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

[My Old Landy]

Your going to need a shop at this rate

Indeed, it's getting out of hand! I have nearly finished the shed and will have the mdf for the ceiling in next week. If you are free in the next couple of weeks, your help will be most welcome

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Timed my day right.
No one was looking at the rusty item up for grabs, at an auction. View attachment 463709View attachment 463710View attachment 463711
£2.50.

Last bid.
£2.50.
Cash paid for both.

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Finished up ding the service on the auction site.

Was heading out when a younger human came up and asked me.
The two bids you won at the end, I was after them, but my Gf called me.
Can I make you a bid, if you say No I will understand.


I said what is your best offer?
He showed me the phone and his Girl, Pammy did call, he offered £150 for the two.

He seamed honest, we did have a good chat, he is working at a collage and doing day release the English Heritage for a trade in Rural engineering.
£200 was offered.
I took £150 from the lad.

He was very happy.
He had done very well on earlier bids, his collection was tools that will do him well.

 

[Blobber]

Indeed, it's getting out of hand! I have nearly finished the shed and will have the mdf for the ceiling in next week. If you are free in the next couple of weeks, your help will be most welcome

We should be able to do something, Just give me a shout nearer the time
I can pick the motor up then

 

[Dell]

First ever ( & probably last ) new car Lexus LBX, just finished ceramic coat.

 

[DennisCA]

found some decent chairs to go with the table we got earlier

 

[Memmeddu]

None of the bidders knew how much they were worth
50 pcs from M2 up to M30 all of them are machine taps various brand name.
Many of them are Gühring and emuge.
Paid less then 1 euro per piece + little less than 17 euro for the shipping

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Quite a lot of things acquired today via various routes all arriving at once!

First,
The Postman dropped off an oddly shaped box containing a good solid broom, and a new hard hat (after someone recently pointed out my "old faithful" was about 3 years time expired during a site induction), gonna have to start collecting stickers all over again now.

More excitingly,
He came back later in the van to drop off a big metal box containing a Toolpost Grinder for the Lathe...

It's something I have had my eye out for for ages, and an appropriately sized one in good nic turned up on eBay last week, I shall have to get some bellows material to make way covers now too.

Next,
After my MOT debacle, I acquired 4× CV Boot kits and a clean tub of Moly Grease from the motor factors at the end of my street.

Then finally,
I also went to grab some CV Boot Clip pliers, and a cheap slide hammer I could modify to fit my biggest blade-type puller kit.

Whilst doing that I ended up discovering I could be the proud owner of an Air Joggler & Punch...

An opportunity I took up immediately, as that would have saved me a great deal of pain with the bodywork I've been doing recently.


The wallet is feeling a bit lighter now, unlike the stack of boxes I need to carry down to the workshop

 

[oldbikedavey]

One , possibly two , of the astonishingly nifty little British Army issue hand vices.
There's always a use for those , and even hanging up in a rack, they add a sense of purpose to a place...

 

[mark roberts]

Picked these up for silly cheap recently £20, theres some 12" wheels as well.

 

[Memmeddu]

Really? How do they achieve that, then?

Here's the answer V-Coil is a Völkel product which I didn't know but it's good stuff apparently as they're around many years now

 

[Kram]

Replacement for the flipline I cut last time out. Repeated the whole order and added a sling as I dont like paying for delivery and the other bits will be useful.

 

[8ob]

Today I acquired a new old stock Esab l304 wire feed unit, bit timely as my A10 wfu was playing up and being the wrong side of thirty years old was going to be an issue to repair. Few more knobs on it for me to suss out.

 

[Seadog]

Here's the answer V-Coil is a Völkel product which I didn't know but it's good stuff apparently as they're around many years now

Before Helicoil?

 

[Memmeddu]

Before Helicoil?

I don't think so
I believe they copy Heli-Coil

 

[Brad93]

Today I acquired a new old stock Esab l304 wire feed unit, bit timely as my A10 wfu was playing up and being the wrong side of thirty years old was going to be an issue to repair. Few more knobs on it for me to suss out.

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Great units

 

[Munkul]

Here's the answer V-Coil is a Völkel product which I didn't know but it's good stuff apparently as they're around many years now

I like V coil sets too. Have a few, but they're not cheap.

 

[Kram]

Five future chains for the Echo 2511. Quality seems good although some unusually stiff links on the one I opened, Im sure it will free off with some lube and a bit of use.

 

[Memmeddu]

I like V coil sets too. Have a few, but they're not cheap.

I've paid the M6x1 set for about 23 euro

 

[8ob]

Great units

They are, got that for £150 inc delivery

Bob

 

[Kram]

I wont get to play with them until tomorrow but I have ordered a cordless Fakita die grinder and another mini pruning saw.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D964D57S

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D9GYS3WT

The saw gets some reasonable reviews that atleast, motor durability should not be an issue.