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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Parcel 2.



3 Colour Railway Mans light, dates from about 1890 to 1910.
Red, green and white light.
It has a flat plane lens ,so not a loco or carriage light.



Not an original wick holder. But good enough.
So many of lamps lights this have been "Up-cycled" to take a bulb.

 

[mr migwire]

Parcel 2.

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3 Colour Railway Mans light, dates from about 1890 to 1910.
Red, green and white light.
It has a flat plane lens ,so not a loco or carriage light.

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Not an original wick holder. But good enough.
So many of lamps lights this have been "Up-cycled" to take a bulb.

gaurds lamp with only red and green, signalmans had green, yellow and red. i have two in the house both in working order, love old lamps like this.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

gaurds lamp with only red and green, signalmans had green, yellow and red. i have two in the house both in working order, love old lamps like this.

Ahh yes.

I have one rusting in my garden.

But the Norbert who asked me to get him this can go and ..................
I am keeping it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

But the Norbert who asked me to get him this can go and ..................
I am keeping it.

Sell it to him as is at a HUGE mark-up, tell him it's one of a kind......i.e. unupcycled [I'm introducing a new concept to 21st century living ]

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

PM in bound.

 

[Arc Tourist]

This evening I acquired an R-Tech AC/DC TIG 161 welder. Fortunately it was located in a town 20 minutes away. The owner said he had it for about 3 years but just couldn't get on with tig welding. Its out of warranty, but looking at the lightly used condition I decided to take a punt. Will post some photos tomorrow.

Obi Wan, guess I've come over to the R-Tech side of the force.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Got 3 new old Lucas L549 lenses £3 each boxed, Which is good as i broke one on the moggy a while back

 

[Robotstar5]

A water pump to drive off my stationary engines

 

[Memmeddu]

On Sunday my sister came back home with a present for me
This is Edgar ,my first bonsai
I always wanted a bonsai,since I saw for the first "Karate Kid"
I think that I was 6 years old
So I have a new friend I believe
I had just changed the pot because was little bit to small .
In this photo Edgar was at home from something like 2 second

 

[Arc Tourist]

The tig welder came with the usual accessories and several bundles of rods, a pack of 4043 aluminum, FA 316 L stainless, and some mild steel which is rusty so will be used for other purposes. The foot pedal and stick stinger appear unused, and there's no apparent damage to the machine, reg, or torch; just some surface dirt which is to be expected. The only thing the owner couldn't locate was the instruction manual. Here are some photos, sorry about the quality as I really need to get a better camera or move somewhere there is more sunshine.
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[Wozzaaah]

Yesterday this little lot arrived courtesy of an extremely kind forum member.

 

[dobbslc]

I bought a pair of CK cable croppers last night on the way home as the old ones were knackered. Then this morning the when the stores manager saw them he gave me a new pair of Newlec ones!!!
Result

 

[Chillitt]

Today I acquired an allergic reaction antibiotics. To be honest, I'd rather have got some rusty tat out of a barn..

 

[brewdexta]

Just got back from acquiring 60m of RHS CF 25 x 25 x 2, 22m of RHS CF 20 x 20 x 2 and 30m of black angle 25 x 25 x 3mm. Some of it is for the kitchen cabinet base, the rest is just stock as I had only one small length of 25mm box left, the rusty bit on the right.

Last time I bought a load of steel including 50mm box, I asked for a small vehicle due to access which they said they could do, but as often happens, the message never gets from the office to the warehouse and they turned up in a bloody great wagon with no chance of getting it up the hill. So I had to have it delivered to a mates unit and go down with a trailer and grinder.

This time I decided to pick it up, bad idea. And to make it worse, as my trailer doesn't have a ladder rack (yet ) I decided I may as well just cut it on site with the new Milwaukee battery grinder. They did tell me I would have to cut if up off site due to H&S when I ordered.

I went to the office and they gave me the paperwork and pointed me in the direction of the guy who deal with box, and the guy who deals with the angle. The guy with the box was a right miserable old git, wouldn't give me a hand to walk the 30m to the gates with the box. The young guy on the angle was completely different and gave me a hand to walk it off site.

The box needed two cuts to get it in being in 7.6m lengths, the angle was in 6m lengths so one cut was enough. I was thinking that the battery in the grinder would be the limiting factor, and I only have the one 5AH 18v battery for now. I was wrong, it was the slitting disk and I didn't bring a spare, I could only just score the last bit of box, fortunately it snapped easy enough when I jumped on it The battery was still on 75% when I had finished.

The H&S rule didn't bug me, and fortunately there were no dog eggs on the grass verge where I cut up the box. I can see why they have the rule though, while I was there two guys turned up, bought a few lengths of box and cut them up on the verge with a grinder, no gloves, no eye protection etc. Fortunately their battery died after 2 cuts and they resorted to a hacksaw

Cheers
Andy

 

[8ob]

Goodbye peg spanners I am blaming Ed for this, @sako243 keeps flashing his Milwaukee porn around and I clocked the quick release gizmos on his grinder. Got two for evaluation to try on my lesser units , seem to be the dogs danglers

Bob

 

[Ruffian]

Goodbye peg spanners I am blaming Ed for this, @sako243 keeps flashing his Milwaukee porn around and I clocked the quick release gizmos on his grinder. Got two for evaluation to try on my lesser units , seem to be the dogs danglers

Bob

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Would like an update once used for a week or so. I know I'm a nightmare for only hand tightening grinder discs anyway but think these may be a better answer.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Goodbye peg spanners I am blaming Ed for this, @sako243 keeps flashing his Milwaukee porn around and I clocked the quick release gizmos on his grinder. Got two for evaluation to try on my lesser units , seem to be the dogs danglers

Bob

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I use the Bosch version.
Only time it was a pain was when a disc broke on me.

 

[fizzy]

4" toolmakers vice from Amadeal. Lovely friendly bloke runs it.
Indian one was a tenner more than Chinese but he reckons better quality. £100 Not bad delivered.
Weighs 9kg very hefty for its size.

 

[roofman]

Goodbye peg spanners I am blaming Ed for this, @sako243 keeps flashing his Milwaukee porn around and I clocked the quick release gizmos on his grinder. Got two for evaluation to try on my lesser units , seem to be the dogs danglers

Bob

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Come on Bob share the purchase link..i have 4 grinders here starting to cry with excitement

 

[Arc Tourist]

Goodbye peg spanners I am blaming Ed for this, @sako243 keeps flashing his Milwaukee porn around and I clocked the quick release gizmos on his grinder. Got two for evaluation to try on my lesser units , seem to be the dogs danglers

Bob

My neighbour who has a welding business gave me one of those quick detach quick gizmos for my 9" Milwaukee grinder. It broke when I tried to change the blade after just a few uses and I had a hard time to cut it off without damaging the threads. They might be ok for those who use their grinders "gently" , but for those who don't .