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

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Today's new arrivals.
Boring head. (Have a well made 2mt but can't get the mandrel out without being destructive doubt it's ever been undone.)
Slitting disk holder
Few cheap flycutter
And a set of parallels.

Slowly but surely gathering up everything I need.

 

[Turbo]

Today I acquired a lot of bench space!

It had been ages since I did a tidy up & every time I needed to do something I had to clear a small patch on the bench. Last week I was stripping off powder coat with a flap disc which put dust everywhere so I did a big tidy up while hoovering up the dust.

(Ignore the mess under the bench, it's all for burning)

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I acquired:

A worrying feeling, that Mrs TYA is after something, why?

It is not my birthday, our anniversary or any important date, so why did she give me these 2 items today?




A Spear and Jackson Floor board saw.




Delway floor board cutter.


I think Mrs TYA wants something.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

so why did she give me these 2 items today?

Seemples...you're being softened up for what's to come......

Actually, perhaps you just misjudge her and she thought "Saw this and thought of you".

 

[angellonewolf]

Actually, perhaps you just misjudge her and she thought "Saw this and thought of you".

yea right pigs can fly and i can weld good

 

[Olderisbetter]

Not today but this week i acquired this cable crimper from a forum member and it has found a new home in my GPO tool roll.

 

[Matthew92]

I’m back, not technically today, actually it was yesterday, but I now have permanent electric in my workshop. 50 meters of 10mm armoured cable straight down the garden, I’ve got a dedicated 32amp socket for my welder, so I can finally crank it all the way up. No more dipping lights when I start up my machinery.

 

[Ruffian]

Today I acquired:

A worrying feeling, that Mrs TYA is after something, why?

It is not my birthday, our anniversary or any important date, so why did she give me these 2 items today?


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A Spear and Jackson Floor board saw.


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Delway floor board cutter.


I think Mrs TYA wants something.

But there both for cutting floor boards,
Maybe if you get them working correctly she will use them and lift a floor to bury you under??

 

[Turbo]

Today I acquired:

A worrying feeling, that Mrs TYA is after something, why?

It is not my birthday, our anniversary or any important date, so why did she give me these 2 items today?


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A Spear and Jackson Floor board saw.


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Delway floor board cutter.


I think Mrs TYA wants something.

I can foresee a conversation in your near future that starts like this -
Mrs TYA - 'I think the dining room would look nice with a new floor'
TYA - 'I don't have the tools for that'
Mrs TYA - 'What about the ones I bought for you?'

 

[Blake's 7]

B&D 5/16” drill, $10. Been after one in good nick for ages but they continue to command a good price. To be put to work polishing the ways of my lathe with a scotchbrite wheel

How old are they? It looks to be a very sturdy piece of equipment.

 

[Dieselman 63]

How old are they? It looks to be a very sturdy piece of equipment.

Guessing seventies or eighties. Plastic orange body, painted metal surround, Jacobs chuck. Looks to have a new plug on it too (:

 

[Dieselman 63]

Today I acquired:

A worrying feeling, that Mrs TYA is after something, why?

It is not my birthday, our anniversary or any important date, so why did she give me these 2 items today?


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A Spear and Jackson Floor board saw.


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Delway floor board cutter.


I think Mrs TYA wants something.

She forgot to give you a Crescent Tools floorboard nail puller though!

 

[gaz1]

Today's new arrivals.

And a set of parallels.

now im surprised that you didnt make any with your shaper ? as i was considering this myself as a project

 

[Turbo]

4 pairs of uvex ultrasonic goggles, £3 each.

A 15m 16A extension reel with 3 covered sockets, 2 usb charging points & a nifty built-in rcd & mcb. Retails at £80, mine for £12!

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

now im surprised that you didnt make any with your shaper ? as i was considering this myself as a project

Powered shaper perhaps but for the 35 notes I spent it's not worth my time. There all hardened and hit there measurements perfectly.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

B&D 5/16” drill, $10. Been after one in good nick for ages but they continue to command a good price. To be put to work polishing the ways of my lathe with a scotchbrite wheel

If your drill has the double square symbol on the data plate it is double insulated. Then you can run it of a 2 core. Some still had a earth cable connection in the handle, so you can us that if you want.


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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ref Post No. 7531,dated Feb 2 2018.
Plus Post 7557. You can find that.

I was back at the site again, I went fishing again.

I was successful. @Parm not the site we talked about. But near by.

This is what I got.

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A Banfords No5 Plough spanner.

Oh yes. No I haven't done anything to the chuck, yet.
Why not?
I will get back to you on it, as soon as I fished out the bottom of the oil bath.

Today This was finished, here are the results.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I acquired a better understanding of depression, how it affects people and what our Men In Shed is about.

We have a member, very educated man, in his late fifties. I will call him J. He has been very ill with depression. But he is making a recovery. Today with his nurse he came to the shed to look for Me and another member. He had found some old tools, in the place he is now, he wanted to make them useful again.



This is some of what he brought to the session today. I hope The Mods will allow me to post this and more.



Garden Hedge Trimmers.

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Seized and rusted solid. With me doing the angle grinding, the “nurse” was a bit nervous, understandable. We had the metal cleaned up.



J was allowed to cleaned the handles on the slow lathe, then of his own back made a Linseed oil bath.

This is HIS results
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My other new to me rasp.

I got my hands on a a rasp and 3 handles the other day, my plan today was to clean them up.

J was on a role, he was in a good place, so I let him run with my bits.

A reminder of how I got the rasp and 3 spare handles.

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The original and the best of the spares were earmarked to be used.

This is his work

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This is how it is now.


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Yes, at my house, as they need to dry a bit more. The wooden bits were drowed in Linseed oil. We had to drink coffee, chat, explain to the nurse what we do and why. He has gone away with a good understanding as well.
But They will be going to his place.

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That's the other 3, before they swam in oil.


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That is the project for the next time he can come down, I hope in a weeks time.

Today, was an insight to me, on how bad depression can get. Today I hoped I did a bit to help a friend.

Yesterday J and his nurse came down the shed. 2 reasons he did not stay long, it was cold and a certain member who knows everything was telling J how to get over is issue. I spent a lot of time keeping D away from J.

It was nearly impossible, I asked the nurse if we ould go to my place, J has bean there before he sliped of the rails. The nurse agreed. I think to get J away from D.

This is J results, I pottered as J worked. Just telling him were the bits he needed in my mess. The nurse made coffee and stood back.



De greasing. The wooden handles were rubbed with wire wool and Meth's. Meth's is a cheep wax. oil and varnish remover for wooden tools. You can see the muck in the bottom of the yellow tub.



Almost dried, the metal works was cleaned with Jizzer and wire wool. For safety reasons, the nurse advised that it "May be a bad idea if J used power tools here" I was explained why. But that's all I will say on it.



I had them sharpened them and re set them, before yesterday by another shed member.

This the 2 saws all ready for a new life.





PLEASE NOTE.
Beer can for scale, no beer was drunk when J was there.

 

[brewdexta]

Well done @The_Yellow_Ardvark !

A few years ago a good friend and neighbour took is own life while being visited by the black dog. All the efforts of medicine and is lovely GF and friends couldn't pull him out of the dark place. When he was up he was the life and soul of any social event, and such a talented man. RIP Dave.

When we first moved into the village we were doing loads of building work on the house and there was a massive pile of rubble outside the front door. He told a couple of people that we were building an indoor swimming pool, within seconds the whole village knew about this. The trouble was we didn't know anybody in the village including him at that time and it was very disconcerting being stopped in the street and being asked how the pool was getting on, we thought it was some kind of traditional local greeting

 

[Dieselman 63]

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If your drill has the double square symbol on the data plate it is double insulated. Then you can run it of a 2 core. Some still had a earth cable connection in the handle, so you can us that if you want.


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Interesting - thanks!