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

[mpats]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

Yup, cheap Erauber battery one, doesn't get used often but when it comes in handy boy oh boy does it come in handy.

 

[MattF]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

Invaluable for certain tasks. Mine sees little use these days, but when I was fitting, that unit was worked hard. It earned its keep many times over.

On a tangent about fitting, I was looking at some photo's I took of one job, the other day. First thing which came to mind was how many times I twatted my head on the low, deep openings whilst working inside on those windows. I had a permanent lump on the back of my head for about a week.

 

[rtbcomp]

Having thought some more, could this be from an early gramophone , the narrow end may have fitted to bottom of the hollow arm that held the needle and resonator and the horn end underneath in the cabinet , a sort of built in amp ,
Chris

If it is get it on Ebay, especially the USA site.

I found an old motor in my workshop when I bought it, thinking it was a Meccano motor I put it on the Bay for a fiver, it fetched £1300 + £75 Datapost to the USA, that was about 20 years ago. Turns out it was off an Edison phonograph or something.

 

[bigegg]

a very nice set of 16 Forstner bits - from 6mm to 54mm.

good reviews around the net, and only £16 from the clearance shelf at Screwfix.

also came with some free augers, Brad points and spade bits - but worth it just for the Forstners!

 

[Shox Dr]

I like those STOL tundra tyres.

God knows how much they cost. 26" on 6"rims max pressure is 12psi. They are tubeless with the schrader valve in the tyre wall.

 

[Robotstar5]

After fitting this for a customer i have acquired 4 very blunt, worn 10mm sds drill bits, some of the toughest abrasive concrete i have had the misfortune to drill into.
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I found similar when installing a machine in Bury St Edmunds, apparently they like to put local flint into the mix when laying floors, had the gearbox grease dribbling out of the SDS drill it got that hot

 

[MattF]

Put the pin in your CO2 extinguisher.

One of those things that you'd generally never pay much attention to, until it's something which you constantly have to pay attention to.

 

[galooph]

I acquired a pair of Bahco adjustables, thanks to @winchman

 

[Dieselman 63]

I thought you were in trouble for bringing too much home with you. Where have you hidden it?

I was. I decided to ask permission! I showed some of my turned work and I was allowed to bring it back. I’ve even been granted permission to buy a radial sander too!

 

[Brad93]

Well the first part of my order for a load of Pferd goodies has just gone through.

Expect to receive them at the start of next week if they’re in stock in the U.K.
If not end of next week direct from Germany.

Just pricing up some more stuff from them now for some upcoming jobs.

At some point This week I need to order some HMT impact taps which I’m gonna try on a job.

 

[DAPPH]

Horn for a radio, so you can sing along to ‘Worker’s Playtime’.

Dumdem dedumdem dedumedum de duuum dum...........

More like the sound amplifiying horn out of a cheap cabinet installed wind up gramophone.

The old cat's whisker ( later we had a fixed crystal set ) radios we had were put in a tin bucket that was laid on it's side and supported by books to stop it rolling off the table.
In 1953 we got posh and got a second hand radio that needed two lead acid glass accumulators for the power . I remember being sat on the back of my Mums pushbike when she took the flat accumulators in the handle bar basket six or so miles to get them charged up by a former RAF radio operator as we didn't have electricity ( nor a mains water supply) .

You can just see the horn under the turn table .

Real quality cabinets, not the oak utility one above, were made of rose veneered ply's and had the horn made from a lovely thin polished rose veneer ply as well . If you tapped it with a clean wooden meat skewer it gave a very pleasing resonant tone.

 

[sardine]

Saw a Migatronic KDE 400 with wire feeder in a skip behind an engineering company today, obviously its karked it, but is it worth anything for spares is the question ?

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today I aquired this wtf is it ?made of thin steel, found in a shed being clear for demolition,View attachment 154797 View attachment 154798 View attachment 154799 View attachment 154800

I have a few of those from old wind up record players

 

[DAPPH]

I usually buy the poundstore 'Alraldite' knockoff for my arrow tips but I also got a glue gun today, never used a hot glue gun so I don't know if the adhesive is good.

Below the glue are some lathe freebie bits..
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Edit: and some free hinges : )

I have one of the early green bodied Bosch , triggered glue guns & have frequently had problems getting the required 12 mm dia hot melt glue sticks .
As a result of the problem I found out …..
You need to make sure you know the diameter of the glue stick replacements before you use the originals all up as there are now three of four different diameters on the market .
There are also different strength grades of the rods, my translucent ones are nowhere near as hard as the dark green or dark brown ones .

 

[Olderisbetter]

Not today, maybe a month or two back I fished this out the scrap skip at work, used to be one piece (someone will probably know what it was). Base is 10mm and will make a nice temporary/mobile welding bench for the time being. Castors removed tonight and I'll attach it with the 9" grinder to get the remains of the uprights off tomorrow.
Drum, well it's ali, but I think I might try a patio burner, see if it's thick enough to stand up to it.
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And then there's this, Grandpa came up the road for august to stay with the folks while my Aunt and uncle were away (he's 96, still at home but needs a bit of help with shopping and things). He brought this up for me, he had always planned for me to have it and decided now was the time.
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Story goes that he swapped something for it with a German commando at the end of the war (he was RAF), when he got home Grandma's dad thought it was to dangerous so broke the tip off
The Luger Pistol he brought back was thrown in a river many many years ago (before my time), it's difficult to get much out of him about this stuff, he doesn't talk about the war but I'm happy to have it. Also only found out during this visit that he had been a test pilot on the Barracuda, our attempt at a dive bomber, he said it wasn't very successful.

That is a nice knife with great history, I have two i keep locked away they were always known to me as commando knives issued to the British forces, wiki has a bit on them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes
Here is one of mine with a few other bits.

 

[fizzy]

That is a nice knife with great history, I have two i keep locked away they were always known to me as commando knives issued to the British forces, wiki has a bit on them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes
Here is one of mine with a few other bits.
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Best combat knife ever made! We also have 2 but not with as much history.

 

[Farside]

my translucent ones are nowhere near as hard as the dark green or dark brown ones

Eat more porridge.

 

[rosinante]

More like the sound amplifiying horn out of a cheap cabinet installed wind up gramophone.

The old cat's whisker ( later we had a fixed crystal set ) radios we had were put in a tin bucket that was laid on it's side and supported by books to stop it rolling off the table.
In 1953 we got posh and got a second hand radio that needed two lead acid glass accumulators for the power . I remember being sat on the back of my Mums pushbike when she took the flat accumulators in the handle bar basket six or so miles to get them charged up by a former RAF radio operator as we didn't have electricity ( nor a mains water supply) .

You can just see the horn under the turn table .

Real quality cabinets, not the oak utility one above, were made of rose veneered ply's and had the horn made from a lovely thin polished rose veneer ply as well . If you tapped it with a clean wooden meat skewer it gave a very pleasing resonant tone.

Well my idea of a small blue tooth speaker in it should be ok , will clean it up an use it in the cave ,
Chris

 

[Wendelspanswick]

I have one of the Bosch mains ones, I don't use it a lot but it's great when you're faced with one of 'those' jobs.

I use my Bosch oscillating multitool at work for cutting in dry lining electrical back boxes in plaster board, it's a god send.
I used to have to stab the wall with a plaster board pad saw then cut the required shape out, not as easy as it sounds when you have to cut through a double layer of acoustic plaster board.

 

[Arc Tourist]

God knows how much they cost. 26" on 6"rims max pressure is 12psi. They are tubeless with the schrader valve in the tyre wall.

You will need deep pockets for sure. The 29" and 35" sizes will set you back around several thousand dollars, so grass landings are preferred regarding wear.