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

[DAPPH]

Found a petrol chainsaw on FB for £15 "Its ran fine last year won't start this year". It was nearby so I went and got it coz I need a petrol one to compliment my electric one.

It's always the same problem with these small engines. Rotted fuel line. I bought a pack of 6 when I got my long reach strimmer which wouldn't start.

As suspected - fuel line split.

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2 hours later and I have one very health cheap chainsaw with a new Oregon bar and chain fitted too

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Adding bio fuel to petrol has caused no end of fuel lines seals & gaskets not made for the latest biomix to degrade leak or split, same with oil fired central heating pipe work & pumps .

 

[Blobber]

We all like a bit of shiny stuff, billet flywheel for project Carlton, the origional dual mass effort is well past its best at 380,000 and nothing new is available
I know its a long way off needing it but hey we all need a mojo boost now and then!

 

[Woody.v8]

Another bandsaw that I had agreed to buy before I bought the other one,
I'm going to spend a few hours going through it and then decide which one to keep.
This one is I feel going to be a little too big for my space?

 

[Seadog]

Courtesy of Temu, and only £14.69 to my door.
Now to see if I can get my Piaggio POS working

 

[Bobupndown]

We all like a bit of shiny stuff, billet flywheel for project Carlton, the origional dual mass effort is well past its best at 380,000 and nothing new is available
I know its a long way off needing it but hey we all need a mojo boost now and then!
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Will it not be noisy and harsh without the oem sprung flywheel?
Thought about fitting a solid flywheel to my Td5 Discovery but all the contemporary advice warned against doing so due to vibration and driveline shunt.

 

[nickk]

Olympic LWA150 air cooled welder.
Flippin' heavy!
Also came with some leads. Earth good. Torch cable not good.

From a mate. "Untested", but initial meter tests look good.

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That’s a cracking welder,I got one off @mtt.tr 4 years ago ,burns 2.5mm rods off an 80’ lead easily,3.2mm requires short cable.

 

[nickk]

Via FB,for a tenner! Less demand maybe for 110v?

 

[brightspark]

Via FB,for a tenner! Less demand maybe for 110v?View attachment 470937

most of my chorded second hand is 110 can pick it up cheap . i bought a real nice makita jigsaw virtualy new 25 quid

 

[MetalMonkey]

We all like a bit of shiny stuff, billet flywheel for project Carlton

Ben did a real nice job on a custom one for me years ago - good to see they are still going.

 

[iNf]

What could possibly go wrong

 

[500e]

Another bandsaw that I had agreed to buy before I bought the other one,
I'm going to spend a few hours going through it and then decide which one to keep.
This one is I feel going to be a little too big for my space?

View attachment 470921View attachment 470922Good machine we have had it for 15/20 years.
The only problem was the safety board that checks that 3 phases are present and shuts ii down if you lose one, we just removed it 15 minutes work.
It had done a Lot of work, and is not as pristine as that one
.

 

[Blobber]

Will it not be noisy and harsh without the oem sprung flywheel?
Thought about fitting a solid flywheel to my Td5 Discovery but all the contemporary advice warned against doing so due to vibration and driveline shunt.

Straight 6 petrol smooth as an angels arss
I think it was only used to get the emissions down and perhaps make the drive train a bit smoother, we'll see how it goes

 

[6ply]

That’s a cracking welder,I got one off @mtt.tr 4 years ago ,burns 2.5mm rods off an 80’ lead easily,3.2mm requires short cable.

Glad to hear you approve. The price was certainly right!

What called size do you use? I was thinking 35mm²

 

[nickk]

I have 25mm earth ,35 electrode lead and very long.

 

[lchris21]

£3.81...pre budget price ...ran out over the weekend, half the price of the local Halfords even with a trade card, and you don't have to leave the house either....don't get much for under a fiver these days....should see me right for a few years

 

[seriesonewelder]

£3.81...pre budget price ...ran out over the weekend, half the price of the local Halfords even with a trade card, and you don't have to leave the house either....don't get much for under a fiver these days....should see me right for a few years

Thanks, ordered a tub too

 

[mtf70]

Not today but Saturday, a book...

I picked if up and put it down several times and whilst I've been playing around with an old radio recently, I don't need another hobby or another branch of an existing hobby.

Then I saw this chapter...

Most of my old lathes have vintage Hoover or similar motors so a bit of information about them won't hurt.

I love this line drawing a couple of pages in and note the lathe in the foreground.

I think it will be an interesting book to read.

 

[northwest]

A pile of boxes, more precisely the Laycorn boxes/Thomas bins sold by @Jelly_Sheffield . Joshua was very kind in that he actually put them in the back of his truck then drove over the top of the moors and delivered them, they are currently taking up a good part of my driveway and I had best get a wriggle on and shift them before Mrs NW notices! Pics to follow,

 

[Seadog]

Not today but Saturday, a book...
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I picked if up and put it down several times and whilst I've been playing around with an old radio recently, I don't need another hobby or another branch of an existing hobby.

Then I saw this chapter...

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Most of my old lathes have vintage Hoover or similar motors so a bit of information about them won't hurt.

I love this line drawing a couple of pages in and note the lathe in the foreground.

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I think it will be an interesting book to read.

I used to have the very same book.

 

[Memmeddu]

A metalbohrmaschine
The Metabo product that started the company and gave it the name