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

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I acquired a replacement LED batten for one of mine [bought in November but not installed until early Dec] which made a bid for freedom, breaking one of its support clips and launching itself floorwards, only to be arrested by the power cable - in revenge it blew the power supply to the shed.

I'd called Wickes last week to report this and was given the old "you'll need to contact the manufacturers" guff by a young Staff Member. Thinks me..."I'm not having that..."

So, having girded my loins and armed with proof of purchase and the offending fitment I headed to Wickes to do battle...you know the "but under Consumer Rights legislation" etc I set out to do battle with a Duty Manager. She couldn't have been more helpful and brought a replacement straight, so kudos to Wickes Inverness.

 

[brightspark]

Today I acquired a replacement LED batten for one of mine [bought in November but not installed until early Dec] which made a bid for freedom, breaking one of its support clips and launching itself floorwards, only to be arrested by the power cable - in revenge it blew the power supply to the shed.

I'd called Wickes last week to report this and was given the old "you'll need to contact the manufacturers" guff by a young Staff Member. Thinks me..."I'm not having that..."

So, having girded my loins and armed with proof of purchase and the offending fitment I headed to Wickes to do battle...you know the "but under Consumer Rights legislation" etc I set out to do battle with a Duty Manager. She couldn't have been more helpful and brought a replacement straight, so kudos to Wickes Inverness.

I once bought a central heating programmer from wickes it had been opened and taped back up went to fit it and someone had nicked the battery out of it phoned the shop up and told them and they said we will give you another. point being I said id loose time taking it back and would loose money on the job . they sent someone out with the new one to my job that was service

 

[dobbslc]

Wickes are normally very good at returns as long as you have the recipe. I know most of the staff at the two shops near me as I'm in there every week buying stuff. I even returned a few bags of unused plaster a while ago! I didn't think they would take it.

 

[Kayos]

Something not even remotely welding or workshop related

Just the speakers, I've had the amp years

Swmbo deemed my floor standers inappropriate when I moved here and they have been in the loft ever since, saw these for a good price and had to have them

Bi wired, pseudo bi amped in fact

All fed from this tiny dac, was going to spend much more but this one has rave reviews and it certainly delivers

I'm very very happy with the sound, they dont have the bass of floorstanders or a 15" behind a bass scoop but the depth and clarity is amazing, considering they were £120....

Currently still a bit tight but all speakers break in over time

I could waffle on but I'm no audiophile, I just like music to sound good, maybe a £250 usb lead will improve it further

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Something not even remotely welding or workshop related

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Just the speakers, I've had the amp years

Swmbo deemed my floor standers inappropriate when I moved here and they have been in the loft ever since, saw these for a good price and had to have them

Bi wired, pseudo bi amped in fact

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All fed from this tiny dac, was going to spend much more but this one has rave reviews and it certainly delivers

I'm very very happy with the sound, they dont have the bass of floorstanders or a 15" behind a bass scoop but the depth and clarity is amazing, considering they were £120....

Currently still a bit tight but all speakers break in over time

I could waffle on but I'm no audiophile, I just like music to sound good, maybe a £250 usb lead will improve it further

Had some small warfdasles of a similar size. Amazing sound from a small unit
These have served me well

 

[Ali]

Like my Bosch quick change hole saws, but had a few good ones different brands and nice to have a choice not to buy the Bosch cutters if they don’t have the he size I want.

 

[Kayos]

Had some small warfdasles of a similar size. Amazing sound from a small unit
These have served me well
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As ever I looked at many many options but kept coming back to Wharfedale.

I realised looking at my own pic I had a tweeter out of phase, subtle difference but I can tell now its swapped back

They are breaking in and opening up nicely, might stretch their legs tomorrow night

 

[WorkshopChris]

Like my Bosch quick change hole saws, but had a few good ones different brands and nice to have a choice not to buy the Bosch cutters if they don’t have the he size I want.

Hadn't seen those adaptors, now off for a search to find a price. They look ideal, I like the Bosch quick change but have lots of standard cutters.

 

[Ruffian]

Hadn't seen those adaptors, now off for a search to find a price. They look ideal, I like the Bosch quick change but have lots of standard cutters.

Have used them at work and do like them alot but just cant justify them at home also.
If you can get them for sensible money it's a handy bit of kit.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Like my Bosch quick change hole saws, but had a few good ones different brands and nice to have a choice not to buy the Bosch cutters if they don’t have the he size I want.

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Excellent find. Il be having some of those.
Like my Bosch too but nice to have a choice.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Picked up 2 pipe vices from a local selling site.

 

[Brad93]

Picked up 2 pipe vices from a local selling site.
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Been looking at those type muself

 

[pcwizme]

Aquired on friday (although no pics at this stage as they are all dotted about)

a trio of yellow lighting solutions.

1 Peli light 9430 (like this one https://peliproducts.co.uk/9430-are...6XWQDRGvjcgXGn8Hx2FigKySTjmFdRUEaAhTKEALw_wcB)

1 Ritelite small light (like thishttps://www.essener.co.uk/uploads/8/3/1/3/8313297/5240406_orig.jpg)

1 Exin Light (sorta like this https://www.thesafetysupplycompany....eHL8xHMka_Ca3TvO2QcphuFVUq2Y9ZD0aAnjzEALw_wcB)


All of them are damaged in someway (the Peli and Ritelite are ex-speedy hire (one lot £29) the Exin ex-travis perkins hire (£48)) Total cost £77 including all charges


The downsides, Pelilight is dead on arrival, had a bit of experiances with these, so I opened it up, took out the battery and connected it to my smart charger. Charger says it is fine, this leads me to the normal issue, fuse is blown. The charging port was pulled out so with a new one of those in my pile of random stuff I replaced that. So that was the Pelilight working once more.

Ritelite, nothing major just a dead battery, have a number of those in stock so I changed that one over, the Bulbs in the system is somewhat is crap so Ill be replacing the head with a small led unit.

The Exin had a dead battery and is missing a ratchet section but that wont take long to replace when I get a chance to remove the good one and messure it up for a go on the laser cutter.

So for a total of approximatly £130 (including cost of batteries) I have ended up with over £1500 worth of lights (going on new price of course)
Seems a fair deal to me, sometimes you do get a bargain on online auctions

 

[Wozzaaah]

....Nothing fancy but a nice looking Pulsar watch off FB Marketplace for £25 which will do me very nicely for work.
Best thing is it was less than 1/2 a mile away.

 

[indy4x]

A badaptor, can run whats left of my Ryobi collection on my Bosch batteries





Some arc burn, had me baffled as to how I managed that then realised I was trying to teach my self how to do TIG horizontal butt weld in the vertical position (2G/PC I think its called) and ended up kneeling on the floor and looking up to do it as it was the most comfortable option. I had taken off my fleece and the top popper on my welding overalls is broken



And a new pair of trestles, my old ones were flimsy jobbies from one of the cheap shops but they have lasted about 10 yrs, wanted something a little better

 

[Memmeddu]

I have to buy an adapter to use some Hitachi tools with parkside batteries

 

[Maker]

Something not even remotely welding or workshop related

View attachment 208219

Just the speakers, I've had the amp years

Swmbo deemed my floor standers inappropriate when I moved here and they have been in the loft ever since, saw these for a good price and had to have them

Bi wired, pseudo bi amped in fact

View attachment 208218

All fed from this tiny dac, was going to spend much more but this one has rave reviews and it certainly delivers

I'm very very happy with the sound, they dont have the bass of floorstanders or a 15" behind a bass scoop but the depth and clarity is amazing, considering they were £120....

Currently still a bit tight but all speakers break in over time

I could waffle on but I'm no audiophile, I just like music to sound good, maybe a £250 usb lead will improve it further

How does bi-wiring work? Wouldn't you need an external crossover?

 

[Kayos]

How does bi-wiring work? Wouldn't you need an external crossover?

Just 2 inputs to the passive crossover, the only place the HF and LF connect is the input so separating them is easy

I only do it because I have 4 outputs on the amp, I wouldn't bother otherwise

 

[Wozzaaah]

How does bi-wiring work? Wouldn't you need an external crossover?

You run one set of amplifier speaker outputs to the low frequency drivers and the other set to the high frequency ones.

 

[cheb]

Lower frequency signals are heavier then high frequency ones so they naturally sink to the bottom of the cables. That's why the bass cones are always underneath the treble cones in speaker cabinets.

Bi wiring takes this one step further by separating them at the amplifier end.