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

[Blobber]

And a case of tetra boost for the classic car that might actually get some use this year

 

[Barking Mat]

And I liked the last set of cutters so bought another pair, bit like pants 1 pair for best and the other pair not for best!
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How much if not cheeky ?

My colleagues ones (no brand), are rubbish, priced up Facom side cutters 36 euros... Ouch.

 

[Barking Mat]

Now where are they going to hang their towel ?

A very pertinent point.

 

[Arc Tourist]

A rather odd acquisition day for me. Today my Wife bought me a new office chair for the command centre, and shortly afterward I went for a ride with her to drop off the old chair at the recycling yard. While there we had a look in the on site charity shop. Lo and behold, I saw a type of chair I've wanted for a long time but have been too cheap to buy. So, drop one off and take another home; a high quality leather salon chair, which I would have preferred for the computer, but which now will provide some plush comfort in my garage/workshop.

 

[Dr.Al]

An interesting idea, I'll give it some thought.
I'm not quite sure how I can/should measure and define my jaw chuck sufficiently in order to find soft jaws for sale (in the bay) ...

I'm sure it helped that my chuck is a relatively well known brand (Bison). The dimensions I measured were the chuck width (20 mm in my case), the slot width and the pitch of the teeth (both were 8 mm in my case). I'd also measured LOTS of other things as I was thinking of following Harold Hall's instructions, but those were the ones I needed in the end.

There's a table of various different options on the ebay listing I used (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282475810327)

 

[Blobber]

How much if not cheeky ?

My colleagues ones (no brand), are rubbish, priced up Facom side cutters 36 euros... Ouch.

£15.00 pair delivered on ebay, think I had the last pair from that particular seller

 

[Moose McAlpine]

How much if not cheeky ?

My colleagues ones (no brand), are rubbish, priced up Facom side cutters 36 euros... Ouch.

Have a look for NWS side cutters. German-made, excellent quality and not too expensive considering how good they are.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076PMQ7W4/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_H13RC4QT59NWEFDHEMP7

They're my favourites. I have a few pairs of NWS and they're all exceptionally good.

 

[123hotchef]

Have a look for NWS side cutters. German-made, excellent quality and not too expensive considering how good they are.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076PMQ7W4/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_H13RC4QT59NWEFDHEMP7

They're my favourites. I have a few pairs of NWS and they're all exceptionally good.

oh yes I like the NWS cutters and pliers

 

[DAPPH]

Scheppach rings a bell, not the best, not the worst.

Company lives in Germany but item made in China ?

 

[Kram]

A big box. It contained..

3 flute countersink, diamond bits

A tiny 1.5kg swivel vice. I am quite impressed with this. £6.

300mm bench shears. Cuts nicely, should be better after adjustment. £31 !!
The feet are not on straight and are warped up but I couldnt give a crap about that.

I dont think my wallet should suffer alone..

Manual Sheet Metal Cutting Shears 300mm

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Rotating Base Mini Bench Vice 60 mm

【Multipurpose】 Ideal for wood and steel working 【High Capacity】 Maximum jaw opening is 50 mm and mounting clamp jaws open 45 mm max 【Convenient Design】 Swivels 360° to allow you to work at any angle efficiently and has a light weight of 1.6 kg 【Robust】 Manufactured from die cast iron 【Easy to...

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Countersink HSS Drill Bits 90 Deg. 6.3 to 60MM

HSS Countersink drills 90 Degrees. Suitable for mild steel, wood, plastic and other non hardened material

www.aimtools.co.uk

 

[Martin-Sy]

One of my neighbours gave me a baccy tin with some BA taps and dies, including these inside:

Anybody know when BSA last made taps?
No left hand taps to go with the dies tho.

 

[Maker]

Pretty happy with this lot.


Sykes circlip pliers, little box has tips of different angle and diameter, not as nice as a full set of Knipex ones but probably the best design for interchangeable tip pliers. The picks are Ullman, IIRC Shox raved about these a while ago, they certainly feel nice in the hand, very fine tips too. The tin on the left is a Sykes clutch alignment tool, I thought it was a tiny slide hammer but alas not. Not much use to me really.

 

[OJCar]

A very pertinent point.

"And the trucks not bad either"
©Autoshite

 

[Barking Mat]

A very pertinent point.

"And the trucks not bad either"
©Autoshite

You have a very good memory.

She's not that pert anymore. God bless lingerie.

And that's silhouette not my wife. She has feet.

 

[Shox Dr]

Pretty happy with this lot.
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Sykes circlip pliers, little box has tips of different angle and diameter, not as nice as a full set of Knipex ones but probably the best design for interchangeable tip pliers. The picks are Ullman, IIRC Shox raved about these a while ago, they certainly feel nice in the hand, very fine tips too. The tin on the left is a Sykes clutch alignment tool, I thought it was a tiny slide hammer but alas not. Not much use to me really.

Hi Maker. I did. yours look more akin to dental picks, mine are beefier than those

 

[daleyd]

Hi Maker. I did. yours look more akin to dental picks, mine are beefier than those

Good to see you back mate

 

[James1979]

Pretty happy with this lot.
View attachment 343743

Sykes circlip pliers, little box has tips of different angle and diameter, not as nice as a full set of Knipex ones but probably the best design for interchangeable tip pliers. The picks are Ullman, IIRC Shox raved about these a while ago, they certainly feel nice in the hand, very fine tips too. The tin on the left is a Sykes clutch alignment tool, I thought it was a tiny slide hammer but alas not. Not much use to me really.

If it’s no use to you I’d be happy to buy it from you. If that’s not too cheeky

 

[DAPPH]

A big box. It contained..
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3 flute countersink, diamond bits
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A tiny 1.5kg swivel vice. I am quite impressed with this. £6.
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300mm bench shears. Cuts nicely, should be better after adjustment. £31 !!
The feet are not on straight and are warped up but I couldnt give a crap about that.

I dont think my wallet should suffer alone..

Manual Sheet Metal Cutting Shears 300mm

steel-plate hardened carbon shear blades cutting mild steel long handle sheet iron stainless steel copper capacity aluminium 4-5 mm steel capacity 0.2-2 mm blade length 300 mm manual metal cutting Handmatige plaat Platschaar metaal staal Cisaille de coupe manuelle à plat métal acier Manuelle...

www.aimtools.co.uk

Rotating Base Mini Bench Vice 60 mm

【Multipurpose】 Ideal for wood and steel working 【High Capacity】 Maximum jaw opening is 50 mm and mounting clamp jaws open 45 mm max 【Convenient Design】 Swivels 360° to allow you to work at any angle efficiently and has a light weight of 1.6 kg 【Robust】 Manufactured from die cast iron 【Easy to...

www.aimtools.co.uk

Countersink HSS Drill Bits 90 Deg. 6.3 to 60MM

HSS Countersink drills 90 Degrees. Suitable for mild steel, wood, plastic and other non hardened material

www.aimtools.co.uk

I got a Sealy bench 9 inch shear about 25 years ago ,It cost me over £125 IIRC . I'd got over a thousand 150 x 200 mm rectangles of 10 mm steel mesh to cut up a bit better than after angle grinding them off the big panels . Cutting the small panels to a pattern to make observation tubes and places to mount the automatic drinker devices so I could start equipping our small mammal reading farm & get on rearing stock ASAP.

It arrived the afternoon before the Easter holidays . You can imagine how disgruntled I was when I found , you could drop a match stick between the open end of the shear blades Irritated after spending an hour or more drilling big holes in the half inch thick bench bed plate to mount it . In anger ( One of the rare occasions ) , I gave it a wallop with a 7 pound sledge hammer and it was perfect after the second hit .

 

[25.4_mechanic]

A pair of rather old, very heavy power levers to lift even heavier things:

If I wasn't completely asleep at school and the lever blades are about 130mm long from the tilt axis at the front bottom and the hand levers are about 1400mm long from there, then a 95kg person should be able to lift a load of a tonne with one of the levers alone quite effortlessly ...

Have a nice afternoon all

Carsten

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[GRW]

A nice older guy I met when I bought his old Clarke pillar drill a few months back rang me today and said "I've got a few bits for you if you want to call round".

So I called in after work. Turns out he's moving & wasn't going to move all his stuff again, so was lightening the load.

Anyway.... along with a small belt-drive (seized pump) Clarke Compressor and a few drill bits - I ended up bringing this home :

The body/chassis alone is about a foot long and a foot diameter, and it's heavy.
It works beautifully when plugged in, bearings etc all seems smooth.
It's hard to read all the Brooks Plate, but it's i think only 1Hp (must be a Dray Horse though, cos it must have plenty of torque).
It states the startup current is 6.6A, so that suggests it can't be rated at more than 1Hp @ 1420rpm.
It's perhaps 3x the size and weight of the 2hp 4-pole 1400rm motor on my Ingersoll Rand Compressor motor!