[SEL] Austral lamp

[brent]

Jack good suggestion i did try that but the washer didnt set worked
temporarily then lost its shape so am happy to try maybe thicker leather
would prefer to make own if i can. brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Watson" <nadejack at optusnet.com.au>
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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Austral lamp


> peter ogborne wrote:
> > None ......depends what school you went to.I find making my own quite
> > satisfactory ,a bit hard to find the leather.
> > The ones you can buy from hydraulic equipment suppliers are a bit too
hard
> > ,in fact much too hard.
> ===
> Always used to be called "pump buckets" in my kneck of the kwoods.
> (Western Qld)
>
> My father used to make them out of the nice thin leather from old boot
> or shoe tongues, annointed with neatsfoot oil, and shaped round a bit of
> wood, probably the end of an old broomstick that happened to be the
> correct diameter. I'm sure he never bought a new one in his life.
>
> And the young people of today think they invented "recycling"! Pshw! ( I
> can say it even if I can't spell it)
>
> Jack
> ===
>
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