steel boat

Finally have just launched the steel boat went like a dream the total cost is around $500 for boat and trailer. I can stand on the back corner and the thing don't try to tip you in the water it is really stable. I would recommend building in steel using 1.2 steel plate, the cabin is square tube covered in alloy sheet and glued in with Sega flex. I wouldn't use this glue again as it let go and the cabin vibrates... cheers Stewart

working trailer

This is my working trailer that I have had for many years,the hoist is welded to the frame and has lifted over a ton and broken welds.I used it as a mobile butcher shop to dress sheep, there was a plastic pallet that fitted on the top as a table and was easily cleaned down after use,It carried my little excavator ride on lawn mowers and any other job that needed doing. It was also a mobile scaffold with the scaffold tied down with ropes.It also served to gather fire wood.The tray is aluminum plate.The box on the front is water and dust proof and is used to hold ropes chains and spare wheel bearings.Again this is recycled steel and bits. cheers Stewart

steel boat

Put the outboard bracket on the boat today. This boat will be launched this week end at the Narooma traditional boat festival.
cheers Stewart

washing machine update

They gave me my money back and left the ruddy old new washing machine thing with me to get rid of. I did what I should have done in the first place and bought a machine from the scrap yard. As I have now done and its a little ripper cleans the clothes and dries them in the spin. I wont have to put them in the clothes drier to get the lint off the clothes like they suggested with the new washing machine. I would have had to buy a clothes drier as well and the electricity to run the drier would have broke the bank or the meter on the electrical box. So much for water saving energy efficient you bute washing machine.
When I finish washing the water will be drained over the garden so I get a second use for the water.The best thing is the cost difference between the two machines is a wopping $1004.00
The first photo shows the warranty sticker
The second photo shows the scrap washing machine.
cheers Stewart

free fuel for the life of your new car

Free fuel for the life of your new car.unlimited warranty and we pay you if it breaks down......That's the talk of a salesman who sells you the new car..Here's a free tip go and sit in the costumers lounge at there workshop and watch with bated breath as the costumer has to pay the bill he just got, when his car is in the full warranty period. Just watch out book the car in at $110 / hour and they keep the car for a day." Just leave it here at 8.30 am and pick it up a 5.30" This equates to 10 hours at $110/ hour=$1100 for the time it was there plus parts that you have broken. Then they claim off the manufacturer the correct price and there profit goes threw the roof. Thats what they wanted to do with my new Zuki. I wont mention the dealers name but they know who they are.

Trailer registration

I made this trailer and it all came from the rubbish tip and the cost of the trailer was $86 excluding new tyres. Now I takes the trailer to get the rego on it an they charges me more for the paper work costs me to build the flipping trailer. Included in this cost is stamp duty on top of the sales tax for the welding rods and a valuation is put at over $100 so more transfer fees apply, I dont know who i am transferring it from. Then there is the price of the plates which I now own and then they want them back if I don't register the thing again and if I don't give them back they want to fine me, there is a fee to give them the plates back as well. These people know how to recycle my money. Not only that they have you running around longer than it takes to build it as well. These places are worse than going to the dentist and getting your wisdom teeth out, without anesthetic and cost twice as much. At least the dentist is honest and you know its gonna hurt. They also tell me I cant put my boat in the water cause they don't like it cause it ain't standard, and that is the point of building the thing..Just wait when they see my submarine I have planed I think they will walk on water. ..he he:)

Stove part 2

I have welded the hinges on to the door and the body of the stove.Next will be the door handle made from steel scrap.Cheers Stewart