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

[mr migwire]

picked this up the other day, god knows what im going to do with it, i do have a nice little lombardini single cylinder diesel that might do it.

 

[Robotstar5]

Today I acquired these emergency lights....they charge up once plugged in and come on in the event of a power cut. ...not really sure what I can do with em apart from wire up in the shed..but they were for nothing. ...View attachment 74957

Mount above your CU (fuseboard) so if you pop the RCD you have an automatic light to find the reset switch?.

 

[julianthegypsy]

picked this up the other day, god knows what im going to do with it, i do have a nice little lombardini single cylinder diesel that might do it.

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Very nice! I can;t help thinking there's something lacking in terms of where the driver should be positioned?

 

[sardine]

I pulled a HP 6310 printer scanner out of Boots chemists skip, it just has a broken hinge. Easy fix.

 

[Keith 66]

Today my other half got a Hacker RP10 transistor radio out of a charity shop for a fiver. I was chuffed when she produced it this evening.
Put batteries in it & away it went, rich deep tone, then conked out, Ah well, hours of fun await fixing it. These make superb amplifiers for cigar box guitars!

 

[dobbslc]

Picked these up today at Kempton Park.
Two V blocks and a pair of parallel's
£7.

 

[super noob]

I got this Kemppi to replace the 161

 

[Deltic]

Picked these up today at Kempton Park.
Two V blocks and a pair of parallel's
£7.


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Lucky you. That's a great deal. I made mine because I didn't want to spend the money to buy them.I wouldn't have bothered if I could have purchased them for that price.

 

[Pete.]

A Jones & Shipman 540 surface grinder. Badly photographed and unidentified so I got it for a steal.

 

[Pete.]

And a big box of engineering plastics and rubbers for the bargain price of FOC

 

[sardine]

Big day skip diving today, I acquired this massive find..

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Ooh, Draper!

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I thought he'd blagged the tartan.....

 

[bigegg]

Milwaukwee cpd drill 18v with 2 (good!!!) Batteries 90quid inc. Shipping and duty from usa.
Charger i already have (30 quid new).

 

[Pete.]

Some metric dies and a full set of full-threadform metric threading discs. Quite pleased with the dies as they are all but one sizes I don't have. M6 x 0.75, M10 x 0.75 and M8 x 1.0 I'll never probably use but I've been collecting fine pitches 'just because'. M9 is unusual altogether and M7 x 1.0 is the size of Suzuki motorbike cam cover bolts.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Dies I understand, but how do threading discs work?

 

[penfold]

It's just a cutting tool; there's a cutting edge ground into them and they're mounted like any other lathe tool. M7 was ubiquitous on Citroens of old, although PSA may have excised it these days.

 

[Maker]

Dies I understand, but how do threading discs work?

I'm guessing they're mounted fixed to a shaft parallel to the work and are used like normal threading tools but easier to resharpen as you don't have to regrind the angles, you just cut the top surface.

 

[MattF]

Dies I understand, but how do threading discs work?

Maker got it pretty much correct. They're held on a circular form tool holder, (similar to an insert bit holder but the blade mounts to the side of the holder instead of the top), and then you just grind that top edge when it dulls and rotate it slightly to get it back upto centre.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Spent the weekend with some friends in Hastings. Nice food, nice beer and nice company.

Work was not. 5 minutes jobs took 90 minutes, but on the way home I diverted into a car boot sale and got the 3 items for £10.

Chain saw works, needs a good clean and the right fuel mix, otherwise a mint tool. The cutting teeth are sharp and show no signs of abuse. But in the clutch area there is some bailing twine tangled up.

The Mountfield hedge trimmer has a snapped top blade cover and the engine runs but cuts out, guessing old fuel, so an easy sort.


The Ryobi is a different kettle of fish, runs sweet as a die. But the blades do not move. Had the bottom cover, engine runs. Traced it down to the blades jamming.

Looks like the bar and blades may be bent.

A nice few evening projects, with a few beers.

Thanks James and Glory for a good weekend.