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

[angellonewolf]

^^^^^^oil in the exhuaust have they tiped it and it got oil in there ?

they put 2 stroke mix in there might need a carb clean ?

 

[Memmeddu]

Today i get another bench vise and a chipping hammer

 

[Hood]

Today i get another bench vise and a chipping hammer

Hopefully you will get a camera soon

 

[Memmeddu]

Hopefully you will get a camera soon

Yes i guess tomorrow ill do some photos also because I need to repair it.
It's cast Iron and is broken, and I have not 7018 or a machine that can use this rods (i have an engine driven but it's little bit expensive to start up for this little jobs)

 

[Pete.]

^^^^^^oil in the exhuaust have they tiped it and it got oil in there ?

they put 2 stroke mix in there might need a carb clean ?

That's what happened to my Mountfield mower. I tipped it on it's side to clean the underside of the deck and got oil in the exhaust. Smoked out the entire neighbourhood.

 

[angellonewolf]

^^^^^they will clean them selves but take an age to get clean best off washing the exhuaust out with petrol and after emptying put a light to it it will pop with a large flame but dies down to a candle burn untill the fuel runs out

this above is very dangerus (sorry cant spell)and not for @pete.(from his posts he knows what he is doing) but any one else wants to do this be very carefull its a danger to life only posting for info not a how to do it

 

[antonio costa]

Milwaukee 125mm grinder for £40 in almost uniunu condition. And the seller trew in a Tweco welding helmet. Can't complain for sure

 

[antonio costa]

Pictures of the said free welding helmet that turned out to be working good

The grinder is insanely powerful, 1550w in a really compact body

 

[pcwizme]

No photos yet, but 2 mantle clocks for a stage production (£2 each at the bootfair) and a mint plant and a basil plant from asda for the hydroponics unit for an experiment (55p and 41p)

No tools from the boot fair as they were too expensive, the petrol tools .... well they looked stolen if you know what I mean

 

[bigegg]

good luck with the herbs: you'll almost certainly find they'll die within the week
I don't know if they cut the roots, or otherwise kill them, but they won't continue growing.

 

[pcwizme]

good luck with the herbs: you'll almost certainly find they'll die within the week
I don't know if they cut the roots, or otherwise kill them, but they won't continue growing.

So the basil seems to be grown from seed in the pot, theres about 14 plants in a 3inch pot! and the mint clearly was from a cutting in a 2cm plug and they dont release the roots at all, so its potbound before its even started, I have washed all the compost off, and they are spending 2 hours soaking before going in to the hydroponic system later this afternoon.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The lawn mower now runs, but smokes very bad. I suspect it is residue of the odd fuel mix.
No idea what the mix was, but dark red is not a good colour for unleaded.

It will get a new plug and a clean.
I hope running it on fresh fuel will help reduce the smoke. The smoke is not burning sump oil. The exhaust was snooty as was the plug.

The BBQ needs no main parts, but the "Posh bits", tong hooks etc. But They all are meant to come in one bag, alongside instructions and tools.
They are on the way to me via Post Man Pat.

The slide, we will move on from that.

Mower is now smoke free.
Had a friend run it round the allotment grass paths, 2 tanks of fresh unleaded and it runs smooth as a you like.
It looks like it was wrong fuel or as found in the box
Some American fuel stabilizer additive.

Parts for BBQ have also arrived, so many bits. Including a spanner. I will not be using that.

Cat likes the slide, has bean seen climbing the steps and sliding down.

But The cat did not like the useless Engineer BT who still has not fixed the issue. The cat leapt onto his leg with claws.
I did not laugh to much.
We told him many times not to try and befriend the cat, oh well.

 

[slimjim]

Today I acquired an Aldi circular saw, for the grand sum of £30 delivered,

Seems ok, instructions a bit scarce on how you fit the batteries for the laser, I never understood why you needed a laser anyway, comes with a fine tooth blade and a normal blade, strange that the Allen screw is standard thread, I am used to these being left hand threaded,

It has a 3 year warranty, but to be fair it’s worth it just for cutting the 5 sheets of OSB3 for my extension roof,

Normally I just borrow one from my brother, but his is 20 years old, and needs the blade replaced,

Ok it’s not as good as the cordless Marita or dewalt, but it’s £30 delivered, and I only need use of one occasionally.

 

[Cobbler]

Being as we are on Aldi items, I bought some air shears for £19.99 a couple of days ago. So far, brilliant, I tried it on 1mm steel, rattled straight across easily, 1.5mm cuts it without a problem & no distortion. So far I'm impressed, especially at that price. I won't use them that often, but have got to be easier than tinsnips.

 

[anto44]

Picked up these markers in lidl a while back and just opened them tonight. They're united office brand. I've been using them for marking some stainless steel sheet and they're awesome, they leave about a .5mm line and are really hard to rub off when dry. Definitely worth buying if you see them.

 

[Paulbarrett]

Finally going to pipe work properly!

 

[Seadog]

Well, after watching Bob's DTI rebuilds I just had to



Direct from Starrett and cheaper than eBay, just.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Direct from Starrett and cheaper than eBay, just.

How does it compare to sewing machine oil in terms of price, and viscosity?

 

[Seadog]

I've no idea. Would you like me to go out and buy some so I can do a comparison?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I've no idea. Would you like me to go out and buy some so I can do a comparison?

No, that won't be necessary - I'd hate to put you to any trouble. I have a small bottle of the Singer oil I've had for years, just interested to know if it could serve the same purpose as your Starrett.