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

[brewdexta]

My neighbour dropped by with his dad's old Stanley 4-1/2 wood plane a couple of days ago. It was in a sorry state, well rusty with cracked wooden handles. He wanted it sympathetically renovated as it holds memories. Derusting and fixing the cracked handles was OK, but the new blade he told me he had bought a couple of years ago was badly pitted. New blade at the back.

The back was worse, hence the new blade.

I could have cut off the pitted bit and reground the bevel but the new blade was £5.40 from Axminster, and thicker than the original, here they are back to back.

I may have to open the throat out a little due to the thicker blade, but I'll probably get away with it, we will see.


Anyway, for £5.40, I got a couple for myself, the 60mm blade also fits the 6 and 7 planes, probably 5-1/2 ,too.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My neighbour dropped by with his dad's old Stanley 4-1/2 wood plane a couple of days ago. It was in a sorry state, well rusty with cracked wooden handles. He wanted it sympathetically renovated as it holds memories. Derusting and fixing the cracked handles was OK, but the new blade he told me he had bought a couple of years ago was badly pitted. New blade at the back.

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The back was worse, hence the new blade.

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I could have cut off the pitted bit and reground the bevel but the new blade was £5.40 from Axminster, and thicker than the original, here they are back to back.

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I may have to open the throat out a little due to the thicker blade, but I'll probably get away with it, we will see.


Anyway, for £5.40, I got a couple for myself, the 60mm blade also fits the 6 and 7 planes, probably 5-1/2 ,too.

The axeminster blade is only heated for about 12mm from the end.

 

[brewdexta]

The axeminster blade is only heated for about 12mm from the end.

I didn't know that, however that will probably see me out

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few packages.
Thank you nice neighbour.

20Lts of Lamp and heater fuel, 5lts of meths to pre heat.

Paraffin grade funnels etc.

Bakelite Box, thank you from a Nice member from here.

A Welsh dresser, shame the Victorian coffee set is missing a few items and it to big.

More Tilley spares.


The contents of the box.

 

[JOEPRO]

A new to me pole hedge trimmer. Bit of a beast it is - 4 stroke engine largest in the range



I also got a new carbon fibre Stihl extension peice for it too for topping tall hedges around my house

 

[MattF]

Long reach are lovely to use. I find them so much easier to work with than standard hedge trimmers, even for what you could class as close work, & small stuff.

Shoulder killers when you're topping something above chest height though.

 

[JOEPRO]

Long reach are lovely to use. I find them so much easier to work with than standard hedge trimmers, even for what you could class as close work, & small stuff.

Shoulder killers when you're topping something above chest height though.

There is a handle I haven't fitted yet sitting in the box. I will see how heavy it feels in use for say 30 mins at a time.

If it's cumbersome them may get one of these

 

[MattF]

I find the straps restrictive, personally. We use the non extendable long reach, & they're supplied with a simple shoulder strap. Only ever used one once. Didn't take to it.

The weight of the trimmer obviously is a factor, but the main thing which tries your shoulders and biceps is if you're cutting through slightly thicker stuff. Your arms have to apply the pressure, regardless of whether you're using a strap or not. Keeping on top of your shrubbery is your best option/aim. That way you're only ever trimming light growth, after the initial cutback.

 

[dobbslc]

That way you're only ever trimming light growth, after the initial cutback.

Snigger snigger snigger.
Sorry just back from the pub

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

30m of 11.3×6.3mm hose, o-clips and quick-connect fittings for inert gas, (fittings for regulators not pictured as I had already screwed them on).

Already have the Oxygen, Propane and Acetylene on quick connectors, and found it so convenient that it was obvious to do it for shielding gasses too.

Plan is to put a 3m tail on both MIG's which will be sufficient to reach the gas bottle chains outside the back door when they're in their normal home in the workshop.

The remaining length I will use to make an extender, so I can take the small MIG out into the yard, (the big mig has 20m umbilical between the power/cooling unit and the wire feeder... And am I buggery wheeling a 350kg power source down the ramp into the yard).

It will also make things a lot more convenient for switching between Argoshield Light/Universal, Specshield and Pureshield... Sure it's a luxury, but totally worth it.

 

[123hotchef]

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.

That saw looks handy would milwaukee batteries fit too.

 

[Kram]

Cordless grinder and chainsaw arrived. Die grinder looks great will give it a proper test soon and fits the Fakita batteries of the saw.

Im an idiot
The saw, I noticed they had another one with bigger batteries at about the same price after discount, so I swapped that into my basket, which is also the one I linked. Ofcourse thats a plain brushed rubbish motor, so leaving me with the pain of having to do a return and buy they other one for slightly more, as the offer on it has reduced.

The saw does seem good just the brushed motor wont last.

Weight, the saw is ~1kg without battery and each 4Ah battery is 560g. It would be pleasant for climb pruning work. The lower power than a proper saw would likely have less issue with long springy branches (secatuers may be best for these anyway)

The listings have now all changed but the 2Ah version of this is what I was originally going to buy for £60.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6W1V7MX/

 

[JOEPRO]

First 5 minute test run of my new to me 2022 Stihl KM131R Kombi



Haven't sharpened it yet and it still cuts the laurel back quicky and cleanly on the short section I did. It is very nice to be able to angle the cutting head any which way you like and top the hedge standing there. (Some neighbours stuff poking up behind but my laurel is topped on the small section I tried)

 

[Jan-DIY]

Got a box of 25 Cubitron 3 cutting discs for about 55€ here in Germany.
Amazon quickly rises to 95€.

Surprisingly they are still cheap in UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cubitron-Cut-Off-Wheel-Ceramic-Black/dp/B0CSPSFF4H/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R6O74MUA5D6V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AmUPcEqGbdGIzCLKYDE_vlzt98Ox5ppOKZWwHNCU51AMuenAs2s31JWQb8vZyYVo1BP7L0Gq3BIbuZDnZG4W9ZKcqx7SMAyHbKURad9b7Soofz-qngnUGroX9StTmAZ7gNQnsTSgXFx0oBAJg9YWtPFOJeN-mJFPqQjlZDzeQ57i_kPLWUOyUYLTV2qyTRBTtyAesPBryqdL6MgGfJpe9Qa9xOkAGTZQgl6fmNYMpIqAtK8-Fg3KKI2eqfX_D0RO95Obc8iL2KgMC0MKh_sfPgEcBULAn1Z3MTMsbF_6tuQ.bTKq8kd8GC4Lofv-JafnQdFA5tivWM2YL5ZG_DFtsGM&dib_tag=se&keywords=3m+cubitron+86647&qid=1725209785&refinements=p_123%3A237712%7C361393&rnid=91049098031&s=diy&sprefix=%2Caps%2C139&sr=1-1

 

[Memmeddu]

Went to hunt old iron today...
Last week I went to have a look at it and left where it was.
Motor most likely gone as I've tested it using my Megger and found it was 500ohm at 1kV.
Ran away from it after few days I've asked for the scrap price
70 euro, enough fair little more than what I was intended to pay.
Took a part for easier transportation.

Not that hard to dismantle and enough easy to put it in the van.
I've had a look to the motor, it has 6 wires coming out of it .
It's a 400V three phase only machine as it has 2 speeds .
Now from my knowledge I might be able to convert it to 230V keeping the 2 speeds as I think that those 6 wires are the legs to 2 separate windings groups and they might have the star point in common.
Right now the motor is scrap so I can attempt to dig out the star point and take the single legs a part.
I also have to replace the wiring anyways so it's a job I have to do anyways.
The finished product should be a working motor with 12 wires coming out of it that can be connected in ∆ 220V or Y 380V.
Judging by the sizes it's not bigger than 1 Hp maybe 1.5Hp.
The worm gear transmission is perfect and this makes me hope it probably didn't see much use .
The vise has a broken edge right on a 10mm threaded hole.
I've thought about and it might be for a second fence.
It has a roughly 5 litres coolant sump which can be seen on top of the picture.
It looks worse than what actually is.
I've took the stand too, it has 2 small wheels.
I've initially thought I wasn't going to use it but it's not that bad so I may modify it little bit like adding bigger wheels and some type of levelling feet .
I'm going to reassemble it later then I'll shoot more pictures

 

[Kram]

Die grinder works well, seems good power, runs true.

The collet is different and is retained in the nut, not seen that type before. Its not ER11 however the taper and size looks very, very close to it. Different thread tho. Perhaps it can be converted. Will have to open it to see if the output shaft is one peice or seperate to the motor.

It has one major flaw in terms of the speed control. After plugging battery in or a few minutes of idle, it sets to full speed. You need to press the trigger to wake it up, before you can press the speed button to change it. If you have a tool in there unsuitable for 26k rpm and you forgot, it could explode before you remember to press the other button!
A light tap of the trigger will barely spin up and allow the speed to be changed. I imagine the proper Makita one is quite different.


@Memmeddu what is it?

 

[MattF]

This type of nut & collet?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053PVQ5U

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053PVPS8

 

[Memmeddu]

@Memmeddu what is it?

A Comet FR2 cold saw, we call them slow cutting saws as they use an HSS blade or a VHM toothed blade (200mm in this specific machine) flooded in coolant to cut both round stock or tubulars, they can cut other shapes too but I'd avoid angle iron as it can shatter the expensive blade.
It can cut ferrous and non ferrous materials.
It spins around 90rpm on fast speed and 23ish rpm on slow speed for harder materials or stainless.
VHM toothed blades works better on those later mentioned

 

[Kram]

VHM is not an abbreviation I have heard before, what does it mean?

This type of nut & collet?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053PVQ5U

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0053PVPS8

Nope the nut looks square with a plain hole, normal enough. The collet has a groove and has been inserted into the nut so it is captive and protrudes out the end. The rear of collet is tapered like an er collet at roughtly 8 degrees.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The @Seadog
It arrived.
You cardboard box will be on the way to Canada.