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DAPPH
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I had a serious sort out of screwdrivers just before Christmas which were pretty much a motley set like yours . . result nine cut off from the handles and tips for some rods of steel , two turned into punches as they were through the handle capped rods and several X points of various deniminations that were well worn& chavelled up onthe tips that went into the councils recycle bin bag along with some of the cut of handles .....her indoors when they turned up...."Haven't you got enough screwdrivers".....she might have a point...these are the ones at hand...there are others
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Yet the three electrical engineers bladed screwdrivers I was issued as keep at the end of the Skill Center course ( 1984 ) all stamped MOD, are in perfect condition & I've stil got too many screwdrivers now I have some quality Makita 1/4 inch drive insert tips in Philips and Pozi drive heads
DAPPH
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A border garden spade and a bit of broom stick or pipe for the fulcrum under the blade are also good door lifters.... unless you have the metal ones made for the job .
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You could likely print a nice custom pivot point...
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I'll take a photo showing sizes (very small) but I cant put on in the for sale section as it was taken away from me a while ago no idea why
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All you need is approx. a 18" length of wood, & shape/curve the bottom side, so that you can press down with your foot one end, & it raises the other end. With it being wood, it doesn't risk marking the door.
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ah sorry those actually look quite usefull im gonna keep them sorry
I spent the weekend with my wife & her sister & husband clearing my late father in laws workshop, quite sad, loads of tools amicably shared out. Most stuff went their way after all when you have 5 stillson wrenches of various sizes why would i want 4 more? Lots of battered tools & a few good ones.
But the measuring equipment was no use to them so came my way.
So this morning i spent several hours cleaning filthy gunge off them, he had greased most things liberally which has preserved them, Took some getting off though.
And so i have aquired, 3 Sets of V Blocks, A Brown & Sharpe Height micrometer, Two scribing gauges, A mitoyu mag base with mercer clock, bore gauge, smaller bore gauge in case, thread gauges imp & metric, calipers, much small lathe tooling & boxes of drills, enough steam gland packing to fit out a fleet of locos a brass blowlamp & much more besides.
While we were there i started & ran his old Mitchell lathe to check it over. Still runs sweetly.
But the measuring equipment was no use to them so came my way.
So this morning i spent several hours cleaning filthy gunge off them, he had greased most things liberally which has preserved them, Took some getting off though.
And so i have aquired, 3 Sets of V Blocks, A Brown & Sharpe Height micrometer, Two scribing gauges, A mitoyu mag base with mercer clock, bore gauge, smaller bore gauge in case, thread gauges imp & metric, calipers, much small lathe tooling & boxes of drills, enough steam gland packing to fit out a fleet of locos a brass blowlamp & much more besides.
While we were there i started & ran his old Mitchell lathe to check it over. Still runs sweetly.
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I was keeping an eye on Amazon and found some Japanese sellers were posting directly from Japan for very cheap price, inc post.
The first one I bought was an Impacta, and I find it makes short work of case screws that would sneer at anything else. Half a dozen light but firm taps in rapid succession using a 1 1/2lb hammer and just about anything moves, at least so far.
Was going to get more Vessel drivers (and probably still will) but other makes started appearing, so bought a set of Draper JIS, which seem ok for general use.
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Have you run into any issues with importing? I've been tempted to buy a couple of things off amazon japan, but I suspect the VAT and customs charge on them would be extortionate.
It's not so much the VAT and duty, as the extortionate fees the Post Office and couriers charge you for taking your money.
Pay £5 to the government, give £10 to the Post Office
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Not for those, the price quoted on Az was all that I paid.
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DAPPH
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Cut them in half turn a point on the blunt end with a grinder on them in the lathe or in the drill chuck and sell him a full half sized set ?
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Today I acquired a brand new Lenovo Fo 5G Windows 11 stand alone computer just for using with my 3D drawing and printing. Having spent t6he last 1& 1/2 hrs. trying to get it fired up I'm losing the will to live .
It's all to do with needing ( or so it seems ) to have a Microsoft account
I have details I've written down from years back but I no longer have that email addy, it ceased to be in use over four years ago.
I also have three alternative email addresses that appear to all be tied back to the unused email address . . I thought I'd accessed the account on my new smartphone but it does not recognise the number , neither doeds it regocnise the last three emails I sent almost a year ago ( don't usually do emails as I'd rather do face to face or as a last resort .... a phone call .)
I think the easy way out might be to see if I can set up a totally new account and re set everything that uses the Microsoft monster with an up to date email address , though I'm not sure if they will treat my email addresses which are children off my wife's main email address as valid or just keep sending me round in ever decreasing circles till I disappear up my own orifice .
I read one of the help hindering advice notes that say's " If you have dual corroboration aspects you cannot close an account " ... I've been to sleep several times this last four years and haven't a clue as to if that applies to me.
I'll sleep on it all and obviously take on board what alot of you guys might be offering before I give it another go tomorrow morning.
It's all to do with needing ( or so it seems ) to have a Microsoft account
I have details I've written down from years back but I no longer have that email addy, it ceased to be in use over four years ago.
I also have three alternative email addresses that appear to all be tied back to the unused email address . . I thought I'd accessed the account on my new smartphone but it does not recognise the number , neither doeds it regocnise the last three emails I sent almost a year ago ( don't usually do emails as I'd rather do face to face or as a last resort .... a phone call .)
I think the easy way out might be to see if I can set up a totally new account and re set everything that uses the Microsoft monster with an up to date email address , though I'm not sure if they will treat my email addresses which are children off my wife's main email address as valid or just keep sending me round in ever decreasing circles till I disappear up my own orifice .
I read one of the help hindering advice notes that say's " If you have dual corroboration aspects you cannot close an account " ... I've been to sleep several times this last four years and haven't a clue as to if that applies to me.
I'll sleep on it all and obviously take on board what alot of you guys might be offering before I give it another go tomorrow morning.
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Funnily enough I got a new Dell laptop last week...i also needed a Microsoft account too which I thought was really odd. Its like the operating system is linked to my Microsoft account...haven't had time to look into it but definitely something has changed in this version.
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New toys to go with my new toy. 
This was a kit from Nik and Trick, which doesn't include a stop bath for some reason, but is everything you need to develop B&W film. Except darkness, they'd sold out of changing bags.
No real logic to my film selection, Superpan has some infrared sensitivity so that sounds cool (Rollei Infrared was sold out), Delta 3200 is obviously much faster, and Shanghai GP3 is cheap, FP4, Delta 400 and HP5 (Which I seem to have lost already) are just bog standard B&W, no idea how they differ, I just picked what I'd heard of.
This was a kit from Nik and Trick, which doesn't include a stop bath for some reason, but is everything you need to develop B&W film. Except darkness, they'd sold out of changing bags.
No real logic to my film selection, Superpan has some infrared sensitivity so that sounds cool (Rollei Infrared was sold out), Delta 3200 is obviously much faster, and Shanghai GP3 is cheap, FP4, Delta 400 and HP5 (Which I seem to have lost already) are just bog standard B&W, no idea how they differ, I just picked what I'd heard of.
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