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

[Richiew]

I think Mr Pete would approve.

Two quid at the car boot this morning.

Three in one tool.

Needs a very gentle clean up when I get round to it.

The markings are lovely and crisp.

 

[sardine]

Might be a big load of used timber planks going for free in Bletchley, a Sprinter van full to the roof size load.

If anyone wants it I'll see what's happening on Monday.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Might be a big load of used timber planks going for free in Bletchley, a Sprinter van full to the roof size load.

If anyone wants it I'll see what's happening on Monday.

Now that I am interested in. Always like timber.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Rivnut tool M3-M8 looks unused. With rivnuts. I happily paid £1 for the box at a bootfair !

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

View attachment 152147 Unused rivnut tool M3-M8 looks unused. With rivnuts. I happily paid £1 for the box at a bootfair !

Good kit, looks like the RS version. There should be a chart telling you what size drills to sue for the inserts. Look out for those pesky Left handed threads on it.

Here are both my sets hanging up acting as dust magnets.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Good kit, looks like the RS version. There should be a chart telling you what size drills to sue for the inserts. Look out for those pesky Left handed threads on it.

Here are both my sets hanging up acting as dust magnets.

View attachment 152155

Yep. Know about the left hand threads. Have a job for it next week. The stainless steel inserts were more than I paid for the tool! Farnell has it listed at £86 odd .

 

[Maker]

I've got one exactly the same minus the case, never use it because I've only got the threaded tips for sizes of inserts I don't have.

 

[zx9]

View attachment 152147 Rivnut tool M3-M8 looks unused. With rivnuts. I happily paid £1 for the box at a bootfair !

Good deal, the company that I then worked for paid a lot more than that for 'my' set from RS. To use it with inserts bigger than M6 you need the hand grip of a gorilla.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

To use it with inserts bigger than M6 you need the hand grip of a gorilla.

Or adjust the amount you pull on the inserts and take a lot of little bites at it, than trying to do it all in one go.
M12 I give are a bu-gger, even in littler steps.

 

[DennisCA]

Pair of old panel saws, the plastic handled one is old enough that it can be sharpened. The old sandviks are supposedly good, but with an ugly handle. I will make a new handle for it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Here are both my sets hanging up acting as dust magnets.

You're not going to be seeing much through those goggles

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat
I use beer googles.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

the plastic handled one is old enough that it can be sharpened

With the plastic handle unit, see if there is a blue -ish heat temper mark just above the teeth and including the teeth. If it has one of them, it is inductive harden steel teeth and can nor be sharpened. They are designed to be used until blunt then dumped.

The wooden handle one, dip the handle in "meths" and clean with a medium wire wool. You may have a beech or larch handle, they clean up very well.

 

[DennisCA]

That's what I looked for in order to deduce it was of old enough manufacture to be sharpened.

 

[anto44]

Got myself one of the honeywell bionic face shields after seeing good reviews about them on here.

 

[kcchan]

I bought one of those face shields too and it’s pretty good. Decent visibility and not too expensive. Inspires more confidence than just safety specs too

 

[sardine]

Might be a big load of used timber planks going for free in Bletchley, a Sprinter van full to the roof size load.

If anyone wants it I'll see what's happening on Monday.

Sorry, the timber is off the menu, they're cladding something in old manky timber, its trendy apparently.

Obviously they don't know Bletchley too well or else they wouldn't leave it outside.

 

[Farside]

it's an insulator *and* a conductor?



how does that work then?

It's magic.
It must be - it lightens the pockets of the gullible every year to the tune of millions.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Sorry, the timber is off the menu, they're cladding something in old manky timber, its trendy apparently.

Obviously they don't know Bletchley too well or else they wouldn't leave it outside.

No worries. Was just about to pop you a msg re wood as a new men in sheds in mk just posted lookin for wood donations.
Someone will have fun trying to make ot look half decent. Glad it ain't me.

 

[Farside]

Today, I acquired...
A working Icom 725.
It had arrived in the post 18 months ago, seriously battered by some goon with a fork truck who had managed to spear through the only side of the radio not protected with an inch and half of polystyrene sheet. Of course, sod's law being what it is, that side just happened to be the front face panel and it needed some restoration.
The seller was as pee'd off as me and immediately offered a refund or half if I wanted to keep it. I took the latter offer, hoping to fix it but every time I thought about doing that, I was pee'd off all over again and would imagine various scenarios in which I would exact revenge on the parcel gibbon.
Eventually, the murderous rage died down and I finally got the unit on the bench.
It's still needing a front fascia, but everything works now and it's quite a nice little set.
One of these...