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

[25.4_mechanic]

Today a rather small, rather late tool rescue.

Interesting dialogue -
Q: "How much do you want for it?"
A: "Just give me enough to see that you're not a scrap dealer and have it melted down."

This could be demonstrated quite easily and cheaply.

First of all, something for the wood and soil:

The tin snips are labelled "V2A" - since they are visibly not made of this material, they seem to be intended for cutting V2A sheet metal, though there is no indication of the sheet thickness - so what force I can muster the snips can manage anyway ...?!?

Because of the swing of the handles, the pliers seem to be intended more for twisting and less for cutting ...


A wealth of number and letter punches, some in hand-soldered tin boxes.

Fortunately, these special punch numbers are also suitable for large numbers and the punch letters are in German and English.

Some nice special characters are also included: Large arrow, slash, the small i from the iPhone, continuation punch, small arrow.

A pretty nice little caliper from Mauser:

For a very specific purpose:

The data of the most important metric threads on the caliper is still normal (today, however, probably more to be expected in the form of a sticker).

Here, however, a very specific job was equipped:
Who needs to know at a glance what round or square material weighs in a measured diameter ....
... Building fitter? Incoming goods inspector? ....?


So much for now.

Have a lovely evening and a good night,

Carsten

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[25.4_mechanic]

Then there was a bit of watchmaker's tool:

Particularly funny was the inscription on one of the chisels (the bent one, of all things)
"C.-V.-Selbsthärtestahl" for chrome vanadium self-hardening steel.

Not only does this designation certainly come from the marketing office and not from the research department, but the last letter is missing and it has not been lost through wear or the like, it was never there.

Conclusion: A product from the German-speaking world is to be simulated here for the international market, made by people without the slightest knowledge of the German language - this seems to have started quite early.


And a bit of mixed stuff, some of it quite old and some with interesting details.

Nice detail on this rather old 19/22 open-end spanner:
the 19 is embossed, the 22 is raised, so that the mechanic can also feel blindly where which end of this spanner is.

A little bit of everything here ....
strange that this is the first Fiat on-board tool spanner I get to see, given the presumed huge amount there will be of them, as often as they were used ...


A quality chuck, the purpose of which is still not entirely clear to me: On one side you can clamp round or, for example, hexagonal material from 3-16mm, that much is clear .... but at the other end there is then no machine mount, at least none that I know of ...

And I also treated myself to a new pair of pliers, many a time I have wished for a fine pair with a longer reach, yesterday I bought an engine oil filter and the bill looked too measly to get the card out, so I strolled along the tool wall ....

I don't know anything about this manufacturer and haven't had anything from them before (as far as I know ...), let's see ...


Have a wonderful weekend, the weather here promises to be fantastic...

Carsten

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[Moose McAlpine]

I don't know anything about this manufacturer and haven't had anything from them before (as far as I know ...), let's see ...

I think Vigor is owned by Hazet. Like Carolus to Gedore.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I think Vigor is owned by Hazet. Like Carolus to Gedore.

Thanks for the info, I won't complain.

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By the way, I have to confess that because of your moose and its yellow-blue colours I tried for a long time to understand
your location "Norf Lund'n" as a Swedish place (Lund etc.) until I finally thought of trying it phonetically, then I had it ...

I only had to show it to my older son once, and he got it right away ...


Carsten

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[Nick DV]

Today I thought I acquired some stump grinder teeth, box looked a tad on the large side

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Inside was a plastic log and flowers, WTF
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I've just seen this and when I saw what was inside I've 'squirted' coffee out of my nose all over my desk

 

[Migmac]

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I acquired/ won this a few days ago. It’s a brand of tools I’ve never had or used. It’s a Skil 9021, 600w. It feels well built, a bit heavy maybe ( 1.7kg). The on off button is stiff but I’ll get used to it. Can’t say much more about it at the moment, hopefully get to use it over the weekend

Got to use this today. The on/off button is stiff and a bit awkward to use. That said the grinder did everything I asked it to do, grinding and cutting. For a 600w machine it has plenty grunt. Pretty pleased with my “purchase”

 

[Gragson]

Today I thought I acquired some stump grinder teeth, box looked a tad on the large side

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Inside was a plastic log and flowers, WTF
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A few weeks back I ordered a plastic fridge box and got a wooden barrel planter!

I ordered 3 lathe handles and today these arrived NSK 1205 bearings (Japan) - if these bearings were made in Japan I'll eat my Toupee !

What made me laugh was the reply from the Chinese ebay seller "OMG my colleague in the warehouse is such an idiot!" as soon as I get the handles they will be going in the freebees if anyone wants the risk.



Maybe we should start a thread on... best not tempt fate

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Had lunch on a beech today.
Walking back to the van I found the following two itrms.

A hand blown ink well bottle, complete with bubbles and a silver plated spoon.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Today I acquired a new, in the plastic bag, 20" grab bar at a local charity shop. It cost less than the two donuts I bought at the Greggs bakery nearby.
It also passed the magnet test, and is stainless steel. Later in the day I purchased what's in the black box, but that will be for another thread.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Plus I got some more stuff.
The kind staff put some bits aside for me.

LHS is a 1953 40/60 Bofor HE Case.

The RHS is a 1917 British 2ponder case, made into some trench art.


Got my self a car as well. In a garage. £0.50p.

I recall my Grandfather having one of theses type oil cans. I hope some on here knows the makers name.

Why does Animal looked so scared?


I found this in a scrap bin, needs aclean to find the thread size.

Amother blast from the past.

The box was full and it even works.

I also got a Hay knife.
This will go with the Silage cutter I got a while ago.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My friend callled me a rude word when I told him I spent £ on a tin and a dice.

Some older members may recall the shade of the tin.

The contents?

Brass imperial fixings.
Two hooks and two clips. They are the give away items.

 

[Maker]

Some older members may recall the shade of the tin.

Does that make me old? I grew up making Meccano cranes, still got a couple of crates of it. Lego Technic was good but Meccano was better because I had more of it.

 

[DAPPH]

Last night I acquired a 10, maybe 12' dia trampoline frame. Well, in reality I took one down to make way for a veg patch.

What to do with the old frame, tubular steel net supports, bfo disc of black springy trampoline, sections of the safety net that are salvageable?

I've l kept the 12 interlocking up rights . Putting a six inch x 10 mm long eyebolt in one at the waisted end backing it with big washers a plain nut & a nylock nut at the un-eyed side so it has the eye along the axis.

For the bottom I've a heat exchanger plate out of an old 30 yr old oil fired boiler , it's some 350 x 350 mm sq. and 5 mm thick . I've welded a 3 inch long bit of thick walled steel tube to the cross over point in the middle that fits a neat hole saw cut hole .& welded the tube in on both sides .
The tube is an easy fit in the widest end of an up right tube. Using a reasonable chain link style carabiner I've attached a quality (150 kg tested )plastic pulley to the eye bolt and use a 6 mm x 10 mtr rope through the pulley .

I've made a spreader bar and welded an eye on it across the angle out of 1.87 mtrs of equal angle iron . Put it all together the pulley's tube sections all seven of them stand over the stub of tube in the boiler plate the free end of the rope is attached to the spreader bar with a horses spring lead clip . The spreader bar is held to fence panels about six inches from each end to give as wide a spread as possible for lifting .

I've use this extendable pole of uprights to haul up new fence panels so I can slot them in the H section concrete set in concrete post on my own in windy conditions , lashing the assembled tower of uprights vertically to a cross bar of 3x2 timber held in big G 9 inch clamps between two fence posts . It's been a god send .. 22 fence panels costing £ 28 each plus vat fitted for nothing . A land scaping company wanted £ 3K to put in straight from the builder merchants panels & were going to send two guys and a truck . I got the builders merchants to deliver them

I sprayed all 22 panels twice on each side with Cupronal ( sp?) clear wood preserver and a few days later with 2 coats each side a, edges ,bottom & top with Finnegan's wood sealer . Any panels that had to be " adjusted got treated 7 sealed where I'd planed wood away .

One thing & had to do was set the panels laid flat on some bricks and than interleave them with roofing batons so the wind could dry the sopping wet panels out for a few weeks , Covering each stack of laid flat panels with a bit of tarp & brick weights , had two stacks of 12 panels each ..spares for making up bespoke panels that were only 3/4 or less of a full panel .
The amusing thing was the height shrinkage of the flat panels . we must have lost nearly three inches in stack height by the time I decided they were dry enough to absorb the preservative and sealers .

Being interlocking tube , three sets of tube stand easily inside the highedst corner of my garade . I've also used the tubes as a set of Egyptian rollers to move a 1/2 ton boulder 20 mtrs or more on 30 mm of construction ply on my own .

 

[Onoff]

I've l kept the 12 interlocking up rights . Putting a six inch x 10 mm long eyebolt in one at the waisted end backing it with big washers a plain nut & a nylock nut at the un-eyed side so it has the eye along the axis.

For the bottom I've a heat exchanger plate out of an old 30 yr old oil fired boiler , it's some 350 x 350 mm sq. and 5 mm thick . I've welded a 3 inch long bit of thick walled steel tube to the cross over point in the middle that fits a neat hole saw cut hole .& welded the tube in on both sides .
The tube is an easy fit in the widest end of an up right tube. Using a reasonable chain link style carabiner I've attached a quality (150 kg tested )plastic pulley to the eye bolt and use a 6 mm x 10 mtr rope through the pulley .

I've made a spreader bar and welded an eye on it across the angle out of 1.87 mtrs of equal angle iron . Put it all together the pulley's tube sections all seven of them stand over the stub of tube in the boiler plate the free end of the rope is attached to the spreader bar with a horses spring lead clip . The spreader bar is held to fence panels about six inches from each end to give as wide a spread as possible for lifting .

I've use this extendable pole of uprights to haul up new fence panels so I can slot them in the H section concrete set in concrete post on my own in windy conditions , lashing the assembled tower of uprights vertically to a cross bar of 3x2 timber held in big G 9 inch clamps between two fence posts . It's been a god send .. 22 fence panels costing £ 28 each plus vat fitted for nothing . A land scaping company wanted £ 3K to put in straight from the builder merchants panels & were going to send two guys and a truck . I got the builders merchants to deliver them

I sprayed all 22 panels twice on each side with Cupronal ( sp?) clear wood preserver and a few days later with 2 coats each side a, edges ,bottom & top with Finnegan's wood sealer . Any panels that had to be " adjusted got treated 7 sealed where I'd planed wood away .

One thing & had to do was set the panels laid flat on some bricks and than interleave them with roofing batons so the wind could dry the sopping wet panels out for a few weeks , Covering each stack of laid flat panels with a bit of tarp & brick weights , had two stacks of 12 panels each ..spares for making up bespoke panels that were only 3/4 or less of a full panel .
The amusing thing was the height shrinkage of the flat panels . we must have lost nearly three inches in stack height by the time I decided they were dry enough to absorb the preservative and sealers .

Being interlocking tube , three sets of tube stand easily inside the highedst corner of my garade . I've also used the tubes as a set of Egyptian rollers to move a 1/2 ton boulder 20 mtrs or more on 30 mm of construction ply on my own .

I've had a beer, any chance of a photo?

 

[magnet]

Pulled this out of the scrap today OK but for a minor oil leak. It'll do to replace the chainblock I have in my loft for lifting stuff up there

 

[Cheesie]

found this while clearing out the shed belonged to the wife's grandfather made by Moore and wright, doubt I'll use it,

 

[dobbslc]

Pulled this out of the scrap today OK but for a minor oil leak. It'll do to replace the chainblock I have in my loft for lifting stuff up thereView attachment 339256

Silverline, I wouldn't stand under it...

 

[DAPPH]

I've had a beer, any chance of a photo?

Yes, later .
I've had a cup of late breakfast tea and will be showering very soon .

 

[Onoff]

and will be showering very soon .

I don't want a picture of that...

 

[minimutly]

Thanks for the info, I won't complain.

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By the way, I have to confess that because of your moose and its yellow-blue colours I tried for a long time to understand
your location "Norf Lund'n" as a Swedish place (Lund etc.) until I finally thought of trying it phonetically, then I had it ...

I only had to show it to my older son once, and he got it right away ...


Carsten

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Still not getting the moose with his hand down his pants though....