Did you tell us what you were doing yet?
good luck.
First day always means alot when i give someone a start, but its the second third and forth days you see what they are made of!
Vehicle Builder ??, where at ?
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx AustraliaYeah sounds interesting, any more info for us?
Hey good luck with the new job man.
I was watching an episode of Monster Garage today. Jesse and the crew built a 51 split oval for the drag strip. You should have seen the state of this split oval before they got stuck into it. The thing came out of a swamp!
Jesse arrived in a mint condition 66 beetle and later rocked up in a black notch he sourced from Australia. Both looked real nice from the little you could see of them. Apparently his always really been into VW's.
Ops, sorry got side tracked talking about a differant topic in someone elses thread.
Sorry about that.
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goodluck mate.
Bet we are in for a treat when we see ur vehicle buildin' skills on ur supa bug.
still at QR?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Is it an apprenticeship you are doing?
Vehicle body builder? Coach builder? Sheetmetal fabrication? Busses, Cars, Hearses, Limo's, Truck cabins? Which type, sounds like an interesting job.
good luck
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
Helbus wrote:Is it an apprenticeship you are doing?
Vehicle body builder? Coach builder? Sheetmetal fabrication? Busses, Cars, Hearses, Limo's, Truck cabins? Which type, sounds like an interesting job.
Maybe he is busy updating his thread about his epileptic dog, or driving mummies car or.........
maybe busy working today? 😂
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
I can see it now. About 5.30pm today when 1stcarbug gets home from work. A barrage of replies to keep up the daily average. We'll see I suppose. 😏 or :duh
Good luck man...
Hey newbie...get me a left handed screw driver...😂
From what he's said its a vehicle builder job at Qld Rail, so its just up the road from his place and should be good for him to do. From what i have seen he's got stacks of work needed on the Super, so its a good source of VW/beer credits.
Good luck at it.
'Ah, whatever................'
phh, Lol, left hand screw driver. I need one of those 😂
Yeah, tis Qld rail, said he may also be working on the diesel trains too i think at one stage during a MSN convo. Be fixing up there company cars too i would imagine. Sounds like a pretty chnazzy job.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
bajachris88 wrote:Sounds like a pretty chnazzy job.
chnazzy? that's a new one for me. I'm gonna have to use that one.
🙂
That would be a good job on trains. Hard work and (hopefully) good pay. Experience and maybe use of workshop facilities.
Good on ya 1stcarbug.:thumb
bajachris88 wrote:phh, Lol, left hand screw driver. I need one of those 😂
There are actually metric shifters and also left hand shifters available. - Believe it or not
🙂Show us a picture of the left hand variety and then we'll believe it! Untill then it's just folklore!
Hope the "new apprentice" doesn't believe any of the things about the left handed variety shifters or screwdrivers in the explanation below! Mertic shifters....yeh right! The hand of the worm doesn't "hand" the tool. However, one thing that IS made in a left hand variety is a twist drill. Sure gets the brain active when it needs sharpening! Not in general use though.
Don't confuse the boy!
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No pic required. It is left hand thread on the winder bit. That means if you have a Sidchrome or Kinchrome shifter and wind the adjuster it will go one way.
If you hold a Bahco or Irega shifter the same way and wind the adjuster the same way as the Sidchrome, it will move the opposite direction.
how about getting us some striped paint🤪
meetings 1st sunday of the month
check wbsite for location
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https://www.facebook.com/FlatFour1stcarbug wrote:its great, post count average will have 2 do with a down turn cos i have a life again, and my epeleptic dog would kill u if u picked on him:cussing mums car is a heavy un chuckable shit heap😬 and i love my job, but i wouldnt mind goin 2 get a long weight....😂
oops, sorry dude, i forgot to put in a couple of faces to signify it was just in good fun. i'll try again:kiss
dumone wrote:Helbus wrote:Is it an apprenticeship you are doing?
Vehicle body builder? Coach builder? Sheetmetal fabrication? Busses, Cars, Hearses, Limo's, Truck cabins? Which type, sounds like an interesting job.
Maybe he is busy updating his thread about his epileptic dog, or driving mummies car or.........:P:P:P:P:P
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1stcarbug wrote:its great, post count average will have 2 do with a down turn cos i have a life again, and my epeleptic dog would kill u if u picked on him:cussing mums car is a heavy un chuckable shit heap😬 and i love my job, but i wouldnt mind goin 2 get a long weight....😂
Don't forget the non slip grease and a ratchet hammer...
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And woodcraft welding rods for welding wood
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For the "new apprentice". See previous added post re left handed spanners etc!
Hope he enjoys the start of his career and that it helps in maintaining the beloved VW.
what about left handed taps,for left hand threads🤪
meetings 1st sunday of the month
check wbsite for location
All Welcome
http://www.flatfour.org/
and on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FlatFourBack in the Dark Ages when I was the newbie in an International Harvester workshop I was sent to the parts store for a tin of red and white striped paint. I got a big tin of white paint and a small tin of red paint. I carefully dribbled a swirl of red paint into the top of the can of white paint, resealed it and carried it very carefully back to the workshop where I presented it to the formman. They never tried anything like that on me again
--what about left handed taps,for left hand threads--
Didn't think you had to be left handed to use these!
Left handed threads are used on one side wheel studs a number of veichles including Aston Martin (1/2" UNF LH) as well as many items of machinery including bench/floor grinders.
As for the old Apprentice gags, new apprentices at Eveleigh Loco Works (Redfern) were sent with a wheelbarrow to pick or the "Davey Press". It weighed around 50 tons! But that was 40 odd years ago when we had industry in Australia!
[ Edited on 30/1/2006 by 1500S ]
