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

[maz0]

Got a wee rotavator to prepare the ground for the wife's polytunnel. Excuse the flat tyre. It's old but gold. Test strip in the background.

 

[DAPPH]

I signed up to Aldi online shopping notifications a few weeks ago
To keep getting notifications of what's due in the stores but you can buy it on line from them before hand then it's despatched on the release day .

Saw something I felt I could use to great benefit for me
Yesterday I received a £ 43 , self contained 240 volt paint sprayer , now I can spray the 24 new fence panels with two coats of long lasting " TOTAL wood preservative " made by Ronseal instead of spending weeks painting them by hand .

The guy I know in the local builders merchants said he sprayed all his fence panels with one coat of it both sides , top & bottom 18 yrs ago & they are still good .

 

[bigegg]

I signed up to Aldi online shopping notifications a few weeks ago
To keep getting notifications of what's due in the stores but you can buy it on line from them before hand then it's despatched on the release day .

Saw something I felt I could use to great benefit for me
Yesterday I received a £ 43 , self contained 240 volt paint sprayer , now I can spray the 24 new fence panels with two coats of long lasting " TOTAL wood preservative " made by Ronseal instead of spending weeks painting them by hand .

The guy I know in the local builders merchants said he sprayed all his fence panels with one coat of it both sides , top & bottom 18 yrs ago & they are still good .

it wont be the same stuff as 18 years ago.

 

[DAPPH]

@DAPPH I did set them up last night, seen other posts about chinesium threaded bits but cranked them down and so far so good.

I am going to remake the clamping stud for the QC toolpost tho as not too happy with what was supplied

I replaced my stud & clamping nut with a precision high tensile steel British made one for about a £15 in total obtained from a local engineering supply business , using studlock on the end that fits in the " T " nut .

 

[DAPPH]

it wont be the same stuff as 18 years ago.

I guess you're right , though it is for industrial use so might be a lot better than the B&Q sold stuff .

 

[Johnnybravo]

what price was the pump

Just under £300 including delivery and Vat. Proper positive displacement three element pump with all parts/ seals available. Made by interpump ,a quality bit of kit. Low flow rate of 7,5l per minute @275 bar is ideal for my uses. Also like the fact that it's designedly run at 1450rpm,so it's not revving it's nuts off...

 

[Johnnybravo]

You going gold diving Johnny or making a water cutter bed . 4k psi is quite something to play with .

It's got the potential to do what I need it to do. Rather have a 275 bar pump having a relatively easy life running at 150 bar as opposed to a 150bar pump maxed out. It's for hydroforming some parts.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Got a wee rotavator to prepare the ground for the wife's polytunnel. Excuse the flat tyre. It's old but gold. Test strip in the background.

Great bits of kit the Gems,

That particular model always makes me think of the good life.

 

[MattF]

Great bits of kit the Gems,

That particular model always makes me think of the good life.

Which in turn makes me think of Felicity Kendal.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Another motor. Just my luck, two in a week! Brilliant stuff indeed

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Had a delve in Pandora's box today - if anyone ever needs a spanner, I'm your man.



The paint covering is very thin, and some was transferring to my gloves as I sorted through them so I suspect I was right about the 'quick blow over'. Anyone ever removed such with citric acid or electrolysis, before I set about this/these processes(s) and waste my time?

Most are Imperial, only spotted a very few Metric among them. At least I'll not be short of claws for my horseshoe crabs......

 

[bigegg]

Had a delve in Pandora's box today - if anyone ever needs a spanner, I'm your man.

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The paint covering is very thin, and some was transferring to my gloves as I sorted through them so I suspect I was right about the 'quick blow over'. Anyone ever removed such with citric acid or electrolysis, before I set about this/these processes(s) and waste my time?

Most are Imperial, only spotted a very few Metric among them. At least I'll not be short of claws for my horseshoe crabs......

caustic soda is best for removing paint, ime.
citric doesnt, and electrolysis only seems to went you *don't* want it to.

 

[8ob]

Eat your heart out @knighty

Acquired this new to me mixer today,found it buried in a hedge on a land clearance job. Anyone that wants anything off it let me know before it ends up in mixer heaven.

Bob

 

[slim_boy_fat]

caustic soda is best for removing paint, ime.

A fairly weak solution [for safety/disposal reasons] I suppose?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat

For Caustic Soda I use this method.

Decent thick plastic container.
Fresh air.
Tie the spanners with string, so you can lower them in to the liquid on a flat plane.

Add Hot water, I use straight from the tap and then a couple of kettles of boiling water.

Then add Caustic soda at about 2tbls per litre.

Then lower the spanners in.

It will bubble and fizz, bare that in mind.

When the paint is removed run the spanners under cold water.

 

[Seano]

it wont be the same stuff as 18 years ago.

Nothing ever is now

 

[Johnnybravo]

Most are Imperial, only spotted a very few Metric among them. At least I'll not be short of claws for my horseshoecrabs......

Never realised horseshoe crabs only came in imperial flavour...

 

[God mode restorations]

Today I acquired.
These very nice metal formers .these will make great forming tooling for my flypress. I also aquired something very nice indeed. But you will have to wait until tomorrow for that.

 

[Paul.]

Thats a piece of euro tooling for use in a pressbrake, if you need to it can be cut quite easily for use in a flypress, only the very tip is hardened so stand it up in the saw and cut all but the last 2 or 3mm then break it off and dress it with a sander, done it many times to use old press tooling in the flypress, the vee block will likely need cutting with a disc though.

 

[God mode restorations]

Thats a piece of euro tooling for use in a pressbrake, if you need to it can be cut quite easily for use in a flypress, only the very tip is hardened so stand it up in the saw and cut all but the last 2 or 3mm then break it off and dress it with a sander, done it many times to use old press tooling in the flypress, the vee block will likely need cutting with a disc though.

Thanks Paul. I will need to cut em down so I will do the method you described.