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

[mpats]

Today [well last night] I got news that my Brother has had another big stroke and is in a stroke unit in St John's Hospital, Livingstone. Fearing the worst this time round - but I've been wrong before.

Sorry, to dampen the mood....

That's proper bums mate, hopefully they got it early enough. Have a socially distanced, internet appropriate manly hug

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Cheers, lads.
@Rannsachair , sorry to read your news.
@mpats I fear it might be the finish of him, he had a major one in his brain stem about 11 years ago and made a remarkable recovery [well, relatively], but there's a suspicion he/s been having ITAs for a while as he's been falling in the house a lot but refusing to let my S-I-S summon help, or when she did, refusing to go to hospital....

 

[Arc Tourist]

Sorry to hear the bad news John. Good thoughts sent your way for his recovery.

 

[mpats]

Cheers, lads.
@Rannsachair , sorry to read your news.
@mpats I fear it might be the finish of him, he had a major one in his brain stem about 11 years ago and made a remarkable recovery [well, relatively], but there's a suspicion he/s been having ITAs for a while as he's been falling in the house a lot but refusing to let my S-I-S summon help, or when she did, refusing to go to hospital....

Oh dear, sorry to hear that mate, sometimes it's difficult to accept help, but from the outside looking in it's quite frustrating.

 

[Parm]

Today [well last night] I got news that my Brother has had another big stroke and is in a stroke unit in St John's Hospital, Livingstone. Fearing the worst this time round - but I've been wrong before.

Sorry, to dampen the mood....

sorry to hear that John. Not a good day here eithe. Mrs Parm has just learned that her best friend daughter has committed suicide in California.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

sorry to hear that John. Not a good day here eithe. Mrs Parm has just learned that her best friend daughter has committed suicide in California.

Life scan be such a b*tch at times, but at others.....[Google image ]

 

[sardine]

Korean stuff seems to be pretty good at the moment....it's like the Japanese stuff of the 1990s (or German stuff of the 1980s) I reckon...good engineering without the crazy prices.

I think these are just bought in from China, these exact same units have more names on the side than a war memorial.

I've got one here and it hasn't even got a name on it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

these exact same units have more names on the side than a war memorial.

Good one!

 

[brightspark]

I think these are just bought in from China, these exact same units have more names on the side than a war memorial.

I've got one here and it hasn't even got a name on it.

buy them from china and you can have your name put on thousands

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Good one!

Unless it is one of the villages mentioned below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful_Villages

 

[sardine]

They all have Yanmar L10 knock off engines and are around 5 kW, infuriatingly just below the power output to really burn a 3.2mm 6013 properly, mine struggles on a 3.2mm 7018.

The starter motors and solenoids are especially cheap and nasty, but on the other hand you can order the parts straight from China off eBay for peanuts.

Every time I start it I cross my fingers that it won't break down again.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired four new tyres for my boat trailer, and a chance to play with my tyre machine.

The couriers managed to knock off the leccy box on the motor and rip out all the wires so I had to acqured the knowledge to wire in the start windings/capacitor, centrifugal switch and the run windings/capacitor. Always wondered why there were six wires hanging out of a single phase motor

 

[sako243]

Always wondered why there were six wires hanging out of a single phase motor

Would have been faster to replace it with one of those 3 phase motors I left at your yard.

 

[Jay1st]

Ordered a new welding mask for TIG welding so at least i should be able to see the puddle !
Did not want to spend a lot on it so i settled for a GYS True Color XXL

Should be good enough for what i plan on doing as a hobby.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

My true colour mask was so clear I thought it was broken

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Should be good enough for what i plan on doing as a hobby.

Review/report please when you get to welding with it. I've only had a very brief play with my Parweld lid but was impressed with the Trucolour lens performance.

 

[Jay1st]

Review/report please when you get to welding with it. I've only had a very brief play with my Parweld lid but was impressed with the Trucolour lens performance.

I'll do as soon as i get everything, Sherman TIG + gas bottle + the helmet

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

My Sherman is still sitting in its box in my loft...bought months and months ago...no time off yet

 

[hobby_machinist]

My telwin mask is the same, just has different design. It serves me for around 2-3 years with no problems

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

My neighbour gave me this bevel he'd picked up from a car boot sale. Handmade by the looks of it with body and blade around 6".