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

[dobbslc]

Granny flat means machine shop right?

 

[dazza]

Granny flat means machine shop right?

Was thinking about having the workshop in the back of the garage and have the granny flat for guests or as an office.

 

[dazza]

How secure as these glass bricks that are in the windows? need to start moving some stuff to the garage as soon as we get the keys as i need to paint the garage in the place we are renting now.

 

[the snooper]

Was thinking about having the workshop in the back of the garage and have the granny flat for guests or as an office.

holiday let, money to pay for stuff

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Watch out for the log goblins, it's amazing how quickly logs and timber disappear from the roadside!

I did some cross cutting as a favour on a campsite. Stood having a brew and a dog walker turned up, walked straight over in front of us and started loading his frame rucksack with stuff from the split pile! Cheeky sod

 

[roofman]

Luckily its well off the beaten track but we were warned about the closest sticky fingered neighbour who is renown for helping himself to other people's firewood and so we've only been cutting enough each time to fill the trailer. What is left is now way too big to tackle without a big saw but I did leave one round as bait and will cry with laughter if anyone tries to move it must be 160+kg as it was taking two of us to lift them when quartered...

Best bait for wood thieves is to leave a few good limbs for them but 1st sink a few 6" nails 45 degrees across and bury the heads into the bark

 

[Parm]

It's in the Black Country, so could have had a hard life in a chain shop....
the handle has been changed, I did wonder if the leg has been shortened.
£45
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Thanks for looking, the leg has definately been shortened. I'm gonna say no thanks

Cheers Parm

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Thanks for looking, the leg has definately been shortened. I'm gonna say no thanks

Cheers Parm

That leg doesn't look like it's been shortened, the expensive ones with wide jaws have very short legs. They put the hinge lower down so they can open wider. Ask how tall it is and how wide the jaws are, if it's a 5 1/2" - 6" jaw that is a bargain price.

 

[MattF]

That leg doesn't look like it's been shortened, the expensive ones with wide jaws have very short legs. They put the hinge lower down so they can open wider. Ask how tall it is and how wide the jaws are, if it's a 5 1/2" - 6" jaw that is a bargain price.

Same thoughts here. The bigger the jaws, the shorter the leg. I'd snap that up in a moment at that price.

How's things, btw?

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Same thoughts here. The bigger the jaws, the shorter the leg. I'd snap that up in a moment at that price.

How's things, btw?

Not too bad, trying to kick the vice habit by decapping IC's at the moment I even let a Record 518 1/2 go with only a half hearted bid!
How's yourself?

 

[MattF]

Chugging along. Not been buying owt myself lately either. Seems a shame to be collecting more stuff when I currently don't have much time to work on my current pieces.

 

[rtbcomp]

That leg doesn't look like it's been shortened, the expensive ones with wide jaws have very short legs. They put the hinge lower down so they can open wider. Ask how tall it is and how wide the jaws are, if it's a 5 1/2" - 6" jaw that is a bargain price.

Tend to agree - the collar (presumably forged) looks original

 

[HughF]

Got a call Thursday to help out with A casualty of storm Doris - a big old Ash that came down across a green lane and needed shifting ASAP.

No Photo shopping needed - it really is up to the roofline of the Fourtrak:

As always the vintage Dolmar makes easy work of it. It's a shock and a real bonus that I only needed 108 stitches instead of loosing entire limbs this time around

A few hours on the splitter this morning leaves me with the first load ready for stacking:

I reckon there's another 5 trailer loads like that left but as the right of way is clear and everyone is happy I can collect the rest and whatever else needs clearing up there whenever when I like

Had the exact same dolmar a few years back. Before we had gates at the end of the track... needless to say we don't have it anymore

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Little Elec. fret Saw, car boot for £2. Blades busted, but if it is totally trashed still may yield some usesfull parts

 

[Parm]

I stand corrected with the leg vice. All the ones ive seen are much taller.

........must read up on vices

 

[CwazyWabbit]

I stand corrected with the leg vice. All the ones ive seen are much taller.

........must read up on vices

That one will be the same height as all the others you've seen, it's just there is nothing to scale it against. In reality that is massive and weighs a lot. Probably 38" to the jaw top.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Yes, another car boot find.
But a bit pricy at a whole £5.

The instructions are in the box as well.

Yes, the price was 35p when new, then reduced to 33p.

 

[HughF]

Standerwick? I considered going this morning but went for breakfast instead...

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Standerwick? I considered going this morning but went for breakfast instead...

Indeed.
They have got the Big charities, who hogged the main entrance to quit the site.

 

[HughF]

Really? That should make a nice change, it was becoming 50/50 traders, private as of late. Ashton common is my preferred one round here. My wife lives just up the road in woolverton, so standerwick is our local.