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Hey Dezz, come work in the mines. Big money if you don't have family in mind.

Nah not for me. Sure you can make some cash but f**k that working 2/3/4 weeks straight shit 12 hour days etc...If I worked those hours here I'd make the same amount of cash...

I can make enough here to keep me happy without having to move to the desert and have no life..

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the spray gun and liquid wrap arrived today. looks the goods! I'm pretty excited.

went to autobarn and grabbed some plasti dip glossifier. all plasti dip stock is $30, was pleasantly surprised. however they wanted $240 for 3.4L of the non aerosol paint :/

Anyone know a good machinist/turner that can cut some new circlip rings in my Bilsteins? I'd go to Quadrant but they want $35 a cut and are out in Berwick which is a trek for me.... Closer to inner suburbs would be bettahhh..

Nah not for me. Sure you can make some cash but f**k that working 2/3/4 weeks straight shit 12 hour days etc...If I worked those hours here I'd make the same amount of cash...

I can make enough here to keep me happy without having to move to the desert and have no life..

true that, you would have to work 2 weeks on (1wk Day & 1wk Night) & 1 week off.

However if you do the maths... 2weeks * 12hrs = 168hrs worked over 3 weeks (2 weeks on + 1 week off) = 168hrs / 3weeks = 8hrs/day (incl weekends)

So it works out to be 8hrs/day on average (over the year) but you end up on a salary around the $100,000 - $200,000 mark - http://iminco.net/mining-job-salaries-how-much-can-you-earn-mining-careers/

but you're only home every 3rd weekend if you look at it from the other side haha

...and you have to move to Perth, who would do that :P

Anyone know a good machinist/turner that can cut some new circlip rings in my Bilsteins? I'd go to Quadrant but they want $35 a cut and are out in Berwick which is a trek for me.... Closer to inner suburbs would be bettahhh..

Spieth Engineering in Baywaster has cut circlip rings for Bilsteins before.

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So thread has been inactive for two hours.

I'm watching a doco about the Fairlady Z on youtube. Just mentioned the fact that the Korean War was basically what kept the Japanese car industry and Nissan in business. So without the Americans, we wouldn't have Skylines.

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