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

[Maker]

A hundred quid for a Colchester Student! I'd be straight round there with the engine crane!

 

[brightspark]

Here's one I think I posted few years ago but it's so nice I'll do it again!
I picked this up at a car boot sale even though I didn't need it but thought that I'd never see another so snapped it up!
Anyone got a Gieger counter...
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i have a digital one . u never know when u need one dont believe the government when they tell you everything's ok . just crush a few smoke detectors and get the readings

 

[bigegg]

A hundred quid for a Colchester Student! I'd be straight round there with the engine crane!

£100, I'm pricing up a plane ticket to go collect it.

 

[KimB]

A hundred quid for a Colchester Student! I'd be straight round there with the engine crane!

I didn’t do that welll but I paid £200 for mine

 

[Arc Tourist]

When I went to look at the Boxford lathe I bought, it had been in an unused shed for quite a few years. I could barely fit through the door which was blocked by a big tree that had grown in front of it. A muddy garden and awkward path also had to be negotiated, so I understand your plight; but it will be worth it in the long run.

The only issue is location in a shed with a 2ft wide door at the bottom of a steep garden with a winding crazy paving path then the drive is ridiculously steep and on a bend with no easy parking outside . im an optimist but it going to be a pain to get it out

 

[dieselsamurai]

Ive been involved in far worse , if my mate gets his **** in gear and fits a Hiab on his trailer it would be half the battle. Ive got a Hiab to go on my pickup but thats in bits too just bad timing. There must be loads of lathes in sheds that people find just to big for most folk to move

 

[James1979]

M12 Grease Gun. Makes my life a lot easier....

 

[zx9]

The only issue is location in a shed with a 2ft wide door at the bottom of a steep garden with a winding crazy paving path then the drive is ridiculously steep and on a bend with no easy parking outside . im an optimist but it going to be a pain to get it out

If it got in there it will come out again.

 

[8ob]

M12 Grease Gun. Makes my life a lot easier..

Thats given me grease gun envy

Bob

 

[James1979]

I was on the fence for ages. Thought it was a bit of a gimmick. Borrowed my mates and I was nearly there. Watched him push out the tracks on a D9 and I was sold!

 

[chrisbeee]

Today i aquired some new ( old stock) tyres, for my 1977 racing bike

 

[Blue Chips]

offered a vice yesterday thought i did ok for £20 Ive always wanted one of these needs a bit of work but lots on the web about restoring them

Great deal on the vice! Was the square-tube mount intended to slide into a trailer hitch receiver? There have been some times when working in the field that I could have used a "trailer hitch vice."

 

[nickk]

More galvanising collected ,waited 2 weeks for this,manager said he’d been there 32 years,this is the busiest he’s experienced,anyway there’s 3 different jobs here,the last of the local restaurant framework,a balcony and bridge,and a few steel sockets for a softwood timber frame.
BUT,I’ve never experienced distortion like this balustrade!its gonna take some pushing,squeezing hitting,steel is 50/50/4 box,30/8 flat and 6mm feet.
The balcony and bridge have to be acid etched ,then painted anthracite.

 

[indy4x]

The only issue is location in a shed with a 2ft wide door at the bottom of a steep garden with a winding crazy paving path then the drive is ridiculously steep and on a bend with no easy parking outside . im an optimist but it going to be a pain to get it out

I have a pair of skates with large castors, used them to move a couple of M300's, your welcome to borrow them

 

[indy4x]

Picked these up from FB Marketplace, hoping to have a few days on the garage this weekend and get them erected

 

[Arc Tourist]

Picked these up from FB Marketplace, hoping to have a few days on the garage this weekend and get them erected

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I flipped my temporary garage fencing upside down to keep the local cats from entering and pizzing & carping everywhere.

 

[James1979]

To further the grease gun envy I have just used it to push a stuck piston from a calliper I probably could have used a manual one, but this took 1 finger

 

[Hitch]

More galvanising collected ,waited 2 weeks for this,manager said he’d been there 32 years,this is the busiest he’s experienced,anyway there’s 3 different jobs here,the last of the local restaurant framework,a balcony and bridge,and a few steel sockets for a softwood timber frame.
BUT,I’ve never experienced distortion like this balustrade!its gonna take some pushing,squeezing hitting,steel is 50/50/4 box,30/8 flat and 6mm feet.
The balcony and bridge have to be acid etched ,then painted anthracite.View attachment 284463View attachment 284462View attachment 284461View attachment 284464

I'd always tack a bit of spare box/decent flat on edge under the baseplates on a flimsy one like that.

 

[Bornfree]

To further the grease gun envy I have just used it to push a stuck piston from a calliper I probably could have used a manual one, but this took 1 finger

That's bordering on laziness

 

[dieselsamurai]

Great deal on the vice! Was the square-tube mount intended to slide into a trailer hitch receiver? There have been some times when working in the field that I could have used a "trailer hitch vice."

Yes there were various places all round the place it could slide into also had some winches mounted like that too