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

[nickk]

An odd mixture.

 

[Kayos]

I'm finding the 5D MkII is more than adequate for my needs. I just don't need much more in terms of Mp. That and the Nikon D600 will keep me happy for a while, until the prices of 5DS come down. The collection of legacy glass probably won't show itself to any advantage even at that, anyway.
Although I did give into temptation recently and bought into m4/3, and I'm wondering if it was worth it.

I've decided 2 bodies is enough, 7D and 5D2, both use the same battery, I have a number of batteries and chargers so shouldn't have any issues on shoots

The 7D will stay permanently attached to my 150-600 lens

The clear out continues, next purchase will be a conversion kit to remove the FD mount and replace with EF, likely to be the 35-105 that gets this, also ordered a split screen for the 5D

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today was a good day. Many things came my way.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Opened the door, to take the rubbish out.
This was on my Door step.

Tis was a heavy item.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Then a friend asked me to stop at his place.

A Cardboard box.

With a picture.

With Contents.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This item was pulled from a skip.

It is seized.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I met @ajlelectronics to collect more bits for a few Men in Sheds.

A decent Tablet holder.

A small Drill stand.

A brace of paint guns.

Another paint gun and a paraffin Blow lance.

115v Transformer.

Battery Charger.

Torque wrench.

A Saw.





A Oil lamp



Thank you very Much @ajlelectronics.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

When I was heading home I got a text.
Stop my Mate, I have a box of box's for you.

This is what I got.

Two more pencil sharpeners.
A Zeus book.

Puncture repair kit.

With contents.

A Box.

With 4 decks of cards.

A tired looking box.

But not complete.

6mm Router bits.

A Brass thing, a wind chime I think.

Solder.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

With Digital Ceni Camera.

A Modern oil lamp.

Things.

A shinnnnnny thing.

Squirty things.

The shinny thing is a cup.

 

[Farside]

also ordered a split screen for the 5D

I fitted a film-era quad-split to the 5DII, which works well enough, but I find the quad split a bit of a pita, so will replace that with the straight split screen from a film EOS EF-M and probably fit the quad-split into that instead.

 

[Kayos]

I fitted a film-era quad-split to the 5DII, which works well enough, but I find the quad split a bit of a pita, so will replace that with the straight split screen from a film EOS EF-M and probably fit the quad-split into that instead.

Quad split would annoy me, I've ordered a Chinese 45 degree split, if it's rubbish there's a company that chop up bigger genuine Canon ones with a laser cutter

 

[GRW]

....... one of these (bought 2-weeks-ago, but thinking about it for a while, cos they arent pin money):

Keter Folding Work Bench

Need a strong and reliable workbench, wherever you go? The impressive Keter folding workbench is perfect for busy workers who are always on the move - it's lightweight enough to easily carry from job to job, yet it's sturdy and robust enough to work with loads of up to 453kg when assembled.No...

www.toolstation.com

Not having much space, so folding/portable stuff suits me (plus I can cart it about in the Diddy van to assist). Dead easy to put up/fold down & the clamps that drop into the top are included & stow in the lower shelf.
Seems sturdy & strong despite being mainly some sort of plastic (that said I've a set of Keter rolling/stacking boxes & they are tidy bits of kit).
Used it a fair bit already - useful thing.

 

[Anguz]

Some of our contractors use those benches. They seem to stand the abuse

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

....... one of these (bought 2-weeks-ago, but thinking about it for a while, cos they arent pin money):

Keter Folding Work Bench

Need a strong and reliable workbench, wherever you go? The impressive Keter folding workbench is perfect for busy workers who are always on the move - it's lightweight enough to easily carry from job to job, yet it's sturdy and robust enough to work with loads of up to 453kg when assembled.No...

www.toolstation.com

Not having much space, so folding/portable stuff suits me (plus I can cart it about in the Diddy van to assist). Dead easy to put up/fold down & the clamps that drop into the top are included & stow in the lower shelf.
Seems sturdy & strong despite being mainly some sort of plastic (that said I've a set of Keter rolling/stacking boxes & they are tidy bits of kit).
Used it a fair bit already - useful thing.

We use them at Men in Sheds.
They do handle some abuse very well.

 

[roblane65]

A friend of mines a sort of jobbing handyman he has one and to be honest I thought it was pretty good .

 

[Memmeddu]

I have to buy one of those benches now

 

[Memmeddu]

Today has been an expensive day.
I've bought 3 box tube 40x80 3mm thick ,6 meters long.
30 euros each.
6 "innocenti" pipes 48x3.5mm 3 meters long at roughly 12 euros each
It's all recycled material but good enough for building the shop roof structure.
Tomorrow all this material will arrive home.
So I'll be able to start to make the columns and all the parts for my shop which is real only in my head,as it's not build yet.

Then I went few miles far from home to collect this bit of kit

A neutra tungsten sharpening machine.
Complete of accessories into a box.
But I think it misses a kind of depth gauge for the tungsten holder.
It has a Lafert motor, carring handle, fastening holes on the base.
I have to figure out how it's intended to be used the gauge on the front.
I don't have any instructions or clues about what model actually is.
Anyways I know it's a bargain because I've paid it 50 euros.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A tank, well Armored Fighting Vehicle.

 

[bricol]

A tank, well Armored Fighting Vehicle.


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My Meccano set of the same type is in the loft in an old biscuit tin - and looks like the owner of that one lost all the original black screws and hex nuts too, same as I did.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My Meccano set of the same type is in the loft in an old biscuit tin - and looks like the owner of that one lost all the original black screws and hex nuts too, same as I did.

I have the kit, the new item was a lonely item at a Car boot. The seller was selling clothes.
This one was just sat on the table.