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

[JEZGUZ]

Japanese style blade , very nice. I've found that I prefer Japanese and German pattern knives to the French ones.

 

[4String.]

Japanese style blade , very nice. I've found that I prefer Japanese and German pattern knives to the French ones.

It's a "Santoku" sushi knife by all accounts .

OH has a similar one already but she wanted a new one, so as well as now having a top class product from the home of quality cutlery, I feel like I'm doing my bit to help out local firms, rather than bowing before the consumerist altar of Amazon .

 

[dobbslc]

I'm googling one right now......

 

[4String.]

I'm googling one right now......

FWIW, I ordered it on Tuesday and it arrived yesterday, and in view of the current situation, I'm well impressed with that.

The guy I spoke to at the shop was incredibly helpful, and nice to talk to. The knife wasn't my original choice, which was the same blade but with a "Dymondwood" handle . Those were out of stock, but the one I bought matches OH's existing knives, so all is good. They have some fabulous looking chef's knives on their website, but as stunning as they look, I'd struggle to buy something with a price tag .

 

[stuvy]

FWIW, I ordered it on Tuesday and it arrived yesterday, and in view of the current situation, I'm well impressed with that.

The guy I spoke to at the shop was incredibly helpful, and nice to talk to. The knife wasn't my original choice, which was the same blade but with a "Dymondwood" handle . Those were out of stock, but the one I bought matches OH's existing knives, so all is good. They have some fabulous looking chef's knives on their website, but as stunning as they look, I'd struggle to buy something with a price tag .

there cheap in comparison my head chef got me an 8” sabatier as a present and that I use almost daily at home

id highly recommend these as they stay sharp and have the most comfortable handle in the world
https://www.kitchenknives.co.uk/rob...MI_IiZya2D6QIVCLrtCh3weQlGEAQYBSABEgLBDvD_BwE

 

[DAPPH]

If that heater is toast and to dangerous to use maybe you could fit a modern fan heater inside it?

Or an orange LED bulb inside on a baton holder so you get the nice orange glow in the outlet vent when it's on .

 

[bigegg]

I'd love to buy a decent chef's knife, but considering the last one i had, mum ruined by trying to chop rib bones for the dogs, i suppose i'd better hold off.

 

[stuvy]

I'd love to buy a decent chef's knife, but considering the last one i had, mum ruined by trying to chop rib bones for the dogs, i suppose i'd better hold off.

these are a quality knife for cheap money
https://www.philipmorrisdirect.co.u...MI3pujgbSD6QIVRLTtCh1r6Q8mEAQYCiABEgIoS_D_BwE

 

[DAPPH]

View attachment 224616 Got me skilsaw it’s not the bells and whistles 36v but it’s perfect for what I need

That's not a Skilsaw ……….. it's a Makita saw.

 

[DAPPH]

A ten pound buzz box with a fist full of 6013 3.2mm rods. I cut all the leads and re-fitted them, fitted a new plug and dusted inside the box. Managed my first two rods (the guides here are brilliant thanks) so it's paid for itself with an afternoon of fun.

Stick a small fan from a fan oven in it if there is space to blow on the coil as cooling it will extend the duty cycle considerably.

 

[Lewis_RX8]

^^^^

Done this with my cheap buzz box works great. Especially if your welding at the higher amp levels

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I'm googling one right now......

Repeat after me "Must resist, must resist, must......"

 

[DAPPH]

A big pile of 2 mm and 1.2 mm aluminium sheets. All 125 × 125 mm square, cut from two sheets (one for each thickness) of 625 × 625 mm aluminium from The Metal Shop. Cutting them up was free (although I also ordered two uncut sheets of steel, so that might have helped: they usually only do 10 cuts for free).

View attachment 225407

I bought them as practice pieces for TIG welding. If I haven't got the hang of welding aluminium outside corner joints by the time I've got through that lot, I'll have taught myself so many bad habits I'll never master it!

If you manage to do an open top box out of these pieces and still have enough for hinged lid would you please get back to me , I'm after a box of roughly those dimensions to put the caravan hydraulic jack in now the cardboard box it came in has died.

 

[qwakers]

i bought a metal spinney thing!

its pre war, and i mean ww1, not ww2.

its got a 'modern' add on, which is a stand for a motor instead of running it from a belt shaft. (im lead to believe it had a similar one originally but without the motor mount holes)

it needs.

a chuck key
a tool holder
a motor
a base making for it
a spot of tig brazing to repair a bearing housing
a reverse gear, someone seems to have switched it into reverse under load. however, i am also lead to belive with a modern motor on it i wont need reverse. we'll see.

oh and a load of tooling.


its only little, but it should get me started.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Looks like a Myford ML-2 lathe.

 

[qwakers]

i know very little about it, but the seller called it a myford 4.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Just looked on the " lathes.co.uk " site and there is a photo of an ML-3 which looks similar to yours.
Check out the site, there is a wealth of information abut early Myford's there.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

its only little, but it should get me started.

Congratulations! A whole new world has just opened up for you.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

i know very little about it, but the seller called it a myford 4.

If you look very carefully on the front face of the bed [not sure, left ot right - mine's on the left, you may find a number stamped into the metal - if it's a Myford you can find out date from that.

 

[galooph]

Got some second-hand Thule roof bars delivered today, they fit the Surf perfectly