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'Will Not'. pete

Hey Bruce - Been working on some shelving in the shed, trying to make some of the junk disappear, and some of the benches to reappear- and buying that boat, I have to drive 1500 miles to pick it up this week, I think. I Have not painted or shaped, a piece of wood since my return, and wont until I tidy up the shed, I'm embarrassed after seeing Gene and Vince's 'operations' - ask Coley??pete

Bruce- Thanks- those are hand rails, with clamp on rod holder sockets. pete

Google 'Archimedes Principle' ---------- not 'Screw'. pete

pikeman- Anything like this???

Just Goggled 'Bluefish', now I understand, they are called Tailor here, normally about 2-4lb on this coast and get to about 5' long (not sure of weight) on the N.West coast. Dirtiest, line cuttingest, toothy bastards in the sea -I had one hanging off a finger once, and cut like a razor blade. A pest, that when you are trolling for anything, they are bound to finish up, hanging off your line. Good sport in the surf though and good eating, if cooked straight out of the water. Those teeth are something, I can only imagine what a 10 -20lb thing can do to a lure, must be like shoving your lure into a pencil sharpner. pete

Just about to buy this one, only has a 50 Merc on it. hope it goes half a squick??? Pete

Nothing wrong with trying something new, at least you know it does not work, unlike me who is usually just speculating. If you never try it, you will never know. pete

Daymon- Nice set of lures there- I know how you feel with the house / lure delima. Since I returned from US, I have not touched a lure or sprayed any paint - After seeing some of the work shops over there, I went to the shed and could no longer cope with the mess!!. I have spent the last couple of weeks, cleaning out and building shelves, so I can store some of those 'can't part with it' treasures (old motors, fans, microwave motors, tools etc) - I now have an 8' x 8' cabinet, but still there is not enough shelving, so another 8' x 4' set is in the pipeline - It will be great to reclaim my benches and floor again. pete

Another thought- have you dropped it ?? If so you may have the dreaded 'SPLIT TIP', this would give an uneven pattern in the cone when you put cleaner through it and also, give bad paint/flow volume - this drove me crazy with my first brush about 25 yrs ago . What sort of brush is it????pete

How does it spray when you just run the cleaner through it? -Put it up to the light and you should get a (broken jet) very misty, wide 'plume'- If the plume is not 'conical', it either has a bent tip or has something in the tip - if not, I would be checking the air line, from regulator/dryer?, to the tip- check the 'shrader valve' where the air enters the brush, maybe a bit of dirt from compressor - also if you have an 'air adjustment screw' on the side of the brush, screw it full out, OR remove it and clean it. You should clean the brush after EVERY use, and about every second month, pull it completely apart, and clean everything, in what we call methylated spirit, and I think you call denatured alcohol, this stuff is cheap and in my opinion is by far the best all round cleaner. Keep at it, they are quite delicate, but simple, so there can't be too much wrong. pete

squigster- What sort of paint are you using - if it is acrylic lacquer , as opposed to water based acrylic, this may be the problem- I don't think A/B cleaner will remove dried lacquer (??). Try a little bit of lacquer thinners, put some thinners in the cup and gently spin the needle in the tip, and give it a blast - also good to 'back flush' it, by covering the tip and fully opening the trigger (with at least 20psi air), you should see lots of bubbles in the "cleaner", if not your tip is blocked. I does not take much to block a .2 or .3 mm hole, with a needle jammed in it. Maybe you are using crap (coarse) paint??pete

Dave - I'm a bit slow, I just noticed your new avatar, you have been playing with the CAD again, nice work. Rip - welcome to TU and read all of the above, twice, they know their stuff. pete

Just like 'Spike' said WELCOME, but, please don't see everything as 'correct', we need ideas here, and anything radical, is food for thought- Search it out and improve on it, looking forward to your input. pete

Come in Reb and have your eggs scrambled. This place is a hotbed of knowledge, soak it up. pete

Welcome Doug, love your bra 'avatar'. There's more theories on fishing, and gadgets to catch them, than anywhere else on the web. pete

Naaaaaaaarrrrrr, , it's the sunlight/age thing with the plastic (perspex), you will probably find it is pretty brittle too. The only way to get it out is remove it, and replace with Polycarbonate (Lexan) - perspex is renowned for breaking down like this. If you do a search there are lots of ways of removing it, but none are simple. pete

Nice one, you will not have to worry about it being out of balance, once going, nothing will slow it down. pete

KC -As you have probably read, no one seems to know how it works, it certainly gets a bit woofy after a week or so, so maybe it is the sulfur, or maybe the yeast bugs farting in it, gives off sulphur gas. pete

Phil/Dave- You got it, I think they filter it and call it "BundyRum" here. You can buy molasses at the places where 'horsie' people go to buy their tac etc, they mix it with their feed to fatten them or something- I'm thinking, not many horses in Malaysia though. We used to mix it with sand as a binder, when, in a past life, I was working in a foundry, as an apprentice moulder, thats why I'm so fat now. It's a byproduct of sugar cane. pete

Raised/lowered*******Just stick the netting on the proto, trim it up and cast it. If you used a watered down POP/drywall solution to stick it, when it dries and shrinks, you should get a very subtle scale effect - I think. pete

Hi Dave- Yes, they keep telling us we have some of the cheapest petrol around, but nobody believes them. My theory is, you have to have it , no matter what it costs, so not much point in #####ing about it, I'm sure the oil companies aren't listening. pete

Bruce - we could 'brainstorm this - How about we stick that nice U.S West Coast curve into the Great Australian Bight, we could all walk then. The way petrol (Gas) is going, we may have to. I miscalculated when I was there (your little gallon), it's only $6.08 a gallon here now*** (about $1.60/litre). pete

Here ya go- Steam & Engine of Australia - FAQ Derusting with Mollasis - mix @ about 20:1 with warm water and leave it in for a week or two, you will be amazed. pete