Today I acquired...........

[JEZGUZ]

I have a knife like the op's I bought it in Japan. Sharp enough to shave with, it live in its own little box to preserve the edge. A friends girlfriend wanted to have a go with it and promptly removed part of a finger.

 

[nickk]

I have a bridge to hold down….

 

[voipio]

Dental bridge??

 

[redlig]

Plastic slide on knife protectors are a very useful thing to keep them sharp and protect fingers.
Annoyingly most cheap knives no longer supplied with them, just a tiny bit of plastic on the tip.

I keep a short knife in car for fruit and making sandwiches and food while Im out, the sleeve fell down the side of drivers seat, never to be seen again.

Just used some KYDEX to make some cheek risers for my pcp rifles and noticed the number of uses includes knife sheaths . Extremely easy to cut and shape very malleable using a wall stripper hot air gun and incredibly strong when cooled . Can be reheated and reshaped as required . Ebay purchase.

 

[redlig]

I have a knife like the op's I bought it in Japan. Sharp enough to shave with, it live in its own little box to preserve the edge. A friends girlfriend wanted to have a go with it and promptly removed part of a finger.

Her's or your's ?

 

[Olderisbetter]

Got 2 of these car lifters today to help moves the cars about

 

[Guzrik]

Got 2 of these car lifters today to help moves the cars about View attachment 479791

I'd expect you need four to lift a car?

 

[JOEPRO]

I'd expect you need four to lift a car?

The car:

 

[Olderisbetter]

I'd expect you need four to lift a car?

Yes and I am after another 2 but these help skid cars into the awkward spaces with some help from a jack

 

[JEZGUZ]

Hers .

 

[E T]

Scored another nice little trinket at an auction. Went to collect it yesterday.

 

[Seadog]

They're not cheap.

 

[droopsnoot]

Got 2 of these car lifters today to help moves the cars about

After a very helpful chap used one of these to help the RAC man get my car (with broken suspension arm) off the low-loader, I was looking for a set of these, because I like to be self-sufficient and he isn't there all the time, and because I had a neighbour who kept leaving his van in a spot where it prevented my shed door from opening. I never found any at a reasonable price, and the neighbour has moved out now, so I can't really justify them. And I bought a set of the cheap ones where you have to jack the car up, and they've been used once and it'll be ages before I use them again. Probably.

 

[zzr1200]

Scored another nice little trinket at an auction. Went to collect it yesterday.View attachment 479812View attachment 479813

I have the same one, (a Mitutoyo branded version) with a magnetic base, absolutely brilliant bits of kit...

 

[Olderisbetter]

After a very helpful chap used one of these to help the RAC man get my car (with broken suspension arm) off the low-loader, I was looking for a set of these, because I like to be self-sufficient and he isn't there all the time, and because I had a neighbour who kept leaving his van in a spot where it prevented my shed door from opening. I never found any at a reasonable price, and the neighbour has moved out now, so I can't really justify them. And I bought a set of the cheap ones where you have to jack the car up, and they've been used once and it'll be ages before I use them again. Probably.

They cost about £150 each but I picked up a pair for £100 from a guy who used them once so they were a bargain or I would have not got them

 

[droopsnoot]

They cost about £150 each but I picked up a pair for £100 from a guy who used them once so they were a bargain or I would have not got them

I almost got a set of four for about £250 from FB marketplace, but I was trying to get measurements to see if they'd fit in my car for collection, or whether I'd have to ask a mate with a bigger car to take me, when someone else bought them. The down side of having a smaller car, I guess.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I keep mine in my single lock up out of sight from anyone , I’ve had it for years and only one very good friend has used it , even then I was with him

Benefit of being young...

I have offered multiple people in need of a way to move big heavy stuff the use of my trailer and they're always too scared to tow the thing even if I spend some time "sitting by nelly" to familiarise them with towing.

I wouldn't want to be without mine now, but it only gets a few outings a year, and I sometimes wonder if it's objectively worth hanging on to.

 

[Beanwood]

I wouldn't want to be without mine now, but it only gets a few outings a year, and I sometimes wonder if it's objectively worth hanging on to.

I’m in the same boat- bought one many years ago but nowadays it’s only used once or twice a year- but it costs me nothing sitting there waiting…
Ok so it costs to renew tyres when they age. Oh and the floor when it rotted. Oh and it needs a service as a brake is stuck on. but APART from that it costs me nothing..

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I’m in the same boat- bought one many years ago but nowadays it’s only used once or twice a year- but it costs me nothing sitting there waiting…
Ok so it costs to renew tyres when they age. Oh and the floor when it rotted. Oh and it needs a service as a brake is stuck on. but APART from that it costs me nothing..

Mine needs work on the ramp.

The previous owner sold it to me it kind of bowed in the very center due to loading and unloading a push along road roller that's narrower than the supporting members.

Winching multiple very heavy machine tools on/off has progressively worsened the bow to the point it needs fixing (you could still load a digger or quad fine, but I never use it for that).

I will be getting rid of the old grating, adding additional supporting members to the middle and welding a corten sliding surface on top.

 

[Kram]

From ArcEuro.