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

[Kram]

£60 for that carabiner. Few shops are stocking them due to there being two safety recalls last year. I like the idea and will try it soon today.

 

[Onoff]

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£60 for that carabiner. Few shops are stocking them due to there being two safety recalls last year. I like the idea and will try it soon today.

Is that made by Wichard?

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Not sure what I am looking at ? Is that a sheet of Neoprene ?

Granite plate. 1 meter diagonal

 

[Blobber]

I'm keeping an eye out for a well-priced clamp with the flat pieces on the end at the NEC next weekend, I think they'd be more useful than my current clamps when holding stuff together to butt weld it. At the moment I try to clamp a piece of steel either side of the workpiece, but that's a pain to put together usually. I've an idea you can buy just the flat bits to go on normal clamps, but they're probably dearer than a new clamp.

I dont think it matters how many clamps you have you never really have the right one for the job!

 

[Kram]

Is that made by Wichard?

ISC, made in Wales.

 

[Munkul]

Got a handle for the micortig set. It annoys me very much when they don't have a handle, or just that carry strap. £30 delivered feels like good value to me for a nicely engineered OE handle.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

Granite plate. 1 meter diagonal

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[Onoff]

ISC, made in Wales.

I know a good few lads who abseil and they really rate the Wichard stuff. French so reassuringly expensive!

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I have only one of their bits of kit and have to guard it well.

 

[Kram]

Nah Im not too fond of french kit and try to avoid Petzl etc..

Had a look on that Wichard site, looks like none of it is ppe rated? Atleast cant see anything for ppe.

 

[Brad93]

Got a handle for the micortig set. It annoys me very much when they don't have a handle, or just that carry strap. £30 delivered feels like good value to me for a nicely engineered OE handle.

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I may have cooked my micorstick, upgrade could be on the cards in future. thats a nice option

 

[Onoff]

Nah Im not too fond of french kit and try to avoid Petzl etc..

Had a look on that Wichard site, looks like none of it is ppe rated? Atleast cant see anything for ppe.

Not as ppe I don't think but used as tool clips etc.

Love my Petzl harness.

 

[sparkysy]

@Kram
What is it you don't like about Petzl?
I use a lot of their gear for rock climbing and never had any problems with any of it!
Not used it for work things though as not sure it's rated for it
@Onoff
I have a Petzl climbing harness and it is nice and comfy

 

[Bornfree]

Spotted this on marketplace 4 miles away for £50. A fully working 5ton Bradbury. I was there in 15 minutes to collect it.

 

[Kram]

Not as ppe I don't think but used as tool clips etc.

Love my Petzl harness.

I had a Petzl Corax for sport climbing, horrible thing, probably less comfortable than tying a harness out of rope. To be fair their Sequioa tree harness is ok.

 

[Bki26]

Nah Im not too fond of french kit and try to avoid Petzl etc..

Had a look on that Wichard site, looks like none of it is ppe rated? Atleast cant see anything for ppe.

Petzl is some of the best ppe gear out there, the French can't do much but they can do sweet climbing gear

 

[Memmeddu]

Not sure what I am looking at ? Is that a sheet of Neoprene ?

Knife straight edge.
Usually used to see if something is flat.
Machining stuff
Those are very useful to check cylinder heads do to their length.


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[Memmeddu]

Deep throat clamps, dont google that!

I did....
I'm too young to see those things, my growth has been forever compromised

 

[Munkul]

I may have cooked my micorstick, upgrade could be on the cards in future. thats a nice option

Sad times.

 

[DAPPH]

Cork oak maybe, it being native to Portugal I think?

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Cork Oak Clock | Forest Creations

www.forestcreations.co.za

Brilliant Clive many thanks for your research . I looked at Portuguese trees but couldn't find it , the cork was removed from the log leaving a slightly gnarly bark , I removed the gnarly bit to get the walnut effect cambium layer .

There is lots of it on the villa estate . Whilst traveling in the hire car we came across no end of 1 mtr or more diameter cork oaks stripped of bark from 400 mm up to 2.4 mtrs

 

[Brad93]

Sad times.

My own fault - i was running a 3.2mm castolin cutrode to gouge a pin at 150A