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

[Arc Tourist]

A 6” offset bench vice. It’s huge!

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I recently saw a video about Dawn vices. There are three variations. Yours looks like the early cast model. Awesome !
Did you get the missing jaw pad with it ?

 

[Dieselman 63]

I recently saw a video about Dawn vices. There are three variations. Yours looks like the early cast model. Awesome !
Did you get the missing jaw pad with it ?

I did not. They still make them to this day though, so you can buy spares they make a whole range, cast and fabricated. She’s a big one!

 

[Dieselman 63]

I really like that, not seen one before or have I been living in a cave?

They’re uncommon. Fortis made a quick release one, Wilton in the US make one and Dawn in Australia. That’s all I know of, plus cheaper fabricated ones. They let you put a length of material that drops down to the floor so the body of the sliding jaw doesn’t get in the way. Clever stuff.

 

[dobbslc]

Car boot bargain???
It stinks of stale petrol and is missing the air filter cover but has compression...

 

[Maker]

Ohh new tool day.


Upholstery stapler, mum needs it to repair the chairs. The Silverline one we've been using is a nailer/stapler so it's got a big bulky safety thing which must be depressed to make it fire, it makes it hard to position the staples accurately. This is a much nicer tool.

 

[Kram]

14km run, to lidl, 8.5km of that the way back with two of these medium, red handled f clamps, in my bag, I now believe I have enough clamps. Also got one of their armless jumpers for when it gets cold in the shed.

The run back was not the most pleasant. I have a water bladder in my bag and I assumed the clamps somehow made it leak, so I was getting a very wet bottom. It was just the threaded hose connector coming undone

 

[MattF]

14km run to lidl, 8.5km back

You're knackering me out just thinking of it.

 

[MattF]

Also got one of their armless jumpers for when it gets cold in the shed.

Do they sell tank tops?

 

[Lewis_RX8]

Do they sell tank tops?

Perfect for getting that winter suntan welding

 

[Olderisbetter]

30 desk tops 1200 x 600 mm from old school tables with formica type finishes, quickly cut one up and made a holder the hole cutters and WD40.

 

[Dilkris]

30 desk tops 1200 x 600 mm from old school tables with formica type finishes, quickly cut one up and made a holder the hole cutters and WD40.View attachment 311465View attachment 311464

I got some of those some years back - they had an aluminium edging strip - maybe canteen tables - wood quality was superb - some kind of bonded ply.

 

[DennisCA]

I returned with some stuff from my Åland trip. They have a lot nicer flea markets than in the mainland from what I've seen and usually not with the same inflated prices either, everything here was 1-3 euros a piece except the 8x40 binocs which where 30, but they where really great binoculars.

Also a lot of alcohol, not that I drink much, but booze is expensive in Finland and the tax free shop is a lot cheaper, so bulk up whilke you get the chance, haven't been on a trip like this in 14 years.

But man Åland really is a pretty place.

 

[dobbslc]

On the same trip that I got my Kawasaki hedge trimmer I collected this Stuart Turner 3 bar shower pump I won on Ebay. It's the same model as the one in my bathroom so good for a swap if it goes wrong!
I connected it up to my test rig, fitted a plug and it works
Not bad for £5.50!
These things a proper old school made with brass, they cost £350 new!

 

[Dr.Al]

I now believe I have enough clamps.

You'll change your mind soon enough

 

[Dilkris]

I returned with some stuff from my Åland trip. They have a lot nicer flea markets than in the mainland from what I've seen and usually not with the same inflated prices either, everything here was 1-3 euros a piece except the 8x40 binocs which where 30, but they where really great binoculars.

Also a lot of alcohol, not that I drink much, but booze is expensive in Finland and the tax free shop is a lot cheaper, so bulk up whilke you get the chance, haven't been on a trip like this in 14 years.

But man Åland really is a pretty place.

I had to Google this one..... - "The Åland Islands lie at the south-western tip of the Finnish peninsula between Finland and Sweden. This archipelago of 6,500 islands and skerries is demilitarised, an autonomous region and a Swedish-speaking part of Finland. The official flag of Åland since the 1950s."
Great oil can !!

 

[DennisCA]

Gonna repeat myself but it's a really lovely place, especially in summer. And all the roads are red, because the tarmac is made from the local rock which is reddish, gives the whole place a different feel.

 

[dobbslc]

I see that and just think BUS LANE

 

[Bornfree]

I finally managed to find an inch drive breaker bar with the knuckle the correct way round.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I finally managed to find an inch drive breaker bar with the knuckle the correct way round.View attachment 311556

What brand is that?

 

[Maker]

On the same trip that I got my Kawasaki hedge trimmer I collected this Stuart Turner 3 bar shower pump I won on Ebay. It's the same model as the one in my bathroom so good for a swap if it goes wrong!
I connected it up to my test rig, fitted a plug and it works
Not bad for £5.50!
These things a proper old school made with brass, they cost £350 new!
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Absolute steal! I sold a pair of them years ago, a bit rusty, paint flaking off the body so not the best condition, I think they went for about £120 each!