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

[Gragson]

In what way?

The Vark could be a bit of an animal
I'm looking to pre pilot undersize due to the thickness and material of this job

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

In what way?

They loos the cutting edge very quickly.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The Vark could be a bit of an animal
I'm looking to pre pilot undersize due to the thickness and material of this job

No.
I find the drill goes blunt no matter what I cut or how I cut.
I now use a imperial dril to cut the hole, before I go in with the drill and hole saw.

By 20mm one is well used and still is sharp.
By 22mm sadly is dead. I droped it from the fouth floor.

 

[Other Daniel]

Needed a half decent set, picked up from Screwfix today, I'm impressed with the load and ejection system, nice solid quality. Will see if the cutters are good, got some 18mm steel I need to use them on.

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I'm sorry to be a party pooper, but I really cannot see them cutting through 18mm steel.

 

[Dr.Al]

I notice "T245" on the display, does it take JBC cartridges?

Yes (came with 3 tips)

 

[Kram]

Holesaws, pre drill the pilot. The use a 1/4" HSS lathe blank instead of thebpilot bit to guide it in, with plenty of lube.

I'm sorry to be a party pooper, but I really cannot see them cutting through 18mm steel.

It will be need constant peck drilling as holesaws have no clearance for chips. Would be much better off with a slugger type cutter... this sort

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Kram]

Someone elses post. If it were a one-off, fair enough.
I have told our postie repeatedly. A few days ago I caught him and gave the item back. His excuse is both streets are on the same round and he only looks at the numbers How much post am I missing that the other house just bins? they were quite rude when it happened often, 10 years ago, and I delivered the post to them, asked if we had any.

Nothing today I am expecting a tracked item that said it would be today, showed it as out flor delivery.. nothing. No sign of any postie, so I still have the wrong addressed post.
No Yodel that was also due today I stayed in waiting for both.

I have looked up how to contact RM and there is nothing about recieving other peoples post. They have removed any phone numbers for the local DO.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today we found the long ladder is very close to the windscreen when you slam the back door of the van

 

[DAPPH]

Got back for visiting SAKO 243 ( Ed.) yesterday to find a 23 kg soft carboard box heavily wrapped in , " Fragile handle carefully " tape dumped on our doormat . It'd been well & truly DHL'd with the top crushed in & one corner split open which ran from bottom to top .

" OAF HOOK ! " was my first thoughts ...... that's those 30 half litre tulip Weck preserving glass jars & lids done for .
Alison helped me bring it to the dining table where I very carefully undid the top of the carboard box , .. the top had been crushed in some two inches below normal height . In the top was three inches of rolled corrugate carboard spread right across the packs of jars , under the five packs of six jars a similar thickness of corrugated cardboard plus a heavy duty tripple wall thick sheet of carboard .
On opening each box and carefully checking each jar & lid for cracks or chips I was amazed to find them all in perfect order

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I have looked up how to contact RM and there is nothing about recieving other peoples post. They have removed any phone numbers for the local DO.

The same here: almost impossible to find a phone number, but finally possible with great difficulty and time.

But then all their cunning comes into play:
The call centre or the distributed individual agents who are then reached have obviously been specifically selected according to the limitations in the command of the local language ...

- not: give the newcomers a chance, which I totally would support,
but: in no case someone who has mastered the entry language level.

What a bunch of my lifetime has been wasted on this ... foaming at the mouth ....

Just be patient ... (and this from my keyboard of all people ...)


Carsten

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[Mick Annick]

I can’t fault our post - Céline is on holiday this week but the temp girl drove past today with a wave and a smile, returned an hour later very apologetic - she’d missed that she had a parcel for me so came back with it

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I can’t fault our post - Céline is on holiday this week but the temp girl drove past today with a wave and a smile, returned an hour later very apologetic - she’d missed that she had a parcel for me so came back with it

Tell me more about Céline and this temp girl. My mrs just left me and i think an EU passport will be a requirement in the next round of wife auditions.

 

[selectedgrub]

Hangi sacking

 

[sako243]

Question is can we finish it all before @8ob comes to visit?

The answer is yes

465 tonnes later...

 

[8ob]

The answer is yes
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465 tonnes later...

Ed shame on you no edgeings and no gulleys or culverts to stop the banks washing across the drive. No wonder you did it a week.


Bob

 

[RichardM]

I don't think it is wide enough for your vehicles is it @8ob

 

[zzr1200]

Today we found the long ladder is very close to the windscreen when you slam the back door of the van
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May I suggest a "Roof Rack"....Sir....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

no gulleys or culverts to stop the banks washing across the drive

Beat me to it, @8ob - I was going to ask that question, although I'm no expert on road construction I have experienced paths being washed away after heavy rain (and having to repair them) .

 

[sako243]

Ed shame on you no edgeings and no gulleys or culverts to stop the banks washing across the drive. No wonder you did it a week.


Bob

Still faster than fixing the brakes on your lorry

Beat me to it, @8ob - I was going to ask that question, although I'm no expert on road construction I have experienced paths being washed away after heavy rain (and having to repair them) .

To the right of the bank is the road which has a camber the other way into a ditch so water doesn't flow down from the road onto the drive even in the heaviest of rain.

The ditch is a bit blocked up (Other side of the road and not bordering my property) but I've been onto the local Councillor to clean it out. If it's not done before the winter I've said I'll do it myself and dump the spoil out on the road for them to collect.


In fact due to tree cover even in the big storms you're pretty dry when you walk down the drive. All the spots that get a lot of water have had 6" twin wall put in to take the water away from the drive and towards the pond.

The drive itself has a decent camber on it as well to aid in any rain that falls directly on it.

 

[4String.]

It wasn't on my shopping list this morning but at £120 I thought it worth a go, and as I'll soon be home every night there's plenty of projects which will benefit from it. And I had to buy the pry bar set to get my debit card out of my wallet after it went into a "HOW MUCH????" sulk .