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

[Memmeddu]

Is the Pope Catholic?

I love this line, I use it often myself.
It reminds me my youngest days too, there's a GTA San Andreas mission where CJ says that in answer to an obvious question

 

[lotus_esprit_s1]

Those Solon irons are great, I have three of different wattages. When you take it to bits be aware that the element inside the blade is wrapped in layers of friable asbestos.

I picked one of those up identical the other day, purely as a wind up to watch the local nervous electrician freak out when he is next PAT testing at work. I took the biggest out of the three that were being binned for maximum comedy value but are you suggesting it may actually be useful?!!

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I have exactly the same puller, boxed and unused. It should have a short Tommy bar to turn it. The box doesn’t have a makers name but “part number 1571“ and “made in west Germany” I know this as I unearthed it this evening and was going to stick it on here for a tenner but it seemed too nice to get rid of, although I have never used it!

Can I see pictures of that one and the box, pls?

Thank you,

Carsten

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[Pete.]

I picked one of those up identical the other day, purely as a wind up to watch the local nervous electrician freak out when he is next PAT testing at work. I took the biggest out of the three that were being binned for maximum comedy value but are you suggesting it may actually be useful?!!

Dear lord yes if you ever have to solder a heavy cable into a chunky ferrule they are teriffic. Smaller irons get the heat sucked out of the tip too quickly then the heat transferrs into the cable and cooks the insulation. I had another one but I gave it to my nephew so that he could solder the chunky power connectors onto his lipo-powered RC car motors.

 

[DAPPH]

To think mine moans I bought her 5L of car shampoo and another of screenwash one Christmas!

Christmas & Boxing Day food ... lashings of hot tongue & a lot of cold shoulder with a quality whine at every serving ?

 

[DAPPH]

How is it your sisters fault people have had Rona?

She went out & about unmasked even when she knew she was infected with covid 19 and also when she got Delta a year later . Even though I told her I'd pay for a Tesco delivery or get a friend who lives near by to drop off food at her front door
She has a stupid bit of heat sealed paper she got off one of her faceache mates that she hangs round her silly neck ..it says something like " Due to a medical condition I am excused wearing a face mask .

 

[bricol]

Dear lord yes if you ever have to solder a heavy cable into a chunky ferrule they are teriffic. Smaller irons get the heat sucked out of the tip too quickly then the heat transferrs into the cable and cooks the insulation. I had another one but I gave it to my nephew so that he could solder the chunky power connectors onto his lipo-powered RC car motors.

The last time my dads got used I was 16/17 soldering nicad battery packs for my 1/10 buggy back in 1986/7. Think back then I had to change the lead as the original rubber insulated one . . . wasn't.

I went for a little rummage earlier and it's right where I thought it was - handle has developed a crack though.

 

[DAPPH]

A very nice bit of paper, with numbers and words on it.

£768.98.

Shame I can not spend it.
Took a load of dead jewerly and a few dead watches to a dealer I know and weighed them in.

Funds going to MIS to pay off our consumable account with out hitting our limite reserves.

We used to clear the county police stock of stolen & dumped cycles . It paid us handsomely to strip everything down to the basic components on anything that was going to cost us money and then weigh all the valuables in . It's surprising how many brass spoke nuts we managed to get over 18 month as well as high grade aluminium rims and stainless or high tensile spokes .
Prior to me instigating that the blokes were daft enough to spend £40 or more on doing up a cycle for someone & then sell it to them for £15 or less .

 

[bricol]

A couple of digital micrometers from fleabay

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I bought one identical looking to the right hand one maybe 15 yrs ago - took it into work and checked it with QA standards - cock-on. Carved a hole in the lid foam to stop it turning back on all the time.

Some crazy price like a fiver!

 

[DAPPH]

A Sherman acdc Tig Can't wait to fire it up, just need some argon first, but wish I didn't have to pay another hobbyweld bottle deposit.

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Take great care in ensuring that the bottle valve does not leak when it is turned off after opening up a new one. I've had two of their argon bottles leak away because I didn't disconnect and use soapy water to see if had in fact sealed off.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Some large bolts that were on clearance when I put in an order - I haven't worked out why I need them yet, but I'm sure I'll figure something out...
M30, M27 and M24, can't go wrong for about 75p each!

(M6 nut for scale)

 

[DAPPH]

Dunno about HIM coz he's in France where they're so randy they probably do it all day for free

Over here paying for sexual services is legal but operating brothels and soliciting on the street etc is not.

Isn't that why marriage is classed as legal prostitution?

 

[DAPPH]

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Some large bolts that were on clearance when I put in an order - I haven't worked out why I need them yet, but I'm sure I'll figure something out...
M30, M27 and M24, can't go wrong for about 75p each!

(M6 nut for scale)

If you have a lathe they can make ideal billets for turning down . .. far cheaper than buying steel stock & paying for delivery .

 

[DAPPH]

I love paraffin lamps!

I grew up with them till I was eleven , no wonder us four kids had chest problems in the winter months that have plagued us all in to old age.

 

[DAPPH]

My first 15 watt Solon electric iron was a HUGE step up when I was making crystal sets as a 9 year old. Prior to that it was a copper lump iron heated on the gas stove. My Grandfather made me a large tea tray lined with sheet zinc to stop further damage to the scrubbed pine kitchen table. That tray was also used for the Mamod steam engine with it's meths burner and my brother and I playing with WW1 candle trench lanterns complete with slit lenses.

. . . kids were trusted to do things in those days, and the BBC was the Home Service

My first soldering iron was made from a copper penny in 1960 , heated to red and beaten round the end of a de ringed metal meat skewer , once it was tight & cold I filed it to a screwdriver type tip. After borrowing one of dads file handles I had to use the Baby Belling worktop oven to get it hot enough for soldering up my crystal set . I still have a mental picture of a shoe polish sized green tin of resin flux with a mans cartoon face on it .

Like this but in a flat tin.

 

[RichardM]

are you suggesting it may actually be useful?!!

I'd love one, as @Pete. says, big connectors take the heat away from the joint and reduce tip temp so the whole lot gets hot, but the part you want to solder doesn't flow properly.

 

[James1979]

I picked one of those up identical the other day, purely as a wind up to watch the local nervous electrician freak out when he is next PAT testing at work. I took the biggest out of the three that were being binned for maximum comedy value but are you suggesting it may actually be useful?!!

Really useful. Battery terminals and such like. I lent mine to a pal and he left it out in the rain

Nothing comes close really. The sort of thing you use once in a while but when you need it you need it

 

[MattF]

I still have a mental picture of a shoe polish sized green tin of resin flux with a mans cartoon face on it .

Like this but in a flat tin.

I have a tin or two of that stuff.

 

[dobbslc]

I got box's
I am happy. Some had bubble wrap.

Is it the bubble wrap that keeps you happy or the contents?

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Hello to all,

I have not yet got any further with the assignment of this company logo, so the question: Does anyone know this logo?

In any case, it does not seem to be Pratt&Whitney - as has been suggested here ...

Thank you

Carsten

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