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

[Mick Annick]

A pack of Plastigauge for when the Sunbeam engine returns later this week
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That’s something else I’ve learned today, never come across these before.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today i went on another trek out and cam back with the Denbigh donkey saw and 5 builders sand bags of timber for a mate with a log burner round the corner and various trolleys.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I've been watching a guy on tube called DSSHOOTER ....doing an engine rebuild but with some really nice ideas on how to assess all the various parts.

He did an oil pump test in a bucket with a drill on the end of the pump to assess and adjust the pressure....quiet clever.

 

[jimbo84]

Took some bits of an old broken chopsaw to the scrapyard, all of £1.40s worth, had a wonder round as always and spotted this, it still pumped the horrible emulsified contents out of it so did him a swap. Cleaned out and good as new now.

 

[Tupers]

Get the front grille, lights etc.

Will make an excellent BBQ.

It was a BBQ before I bought it but I just need it for the panels.

what happened to the other Mini project? Did you finish it?

No it’s still in the corner feeling unloved.

 

[cheb]

A leak from my compressor, the unloader valve fitting has wheezed its last.

And a £10 addition to my credit card bill for a replacement. And I'm glad I could get one, a replacement pressure switch was listed at £100+.

And today, less than 24hours after this post, I acquired a non leaking compressor.

 

[Rannsachair]

A few old tools:

 

[bigegg]

an empty dremel. and a working car...

the dremel is empty of the magic smoke. burnt out trying to cut nuts off the volvo droplink.

and a working car: new driveshaft fitted.
90 minutes to jack up the car and change the driveshaft.
nearly 3 hours to change the droplink.
and thats NOT including getting the replacement (which i ordered a couple of days ago and arrived just as i finished hacksawing the last bit off)


driveshaft cost me £40. droplinks £12 for a pair.
i had the other side driveshaft done last year - including the droplink- and it cost me £500!!!

i've ordered myself a proxxon dremeloid, and a set of nut-splitters, out of what i saved: i was quoted £160 +£40 deposit on old driveshaft from the local motor factors, so budgeted £200.
I'm still £50 up.

 

[Matchless]

But Scotland is rising.
This is happening all over the Europe land.
It is all due to the last ice age. The weight pushed down the tetonoic plate. So, now it is returning to the old balance point.

How many eco queen's have taken that into account.

Scotland is rising because most of the Scots are down south, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, on the subject of eco queens, why is Greenland called Greenland? because it was green a while ago!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not a skip dive.
But Bin find.

Local charity shop.



But, it is seized good and solid.


EDIT.
Just back from collecting food.
I dropped a few £££££ in a envelope through the letter box.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

why is Greenland called Greenland? because it was green a while ago!

Or the accepted reason is this.
The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers.

In the Norse times, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder.

He set out in ships to find land rumoured to be to the northwest.
After settling there, he named the land Grfnland (Greenland), possibly to attract more people to settle there and start a new colony.

That could set out and raid Iceland, Ireland, and the Northern reaches of Norway.

 

[Farside]

why is Greenland called Greenland? because it was green a while ago!

Because it was the biggest con-job in history when the Danes were trying to encourage people to move there.
"Give it an appealing name, Lars. They'll sign up."

 

[Agroshield]

Or the accepted reason is this.
The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers.

In the Norse times, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder.

He set out in ships to find land rumoured to be to the northwest.
After settling there, he named the land Grfnland (Greenland), possibly to attract more people to settle there and start a new colony.

That could set out and raid Iceland, Ireland, and the Northern reaches of Norway.

And also reached America, quite a few years ahead of Columbus.

A good book on this is 'The Vinland Sagas'.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

And also reached America, quite a few years ahead of Columbus.

A good book on this is 'The Vinland Sagas'.

Well he didn't make it on his first trip over, he made the West Indies.

 

[fizzy]

Yesterday I aquired a nice new Optrel Crystal 2.
All Hoods fault
Not used it yet. Can't wait.
I was considering a cheaper option but a few people have had reliability problems with some of the others. My old Optrel lasted 18 years so can't complain.
It was on sale at Inverter Fusion. Fast delivery and very helpful.
£305 plus vat.
https://www.inverterfusion.co.uk/product-p/if123484.htm

 

[Hopefuldave]

So the taper turning can run it's full length

And to mount other stuff - on my C13 I have the collet box and its stalk mounted there, and the oil tank as mine's a later pumped-oil version. I *think* the rarer than hen's teeth profiling / tracer attachments mount there as well, probably a few other even rarer accessories, Holbrook nade some interesting hardware long before most of the other makers.

Nice machine, looks better in those pics

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Brad93]

Yesterday I aquired a nice new Optrel Crystal 2.
All Hoods fault
Not used it yet. Can't wait.
I was considering a cheaper option but a few people have had reliability problems with some of the others. My old Optrel lasted 18 years so can't complain.
It was on sale at Inverter Fusion. Fast delivery and very helpful.
£305 plus vat.
https://www.inverterfusion.co.uk/product-p/if123484.htmView attachment 214677

Whatever you do don’t drop it

 

[Shox Dr]

Whatever you do don’t drop it

You must be hard on your gear Brad. I’ve dropped my Satellite 10m plus from cherry pickers and apart from the odd scuff, no damage whatsoever.

 

[fizzy]

Whatever you do don’t drop it

I will try not to!
I don't know if there is a problem with it but managed to blind myself several times last night testing it with my high powered LED torch. Sometimes it would darken but othertimes not.
Seems to be great looking at the sun this morning

 

[Brad93]

You must be hard on your gear Brad. I’ve dropped my Satellite 10m plus from cherry pickers and apart from the odd scuff, no damage whatsoever.

We’ve had this conversation mate.

Your optrel is not a crystal. They smash, known issue.

You do TIG welding mostly at a bench or in a workshop I’m guessing.

I’m not hard on my gear, my two Speedglas 9100s are 3 & 4 years old.

I just do actual proper welding work. Which like it or not, an optrel is not up to.

great for a bit of workshop work, they would not survive being in the back of a van, and used 10 hours a day.