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

[roblane65]

Got the frame, the tray it runs in and all the goodies it came with when new, really is a nice bit of kit. I will take a few more snaps of it another day. Its even got built in pneumatic height adjusters for levelling on less than perfect concrete.

Bob

A very old friend of mine bought the whole kit new many many moons ago ! . He was the only body shop in the area with a full size body jig and once word spread what he could pull / push straight cars /shells came from all over , made him a lot of money indeed . If I recall there was about three double size bed crates of brackets chains swivels clamps bars and rams an impressive bit of kit indeed .

 

[dobbslc]

Had a bit of a run out today to visit a friend and see my mum.

Swung by a place called ‘work aid’ in Chesham. To pick up an accidental eBay purchase.
Its only a small shop but an extremely pleasant place and as well as a lot of garden tools, wood working stuff and fabric they had a few bits of engineering stuff too.
This is there website they have an eBay shop on there too. Seems like a very good cause to me.
https://workaid.org/
(Just to clarify it’s probably not worth driving hours to visit but if you find yourself nearby with a spare half hour why not pay them a visit)

So I came away with:
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A mitutoyo depth mic. I’d imagine it’s missing the extendy bits for deeper depths but I probably wouldn’t know how to use them.
(Shame I couldn’t stretch to mr swains slip gauge set they had there too)

And a 3ft orca that I definitely don’t know what to do with!(the accidental eBay purchase)
Not sure who ‘rjh’ are or were?
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I've been there, it's a great place! Shame that they don't take in donations on Saturday's as I'd be able to give them a few decent bits and bobs.

 

[Cobbler]

Got the frame, the tray it runs in and all the goodies it came with when new, really is a nice bit of kit. I will take a few more snaps of it another day. Its even got built in pneumatic height adjusters for levelling on less than perfect concrete.

Bob

I remember hearing about a Renault 4, not long after they came out. This one had been in a minor shunt & the panel beater had a new hydraulic chassis straightener & he decided to do a check & prove his new kit. On measuring he found the chassis damaged, wheelbase about 4 inches shorter one side to the other. Much heaving & pulling later, one written off Renault, the wheelbase is shorter one side to the other by design so the torsion bars can run across.

 

[minimutly]

R J H made many engineering tools including straight edges but they were probably better known for their small single wheel grinders and lapping machines.

@Pete. has an rjh too if I remember correctly.

@pressbrake1 has some pictures from their catalogue showing squares, straight edges, surface plates etc.

Put it up for sale here, someone will have a use for it.

 

[Martin Hocking]

R J H made many engineering tools including straight edges but they were probably better known for their small single wheel grinders and lapping machines.

@Pete. has an rjh too if I remember correctly.

@pressbrake1 has some pictures from their catalogue showing squares, straight edges, surface plates etc.

Thanks brad, that clears that up a bit. I’d heard of their grinders, didn’t know they made other stuff too.

 

[mechman]

A rather large PC case.
Corsair Carbide Air 540
A little bigger than I expected….. pint glass for scale.
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I am familiar with the glass and its contents but not the other thingy.
Norm.

 

[Martin Hocking]

Put it up for sale here, someone will have a use for it.

You mean the straight edge?

I might do, I had a bit of a plan for a use for it but probably a few years away yet, I’ll have bit of head scratch.

I’m not looking to profiteer out of a charity and I couldn’t grow a beard if I tried so it won’t be beard oil storage either.

 

[bricol]

I remember hearing about a Renault 4, not long after they came out. This one had been in a minor shunt & the panel beater had a new hydraulic chassis straightener & he decided to do a check & prove his new kit. On measuring he found the chassis damaged, wheelbase about 4 inches shorter one side to the other. Much heaving & pulling later, one written off Renault, the wheelbase is shorter one side to the other by design so the torsion bars can run across.

The R5 being based on the same floorpan was the same - I often wonder how modern 4 wheel alignment systems would act when working out the thrust angle with that difference.

Althought you would have thought any half decent mechanic would notice where the torsion bars run and thus the different wheelbase each side - same trailing arm/bar assembly if I remember, just flipped over and used the other side.

 

[pressbrake1]

R J H made many engineering tools including straight edges but they were probably better known for their small single wheel grinders and lapping machines.

@Pete. has an rjh too if I remember correctly.

@pressbrake1 has some pictures from their catalogue showing squares, straight edges, surface plates etc.

Little companies make all sorts
The original family company made furnaces and multi process machines for automotive parts.
In my hands it makes anything from straight edges to vices. The shame is a heavy burden
Must add I didn’t inherit a penny . I brought it back to life in 1998 onwards

 

[daleyd]

I’ve got an RJH linisher in my pile of “round to it” stuff!

 

[Memmeddu]

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So today I've bought one of those Einhell airtech euro 4300V ,v twin air compressor 412 litres minute.
Used for 50 Euros (an equivalent nowadays one is about 400 euros ) ,sold as not working , I've proceed inspecting the tank for thinner /rusted spots didn't found any ,then hand on my trusty FLUKE 115 , good capacitors, no shorts to ground and even the power cord is good, it only requires a new pressure switch (I have one) I'll replace and connect it to a contactor just because .
Tomorrow I'll start cleaning it up and try to get it running .
If it does I will strip the stickers because they are really beaten up and ugly...
Might put the Atlas Copco logo on it because I'd feel less poor , just joking by the way .
I really love the motor design , very Shiny alluminum housing with many wide and thin cooling fins .
Plus a really big fan .
Tomorrow I'll also shot some pictures of it once cleaned.
I've took the risk it might be garbage but the Metabo WE24-230MVT too was a risk and turned up in one of my best bargains ever made just a broken plug.

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Very heavy cast iron base looks solid and enough old to say it was built prior my grandfather decided to give the gift of life to my dad .
It has some rust on the table and the pillar but it moves very well.
Bought for 25 euros, seller asked for more than 100 I've literally said him quote
"I was thinking for way less money, like 25 euros, but I don't even propose you to sell it for this price because way lower than yours"
While leaving to come back home he said me " 25 is good "
Few months ago I've bought a Fein DSK 672-2 morse taper portable drill and I think it would fit nicely on this stand .
I will restore it as well.
Then lost a bargain for a 7kW Pramac Honda generator

 

[JOEPRO]

6x more Thor Hammers. Copper / Copper Hide mix. (The No 2 Copper and hide was already mine)

Guy had them on FB marketplace locally went and got them today. To my surprise they have not been used even once by the looks of it the faces are mint. (Except my existing one!)

 

[Anguz]

What's the biggest? I like my number 5

 

[Gragson]

6x more Thor Hammers. Copper / Copper Hide mix. (The No 2 Copper and hide was already mine)

Guy had them on FB marketplace locally went and got them today. To my surprise they have not been used even once by the looks of it the faces are mint. (Except my existing one!)

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You can get different hardness faces for the nylon screw type ones

Pardon our interruption...

 

[JOEPRO]

What's the biggest? I like my number 5

No 4 is the biggest in this lot. It feels like a sturdy lump, will be good for getting a good hard whack at a stuck brake disc.

 

[JOEPRO]

You can get different hardness faces for the nylon screw type ones

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Pardon our interruption...

Thanks for that, this one is a Thorex 712 38mm. So I ordered a pair of grey softer faces for it. I will swap one over and keep a pair spare in a drawer for when they wear out. Aka ill run it with one white head and one grey softer rubber head.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Every time I pick up my no5 I have a bit of a chuckle. Couple of years back SWMBO wanted a new spike/tube/ socket thingymabob bludgeoned into the lawn for a new clothes line she had bought. I said I would bring a 4 pound hammer home from work to do it,in a couple of weeks as it was mid summer, the ground was rock hard, and we needed to wait until the ground was softer, following rain. Seeing we had a perfectly serviceable clothes line at the time, I thought this reasonable. Couple of weeks later she asks if I can make a new bit to go into the ground. Asked why. Well, she didn’t want to wait, had tried, and failed,destroying the bit that was supposed to go in the ground. Asked her what she had bludgeoned it into the ground with. She said she was very sorry, she had destroyed my number 5 hammer,but not to get cross as she had bought me a new one to replace it. Still haven’t mustered the courage to tell her the heads are repaceable….

 

[Memmeddu]

Parts for the compressor I've bought yesterday , I've made a thread on the compressors section if someone can help me .
Anyway I've bought a new air outlet rail with pressure gauges, regulator, pressure switch, quick connects, and safety switch.
From the Einhell parts I've discovered that the Start capacitor is a 200μF (it will probably have an internal switch) so I've bought and for the moment since is going I keep the 40μF run capacitor which should be fine .
Also bought a new (6 really) connection block .
Which I will use one the CEA welder too

 

[Mick Annick]

Every time I pick up my no5 I have a bit of a chuckle. Couple of years back SWMBO wanted a new spike/tube/ socket thingymabob bludgeoned into the lawn for a new clothes line see had bought. I said I would bring a 4 pound hammer home from work to do it,in a couple of weeks as it was mid summer, the ground was rock hard, and we needed to wait until the ground was softer, following rain. Seeing we had a perfectly serviceable clothes line at the time, I thought this reasonable. Couple of weeks later she asks if I can make a new bit to go into the ground. Asked why. Well, she didn’t want to wait, had tried, and failed,destroying the bit that was supposed to go in the ground. Asked her what she had bludgeoned it into the ground with. She said she was very sorry, she had destroyed my number 5 hammer,but not to get cross as she had bought me a new one to replace it. Still haven’t mustered the courage to tell her the heads are repaceable….

I did exactly the same this summer, though I did soak the ground for a couple of days first, still wrecked the socket. New one went in last week with a couple of taps of a little lump hammer…

 

[DAPPH]

Putting those whirly gig dryers spikes and fencing post spikes in hard ground is easy., tap a gentle hollow an inch or so deep pour very hot water in it , leave for a few min then work the hole deeper in stages with more near boiling water down the hole .