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droopsnoot
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Another project car, which has been "pending" for several months. It's a Sunbeam Alpine, for a change, and needs quite a bit of work. I've only got the shell and a few bits so far, the rest of it is at a different location and I'm going to pick it up shortly. I'm not really touching it until I've got my current project done, it's going to have to have a load of stuff dumped in it otherwise there won't be room, but I have to make it more mobile - there is no front suspension fitted so it's tricky to move it around.
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Ooh what model , had a Ti many years ago girlfriend at the time threw it sideways into a ditch and it was written off, she wasn’t my girlfriend for much longer
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I hate watching a Youtube video and spotting a useful looking tool because I have to have one then 
A set of trim clip removal tools arrived today, only a few quid thanks to Black Friday prices.
A set of trim clip removal tools arrived today, only a few quid thanks to Black Friday prices.
Bought a set of those last year and they have proved incredibly useful. Did you set include plastic pry bars?I hate watching a Youtube video and spotting a useful looking tool because I have to have one then
A set of trim clip removal tools arrived today, only a few quid thanks to Black Friday prices.
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droopsnoot
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This one:
It's rustier than I thought. And takes up much more room than I thought, so I must think of creative ways to put things on and in it without damage to either the things or the shell, or get rid of some stuff to free up space.
Bonus photo in that two of the wheel dollies I mentioned above were used at the back. Move would have gone better if there wasn't a 2" step down from the garage it has been resting in for 10+ years, and if it hadn't rained, causing the shell to get wet for the first time in that time.
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No, I already had the plastic ones.
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As I've practically switched to LXT batteries, that's the first gadget.
Got a a discount for it and paid 16 euro
It takes household E27 LED bulbs and it has a little potentiometer to adjust the brightness.
It will see more fishing than work but definitely handy to have around
Got a a discount for it and paid 16 euro
It takes household E27 LED bulbs and it has a little potentiometer to adjust the brightness.
It will see more fishing than work but definitely handy to have around
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So many air fittings.
The Claw fittings are intended for:
• Connecting the compressor to the pipework,
• Providing connection points for my ¾ impact & the wet-blaster I occasionally borrow, and
• Letting me connect tools that need unlubricated air via a Claw to XF converter hose.
The XF fittings are for the spray gun, grit blaster, plasma, and blow-guns to stop me accidentally hooking them up to a lubricated air supply.
The remaining standard PCL & ¼ BSP hose tails are to make up whip hoses for the various tools, after it became apparent that I have a lot of them, and making my own would be a lot cheaper than buying pre-made.
I still haven't gone to dig out the pipe and fittings though...
The Claw fittings are intended for:
• Connecting the compressor to the pipework,
• Providing connection points for my ¾ impact & the wet-blaster I occasionally borrow, and
• Letting me connect tools that need unlubricated air via a Claw to XF converter hose.
The XF fittings are for the spray gun, grit blaster, plasma, and blow-guns to stop me accidentally hooking them up to a lubricated air supply.
The remaining standard PCL & ¼ BSP hose tails are to make up whip hoses for the various tools, after it became apparent that I have a lot of them, and making my own would be a lot cheaper than buying pre-made.
I still haven't gone to dig out the pipe and fittings though...
+1, Lista, the best. Auctions of closing industrial sites used to be a gold mine for them, it was the tooling kept inside them that buyers wanted.
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Toshiba or Mitsubishi I can't remember what's fitted on the Serdi valve seat cutter at work but the manual it's very similar to it
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Seems remarkably well built for the price - "UUCap", I'm sure aren't the best brand of capacitors, but time will tell on longevity.
Tested OK, which is a good start.
Tested OK, which is a good start.
Jelly_Sheffield
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What I didn't get was more O-clips...
Got about halfway through making off all the connections when I ran out.
A household bulb would run at mains AC voltage and most AC lamp dimming circuits will use phase control (RC network and TRIAC) to adjust the brightness. I doubt the gadget outputs mains voltage so does it require a special low DC voltage version? I had a look online and could see nothing mentioned about the output voltage or specification for the bulb.
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Led light bulbs will light on even on eddy current (ever had a strobe bulb? )
They probably just use a first generation led bulb without filter circuit in it which keeps them off on older electrical layout
