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

[Arc Tourist]

Couldn't pass up buying a couple of 12 packs of Amtech hacksaw blades. I've got plenty of quality Lenox blades, but for £1.39 a dozen, worth having, especially for the times when a neighbour asks to borrow a hacksaw.
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[Kram]

Garden had a visitor

And in post got drill bits
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motamec-19-Piece-Cobalt-M35-HSS-Drill-Bits-Set-1-10mm-Bit-High-Quality-DIN-338/383116464679

 

[Maker]

Sparrowhawk? Had one here a few months ago, feet had barely touched the ground when he saw me and took off again so no time for a photo.

 

[bigegg]

Couldn't pass up buying a couple of 12 packs of Amtech hacksaw blades. I've got plenty of quality Lenox blades, but for £1.39 a dozen, worth having, especially for the times when a neighbour asks to borrow a hacksaw.
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Whats your neighbour done, that you should treat him so?

Unless they've improved, you'dbe better off using tbe cardboard they came attached to

 

[snoozer]

Whats your neighbour dobe, that you should treat him so?

Unless they've improved, you'dbe better off using tbe cardboard they came attached to

I have to agree, I've tried a few over the years and always return to Eclipse or similar, They just don't cut the mustard

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Garden had a visitor

I remember as kids, sister came running downstairs shouting that there was "a bird in my room". Exasperated Mother "Oh, for goodness sake..." when she opened the door there was one of those sitting on the bed-end, having flown in through the open window.

2 x big brothers were sent in to 'persuade it back out.

 

[Tupers]

Garden had a visitor

We had one land on our aviary a couple weeks ago. It sat there for a while trying to find a way of getting the finches then flew off.

 

[dobbslc]

I remember as kids, sister came running downstairs shouting that there was "a bird in my room". Exasperated Mother "Oh, for goodness sake..." when she opened the door there was one of those sitting on the bed-end, having flown in through the open window.

2 x big brothers were sent in to 'persuade it back out.

We had 3 of our friends kids over and they all came screaming down the stairs saying there was a bat in the bedroom. we thought they were on a wind up but there really was a bat in the bedroom!
It was about 7" across the wing tips!
I finally caught it and put him out the window.

 

[Kram]

There were atleast 30 sparrows in our hedge, and a robin. Plus a few tits on the other side, tho much less there were a lot more. We give them plenty of food.

Found a dead sparrow yesterday Maybe the sparrowhawk got it in flight, not sure if its beak was smashed, possibly a window hit, but no other visible damage.

 

[Memmeddu]

Jonsered chainsaw and a buzz box
A customer of my brother gave us those
The chainsaw needs work
The welder works
I don't know if restore the welder or completely modify it ,it has only 130A and it needs a cooling fan (it born without )
The previous owner tried to put a fan as you can see he cut open the rear panel to put a PC fan .
The ground clamp is heavier than the welder
I don't know I was thinking to build a carbon arc torch and use it for that .
It's too little to rectify and make a small arc air rig (3.2mm carbon rods needs only 90A )
It might work

Let me know what you think about

 

[Cobbler]

I think you need a new Earth clamp & weigh that one in at the scrapyard

 

[dobbslc]

The John Merrick of earth clamps!

 

[Memmeddu]

I think you need a new Earth clamp & weigh that one in at the scrapyard

The John Merrick of earth clamps!

My mother usually see my welding equipment and she thought that there were only mirror polished brass ground clamps .
She asked me if was dirt or if came out of a sewer ....
Real words "I don't want s@#* in my house"
I'll put it on a Facebook welding group to remember that it's important to not strike arcs onto a ground clamp

 

[sardine]

Good saws those Jonsered, I've got a 2065 a its been producing logs for years now and it was secondhand when I bought it.

 

[mpats]

Second that on the jonsered, parts were readily available over here for one I was given, runs like a dream.

 

[Memmeddu]

Good saws those Jonsered, I've got a 2065 a its been producing logs for years now and it was secondhand when I bought it.

This one probably needs a top end ,I will sand the cylinder walls with 400 grit sandpaper to remove the scratches but keeping the enough scratched to retain oil

 

[badabec]

Hello, I just 're-found' this whilst searching for something else, a Kismet 'Baby' foot pump. A smear of Vaseline on the leather washer and pumps OK

 

[Matthew92]

A new lathe, not the Warco, the one sat on the headstock. Cleaning is in progress and should be finished tomorrow.

 

[Memmeddu]

A new lathe, not the Warco, the one sat on the headstock. Cleaning is in progress and should be finished tomorrow.

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That's lovely .
We are waiting to see it working

 

[Agroshield]

A new lathe, not the Warco, the one sat on the headstock.

You need a third one. Whether it sits above the new one or below the Warco is up to you.