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Arc Tourist · May 5, 2020

johnny7 said:
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....................got this 24" square from the bootsale for 50p

John

50 pence,

Woah, even still has the scribe. :cool:

Arc Tourist · May 5, 2020

Got an ebay parcel today with a couple of military cutlery sets and a folding washbowl. Won the job lot, but only wanted the German set for canoe camping because of its well thought out design.
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Hopefully

Matchless · May 5, 2020

Arc Tourist said:
Got an ebay parcel today with a couple of military cutlery sets and a folding washbowl. Won the job lot, but only wanted the German set for canoe camping because of its well thought out design.
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Hopefully

A friend of mine went kayak camping, unintentionally, the inflatable kayak was in the garage in a black bag next to the tent, also in a black bag, they were going to a wedding and had booked into a camp site nearby, the guy on reception said it was a first, people had forgotten poles, found the tent had been eaten by mice but no one had ever turned up with a kayak instead of a tent, he found them a tent, the really stupid thing she did was to tell me.....

Johnnybravo · May 5, 2020

Been looking at new CADCAM software for awhile. Wasn’t overly impressed with Fusion. Don’t like the whole cloud based scenario and having to pay every year. So, seeing Mastercam and I go along way back, I bought the new version. Mastercam2020,but will upgrade to 2021 in June. A lot has changed since MastercamV9 the last new version I had 15 years ago.....A good time to buy software as it’s a buyers market :laughing:

Rannsachair · May 5, 2020

Clearing out the wife's old flat, her tenant passed away and these have been left by his family:

They are a bit tatty, though may sound good in the shed....they are very heavy.

Olderisbetter · May 5, 2020

Arc Tourist said:
Got an ebay parcel today with a couple of military cutlery sets and a folding washbowl. Won the job lot, but only wanted the German set for canoe camping because of its well thought out design.
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Hopefully

Do you have a link for those? I could do with some for the van.

slim_boy_fat · May 5, 2020

Rannsachair said:
though may sound good in the shed....

Turned up to 11 they'll be great. :laughing:

Rannsachair · May 5, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
Turned up to 11 they'll be great.

Aye a wee bit AC/DC :thumbup:

Brad93 · May 5, 2020

Johnnybravo said:
View attachment 228247 Been looking at new CADCAM software for awhile. Wasn’t overly impressed with Fusion. Don’t like the whole cloud based scenario and having to pay every year. So, seeing Mastercam and I go along way back, I bought the new version. Mastercam2020,but will upgrade to 2021 in June. A lot has changed since MastercamV9 the last new version I had 15 years ago.....A good time to buy software as it’s a buyers market

Fusion is free

Arc Tourist · May 5, 2020

Olderisbetter said:
Do you have a link for those? I could do with some for the van.

There are a few vendors on ebay, search " German Army Cutlery ". I notice some adds say...………. Army "Style" Cutlery, so look carefully at the pictures, because not all are originals as some are Chinese copies.
There is one add that when you scroll down to the description says, you will get a set from the group in the pictures shown; to me that is a tipoff, that you will probably get something you will not be satisfied with.
Hope this helps.

Maker · May 5, 2020

Brad93 said:
Fusion is free

Not for professional work.

Brad93 · May 5, 2020

Maker said:
Not for professional work.

Up to 100k turnover is free.

Edit: it now says non commercial fabrication projects

Johnnybravo · May 6, 2020

Brad93 said:
Fusion is free

Not if you use it for commercial use it isn’t. And it’s cloud based and heavily reliant on a good internet connection. A lot of my work is fairly sensitive stuff that doesn’t really have a place on a cloud. For general 2d stuff it’s not bad but for 3D stuff and simultaneous 4 axis milling,it’s not in the same league as Mastercam. It’s very limited with tool path options.

Maker · May 6, 2020

Johnnybravo said:
For general 2d stuff it’s not bad but for 3D stuff and simultaneous 4 axis milling,it’s not in the same league as Mastercam

Don't let John Saunders (NYC CNC) hear you say that. :laughing:

Feet 'n Inches · May 6, 2020

Arc Tourist said:
There are a few vendors on ebay, search " German Army Cutlery ". I notice some adds say...………. Army "Style" Cutlery, so look carefully at the pictures, because not all are originals as some are Chinese copies.
There is one add that when you scroll down to the description says, you will get a set from the group in the pictures shown; to me that is a tipoff, that you will probably get something you will not be satisfied with.
Hope this helps.

When I was in the mob, virtually everything was stamped with the old War Department vertical arrow and a NATO part number which was something like: 4829-99-357-6268 (the 99 designated the country of origin IIRC). To be honest, though, I can't recall whether mess tins and cutlery were stamped but probably this was the case. If so, then that could be a good way to identifying the real thing.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · May 6, 2020

Feet 'n Inches said:
When I was in the mob, virtually everything was stamped with the old War Department vertical arrow and a NATO part number which was something like: 4829-99-357-6268 (the 99 designated the country of origin IIRC). To be honest, though, I can't recall whether mess tins and cutlery were stamped but probably this was the case. If so, then that could be a good way to identifying the real thing.

Yes they were.

By the late end of the 1990's almost all stores had a ID mark or something to identify them as Gov. Stores.
Almost all NATO members were required to stamp/ ID stores items.

I see a lot of stuff claiming to be Army, NATO or armed forces. But it is not.

Kram · May 6, 2020

Future tool holders arrived today, 1m of 40mm square.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mild-Steel-SOLID-SQUARE-BAR-Excellent-range-of-sizes-available-from-UK-supplier/301971018547

The_Yellow_Ardvark · May 6, 2020

NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

For one reason.
The Post person could not read, or was 2 lazy to ring the door bell as the note said.

I looked at the CCTV, they got out of the van, walked to by door. looked at the letter box.

Walked back to van and drove off.

Now I have spent 15 minutes trying to arrange collection or redelivery.

I will be informing the PO about this.
I have their van details.

Rant over.

Seadog · May 6, 2020

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
I will be informing the PO about this.
I have their van details.

And the CCTV footage

winchman · May 6, 2020

Patrick Gill said:
I asked my mate who is clearing out his workshop, retiring, if he had a puller I could borrow, he said he had just skipped a load, so I went skip diving, pulled out a couple of sets of coffin straps as well, essential travel, I also picked up a large die holder from a forum members front wall, another essential trip,

who would skip those pullers? lockdown must be getting to him!

the puller bottom right is the one I needed, I have a Chinese version but it is rubbish!

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I have a similar set, over the years I have seen odd bits of pullers at Autojumbles and car boots, so I started buying them I now hav e full set similar to yours but no back board
Just wish I could find the board
https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/aut...ler-separator-and-extractor-set/p/SYK5032859E

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