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

[DAPPH]

I thought all you old bike guys rebuilt your own friction plates using cork wine bottle corks. I found the ones from red wine gripped the best.

I helped my brother do that back in 1959 on his maroon coloured Sunbeam . The bag of corks came courtesy of an officers mess waiter after a dining in evening session .

 

[Mick Annick]

This was my late Mum's. Found it in the shed. I remember her lighting it. It's pretty rusty, what do I need to do to get it up and running? Give it a dunk in citric acid?

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I’d just send it to @The_Yellow_Ardvark with a fiver and tell him to crack on

 

[joebog1]

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Is that the local dog emporium ? Where the dog can choose his/her own dog food.
WE buy dead chooks for our dog, cause its the cheapest fresh meat you can buy.
TOTALLY unsuitable for human consumption. As are all dead birds.
Greasy, fatty, tastes like s**t, and smells even worse.

PPOOOHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!


Joe

 

[MattF]

Got another blade to try on the mitre saw. The 24 tooth one supplied with it gives more tear-out on the back edge than I want, so ordered a 40 tooth Sabrecut blade to try. I've been quite impressed with the quality of any other type of blade I've had of theirs. Runs true, nice cut etc. Can't fault it. An added bonus is, (with this being a 210mm blade rather than a 216mm, as came with the saw), the laser guide is actually on the cut line now. It was out by a mm or two before. This is the one I ordered.



@Arc Tourist will appreciate this bit.



It's green.

 

[Scalarocco]

Is that the local dog emporium ? Where the dog can choose his/her own dog food.
WE buy dead chooks for our dog, cause its the cheapest fresh meat you can buy.
TOTALLY unsuitable for human consumption. As are all dead birds.
Greasy, fatty, tastes like s**t, and smells even worse.

PPOOOHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!


Joe

I take it you're not a fan? If it's that bad why would you feed it to your dog?

 

[Maker]

I thought everybody liked chicken.

 

[nickk]

@Memmeddu ,don’t,it lasted a couple of days of short usage,got a full refund.

 

[Maker]

They look useful. You will use them tons now you have them I bet!

Do you have a link please

Funny how things that look like they’re just occasional tools turn out useful once you own them. Bought these ages ago to get out the **** and I use the bent ones daily.

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I bought the Knipex long needle nose pliers thinking they might come in handy sometimes, turns out they're handy all the time. So handy in-fact I'm tempted to buy the bent ones too.

 

[James1979]

I bought the Knipex long needle nose pliers thinking they might come in handy sometimes, turns out they're handy all the time. So handy in-fact I'm tempted to buy the bent ones too.

I use the bent ones for those clips on engine hoses.

Can’t remember what they’re called…..

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Can’t remember what they’re called…..

Difficult?

 

[Maker]

Spring clips, I like these pliers for them. Sadly mine aren't Hazet.

 

[James1979]

Spring clips, I like these pliers for them. Sadly mine aren't Hazet.
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I’ve often toyed with the idea of them.

All the sealey, eBay, factors ones seem to be the same Chinese ****e.

Was looking at a sealey set not long back and the ratchet didn’t even engage properly

 

[8ob]

I use the bent ones for those clips on engine hoses.

Can’t remember what they’re called…..


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Constant tension hose clamps

Bob

 

[Seadog]

Spring clips, I like these pliers for them. Sadly mine aren't Hazet.
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I bought a set for about £10 from Europarts. Getting them into position is right faff, but they work very well.

 

[seriesonewelder]

Many years ago I bought a set of 3 scissors from Ikea which are still in use; keeping one pair in the garage. Recently I was doing some CAD (cardboard aided design) work using the scissors however the cardboard was off the double layer variety and the scissors struggled. I thought it was about time to acquire a pair more suited for workshop use hence a pair of Milwaukee from FFX arrived. Also I was using my set of 11SR Vise Grips with swivel tips for a particular job and noticed that all the other grips in this size in my vise grip drawer were of the standard tip variety whereas swivel tips were better for this particular job so I ordered another set along with the scissors. The Ikea scissors weren't totally redundant as I used them to open the Milwaukee packaging...

 

[Fiji]

Good day ! Just got back from Stickney auto jumble. Came away with random imperial sockets and spanners, really nice imperial socket set, little magnetic pick up, and a REALLY tidy set of steel drawers hardly a mark on the inside. Also some spring clips for the tailgate on the trailer I got yesterday.

 

[JMS1972]

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OMG the rotisserie wagon was the best thing about living in France

 

[Blobber]

Good day ! Just got back from Stickney auto jumble. Came away with random imperial sockets and spanners, really nice imperial socket set, little magnetic pick up, and a REALLY tidy set of steel drawers hardly a mark on the inside. Also some spring clips for the tailgate on the trailer I got yesterday.

I thought about going as im only 45mins away but the cold/rain put me off, what was it like there?

 

[Jan-DIY]

Too much this week. Superspecial material and a bit of silver.

 

[nickk]

Carrying on the theme of trusting suppliers,a place I occasionally buy belts,seals,bearings and sprockets was apologetic as they couldn’t guarantee how quick they’d deliver belts and may even have to post at their expense!
Day after ordering,one of their more regular customers notice my order on their counter and offered to deliver it to me as he’s nearby!
lo

and behold he delivered it today.