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

[Tangledfeet]

A set of limited edition Iron Maiden stamps.

Still have a soft spot for them after my teens and seeing them at Donnington's 'Monsters of Rock' in '89.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Still have a soft spot for them after my teens and seeing them at Donnington's 'Monsters of Rock' in '89.

I was there as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tangledfeet]

I was there as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe, great to hear!

This was the Maiden gig where a huge Sooty came out from behind Nicko wasn't it..? If memory serves...

 

[jack-daniels]

Still have a soft spot for them after my teens and seeing them at Donnington's 'Monsters of Rock' in '89.

I was there as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me & the Mrs too

Also Hammersmith '86

 

[Porkypine]

Ah, Castle Donnington.. and a barrage of plastic bottles filled with pi55, top stuff

 

[jack-daniels]

Yeah, I spent more time looking up than at the stage (didn't want the Mrs whacked on the head)

Someone on stage caught one a took a swig can't remember who it was now?

Oh, and don't forget the rain & mud!

 

[jack-daniels]

 

[25.4_mechanic]

There was a good offer for an old Zeus in perfect condition and complete set, but it's too early for me to look in the direction of such tools.

What about that Zeus-offer, Sergej?

Perhaps I'm the one to take care of it until you are ready?!?!



Carsten

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[roblane65]

today I acquired

a new Mac tools 13" flex head ratchet in 3/8's back in october the selector lever on my old XRP9 ( 12 yrs plus old to me ) snapped off so asked a few mates in the trade to ask the mac man if the service kits were availible but with no success so I contacted Mac who said no parts for that since 2017 but send it in as warranty and we'll look at . So not holding me breath of it went free post the last week in october .

second week in dec get a call from the warranty dept ,yep it's old and broken we'll send you a new . so I tell the nice man I've already replaced the 9" if I pay the difference could I get the 13" flex .
to which he replied that's what you sent in isn't it , just say yes ! ,so I did it'll be after christmas though he says

so from ups today it arrived .
they even returned the old one the previous week which is normally destroyed .Said it would have to be engraved WR and they havn't done that either nor was I charged the £10.50 return fee
Mac tools I bought the XRP s/h as well ,I'll try and bodge the lever somehow as other than it still works well .
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[Sergei Slovenija]

What about that Zeus-offer, Sergej?

Perhaps I'm the one to take care of it until you are ready?!?!



Carsten

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Rändelwerkzeug + Zeus + https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de​

but there is one caveat. without friends in Germany, from this site it is difficult or almost impossible to buy from abroad.

 

[northwest]

This forum is contagious ...

... you are not a good influence on me ... I don't know if I can permit myself to continue hanging out with you ...

This forum is bloody lethal. I just didn't realise how many tools I didn't have!

 

[northwest]

I’ve got a couple of frequency counter / timers with genuine Nixie tube displays in them.

I have a genuine Nixie clock, built it years ago from a kit of parts the kids bought me one Christmas, in the office at the moment awaiting a new power supply, might just sort that out now.

 

[brewdexta]

I've got loads of plunger type DTI, some needing TLC, but only one lever type and it's been in the wars a bit and has no glass. So I bought this Verdict DTI from evil bay, looks to work fine and comes with useful ironmongery.

I've also been a very naughty boy, considering I was supposed to be taking it easy on the tool budget.

I bought this little lot from from ArcEurotrade. On the left, the black thing is a small magnetic clamp base which I thought would be useful for DTIs on the Myford. Then some odd sized ER32 collets. I thought i had a full set, that turned out to be ER25 collets. I only had the even number ER32 set so added most of the rest down to 5mm given I now have an ER32 collet chuck for the Myford and the Tom Senior.

Finally, the stud, thrust bearing and handle is what's needed to get a Machifit 250-000 toolpost to fit on the Myford cross slide. The toolpost that @Pete. sent me was a great improvement on the one I had previously but limited me to 8mm tooling, so in a moment of complete and utter boredom while working in London last week, I bought the Machifit gib type toolpost after watching several very complementary YouTube vids.

The toolpost itself may be a few more weeks as I bought 8 tool holders, some 12mm tooling and a clamp style knurler and some isn't available for a couple of weeks.

Cheers
Andy

 

[8ob]

Some gurt lumps of steel courtesy of our very own @scottmk1

Some miniature pliers/snips and some tapes from B&Queue

 

[scottmk1]

Mind show us what you do with them @8ob

 

[25.4_mechanic]

Rändelwerkzeug + Zeus + https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de​

but there is one caveat. without friends in Germany, from this site it is difficult or almost impossible to buy from abroad.

Now I know what you mean - quite pricey

Ask me if I shall buy/store something for you ...
- there where some families from Croatia in the neighbouring village -
- I don't know if they still live there, but when they visit the family in the old home country, they actually have to drive past you, don't they?



Carsten

 

[RichardM]

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A set of limited edition Iron Maiden stamps.

Still have a soft spot for them after my teens and seeing them at Donnington's 'Monsters of Rock' in '89.

It's a shame they didn't manage to incorporate Bruce Dickinson going to Sarajevo.

I was at the first MOR 1980, although left after Judas Priest as we couldn't be arsed to wait around for Blackmore to come on!

 

[sako243]

A bloody big box in the outside toilet

Made me feel a bit better about the stomach cramps and headache I've had for the last two days.

Fair play to PowerToolMate, had the 12" version on order with William Moore since September which was listed as in stock on their website when ordered. Several weeks later nothing, they don't have stock, basically every few weeks I'd have to chase them up to be fobbed off with some new delayed time. Finally gave up, cancelled the order and went somewhere else for a 10" version.

Royally peed me off with their behaviour so I doubt they'll be getting any more orders from me.

 

[James1979]

A bloody big box in the outside toilet
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Made me feel a bit better about the stomach cramps and headache I've had for the last two days.

Fair play to PowerToolMate, had the 12" version on order with William Moore since September which was listed as in stock on their website when ordered. Several weeks later nothing, they don't have stock, basically every few weeks I'd have to chase them up to be fobbed off with some new delayed time. Finally gave up, cancelled the order and went somewhere else for a 10" version.

Royally peed me off with their behaviour so I doubt they'll be getting any more orders from me.

William Moore were the idiots that sent over a grands worth here by mistake then started laying demands down about me returning it.

I’ve stopped using them since

 

[sako243]

William Moore were the idiots that sent over a grands worth here by mistake then started laying demands down about me returning it.

I’ve stopped using them since

Better than them taking the best part of a grand and not delivering anything.