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

[Shox Dr]

My dad gave me a copy of Parker Hale 58th. As a kid I’d read this from front to back, inside out and sideways. Nice to see it again.

 

[Cobbler]

I've been advised by TYA that the fire extinguisher is Armed Forces halon - dangerous to mess with even empty, so it'll go back where I got it.

Good plan!

 

[Parm]

Today [well a couple of days ago, before the snow & frost arrived] I got these FOC from the nice chap who supervises out local Waste facility. Why the two, I hear you Calor bottles ask. [one still has gas in to too
]

Well, my plan is to adapt one to hold compressed air, easier to take out to the car if a tyre needs air, rather than humph/wheel my, admittedly small, compressor out and run an extension reel from the house. [Wish I had a garage....... ] I got a suitable Calor regulator from my pal and will butcher it so that I just have the spigot on the bottle, then I can make a connector to fit my tyre pressure gauge.

I'll paint it bright, fluorescent orange or yellow to show it doesn't contain gas, and label it "Compressed Air", to be sure, to be sure. I'll know, but no-one else would.....H & S and all that, @Parm will be impressed......

The second one is a back-up in case I make a backside of the first [confident, me...]. If I don't need it for that, it might end up as a small, propane-fueled, forge for recycling cans etc.

The fire extinguisher? Well it was right next to them & looked all abandoned and forlorn so I took pity on it - I have no idea yet what I'll use it for, perhaps as an inner 'cup' for the forge.....? I'm pretty sure it's steel [forgot to do the magnet test, it's been so cold], I think these may have a liner of plastic or some such, but this in @The_Yellow_Ardvark's line of expertise so hopefully he'll be able to advise. It looks to have been painted American Army green, and the figure £4 is written on it in marker pen. Clearly it's been discharged and I have no intention of getting it refilled - it'll find more use as a sacrificial thing for a project.

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Incidentally, among the gas bottle in the compound was a white one, around the same size as a13kg Calor job, with a reg attached. The fitting was bigger than the corresponding fitment on the blue ones - what would that have held [not oxygen, surely] and which Company would have it come from originally? Never seen one before

Among other bottles available were a diving one [very heavy] and a short one, about the size of a small welding gas bottle, I forgot to check the neck colour, but I may return.......

I’m a bit lubricated tonight, will,read and respond tomorrow after my impending head ache stops

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

TYA Liberation Front has sneaked out and liberated stuff, good stuff. My stuff.

Most was from a Charity shop, all donated and was either items they could not sell, broken or they had no idea of what they are for.



RCD Tester, the lead is in the car, I forgot it.
It fell into the glass of Electrical, so was not an item the could sell.



Old Bench mounted grinder, seized, so was classed as damaged and thus not sellable.



Sun Dial The Time pointer was missing, so what you see is one I have roughed out. The dial has got a bad bodge repair already. I will have to sort it.
It already has been promised to a local public garden. They had theirs stolen last year and there is no funds to replace it.
No insurance.
So I will fix it and see what it looks like.


Finally.





Dove tail joint machine. As I got it, so that's it.
More details to follow.

 

[Memmeddu]

Chap I trained with was always 110v due to site work and that's how I started collecting tools.
Very few of my tools aren't.
Old hitachi angle drill
Small compound mitre saw as my big site saw was too heavy to lug up to customers bedrooms (now lives in the lockup unused for the most.
My big belt sander
Both tablesaws and my thicknesser.
Everything else is 110v or cordless.
Prefer the leads and the tools seem to have much better longevity.

I Think that because the copper is thicker in 120V than 230V ?
Otherwise more current in 120V than 230V
And this doesn't help to have more longevity
So I think is the same

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

your drill above is a prime example. Had boschs Gbh in both 240v from new and an old abused 110v from a boss.
Guess which one lasted longer. Yup 110v yet that one was hammered on sites in all weather in comparison to the 240 which didn't see such heavy use. Always pay more for 110v tools here but seems to be worthwhile.

I Think that because the copper is thicker in 120V than 230V ?
Otherwise more current in 120V than 230V
And this doesn't help to have more longevity
So I think is the same

 

[cheb]

The pointy thing on a sun dial is called a gnomon and should be inclined up at the same angle as the location's latitude and pointed towards the Pole Star.

HTH.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The pointy thing on a sun dial is called a gnomon and should be inclined up at the same angle as the location's latitude and pointed towards the Pole Star.

HTH.

That has bean found out and taken into account of the range of locations it will be going.
The current plan is to repair it and give it back to the garden to replace the stolen one.

 

[Memmeddu]

your drill above is a prime example. Had boschs Gbh in both 240v from new and an old abused 110v from a boss.
Guess which one lasted longer. Yup 110v yet that one was hammered on sites in all weather in comparison to the 240 which didn't see such heavy use. Always pay more for 110v tools here but seems to be worthwhile.

The wear of a powertool is something impossible to be calculated
An armature can blow up for many reasons
1 overheat by overload
Difficult on a demolition hammer but possible on a rotary hammer so if the bit jam the clutch works ok but the motor is under stress
2 overheat by over work time
It's very simple when you use a tool without pauses the commutator became hot often it fail
3 cooling failure
The fan can fail ,if the tool is dirty may have difficult to take the right amount of air for the cooling ,the dust can be a such of insulation so the windings can't cool down
4 carbon brushes
Somebody can't understand that the brushes must be replaced when the are soon to end
When are worn out ,they start to eat the commutator
5 maintenance
The ball bearings must be checked and if needed replaced ,if worn the armature starts to blobbing around grinding parts
6 normal wear
Current solfatation, vibrations ,time go to wear the windings and this is normal

 

[Maker]

I acquired a Logitech MX Master. I say acquired because I bought it with Amazon vouchers I didn't know I had.
It must be powered by magic because it works just fine on my glass topped desk.



Now to find a better keyboard, apparently only gamers need backlit ones so naturally it must be RGB, I just want it white like a Macbook keyboard so I can see it in the dark.

 

[Hood]

I acquired a Logitech MX Master. I say acquired because I bought it with Amazon vouchers I didn't know I had.
It must be powered by magic because it works just fine on my glass topped desk.

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Now to find a better keyboard, apparently only gamers need backlit ones so naturally it must be RGB, I just want it white like a Macbook keyboard so I can see it in the dark.

Excellent mouse, have 3 of them, one for me at home, one at the workshop and the other half has one.
As for keyboards I use the Logitech K750 and love it, never needs charged with a cable as it is solar powered and even the dimmest of lights will charge it, not sure if you get it in white though.

 

[Maker]

I mean a white backlight! White keys would be disgusting. I think I'm gonna try to find a used mechanical keyboard and find out what all the fuss is about.

 

[angellonewolf]

^^^^ back to comadore c64 years

 

[Hood]

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Have a wired G series here. can imagine thats as good. Do prefer backlit, struggle using my laptop in the lounge when the lights arent full.

 

[Maker]

It seems you can't get 'Logitech options' on Linux, so I can't use the gesture button or remap the other buttons. Maybe it's time to go back to Windows, I miss AutoHotKey too.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

It seems you can't get 'Logitech options' on Linux, so I can't use the gesture button or remap the other buttons. Maybe it's time to go back to Windows, I miss AutoHotKey too.

As much as I liked the open source nature of Linux I got fed up of implementing work arounds and emulations.

Asio gave me the most issues and as most of my computer use back then was gaming and music production it was a pita.

 

[Seadog]

Sun Dial The Time pointer

Gnomon

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Gnomon

Pointy thing.

 

[zx9]

I just want it white like a Macbook keyboard so I can see it in the dark.

My MBP is boot camped to Win10, makes working in dingy equipment rooms much less un pleasant.