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

[rosinante]

Today I bought this 6 inch Starrett combi square, paid the full asking price of £1 , been after a quality one for some time but all were at non justifiable prices
Chris

 

[RichardM]

Nice to see you got the scribe with it as well

 

[rosinante]

Today I went mad in a charity shop and spent £1.80 on these spanners that will live in my landrover, all 5 were in the pack ,

 

[Gragson]

My work mate in Berlin came through and forwarded on my Lidl pilot arc torch purchase,. don't know if they will ever be available in UK.
At 5 meters its twice the length of the original as well, 30 euro well spent, will fire it up tomorrow

 

[sardine]

A good root around in a DIY stores bin never disappoints.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a new lid courtesy of @Robbie260

 

[Robbie260]

Today I acquired a new lid courtesy of @Robbie260

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Glad it got there mate have fun with it.

 

[Gragson]

A good root around in a DIY stores bin never disappoints.View attachment 342646

Where is this bin? Just out of interest, I will never visit - honestly

 

[Moose McAlpine]

A good root around in a DIY stores bin never disappoints.View attachment 342646

Probably hidden there by the employees and you got there before they finished work.

 

[sardine]

Probably hidden there by the employees and you got there before they finished work.

Nah, just normal waste for those stores.

 

[MattF]

Nah, just normal waste for those stores.

Do you never get collared for going into service yards?

 

[DAPPH]

The guy who collects all my waste oil uses it to heat a shed full of quail, he keeps them for the eggs which he sells. He told me the shed has to be kept hot all year round for the quail, apparently they're very sensitive to cold weather.

Quail are also highly stressed suicide merchants , have one tiny nail point or bit of wire intruding into the inside of the cage or nesting boxes and they'll queue up to commit suicide on it .

 

[DAPPH]

I got one of theses via Yodel at 17.00 hrs today.. The steel transportation case is about half as thick as bean tin metal , The tool holder had torn through it leaving a 2 inch gash in the end wall , paint off the body in ten or more places ..due to the tools , spare brushes ,point and chisel taking a wander inside the packing on its 6,000 mile journey to me ?

Plenty of oil creep from joints & holes on the body but a quick wipe off and an unladen test run for three minutes to warm it up as per the manual , I always RTFM even on B&Q store cabinet assemblies )


As it weighs 27 kg I put it on my 4 wheel articulated garden trolley and dragged it off to where it's going to be used in anger tomorrow .
Set it up on a 40 foot heavy duty extension cable running out of the log cabin ,then breath held for a few seconds used it with the chisel to crack up five inches of lean mix topped with 40 mm vibrated cast slabs around the cast in situ pond I did 15 years ago .

It fair blew them apart .. heavy work for an old fool like me , glad I was called for teatime after I'd lifted 10 foot of this 2 foot wide edging and stored the beast away for the night .

All in all it's like a Kango medium demo hammer but at 2000 watt , I'm well pleased.
I spent a while looking on eBay for it and eventually found it on a site with UK stocks that dropped the price by £ 20 more from the sale price if I purchased it within 6 seconds plus an additional 15 % discount . Quite pleased, the same model was £198 + VAT & carriage three years ago . I paid £122 including carriage VAT already paid . .

I chose to purchase rather than hire as the local hire place only does 110 volt so I'd have to also hire a decent meaty transformer . As I'm 71 & 80 % disabled I can't always guarantee I can complete jobs in the hire periods . Plus I can always keep it clean & tidy then sell if for more than I paid for it in three years time ....
I sold a tip top looking Thule three cycle tow bar mounted cycle rack to fund the purchase . only paid £94 for it four years ago , sold it last week for £ 146 , Halfords price £ 220 or more new a week before Easter

 

[Onoff]

I got one of theses via Yodel at 17.00 hrs today.. The steel transportation case is about half as thick as bean tin metal , The tool holder had torn through it leaving a 2 inch gash in the end wall , paint off the body in ten or more places ..due to the tools , spare brushes ,point and chisel taking a wander inside the packing on its 6,000 mile journey to me ?

Plenty of oil creep from joints & holes on the body but a quick wipe off and an unladen test run for three minutes to warm it up as per the manual , I always RTFM even on B&Q store cabinet assemblies )


As it weighs 27 kg I put it on my 4 wheel articulated garden trolley and dragged it off to where it's going to be used in anger tomorrow .
Set it up on a 40 foot heavy duty extension cable running out of the log cabin ,then breath held for a few seconds used it with the chisel to crack up five inches of lean mix topped with 40 mm vibrated cast slabs around the cast in situ pond I did 15 years ago .

It fair blew them apart .. heavy work for an old fool like me , glad I was called for teatime after I'd lifted 10 foot of this 2 foot wide edging and stored the beast away for the night .

All in all it's like a Kango medium demo hammer but at 2000 watt , I'm well pleased.
I spent a while looking on eBay for it and eventually found it on a site with UK stocks that dropped the price by £ 20 more from the sale price if I purchased it within 6 seconds plus an additional 15 % discount . Quite pleased, the same model was £198 + VAT & carriage three years ago . I paid £122 including carriage VAT already paid . .

I chose to purchase rather than hire as the local hire place only does 110 volt so I'd have to also hire a decent meaty transformer . As I'm 71 & 80 % disabled I can't always guarantee I can complete jobs in the hire periods . Plus I can always keep it clean & tidy then sell if for more than I paid for it in three years time ....
I sold a tip top looking Thule three cycle tow bar mounted cycle rack to fund the purchase . only paid £94 for it four years ago , sold it last week for £ 146 , Halfords price £ 220 or more new a week before Easter

I've some old footings to break up. I've started a few times then stopped. Some kind soul has laid an old chain link fence in them back in the day!

 

[DAPPH]

I'm betting that my demo hammer would rip it apart if you used a four inch wide spade chisel on it .
Drop it in three foot lengths , pop in a 15 mm welded eye Raw bolt & use a small 2 ton chain hoist to drag the sections free of the soil so you can get at them easier and use an angle grinder or cheap bolt crops to take it down to manageable bits .
Make a six pin three legged field anchor out of 50x 50 x 5mm angle 600 mm long to tether the hoist to if you've nothing suitable or can't get your tow bar close enough for an anchor point .

 

[brewdexta]

The new Porch was delivered today, I could have sworn I said Porsche.....

 

[Farside]

I got one of theses via Yodel at 17.00 hrs today.. The steel transportation case is about half as thick as bean tin metal , The tool holder had torn through it leaving a 2 inch gash in the end wall , paint off the body in ten or more places ..due to the tools , spare brushes ,point and chisel taking a wander inside the packing on its 6,000 mile journey to me ?

Plenty of oil creep from joints & holes on the body but a quick wipe off and an unladen test run for three minutes to warm it up as per the manual , I always RTFM even on B&Q store cabinet assemblies )


As it weighs 27 kg I put it on my 4 wheel articulated garden trolley and dragged it off to where it's going to be used in anger tomorrow .
Set it up on a 40 foot heavy duty extension cable running out of the log cabin ,then breath held for a few seconds used it with the chisel to crack up five inches of lean mix topped with 40 mm vibrated cast slabs around the cast in situ pond I did 15 years ago .

It fair blew them apart .. heavy work for an old fool like me , glad I was called for teatime after I'd lifted 10 foot of this 2 foot wide edging and stored the beast away for the night .

All in all it's like a Kango medium demo hammer but at 2000 watt , I'm well pleased.
I spent a while looking on eBay for it and eventually found it on a site with UK stocks that dropped the price by £ 20 more from the sale price if I purchased it within 6 seconds plus an additional 15 % discount . Quite pleased, the same model was £198 + VAT & carriage three years ago . I paid £122 including carriage VAT already paid . .

I chose to purchase rather than hire as the local hire place only does 110 volt so I'd have to also hire a decent meaty transformer . As I'm 71 & 80 % disabled I can't always guarantee I can complete jobs in the hire periods . Plus I can always keep it clean & tidy then sell if for more than I paid for it in three years time ....
I sold a tip top looking Thule three cycle tow bar mounted cycle rack to fund the purchase . only paid £94 for it four years ago , sold it last week for £ 146 , Halfords price £ 220 or more new a week before Easter

I got one of them a couple of years ago for one job in particular. Never got around to doing it, but it's a nice bit of gear that I'm looking forward to eventually using, round tuit wise.

 

[Onoff]

I'm betting that my demo hammer would rip it apart if you used a four inch wide spade chisel on it .
Drop it in three foot lengths , pop in a 15 mm welded eye Raw bolt & use a small 2 ton chain hoist to drag the sections free of the soil so you can get at them easier and use an angle grinder or cheap bolt crops to take it down to manageable bits .
Make a six pin three legged field anchor out of 50x 50 x 5mm angle 600 mm long to tether the hoist to if you've nothing suitable or can't get your tow bar close enough for an anchor point .

Forgot to mention there's a live, clay drain running through the footings!

 

[Onoff]

The new Porch was delivered today, I could have sworn I said Porsche.....

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Nice! Do you now have to do a dog leg to exit the house? Similar to my old man's porch. When he broke his femur earlier this year they had to carry him out on a chair as flat on a stretcher they couldn't turn in the porch.

 

[brewdexta]

Nice! Do you now have to do a dog leg to exit the house? Similar to my old man's porch. When he broke his femur earlier this year they had to carry him out on a chair as flat on a stretcher they couldn't turn in the porch.

Yes, the reason is that the prevailing winds hit the house mainly from the front and left. We have some french windows we use for big and awkward stuff. Stone work should be finished over the next two days. I'm making a former for an arch this morning. The stone gutters also form the wall plate for the roof as its single skin with the stone finished on the inside too.