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

[Welderpaul]

Looks a nice summer project

Yes, deffo. Not the first one i've done. Rather pleasant doing them up. Decent earner too.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Rather pleasant doing them up. Decent earner too.

If you can make money at it you're doing well I think. I found materials were so expensive it was hard.

I'd do another one but has to wait till I get a break from work.

 

[Welderpaul]

If you can make money at it you're doing well I think. I found materials were so expensive it was hard.

I'd do another one but gas to wait till I get a break from work.

This one was £190K. Done up worth £260/£270K. £35K costs.

 

[Memmeddu]

So on Friday morning I've got the 32pcs dormer drills set in the mail.
Opened it up and discovered most of them need to be reground cause chipped or sharpened at very weird angles .
There's still a lot of life in them so not a big deal .
The thing that ****** me off is that ok one of them is SKF which is not a problem but at least 7 of them are ILIX and one or two have no brand on them .
This made me get little bit upset.
Cause I wanted to go with a specific brand for a reason...
At the moment they are stored in a box.
I'm going to sharpen them all at 134° and 10° relief once I either get or build a drill grinder.

Anyway back to yesterday morning (Saturday) I've found via Facebook marketplace a guy selling welding equipment .
So I've got
A 3 metres long trafimet ergo plus bz 15 euro torch (brand new).
A 4 meters trafimet size 9 Tig torch (used) with remote current adjust on the torch .
A sacit 400A electrode holder
An half sacit perfecta 2 ,250A electrode holder, it misses the handle
A sacit Nevada 400A ground clamp
Another sacit 400A ground clamp but not so much heavy duty.
A cast brass 400A ground clamp
A sacit dinse 50 plug
A sacit dinse 50 socket
All this stuff is brand new.
80 euros in total
Included in the price I've got a sacit trafimet Branded trolley bag which I'll going to use for keeping welding PPE in it .
Like my esab sentinel and warrior air papr system, batteries, face shield, cutting glasses, gloves, spare filters , and a respirator half mask .

Pictures on Sunday morning cause I didn't have time unfortunately

 

[mechman]

So I went to see the egg man today who chops up sticks for a living and also sells a bit of veg, anyhow he likes tractors a lot and has about 16 of various ages and he lent me a fuel pump sediment bowl to get our little Leyland running while I was waiting for the replacement, the guy also collects other stuff like 2 great big helicopters and a load of spares none of which are airworthy but in the don't want pile was this manifold which caught my eye, £5 english pounds changed hands and it came home!!
Think it must be titanium as it seems very light and well made, think its going to be a bit of wall art in the workshop
I know we have a few aeroplane types here anyone got any ideas what its off?



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Think I've been there (several times) did he make two helicopters out of three?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Car boot today.
Not much, a few things I liked, but did not like the price.

But i took a punt on this £5 box.

Should clean up well.

It had contents.

 

[DAPPH]

Looks a nice summer project

2024 and 2025 by the sound of it .
Will it get a complete new roof c/w timbers or just a few new slates ? Daughters rental had dozens of day light holes in the roof . rain sodden ceilings and wet plaster down the whole chimney breast , Landlords response ...stick them with a no fault eviction after five months from when they complained and re rent it three weeks later at £140 pcm more .

 

[Welderpaul]

2024 and 2025 by the sound of it .
Will it get a complete new roof c/w timbers or just a few new slates ? Daughters rental had dozens of day light holes in the roof . rain sodden ceilings and wet plaster down the whole chimney breast , Landlords response ...stick them with a no fault eviction after five months from when they complained and re rent it three weeks later at £140 pcm more .

Roof repaired, new fascias, SVPs and RWGs
Blast paint off brickwork
New kitchen
New bathroom
Central heating
UPVC throughout
Poss rewire depending on EICR, alterations and a new board certainly.
Replaster certain parts
All decorated and floor coverings


Not a huge job really

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Next time round I'll get the electrics in first and then have the whole house inside skimmed...expensive but saves a lot of time faffing about patching things up.

I'm holding off another till I see which decade we're heading back to...1970s, 1980s or 1990s .

Mine broke even...it doesn't take much to lose your shirt...materials rise, a few unexpected issues, falling prices...take your pick!

 

[dobbslc]

Not a huge job really

 

[daleyd]

I’ve been putting a shelf up for 2 years, so yeah it kind of is…

 

[seriesonewelder]

Car boot this morning, £2. I'll give it to a mate.

Later and still early I went for a ride on my bike, passed a house with several boxes of books outside with a note saying 'free', amongst the lot were this tripod and an OS map. I don't need the tripod so I'll pass it on to a nephew.

 

[Memmeddu]

Made a quick look at Google ended up finding an e-commerce specialised in car body panels .
34.45 euros I've got
Inner door frame, and the door sill for both sides of my 126P .
Going to buy other stuff for it in the next month so hopefully I'll be able to get the body work done prior the end of the summer

 

[Arc Tourist]

Acquired a new 1/2 HP motor for my Boxford AUD lathe, and a long overdue delivery of a vintage dark faced expedition watch from overseas, to compliment the white faced model I have.

 

[Seadog]

1/2hp?

 

[Arc Tourist]

1/2hp?

Yeah, one half horse power. Replaces original 1/3 horsepower motor.

 

[Smouser]

My latest Aliexpress purchase.

China do not mess around. They packed and shipped the item before the varnish was even dry

Got a highly authentic Certificate too

I hope it works ok and speed up setting the rotary table up on the mill.

 

[Seadog]

Yeah, one half horse power. Replaces original 1/3 horsepower motor.

I fitted a 1hp. Sometimes think a 1.5hp would have been better

 

[Pawcu]

My latest Aliexpress purchase.

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China do not mess around. They packed and shipped the item before the varnish was even dry

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Got a highly authentic Certificate too

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I hope it works ok and speed up setting the rotary table up on the mill.

I found it to be quite useful and nice to use Pretty accurate I think as well. Enjoy!

 

[Arc Tourist]

I fitted a 1hp. Sometimes think a 1.5hp would have been better

For the small stuff I'm likely to do with this lathe it will be ok. Last winter on a freezing day, the motor overloaded and started to smoke. The grease in the lathe and pillar block bearings were too cold to turn the spindle. Live and learn, this California boy living in the perpetual sunshine didn't anticipate an issue like this; and it happened too fast to react to shut the machine down. Anyway, even though the pillar block bearings seem ok, its a good time to replace them as well on the 55 year old lathe.