G'day everyone .
I would like to start a thread where members can post hints and tips for making life in the workshop easier , lets face it over the years you come across ways of doing things that save time energy and sometimes even money and thats a good thing , so why not share this wealth of knowledge .

I will kick off this thread with something i have made good use of .

It's called a molasses bath , it can be a pain removing rust from parts of your latest project but a molasses bath takes all the hard work out of it .

What you need is a plastic drum big enough for whatever you are going to be cleaning , lets work with a drum size of 100 Litres , the first thing you need to do is get down to your local stock feed store and buy a 20 Litre drum of Molasses that will set you back about $20 pour about 5 Litres into your drum and add tap water to fill your drum give it a stir put on the lid and let it sit , after a couple of days it will start to develop a scum on the top ,this is a good thing , the scum forms quicker in warm weather, once you you've got scum place parts into drum and check it every couple of days , when the parts are ready pull them out rinse them off , you might still have some cleaning up to do but this method will remove a hell of a lot of rust the longer you leave it the better it is .
A word of caution though , DO NOT PUT ALUMINIUM OR OTHER ALLOYS into the bath it will eat them !

Good scum!






have fun.

If you are a new member welcome .
Don't be shy lets hear from you , tell us a bit about your self , what you drive , interests , if you have any projects under way etc , we would dig hearing from you.
xm-hardtop.

It's great to have the forum up and runnining ,
lets hope we get some discussion happening it would be great to hear from some o/s users ,
particualy about Rods and the rod scene in their countries,
from what i read in the mags the old skool rod scene is going off in europe,
with great cars/ bikes and killer shows.

I am becoming very bored with the trend in high dollar rods these days it is not very often that we see anything ground breaking or interesting to me most of them look like they could have been built by the same person ,
the trend towards billet everything does not help either, to me they like model car kits take 1 fibreglass body , 1 crate motor and transmission ,1 preassembled rolling chassis , 4 billet wheels , add paint ,upholstery and more billet accesories to taste and you have a hot rod .

All rather souless i think ,thank god for the Old Skool movement all rods built this way are as individual as their owners most are built by the owner and parts are sourced from places like wreckers yards swap meets,
or found through freinds or aquaintences resulting in a truly individual build that reflects the personality and the craftsmanship / artistic talent of the owner.
Just like the old days.

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