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It certainly does
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lotus_esprit_s1
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I paid £350 for a slightly tatty 1990 white and blue GSX-R 750 Slingshot. I am out of touch with bikes since I sold my 1998 R1 ten years ago; other than a hole in the petrol tank it looks ok. Not sure what to do with it yet though!
sorry no photos yet!
sorry no photos yet!
Bargin!
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We were idly playing with one in Machine Mart which felt as though it had just been assembled for display, they are probably much better if actually adjusted correctly.
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Some amazons
Wp26 tig pen www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07K5CGMKR
10x 10-25² dinse sockets. The plugs were missing, but I was only after a few sockets anyway. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08BRJF559
And a 1/2" bsp air regulator for four quid.
Wp26 tig pen www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07K5CGMKR
10x 10-25² dinse sockets. The plugs were missing, but I was only after a few sockets anyway. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08BRJF559
And a 1/2" bsp air regulator for four quid.
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I’m interested to see how you got on unloading.Got myself a Master 2500 LatheThanks for all your help loading @MattH Nice to meet you too, you have quite the setup!
I’ll probably do a thread so I can rack all your brains on a few (loads) of bits and show how I managed to get it out the van
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Not tried it yet, probably won’t for a week or two to be honest. Has not been used for many years but dry stored. hopefully a new battery and some TLC will see it going again
Undo straps, unlock castors, engage first gear, 4000rpm, sidestep clutch . . .
James1979
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Useful chap that Newton
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That'll be the ethanol doing its thing. Its destroying tanks left right and centre.
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I had suggested the much more controlled and refined:
Undo straps, unlock castors, start reversing, gently stand on brakes.
For safety's sake, maybe spread a couple of inches of sand first...
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I made my usual biannual trip to the Liberty Tool Company in Liberty, Maine to see what old tools might decide to come home with me. I didn't get much this time, but I found a couple of items that appealed to me.
This is an antique "ice hook" for harvesting/directing blocks of ice from frozen rivers and ponds into ice houses for storage until shipped. It was probably made by the Wm. T. Wood & Co. I don't have a specific date, but they started making ice tools ca. 1834 and continued under that name until they joined with Gifford Brothers in 1905, and after which I believe they stamped "Gifford-Wood Co." on their product. I think that this ice hook probably pre-dates 1905, as it lacks the "Gifford-Wood" logo. It's about 42 inches long. The wood handle appears to have lost a few inches at the end, but the metal parts are in very good shape. I paid 8 dollars for it.
Here are a couple of pages from a Wm. T. Wood & Co. catalogue, shortly before their merger with Gifford Brothers. I think that "Norway iron" is a kind of wrought iron that came from Sweden or Norway.
The ice industry was once a significant part of Maine's economy, peaking in the late 1800s. They shipped ice from the Kennebec and other rivers as far as Australia. Here's an old poster showing ice hooks in use. The poster probably dates to ca. 1917-20, which was during the fading days of ice harvesting when refrigeration was taking away much of their business, and ice houses were being abandoned.
Here's another item I picked up at Liberty Tool. Paid 18 bucks for it. These old hanging beam scales (sometimes called "steelyard scales" or "steelyard balances") are easy to find, but this one was in very good shape and complete, so it followed me home. It reads 0-10 pounds on one side of the beam, and you can flip the entire scale over to change the fulcrum point and use the markings on the other side of the beam that go from 10 to 50 pounds. It's surprisingly accurate (at least on the 0-10 pound scale), judging from comparing a couple of weights weighed with this scale and our kitchen digital scale. I don't yet have a real good idea of its age, but without doing any research I'm guessing maybe late 19th century. The basic idea of a lever-based scale goes back thousands of years. The ancient Romans used scales that looked very similar to this one, and I've even heard this type of scale called a Roman beam scale or Roman balance. I like its appearance, as well as the totally visible, honest technology. I should have taken the photo from the other side, so that you could see the numbers for the 1-10 pound scale.
It's fun to visit the Liberty Tool Company. They have a massive inventory of mostly-old tools, which they re-stock often, as well as other antiques, art, used books, etc., and the prices are generally quite reasonable. If you click on the image search link below, you can see a lot of photos of the place. They even have some items that you can order online. If you're ever in my neighbourhood, give me a shout and we'll make a run up to Liberty and see what we can find.
Liberty Tool Company, Maine, Google image search.
This is an antique "ice hook" for harvesting/directing blocks of ice from frozen rivers and ponds into ice houses for storage until shipped. It was probably made by the Wm. T. Wood & Co. I don't have a specific date, but they started making ice tools ca. 1834 and continued under that name until they joined with Gifford Brothers in 1905, and after which I believe they stamped "Gifford-Wood Co." on their product. I think that this ice hook probably pre-dates 1905, as it lacks the "Gifford-Wood" logo. It's about 42 inches long. The wood handle appears to have lost a few inches at the end, but the metal parts are in very good shape. I paid 8 dollars for it.
Here are a couple of pages from a Wm. T. Wood & Co. catalogue, shortly before their merger with Gifford Brothers. I think that "Norway iron" is a kind of wrought iron that came from Sweden or Norway.
The ice industry was once a significant part of Maine's economy, peaking in the late 1800s. They shipped ice from the Kennebec and other rivers as far as Australia. Here's an old poster showing ice hooks in use. The poster probably dates to ca. 1917-20, which was during the fading days of ice harvesting when refrigeration was taking away much of their business, and ice houses were being abandoned.
Here's another item I picked up at Liberty Tool. Paid 18 bucks for it. These old hanging beam scales (sometimes called "steelyard scales" or "steelyard balances") are easy to find, but this one was in very good shape and complete, so it followed me home. It reads 0-10 pounds on one side of the beam, and you can flip the entire scale over to change the fulcrum point and use the markings on the other side of the beam that go from 10 to 50 pounds. It's surprisingly accurate (at least on the 0-10 pound scale), judging from comparing a couple of weights weighed with this scale and our kitchen digital scale. I don't yet have a real good idea of its age, but without doing any research I'm guessing maybe late 19th century. The basic idea of a lever-based scale goes back thousands of years. The ancient Romans used scales that looked very similar to this one, and I've even heard this type of scale called a Roman beam scale or Roman balance. I like its appearance, as well as the totally visible, honest technology. I should have taken the photo from the other side, so that you could see the numbers for the 1-10 pound scale.
It's fun to visit the Liberty Tool Company. They have a massive inventory of mostly-old tools, which they re-stock often, as well as other antiques, art, used books, etc., and the prices are generally quite reasonable. If you click on the image search link below, you can see a lot of photos of the place. They even have some items that you can order online. If you're ever in my neighbourhood, give me a shout and we'll make a run up to Liberty and see what we can find.
Liberty Tool Company, Maine, Google image search.
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I want to go there. Saw it on Adam booths channel.
You guys seem to have a much bigger retail sector in secondhand and old tools than here.
