Be careful putting a red light up at night. Might get the wrong type of callers looking for 'fun'.
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A replacement clear plastic shield for my welding helmet. Amazing how much clearer the view is now, I can actually see what I'm doing.
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Might help pay for a new true colour welding visor though
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Kerosene or paraffin.
How do you make sure you've got all the previous colour fuel out of it first to make sure the next colour is nice and pure?
My dad telling tales of sending apprentices for red lamp oil . . .
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How do you make sure you've got all the previous colour fuel out of it first to make sure the next colour is nice and pure?
My dad telling tales of sending apprentices for red lamp oil . . .
I’ve seen an apprentice turn an alloy wheel around the other way so the tyre direction was correct
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Earlier this evening, I collected a Jones & Shipman grinding vice. Its in great mechanical condition, but just filthy dirty and could use a freshening up. Said I wasn't going to be buying any more vices, but as I have a surface grinder, thought I'd take a punt and put in a low bid; which I was very surprised to have won.
Also, a couple of diamond wheel dressing tips arrived from the far east. £3.99 for the pair, including postage.
Also, a couple of diamond wheel dressing tips arrived from the far east. £3.99 for the pair, including postage.
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Today I got a bearing puller set in the post ..all the way from Schorndorf Germany ... four days earlier than advised 
. I purchased it from over there because every time I tried to buy off a UK site it kept coming back out of stock , available for backorder some time in mid to late December.
The three pullers in the set looked good on Amazon , it looked like it was made in Germany as the box was all printed up in German French and English .
In truth it is crappy Chinese jobby in a printed up box .
The main thrust screws screws are at 86 or so degree instead of being at right angles to the spiders , the leg links that connect the legs to the spiders are differing in sizes up to 2 mm between pivot holes , the only way they can be made to work after a fashion is that they have put 2.5 mm over size bolt holes in them . These links are also very much off set radiused at the ends ..so much so that they actually fouled the spiders instead of allowing a rotation that allows the legs to hang out in equal amounts. The bolts they have used for th pivot pins are full thread mild steel screws with plain nuts . One gentle pull flattened much of those pivot bolt threads .
The legs :- from pivot holes to the slightly ground back cut jaws is any thing up to 2. mm in difference of distance so trying to get a 90 degree square on pull is awkward to say the least . Had to free hand drill a decent 1/4 " deep counter sunk hole in th shaft end so the pullers thrust bolt stayed put centrally in the shaft end .
They are supposed to be drop forged steel ..they gave off the biggest globs of fat orange mild steel round sparks I've ever seen.
Final bitch about them the thrust bolts bolts on all three pullers are mild steel with very roughly cut threads & cheaply plated look at the picture of the thrust screw.... it's rusty so is the leg in the same picture . , the heads of the bolts are neither metric , AF , BSF or Whitworth . They have been run over a grinder to give an unequal six sided head . even my 8 inch adjustable struggled with them due to the differences across the flats.
I accepted the extortionate cost for them as I want to get my lathe back up & running . Price wise 25 euro for the three sets of pullers ( comparable to UK prices when they are available ) but then they slapped me with the standard EU export tariff of 21 euro as P&P total cost 44.90 euro .
Oh what I do to have a quality Pickavant set of pullers it's been a 55 year old desire that's remained unrequited . ,,,,but I can't get a second mortgage for them ( Even at second hand prices ? ) .
after warming
I finally warmed the bearing with a small gas blowlamp to hand hot hot & got the bearing pulled off with ease after putting an old bicycle chain round the legs to stop them spreading out & coming off .
. I purchased it from over there because every time I tried to buy off a UK site it kept coming back out of stock , available for backorder some time in mid to late December.The three pullers in the set looked good on Amazon , it looked like it was made in Germany as the box was all printed up in German French and English .
In truth it is crappy Chinese jobby in a printed up box .
The main thrust screws screws are at 86 or so degree instead of being at right angles to the spiders , the leg links that connect the legs to the spiders are differing in sizes up to 2 mm between pivot holes , the only way they can be made to work after a fashion is that they have put 2.5 mm over size bolt holes in them . These links are also very much off set radiused at the ends ..so much so that they actually fouled the spiders instead of allowing a rotation that allows the legs to hang out in equal amounts. The bolts they have used for th pivot pins are full thread mild steel screws with plain nuts . One gentle pull flattened much of those pivot bolt threads .
The legs :- from pivot holes to the slightly ground back cut jaws is any thing up to 2. mm in difference of distance so trying to get a 90 degree square on pull is awkward to say the least . Had to free hand drill a decent 1/4 " deep counter sunk hole in th shaft end so the pullers thrust bolt stayed put centrally in the shaft end .
They are supposed to be drop forged steel ..they gave off the biggest globs of fat orange mild steel round sparks I've ever seen.
Final bitch about them the thrust bolts bolts on all three pullers are mild steel with very roughly cut threads & cheaply plated look at the picture of the thrust screw.... it's rusty so is the leg in the same picture . , the heads of the bolts are neither metric , AF , BSF or Whitworth . They have been run over a grinder to give an unequal six sided head . even my 8 inch adjustable struggled with them due to the differences across the flats.
I accepted the extortionate cost for them as I want to get my lathe back up & running . Price wise 25 euro for the three sets of pullers ( comparable to UK prices when they are available ) but then they slapped me with the standard EU export tariff of 21 euro as P&P total cost 44.90 euro .
Oh what I do to have a quality Pickavant set of pullers it's been a 55 year old desire that's remained unrequited . ,,,,but I can't get a second mortgage for them ( Even at second hand prices ? ) .
after warming
I finally warmed the bearing with a small gas blowlamp to hand hot hot & got the bearing pulled off with ease after putting an old bicycle chain round the legs to stop them spreading out & coming off .
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The things are hewn together from pure chinesium, they've never seen Germany.
But there are clues on the box:
- It doesn't say "Made in Germany" anywhere, because then it would have been justifiable and could have been taken off the market;
- The barcode starts with 87, goods that actually come from Germany usually start with 40;
- According to the barcode, the crap comes from
Interbosch B.V., Toermalijnstraat 11, 1812 RL ALKMAAR, The Netherlands,
Telefon: +31725405024 / Telefax: +31725405024 / E-Mail: Daniel@Interbosch.nl / Internet: http://www.interbosch.nl;
- On the box, they didn't always write their alleged German name the same way;
- The Dutch designation comes first;
- Only in third place is a designation that has been remotely imitated from German, but is still not a German designation;
- Other clues.
The presumed short delivery time indicates that the part was already in the UK and that someone has found a way to skim off the supposed price increases due to Brexit for their own pockets without having to pay them themselves.
What also doesn't help is the fact that many of the EU consumer protection regulations no longer apply to you, something like that will increase, all the crap one can't get rid of here in sufficient numbers will be dumped on you....
Guys, you have a German forist among you who sees something like this at first glance and has also already paid mountains of apprenticeship money himself on crap, so he knows one or two of the current tricks.
You should ask him before you buy something that claims to be German, he'll be happy to help.
Nice weekend everybody
Carsten
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MetalMonkey
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If you want made in Germany pullers, try looking at Kukko. I think they still are.
You'll find they are about the same sort of money as Sykes.
You'll find they are about the same sort of money as Sykes.
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The nice buxum lady at my Local British Heart foundation was kind to me.
Put aside 2 bags for me.
She put this small bundle aside for me, asked for a suitable donation of £40. For both bags.
So I paid £45.
I got this in bag 1
1/2 oz 1953 GPO weight.
Oh well.
But wait ............................................
There is more.
Stanley adjustable and a set of wire cutters.
Things..................................
A Thing.
A compass, not a bad item., ignor the 2021 sticker, I know were that came from.
Finaly.
A Whitehouse Slaters Hammer.
Put aside 2 bags for me.
She put this small bundle aside for me, asked for a suitable donation of £40. For both bags.
So I paid £45.
I got this in bag 1
1/2 oz 1953 GPO weight.
Oh well.
But wait ............................................
There is more.
Stanley adjustable and a set of wire cutters.
Things..................................
A Thing.
A compass, not a bad item., ignor the 2021 sticker, I know were that came from.
Finaly.
A Whitehouse Slaters Hammer.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bag two from the bundle above.
A few brown box's and cases.
5kg of brown wooden box.
Shinny leather caes.
BNroken leather case.
At this point I only knew what was in one of them.
Woden box.
A old test set.
Leather case No. 1
8mm Clock work Cinie Camera.
A quick test showed it may be in working condition. It even has the original cleaning tissues.
Finally, this nice old camera.
This does need a lot of attention.
This as far as I dared to open it.
A few brown box's and cases.
5kg of brown wooden box.
Shinny leather caes.
BNroken leather case.
At this point I only knew what was in one of them.
Woden box.
A old test set.
Leather case No. 1
8mm Clock work Cinie Camera.
A quick test showed it may be in working condition. It even has the original cleaning tissues.
Finally, this nice old camera.
This does need a lot of attention.
This as far as I dared to open it.
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By the way, I'm still doing the same thing, even though I've long since known better.
Last week I noticed that a 3/16" Allen key was missing for the four-way turning tool holder of my - for me new - ML7.
I thought this won't be the last inch Allen key I painfully notice missing in the middle of the night and at the weekend, so for now I'll buy a whole set made from chinesium for the price of a single quality Allen key, in time I'll realise which ones I really need and get those as quality tools.
Today the miracle tool arrived, my worst fears about the quality were undercut - some don't even fit loosely in the corresponing heads of the srews, the size changes over the lengths of a tool several times, each one has a diffent finish, ...
The junk goes back to the seller ASAP, he pays for the return collection.
Let them pay for what they do!My self-filed 3/16" Allen key from an old IKEA 5mm key fitted better than the corresponding specimen from the purchased set:
Again, the old pattern: a name that is supposed to sound German ("Stahlkaiser" like "Steel Emporer")
, some descriptions in something like Dutch, English and almost German.The barcode again gives it away:
Eurotools B.V., Instraat 5, 6021 AC BUDEL, The Netherlands, fon: +31495430460, fax: +31495430460, eurotools@iae.nl
This rubbish dealer is even smaller than the previous one, no own colourful website, the eMail address is hosted by a Dutch ISP.
The difference is that I knew beforehand what was probably coming ....
Carsten
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Since I always carefully document the goods before returning them to obviously dubious sellers - one has experienced quite a lot by now - I might as well share with you a selection of exquisite Chinese craftsmanship for the European-American market.
The 3/32" is particularly beautiful; the inscription disappears after only two touches:
Have a nice saturday night all
Carsten
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They are made from pure knob cheese.Since I always carefully document the goods before returning them to obviously dubious sellers - one has experienced quite a lot by now - I might as well share with you a selection of exquisite Chinese craftsmanship for the European-American market.
The 3/32" is particularly beautiful; the inscription disappears after only two touches:
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Have a nice saturday night all
Carsten
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@Johnnybravo Ebay said it was hall effect haha , as long as it reads RPM roughly I will be happy whatever sensor it is
