Moose McAlpine
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In that case send them to me!
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In that case send them to me!
pedrobedro
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You're not supposed to eat them Memmedu
Anybody on here would take them off your hands they are top gear.
dan.taylor.1
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I'm with you. Hate using carvers. Much prefer an clamp like a bessey
My Old Landy
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I was gifted this today. A lovely old voltmeter for radio use (says on the dial 
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@ajlelectronics have you seen one of these before?
)@ajlelectronics have you seen one of these before?
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AAAAEGH.I was gifted this today. A lovely old voltmeter for radio use (says on the dial
@ajlelectronics have you seen one of these before?
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I have many of them.
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The low voltage side makes me wonder if it was for testing valve sets and that's for heater voltageI was gifted this today. A lovely old voltmeter for radio use (says on the dial
@ajlelectronics have you seen one of these before?
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The Radio - Voltmeter would be used to check Low Tension - LT, typically 1.5v and High Tension - HT, 90v on valve sets.
The scale is non-linear, so it may be a moving-iron meter.
The typeface used for "Radio - Voltmeter" looks German, and the "DRP" - Deutsches Reichspatent - confirms this.
The scale is non-linear, so it may be a moving-iron meter.
The typeface used for "Radio - Voltmeter" looks German, and the "DRP" - Deutsches Reichspatent - confirms this.
The "Sharpie" copies work just fine. Like a sharpie albeit the lid clip is obviously fragile.
The long nib markers work well. Should be good when marking out holes through something already drilled.
The white markers work better than expected. Straight onto greasy metal. Needed a firm wipe to remove, so should be good enough for marking out on dark surfaces.
Not sure how long they will last but very cheap!
weldingnovice
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Doing some work for a bloke that has a plant/haulage/skip business.
Gets some interesting things.
Anywaysgave me this
Interesting letter opener, has a date on the upside down pic.
No idea why it's upside down.
Anyone know what it's from?
As I've mentioned camera is done.
Gets some interesting things.
Anywaysgave me this
Interesting letter opener, has a date on the upside down pic.
No idea why it's upside down.
Anyone know what it's from?
As I've mentioned camera is done.
AKN
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It is for checking the battery voltages/state of charge for the early valve radios. 8 volt range for the heater accumulator and 160 volt range for the H.T. Battery.I was gifted this today. A lovely old voltmeter for radio use (says on the dial
@ajlelectronics have you seen one of these before?
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Farside
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That's exactly what my missus used to say.
The money I spent on hobby toys over the course of a year did add up, but on a weekly basis it wouldn't have bought more than a couple of rounds, and nobody would have thought twice about it if I'd been doing that.
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Look at the base of the case.
There will be a date stamped onto it.
That will prove the case is if the right time period. Does not prove it was made then.
If the brass polish up the same way if may be of the same age.
Dr.Al
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Mixed box of new fangled metric screws to try, whats wrong with a good old inch 8?
If you like inches, what size drill bit do you need for a clearance hole for a #8 screw? (Answer is 'obviously' 5/32"). For a 4 mm screw you need a 4 mm clearance hole. Okay, so a #8 screw is the basically same size as a 4 mm screw, but it's so much simpler with metric.
Old money sizes are right there on the box...
They are good screws for the money, I've used a few thousand myself, better than the torquefast screws with the torxdrive that toolstation stock.
I tend to drill the clearance hole 0.5mm undersize, stops the head pulling too far into soft timber but still pulls up tight without issues.
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It was a bit tongue in cheek, they will all go in with the same size hammer
Shox Dr
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New Boots and Panties
My father in law insisted they were called hammer screws. ie you hammer them in, and screw them ootIt was a bit tongue in cheek, they will all go in with the same size hammer
