Arc Tourist
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Haven't seen the switchable ones before at Lidl's, will have to look for them.
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Brad93
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The only ones worth having are the MagSwitch brand (also marketed Weldline by Oerlikon/Lincoln)
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No it's a very nice ice cream with fish shaped chocolate pieces in it. If you don't like it I will give you your money back
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I don't use them...problem is they seem design to just pick up all the grinding dust and they're a pain to clean (tried cling film but that wasn't working).
I do use the skittle shape magnets on butt joints...they're a lot easier to clean off.
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Thats why I bought the switchable ones.
If you have thrown they away how do you go magnet fishing?
One of my many peeves about them is that they aren't even flat across the narrow dimension. The side plates stick out further than the centre. So if you are using any box section slightly narrower, it pulls it skew whiff. Make 'em flat, FFS.
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Halibut and raisiny chocolate.
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My lidl have the others types fairly often but never seen the switchable ones in there - will make a point of looking harder next timeHaven't seen the switchable ones before at Lidl's, will have to look for them.
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Bought these today. £50 AND only two miles from home, which makes a change, as everything I want seems to be either at Inverness or Penzance.
Got 3/4 of a container of unused degreaser too ! Don't know if its the best thing for the job though.
The small one is going to used as an experimental coolant tank and pump for the lathe.
Got 3/4 of a container of unused degreaser too ! Don't know if its the best thing for the job though.
The small one is going to used as an experimental coolant tank and pump for the lathe.
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Funny, there is a standing joke that anytime i go to look for a piece of machinery, it's always in Scotland or Wales, usually about as far away as you can go without getting wet feet. I wonder if it works the other way around...
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That's £60 for 20L that odourless kerosene.
it's the best stuff for grease and grime.
Smallfry
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Hadn't looked at the price of it. Seems quite a bargain then, especially as both pumps work !
Do you know if it evaporates ? I notice the Hazchem ? label shows it as being damaging to health, but does not show a flammable symbol, but being kerosene, I assume it would be ?
How am I supposed to dispose of the sludge, and the fluid when it is expired ? Bet they will not accept it at the local tip.
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No it doesn't evaporate readily.
Its flash point is very high, even a spark landing on it will struggle to ignite it.
Put it on flammable material / rags though and like diesel it's very flammable.
Anything like that I usually pour in the used engine oil container at the tip. Take it in small tubs at a time and they don’t bat an eyelid, at our local one anyway.
Ahh, cool
It was in a box of v blocks and hold downs. I think the auction place classed it as 'large bit of metal'
