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I bought a roll-around scaffold not long ago that was made in some exotic Asian locale. It was actually pretty good kit, other than a couple of welds that looked like they were squeezed out of a diarrhetic sparrow. The pigeonpoo welds on your trolley actually look pretty good by comparison.
Sometimes repairing something is easier than returning it, especially with large bulky things like the abovementioned scaffold, but whenever I do that, I send explanatory photos of the problem to the seller and (if possible) to the manufacturer, which sometimes pays off, as I've received quite a number of free replacement items over the years without having to return the repairable offending items.
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Car boot.
Burger, chips, cold drink = £8;50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This lot = £5;00.
Burger, chips, cold drink = £8;50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This lot = £5;00.
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For what purpose?
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Stuff you have made today
A lifetime is a long time to be fixing something.. :scared: I hear you (i know, its a joke, but first off, buy a lathe (£3.5K including DRO) then buy some tooling (another £2k) then you need a rotary broach and a selection of carbide Hex Broaches (no idea, but not cheap) then you need a bit...
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today i aqquired an old warbird 18mm plug tester its a pressure chamber with 6 glass portholes to observe the plugs under pressure as in the cyl and was fitted with a hand crank magneto to provide the sparks
im modding it for testing magnetos being motored as an "endurance real world test" increasing pressure makes it harder to spark
ive silver soldered a new valve stem on and added an old steam boiler gauge and fitted a motley collection of old plugs to pressure test it with
il fit adaptors and fit new 14mm plugs ifound the warning about petrol soaked plugs i dare say it would blow the windows out
im modding it for testing magnetos being motored as an "endurance real world test" increasing pressure makes it harder to spark
ive silver soldered a new valve stem on and added an old steam boiler gauge and fitted a motley collection of old plugs to pressure test it with
il fit adaptors and fit new 14mm plugs ifound the warning about petrol soaked plugs i dare say it would blow the windows out
I'll let you know once I actually find a practical use for them, but from the little bits I've played with them on, they do seem rather good for their size.
I bought the smallest ones, as I think they'll be a good addition to the mountain bike back pack, although I suspect the next size up would probably be a bit more useful, as the 100mm length doesn't give you that much leverage.
I only bought them, as they were on special offer at an event this weekend.
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Got these in a load of kit from a house clearance... Not sure why, just liked the look of them!
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I wouldn't normally mention work items however I was impressed with this:
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I should have said, if anyone wants one or more of them gauges drop me a pm.
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We used to have gauges like that in school.
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They're definitely from some kind of training facilities, there was a load of gear like that. There's an entire tent/gazebo full of bulbs, like a 6mx4m gazebo...
