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A hand push lawn mower that I've stripped down to form the basis of a hand-cranked garden waste shredder.
Already tested it and it chops up medium thickness foliage quite easily so the next task is to fit a hefty-ish flywheel and handle then build a wooden enclosure for it and some form of chute for the cuttings
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And after that, mounting the electric motor?
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Photo?
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roblane65
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Some nice railwy saddles here too .
Bullhead rail chairs, 1924 and 1936.Some nice railwy saddles here too .
I acquired them from a huge pile of many hundreds in the rail yard at Eastleigh that were destined for the scrappy. I was looking for one made in 1932 (they all have the date of manufacture cast into them) for a birthday present for my Dad who was born in that year but couldn't find one so I settled for the two I have.
No idea what to do with them
, might just give them a coat of paint and keep them to use as weights.
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Bullhead rail chairs, 1924 and 1936.
I acquired them from a huge pile of many hundreds in the rail yard at Eastleigh that were destined for the scrappy. I was looking for one made in 1932 (they all have the date of manufacture cast into them) for a birthday present for my Dad who was born in that year but couldn't find one so I settled for the two I have.
No idea what to do with them
I was offered a few a while back and the same just couldn't think of a use so when I got back to him ( decided I just have em anyway ) he'd scrapped them !
I was staggered that they were all for scrap.I was offered a few a while back and the same just couldn't think of a use so when I got back to him ( decided I just have em anyway ) he'd scrapped them !
Having seen the money that the Salvage Hunter muppet on telly charges for tat, I don't know why Network Rail didn't ship them all up to one of those God-awful tat shops at the top of the M3 and let the more money then sense brigade fill their boots
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Hasn't been delivered yet.You know the rules Brad
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I've got a couple bits of Festool stuff....really like their tools ....prices I don't like so much.
The vacuum and the sander I have are both really nice. I'd like the plunge saw but just couldn't justify the price (ended up with a Dewalt one)
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I got the saw from FFX with the evilbay discount TSC55KEB (latest version ) + 2 x 5.2 BT batteries For £439 all I needed was a charger ,picked one up s/h . All the rest of my stuff is hitatchi/hikoki mix of 18v and multi volt which I've been very happy with ( was a makita fanboy before ) but no choice for a plunge saw
yet. I have used festool stuff before and it's nice but as you say the price smarts a bit
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Ah a preemptive posting
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I got the saw from FFX with the evilbay discount TSC55KEB (latest version ) + 2 x 5.2 BT batteries For £439 all I needed was a charger ,picked one up s/h . All the rest of my stuff is hitatchi/hikoki mix of 18v and multi volt which I've been very happy with ( was a makita fanboy before ) but no choice for a plunge saw
I know a joiner who has tools from all the brand's, when he is doing high end precision stuff the Festool stuff comes out
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They do some really nice stuff...I wanted their biscuit cutter (domino cutter)...it looks amazing but sadly the price was taking the biscuit. To be fair if I was going to use it every day I wouldn't think twice but for occasional use it was just too much money.
I was in the Netherlands a few months ago....walked round a corner and there was a Festool shop...I resisted the urge to go and look!
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It certainly is at the higher end of the market, but as pigeon says if it's used everyday then it's probably worth it " horses for courses " i suppose I rarely use a biscuit jointer so a festool is out the way for me . I really wouldn't lots of different platforms just for ease of batts and chargers but I suppose if your charging premium rates for whatever sector your graft is its not a problem. Mind I do know some younger lads that struggle to get gear in the van for the tools they have
I'm a bit old school still when I started you still had to do stuff by hand , I can still cut a straight line with a hand saw and use a block plane yankee's were the order of the and cordless was OHHH got a get me one of them.
