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

[Kram]

Trust me you need a bigger mat !
Rubber might not be great if it gets oily. I was using a bit of duck board, over a big peice of old lino.
In some ways Im lucky having a tiny shed for the lathe, swarf cant go all that far.

 

[snoozer]

Wandered into Screwfix again to collet more Toys Tools yesterday and spied these on the front display.
Can you ever have enough Tape Measures as mine always grow legs.
I like the fact they have Black FT Markers as well as 16" Red for Wood Fettlers..
£9.99 the pair at the moment.
Stanley Tylon 8M/26'

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Wandered into Screwfix again to collet more Toys Tools yesterday and spied these on the front display.
Can you ever have enough Tape Measures as mine always grow legs.
I like the fact they have Black FT Markers as well as 16" Red for Wood Fettlers..
£9.99 the pair at the moment.
Stanley Tylon 8M/26'

Yes, they are cheep.

They fail.

 

[snoozer]

Noooooooooo, How ? And I'll avoid using that bit

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Noooooooooo, How ? And I'll avoid using that bit

They jam.
The tab at the end falls of or gets floppy.
If you are using them at a longer length they fail to retract.

We get one for each install of cables runs over 100m.

 

[Kram]

16" Red for Wood Fettlers..

Hmm.. why 16?

 

[snoozer]

Hmm.. why 16?

Something to do with Studs and traditional floor joists which are usually either 16 or 24 inches on centre.
Not a Chippy but I bet someone here will elaborate

 

[MetalMonkey]

A new impact gun after the old sealey finally gave up. As I already have hikoki/hitachi batteries it made sense.
It’s a bit of a beast, only tried it on car wheel nuts so far and it’s like they weren’t there, I’ll give it a go on the lorry nuts and see it gets on

Is that the 36DB or the 36DE? The DB looks like overkill for anything I do, but I do fancy the Mid Torque. Both look like nice bits of kit.

 

[Gragson]

Fan spray wash down lance, nicely made for the price, less pointy / aggressive so should be good for the cars as well as moving along carp

 

[GSR]

Is that the 36DB or the 36DE? The DB looks like overkill for anything I do, but I do fancy the Mid Torque. Both look like nice bits of kit.

It’s the 36db.
it is probably overkill for the majority of my needs as well but it does have 4 settings so it can be regulated down

 

[zeppelin builder]

A Milwaunkee Fixtec grinder nut.

chuck it in the bin

 

[slim_boy_fat]

so should be good for the cars

Just adjust the distance to your 'target', and don't point it at 90 degrees - always at an angle.

 

[roblane65]

Something to do with Studs and traditional floor joists which are usually either 16 or 24 inches on centre.
Not a Chippy but I bet someone here will elaborate

Correct the old imperial standard for joists and studs . when you could get long floor boards and walls and ceilings were lath and plaster .

 

[Mick Annick]

A lovely stainless steel jerry can. The justification being steel one rust and have a coating that peels off. Plastic ones don't have the bayonet pouring spout. Add to that modern fuels and the propensity for the additives/adulterants to affect both coatings and plastics.

Today I will mostly be palming my old rusty jerry cans to anyone I can find who will take them. Most likey will be a mate who runs a garage up here.

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Come on then, how much?

 

[RichardM]

To limit swarf getting in the carpet

I still get swarf in the carpet and I have vinyl in the garage, a door mat in the garage, a drive to walk over to the front door, another door mat, then carpet!

You've got no chance

To get them flat, if they're not already, lay them upside down in the sun (you are due some today) to soften and flatten out.

 

[cheb]

Come on then, how much?

Mutter, mutter, mumbleswerve.

Seriously? £110 before carriage IIRC. About 3 times the price of a normal new one. None of my current cans have been bought, all have been dump finds, so using man maths this one is free based on the saving from the other ones.

 

[Rannsachair]

I still get swarf in the carpet and I have vinyl in the garage, a door mat in the garage, a drive to walk over to the front door, another door mat, then carpet!

You've got no chance

To get them flat, if they're not already, lay them upside down in the sun (you are due some today) to soften and flatten out.

 

[Hood]

Mutter, mutter, mumbleswerve.

Seriously? £110 before carriage IIRC. About 3 times the price of a normal new one. None of my current cans have been bought, all have been dump finds, so using man maths this one is free based on the saving from the other ones.

Lots of the boats use these plastic ones from Canada I think, they rate them very highly but probably cost about £100

 

[RichardM]

@Rannsachair see told you - not a cloud in the sky. It's chucking it down here - never mind I can play in the garage all day

 

[cheb]

I've a mate who uses them, their only faults being they don't slice bread and make the tea. I'm a bit wary of plastic with modern, and future*, fuels, also I like the jerry can bayonet spout, and spouts for the above are difficult to get, or so he tells me.

*Hydrogen molecules are so small they diffuse through plastic. They are lighter than air so I reckon storing them in an inverted metal jerry can should be a goer.