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

[Bornfree]

This turned up today £36 delivered no idea if it will work.

 

[Nick DV]

Thought this was worth £25 so grabbed it. Rusty but working

Rust removed and oiled - good enough

This one from the bin at work, broken sliding jaw (crack at end of slider below jaw face). Will try to get a second hand jaw, if not a good doorstop!

 

[KimB]

Got these lever bars and this tapping head off @northwest, thanks Graham I might set it up in the pillar drill tomorrow and have a play.

 

[DAPPH]

They asked me if I wanted 30m or 60m ground line pump, 30m was my furthest point of excavation from the curb.

Thanks 60m would be fantastic to keep the vehicles off my premises . I take it they'll want an IBC or bigger supply of wash out water at the end of the job and somewhere to flush it into.

 

[selectedgrub]

There are some pillocks who would love these turned into a lamp...stop now and weigh it in....

Count me in as one of those pillocks

 

[Onoff]

Count me in as one of those pillocks

I thought of you first funnily enough. Might have to pick your brains! Etsy here we come!

I'm already down the rabbit hole of thinking how to operate the light switch...

 

[Onoff]

This turned up today £36 delivered no idea if it will work. View attachment 320084View attachment 320085

Interestingly, there's the same model number on Banggood for £36 but it has no amperage display meter. I've very close to hitting but as just back from the pub and happy.

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[DAPPH]

I thought of you first funnily enough. Might have to pick your brains! Etsy here we come!

I'm already down the rabbit hole of thinking how to operate the light switch...

Use one of the small capacitance switches where you just touch the metal body , the capacitance between you and the lamp body changes so it switches on , touch it again and it goes brighter till after three or four touches it goes out ready for the next cycle .

 

[Bornfree]

Interestingly, there's the same model number on Banggood for £36 but it has no amperage display meter. I've very close to hitting but as just back from the pub and happy.

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This one is on ebay for £38.87 or make an offer. I offered £35 and got it for £36. I will give it a try today, it feels so light there's probably nothing inside the case.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Have you ever had a Tilley spotlamp? I found a completely unused pristine one on a demolition site must have been 1940's vintage. Never been fired it even had the paper tissue packing between the front glasses. Sold it on eBay to an Aussie guy who is a member of the lamplighter's guild of Australia he has it as the pride of his collection.

No, but seen a few in auctions. But for lots of money.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Got this electric patient lift for free, they’re getting rid at a hospital my mate works at due to pin pricks of ‘corrosion’. I’ve had a go on it, it lifted me with ease, has a remote control, legs have three positions. Great score

 

[Dieselman 63]

Thought this was worth £25 so grabbed it. Rusty but working
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Rust removed and oiled - good enough
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This one from the bin at work, broken sliding jaw (crack at end of slider below jaw face). Will try to get a second hand jaw, if not a good doorstop!
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Good vices those Wodens.

 

[Geoffm]

Thought this was worth £25 so grabbed it. Rusty but working
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Rust removed and oiled - good enough
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This one from the bin at work, broken sliding jaw (crack at end of slider below jaw face). Will try to get a second hand jaw, if not a good doorstop!
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I have one like that, broken completely off in the same place. It has been brazed together although the jaws were out of parallel, so I milled both sides and made new jaws. There are photos on here somewhere.
I would weld or braze that one and it should give good service

 

[Nick DV]

I have one like that, broken completely off in the same place. It has been brazed together although the jaws were out of parallel, so I milled both sides and made new jaws. There are photos on here somewhere.
I would weld or braze that one and it should give good service

Thanks Geoff. I was going to ask about welding it but thought that you need to arc instead of mig, and I'm arcless

 

[arther dailey]

Got these lever bars and this tapping head off @northwest, thanks Graham I might set it up in the pillar drill tomorrow and have a play.

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I bought a pair of heel bars like that , not hopefully same make because as soon as I used mine in anger ,well just prying a bearing off the toes cracked straight off, they were just cast carp , so I would try them on something before you actually need them if I were you.

 

[KimB]

I bought a pair of heel bars like that , not hopefully same make because as soon as I used mine in anger ,well just prying a bearing off the toes cracked straight off, they were just cast carp , so I would try them on something before you actually need them if I were you.

Okay thanks for that, they’re Kennedy ones so hopefully not too bad

 

[Onoff]

This one is on ebay for £38.87 or make an offer. I offered £35 and got it for £36. I will give it a try today, it feels so light there's probably nothing inside the case.

I'd be interested what's inside along with many others I'm sure. I love my little Parkside 140A one about the same size.

 

[Kram]

Interestingly, there's the same model number on Banggood for £36 but it has no amperage display meter. I've very close to hitting but as just back from the pub and happy.

[£58.03]miniGB ZX7-200 220V 200A Mini Electric Welding Machine IGBT DC Inverter ARC MMA Stick Welder 220V Professional Tools from Tools on banggood
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~£33 here

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverter-Portable-MMA%E2%80%91200Amp-Adjustable-Frequency/dp/B08Q4M4XLC/

 

[GraemeVW]

Seem to have acquired 3 more old foot pumps.
They were cheap, so hard not to.

 

[Red'n'Black]

Use one of the small capacitance switches where you just touch the metal body , the capacitance between you and the lamp body changes so it switches on , touch it again and it goes brighter till after three or four touches it goes out ready for the next cycle .

Just don't buy the same touch controller modules I did to fix the kids' touch lamps, every time the bulb blows it takes the controller with it. £1.50 for a new bulb + a tenner for a new module got annoying after a while. If anybody makes a controller that's a bit more robust I'm all ears. The cheapies don't work properly with LED bulbs either.