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

[Dieselman 63]

Suppose that’s where the 35 year guarantee comes in handy on the leather man knives

 

[Hood]

Looks like it was one of theirs but I would be too embarrassed to even contemplate sending it in

This was what it once looked like.

But when I say abused I mean abused, this is what it looks like now
Both blades snapped, corkscrew snapped, tweezers lost, toothpick lost, covers fallen off. To be fair it has stood up well, it spent a year or so in a boats bilges and survived and I also lost it when I was fitting the turret to my CNC lathe only to find it 6 months later sitting on a hydraulic valve

 

[Parm]

It’s been ages since I acquired anything

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

It’s been ages since I acquired anything

Lies.
You got a donkey saw.




And a mill.

 

[Parm]

Lies.
You got a donkey saw.




And a mill.

But I paid money for those.

In my book “aquring” something implies no money changed hands

 

[MattF]

Suppose that’s where the 35 year guarantee comes in handy on the leather man knives

With the Leathermans, you need it. I've broken two mini's, and not through anything excessive. Don't honestly rate them myself.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

But I paid money for those.

In my book “aquring” something implies no money changed hands

Nope. That's either stealing or receiving.
Aquiring just requires you to gain it

Rarely get freebies. Get a lot of bargains though.

 

[Robotstar5]

Suppose that’s where the 35 year guarantee comes in handy on the leather man knives

I've only got 4 years left on mine then

 

[captain-destructo]

I've only got 4 years left on mine then

so brake it send it back and the new one they send back should have 35 yr guarantee

 

[Farside]

I bought three Leatherman Micras from ebag at least ten years ago for a fiver each.
I strongly suspect they were take-offs by security at Heathrow, as two of them were engraved as corporate gifts, and the seller was in W.London.
One of them was given as a gift to a friend, and it in turn was taken from her at airport security in N.York. Some sort of cyclic resonance going on there, I think. As soon as she told me that my first inclination was to not give her a replacement, which I stuck to.

 

[Turbo]

What is that on the left beside the screws? Kind of looks like an old distributor but...

It's marked 'Fullwood' so probably off a milking machine. It's some sort of a solenoid valve, mostly solid aluminium so it will get re purposed into something else by the lathe.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Today’s bounty. Cheaper than buying new and likely superior quality. All except the pins are made in NZ.

 

[Farside]

Gimp Pins? Are they for holding a gimp suit together?

 

[Dieselman 63]

Gimp Pins? Are they for holding a gimp suit together?

Please remember this is a family friendly forum so we don’t need pictures of what you get up to in your spare time

 

[Hood]

Please remember this is a family friendly forum so we don’t need pictures of what you get up to in your spare time

But now you have me wondering how you knew it was him

 

[Dieselman 63]

But now you have me wondering how you knew it was him

I realised as I posted it I’d missed out on a quality leather man joke. Oh well.

 

[Turbo]

A pair of 13" trailer mudguards - £12.

CD cases, 1st aid box, screwdriver bits, drill bit & a stanley plane - £5.

2 new fire doors - £6.

Engine hoist balancer - £14.
Fire blanket & car extinguisher - £6.
8 new Hagar RCBO's - £8
9m extension lead - £4. It is made from nice flexible cable & it's going to be used to replace plastic cable on my grinders!
Wall bracket for gas bottles - £2.

Seized 1hp electric motor - £6. If the motor is beyond repair I'll get my money back in scrap & keep the pulley!

 

[God mode restorations]

Nope. That's either stealing or receiving.
Aquiring just requires you to gain it

Rarely get freebies. Get a lot of bargains though.

Yer there's plenty of bargains to be had. Am watching a job lot of three very nice items.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Yer there's plenty of bargains to be had. Am watching a job lot of three very nice items.

Oh no, he’s on the prowl again! What is it this time, an Asquith radial arm?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Yer there's plenty of bargains to be had. Am watching a job lot of three very nice items.

3 more Lathes knowing your fetish lol.
I'm concentrating on tooling and fettling what I've got atm.