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 posted on March 28th, 2012 at 12:31 AM |
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Anyone in Brissy need a hand for bit of cash?
Hiya,
I'm looking for work at present in my field but if anyone needs a hand on an old VW or even modern watercooled then for a bit of cash in hand I may
be able to help.
I'm northside Brissy but depending can go south too.
Just PM me or reply to this thread.
Cheers,
Mike
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 06:19 AM |
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What kind of work u do mate?wouldnt b a welder by any chance.im on south side.
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 07:52 PM |
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Might help if you explain what work in your "field" means? What are you able to offer people?
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psimitar
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 09:22 PM |
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Oh yea 
Well I'm an electrical and electronics engineer working as a control systems engineer but as I have over 20 years experience working on cars, DIY and
many household jobs.
On cars I've stripped and rebuild complete engines and many cylinder heads, anything brakes or suspension, non-ecu car electrics, MIG welding, metal
machining (lathe and milling), Panel fabrication.
Wood work I canmake wood frames, make proper mortice and tenon joins.
Household a bit of general plumbing, painting, almost any household maintenance including electrics.
General gardening
Pool system installation.
So as you can see I'm multi talented. Tooling is the only thing that can keep me from doing some jobs.
Um yea, that's me
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| posted on May 15th, 2012 at 12:09 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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How good r ur welding skills.could u weld in a golde rag clip into a beetle roof.
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Not too shabby. I'm self taught but if you look at my resto thread you can see my welding skills to some degree in the latter half of my thread. Few
bits of same thickness scrap to get the welder settings dialled in and good to go. I presume this would be using my welder as you don't have one?
Lap or butt weld? If you've joggled the roof for a lap weld then it makes the alignment easier but not too much difference in welding ease. Um, have
you cut the roof aperture yet? And are you going to lead load the welded area afterwards or just use body filler?
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| posted on May 15th, 2012 at 12:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I hav a mig here 2 use.i want it butt welded in.final cut around not done yet az im getn it were it needz 2 be.but wil be done very
soon.0406756058.if ur interested.only if ur confident u could do it.thank you im james im in salisbury on south side.
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Is your welder gas or gasless? I'm not a fan of gasless as they spatter too much and the weld pool is too hot for thin steel.
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| posted on May 15th, 2012 at 10:22 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Itz a gas mig,i dont like gasles either.if u want 2 look at car just giv me a call and we can arrange something.il go get mig back frm my mate.
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I'll give you a call tomoro arvo 
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| posted on May 17th, 2012 at 10:10 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Hey mate u stil interested in haveing a look at my bug.thank you.
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Yes mate. Sorry been under the weather with some vomiting viral thing so didn't feel to chatty this arvo.
Hopefully over the worst of it and shall call tomoro. Sorry for not calling.
Cheers,
Mike
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| posted on May 18th, 2012 at 05:35 AM |
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Thats ok mate.call whn ur up 2 it.hope ya fellin beta soon.
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| posted on May 31st, 2012 at 08:42 PM |
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Hey mate roughly how much do u charge and would u travel to gold coast
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| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 10:32 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Hey mate roughly how much do u charge and would u travel to gold coast
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Um, I don't have a fixed rate as depends what needs fixing. I'm welding in a golde ragtop for a guy for $200 plus a few small repair patches too in
between the roof cooling for the next lot of welds. This may take me 4 hours or more to allow cooling time to minimise warping.
I'm very fair on pricing so let me know what you have in mind and I can give you a ball park. As your on the gold coast I'd only ask for petrol
money and maybe a tenner for lunch
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| posted on June 2nd, 2012 at 04:20 PM |
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thanks mate, might hold off a few weeks then ill have more for you to weld. Probably looking at 1/2 a day to a days worth of work. Would you be able
to pm me a phone number?
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| posted on August 28th, 2013 at 08:27 PM |
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Hi psimitar - I was looking at replacing a front apron on a 71 bug and also need a few fender bolt-to-body (?) thread sections welded in to the
body..... I am in Clayfield and in no rush, just wondering if you would be interested in this at all? And could provide a price.... cheers, Kyle
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 10:48 PM |
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Hiya Kyle,
How straightforward is the front apron? Does it need removing? Is the wheel well and side panels around the bumper brackets nice and solid?
For the wing mounting captive nuts. Do you have the genuine VW captive style nut or want normal M8 nuts welding in. Either way, depending on
whereabouts the nut is will dictate whether the old nut can be removed without cutting a rectangle around the nut from the body and then replacing
with new steel with the nut welded to it. Is it just snapped bolts or the thread in them is knackered? Is the wing mounting flange on the body in good
order or has rusted around some of the captive nuts?
Pricing will depend if it's a bit of fettling before welding new pieces in or if the old parts need removing aswell and everything is dressed ready
for welding/fettling?
Once I know the condition of things I can give a more accurate price on the work. If you think pictures would help then my email is
mike.sacher@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Mike
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| posted on September 3rd, 2013 at 03:04 PM |
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Hi Mike,
Sorry mate I havent been on here to look at your reply. I will get some pics and email you direct that might be easiest.
Cheers,
Kyle
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| posted on December 8th, 2014 at 11:50 AM |
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