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

[GraemeVW]

Postman just delivered another treat for me!
My new lathe is mt2 rather than the mt1 tailstock of my old lathe. Needed a revolving center but didn't want a cheap new Chinese one. This new old stock Jacobs came up on eBay with a low buy it now. I send a cheeky offer of £20 though, and it was accepted.
I like the fact the body tapers too for more tool clearance at the end of the stock.

Just keeping my eye open for a pipe center now, the small one I have for my old lathe is handier than I expected it to be.

 

[GraemeVW]

Went to the local second hand market today as I had an unusual Thursday day off.
Saw this jigsaw in a load of other old power tools (why do so few angle grinders have the switch in the right place!!).
Something appealed to me about it, metal body, heavy, craftsman made some decent stuff. I put it back though but it nagged st me all the time I was in town so I went back and bought it.
Will be nice to clean up, and my good Bosch jigsaw has died so I'll have use for it.
Replaceable brushes which is good, and looks like a skimmable commutator, so I can make it last.
All alloy body, alloy name badges, even held on with hammer drive screws!
Best if all though is the scroll function so you can rotate the blade in use. Means you dont have to turn the whole saw body to cut curves. I didnt even realise that when i bought it!
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Too late to edit this and add a video, but I just tested it. It's very controllable for speed, from very slow to very fast. Seems to ha e alot of power, and you can see the rotating blade function. Although I didn't get it on video, the trigger sometimes stays slightly on, creating a little motor noise, and at slow speeds it sounds a little agricultural, but I'll strip it and clean/oil the bearings. The com looks very good, as do the brushes.

 

[AdventuresInMetal]

New toy day , but seriously I think this is enough buying welders for this year, traded too much bench space for welders at this point in my tiny workshop.

 

[JOEPRO]

New toy day , but seriously I think this is enough buying welders for this year, traded too much bench space for welders at this point in my tiny workshop.

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But have you bought a Lathe yet?

 

[Brad93]

A few items waiting for me when I got back yesterday.

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The mill upgrade continues apace, but the bank balance is suffering

i'd be very interested to hear how you get on with the ball screw. i need to look at the archdale. Apparently there is backlash adjustment but if not i might replace

 

[sardine]

Nice peice of 40mm oak worktop saved from the bin.

 

[Seadog]

i'd be very interested to hear how you get on with the ball screw. i need to look at the archdale. Apparently there is backlash adjustment but if not i might replace

So will I Brad

It's a coarser pitch than the original screw, but I will eventually fit a DRO. Since the intention is that it's going to remain a manual machine, I really need to make sure that I have reliable, and accessible table locks.

Slow going at the moment since my tool post grinder needs some fettling.

 

[droopsnoot]

Someone listed a trolley jack on an FB recycle group last week, I almost didn't ask for it as I've got quite a lot of these smaller trolley jacks, then changed my mind and claimed it. It wasn't until I got it back to the shed that I noticed it's a low-profile one.

 

[Seadog]

Some full-fat Castrol GTX. My neighbour was taking it to the tip Around £45 a gallon now...

 

[dan.taylor.1]

A new appreciation for the tensile strength of steel... I reckon I've had my monies worth out of that one...

Hard to tell but the crack runs the length of the weld, maybe 3mm holding it together, was still happily chewing through 25x6 stainless flat bar albeit with a jump when it went over the crack!


Still I may try tig it back together as its still sharp!

Was cutting these down from a length after I'd milled the longer chamfers.

Then they went back in the mill with a stop set to take the short chamfer off.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a dinky 4000amp car/truck battery booster to chuck in the van. Gumph says it will start up to 10l diesels, tried it on a tractor with a flat battery and it wanged that over. Time will tell.

 

[MattF]

Today I acquired a dinky 4000amp car/truck battery booster to chuck in the van. Gumph says it will start up to 10l diesels, tried it on a tractor with a flat battery and it wanged that over. Time will tell.

Now that's proper bloke technical terms.

 

[brightspark]

Now that's proper bloke technical terms.

we say the bumf

 

[Gragson]

we say the bumf

Wanged and wanger should be in the oed - different meanings - universally understood by old blokes

 

[Pete.]

Wanged and wanger should be in the oed - different meanings - universally understood by old blokes

A wanger is someone who throws wellington boots...

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Picked this auction purchase up this morning, Nederman oxy fuel reel, been cursing my oxy setup every time I pull it out as the hose just gets in the way where it is. Saw this on my local agri machinery auction and stuck a bid in, just over 6 quid with the fees... They're over a grand new

Granted it needs new hoses, it's on 6mm oxy acetylene atm and I run propane, my current hoses are 10mm and a bit heavy, so might go for 8mm on this.

 

[Brad93]

Picked this auction purchase up this morning, Nederman oxy fuel reel, been cursing my oxy setup every time I pull it out as the hose just gets in the way where it is. Saw this on my local agri machinery auction and stuck a bid in, just over 6 quid with the fees... They're over a grand new

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Granted it needs new hoses, it's on 6mm oxy acetylene atm and I run propane, my current hoses are 10mm and a bit heavy, so might go for 8mm on this.

I didn't know they made one for oxyacetylene

 

[dan.taylor.1]

I didn't know they made one for oxyacetylene

Hose Reel 876

www.nederman.com

 

[dan.taylor.1]

New price...

 

[Robotstar5]

My first log entries in about 20 years. My local bus museum was running a special event radio station so I cobbled a temporary "shack" together to work them plus a couple of other stations.