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Yeah, you have a point there.When has need ever played any part in most purchases?
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When has need ever played any part in most purchases?
This keeps one's brain on its toes: how often do you get to the point when, after all the "can't get it that cheap again" and "it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" SWMBO is just asking you: "Yes, I get it, but do you really need it?" -
The brain acrobatics
that then begin are always the funniest thing I find about me ... who is to believe that rubbish? .... 
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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!
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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.
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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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That's a novel design but it restricts the size of part that can be held vertically because the moving jaw moves back behind the edge of the bench it's fixed to.
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I've always had an appreciation for quality tools and finely made items. Unfortunately, many of those items of yesteryear are a thing of the past, as we now live in a throwaway world where quality has been replaced by cheaper quantity. Really, its a no brainer to spend money wisely on good products from a bygone era, as you can be confident they will only increase in value and desirability in the future.
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Get them to get in insurance funded mixed skip for you to dispose of the mess that came off their place .? They can always ask if the wording of their insurance claim is put well and get one.View attachment 333429
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..
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Does it have the name WELLER on the printed label of the slide shown ? Maybe that's a starting point .
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On the theme of solidly engineered items I got a 15 ton bottle jack - labelled Volvo but whether they had anything to do with it's construction I don't know. But at least it pre-dates the Chinese Invasion and is pretty stout. I could have bought a brand new one from the far east for less but preferred not to - so I didn't
Jack handle was from a different jack and wouldn't fit the release screw so I had to re-work the end to suit and also replaced the roll pin !
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They came in older Volvo truck tool kits.
I've bought a couple more bottle jacks lately too.
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Yes you do.I have got to stop reading this thread, have to think " No No No I don't need one of these. "
Just do it.
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The wife got a new living room carpet, so my workshop got a new carpet
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True, same with the old oil soaked one, I do vacuum after creating swarf - and no welding on the carpetFixed it for you
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Nice home shop !
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No hot work done there, I seem to spend a bit of time sitting or lying on the floor working on bikes, my dad did the same with old carpets for the last 50 years. If it was my workplace I would not have a carpet.
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Easy enough to shove a rubber mat in front of the lathe etc., & who doesn't have a doormat for wiping their boots on in their workshop, (or am I alone on that one?
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over the last few a new 5m komelon tape and angle marking gauge from axminster ( I do like these tapes put a nick in me last one on tuesday so wasn't going to long ! ) and I can't resit calling in when passing . Usually costs me £££££££££.
and 5kg reel of lincoln supramig 0.8 from IFL.
and 5kg reel of lincoln supramig 0.8 from IFL.
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This afternoon I collected the rest of the stuff I bought from my neighbour:
Hinges, the three large ones have never been used, 1.2m long
Some big tensioners and large threaded rod
A lot of mixed steel and, the best bit, the one on the left (next to my current one which is no tiddler):
Hinges, the three large ones have never been used, 1.2m long
Some big tensioners and large threaded rod
A lot of mixed steel and, the best bit, the one on the left (next to my current one which is no tiddler):
