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

[DAPPH]

You're thinking of doner kebab.


Goes on the front of a KitchenAid.

Weschenfelder has loads of recipes and is a good supply of the rusks , seasonings & skins , we have had a cheapie LIDL stand alone for 15 years & make our own sausages , salami , minces & quality burgers as well as frozen 500g bags of fried minced onion for hotdogs .

 

[DAPPH]

All the cool kids are fitting thin low profile tyres to their wheels. Never one to miss out, I did the same today.
New urathane tyres for my 14" bandsaw as the old rubber ones had perished and the blade started running off th edge.
China's finest ex Alixpress.
Soak for 5 minutes in hot soapy water, a couple of clamps to hold it on as you work around the edge and they snapped on
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I too have replaced my bandsaw tyres . It's worth getting a replacement set too and putting them in a heat sealed vac pack with a label on the inside saying what they are for .. so you don't have to hang around for them to arrive .

 

[Sammy7]

I acquired the cumulative warmth from all the lovely and honest posts about slim. Sudden, and very sad loss. Don’t really know what else to say…

 

[Geoffm]

Do you have a link for the tyres

Urethane Band Saw Tires for 14

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

 

[Memmeddu]

It's already the fourth time I'm buying stuff from an old man (long shaft bench grinder 6" grinder, tungsten sharpener, 8" grinder and today)
Managed to get

A felco steel rope cutters

A 3M electric cables cutter , it says made in Japan, no idea of HOW much they cost brand new.
But I've paid 25 euros in total for both , I'm sure it's a bargain

 

[JMS1972]

It's already the fourth time I'm buying stuff from an old man (long shaft bench grinder 6" grinder, tungsten sharpener, 8" grinder and today)
Managed to get
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A felco steel rope cutters
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A 3M electric cables cutter , it says made in Japan, no idea of much they cost brand new.
But I've paid 25 euros in total for both , I'm sure it's a bargain

Those Felco pliers are excellent I have a smaller pair they just work

 

[MattF]

Thread sizer/checker. Think it was @JOEPRO who mentioned them?



Only tested one of the M12's as yet, but seems fine.

 

[Memmeddu]

I've got a heart stroke

 

[Memmeddu]

Thread sizer/checker. Think it was @JOEPRO who mentioned them?

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Only tested one of the M12's as yet, but seems fine.

I've attempted to get one myself too
Unfortunately they don't ship to Italy.
Maybe in the future I'll might ask someone here to buy a set and ship it to me .

 

[MattF]

I've attempted to get one myself too
Unfortunately they don't ship to Italy.
Maybe in the future I'll might ask someone here to buy a set and ship it to me .

This one came from China. Arrived a few days ahead of estimated time. T'is this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CS6HBWBZ

 

[bricol]

Thread sizer/checker. Think it was @JOEPRO who mentioned them?

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Only tested one of the M12's as yet, but seems fine.

Got to admit, I don't get the need. The unified stuff is visible to the naked, well, spectacle clad eye. Metric, similar - may be a steel rule helps.

Its the weird threads that need thread gauges, not the common stuff.

 

[MattF]

It's merely a simple convenience check. As get the vernier or thread gauge out, simply eyeball & test.

 

[Memmeddu]

Got to admit, I don't get the need. The unified stuff is visible to the naked, well, spectacle clad eye. Metric, similar - may be a steel rule helps.

Its the weird threads that need thread gauges, not the common stuff.

Hydraulic fittings sometimes are hard to identify.

 

[Wildefalcon]

I bought a mill today.

 

[daleyd]

I bought a mill today.

Wind or water

 

[Richiew]

Pics!

 

[MetalMonkey]

Is that someone stepping it to the Vise grip shoes, now they are rubbish made by Irwin?
As mentioned above you can never have too many

Quite literally yes, although also not any more.

In a nutshell as far as I understand when Irwin bought Vise grips and shipped everything abroad, a company called Malco took over the old plant and started making locking pliers, touted to be some of the best in the world.

However they were also eye wateringly expensive, poorly marketed and suffered some supply issues and Malco dropped them a couple of years ago.
Since then there has been rumours that snap-on (who they supplied) may or may not have taken them over and restarted production, but I've not seen anything definitive. In any case there is unlikely to be any more made under the Malco EagleGrip brand.

More info:
https://toolguyd.com/malco-eagle-grip-locking-pliers-final-update/

 

[Wildefalcon]

Wind or water

Bridgeport.

 

[martin62]

Urethane Band Saw Tires for 14

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

Thank you very much for the link

 

[Wildefalcon]

Quite literally yes, although also not any more.

In a nutshell as far as I understand when Irwin bought Vise grips and shipped everything abroad, a company called Malco took over the old plant and started making locking pliers, touted to be some of the best in the world.

However they were also eye wateringly expensive, poorly marketed and suffered some supply issues and Malco dropped them a couple of years ago.
Since then there has been rumours that snap-on (who they supplied) may or may not have taken them over and restarted production, but I've not seen anything definitive. In any case there is unlikely to be any more made under the Malco EagleGrip brand.

More info:
https://toolguyd.com/malco-eagle-grip-locking-pliers-final-update/

I've heard that Milwaukee vise grips are decent. Never tried them though.