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

[brewdexta]

Anniversary present from the wife. I guess after 11 years of marriage and about 25 years of co-habitation, the missus may have spotted a pattern emerging. Only place in the house I get a bit of peace and quiet

 

[Blobber]

Must be thursday food shopping day!

 

[Dilkris]

Anniversary present from the wife. I guess after 11 years of marriage and about 25 years of co-habitation, the missus may have spotted a pattern emerging. Only place in the house I get a bit of peace and quiet

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Now that's pretty cool
I couldn't reach the toilet paper though....

 

[Melvyn Best]

Anniversary present from the wife. I guess after 11 years of marriage and about 25 years of co-habitation, the missus may have spotted a pattern emerging. Only place in the house I get a bit of peace and quiet

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Think you got caught with your pants down? It appeals to my sense of humour

 

[nickk]

A repair kit for the master cylinder on my fork lift,new one at the front,and a 90 degree bleeding aid.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Think you got caught with your pants down?

Yup...nuts are definitely visible too

 

[zx9]

just read what i put and it weas measnt to say Metric/imperial spanners from America. They must of made Metrinch spanners for some cars as i believe that during the Corvette production, maybe other cars they used both metric and imperial fittings haha.

I have a few of the Metrich spanners, great for removing old rounded off or rusted fixings.

BL / Landrover were guilty of using a mix of AF and metric for years, it was not just the Yanks.

 

[Melvyn Best]

BL / Landrover were guilty of using a mix of AF and metric for years, it was not just the Yanks.

Don’t forget they also used Whitworth sizes on some battery clamps as well

 

[zzr1200]

Don’t forget they also used Whitworth sizes on some battery clamps as well

Not only on battery clamps, all of the mechanical units at various times.

 

[Memmeddu]

A free fake Mitutoyo digimatic
It was advertised as used
It was half the price of the brand new real thing, pictures in the insertion displayed the real thing with little bit of wear signs.
So plausible it could be original but used ...
That's what I've got

So the cardboard box instantly showed off that it was counterfeit
The plastic box ,on the other hand doesn't look all that bad.
Better quality than the parkside ones.
It looks original to me , obviously it's not.
The caliper itself is a caliper and works just like other cheap digital calipers but looks and feels more refined compared to others in the price range (25 euros )
The green line should be either yellow for the black ones, or blue for the silver ones .
In the insertion there was a picture where was shown "ABSOLUTE DIGIMATIC AOS" they forgot a bit
Original should have 3 buttons, they thought that 4 was better than 3.
Depth stick in the rear is really flimsy, thin and flexible, practically useless.
The little clothe rag is not even a rag but just paper.
Just arrived home, opened up , once seen the box I was already asking for a refund , then proceeded to check the contents seen even more things I don't like .
Waited a quarter hour to get an eBay response , they accepted refund , didn't ask to send it back.
So I've finished to unbox the caliper.
Removed the battery after zeroed and locked , put It back an the absolute value is now 0 .


I've got this thing for free , can't complain too much.
For my birthday I'll buy the original thing from the Mitutoyo website.
Didn't know it was possible to buy directly from them and the real one is only 99 euros cause they have a discount right now

 

[Onoff]

Did I want? Erm, yes please. Nice pub jacket:

(Already had the cat, bowl etc).

 

[Farside]

Did I want? Erm, yes please. Nice pub jacket:

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(Already had the cat, bowl etc).

I bought one of those multi-volt testers from the RS catalogue about 40 years ago, via work. I bloody well paid them for it, too. Wasn't cheap, iirc but it's paid for itself many times over. In retrospect I should just have nicked it, as the manager was in the habit of doing.

 

[Robotstar5]

I bought one of those multi-volt testers from the RS catalogue about 40 years ago, via work. I bloody well paid them for it, too. Wasn't cheap, iirc but it's paid for itself many times over. In retrospect I should just have nicked it, as the manager was in the habit of doing.

Do you want another one? as far as I know, it's never been used, although the battery is probably duff now.

 

[My Old Landy]

The F1 laser arrived today. 40 seconds for the Lancaster with the blue laser and 21 seconds for the pendant with the IR laser.
Very impressed with the quality.

 

[Mick Annick]

BL / Landrover were guilty of using a mix of AF and metric for years, it was not just the Yanks.

And Morgan

 

[Barking Mat]

And Morgan

Commer 1960's metric, imperial and whitworth.

 

[daleyd]

I worked for a French company that fitted a cover with 4 metric bolts of 3 different head sizes. (16,17 and 18 - all M10). Quite remarkable.

God knows what they would have done with a mix of metric and imperial…

 

[Cheesie]

A bead roller that can put a bead in 8mm tube I can no put a bead on 8mm up to 100mm tube

 

[Danez]

bought this today as two unroadworthy french vehicles just isn't enough

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

YAY.
For helping a Norbert.

Another 5 more the same, in the fridge.