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

[indy4x]

No pics but I have been looking for a dog guard for the D3 but no one wants to post them and they are all to far away.

One popped up eBay last week in Bristol for £30, it's now mine

But the best bit, got my Brother to collect as he works in Kingswood and the seller offered him a rear load cover for the D3 for free, thankfully he grabbed it and brought them both over today and yes I do need one of them as well

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Silver plated case, 2 x Moggy Minors and a model T

Plus I found something else.



Notices have been printed out to see if the owner can be found.



Dfor now brings me her toys to play with.

 

[bigegg]

an Eclipse no. 50PS jeweller's saw.


50p from same seller I bought the ring sizer.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This cute guy has been successfully reunited with it's owner.

The printed out signs were seen by a friend of the lit girl and through a few phone calls we have returned him to her.

One happy little human.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Little Humans Mum has returned.
I have acquired some chocolate.



One Happy TYA.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Little Humans Mum has returned.
I have acquired some chocolate.

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One Happy TYA.

What goes around, comes around - enjoy the sweets!

 

[winchman]

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This cute guy has been successfully reunited with it's owner.

The printed out signs were seen by a friend of the lit girl and through a few phone calls we have returned him to her.

One happy little human.

Thats great
My Daughter lost Frog, never to be seen again hunted for years for another never seen one?
She was heart broke
I still look out just incase I see one

 

[Dutch Welder]

Well, not strickly today, but I have acquired a Belt sander, a Grimax 150S.
I entered a search on the Dutch Ebay, and got a mail that stated a belt sander was for sale near me.

Clicked on the add, and the guy wanted 200€ for it, with a non functioning 3 phase motor, the top lid ill fitting and with the front work rest missing.
I already had acquired a 3 phase motor quite some time ago as I had plans to build myself a sander, and after confirming the motor speed and power were the same (rpm is, my motor is a bit more powerfull) I decided to collect the machien asap.

I have made a sleeve bushing as the original motor had a 4mm thicker axle on it then te one I had, and after loctiting it in place and fabricating a key to keep the wheel from rotating I now have a fully fuctioning machine with a dust extraction base. When looking for the graphite wear surface that's fitted to the top (to keep the belt from wearing down the top platten) I found out this machine sells for 2700€ ex vat, so with me in it for 300 quid (machine, graphite wear plate and some new dust hoses), and some paint I'm well chuffed.

 

[Olderisbetter]

These were dropped off by a nice guy, we are changing a herald gearbox for him between other jobs as the 1st gear had more missing teeth than a bare knuckle boxer.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

had more missing teeth than a bare knuckle

 

[bigegg]

the 1st gear had more missing teeth than a bare knuckle boxer.

"teeth like the Holy Commandments [1]





[1] ten of them; every one broke"

 

[MBB]

Rocol is very expensive grease £200 worth there.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Well it was yesterday.
I acquired some things.

One freshly uncovered left leg. Dressings and supports removed and another dose of X rays. Soon I will glow in the datk.

Space in workshop. I sold on to a couple of shops I frequent a selection of surplus tools I have restored and brought back to life.
Normally those tools get donated to Men In Sheds or other tool charities. But This lot were even surplus to them. Plus I needed to recoup some expenses I have encountered. I certainly did that. Shame one organisation did not heed my advise and traded 3 times as much as I did and got less.
They didn't even clean the tools.

But what has also happened is I have shocked some people.
4 tool places and I did not buy anything!!!!!!!!!

In fact I parted with money, I brought my friend lunch for driving me around and moving the heavy box's.

I will now go back to laying down in a dark place.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I acquired this the other day.
The history is interesting, it pre-dates Stanley tools. The company was brought by Stanley early on in Stanley history.
The legacy is the orange on the gear wheel is carried through.



That's as I got it.
It was free, but was in need of some attention.



In bits.
The stripping showed the main frame was twisted.
Gentle heat allowed me to bend it true, between to bits of oak.
I then managed to get it passed through a powder coating oven, about 4 times. Then allowed to cool in sand.

The shaft for the wooden handle, as well as the handle could not be saved. The wooden handle is so worn and split. The metal shaft broke and all but disappeared in the de rusting tank.



Powder coated, cost me 4 packs of sweet biscuits.




99.99% finished.
The wooden handle was "liberated" from another old Stanley hand drill and it fitted with almost no modifications.

I just need 1 UNC wing nut bolt, on order. It will be used to hold the small table in place.

No joy in finding a drill vice for that drill, yet.

 

[Hood]

Today I acquired this for the other half for her Christmas.
It is by the blacksmith/welder in the boatyard, Liam Stewart, he is a very talented painter.
It is titled The Hunter.

Sadly it is just a limited edition print as the original was claimed by his wife.

The photo I have taken doesn't really do it justice.
It is 690mm x 300mm

More of Liams work can be found here https://www.facebook.com/pg/LiamStewartFineArt/photos/?ref=page_internal

 

[Dieselman 63]

A 6” Hibernia square - that was a short lived brand of Marples (Hibernia Works) about 100 years ago.

Then two bsw taper taps, 3/4 and 5/8. Decent score as I have a set of boxes dies missing the taps.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Well, not so much acquired....more received.

A phone call from the Ophthalmology Dept at my local hospital asking if I could attend on Friday afternoon for my second cataract operation, as they've had a late cancellation. Original estimate for the wait was for late Jan/early Feb, from going on the waiting list in September.

I phoned them about 10 days ago to check on progress and was asked if I wanted to go on the cancellations list. I agreed, although I was originally told I couldn't be on both...., by someone who's 'no longer there' . It seems to have paid dividends, although there were 20 names ahead of me when my name was added...

Wish me luck - see what I did there?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Wish me luck - see what I did there?

No.

Best of luck I would send you flowers, but due to high cost of sending anything north of the Watford gap. I will not.


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[ronan]

A little 0-15mm mitutoyo mic i picked up off ebay, secondhand but zero's bang on and it has the vernier scale to read to the micron (0.001mm). Paid very little for it, so i'm happy.

 

[jerrytug]

It's bin day, one of the neighbours put out a nice Van Vault, even got a working gas strut! Thanks mate I'll take that off your hands..