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

[roblane65]

Be nice to see them cleaned up .

 

[Pete.]

Be nice to see them cleaned up .

I'll post pics. The Nippy should come up very nice but the Abwood has a good bit of idiot rash. They'll both be fine when I'm done with them though.

 

[Maker]

Fresh pair of climbing shoes, took a lot of trying on to find a pair just uncomfortable enough that I can believe they'll wear in and become comfortable.

They're Scarpa Instinct Lace, we'll see if they make a difference compared to my old Decathalon beginner shoes.

 

[EM1L4]

Got some evil books of temptation: .....must not spend money, must not spend money...........

 

[4String.]

A splendid woodworking vice, courtesy of @roblane65 .

 

[bricol]

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Got some evil books of temptation: .....must not spend money, must not spend money...........

Had one of those Sieg C4 lathes for a decade or so - been very useful.

 

[EM1L4]

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Had one of those Sieg C4 lathes for a decade or so - been very useful.

Very tempting...

 

[redlig]

I bought a larger iron surface plate to make lapping larger plates easier and the guy also had these, so I made a token offer and bought them home. Already stripped and mostly de-rusted they are not nearly as bad as they look. The screw is seized in the Nippy and I don't want to hurt it so I've dumped it in citric acid to try and eat out some of whetever is binding it up.

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Why Why Why do people let kit get into this state ?Absolutely criminal but not unusual in this throw away world.

 

[redlig]

Got some evil books of temptation: .....must not spend money, must not spend money...........
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Aw go on you know you want too. You won't sleep easy until you do. Don't fight it.

 

[Barking Mat]

This beam jack, £20 FB Marketplace.

Yeah, a two hour round trip, but worth it.

And the final two spanners from eBay to complete my OGV 40 collection.

So I'm missing a 15mm, but I never use a 15mm spanner.

Chuffed.

 

[Seadog]

Bargain!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@Barking Mat did you get the Jack points with the beam?

 

[Barking Mat]

@Barking Mat did you get the Jack points with the beam?

Jack points ??? No.

What are they?

 

[Barking Mat]

I think I see what you're saying...

No, what you see is what I've got.

 

[Barking Mat]

I'm sure I can make some.

Or blocks of wood and rubber.

 

[Tupers]

I think this is the last of the machines and this one’s staying. I just need to figure out how it need to be wired because it’s single phase but has two extra wires of the starter coil thing.

 

[bricol]

Very tempting...

They do seem to be rather more expensive than when I gave into temptation a decade or so ago - mine was well under 800 quid. Only thing to go wrong (until this weekend) was the electrical enclosure over the back of it - its been exposed to sunlight through the window - I though it had just faded the paint, but turns out the plastic has gone rather brittle - gorilla glue from Aldi saved the day.

I broke a cast-iron part in the power feed mechanism on Sunday when messing about - available as a spare part from Arc for small enough amount of money to not be worth trying to repair or remake. It breaking saved anything more important going bang though.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I think this is the last of the machines and this one’s staying

That's a hefty lump . Is there a bolt missing from where the pedestal meets the base?

 

[Barking Mat]

That's a hefty lump . Is there a bolt missing from where the pedestal meets the base?

Not looked that closely yet, hoofed it in the car, out the car, and took some photos.

Will investigate. Well spotted ?

 

[Seadog]

I think that SBF is referring to Tuper's post.