The job book
Every job, whatever the industry. Mining plant, laboratory instruments, access equipment and yacht hardware sit together here because they were made by the same person on the same machines.
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JOB 07 · c. 2011 · Reverse engineering
Makeshift propeller for a Rolls-Royce Merlin
A working WWII aero engine that overheated in minutes without airflow. Measured on site, designed from scratch, machined and fitted.
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JOB 11 · c. 2011 · Materials handling
Grain loading conveyor system
A wheatbelt grain loading conveyor, designed and installed.
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JOB 12 · c. 2011 · Automation
Robotic loss-on-ignition analyser
Automated LOI analysis of mineral ore samples by weight.
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JOB 13 · c. 2011 · Materials handling
Pipe handling system for a plasma cutting robot
Loading and handling steel pipe up to 750 mm bore into a plasma cutting robot cell.
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JOB 14 · c. 2011 · Product design
Polymer pipe protector
A protector for polymer pipe, designed for the oil and gas industry.
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JOB 21 · c. 2010 · Structural / FEA
Cantilever storage rack
A storage system to replace an unworkable original arrangement, verified by finite element analysis before fabrication.
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JOB 22 · c. 2010 · Access / compliance
Step ladder to AS 1657-1992
An unsafe storeroom ladder replaced with a compliant one.
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JOB 23 · c. 2010 · Structural
Small side shed
Designed, fabricated and commissioned to fit an awkward site.
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JOB 31 · c. 2009 · Marine — Boatworks
Keel lifting frame, Thomson 980 racing yacht
Lifts the keel up to 1.5 m so a travel-lift operator can take the boat out of the water despite her draft.
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JOB 32 · c. 2009 · Marine — Boatworks
Spinnaker pole bell, brace block and pole car
Three pieces of custom yacht hardware — one to lower a mast using the poles as a support frame, one to replace a failed block, one proposed for a sixty-foot yacht.
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JOB 33 · c. 2010 · Marine — Boatworks
Bowsprit for a sixty-foot yacht
Design for a bowsprit on a sixty-footer.
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JOB 34 · c. 2010 · Marine — Boatworks
Lazarette storage rack
A rack in the aft lazarette of a 50-foot boat holding fuel jerry cans and an outboard motor.
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