slim_boy_fat
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Some conduit entries and a bucket load of steel rulers:
I've been looking for ages (literally years) for someone who makes decent metric steel rulers. My criteria for decent is that you can work in millimetres or half-millimetres and you can work on either the top or bottom edge.
It's astonishing how many metric rulers fail at this simple requirement: either having millimetres on the top edge and half-millimetres on the bottom edge (regardless of size), or the particularly special "metric steel rule" I bought from Axminster a few years ago that turned out to have one side with millimetres on the top edge and half-millimetres on the bottom edge and on the other side to have the conversion factors to go from metric to imperial. Who buys a metric only steel rule and wants imperial conversion factors printed on it?!?!?
Anyway, these Facom Dela 1051 (£1.61 from RS for the 150 mm version) have got it right, so I bought lots:
I've been looking for ages (literally years) for someone who makes decent metric steel rulers. My criteria for decent is that you can work in millimetres or half-millimetres and you can work on either the top or bottom edge.
It's astonishing how many metric rulers fail at this simple requirement: either having millimetres on the top edge and half-millimetres on the bottom edge (regardless of size), or the particularly special "metric steel rule" I bought from Axminster a few years ago that turned out to have one side with millimetres on the top edge and half-millimetres on the bottom edge and on the other side to have the conversion factors to go from metric to imperial. Who buys a metric only steel rule and wants imperial conversion factors printed on it?!?!?
Anyway, these Facom Dela 1051 (£1.61 from RS for the 150 mm version) have got it right, so I bought lots:
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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How good am I, I just went into their site and came out without buying anything!!
I did warn you.
Your inner Norbert is emerging.
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What’s wrong with you man!!!How good am I, I just went into their site and came out without buying anything!!
Cant help it when there’s a bargain on tools to be had me!!
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I know that feeling!!! If I let go of my bank card it floats away!!Quite a lot of 'outgoings' recently - I've changed the combination on my wallet lock.
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milwaukee m12 sub compact sds drill, 3 batteries, a charger, and a canvas bag.
£90 - i was the only bidder!
better still - included in lot but i'd've paid the £90 without it - another(!) m18 drill driver. which makes 4 now.
<edit: 5!
- only 3x 18v batteries, though.>
£90 - i was the only bidder!
better still - included in lot but i'd've paid the £90 without it - another(!) m18 drill driver. which makes 4 now.
<edit: 5!
- only 3x 18v batteries, though.>
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Box with a decent (vast!!) Quantity of casings from @Migmac !!
Cracking bloke to deal with and plenty there.
Ready for one of my next projects.
Nickel plated Remington ?
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I just don't understand how folk ditch stuff like that - we're obviously more careful up here as I never 'find' such treasures...
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I never find anything.I just don't understand how folk ditch stuff like that - we're obviously more careful up here as I never 'find' such treasures...
Walking to the train station last week there was what looked like a big old crank shaft and two half shafts left outside on the pavement for the itinerant 'metal men', all day I was thinking if they were still there in the evening I would have the half shafts, I don't know what for but I could turn something out of them.
On my way home that evening they were still there, it must be my lucky day I think until I get a closer look, the half shafts were two bits of water or gas barrel.
Like I said, I never find anything.
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Good stuff.
I always like to chamfer the ends of plated cases, to minimise the chance of the plating scraping off when bullet's are seated as it can become embeded in the jacket; it can be sure way to damage the bore as the hard chrome travels down the barrel.
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Good stuff.
I always like to chamfer the ends of plated cases, to minimise the chance of the plating scraping off when bullet's are seated as it can become embeded in the jacket; it can be sure way to damage the bore as the hard chrome travels down the barrel.
I don’t reload the 270, not alllowed to use any thing but factory ammo
I load for my 243, hence why you never see me giving 243 cases away! Tried nickel cases once found them terrible to work with chips coming off when trimming the cases to size and leaving a very rough case mouth. Chamfering them didn’t help tidy them up. I did wonder if the Lee trimmer I use was maybe the problem, it does brass cases without any issues.
