Recent content by Dan NZ

Thanks Aaryn, beginners luck perhaps? No that's not fair... Its all the great advice I have been given! Yes feeling the cold up here too! Funnily enough, in the event I lost my job my wife actually suggested we could move to Florida and I could start a boat building apprenticeship! We visited...

Thanks Mike! If you ever need proof of this (and I know you don't), then all I can say is look at me. I have almost zero technique having only logged only about 3 hours on the buffer, however the results I have obtained by following the formula have exceeded what I thought possible. With...

Just a very quick update! The weather is turning and it may be a week before I can start the polishing of my boat, however I am impatient so I had to power up the flex for a quick go! Cant get a new power tool and not at least turn it on?! I don't have a rotary yet, so this is the result of...

Made it out of the house with the credit card today, though I would post a picture of the damage... Tools and pads as follows; Flex 3401, 2 Rupes rotary wool pads (will try these on the Flex), 6 Rupes coarse blue pads, 2 Rupes ultrafine pads (to polish the isinglass on the boat), some Rupes...

Wow Aaryn thank you, that is very kind! I will send you a PM Thanks for info on the flex/wool pad combo... TIME is one thing we all seem to have a little more of at the moment! I have to say there is a little bit of "new project" excitement building over this, or maybe it's just that I get to...

Mike, Aaryn... Thanks again! My amazing wife has gone through all the pros and cons of the Makita vs Flex and she acutally WANTS me to get the Flex!! Looks like I will be learning the ways of the beast! Thank you both for your input, it has been invaluable helping me navigate the the minefield...

Thanks Aaryn, lucky I saved a copy before posting it! My reply to you has gone (or I did something wrong more likely!). To answer your question, I am up in Auckland, eastern suburbs. As a BOP boy I didn't really think Auckland could ever be a place I would call home, but career dictated...

Wow Mike, where to begin?! Thank you!! I have been doing a lot of reading, all of the posts you have recommended and then some! I even read all 26 pages of the Makita/Mille/Flex post and came away with a good feel for the pros and cons. In aviation when you are told something, you always have...

A couple of my replies are missing... Do they need approval or have I done something goofy? One was a quick reply, the other an advanced reply?

Wow Mike, where to begin?! Thank you!! I have been doing a lot of reading, all of the posts you have recommended and then some! I even read all 26 pages of the Makita/Mille/Flex post and came away with a good feel for the pros and cons. In aviation when you are told something, you always have...