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

[Memmeddu]

A pigeon drop its letal load on my head
I'm going to have a shower

 

[Memmeddu]

Thanks to @Mikey D, today I acquired a spare bandsaw motor:

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It's seen better days, but it only took a handful of curse words to get it into this state:

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Most of the screws came out either with a screwdriver or with mole grips, but you can probably spot the more stubborn one...

New bearings on order and the shaft has one end soaking in some hot citric acid (I'm doing one end at a time to try to keep the acid off the bearing mounting surfaces as that seemed a good idea):

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I will seek burnt motors like this to use the rotors as rollers for a bender

 

[Dr.Al]

I will seek burnt motors like this to use the rotors as rollers for a bender

It's not that burnt really. New bearings & some TLC and I reckon it'll run fine.

 

[Memmeddu]

It's not that burnt really. New bearings & some TLC and I reckon it'll run fine.

I will seek burnt ones because using a good one for my project would be a waste

 

[slim_boy_fat]

That's a drop scone.

And Joan Bakewell

Pancake if you need an alternative [but these are 'proper' pancakes, aka 'elephants lugs' when we were kids & Mum made them ] - but that wouldn't have worked so well with the pic of Professor Alice Roberts.

 

[brightspark]

A pigeon drop its letal load on my head
I'm going to have a shower

supposed to be lucky if a bird crap-s on u I wouldn't have said so if it had been a seagull though and would have got some lead up its rear end

 

[slim_boy_fat]

A pigeon drop its letal load on my head
I'm going to have a shower

@brightspark beat me to it. A sign of good fortune to come.

 

[Memmeddu]

supposed to be lucky if a bird crap-s on u I wouldn't have said so if it had been a seagull though and would have got some lead up its rear end

Next project Will Be an AAMG

 

[Memmeddu]

@brightspark beat me to it. A sign of good fortune to come.

It's sign of a anti aircraft machine gun on my home roof

 

[Matchless]

The wife picked up on a hint for a birthday present:

Aluminium pushrod tubes (I know I should have had a go at making them myself on the lathe).
So if I get time next weekend, will get fitted to:

I had better check my stock of grey floor tiles! I bought 50+ square meters at auction for £160.00, slowly using it in the workshop,

 

[arther dailey]

Thanks to @Mikey D, today I acquired a spare bandsaw motor:

View attachment 219691

It's seen better days, but it only took a handful of curse words to get it into this state:

View attachment 219692

Most of the screws came out either with a screwdriver or with mole grips, but you can probably spot the more stubborn one...

New bearings on order and the shaft has one end soaking in some hot citric acid (I'm doing one end at a time to try to keep the acid off the bearing mounting surfaces as that seemed a good idea):

View attachment 219693

you probably know, but it pays to clean the points with some fine emery .

 

[Rannsachair]

I had better check my stock of grey floor tiles! I bought 50+ square meters at auction for £160.00, slowly using it in the workshop,

That's a good buy, I was just under £80 for 20 square meters from Costco.

 

[Dr.Al]

you probably know, but it pays to clean the points with some fine emery .

Yeap: already done that

 

[Slowcoach]

"humane" as in "fast kill" (bolt to head) not humane as in "catch + release".
i hate to kill things i'm not going to eat, but we haven't reached "rat on a stick" apocalypse levels yet,
i've had leptospirosis (i think!). I'm not going to risk it again, so they need to be gone .

I seem to remember Baldrick had a few good rat recipes.
Here’s a few more, rat-a- one-e, rat-a-three-e, rat-a-four-e...........

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I acquired:
Either:
A. Puzzle or a challenge.
B. Anger or frustration in locating a new one.



Red curved lens from a 1870's Paraffin Railway Lantern.


I also am fully convinced Norbert has lost it.



I don't know why either he sent me that bundle.

 

[bigegg]

Today I acquired:
Either:
A. Puzzle or a challenge.
B. Anger or frustration in locating a new one.

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Red curved lens from a 1870's Paraffin Railway Lantern.

if you can get it somewhat assembled (superglue + milliput) and take a mould from it, it would be an interesting ptoject to cast it in dyed resin.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

if you can get it somewhat assembled (superglue + milliput) and take a mould from it, it would be an interesting ptoject to cast it in dyed resin.

That is a dam fine idea.

Now do you have one to solve Norbert?

 

[bigegg]

That is a dam fine idea.

Now do you have one to solve Norbert?

 

[Johnnybravo]

Another cnc lathe. Siemens shop turn,hydraulic Chuck,tool changer. Very little use. Should be running by the weekend. Could kick myself for selling some 6mm armoured cable recently

 

[rosinante]

A copy of the RN sailmakers handbook 1966, the year I joined up, issued to me in 72 at the Sail loft in then HMS Victory barracks Portsmouth , lent that copy to a family member and never recieved back and when asked for told they no longer had it ,grrrrr,after months of searching found out its BR no then another search found one for sale , happy days , still have my seaming palm , looking for a roping palm and needles now , I still have the canvas cover I made for the book ,
Chris