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

[Richiew]

And then set fire to for not knowing what eyelet setting tools are..

In my defence I had wondered if it was a two piece button or press stud maker.

 

[cumbriasteve]

This week's haul.
Some sort of stamp or press tool? A pound. I couldn't leave it there.

Fairly sure they are for putting metal eyelets in tarpaulins.

Chillitt beat me

 

[Robotstar5]

Well I didn't acquire it today, I found it while looking for something else in the boxes from my dads shed, no idea how old it is and never been used!.

17" long with a 2¼" blade

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

This week's haul.

Three 150mm castors. Quid each. I couldn't find the fourth on the stall. I will either make a three wheeled circular trolley/dolly or might I try and obtain a suitable number four. I need to move a shed across the garden in the near future and these wheels are big enough not to dig in and cope with lawns and uneven ground, I hope.

Wouldn't attempt a shed move with castors. Either scaffold bars or round fence posts. Jack the shed up and slide 2 lengths of 2x4 all the way under so the shed runs smoothly on the rollers. Then its a 1 hand push even on grass. Just keep moving the rollers along. Did mine in the spring. Didn't even bother emptying it.

 

[gaz1]

couple of planks as runner boards and then scaffold bars for the rollers depending on run of shed woods underneath use another 2 boards too run on the rollers underneath the shed

 

[Richiew]

Wouldn't attempt a shed move with castors. Either scaffold bars or round fence posts. Jack the shed up and slide 2 lengths of 2x4 all the way under so the shed runs smoothly on the rollers. Then its a 1 hand push even on grass. Just keep moving the rollers along. Did mine in the spring. Didn't even bother emptying it.

Cheers, I'll bear that in mind. I've moved it successfully once already. Emptied the shed, four of us got a corner each and placed it on a largish trolley. It got us half the total distance over paved ground before it had to be carried over a lawn. This was in February so the lawn was very soft. I am hoping the wheels are big enough to travel over the lawn this time to save us carrying it. If the plan fails we will be no worse off than last time. The shed was next to my old garage which got knocked down and rebuilt so it had to move and now it needs to go back next to the new garage. I don't make a habit of moving sheds if I can help it. Shed is seven by five foot and is heavier than I expected. The return journey is shorter due to the bigger garage footprint.

I've got one suitable scaffy pole. Just need to find another.

 

[Wightsparks]

Looks same as my 1978 Ajax or whatever it's called, they are an imported copy of good old Brit stuff but it was at a time when they were actually decent quality, mine is a pleasure to use and was one of the best bargains I ever got.

You can drift the chuck out and use morse drills if you do a lot of larger dia drilling.

Thanks for the info. It came with a bunch of Morse drills, another chuck, morse drifts and some things I cant identify. Has a horrible vibration on one of the speed settings, I think it is where the set screw for the pulley is in the bottom of the V but as the belt should not touch that part i suspect the belt is wrong. The other speeds are just fine.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Picked this up when out for my morning walk, it was just lying in the middle of the road......

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Picked this up when out for my morning walk, it was just lying in the middle of the road......

Right next to a poor BT engineer working on a job.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Right next to a poor BT engineer working on a job.

No, no BT stuff on this road - the Mary Celeste was more populated than the street this a.m..

 

[Cobbler]

Just walked past the local charity shop, outside a bag of tools. Had a look, as you do, most was grot ...... but spotted these, they are the proper job, Gilbow's. Asked the price, a bit of umming & ahhing, "£4 as they are quite sharp" was the answer. By the comment "what are going to use them for" I'm sure the lady didn't know what they were. Do I need them? No, but they were like a magnet to me, I couldn't resist. Mine now

 

[brightspark]

Just walked past the local charity shop, outside a bag of tools. Had a look, as you do, most was grot ...... but spotted these, they are the proper job, Gilbow's. Asked the price, a bit of umming & ahhing, "£4 as they are quite sharp" was the answer. By the comment "what are going to use them for" I'm sure the lady didn't know what they were. Do I need them? No, but they were like a magnet to me, I couldn't resist. Mine now


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I have 9 pair. cant resist when there sold blunt at boot fairs for 2 quid . just take them apart and press the flat cutting face down on a disk sander till perfectly smooth do both sides and bolt back together the mating surfaces will be spot on do not just grind the faces as this knacks them and they bind when cutting

 

[slim_boy_fat]

No, but they were like a magnet to me, I couldn't resist.

That'll be the Siren voices......

 

[Cobbler]

That'll be the Siren voices......

Your right, they sang to me like the Tom Jones record. Buy, buy, buy, Delilah

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I acquired something I have not had before.

A trip to A&E. had them in the past, but not to this hospital.

Was at work very happy, good coffee, warm doughnuts.
A happy Vark.

Went to my van to get some tape, next thing I knew I was looking into the eye of a Para medic.
Not a good sight.

I was put on a drip and taken by ambulance to Taunton.

I also got a big telling off from Mrs TYA, she was on nights this week, she had to come down and pick me up.

They don't know why I decided to make friends with the floor, but low blood pressure is a symptom and a temperature.

Oh look I see a series of doctors and tests, oh fun.

 

[fizzy]

Hope it is nothing serious. It happened to a mate of mine. Manager in a busy petrol station. Collapsed on duty on his own. One of the local gypsy customers rushed to his aid - called an ambulance - served customers - sorted everything out. Not a penny missing. Mate had a battery of tests - nothing wrong - they put it down to a virus. That was about 5 years ago no repeats!

 

[MattF]

Last time I looked into the eye of a paramedic, I knew exactly why. Hope it's nowt serious TYA.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Good luck Vark, that must have been a bit scary!

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Today's car booty. Replace my little saw that's getting tired. Bargain for a score. One bolt to retain the guide missing and its never been used. Runs sweet and bolt replaced.

Did me proud today. Doing a job for my sisters ex and he neglected to mention the floor tiles were 600x600 porcelain. Rooms only 2.4x2.4 with kitchen units in 3 walls so was expecting smaller tiles. Big saws still in the shed so I had to freehand them on the above table saw. It didn't miss a beat and gave an excellent finish.
Bargain for a score.

 

[Maker]

Today I acquired; a scary red mark on my arm, got bitten by an ant. I didn't think they bit but it looked like one and it bloody hurt

I was trying to acquire some wood but it didn't quite fit in the car so I thought I'd best hide it and get it on foot tomorrow before it catches the eye of some (other) thieving begger. With it being dark out, I couldn't see exactly what I was touching, so I didn't spot the little bastard crawl up my arm for a snack.

I've put some on afterbite (expensive aqueous ammonia) and taken a hayfever tablet. Hopefully it won't come to anything, I hate having to take antibiotics on an empty stomach, I like to graze throughout the whole day. Only just finished a course of them for a different red mark and probable bite a couple of weeks ago.