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3 hours ago, big Neil said:
Your wife is very astute Fabian...as she said, "it's a bit big!" Still should be able to breed some worms in there maybe? You certainly are an "action" man, that's for sure. Cheers, bn
I have made a separate worm farm for that already previously.
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46 minutes ago, frankS said:
Fab. Good job but be careful. I have known old timber structures such as that, that have caught on fire through combustion heat generated by the compost.
Frank
Yes mate, there is certainly a small percentage of it spontaneously combusting that I'm fully aware of hence having it where it is.A lot of people don't realise that solvent soaked rags are capable of it too.
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27 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:
Ha ha ha ! Good one Fab. My Mrs and I see it as an investment in our leisure!
BTW I do believe in buying quality and buying once - that doesn’t mean buying the most expensive.
That gear was accumulated over 30+ years. Eg my first overhead a Penn 320GTI bought 1986, the twin Penn 45GLS in 1996, the twin 330GTIs 2005 - all going strong as I do regular maintenance. One of the 330s landed a 70kg marlin in 2015. The rods are mostly Penn and Silstar. I find the Penn gear indestructible if washed down after each trip, oiled and given some maintenance every 18-24mths.
Cheers
Zoran
PS - guess some will now call me OCD and a hoarder !
Nothing wrong with that at all mate especially when you have the mrs on board.
I could equip myself for fishing with a length of cotton and my results at the end would be the same.Coming home empty handed.lol.I still blame Yowie though.
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18 minutes ago, Chappy's Therapy said:
Nice work
Cheers,they work really well.
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6 hours ago, raging said:
Looks good. 3 seperate compartments yeah? And is it on soil?
Thanks,yes, 3 seperate bins with an open base on soil for the earthworms.I've turned it twice and put Popeye to shame in the forearm department.Im reaching core temps of 65deg and she's cooking away nicely.
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We are a family that does everything pretty much ourselves and recently I was asked if I could make a "little" Composter to make our own by the wifey in those exact words.
Being me and knowing I have access to a disused horse stable riddled in 70+year hardwood I set upon pulling the stable down and removing the stable doors which weigh a bloody tonne and needed myself and my son to carry and load on the ute.
Anyway I got the doors home and with a few other bits and bobs and some shade cloth I had in the shed I got to work in between cooking a few snags.A working man needs to eat I say.
Here is the results of my Taj Mahal compost bins.
I called the mrs out to show her when I finished and all she said was.......Jeez it's a bit big.For a split second I thought she was talking about something else and came crashing down to earth just as fast when I realised I was kidding myself.lol.
Thanks for reading.
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7 hours ago, antonywardle said:
I recently made myself a rod holder to keep my rods in,
but I kept bumping in to it and it would occasionally fall over, so I needed to stop this by putting some braces on it. I looked around the shed and couldn't find any. What I did find was an old bit of PVC pipe and my heat gun, so I thought I'd have a go at making some. So out with the head gun and some bit of wood.
I cut a piece and heat it up before flattening and bending it to how i thought it should look. Then I made a second one.
After that I just attached it the the wall and the rod holder and it seems to have stabilized pretty well.
I then found a piece of 90 mm down pipe, so while I was in the mood for playing, I thought I'd have a go at making a place to store my tools in my boat. First I cut the pipe in the middle and heated it up to start bending it
I flattened it down and then made up a wooden jig to help me bend a few angles
finishing up with drilling a couple of holes and slots to see if this idea might work.
Turned out a bit better than I thought. I should be able to mount it in the boat. I can't remember if I saw something similar in @zmk1962 boat and that is where I got the inspiration from, so if I did, thanks Zoran! The screw driver in the middle will become that brain spike thing that someone else mentioned, I just need to find one that I can sacrifice. I did all this outside, I have no idea if heating up PVC gives off any fumes.
Thanks for reading
Pvc is the poor mans timber.Nice work.Good on you for having a crack.
By the way if I had the gear Zoran has I'd need to take out a second mortgage.
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Typical Woman
A man, reaching the age of 65 plus a few months, went to apply for the pension. After waiting in line a long time, he got to the counter. The woman behind the counter asked him for his driver’s license to verify his age. He looked in his pockets and realized he had left his wallet at home. He told the woman that he was very sorry but seemed to have left his wallet at home, and that he would have to go home and come back later."
The woman said to him, "Unbutton your shirt." So he opened his shirt revealing lots of curly silver hair. She said, "That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me," and processed the pension forms.
When he got home, he couldn't wait to tell his wife about the experience at the pension office. She said: "You should have dropped your pants, you might have gotten disability too."-
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Sikaflex a board to the transom and mount your transducer to that in-between the planning strakes.Remember to screw the transducer screws into the centre of the slotted transducer mount so you have final adjustment up/down.If it's a new sounder you will have mounting instructions.Is that an old Quinny Hull?
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1 hour ago, zmk1962 said:
Mate I put it together about 12months ago... gets used all the time. Cheers Z
And here I was thinking you just made it.You got me a good one.
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12 hours ago, Omally said:
Yeah not bad love the ingenuity... Good stuff... Not many people can make something out of a bit of string
I believe anyone can learn how to do anything if they're willing to put in the effort.I learnt how to make the net about an hour before I posted.Before then I wouldn't have a clue how to make one.
4 minutes ago, frankS said:Wow brings back memories of days past when I used to spend hours at a time repairing and making nets, probably have a dozen or more needles down the back sheds somewhere
It is becoming a lost art just like manually sharpening tools/knives by hand and a million other things.
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4 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
My knife sharpening jig. Has 3 blade angle settings. Takes a standard bunnings or disposal store sharpening stone - preferably coarse and fine grit.
Cost:
$10 Grind stone
$0 Junk offcut stud
$0 Junk offcut ply riser
$0 Junk alloy curtain rod offcut
$2 Scraper blade holder
$1 8 screws assorted sizes
$0 Labour: to drill the blade holder, hole saw the guide holes and screw the jig together (but it took 2 beers !!!)
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$13
Not taking anything away from the electric gizomos but seriously guys if these types of jigs work for the Japanese Katana swords, I think they do just fine for my fishing knives (and since I built it and Mrs has seen it, I can confirm they also work fine for the kitchen knives).
Cheers
Zoran
Good stuff Zoran.They work a treat don't they?The commercial ones sell for a couple hundred bucks and if your anything like me I prefer the coin in my pocket than someone else's.
Hope you put it to good use.
Cheers.
Just make sure you keep up the hand sharpening too to stay in practice.
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3 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
CLove it Fab !!! I am a HUGE fan of DIY (and just posted in the knife sharpener topic with my own DIY set up about 2min ago)... btw do you have a link to net tying knots....always wanted to figure out how to tie a net but just have not got around to it.
Cheers
Zoran
Do a internet search mate as it's been done to death and try Youtube too.For netting you basically do 2 half hitches after you have created a loop.
3 hours ago, Omally said:Yeah 2nd that that is pretty cool... Man still learning had countless boats and never heard of a bow net lol?
A "Under" bow net is a net that hangs on the underside of your bow for extra storage.Can be made or bought from many materials.
1 hour ago, Oldfella said:Hi Fab;
Well done for having a go at basically a dying art.
To make it easier for you I suggest you try to get hold of a net needle.
Might be a bit hard to find now but they were available made of plastic.
The old ones were made of anything from local hardwood , bone to Brass.
I have two of my Grandfathers needles.
One made of Mulga wood and the other hand carved from a beef rib bone ( I think.)
Anyhow Google it up and see what you can find.
Cheers.
Oldfella.
I'm on it,I made one myself out of fencing wire but thanks for the heads up.
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I'm in need of an under bow net for my tinny to store light things like pfd'a etc,so as per usual I decided to have a crack myself with things I already have and custom make it to fit.
This is in the beginning stages and have a fair bit to go but will post up more when the time comes.
Thanks for looking.
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Glad they're ok.I didn't know people used the entrance to Lake Illawarra to head out to sea.For as far back as I can remember I've never seen anyone in a boat use it and was always told to use Port Kembla if i was going out.Hopefully they can save that Yamaha on the back of their tinny too.
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1 hour ago, Sigma said:
Just saw this on facebook....what is going on with people launching their boat.
I also saw another one on facebook last week where the NSW FIisheries lost their boat off the trailer. Someone mentioned that it happened on Parramatta Rd.....geeeez, that would have been a sight to see. Some red faces by the boys in blue, lol
It's funny how those same people don't park on a hill with their car and put it in neutral with the handbrake off and hop out.So they must have at least one brain cell.Im glad it's their boat/money and not mine.
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Good stuff.Looking fwd to the end result.
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1 hour ago, Great_White said:
Might sound strange ( no puns here ), I noticed your spare tyre up on the hitch post ... that is not bouncing / loose is it ???
Have you thought of trying to actually see if the coupling and ball are BOTH actually Metric ???
Sounds weird (again no pun on the noise ) but depending where manufactured, could be the difference ?
Have you contacted the Trailer Maker at all ? , to see if this might have been an Issue ??
All food for thought
Great_White
The spare tyre is solid.
Both coupling and ball are 50mm metric.
They are probably all manufactured overseas I am assuming.
Have not contacted manufacturer because I already now what they'll say.
Thanks for your ideas mate.
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9 minutes ago, Sigma said:
On the weekend? And here I was picturing you in the shed at 11pm, looking for a tube.....hahaha.
Just joking.....I know how much you like fixing things.
I was just in the shed before here rebuilding a carburretor for my Father in-laws line trimmer actually.$6.95 and 15min of my time beats $80 considering he's a pensioner any day.
And ready to install.
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3 minutes ago, Sigma said:
Let us know if it works....
I will.When I'm free on the weekend I'll try to do it and try it out.
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3 hours ago, campr said:
I have seen people make the mistake of attaching rod holders on tinnies with rivets and seen the result of ripping them off the boat when a big fish hits with a heavy drag setting. Attach holders with bolt and locking nut and using largest washer that will fit under nut.
Yeah,that's why I bought and installed these strong rod holders and bolted them to my side rails to prevent my waterlogged prawn and running sinker rig ripping them off after waiting an hour with no bites.They haven't budged yet.
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2 minutes ago, Sigma said:
That could be true with shopping bags but I think they would wear out after every trip. With tubes from tyres (especially truck tube as they are a good thickness), you would have it on for a very long time....just a thought.
I think you would only need to cover the top of the ball.
I've got some I'm the shed and will give it a go.
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Just now, Sigma said:
What about trying a piece of some rigid rubber, like a piece of tube from a tyre.
Maybe silicon it to the top of the ball as It might help cushion it and get rid of the noise.
I did some research and on the caravan forums they reckon they use multiple layers of shopping bags on the ball then drop the coupling on.(yet to try) but your idea sounds good too.
Any gardeners out there?
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