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

[Tupers]

Yep, decent spot weld drills ain't cheap. Last one cost me £7 & I noticed last week it was chipped. Anyone had success sharpening them?

As long as you’ve got a nice square fine wheel on the bench grinder they can be sharpened reasonably quickly. When I’m taking the inner wings off Minis I can normally do 15-20 on one sharpening.
It’s always worth centre punching the weld as well because such a flat faced bit can wonder without something to keep the point in place.

 

[Tupers]

I picked up a nice 29.5” long 130KG anvil and a big iron bollard over the weekend. They should be good for some future metal shaping.

I’m going to see if I can weld or bolt the bollard onto a round base to make it a bit easier to move around the workshop.

 

[bigegg]

I picked up a nice 29.5” long 130KG anvil and a big iron bollard over the weekend. They should be good for some future metal shaping.

I’m going to see if I can weld or bolt the bollard onto a round base to make it a bit easier to move around the workshop.

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nice!

builders bucket of concrete round the bottom of the bollard?

a 20l paint tin would be better still - or the bottom of a big traffic cone?

 

[Arc Tourist]

Nice anvil !

 

[Tangledfeet]

New oven gloves, ESAB pre-curved MIG gauntlets - a bargain at £12.50.

Several months I recall @Hood taking the mickey out of the wife's pink lobster claw mitt thing, way too small for my muckle hands!

 

[Hood]

You and yer Lady Clams

 

[Tangledfeet]

You and yer Lady Clams

Aah, yes - I'd forgotten what you'd called them!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Ref Post No. 14620.



This peace of MOD Test Equipment. A Bridge Megger.

When I got it the specification for it told me the O/P volts were very low 30v.
Plus, if you read the writing on the lower RHS it gave the real use of it.




The meter is used to test explosives detonating circuits.

@daleyd You may recall the ones what were in the red leather case and carried by the "Dem Team".
I know in a pinch we could use them to encourage certain items to go away.

The meter is fully working and was last calibrated in 1987.

 

[cianh91]

A new phone thankfully upgrade just cane in time .
Picked up some verniers in aldi last week as well great at the price and cheap enough if I forget one in the yard it’s not the end of the world

 

[DAPPH]

A new phone thankfully upgrade just cane in time .
Picked up some verniers in aldi last week as well great at the price and cheap enough if I forget one in the yard it’s not the end of the world

Have you checked the repeatability accuracy by measuring a two pound coin dimeter several times in a minute.
My Aldi special ( the second one in about eight years ) is all over the place by reading number five . Leave it to cool for five min and you get two good same readings

So for quick lathe readings I've ended up buying a manual Vernier caliper from someone in Poland for a tenner , checked it on three G frame mic test pieces on 25 , 50 & 75 mm...….. its spot on . Readings are to +- 0.02 at 19 oC

 

[cianh91]

There for quick thickness checks in work nothing major . Have proper ones for when needed as well but I’d be very annoyed if the good stuff was left in the yard .
For €10 euro with spare battery if it’s lost or broke it won’t bother me the ones we keep for precise jobs are €175 can’t remember the make

 

[Arc Tourist]

Awhile back I bought one of the " i Gaging EZ Cal " digital calipers and I have been very impressed with the quality and accuracy for the £35.oo price. I've used it quite a lot and its been spot on when ever checked against my gage blocks.

 

[Maker]

A great big Norgren compressed air regulator, half inch fittings.
(Grubby shoe for scale)

Not sure exactly what it is oiler/filter-wise but it's better than I've got now. I'm happy for thirty quid.

 

[Rig Pig]

A great big Norgren compressed air regulator, half inch fittings.
(Grubby shoe for scale)
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Not sure exactly what it is oiler/filter-wise but it's better than I've got now. I'm happy for thirty quid.

Looks like a regulator and a coalescing filter.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

As Aquired today from @Wozzaaah today.

As always great to catch up again.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Came across one o these on youtube over the weekend.
Did a bit of poking around and decided to have a punt.
Half the fixings could do with quality bitd and thumb turns but looks like it will do the job. Havent got time to build something from scratch so il be modding this as I go.
Will havr a test after dinner.

 

[Pete.]

Your camera is full of fog

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Your camera is full of fog

Not the first to notice.
Cloudy lense. Plaster dust is a killer.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Came across one o these on youtube over the weekend.
Did a bit of poking around and decided to have a punt.
Half the fixings could do with quality bitd and thumb turns but looks like it will do the job. Havent got time to build something from scratch so il be modding this as I go.
Will havr a test after dinner.
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Does what it says on the can.
Would benefit from a quality diamond blade though.

Biggest fault is the slop in the rails. If I put weight on the motor it deflects rather a lot. Could do with more support for the blade itself too.

Plus side. 40 quid blade is sharp and as stock has its alternating 5 deg offset too.

 

[MCKDAVID]

Came across one o these on youtube over the weekend.
Did a bit of poking around and decided to have a punt.
Half the fixings could do with quality bitd and thumb turns but looks like it will do the job. Havent got time to build something from scratch so il be modding this as I go.
Will havr a test after dinner.

looks a lot more precise than my method of a wee tickle with a diamond wheel on the dremel... fancied building one for a while, got a good few blades needing attention. it's on the list