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

[Kram]

Cladding from the house opposite
Can we ask them to take/dispose of it, or is it now our problem?
Im relatively sure that no one would try to put old damaged stuff back up.

Odd as the wind hasnt touched our stuff, other than bird feeder and a couple of top heavy plants. I left a tarp by the house with only a screw driver weighting it and still there..

 

[Pete.]

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Cladding from the house opposite
Can we ask them to take/dispose of it, or is it now our problem?
Im relatively sure that no one would try to put old damaged stuff back up.

Odd as the wind hasnt touched our stuff, other than bird feeder and a couple of top heavy plants. I left a tarp by the house with only a screw driver weighting it and still there..

I'd just gather it up and dump it back into their garden.

 

[sako243]

A lot more firewood (trunk is about 3-4ft in diameter)

More ****** off about this than the fact I've now got two holes in my roof. I've got most of a wood that's been hit by ash dieback, have any of those come down instead?

 

[zzr1200]

Acquired these today, just in case...........hopefully some play time soon......

Sorry Sako, I'd come and give you a hand if I lived closer...

 

[sako243]

Sorry Sako, I'd come and give you a hand if I lived closer...

I've got plenty of accomodation and plenty of venison in the freezer if that tempts you

To be fair cutting it up won't take long with the 562XP - that thing likes to eat wood. It's all the dealing with it afterwards. I may need to build another log shed, the current one at 4.8x2.4m I don't think is big enough anymore...

 

[My Old Landy]

I have a trailer full of steel pics on Sunday as I am too tired to unload today and tomorrow we are off to the coast via picking up some ali from a forum member

 

[zzr1200]

I've got plenty of accomodation and plenty of venison in the freezer if that tempts you

To be fair cutting it up won't take long with the 562XP - that thing likes to eat wood. It's all the dealing with it afterwards. I may need to build another log shed, the current one at 4.8x2.4m I don't think is big enough anymore...

Mmmm...... whereabouts in wales???

My saws need some exercise, one hasn't done a great deal since 1987...

 

[sako243]

Mmmm...... whereabouts in wales???

Long way from Derbyshire, Pembrokeshire border.

 

[brewdexta]

I overheard the girls talking about "our" microscope. Other than the one that clips to your phone, I was unaware we had one. Evidently it was given to us recently by a neighbour. It doesn't look like a precision instrument, but its old, like me, and I like old things.

I don't think the paint is original, metallic camo? The box of slides are nice.

No sign of a makers name but what appear to something akin to roman numeral on the castings.

and it can limbo, must be the deluxe version.

Seems to work, the focus is stiff and there's a few foreign bodies in the optics, nothing a good clean won't sort.

 

[zzr1200]

Long way from Derbyshire, Pembrokeshire border.

I have relations in Newport-ish, but your still a fair way on from them, time wise...

PS:- Opps..My mistake they now live in between Port Talbot and Bridgend now, they used to live in some un-pronounceable/un-spell able place (thank god for What3Words) near Newport, but still a fair way from you...

 

[James1979]

Seemed rude not to.

Only buy klingspor usually and walked past the makita stand as I have Milwaukee. Pal text me and said had I seen them.

Will see if they’re any good but if not then they’re cheap so no worries

 

[zzr1200]

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Seemed rude not to.

Only buy klingspor usually and walked past the makita stand as I have Milwaukee. Pal text me and said had I seen them.

Will see if they’re any good but if not then they’re cheap so no worries

Result....

 

[Brad93]

They should of paid you to take them discs, they're not great. But for 39p a disc maybe you can throw one away every two minutes

 

[Farside]

I overheard the girls talking about "our" microscope. Other than the one that clips to your phone, I was unaware we had one. Evidently it was given to us recently by a neighbour. It doesn't look like a precision instrument, but its old, like me, and I like old things.

I don't think the paint is original, metallic camo? The box of slides are nice.

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No sign of a makers name but what appear to something akin to roman numeral on the castings.

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and it can limbo, must be the deluxe version.

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Seems to work, the focus is stiff and there's a few foreign bodies in the optics, nothing a good clean won't sort.

I suspect the markings and paint may be theft deterrents. Perhaps not the public, but other departments in a lab or school.

 

[Kayos]

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Seemed rude not to.

Only buy klingspor usually and walked past the makita stand as I have Milwaukee. Pal text me and said had I seen them.

Will see if they’re any good but if not then they’re cheap so no worries

I like how they have the banana sizes on them as well

 

[James1979]

They should of paid you to take them discs, they're not great. But for 39p a disc maybe you can throw one away every two minutes

That’s what I thought to be honest Brad. The klingspor ones are twice the price but probably twice as good. These will live in the truck. Site ones never last as long as workshop ones in my experience so they’ll do for that!

 

[Cobbler]

I suspect the markings and paint may be theft deterrents. Perhaps not the public, but other departments in a lab or school.

Didn’t work then ….

 

[25.4_mechanic]

A few days ago, a New Zealand forist asked HERE for the identification of a vice.

Fortunately, I was able to help a little.

After looking a bit closer at the details of this particular model from the GDR, I wanted one too ...

... it arrived today - someone packed it very well, obviously with brains!

Not as nice as the New Zealand one and certainly not as old, but mine and here!

What is absolutely amazing is the permanent parallelism of the jaws over the entire travel range of the rear movable jaw, no rocking when cranking and no change when clamping, just always parallel.

The dovetail guides are really amazingly precise.

More details will certainly be discussed in the workbench vice thread.

A nice evening to all

Carsten

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[Arc Tourist]

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A nice evening to all

Carsten

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I have got to stop reading this thread, have to think " No No No I don't need one of these. "

 

[MattF]

When has need ever played any part in most purchases?