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

[Dieselman 63]

These are monro tillers, good heavy lumps with villiers mk12s on them. Would like a ransomes at some point. We did have an Allen mower years ago, think we gave it away!
Had a big Howard rotavator too, and a land master, which was a killing machine

Howards had BSA engines, would love one of them. Get a Ransomes, they make you love life again even if they are a world of problems! Time is running out, play with petrol powered machines while you still can!

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Howards had BSA engines, would love one of them. Get a Ransomes, they make you love life again even if they are a world of problems! Time is running out, play with petrol powered machines while you still can!

The Howard we had had a sodding great JAP on the front

 

[Dieselman 63]

The Howard we had had a sodding great JAP on the front

Magnificent lumbering beasts. Some Ransomes had JAP engines. In-keeping with this thread... I seem to have bought a Myford lathe

 

[Maker]

Cheap "Percussive therapy" gun.

The ball reciprocates, you press it into sore muscles and it's supposed to relieve soreness. It's better built than I was expecting for the price but it's pretty crap. It has no torque at low speeds so it's really easy to stall, and the high speeds just feel like vibration more than percussion so it may as well be an, ahem, magic wand. I think the main problem is the stroke length is only about a a quarter of an inch, the expensive ones are more like 3/4" to an inch. Unfortunately for the price of an expensive one, you could stick lacrosse ball on a Biax scraper . I think I'll send it back and get an attachment for a jigsaw (And the jigsaw itself ), should be more powerful with a longer stroke.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Cheap "Percussive therapy" gun.
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The ball reciprocates, you press it into sore muscles and it's supposed to relieve soreness. It's better built than I was expecting for the price but it's pretty crap. It has no torque at low speeds so it's really easy to stall, and the high speeds just feel like vibration more than percussion so it may as well be an, ahem, magic wand. I think the main problem is the stroke length is only about a a quarter of an inch, the expensive ones are more like 3/4" to an inch. Unfortunately for the price of an expensive one, you could stick lacrosse ball on a Biax scraper . I think I'll send it back and get an attachment for a jigsaw (And the jigsaw itself ), should be more powerful with a longer stroke.

Id always thought it was a pseudo-ad for the magic wand you speak of when I saw it on Snapchat pile of crap from China, what to expect...

 

[Kram]

Also another meter of 18mm silver steel, and 5/32*4*18 of o1.

 

[bricol]

Go on, someone google "magic wand" on a works computer . . .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I got another box.



Please take not of the tape and the word on it.

Shame the post office person did not.
What is not shown the damage to the side. It must of been dropped from a height.

You can see the damage to the front forks, the seller has got back to me. He has sent me the images from the site. It is clear the forks are straight then. 48 hours later after the PO got their mits on it. They are not.


There is lots to do to this Mamod 1961 Roller, but I knew that.

This version was made with Nut and bolt assembly.
This is going to be fun.

Parts and spares are on order all ready.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Today I got another box.

View attachment 290958

Please take not of the tape and the word on it.

Shame the post office person did not.
What is not shown the damage to the side. It must of been dropped from a height.

View attachment 290963



You can see the damage to the front forks, the seller has got back to me. He has sent me the images from the site. It is clear the forks are straight then. 48 hours later after the PO got their mits on it. They are not.


There is lots to do to this Mamod 1961 Roller, but I knew that.
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This version was made with Nut and bolt assembly.
This is going to be fun.

Parts and spares are on order all ready.

Poor packaging is to blame rather than the postal system. @fizzy told me he used to send lab glassware and it’d be fine.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Poor packaging is to blame rather than the postal system. @fizzy told me he used to send lab glassware and it’d be fine.

Not in this case.

It was well wrapped, the damaged to the box is what you would see if it was dropped.

I have sent glass via the RM and it arrived in good condition.

 

[Munkul]

Unfortunately the word's "fragile do not drop" mean absolutely nothing to anyone in the delivery world, absolutely nothing whatsoever.

If the packaging isn't drop proof, then it's simply a gamble as to whether it will be OK or not.

 

[Shox Dr]

Unfortunately the word's "fragile do not drop" mean absolutely nothing to anyone in the delivery world, absolutely nothing whatsoever.

If the packaging isn't drop proof, then it's simply a gamble as to whether it will be OK or not.

UPS were/are using GPS trackers with shock sensors on parcels to see if they were been mistreated

 

[Porushorus]

Got this absolute little beauty migatronic 180 mono for free today just had to lift it into the back of my car doesn't work but transformer powers up when I push the relay switch anyone fancy joining in helping me bring her to life?

 

[jimbo84]

Unfortunately the word's "fragile do not drop" mean absolutely nothing to anyone in the delivery world, absolutely nothing whatsoever.

If the packaging isn't drop proof, then it's simply a gamble as to whether it will be OK or not.

I'm convinced they treat it worse if it's got fragile anywhere on it.

 

[dobbslc]

UPS were/are using GPS trackers with shock sensors on parcels to see if they were been mistreated

Apparently they did that with Hermes but they smashed all the sensors

 

[rosinante]

We used to send missile guidance systems via specialist courier with security guards , marked HANDLE LIKE EGGS all over them , got one back with an appendage to handle like eggs ,, SCRAMBLE some wag from the RAF put on it ,

 

[angellonewolf]

I'm convinced they treat it worse if it's got fragile anywhere on it.

when i was young i worked for what used to be dpd if marked fragile dont make any differance it still goes in the same pile only ones that did not are they special delivery/nextday they had a seprate box to put in so they got picked first if the van got filled up the ones left just waited till the next day

dont get me wrong it got the same treatment youed get the sack if you are kicking it around but if the pile was to high you only had a choise to throw it on the top of the pile thats the way it went

 

[mechman]

Got this absolute little beauty migatronic 180 mono for free today just had to lift it into the back of my car doesn't work but transformer powers up when I push the relay switch anyone fancy joining in helping me bring her to life?View attachment 290996

Still got mine had it from new.

 

[Porushorus]

Is it the same model? Okay bit of kit? Do you have any parts lists user manuals or wiring diagrams?

 

[mechman]

Had quite a few pics but can only find these,

{ It's been tidied up since thanks to a generous member on this forum)Pics came out in wrong order, anyone fix it?