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

[Blobber]

I don't do very well with LED work lamps. I bought one from Ali / eBay a while back which is OK but it's only a small penlight kind of thing, and I've hit the LED cover with a bit of weld spatter so that hasn't helped, and the magnet isn't quite strong enough to hold the weight of the torch so it moves easily. I bought another from somewhere that was a bit better, then got an identical one from Sainsbury's petrol station - they have issues with the charging socket that can lead to them parting company with the circuit board because the only thing holding them in place is the electrical connections. The one thing these two different models have in common is an annoying "on off" switch, because its actually "on, on at half light, main off and tiny spotlight on, off" so it's a rigmarole to turn off. Apparently if you hold the switch it'll also light up in red and do the same cycle through the options. I just wanted "on" and "off" but I guess they're not sold just as workshop torches.

Last year at the restoration show I decided to pay a bit more and buy a Sealey one from their stand, a decent enough light but it loses charge fairly quickly and then takes a week of afternoons (2-2.5 hours per afternoon, I don't leave stuff charging when I'm not there) to get back to full charge. And then, once they're all ready to use, I seem to find that they're always better at creating shadows than lighting the work area, or shifting to shine directly in my eyes.

I still really rate these, really bright and really small so you dont knock them off, super strong magnet, only last about an hour but doesnt take that long to charge from USB

 

[Bullet2012]

I recently got one of the Lucas mini lights, so far so good,
Same as this but I paid £15

SQUARE POCKET LIGHT - Motor Parts Direct

SQUARE POCKET LIGHT LLX301 in Lighting Accessories Hand Held Torches

www.mpdonline.co.uk

 

[Mick Annick]

I still really rate these, really bright and really small so you dont knock them off, super strong magnet, only last about an hour but doesnt take that long to charge from USB
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I got mine after a recommendation here, very pleased with it.

 

[nickk]

These 8 Zeds,for my new mezzanine floor,the long ones are 6.8m,there’ll be an intermediate post 2.1m in ,plus a customer has offered me a slightly damaged floor for free,enough for the whole floor,13sq/m.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I get all my small bandsaw blades from Tuffsaws, I think it was £24 for 3 M42 Bi-Metal blades to fit the Hitachi.

With the possible exception of Starret (who briefly made a Fischer-Price coloured bandsaw, because they sell blades), I have never known any of the manufacturers OEM bandsaw blades to be much cop.

Tuffsaws blades turned up today, made from Starret stock.

As a test I chopped the mushroomed end off my combination 40mm brass stock/gigantic drift.

It took a second for the blade to bed in and stop trying to dig into the brass, which might be down to me choosing a coarser TPI than standard, then cutting brass, but then made a very smooth, fast cut.

 

[brightspark]

Tuffsaws blades turned up today, made from Starret stock.

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As a test I chopped the mushroomed end off my combination 40mm brass stock/gigantic drift.

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It took a second for the blade to bed in and stop trying to dig into the brass, which might be down to me choosing a coarser TPI than standard, then cutting brass, but then made a very smooth, fast cut.

well it is round only 2 of the teeth would be cutting on the edge at 1st need at least 4 once its in to cut smoothly

 

[nickk]

Thought I’d give this crimp basher a go,the switch is to replace a casualty of shed jacking.

 

[Onoff]

Well, yesterday.

x3 17" alloys for my Mondeo. Better nick than mine. £70. It'll let me tart the wheels up one at a time:

 

[northwest]

Treasure, today (well very late last night to be honest) I acquired new Treasure:









All sorts of stuff, tool height setter, a cylindrical square, a tube wall thickness micrometer, loads of parallels and angle bars, very useful to me are the (metric) pin guages and who doesn't like a level, accurate to some silly degree. Angle plates in useful degree increments and a ground master angle, parallel on all sides and square to every edge and face, terrific.

An old school toolmaker (younger than I am) and retiring so it made sense, to me, to buy some of his stuff.