[The Gonz]

Life Support Equipment Senior Design Engineer and Airworthiness Standards Representative,

 

I'm impressed.    The entire first page of any correspondence must have been the letterhead.

 

Between that and the postnominals, I was left with just two lines of text for the subject matter.

[mickd]

Life Support Equipment Senior Design Engineer and Airworthiness Standards Representative,

 

I'm impressed.    The entire first page of any correspondence must have been the letterhead.

 

Between that and the postnominals, I was left with just two lines of text for the subject matter.

 
A man of few words .

[mickd]

A brighter red would have been better,  but, much better than pink.

[mickd]

Clutch master cylinder- old internals on display.
6"" shifter for size comparison.

[mickd]

Slave cylinder after 2 weeks in the WD40 bath.
It separated 





Yeah a bit shitty, scrape the crap out,





Time for the dremel, oops, Ozito rotary tool and tiny wire wheel.

[The Gonz]

 

Time for the dremel, oops, Ozito rotary tool

Funny, I often use the same line.

[mickd]

Time for the dremel, oops, Ozito rotary tool

Funny, I often use the same line.

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

[The Gonz]

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

Yes, same good gear here, all in a neat carry case with lots of attachments. I even printed a fan to save me stopping and blowing. 

Rotary tool Fan - Dremel and others by Tomodachi1 - Thingiverse

[Dazzler]

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

Yes, same good gear here, all in a neat carry case with lots of attachments. I even printed a fan to save me stopping and blowing. 

Rotary tool Fan - Dremel and others by Tomodachi1 - Thingiverse

Cool idea.. 

[nzenigma]

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

Yes, same good gear here, all in a neat carry case with lots of attachments. I even printed a fan to save me stopping and blowing. 

Rotary tool Fan - Dremel and others by Tomodachi1 - Thingiverse

Cool idea.. 

It is. 

Ive seen Ozito tools ( tile and jig saws) being used on work sites. They have a short life compared with good Jap or US equipment. But they are so cheap and work well its a no brainer, especially now that adding US transport cost almost doubles the machine or parts price.

[mickd]

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

Yes, same good gear here, all in a neat carry case with lots of attachments. I even printed a fan to save me stopping and blowing. 

Rotary tool Fan - Dremel and others by Tomodachi1 - Thingiverse

Cool idea.. 

It is. 

Ive seen Ozito tools ( tile and jig saws) being used on work sites. They have a short life compared with good Jap or US equipment. But they are so cheap and work well its a no brainer, especially now that adding US transport cost almost doubles the machine or parts price.

Have an Ozito reciprocating saw that has been abused from day one.
The amount of work it's done down in dirt is huge and still going strong.
Horses for courses, have a AEG 650w drill now 40 yo and unstoppable.
Usually by items with steel gears. Have a Bosch jigsaw that has cutting over its
depth range heaps of times, just bought a new blade clamp screw for it $ 5:50.

[nzenigma]

I could have got a Dremel, but preferred the Ozito, with stand, flexible drive shaft, different size collars. Was cheaper too.

Yes, same good gear here, all in a neat carry case with lots of attachments. I even printed a fan to save me stopping and blowing. 

Rotary tool Fan - Dremel and others by Tomodachi1 - Thingiverse

Cool idea.. 

It is. 

Ive seen Ozito tools ( tile and jig saws) being used on work sites. They have a short life compared with good Jap or US equipment. But they are so cheap and work well its a no brainer, especially now that adding US transport cost almost doubles the machine or parts price.

Have an Ozito reciprocating saw that has been abused from day one.
The amount of work it's done down in dirt is huge and still going strong.
Horses for courses, have a AEG 650w drill now 40 yo and unstoppable.
Usually by items with steel gears. Have a Bosch jigsaw that has cutting over its
depth range heaps of times, just bought a new blade clamp screw for it $ 5:50.

I still have an Ozito jigsaw I bought for $20 when they first appeared at Bunnings. 
All my original Hitachi saws and drills are still with me.
Also have Bosch and Makita gear,
On one of my trips into a Bunnings Trade center, I scored a 254 mm AEG mitre saw and stand for about $600. Magic :
A new Ryobi  belt sander melted due to overheating bearings.
And after one days use, a new Spanish drop saw was so dangerous it was threatening to kill my chippy mate, it went to the tip.

[mickd]

Slave finished,  forgot to take pic until assembled , 

[Hati]

Slave finished,  forgot to take pic until assembled

That is very poor form Go back and disassemble it quick smart then take those photos

[mickd]

Slave finished,  forgot to take pic until assembled

That is very poor form Go back and disassemble it quick smart then take those photos

You know , I actually did think of doing that !.
Then I thought " don't be so f#cking stupid!, give yourself an uppercut "

[Hati]

Yeah, I know the feeling, was in the same boat when I split in half both my Beemers for clutch replacement on one and gearbox and balancer shaft seals on the other. Luckily the lack of photos did not catch me out.

[mickd]

Bike work was put on hold for few days,  getting things moved out for painters and new carpet and curtains & blinds, oh, and getting kitchen done. Painter is going to 2pack the doors and the cupboards and bench tops and tile slash back. Then air brush bench tops to create marble. Bench top is 8m long in total, with 13 m of cupboard . I get to polish stainless cooktop, rangehood 
Anyway, went to do more work,  , Bandy had a flat rear. F-ing tel screw, removed rear wheel and WTF, I'm covered in graphite grease  .
Realised then that the, cheap,  black chain and sprockets are not black, but coated in graphite.   
So is, underside of chain guard-5mm , inside of swingarm-2mm, centrestand -2mm, from front sprocket to back of starter & waterpump & clutch rod etc is totally packed in it. 
Searched invoices for work done : front sprocket $180, rear $85, chain DID Titanium Nitride $350, labour $130. Modern chains have O or X rings to hold grease inside the roller and only need a very little bit of oil .  After 3 days of using kero, wd40, degreaser, a truck load of rags, gloves, scrapers it's now ready for reassembly in the morning.








Flat was fixed by local tyre dealer as well. 

[Dazzler]

Gee, I vaguely recall the carpet (pinkish) was a bit worn, but though the rest of your place was very schmik! 

[mickd]

Gee, I vaguely recall the carpet (pinkish) was a bit worn, but though the rest of your place was very schmik! 

Pinkish ?, close, how about 47 shades if green. Hang on,  you were wearing the hat whilst here. 
Badly faded green carpet, cream kitchen and walls.
Sample of how benchtop will look, all cupboards white & middle colour for tiles.
See what happens when you can't go away to exotic places, like Tas

[The Gonz]

  Noice!

[Dazzler]

Sorry I must have been thinking of another Mick with that colour! 

Yep that will look great when finished. Say hi to the lovely Anita from us. 

[mickd]

CLEANER ! ! !

[nzenigma]

  ooooORGASMIC !!!!

[mickd]

Well !, forget about those pics of the bench & kitchen etc.
Quite calmly and quietly Pulled our painter up regarding having our 2 lounges, otterman & bespoke tables uncovered  and getting covered in dust, (about 20k worth & Red velvet lounge got paint on it) and the paint on our fabric bed base and the tear in the fabric on the other side.

He packed up, left the 2 apprentices to do touch ups and clean up.

Ensuite, main bed,  craft room and lounge done.

    

[Hati]

CLEANER ! ! !

Indeed but that chain looks a bit tight to me

[Dazzler]

Well !, forget about those pics of the bench & kitchen etc.
Quite calmly and quietly Pulled our painter up regarding having our 2 lounges, otterman & bespoke tables uncovered  and getting covered in dust, (about 20k worth & Red velvet lounge got paint on it) and the paint on our fabric bed base and the tear in the fabric on the other side.

He packed up, left the 2 apprentices to do touch ups and clean up.

Ensuite, main bed,  craft room and lounge done.

    

Bugger! Compensation?

Impressive cleanup on the bike! 

[nzenigma]

our painter
    

"painter"    being the operative word.

I once engaged an Italian to paint the interior of a rental house. The chosen colour was off-white. He employed a Samoan lad to do the work.
At the end off the week I inspected the Samoan's meticulous work. Perfect; except that Italian had cocked up the colour code and now every room was painted purple. 

Conference time!!!!

 Italian blamed everyone else but himself.

Samoan lad said; "I was wondering about it, eh! But, I didn't have change for the phone box so I couldn't ring up and find out, eh! This colour would look real nice back in Samoa, eh!

Italian repainted the house. 

[mickd]

@Dazzler
Nothing outlaid by us, so one less drama there.
@nzenigma
I don't get it ?! ?!, what's wrong with purple ??  🤢🤢🤮🤮

Won't be paying for any work not fully completed, or any paint or materials ordered. He must have had a rethink , had email blaming his 2 apprentice for it all and that it could have all handled better by both. Think he just realised that his quote of app $22k has just taken a hiding and wants back in,