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

[Cobbler]

It wont be flat then, it will be ship shaped and Bristol fashion.......

As long as its not "Bristol" shaped, you'd never flatten it out.

 

[atomant48]

It's got 2 wheels, it's shiny, and it followed me home, honest.

 

[MattF]

It's amazing how something you've been after for a while can crop up in an unexpected place. This came out of an industrial type ironing board.

This is going to be the heart of my new workshop vacuum cleaner/extractor.

 

[eSCHEn]

Nice one Matt. Those squirrel fans can shift an obscene amount of air for very little noise.

 

[roofman]

Nice one Matt. Those squirrel fans can shift an obscene amount of air for very little noise.

yep also make fantastic extraction systems too,that good infact you need to allow air to be drawn in as it goes out or you go down with blue lips

 

[CRB]

yep also make fantastic extraction systems too,that good infact you need to allow air to be drawn in as it goes out or you go down with blue lips

.....to match the blue balls.......

 

[Maker]

Ever heard of RAF Trimley Heath? Dad went there the other day and showed me some pictures of some kind of equipment still in there, it was a huge blower like that, it must have been at least 2 feet across. He said he want's to pinch it, restore it and run it off his Lister.

How powerful is the motor on yours?

 

[MattF]

Nice one Matt. Those squirrel fans can shift an obscene amount of air for very little noise.

I found that out rather quickly. Good job I had my fingers spread wider than the opening when I decided to see how good the draw was. I could easily have been suffering a few rapped knuckles or fingertips if I hadn't done that as a precaution. The amount of air they draw is rather impressive, isn't it. This is the first time I've seen one this large in action, and I'm impressed. It also went and pelted me with every little scrap of crap on the surface I placed it down onto.

Ever heard of RAF Trimley Heath? Dad went there the other day and showed me some pictures of some kind of equipment still in there, it was a huge blower like that, it must have been at least 2 feet across. He said he want's to pinch it, restore it and run it off his Lister.

How powerful is the motor on yours?

I'd love to see him trying to leg it down the road with that. Only had a quick peek at the plate, and it's all in either Italian or Spanish, (can't remember which offhand), so I just checked the current rating which is just over 2A, so only around 2/3HP or so. Seems **** about face when you consider that a vacuum cleaner using a smaller version of the same basic setup draws far more current for far less throughput.


I've also nicked the pivoting arm assembly for the sleeve plate from the ironing board. The arm is cast iron, as is one of the collar it slips into, so I'm thinking that could make some form of swinging mount for say a small vice for light work, or similar, on one of the benches.

 

[dan.taylor.1]

That'll be because they run much faster and are much smaller so less efficient maybe? Torque and speed are inversely proportional to each other after all!

 

[MattF]

That'll be because they run much faster and are much smaller so less efficient maybe? Torque and speed are inversely proportional to each other after all!

Must admit I'd never paid it much thought until I read the tag on this one to check what fuse to put in the plug for testing. They're usually brush motors in vacuums too, so the efficiency is less due to that fact also, I'd guess.

I'll be glad when I get chance to spend some time on this project, which'll hopefully be within a few weeks. My current workshop vacuum cleaner is getting to the stage where it sounds like a rocket, so it doesn't seem the bearings have too long left in them.

 

[Fintray]

Anybody looking for a lathe for restoration in Glasgow?
http://www.viralnova.com/explored-office-building-gallery/30/#previous

Or a pillar drill on the next page.

Bruce Street baths.

 

[bigegg]

It's been a good day!.

27 pairs of accuride 500mm 50kg rated soft close, push to open, full extension drawer slides.
for 30 quid!!!

8x 47kg empty gas bottles (free) from a member on here.

Plus another Gary Fisher paragon mountain bike - £29 this time tho.

 

[pete23]

been a good day today, done a small job for a customer, when I finished they said, "don't suppose you want a cutting set"

I ended up going back to my workshop with a complete cutting set, full bottles, complete with gauges, hoses, torches all on its own trolley, it barely been used and in very good nick.

also from the same chap, a full size bottle of argosheild light, full. and full spare bottle of oxy for the cutting set.

got paid for the job and all of the above for free, that's a good day!!!

 

[tomsutton529]

Not strictly today, it was lateish on Friday night, But I acquired a poorly Audi TT.. On the A75, In Scotland, 200 miles from home and still nearly 70 miles from our destination..

And then the AA man came.. Suspected a snapped timing belt and due to the location of the car and the fact lorries are steaming past on the way to Stranraer we got towed to a Petrol station 8 miles away at 30mph, because its a bloody Quatro. Wasn't keen on being towed so close to the van, in dark, no idea where I was, what the road was like and having bellends overtaking on a corner that neither me nor the overtaker knew how long it was, even the AA man said it was a bit hairy.

Upon further investigation we found that the belt has slipped somewhere, shredded the teeth on the belt and then got caught on some metal.. We decided to carry on the journey and got the inlaws to pick us up, which meant I had to endure a 2 hour drinking session in a petrol station car park, I had fosters the wife had Moet...

On the plus side of all this, the AA got the car back to our local garage, they blamed Gates due to a seized water pump, Gates have now agreed to cover all costs to get the car back on the road.. So this weekend I have acquired a Poorly Audi TT, that is being fixed and good as new ready for a good blast down to Donington in a few weeks for the Download Festival.

 

[the snooper]

Not strictly today, it was lateish on Friday night, But I acquired a poorly Audi TT.. On the A75, In Scotland, 200 miles from home and still nearly 70 miles from our destination...

not stricktly true you already had the car so you only acquired the fault

 

[eSCHEn]

Not strictly today, it was lateish on Friday night, But I acquired a poorly Audi TT.. On the A75, In Scotland, 200 miles from home and still nearly 70 miles from our destination..

And then the AA man came.. Suspected a snapped timing belt and due to the location of the car and the fact lorries are steaming past on the way to Stranraer we got towed to a Petrol station 8 miles away at 30mph, because its a bloody Quatro. Wasn't keen on being towed so close to the van, in dark, no idea where I was, what the road was like and having bellends overtaking on a corner that neither me nor the overtaker knew how long it was, even the AA man said it was a bit hairy.

Upon further investigation we found that the belt has slipped somewhere, shredded the teeth on the belt and then got caught on some metal.. We decided to carry on the journey and got the inlaws to pick us up, which meant I had to endure a 2 hour drinking session in a petrol station car park, I had fosters the wife had Moet...

On the plus side of all this, the AA got the car back to our local garage, they blamed Gates due to a seized water pump, Gates have now agreed to cover all costs to get the car back on the road.. So this weekend I have acquired a Poorly Audi TT, that is being fixed and good as new ready for a good blast down to Donington in a few weeks for the Download Festival.

Is that beside Cargenbridge Tom? Scenery kinda all looks similar round there

 

[tomsutton529]

not stricktly true you already had the car so you only acquired the fault

Its the Wife's car, but I am allowed to drive it at the weekends.. So now it has developed a fault, I also Acquired the car, which I promptly sent to the garage as they had their hands on it last.

 

[tomsutton529]

Is that beside Cargenbridge Tom? Scenery kinda all looks similar round there

Close..Ish... its Carrutherstown. about 1/4 of a mile from Hetland Hotel.

 

[eSCHEn]

Close..Ish...

Kind of you to say so but I'm miles away with my guess

You from around here mate?

 

[tomsutton529]

Kind of you to say so but I'm miles away with my guess

You from around here mate?

No mate, i'm from Wigan. The in-laws have a caravan out that way and work send me up that way sometimes.