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

Seadog · Oct 9, 2018

3/8" I seem to recall.

Olderisbetter · Oct 9, 2018

Today i got some more fibre glass resin to finish my roof before we have another storm and i did the grey top coat after but as my hands were messy i never got a pic of the finish and from Ebay a mini LED projector turned up, It is going to be butchered to fit into an old projector to make a light that can change colour and show some shapes quite good for £20.

sardine · Oct 9, 2018

Looks like @Olderisbetter has epoxied himself into a corner of the roof, and is having his meals sent up there on a rope ?

Beeezer · Oct 9, 2018

not the best of pics.
I picked this solid brass plane up today.
No makers name or marks I see.
Any ideas on the maker??

Olderisbetter · Oct 9, 2018

sardine said:
Looks like @Olderisbetter has epoxied himself into a corner of the roof, and is having his meals sent up there on a rope ?

When we did the grey top coat we got to a point where we did get stuck in the corner but we had a ladder at the back and did indeed have a cuppa and snack sent up by the neighbour.

Olderisbetter · Oct 9, 2018

Beeezer said:
View attachment 156085 View attachment 156086 View attachment 156087 View attachment 156088 not the best of pics.
I picked this solid brass plane up today.
No makers name or marks I see.
Any ideas on the maker??

Some of my old planes have had names on the blade that can only be seen when you take the appart.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Oct 9, 2018

Beeezer said:
View attachment 156085 View attachment 156086 View attachment 156087 View attachment 156088 not the best of pics.
I picked this solid brass plane up today.
No makers name or marks I see.
Any ideas on the maker??

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Axeminster Tools used to make them..

Look in the plane, cap iron or stamped in the adjusting screw.

Dates may be found on the inside of the body

Memmeddu · Oct 9, 2018

Today i bougth this 7" 180mm angle grinder
Metabo WE 19-180 RT
60mm cutting deep as same of my Bosch GWS 18-230
The motor housing is smaller than my metabo W12-125 Quick
It's very ligth, tomorrow i will start the torture test.
So from tomorrow it start to working

Dieselman 63 · Oct 9, 2018

Could easily be shop made. I follow a few planemakers on Instagram, their work is astounding.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Oct 9, 2018

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
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Axeminster Tools used to make them..

Look in the plane, cap iron or stamped in the adjusting screw.

Dates may be found on the inside of the body

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Also look for any government marks. A lot of brass tools and non ferrous tools were made for the following.

Working in Munitions factories, brass no sparks and then nothing goes boom. Plus that mean nothing goes away.

Also on minesweepers, the idea on early hips was to reduce as much ferrous materials on board to reduce the magnetic signature. This led to De Gaussing of the ships with power cables, a good side shot.

Plus in the early Radar ground stations there was a rush to make non magnetic tools to tune the sets, as ferrous tools would interfere with setting up..
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@daleyd you may recall that special tools for tuning 1006 sets in the Grad..

Dieselman 63 · Oct 9, 2018

The_Yellow_Ardvark said:
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Also look for any government marks. A lot of brass tools and non ferrous tools were made for the following.

Working in Munitions factories, brass no sparks and then nothing goes boom. Plus that mean nothing goes away.

Also on minesweepers, the idea on early hips was to reduce as much ferrous materials on board to reduce the magnetic signature. This led to De Gaussing of the ships with power cables, a good side shot.

Plus in the early Radar ground stations there was a rush to make non magnetic tools to tune the sets, as ferrous tools would interfere with setting up..
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@daleyd you may recall that special tools for tuning 1006 sets in the Grad..

Phosphor bronze too for MoD. Woden used to make machine vices for munitions factories from it

Beeezer · Oct 9, 2018

Cheers chaps, will have a proper look tomorrow in daylight.

james butler · Oct 9, 2018

one of these came in the post today and its brilliant!!!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Ton-1...m=323005232350&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226
hazard a guess at what I've been watching recently to want to buy one??

Olderisbetter · Oct 10, 2018

james butler said:
one of these came in the post today and its brilliant!!!!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Ton-12-Dies-Hydraulic-Crimper-Crimping-Tool-Wire-Battery-Cable-Lug-Terminal/323005232350?_trkparms=aid=555017&algo=PL.CASSINI&ao=1&asc=20151005190540&meid=60edb4c284914e889a9f7af21e5b2c5f&pid=100505&rk=1&rkt=1&&itm=323005232350&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226
hazard a guess at what I've been watching recently to want to buy one??

Ohhh i can guess...and thanks for the link i was looking for them today lol

DAPPH · Oct 10, 2018

sardine said:
Nah, too thick.

Can you afford to make them out of one of the mild steel cylinders and then buy some case hardening powder to give them a few thou of hardness on the edges & sides ? You wouldn't need to case harden right up to the riveting on holes would you ?

dobbslc · Oct 10, 2018

I treated myself to this,

A 240 volt Bosch SDS drill as I'm fed up luggage the 110volt transformer around the house!

Haven't reported it to the authorities yet though

FoxZulu · Oct 10, 2018

Binky

Maker · Oct 10, 2018

dobbslc said:
I treated myself to this,View attachment 156106A 240 volt Bosch SDS drill as I'm fed up luggage the 110volt transformer around the house!

Haven't reported it to the authorities yet though

My dad has the same one, it had to be sent back under warranty because the chuck was squirting oil everywhere!

It seems to be okay now though, I'd never used an SDS before, it's very fun. :laughing:

Memmeddu · Oct 10, 2018

dobbslc said:
I treated myself to this,View attachment 156106A 240 volt Bosch SDS drill as I'm fed up luggage the 110volt transformer around the house!

Haven't reported it to the authorities yet though

Is not a sticker right?
The bosch logo must be plastic made and the model etc must be printed.
Also the model name is wrong, gbh 2-26 doesn't tell us nothing.
It must be gbh2-26re (electronic regulated)
So if is all a sticker unfortunally can be a fake

Cobbler · Oct 10, 2018

Memmeddu said:
Is not a sticker right?
The bosch logo must be plastic made and the model etc must be printed.
Also the model name is wrong, gbh 2-26 doesn't tell us nothing.
It must be gbh2-26re (electronic regulated)
So if is all a sticker unfortunally can be a fake

I think his reference to the authorities is the one in charge, his wife :laughing:

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