7496/ Maybe Banggood has a knock-off version -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 18:24:22 +1000
Jon Anderson wrote: On 6/06/2017 8:12 AM, rangerssuck wrote: Nice! I definitely could use one of those pretty often. Just today, however, I found myself needing a square with a narrower base, Made do by slipping a parallel between the square and the work. Glad -someone- sees some value in it... I use it every day and it definitely make my job easier. I've seen this before in welding videos (Jody's). Never checked the price just kind of made a mental note in case the need came up... Have you poked around at Banggood? Unless you get hit with some sort of duty tax you can get Harbor Freight kind of cheapo stuff there. Usually free shipping out of China. They have a few regular squares but not a wide base model. The reviews suck (on the squares), say they are out of align but depending on what you want it for it might not matter. I used one of those cheapo models for re-shingling the roof. Worked great as an adjustable spacer. Sure wouldn't want to use a Starrett for that job ;-) For some examples see: https://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-R...el-c-5329.html -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 08:38:59 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700 Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Looks like ~$70 on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=LaSquare and ~$80 via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LaSquare-Mach...dp/B01E0J7496/ $52.95 ($45 + $7.95 US s/h) from Hand-Eye Supply in Portland. https://www.handeyesupply.com/blogs/...s-combo-square Maybe Banggood has a knock-off version With an extra 20 degrees of free movement at no extra charge. -- Average # of people killed in mass shooting when stopped by police: 18.25 Average # of people killed when stopped by civilians: 2 Save lives: Keep Civilians Armed! |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 10:03:09 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 18:24:22 +1000 Jon Anderson wrote: On 6/06/2017 8:12 AM, rangerssuck wrote: Nice! I definitely could use one of those pretty often. Just today, however, I found myself needing a square with a narrower base, Made do by slipping a parallel between the square and the work. Glad -someone- sees some value in it... I use it every day and it definitely make my job easier. I've seen this before in welding videos (Jody's). Never checked the price just kind of made a mental note in case the need came up... Have you poked around at Banggood? Unless you get hit with some sort of duty tax you can get Harbor Freight kind of cheapo stuff there. Usually free shipping out of China. They have a few regular squares but not a wide base model. The reviews suck (on the squares), say they are out of align but depending on what you want it for it might not matter. I used one of those cheapo models for re-shingling the roof. Worked great as an adjustable spacer. Sure wouldn't want to use a Starrett for that job ;-) For some examples see: https://www.banggood.com/Wholesale-R...el-c-5329.html While you're shopping Asia, check in with Alibaba.com, as well. -- Average # of people killed in mass shooting when stopped by police: 18.25 Average # of people killed when stopped by civilians: 2 Save lives: Keep Civilians Armed! |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 08:38:59 -0400, Leon Fisk wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700 Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Looks like ~$70 on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=LaSquare and ~$80 via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LaSquare-Mach...dp/B01E0J7496/ $52.95 ($45 + $7.95 US s/h) from Hand-Eye Supply in Portland. https://www.handeyesupply.com/blogs/...s-combo-square ================================================== ============ A friend told me that MSC has it for $67 but I couldn't force their website to admit that. Why is mcmaster's site soooo good, and msc and grainger's sites soooo bad when it comes to searching? -- Regards, Carl Ijames |
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****ing hell, last Goddam time I post an Australian price in this group.
Don't really give a **** what it costs there. I had a need and bought it. If I had a problem with price, I wouldn't have, period. I have a hardened and ground Starrett set, among my very first tools of the trade purchased in 1976. Don't want to be using that in a welding environment. Needed something better than the POS bought at the local hardware store when I started working here and all my tools were still in the States. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 7/06/2017 12:03 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:
Have you poked around at Banggood? Unless you get hit with some sort of duty tax you can get Harbor Freight kind of cheapo stuff there. Usually free shipping out of China. They have a few regular squares but not a wide base model. The reviews suck (on the squares), say they are out of align but depending on what you want it for it might not matter. I didn't bother shopping around, but I don't mind paying for quality. And as I've mentioned more than once, anything of real quality here is $$$. I only buy cheap import stuff when there's no anticipated long term use. As in, likely just use once. btw, duty kicks in at a grand right now, though there is some talk about applying it to all overseas purchases... Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 13:20:36 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: ****ing hell, last Goddam time I post an Australian price in this group. Don't really give a **** what it costs there. I had a need and bought it. If I had a problem with price, I wouldn't have, period. I have a hardened and ground Starrett set, among my very first tools of the trade purchased in 1976. Don't want to be using that in a welding environment. Needed something better than the POS bought at the local hardware store when I started working here and all my tools were still in the States. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Joh...everybody is simply in shock from the price you paid. They really dont comprehend that many things we consider to be normal price...are way..way..way over priced in Oz. Now I might add...I dont have a clue WHY things are so freaking overpriced down there. Its not like its being shipped via trimarine galley filled with slaves at the oars. Im sure there is some reason for it....blink blink....but none of us can understand it. Its not personal, no one is holding it against you. Its just shocking as hell. |
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On 7/06/2017 3:48 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
Jon...everybody is simply in shock from the price you paid. They really dont comprehend that many things we consider to be normal price...are way..way..way over priced in Oz. Now I might add...I dont have a clue WHY things are so freaking overpriced down there. Its not like its being shipped via trimarine galley filled with slaves at the oars. Im sure there is some reason for it....blink blink....but none of us can understand it. Its not personal, no one is holding it against you. Its just shocking as hell. Yeah, I realized by the time I got back to work from lunch that I'd taken it personal. I wonder how many in the States really appreciate how good they have it. NOTHING like McMaster here. Blackwoods can't hold a candle to MSC. I have not a clue at the moment where to buy 6061. Sigh. Wages play a part. Minimum adult wage is something just over $18/hr I believe. Penalty rates (extra) for weekends. Limited market. Hell, all of Australia, which is comparable to US in area, has a smaller population that the legal population of Calif. Smaller market, lesser sales might play a part. Wonder how long my square sat on the shelf... BTW, it was $150 or so, with $20 shipping. As I had it in 2 days, I found that reasonable for here. And this bit comes from an Aussie I worked with at my last job, he said it's the Aussie way to put the screws to people and get as much $$ as possible. That, I'm sure was said with a bit of satire, but would help explain the differences in prices. Well, at least one of my favorite magazines, VMX (vintage MX) and my favorite beer, Coopers Pale Ale are cheaper here... lol Apologies to all for over reacting. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
... On 7/06/2017 3:48 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: ... Yeah, I realized by the time I got back to work from lunch that I'd taken it personal. I wonder how many in the States really appreciate how good they have it. NOTHING like McMaster here. Blackwoods can't hold a candle to MSC. I have not a clue at the moment where to buy 6061. Sigh. There have been many complaints in r.c.m about how difficult it is to buy tools and material elsewhere. A Brit expat told me that metalworking as a hobby is considered a sign of insanity in Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_engineering "Model engineering is most popular in the industrialised countries that have an engineering heritage extending back to the days of steam power. That is, it is a pursuit principally found in the UK, USA, northwestern European countries and the industrialised British Commonwealth countries." http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wo...or-a-curiosity "Whenever I travel abroad, I always ask the locals about woodworking as a hobby. More times than naught, I hear that building furniture for fun is about as popular as do-it-yourself knee surgery." "It is difficult for many of us in the U.S. to truly appreciate what *doing* stuff does to us. We learn to fix bicycles at a very young age; we learn to pull engines from cars, and make the animals work; we even modify them to make them animals of brute force, all at quite a young age." A WW2 British account of American commandos in Burma expressed amazement at the range of skills our common soldiers possessed or rapidly learned, from handling mules to learning how to use artillery, neither of which British infantry (he claimed) would touch. Other armies had to train recruits to become drivers, a skill practically any American already knew. The Air Corps ordnance company my father commanded made a refrigeration compressor out of a Jeep motor, to cool their beer in the New Guinea jungle heat. I look for evidence that the Industrial Revolution might have arisen anywhere, the raw ability is worldwide, but was suppressed by social pressure that gentlemen don't do menial work, or too-frequent wars. Britain was relatively stable and more tolerant of eccentric behavior. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-b...entric-people/ Despite the primitive conditions here, the new USA was only slightly behind Britain in mechanical innovation. -jsw |
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On 6/6/2017 10:26 PM, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 7/06/2017 12:03 AM, Leon Fisk wrote: Have you poked around at Banggood? Unless you get hit with some sort of duty tax you can get Harbor Freight kind of cheapo stuff there. Usually free shipping out of China. They have a few regular squares but not a wide base model. The reviews suck (on the squares), say they are out of align but depending on what you want it for it might not matter. I didn't bother shopping around, but I don't mind paying for quality. And as I've mentioned more than once, anything of real quality here is $$$. I only buy cheap import stuff when there's no anticipated long term use. As in, likely just use once. btw, duty kicks in at a grand right now, though there is some talk about applying it to all overseas purchases... Jon The way I learned to draw line around a tube is to wrap a regular 8-1/2" x 11" paper around the pipe, align the edges and tape it. Then draw your pencil line on the edge of the paper. For bigger tube just tape more pieces of paper together, Aligned. Used it a lot when I needed a square edge on 3", 4" and 6" thinwall aluminum tube. Mikek |
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On 6/7/2017 6:35 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Jon Anderson" wrote in message ... On 7/06/2017 3:48 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: ... Yeah, I realized by the time I got back to work from lunch that I'd taken it personal. I wonder how many in the States really appreciate how good they have it. NOTHING like McMaster here. Blackwoods can't hold a candle to MSC. I have not a clue at the moment where to buy 6061. Sigh. There have been many complaints in r.c.m about how difficult it is to buy tools and material elsewhere. A Brit expat told me that metalworking as a hobby is considered a sign of insanity in Spain. -jsw Several years ago another member of the metal casting group I read came from Oz to Memphis on a business trip . When he returned he took with him a complete set of the Gingery shop books - shipping and other fees would have quadrupled the original cost . The only proviso was that he share with other hobbyists down there . I wonder where they are now ... -- Snag |
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On 7/06/2017 10:42 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Several years ago another member of the metal casting group I read came from Oz to Memphis on a business trip . When he returned he took with him a complete set of the Gingery shop books - shipping and other fees would have quadrupled the original cost . The only proviso was that he share with other hobbyists down there . I wonder where they are now ... When I packed up for the move, I had a technical library of over 250 books. Brought less than half, and got a pittance for the ones I sold. Didn't have time to list them all on eBay, so wholesaled them out to a book seller. Get down here and find such books bring big bucks. Shoulda boxed and shipped them all down. Sigh... Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 7/06/2017 9:35 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
There have been many complaints in r.c.m about how difficult it is to buy tools and material elsewhere. A Brit expat told me that metalworking as a hobby is considered a sign of insanity in Spain. Wow. Talk about a different mind set. I grew up watching my dad repair almost anything, and while not having a mill or lathe, nonetheless, made an amazing array of stuff. Making and fixing things was just the reality I grew up with. A WW2 British account of American commandos in Burma expressed amazement at the range of skills our common soldiers possessed or rapidly learned, from handling mules to learning how to use artillery, neither of which British infantry (he claimed) would touch. Other armies had to train recruits to become drivers, a skill practically any American already knew. The Air Corps ordnance company my father commanded made a refrigeration compressor out of a Jeep motor, to cool their beer in the New Guinea jungle heat. Good ol' Yankee ingenuity! Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
... On 7/06/2017 10:42 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: Several years ago another member of the metal casting group I read came from Oz to Memphis on a business trip . When he returned he took with him a complete set of the Gingery shop books - shipping and other fees would have quadrupled the original cost . The only proviso was that he share with other hobbyists down there . I wonder where they are now ... When I packed up for the move, I had a technical library of over 250 books. Brought less than half, and got a pittance for the ones I sold. Didn't have time to list them all on eBay, so wholesaled them out to a book seller. Get down here and find such books bring big bucks. Shoulda boxed and shipped them all down. Sigh... Jon I quickly learned not to order these directly when they came in at nearly twice the listed price: http://www.teepublishing.co.uk/books...actice-series/ |
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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
... On 7/06/2017 9:35 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote: There have been many complaints in r.c.m about how difficult it is to buy tools and material elsewhere. A Brit expat told me that metalworking as a hobby is considered a sign of insanity in Spain. Wow. Talk about a different mind set. I grew up watching my dad repair almost anything, and while not having a mill or lathe, nonetheless, made an amazing array of stuff. Making and fixing things was just the reality I grew up with. A WW2 British account of American commandos in Burma expressed amazement at the range of skills our common soldiers possessed or rapidly learned, from handling mules to learning how to use artillery, neither of which British infantry (he claimed) would touch. Other armies had to train recruits to become drivers, a skill practically any American already knew. The Air Corps ordnance company my father commanded made a refrigeration compressor out of a Jeep motor, to cool their beer in the New Guinea jungle heat. Good ol' Yankee ingenuity! Jon The British author was especially impressed that the world's most mechanized nation could find 800 qualified mule drivers among 3000 troops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill%27s_Marauders It doesn't mention that they had no ground supply line and depended entirely on air drops into jungle clearings, proving we could operate effectively that way as well as with our usual massive logistical support. |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 18:06:17 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: I wonder how many in the States really appreciate how good they have it. NOTHING like McMaster here. Some things are more important than having the cheapest goods, which are generally imports in the US anyway. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...the_world.html http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health...ntries-n684851 https://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/ And this bit comes from an Aussie I worked with at my last job, he said it's the Aussie way to put the screws to people and get as much $$ as possible. Deep, man. Have Wieber write him a manual on how a "successful" American solves that problem. |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 23:10:42 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: On 7/06/2017 10:42 PM, Terry Coombs wrote: Several years ago another member of the metal casting group I read came from Oz to Memphis on a business trip . When he returned he took with him a complete set of the Gingery shop books - shipping and other fees would have quadrupled the original cost . The only proviso was that he share with other hobbyists down there . I wonder where they are now ... When I packed up for the move, I had a technical library of over 250 books. Brought less than half, and got a pittance for the ones I sold. Didn't have time to list them all on eBay, so wholesaled them out to a book seller. Get down here and find such books bring big bucks. Shoulda boxed and shipped them all down. Sigh... Jon We have "book rate" shipping here in the US as you may remember....not sure what equiv shipping for books would be to Oz...but if you can find cheap ways of shipping books...Id be happy to help send you stuff. Or give me a list and I can probably find it in Ebook format and email em to you. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 06:57:31 -0500, amdx wrote:
On 6/6/2017 10:26 PM, Jon Anderson wrote: On 7/06/2017 12:03 AM, Leon Fisk wrote: Have you poked around at Banggood? Unless you get hit with some sort of duty tax you can get Harbor Freight kind of cheapo stuff there. Usually free shipping out of China. They have a few regular squares but not a wide base model. The reviews suck (on the squares), say they are out of align but depending on what you want it for it might not matter. I didn't bother shopping around, but I don't mind paying for quality. And as I've mentioned more than once, anything of real quality here is $$$. I only buy cheap import stuff when there's no anticipated long term use. As in, likely just use once. btw, duty kicks in at a grand right now, though there is some talk about applying it to all overseas purchases... Jon The way I learned to draw line around a tube is to wrap a regular 8-1/2" x 11" paper around the pipe, align the edges and tape it. Then draw your pencil line on the edge of the paper. For bigger tube just tape more pieces of paper together, Aligned. Used it a lot when I needed a square edge on 3", 4" and 6" thinwall aluminum tube. Mikek A Google search on "Curvomark" will show what most pipe welders and a lot of us field guys use https://www.pces.uk.com/products/pip...k-wrap-around/ Works well for any shape you can wrap it around. Cheap too. You can make your own with a paper cutter and a good piece of flexible and tough sheeting. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 8/06/2017 12:36 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
We have "book rate" shipping here in the US as you may remember....not sure what equiv shipping for books would be to Oz...but if you can find cheap ways of shipping books...Id be happy to help send you stuff. Or give me a list and I can probably find it in Ebook format and email em to you. I brought all the ones I thought most relevant, and have been collecting Ebooks as well. No bookrates for overseas.... Right now Mom sends me stuff now and then that's collected, and eventually my brother will take this over. But do appreciate the offer! Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 7/06/2017 11:33 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
I quickly learned not to order these directly when they came in at nearly twice the listed price: http://www.teepublishing.co.uk/books...actice-series/ UK/US exchange rate isn't favorable for the US! Even worse buying from AU. I have a couple of those, bought used. Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 22:43:25 -0400, "Carl Ijames"
wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 08:38:59 -0400, Leon Fisk wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:05:56 -0700 Larry Jaques wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 07:30:02 +1000, Jon Anderson wrote: Forget where I first saw this, so pardon me if it was posted here first. Anyone that does a lot of fabricating with need to transfer scribe marks on adjacent faces will appreciate this. Cost me $170 with shipping from an AU distributor, but I have found it well worth the investment. http://lasquares.com/ That would have been a great deal at $25, but $170? That's pure BS. It's not like it's a precision instrument which could warrant that price. Sheesh. A little handier, but not that much. Looks like ~$70 on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=LaSquare and ~$80 via Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LaSquare-Mach...dp/B01E0J7496/ $52.95 ($45 + $7.95 US s/h) from Hand-Eye Supply in Portland. https://www.handeyesupply.com/blogs/...s-combo-square ================================================= ============= A friend told me that MSC has it for $67 but I couldn't force their website to admit that. Why is mcmaster's site soooo good, and msc and grainger's sites soooo bad when it comes to searching? Because McMaster paid a pro to build their website. MSC and Grainger obviously used young clerks (or 9 year olds) to build theirs. -- Average # of people killed in mass shooting when stopped by police: 18.25 Average # of people killed when stopped by civilians: 2 Save lives: Keep Civilians Armed! |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 13:20:36 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: ****ing hell, last Goddam time I post an Australian price in this group. Sensitive much? ducking -- Average # of people killed in mass shooting when stopped by police: 18.25 Average # of people killed when stopped by civilians: 2 Save lives: Keep Civilians Armed! |
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 05:31:10 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote: On 7/06/2017 11:33 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote: I quickly learned not to order these directly when they came in at nearly twice the listed price: http://www.teepublishing.co.uk/books...actice-series/ UK/US exchange rate isn't favorable for the US! Even worse buying from AU. I have a couple of those, bought used. The price of the Pound Sterling is way down from what it used to be, so I don't know why you think it's so disfavorable. The Pound was close to $2 when I was growing up, and it's down to $1.30 now. The Euro is down from $1.40 to $1.13 now, too, so we can buy Muslim-made Euro garbage for less money. ;-/ As far back as I can remember, the AUD has been lower than the USD and shipping has always been extraordinarily high between our two countries. $12 subscriptions costs $100 for a US magazine to be delivered for a year to AU, and vice versa. Just crazy! -- Average # of people killed in mass shooting when stopped by police: 18.25 Average # of people killed when stopped by civilians: 2 Save lives: Keep Civilians Armed! |
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On 8/06/2017 10:43 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
What are they charging to replace the simple shaft seal in the comp, Jon? I replaced many when I worked in Phoenix that summer. If you find someone who'd love to do it but doesn't have the tool, import the tool for the job and trade it to him for the labor/parts. You might find one from Ali/Bang. A/C tools aren't cheap, but they're a helluva lot cheaper non-AU than in-AU, I'm sure. It's a simple 2-stage threaded puller. Or DIY and have it evacuated and recharged at a cheap(er) shop. http://tinyurl.com/y9fn6uue The very slow leak is only part of the issue. It's only pumping at about 70% efficiency, that was 2 years ago. On scorching hot days after it's been parked, I'll drive a ways with the windows down to purge hot air. When I finally start getting really cold air out of the vent, then roll the windows up. Besides, want a ute so not spending any $$ I don't have to. Wife's Grand Vitara, a year older, offers nice cold air within seconds, so I don't down mine is worn. (AC gets a lot of use here in the summer!) Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 8/06/2017 10:52 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I switched to generic brands decades ago. Currently $2.49 vs $4.59 for Best Foods, which I don't particularly like. Or are you talking the half/whole gallon size when you say "big"? Well Best Foods is my favorite hands down. There's two brands locally that were OK with me until I found my fav at Costco. I have no trouble with generics so long as I find the quality on par or better. And some generics are better. And it's the 2 quart (oops, 1.9 liter) size. Newman's Own is available locally, a tiny jar is somewhere around $7, so the Costo Best Foods really is a bargain. Excellent! I just received my very first in-town ad for Harbor Freight. Y'know the a/c cord ends I just bought there last week @ $2.99? They're now on sale at $1.99. Isn't that always the way? Jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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