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

[Cobbler]

I left my Topweld on the back seat of my car. I came back from shopping to find the rear passenger door glass smashed.
Sitting next to my Topweld was another Topweld 140.

I’ve got an inverter one, hence getting rid of the doorstop. Hopefully someone can put it to good use.

 

[Bki26]

Load test proving >>>>> drag an empty stoppered blue 200 litre barrel up the tree set it up with a harness , fill it with water from a hosepipe don't climb the tree incase some things drops or breaks suddenly , pull it out the tree on a long rope, lower to ground and drain when done. ??

I plan to test it to the en15151-1 tests which is 2kn and 8kn static loads (203/815kg) but I think I'll have to do the 8kn test at local uni with their test machines that can pull it to breaking if it hopefully survives above 8kn.

2kn I can do by weighting some rocks with bathroom scales and drilling a hole through them for a steel cable loop.

 

[DAPPH]

I had a Topweld 140 for years. Eventually it got stolen from my shed and I had to buy an inverter welder.

Blessings come in many forms

 

[sg66]

Was lost and abandoned behind some pipework.

 

[nickk]

Different acquisitions today,the beginnings of a replacement for the nasty leylandii’s. Portuguese laurels,if these tolerate the shade where I want to plant them and start to flourish,then I’ll brave the £5.50 cost as it will run into the high hundreds.

 

[RichardM]

A couple of tool holders and a small 4 jaw for the rotary table.

 

[DAPPH]

Different acquisitions today,the beginnings of a replacement for the nasty leylandii’s. Portuguese laurels,if these tolerate the shade where I want to plant them and start to flourish,then I’ll brave the £5.50 cost as it will run into the high hundreds.View attachment 482524

Take some cuttings , hormone treat them before potting up , that £5.50 will grown into hundreds of £'s

Poxy leylandii's , 8 yrs ago the next door neighbour eventually paid to have hers 21 cut down after I told her they were too near our bungalows and also liable to be way above the legal height as garden dividers . The branches from her side which was four feet below my boundary were encroaching over 14 feet into my garden & were topping 30 feet high in places ,some of the trunk were 17 inches or more in diameter .

Even now after 8 years of being cut none of the stumps have rotted away despite being heavily treated with a stump rotting agent when first felled and having Xs cut inthe top to hold the stump rot chemicals .

 

[Blobber]

Spool valve thingy and cable adaptors for the hedge flail, if it works it will be a cheap cutter, if it doesn't...

 

[Climber]

Take some cuttings , hormone treat them before potting up , that £5.50 will grown into hundreds of £'s

Poxy leylandii's , 8 yrs ago the next door neighbour eventually paid to have hers 21 cut down after I told her they were too near our bungalows and also liable to be way above the legal height as garden dividers . The branches from her side which was four feet below my boundary were encroaching over 14 feet into my garden & were topping 30 feet high in places ,some of the trunk were 17 inches or more in diameter .

Even now after 8 years of being cut none of the stumps have rotted away despite being heavily treated with a stump rotting agent when first felled and having Xs cut inthe top to hold the stump rot chemicals .

The fact they cut an x in the stump simply proves they didn't know what they were doing. Stump treatments only really work on the cambium layer, immediately under the bark.

 

[Kram]

Rotary threaded centre arrived, fits the mini 4 jaw quite nicely.

I told her they were too near our bungalows and also liable to be way above the legal height as garden dividers . The branches from her side which was four feet below my boundary were encroaching over 14 feet into my garden & were topping 30 feet high in places ,some of the trunk were 17 inches or more in diameter .

There is no legal maximum for trees. They may have been her trees but what grows into your side is your responsibility to trim or have trimmed back to boundry.

If you want the stumps out, the best option is to use another tree or stump as an anchor and winch them, that will get roots and all, ready for replanting something else.

 

[Memmeddu]

Yep, same one. Took about 2 hours, not including lunch break. I'm not getting paid per hour!

Great restoration

 

[Memmeddu]

BRT knocked my door pretty upset because of the weight, really they have always fear when read my address, someone even asked if I buy steel or lead blocks due to the standard weight of my packages

Anyways in all its glory Breaker K13, an Italian made Kango K900.
Front grip broke during shipping because the seller was an animal and didn't even understand how this thing is supposed to fit into the case (exactly how shown in the picture)
3 points of contact: tool holder, handle and lid.
No rocket science, and it even has a little pocket for the chisel.
So I'll be using another handle from a Makita HR something I've scraped months back...
I'll make a proper D handle out of some steel flat bar whenever I find little time.
I've tested it on the victim C channel and it punched through it in few seconds.
The pointed tip slightly picked out on the other side ...
If it went through 8mm thick steel I believe this thing delivers at least 30 joules.
Granite wouldn't be a problem for it.
I have to check and clean the brushes and holders.
And It would be ready to work on the mechanic pit

 

[Farside]

Even now after 8 years of being cut none of the stumps have rotted away despite being heavily treated with a stump rotting agent when first felled and having Xs cut inthe top to hold the stump rot chemicals .

Make a rocket stove out of each stump.

 

[nickk]

@JOEPRO alerted me to this possible requirement for my wife’s towbar fitment,thanks for that,bit more complicated than all the previous towbars I’ve made/fitted. I notice this relay states Cambus,rather than the usual Canbus.

 

[badabec]

SWMBO bought two of these. Updating wills and both types of Powers of Attorney are next on the list.

 

[addjunkie]

SWMBO bought two of these. Updating wills and both types of Powers of Attorney are next on the list.

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Where was that bought? Death books R us.

 

[badabec]

Amazon, search for death planner.

 

[addjunkie]

Amazon, search for death planner.

Joking aside, now we have everything in the digital world and the theory of the paperless office, its actually probably more important than ever.

 

[JOEPRO]

SIP 9 inch welding clamp arrived today