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You also acquired a solar thermal pump, cylinder and controller that are currently in storage in my shed.
Went to the party, got laid
and it's 19mm.OK not full rounds, more like 2/3rds which helped with chip clearance and some steady squirts of WD. Light steady pressure and it made progress pretty quickly.
Got 2 more goes needed on the 2 1/2" cutter for this folly project...
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Went to the party, got laid
OK not full rounds, more like 2/3rds which helped with chip clearance and some steady squirts of WD. Light steady pressure and it made progress pretty quickly.
Got 2 more goes needed on the 2 1/2" cutter for this folly project...
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Fair play...
I have one of those,excellent,and for the money,unbelievable.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
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Won this ELU belt sander on eBay yesterday went the 70 miles or so to pick it up, the seller apologised saying he thought there was something missing from it he hadn’t noticed before listing it so let me have it for nowt! (Well a shade over 2 gals of DERV)
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Five 250Watt solar panels for £58 each
They are ex solar farm but are all working great. Hopefully should take some of the sting out of energy price rises. No pics as I was knackered driving from to London and back so they are still in the car ...
They are ex solar farm but are all working great. Hopefully should take some of the sting out of energy price rises. No pics as I was knackered driving from to London and back so they are still in the car ...
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I have exactly the same saw, rescued from a skip 30+ years ago when the chippy threw it away after buying a replacement!Made it almost 10 years without a miter saw but I finally bought one.
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Half the reason I have to clear out the garage of junk every few months is because of thinking like this
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Five 250Watt solar panels for £58 each
They are ex solar farm but are all working great. Hopefully should take some of the sting out of energy price rises. No pics as I was knackered driving from to London and back so they are still in the car ...
Care to share from where? (that ryhmes!
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At the time we thought they were the mounts for a mechanism to retract the front roller, but that is a far simpler / more brutal process. The belt centring screw was seized it appears that the insert in the casting had rusted a little but application of WD40 and the dogs soon sorted it, followed by some light machine oil into the front roller bearing oil point. If yours is the same vintage would you happen to have a copy of the original manual?
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Would need to look at home, but I think, if memory serves me right, those brackets are where the front handle clips in.
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This guy on eBay.Care to share from where? (that ryhmes!
energybaron on eBay
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He buys in bulk from solar farms. £58 was for panels with missing connectors - easy enough to crimp a new connector on.
Think he's sold out of those at the moment but gets stock in all the time. Perfect ones are £70.
He's got a lock up just off the A111 South of Cockfosters. Fairly easy to get to from the M25.
Edit and here are the panels
He even threw in some cable for free
I have a pair of stands for that saw (Well the yellow variation after Elu was bought by Dewalt) fit in the holes on the side.Made it almost 10 years without a miter saw but I finally bought one.
Postage to finland might be an issue though
