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

[Onoff]

Treated myself to ond of these for Christmas:

 

[Bobtail4x4]

you will wonder how you managed without it

 

[Kram]

I never liked those post hole diggers, a real pain to use tho mines a different brand..I'm unlikely to be using again.

Much prefer this sort.

 

[Onoff]

I never liked those post hole diggers, a real pain to use tho mines a different brand..I'm unlikely to be using again.

Much prefer this sort.
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What's your soil like there?

Here any post hole is an oh so slow nightmare. We use a pto on the back of a tractor driving a 12" auger. There's guaranteed big flints to knock the hole off course for a start. Doing our front fence I lost count of how many shear pins went on the auger.

Could do with one of those big heavy axe bladed, shovel type things for roots too.

 

[droopsnoot]

A few weeks ago one of the other unit holders moved out, and dumped a load of stuff in his skip. I had a dig around as you do, and there was a plastic box full of water with some power tools. I dug this out:

thinking that at worst it might donate the mains flex as the one on my die grinder is breaking up around the end of the strain relief. I left it to dry out, and yesterday I tried it and it works just fine. I might take it to bits and clean it out before using it, but I just wish I'd grabbed some of the other bits, though I did get some plastic boxes for when I get time to sort things out, and some brand new bricks.

You wouldn't think I'm trying to clear some space out of my unit, would you?

 

[MattF]

You wouldn't think I'm trying to clear some space out of my unit, would you?

That's just so you can cram some more treasures in.

 

[RichardM]

A few weeks ago one of the other unit holders moved out, and dumped a load of stuff in his skip. I had a dig around as you do, and there was a plastic box full of water with some power tools. I dug this out:

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thinking that at worst it might donate the mains flex as the one on my die grinder is breaking up around the end of the strain relief. I left it to dry out, and yesterday I tried it and it works just fine. I might take it to bits and clean it out before using it,

It's had a wash, isn't that good enough?

 

[Kram]

What's your soil like there?

Here any post hole is an oh so slow nightmare. We use a pto on the back of a tractor driving a 12" auger. There's guaranteed big flints to knock the hole off course for a start. Doing our front fence I lost count of how many shear pins went on the auger.

Could do with one of those big heavy axe bladed, shovel type things for roots too.

Clay with bricks, rubble,quartz, flints, roots. The auger will go through thinner stuff, extract half bricks ok and cut roots upto 1/2" no problem, if you hold on tight.

A sharpened peice of 6mm steel, 70mm wide on the end of a bar would be great for cutting through and smashing stuff.
Sharpened pickaxe was essential for getting the ivy roots out.

However if your replacing, then you already have a nice hole, you just need to lift them out with the concrete. I imagine the tool to use is a high lift farm jack type thing

 

[dan.taylor.1]

We've a spot locally called the scrapstore, basically they get donated random stuff and the arty types craft with it all. They often get industrial consumables that are say an overstock and they go there rather than in the bin.

Was there today for a Christmas thing with the kids, had a look in the shop, boxes of massive o rings, random o rings, loads of seals, some 190mm od...

Would have been rude not to grab some, had a quick search and the 190mm ones go for 36 quid on wych bearings, paid 7 quid for a supermarket basket full of these and a load of stuff for the boys to craft with...

 

[MetalMonkey]

Couple of Kukko pullers. Need a bit of a clean and one has a bit of a bend in the pilot, but I doubt they have seen much use.
Well worth a fiver I reckon.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just shy of 100m.

10 pairs.

 

[Gragson]

Having a bit of a sort around in the shed and have acquired a fair amount of space!
Moved the bike lift aka another bench, to the wall. Means the Tetris of space game can begin.
I'll be getting a draw cabinet for underneath for more storage.


Bought this infill cheapo for side wall which I can use for consumables currently in boxes and a pain to get what's needed.
Not at all bad for the money.

3 Tier Rolling Tool Cart Trolley Heavy Duty Workstation Storage Chest Toolchest | eBay

There is also a handle for easy pushing of the trolley. It is a durable product. Also can be easily transported; restaurant supplies, dirty dishes, large boxes, tools and restaurant supplies. Can easily transport restaurant supplies, dirty dishes, large boxes, tools, supplies to your Dining room.

www.ebay.co.uk

Also had the pipework turn up to extend the deiseal heater outlets for the install.


This is more my idea of xmas

 

[Barking Mat]

I went to Lidl this afternoon. Unfortunately I spent about 25 minutes queueing 400m along the road to get there (it's off the main road to Tesco and what passes for the retail park, not everyone was going to Lidl), watching a similar hardly-moving queue coming back the other way. It took so long to get to a side road that I was almost there by the time I could have given up, and the traffic lightened a bit and the place itself wasn't packed. They had loads of tools, but no nibblers, and no labels on the shelf to suggest that they'd had some and sold them all. Oh well. I'll have another look in there at the weekend.

I went to Lidl this afternoon expecting the worst.

Car park nearly empty, more staff than shoppers, shelves fully stocked, only one till open, and no one was at it.

Got my shopping, left completely bemused by the whole experience.

This wine is bloody great €2.49 a bottle..

 

[Mick Annick]

I went to Lidl this afternoon expecting the worst.

Car park nearly empty, more staff than shoppers, shelves fully stocked, only one till open, and no one was at it.

Got my shopping, left completely bemused by the whole experience.

This wine is bloody great €2.49 a bottle..

Was the same in SuperU…

 

[dobbslc]

Shop footfall down 5.4% this year over here.

 

[Onoff]

I went to Lidl this afternoon expecting the worst.

Car park nearly empty, more staff than shoppers, shelves fully stocked, only one till open, and no one was at it.

Got my shopping, left completely bemused by the whole experience.

This wine is bloody great €2.49 a bottle..

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10 bottles = 1 inverter welder

 

[Brad93]

Couple of Kukko pullers. Need a bit of a clean and one has a bit of a bend in the pilot, but I doubt they have seen much use.
Well worth a fiver I reckon.

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absolute quality gear kukko

 

[Olderisbetter]

Shop footfall down 5.4% this year over here.

Our footfall was up on the last 2 years, but I think generally after covid more people got into online shopping.

 

[Memmeddu]

Theses loverlies for £30!View attachment 477357

I hate them because they are everything but quick and everytime I ended up having to adjust them multiple times prior to get them to clamp on the workpiece.
But they are the way to go if you need to keep things firmly in position the clamping force is way higher than regular clamps.
Said that I still hate them.

 

[Memmeddu]

Cobbler.
I could take your Nibbler off your hands and put it on the same shelf as my plasma cutter….. which is also unused. Does the phrase “ that’ll come in handy” spring to mind?

That's unlikely to happen we should remind to not buy something when we think about those words.
"That'll come in handy"
My plasma cutter too used once to gouge and cut a bucket used maybe for less than a quarter hour.
Never used again.
Nibbler used once but I've got it for free so not a problem