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

[DAPPH]

I've been given some effects from a deceased's persons estate , it seems it stood in a not too water tight shed for the last 20 years .

A lovely very heavy 5 inch Woden vice , the top leading edge of both the jaws have tiny chips out of them , other than that it looks as though it has rarely been used , the grease on the lead screw looks nearly new .

One thing though is that the jaws don't have much grip profile on them and they were not very tight in the seats , You can't invert the jaws as there's a few mm mismatch to fit ( I tried )

The securing screws for the jaws are well thread worn making me think someone has swapped the jaws and put in the worn ones in thei place many years ago
Questions :-
If any of you have a big 5 inch Woden , do any of you know what the thread of the countersunk jaw screws are . I'm guessing they 5/16 th's BSF x 1 inch long but would like confirmation if possible before I buy some high tensile ones .

 

[Arc Tourist]

A delivery from deepest, darkest Essex

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What ! No bubble wrap !
Did Clive provide an instruction manual ?

 

[Pete.]

Hello, you need a licence to fly a radio controlled plane? When did that come in?

November 2019. It applies to all flying aircraft heavier than 250g.

 

[bricol]

November 2019. It applies to all flying aircraft heavier than 250g.

And like a lot of similar things, it has no effect on those who would use them for unlawful purposes, while irritating many, many more enthusiast who wouldn't even think of doing so.

 

[My Old Landy]

Hello, you need a licence to fly a radio controlled plane? When did that come in?

It came in fully January this year. They changed the registration criteria. Anything under 250g without a camera doesn't need a license. After that a flyer ID and an operator ID if you are responsible for the craft.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Another one for the collection - got on a good deal, couldn't resist.
Not as powerful as the Makita version, but not as heavy either - already used it to blow off some stuff that was wet.
I can see why people find them so handy, I think this is going to come in quite useful!

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Another one for the collection - got on a good deal, couldn't resist.
Not as powerful as the Makita version, but not as heavy either - already used it to blow off some stuff that was wet.
I can see why people find them so handy, I think this is going to come in quite useful!

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Is there a version of the hair dryer for attaching to the toilet?

 

[MetalMonkey]

Is there a version of the hair dryer for attaching to the toilet?

If you want to give the ole tackle a quick blast, I'm sure it would do the job - be a bit draughty though, I'd say stick to the hand dryer.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired some ratchets and a breaker bar to top up the yard tool trolley, got a good few years out of the old ones so replaced with the same.

Bob

And a tyre/patch vulcaniser.

 

[OJCar]

And a tyre/patch vulcaniser.

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My, that is posh!

As a child I used to watch the local tyre fixer vulcanise patches with an old piston, a metal bar and some meths.

 

[Mick Annick]

Today I acquired some ratchets and a breaker bar to top up the yard tool trolley, got a good few years out of the old ones so replaced with the same.

Bob

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And a tyre/patch vulcaniser.

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You’re going to struggle with those plugs Bob…

 

[Blobber]

New tool, by my reckoning it should make her 3 times quicker

 

[MetalMonkey]

New tool, by my reckoning it should make her 3 times quicker

Sorry, no idea what it does?

 

[OJCar]

Sorry, no idea what it does?

If you work where I do, you stick the top of the handle up your **** so you can sweep the floor as everything else that your doing at the same time.

Sandpaper anyone?

 

[lchris21]

As winter looms I've decided to join the Darwin Awards Dodgers Club (CO division) with a Webasto type copy diesel heater for the workshop.

It's the "8" kW model - which the spec says uses 0.46 Litres/hour, so by my calculations must also be pulling at least 3.14 kW of electricity.

From what I've seen on the Youtube most of the heat goes straight out of the exhaust so some kind of heat exchanger would be a good idea - a lot of people use wet systems but that seems unnecessary if it's not to store or move and just heat the air, so I'll think of something with a big surface area to send the exhaust through before it goes outside to fertilize the rain forests.

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on my shopping list also, with winter looming. I was thinking the same as you re exhaust heat? was thinking of running it through a old towel radiator mounted on the garage wall ? or would that be a rediculous idea

 

[GG1]

on my shopping list also, with winter looming. I was thinking the same as you re exhaust heat? was thinking of running it through a old towel radiator mounted on the garage wall ? or would that be a rediculous idea

I have seen people do similar things and it seems to get the heat away well enough, but my concern is that it would be a highly corrosive environment inside which could well rot through after a while, when the CO detector batteries are dead etc...

I'm planning something with copper for what it's worth.

Changing the gas flow would mean having to adjust the air fuel mix (ideally with a lambda sensor) and I saw someone say on the very cheap models this can't be done - and you can tell the very cheap ones because the fan symbol on the LCD screen only has 3 blades instead of 6.

No idea if this is true but I paid an extra £5 for a little picture of a 6 bladed fan anyway.

 

[GG1]

on my shopping list also, with winter looming. I was thinking the same as you re exhaust heat? was thinking of running it through a old towel radiator mounted on the garage wall ? or would that be a rediculous idea

Oh, and watch out also for how you power it - they are all 12v but some have kettle lead type socket which would get interesting fast if you used the lead from your kettle or computer.

 

[My Old Landy]

Another new flying machine. Hopefully it is dry this weekend and I can go flying! I know a lot don't like drones but this one will be used at the flying club mainly.

 

[DAPPH]

New tool, by my reckoning it should make her 3 times quicker
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Will you be fitting it with an engine or fit a battery drive to it.

 

[DAPPH]

on my shopping list also, with winter looming. I was thinking the same as you re exhaust heat? was thinking of running it through a old towel radiator mounted on the garage wall ? or would that be a rediculous idea

I've had my heater for about a year . installed it roughly 10 months ago .

Be careful that you don't slow the exhaust flow too much and produce a hot spot inside the heat exchanger . It's designed to burn effectively & push out the hot exhaust gases and heat the heat exchanger.... mess with this at your peril .
Don't get too clever and over egg the custard , there is a lot of water to condense in the exhaust gas .

Years ago , in 1981 I had a numpty neighbour who copied me by getting a balanced flue Baxi Bermuda wall mounted heater installed in all rooms as the blown air night storage electric heating was horrifical expensive & totally hopeless at heating the home .
One day I heard him and his missus having a hell of a ding dong screeching session , he'd discovered that the outlet flue was pushing out hot fumes so he turned off all the gas so no one could " Waste all that money , heating up outside ". Divorced a few months later after he decided to take voluntary redundancy from his job as a floor sweeper in a factory ( £900 payment .... which he spent on CB radio crap ).