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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few days I uncovered theses two drill tubes.

Taken a few days to ease the caps off.

I was surprized to see the contents.

Both drills are unused.

 

[indy4x]

Found this on eBay at a reasonable price, now have a full set of imperial combination spanners again

 

[Keith 66]

Bloke across the road runs an office fitting firm in london, today he filled a skip with 18mm mdf 12mm Sycamore faced mdf, smallest bits a meter square, most of it nearly full sheets, some already edged as shelves. Me & a neighbour filled our boots & took about 4 sheets worth each but as ever havent got anywhere to store any more.
Try buying the stuff these days!

 

[roblane65]

Nice

 

[Gragson]

To cover my cheapo welding tat.
From the Undercover workshop, he's pretty fastidious on dims, rightly so, his idea for the slope and velcro but I said I didn't want it generous so I could still wheel the trolly covered.

Worked out well very well.

 

[Brad93]

To cover my cheapo welding tat.
From the Undercover workshop, he's pretty fastidious on dims, rightly so, his idea for the slope and velcro but I said I didn't want it generous so I could still wheel the trolly covered.

Worked out well very well.

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Must get one of those for the S3 and one for the hypertherm

 

[roofman]

This times 2 for the plasma cutter i bought off Gerrymoore (Gerry) ..cheap as chips for the PT31 torch

 

[Moose McAlpine]

£185-worth of bearings, oil and a seal and pinion nut.


Now i need to make a diff housing spreader so i can put all this in my Sprinter's diff before it goes bang.

 

[minimutly]

Today I got myself a set of tyres for the Jag xf, and found out why the front nearside has been dropping presdure for some months. So now I have three new tyres, one new one in the boot and a used wheel on its way from someone in Bristol selling single wheels to people like me...

 

[Onoff]

Must get one of those for the S3 and one for the hypertherm

Do you use Putts in Beacontree Heath for covers?

 

[Brad93]

Do you use Putts in Beacontree Heath for covers?

No I was going to use the Undercover Workshop guy

 

[Onoff]

No I was going to use the Undercover Workshop guy

You know how XR is for stuff, a tad back street etc. Putts I've been using for nearly 40 years for "covers". Sail makers foremost. Not even sure if Mike is still alive. They did a load of the refit work after the Cutty Sark fire.

 

[roblane65]

To cover my cheapo welding tat.
From the Undercover workshop, he's pretty fastidious on dims, rightly so, his idea for the slope and velcro but I said I didn't want it generous so I could still wheel the trolly covered.

Worked out well very well.

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What was the cost if you don't mind me asking ................. has he a website ?

 

[Kayos]

Not workshop related but will keep me sane during half term

Austrian Audio Hi-X15 review

What Hi-Fi? Awards 2023 winner. Talented and affordable wired headphones for the home

www.whathifi.com

Still running them in but they run rings around my much more expensive HD650s and being closed back I can wear them when I'm in company

I have even broken out the 96khz recordings, seriously impressed and would recommend if you have a decent DAC to run them from, plug them into a laptop and you will be disappointed

 

[Maker]

What DAC are you using? I had a Fiio e10k for a while but returned it, I wasn't convinced I could hear a difference compared to my laptop. I keep thinking about buying another to use with my phone now I don't have a headphone port.

 

[Kayos]

What DAC are you using? I had a Fiio e10k for a while but returned it, I wasn't convinced I could hear a difference compared to my laptop. I keep thinking about buying another to use with my phone now I don't have a headphone port.

Cyrus Soundkey, makes a huge difference imo

 

[Gragson]

What was the cost if you don't mind me asking ................. has he a website ?

Home | The Undercover Works

www.theundercoverworkshop.co.uk

Made to measure in the fabric and colour I wanted was £37 posted for that. But there are loads of options if you want breathable or waterproof etc.
Think he has some off the peg options, but I've always emailed with details - then he comes back with a hundred questions Jonny, dear dear Jonny - good bloke

 

[roblane65]

Thanks .

 

[DAPPH]

Some 2mm copper rivets for a small restoration:

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A few stainless spring steel strips in 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5mm - also for a restoration:

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A jig for grinding drills to the correct angle - another thing I'm nowhere near as good at as I'd like:

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And a supply set of O-rings of at most medium quality, I can find for some time increasingly rare the right one in stock,
special O-rings I get anyway at the well-stocked specialist dealer:

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Have a pleasant evening all,

Carsten

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Tip :-
Use two same sized big hex nuts welded , super glued flat to flat or taped up tight to give you a ready made 120 degree angle and keep the grinds equal on each side of the web of the drill . The clearance angle also needs to be the same each side and actually be a cutting angle not as I've often seen a surface that's been ground back beyond any hope of it being a cutting or clearance angle .

Bearing boys .co.uk have an amazing range of " O " rings in metric & imperial in all sorts of rubbers .

 

[MikeBB1970]

Thought I'd post this as there are some on here who work with printed circuit boards. Lidl had these 2.1 > 3.0 mm ten piece Micro Drill Bit Set's for £4.99 today. I almost missed seeing them as there were only a few in a small basket.

Edit: Also, my Wife picked up a couple of packets of magnets while we were there, she thought they would be good for posting up to do lists for me in the garage. £1.29 each or two for £2.oo , I can visualize a list being put up on every machine.

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Purchased about the same time as yourself, I've used the little drill set already and the hand held o/s eventually turned up .