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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I was stuck in Kwick Fit today.
Van is dead.
Long live the van.

I went shoping, I was board.

2 x DVD. Dr Strange and Deadpool 2. £7 for the pair, brand new and in a sensible charity shop.




Tow ball, not for me, but a friend. I am meant to be fitting a tow bar to his fiat.




Yes, another hand crank automatic hand drill.
Bean in the shop 8 years, so that means nowt moves.

Fun times ahead.

The tow ball and drill £15.

Why did I buy the lump and scrap metal.

The crac and rebuilding it. The fun Mini Me an I will have restoring it.

 

[roofman]

A new MOT for a 04 MK6 transit....now that's a massive achievement that needs a mention

 

[Paul.]

Tow ball, not for me, but a friend. I am meant to be fitting a tow bar to his fiat.

That towball looks very old, is it a 2" or a 50mm?, 50mm will have a flat top, a 2" wont be much use nowadays

 

[Arc Tourist]

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Tow ball, not for me, but a friend. I am meant to be fitting a tow bar to his fiat.

You probably already know this, but I found that a tow ball needs to have at least 4" of clearance from the bumper for the stabilized hitches (like on modern caravans) to fit properly. I had to replace the bolt on ball hitch which looks identical to the one in your photo with an extended one, so I thought I'd mention it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That towball looks very old, is it a 2" or a 50mm?, 50mm will have a flat top, a 2" wont be much use nowadays

50mm. Stamped on the body and does have a flat top.

 

[Parm]

Oh yes. Company van.
The "Human shape object" in the office did not act on the report from January on the defects with the cooling system.
I quote:
"It is to expensive to fix the fan, just to keep the driver cool. They can open the window.'


This is the same employee who thought Northampton was just up the road from Southampton.

They both end in “Hampton”

 

[Turbo]

Horseshoes makes sense around here, with the number of stables and studs dotted around this area (and I don't mean the local Pat Mustards).

Do you live in the Meath/Kildare area by any chance?

 

[Farside]

Do you live in the Meath/Kildare area by any chance?

Tipp/Kilkenny area

 

[Turbo]

Tipp/Kilkenny area

That was going to be my 2nd guess, the horse breeders seem to be centred in those 2 areas! I remember travelling with my father in Meath & his head was on a swivel as he spotted one lovely horse after another - he used to breed Connemara ponies & loves his horses!

 

[pjk]

Scored a bunch of stuff today! No clue on the use of some of the items. I will post some "what the heck is this" pictures in a new post.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Given to me at a Local Charity shop, they are not allowed to sell stuff like this.
But I did leave a donation.

 

[pressbrake1]

Put deposit on the newall jig borer today, pick up next week .
If you watch the cosworth dfv documentary you can see newall jig bores

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Scored a bunch of stuff today!

Looks like you struck gold. Would it be rude to ask how much you paid for those treasures?

 

[Dieselman 63]

A couple of lathe tools for $12. Not sure what inserts it takes and the other one is heavily ground down but for the price paid not at all bad.

 

[pressbrake1]

A couple of lathe tools for $12. Not sure what inserts it takes and the other one is heavily ground down but for the price paid not at all bad.

Looks like knux insert but hard to see with clamp in the way.
Knux are my favourite carbide and have low power draw and don’t need big feed and speed like cnmg to get a good finish

 

[pjk]

Looks like you struck gold. Would it be rude to ask how much you paid for those treasures?

the guy wanted Eur 100, but I got him down to Eur 80.

 

[Maker]

View attachment 178641 View attachment 178642 View attachment 178643 View attachment 178644 Put deposit on the newall jig borer today, pick up next week .
If you watch the cosworth dfv documentary you can see newall jig bores

I love that ancient DRO. Just seen it on eBay, can't believe the price, gotta be worth that in tooling alone!

 

[pressbrake1]

I love that ancient DRO. Just seen it on eBay, can't believe the price, gotta be worth that in tooling alone!

The versatool cabinet is worth half what I paid for the lot!
Newall invented the dro and they still use the same reader system which is the best type.
Just hope the dro works

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today I acquired this, BIG s to @Wallace for his kindness. It's a perfect fit on the ram for my bench press [see other threads] and takes me to the next step.





What a great forum this is!!

 

[Kayos]

A 40oz ball pein hammer, screwfix clearance so under £8

I've some Disco ball joints to swap soon, should come in handy