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Gosh that’s a nice one Ranger.
36kg !!
You certainly get some serious gear down under. (So to speak……….)
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At our holiday home in SW France.
Phew
41 deg C on the way down yesterday
It was 30 degrees at 8.30am this morning
-and our lawn was green—- now brown.
But I’m improvising with a beer cooler made from my ice pack being used on a poorly foot!!
Show some sympathy guys
Phew
41 deg C on the way down yesterday
It was 30 degrees at 8.30am this morning
-and our lawn was green—- now brown.
But I’m improvising with a beer cooler made from my ice pack being used on a poorly foot!!
Show some sympathy guys
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As if....
I thought that was a baby's teat on the bottle, you do NOT want to know what mental image it conjured up.
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It’s actually a blue plastic wine bung and the “teat” bit flips over and pushes a silicon ring out to seal the wine bottle. But - ideal for slipping in the bottle top and keeping any nasties out yer beer! And obviously not using the flip bit.As if....
I thought that was a baby's teat on the bottle, you do NOT want to know what mental image it conjured up.
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Can still see some red paint on that!
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Although from the same era, I notice that your 74 is slightly different from mine, as it has a securing bolt for the removable pipe jaw, which doesn't seem to appear on later models I've seen ?
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true! and has a different dynamic jaw casting
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I may have posted this one before, a strange one. I bought it brand new in the Philippines when I lived there in a previous life. It's not cast, but hand fabricated, stick welded together from various thicknesses of steel plate, then ground smooth all over.
I paid the equivalent of ten quid for it 15 years ago. The average filipino 'craftsman', the sort of guy who would have made this, would be paid 10-15 quid a week.
It even has a little,'design flair' the way the back ends of the jaw supports have a cheeky little curve back.
And a 'pipe vice' feature beneath the jaws. I've only just noticed that after all these years.
I paid the equivalent of ten quid for it 15 years ago. The average filipino 'craftsman', the sort of guy who would have made this, would be paid 10-15 quid a week.
It even has a little,'design flair' the way the back ends of the jaw supports have a cheeky little curve back.
And a 'pipe vice' feature beneath the jaws. I've only just noticed that after all these years.
That looks brilliant. Great that it's same family owned too, always nice somehow to know the history of an item.
That's a very early one, well bought. I'd always wondered what that extra bolt was for (cheers for that info Arc') . Cool & incredibly useful things '74's. My other half bought me one for my 50th.. that's what started me off down this rabbit hole (so it's all her fault
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Was that a normal Rabbit hole or a Cwazy Wabbit one?That's a very early one, well bought. I'd always wondered what that extra bolt was for (cheers for that info Arc') . Cool & incredibly useful things '74's. My other half bought me one for my 50th.. that's what started me off down this rabbit hole (so it's all her fault
A “Cwazy one Kenobi” can pass on the Force!
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I have one lurking in the pile. I’ll take it out for a few pics.That's a very early one, well bought. I'd always wondered what that extra bolt was for (cheers for that info Arc') . Cool & incredibly useful things '74's. My other half bought me one for my 50th.. that's what started me off down this rabbit hole (so it's all her fault
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People may have seen these already but I thought I’d repost anyway
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Here’s my crusty example
Looks perfect order
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Yes all our vices are in good nick awaiting their turn at resto. Currently just sitting covered in oil and grease but they tidy up well. Had to grab one out of the pile the other day to work on a lathe chuck, the big Woden was holding my chainsaw. Handy having multiples!
