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07-10-2011, 10:15 PM | #31 | ||
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stainless trim repairs!!! seems to be hard to find old timers who still do it and has seemed to of been a lost art... I met a bloke at a swap meet in willowbank this year and he was giving it away and the stuff he did was amazing....
As for the book binding, if you go ahead with it let me know and ill gladly send you my Ford Factory service manual for my XA to get all put back together...
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07-10-2011, 10:19 PM | #32 | ||
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I will be binding our our Ford repair manual, a photo album, a book I have that is dated around 1890 and a book I once wrote.
I will definitely let you all see the end results, however it won't be for a couple of months. I am booked to do a course mid November
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07-10-2011, 10:20 PM | #33 | ||
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After fighting in WWII my grandpa and his brothers migrated to Australia, most of them picked up trades, concreters, builders, one owned a deli, etc.
My grandpa opened up a business repairing shoes in Preston. Just thinking about that, the only place you see them is resoling shoes in shopping centers, with key cutting and watch battery replacements. |
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07-10-2011, 10:27 PM | #34 | |||
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08-10-2011, 09:41 AM | #35 | |||
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08-10-2011, 09:57 AM | #36 | ||
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that is handformed! Some of the handywork of my Panel beater .. who said he will show me and teach me lead wiping!
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08-10-2011, 10:05 AM | #37 | |||
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he was a US Marine in WWII, god... to this day, i will remember every file and every tool. we were not allowed to use any electric tools, all our work over the years had to be done by hand. i owe him a huge thanks as, to this day, i use those skills when i am working on my cars, house, computers, or even customer systems!
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08-10-2011, 10:14 AM | #38 | ||
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Sad many old trades dying
As mentioned earlier doubt there would be many panel beaters who could lead wipe Blacksmiths are also a dying art form as stated earlier, the blacksmiths left now are mainly older generation, i know of one who is still in his 30's but there not many left now at all Also can't say i seen many young gunsmiths around Even mechanics these days, how many of the young blokes would know what points/dizzy and a timing light are, did and worked? |
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08-10-2011, 10:50 AM | #39 | |||
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08-10-2011, 10:53 AM | #40 | |||
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Also there is a distinct lack of Ford stuff, its all Holden at our TAFE. In my case, we only work on new vehicles, the latest Mercedes Sprinters and our control system we install in them is all CANBUS. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 08-10-2011 at 11:02 AM. |
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08-10-2011, 11:27 AM | #41 | |||
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08-10-2011, 11:38 AM | #42 | |||
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Its a shame that your tafe doesn't run over a bit of a wider range of gear, i know alot of the basics are the same but it would be good for people to see more than one look at the picture if you know what i mean! |
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08-10-2011, 12:04 PM | #43 | ||
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I know mechanics that have never worked on drum brakes
One I took a car too for a rego pink slip that was 4 wheel drum rang me and told me my car had a faulty brake booster, I had a chuckle to my self and said no problems if you can find it you can replace it They rang back in an hour and said my car was good to go and didn't need the booster in the end :o)
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08-10-2011, 12:38 PM | #44 | ||
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hahaha ... thats like someone going WTF when they dont see springs in the front of a valiant
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08-10-2011, 01:55 PM | #45 | |||
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In return I get every part of the car refurbished (some parts several times). |
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08-10-2011, 02:24 PM | #46 | |||
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08-10-2011, 03:46 PM | #47 | |||
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I need a saddler in Sydney, S,W Sydney area?? |
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08-10-2011, 03:48 PM | #48 | ||
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The GPS/Chart Plotter equipment on the ships we use will put us within 1m anywhere in the world....BUT......to get a ticket to drive these you are still required to be taught and examined on Celestial Navigation (Sextant)....
The only thing is no one uses it anymore, i haven’t seen anyone, myself included, use one in anger for over twenty years. I still do a few running fixes and star shots to keep from going rusty, but never use it seriously, it’s mainly just a hobby now....
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08-10-2011, 04:48 PM | #49 | |||
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Same with aviation. To keep a rating I have to be current with all sorts of antique navigation aids as well as just to fly VFR have to prove I can navigate with a compass and a chart every 2 years. And surprise surprise on at least two occasions in the last 10 or 15 years the GPS constellation has had a woopsy and if I did not know how to navigate I would have been in a HUGE amount of stress..... |
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08-10-2011, 04:53 PM | #50 | |||
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08-10-2011, 07:45 PM | #51 | |||
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My old man was a Pilot instructor for BA, we used to compare notes on the similarities, differences and instruments used for nav....really you guys have it easy Satellites, nothing new there, you just have to believe they are ok and not going to fall out of the sky......
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08-10-2011, 07:58 PM | #52 | ||
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How does a sextant actually work?
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08-10-2011, 08:34 PM | #53 | ||
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Not a dying art but a sign of the times.
I took my 4 year old in my XY GT to get some fuel today. Then the question that blew me away. "Dad, how do you put the window down?" |
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08-10-2011, 08:46 PM | #54 | |||
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08-10-2011, 11:18 PM | #55 | ||
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As of 2 years ago a lot of tafes have stopped teaching brickies how to brick chimneys, because nobody has open fireplace/bricked chimneys anymore
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11-10-2011, 04:39 PM | #56 | ||
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Panel beating, Pin-striping (etc.) and mechanics who actually fix things as opposed to mechanics who unbolt old parts and bolt in new parts.
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11-10-2011, 06:53 PM | #57 | ||
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Writing is a dying art. No one values the skills anymore.
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11-10-2011, 07:35 PM | #58 | |||
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Or a Hacksaw
I also agree we are loosing the art of writing i see a lot of people coming out of school into the working life and their writing takes a lot to desire they would rather type letters now Quote:
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11-10-2011, 07:54 PM | #59 | |||
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Hi. As children myself and my brother were taught how to clean rabbits and duck which we had shot and clean fish caught in the Murray River. The shooting skills and cleaning of food are skills that I wont pass on to my boys as the days of having a gun under the bed are long gone and the bull.... to register guns and get a licence to have one along with the greenies and duck huggers along with the new rabbit control measures and rivers full of carp have ruined hunting for food. Cheers MD
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