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

[Gragson]

A parkinson No8, don't need it but it was too cheap to ignore.
Also won a parkison 37 model J in very good order which I do need for the shed to replace a stanley - £25 pretty sure the seller is peeved given his responses so far... collect next week.

Blue point sander which will likely laugh at my compressor but want to get it ship shape - and may drive a compressor upgrade @Mikes still need your payment details mate!

And an ok hobby straight edge 1m clamp from Lidl, will come in handy for wood etc, may chance the plasma but it would probably disappear anywhere near it

 

[Gragson]

I'm with you on that!


Note that the early examinations are offered exclusively to 56 or 58 year olds - don't you dare mess up our graded two year rhthymus ....

... hey man, we (Germans) are the inflexible bureaucrats, we don't need any competition.

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btw.: good idea that test, do it

Carsten

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I do a fair amount of work in Germany
There is bureaucracy, but then there are the "Workers Councils"
Projects I deal with are largely CCTV, Access control etc at large manufacturing sites

Dealing with the workers councils at local or national level is like a Franz Kafka nightmare - the French are a pushover in comparison

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Dealing with the workers councils at local or national level is like a Franz Kafka nightmare - the French are a pushover in comparison

Without a solid base of pedantry among the populace, a bony bureaucracy has little chance to grow and establish itself.

And when the little man gets a chance to say something, he insists on doing it! Damn it!!!


I always think of Frank Zappa's "Stick Together" when I think of employee representation - you'll have to find the lyrics yourself, they'd be full of asterisks here ...


I always think of one of Parkinson's laws: "The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
--> Parkinson describes a finance committee meeting to approve funds for a nuclear reactor ($10 million, discussion time 2½ minutes), a bicycle shelter ($2,350, 45 minutes), and coffee for another committee's meetings ($4.75 per month, 1¼ hours).

--> "The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues" - rather than the issues that matter most. Incompetence on important substantive issues is compensated for by extensive floor speeches on trivial points, which repeatedly leads to disastrous missteps and misallocation of resources.

I feel with you!

Ask me why pretty soon I couldn't go to the boys' parent-teacher conferences anymore; at one point I would have turned murderous on a mother who asked for the eighteenth time about *decorating the classroom or some pointless stuff.
(*use any meaningless reason for that).



Carsten

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[badabec]

It was my birthday on Saturday, hot on the heels of that, the NHS sent this as I just qualify.
They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

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The test procedure has improved. It used to be three separate stool samples onto a card. Now it's a thing like a Christmas tree, one sample, one scrape, into a test tube of liquid.
Mine have all been clear. My brother was called in to the hospital, Box Brownie first, then tin snips to remove polyps. All clear now.

 

[RichardM]

The test procedure has improved. It used to be three separate stool samples onto a card. Now it's a thing like a Christmas tree, one sample, one scrape, into a test tube of liquid.
Mine have all been clear. My brother was called in to the hospital, Box Brownie first, then tin snips to remove polyps. All clear now.

and don't forget the "don't put too much poo on, we don't want the whole thing!"

 

[Blobber]

It was my birthday on Saturday, hot on the heels of that, the NHS sent this as I just qualify.
They could have sent something a bit more cheery given the occasion - like a Nurse "o" gram

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It all sounds like it has the potential to be messy old job or jobbie!!

 

[EddyP]

A massive carver bar clamp, missing one of the screws unfortunately but shouldn’t be difficult to sort.
Now to decide if I even have a use for it

 

[Munkul]

A massive carver bar clamp, missing one of the screws unfortunately but shouldn’t be difficult to sort.
Now to decide if I even have a use for it

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those things are so useful! i imagine you can swap the heads around so you can both squeeze and stretch something.

 

[Bki26]

A massive carver bar clamp, missing one of the screws unfortunately but shouldn’t be difficult to sort.
Now to decide if I even have a use for it

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They go for silly money on auctions...

 

[Robotstar5]

A Stuart Turner R2Y marine lighting plant. It would normally be cooled by water drawn from outside the hull, but someone has added a car type radiator and fan, I'm in two minds about keeping that or replacing it with a water tank.

Unusual feature is it has a chain driven deck wash pump fitted.

I wondered what the knob was for in the pulley until I worked out it engages the deck wash pump.

I suspect the exhaust may have asbestos on it

 

[JMS1972]

A Stuart Turner R2Y marine lighting plant. It would normally be cooled by water drawn from outside the hull, but someone has added a car type radiator and fan, I'm in two minds about keeping that or replacing it with a water tank.

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Unusual feature is it has a chain driven deck wash pump fitted.

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I wondered what the knob was for in the pulley until I worked out it engages the deck wash pump.

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I suspect the exhaust may have asbestos on it

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You could wrap the exhaust in modern heat proof wrap. That would hopefully prevent the existing stuff getting damaged?

Nice engine will you be lining up with the stationary engines at steam fairs?

 

[Robotstar5]

You could wrap the exhaust in modern heat proof wrap. That would hopefully prevent the existing stuff getting damaged?

Nice engine will you be lining up with the stationary engines at steam fairs?

Good idea with the modern wrap

I tend to take my camera to shows more than engines, but I hope to have it out to a couple of local shows.

 

[Fred Trevvett]

My brother was talking to an asbestos removal guy once and he said they just wear a type 5/6 coverall and ffp3 mask and then you can do what you like with it, it's not as bad as some people make out

Although I know some types are worse than others so maybe that advice only applies to the less deadly stuff

 

[James1979]

My brother was talking to an asbestos removal guy once and he said they just wear a type 5/6 coverall and ffp3 mask and then you can do what you like with it, it's not as bad as some people make out

Although I know some types are worse than others so maybe that advice only applies to the less deadly stuff

Depends on the asbestos I think.

I am not an asbestos removal bod but the guys taking a roof off near where I was the other week reckoned the pigeon sh1t was worse. I spoke to them for a price on my roof.

They did say the pipe lagging needs proper respect so not sure how that affect op

 

[Lazurus]

Depends on the asbestos I think.

I am not an asbestos removal bod but the guys taking a roof off near where I was the other week reckoned the pigeon sh1t was worse. I spoke to them for a price on my roof.

They did say the pipe lagging needs proper respect so not sure how that affect op

Just had the cladding replaced on our bungalow a test showed it contained a low risk asbestos but still required specialist company to remove . Quoted £1000 to remove and dispose. Upon starting they found under our soffits was a nasty type, required full space suits, positive pressure tunnels to be constructed and a shower unit for the workers. Total cost £6000 for one side and gable end. Air was tested twice during removal by H & S. Once it was discovered it had to be removed. Also found out that Norfolk is one of the few councils who will not dispose of the low level stuff, many supply properly sealed bags and will collect F.O.C and dispose. If it is low level white asbestos not much of a issue however get into the nasty stuff and becomes very spendy to remove

 

[AKN]

I’ve wanted one of these since I went to my first radio rally in 1982 where Lowes had them on their stand, finally found a good one at a good price.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

... a lot of stuff.

During the season, an good number of spring cotter pins are lost on the various devices and vehicles.
You then help yourself with whatever stuff is lying around - only temporarily, unless it works ....

And when you finally have to get to such a "solution", you have to deal with rusted (barbed) wire, bent nails or even more unpleasant material.

No more:

Although I prefer to use spring linch pins, this should improve the situation for now.



Similarly with wire brushes: you need them constantly, never have the right one there, send someone to the next DIY hardware store, get never the exact desired model, spend disproportionately large amounts of money and have to work with inferior stuff.

Enough:

Then I was able to take 1kg of mixed stainless steel screws and - oops - a pretty old big 180mm angle grinder from Fein was also lying around, you can not leave it behind, can you, that would be criminal.

It runs and that extremely powerful, but the time it would normally spend with soft start, it does firstly nothing and then starts to run at full power at once - then torque is really made tangible .

A 60° prism cutter for 16mm journal drive:

A few insert holders - now the time has come for me, where it is no longer done with the standard sets for small money, you are looking for special holders exactly for a specific task and pay accordingly for it - if in my case for good used ones.

In particular, the holder for internal grooving I have wanted, if an internal thread is followed by a shoulder, you absolutely want to have turned a groove before, the thread cutting is then worlds more relaxed.

That I have now just come across the most expensive inserts at all with an Iscar holder is bad luck (or stupidity), the stuff is more costly but good, they say.

Some old, small , pretty V-blocks with brackets.

As much as I am happy that they finally found their way to me, but when first eBay.co.uk adds German VAT and then the German post office does the same again and then adds customs duty on top of the resulting increased price and charges their handling fee, then I wonder .....

.... I will get part of that back from them, but it will cost time and nerves ....

And a couple of knurling tools, unfortunately so much bigger than the dimensions given by the seller ....

.... so it will be the self-build after all according to @Lewis_RX8's excellent report HERE.




Overall a bit of a mixed bag, with luck, with bad luck .... but it should keep me off the road for a while ....


A wonderful weekend to all


Carsten

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[lotus_esprit_s1]

Saved this nice but unloved Elliott 8” bench grinder, It was in danger of being chucked out due to being 3 phase.

 

[roblane65]

A bit more Festool !

a systainer 3 organiser with brad point bit set , long driver bit set and bit holder all centrotec and 60 25mm bits , I wanted an organiser anyway and this with all the stuff was on sale at FFX with a near £80 saving . How could I say no , not really interested in the 25 bits so I may split them of in sets and I need to get a few of the bigger containers os I can get rid of the black inlays .

 

[Robotstar5]

I’ve wanted one of these since I went to my first radio rally in 1982 where Lowes had them on their stand, finally found a good one at a good price.

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Nice, I started off with a Yaesu FRG-7700 and FRV-7700 VHF converter.