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

[angellonewolf]

today i recived £72 quid refund i had bought the parkside angle grinder and the 2 amp battery it done 9 cut before cutting out so i bought the 4amp battery used it for the 2nd time last night

there was a puff of smoke so back the lot went for a refund

 

[bigegg]

Proper cast iron - they aren't exactly light.
I never thought I would find them.

http://www.homeandworkshop.co.uk/

Really nice bloke to deal with. Open to a haggle and has stuff that isn't advertised.
The fixed steady was on Ebay - when I bought it I asked if he had a travelling one and he found it pretty quickly.
Decent bloke shipped them both out before I paid for the travelling steady. Fantastic packing job!

have you considered using them as a pattern to cast replicas in Zamak, or brass? (or even wheelium)?
easily doable at home.

<edit> although the fixed looks a bit more complicated: undercuts probably means 3 part pattern, and cores
I'd probably do a rubber mould/lost wax for it, personally.

 

[Maker]

Replicating them with a view to sell them? The casting may be doable but machining looks very difficult, you'd need a few different setups to machine the bottom face (With a vee grove), the angled holes and the hinge.

 

[bigegg]

Replicating them with a view to sell them? The casting may be doable but machining looks very difficult, you'd need a few different setups to machine the bottom face (With a vee grove), the angled holes and the hinge.

i would argue that the holes + hinge could be hand drilled?

just the bottom face, then. which is a fly cut, and then the groove.

i'm not really into milling(or lathe work for that matter) so i'm not aufait with any potential difficulties.

To sell, I'd cast them and market as "raw castings, ready to machine"

 

[Maker]

I wouldn't want to drill 20mm holes that deep by hand but I suppose you could.

Now I've thought about it a bit, with a big angle plate and some machinist jacks it wouldn't be so bad to do, especially doing a few at a time to save breaking the setup down for each one. Now we just need someone with a capstan lathe to knock out all the screws and guides.

 

[bigegg]

I wouldn't want to drill 20mm holes that deep by hand but I suppose you could.

Now I've thought about it a bit, with a big angle plate and some machinist jacks it wouldn't be so bad to do, especially doing a few at a time to save breaking the setup down for each one. Now we just need someone with a capstan lathe to knock out all the screws and guides.

the holes could easily be cored.
maybe with m10 all thread? then you could use bolts as the guides, with an hdpe tip?

or cored smooth and just reamed/finished drilled

 

[Shox Dr]

Cromwell Tools search for item part no 37540, but be worned sit down with a very stiff drink in the hand and that's for a bare unit only....

Wow they are expensive. I was given a brand new one a while back along with 2 cases a Mobil grease. The gun has nearly been in a bin a few times, I hate the damn thing.

So good luck

 

[mtt.tr]

I was given an underpinning prop by one of the lads i work with (he wants me to see 60 off them)

I also have a stool i built 3 years ago i used it at the computer as it was shaped to my bottom i find it comfortable no else does so it became my welding seat. Well its at the wrong height an not overly adjustable that's since been sorted it does need re-doing as the leg angle is terrible.

 

[jimbo84]

Found in a box of old metal separated next to a skip for the metal recycling collectors.

Plane is a Bailey plane, are they any good or a generic tool brand? It’s in a very bad way and will need a soak in the citric acid bath, may be beyond repair. The handle has split at the fixings too.
Torch is a BOC and has cleaned up ok and is gas tight, needs a new tip.
Gave the adjustable spanner a wire wheeling and a splash of WD40 and it’s come out almost like new.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Found in a box of old metal separated next to a skip for the metal recycling collectors.

Plane is a Bailey plane, are they any good or a generic tool brand? It’s in a very bad way and will need a soak in the citric acid bath, may be beyond repair. The handle has split at the fixings too.
Torch is a BOC and has cleaned up ok and is gas tight, needs a new tip.
Gave the adjustable spanner a wire wheeling and a splash of WD40 and it’s come out almost like new.

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Nice little plane.

https://woodandshop.com/identify-stanley-hand-plane-age-type-study/

 

[jimbo84]

Nice little plane.

https://woodandshop.com/identify-stanley-hand-plane-age-type-study/

Thanks for the link, I’ll get some numbers off it and date it.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A Blast from the past.



Fits in the shaver socket a treat.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I also got given some other bits.
It was in a Charity shop, so I left a suitable donation.

A Roebuck hammer.




A nice set of Mole Grips Chain wrench.




A Multi position Junior hack saw.




Needs a new blade.




A interesting set of spring loaded pipe jaw spanner.

Plus.......





I wasn't born with one in my mouth.
So I acquired one.

 

[Melvyn Best]

I wonder how many times a multi position hacksaw would have got me out of the brown stuff over the last 50 years or so? Must make myself one.

 

[cheb]

5 fire doors. They look like fire doors, but they'll be repurposed into a work bench.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I also got this little item



@mrsbruce You will not like the price.


But you may smile at this.


But the rich Belgium chocolate small cup cakes are mine.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

But the rich Belgium chocolate small cup cakes are mine.

A man of many talents!

 

[Cuthy246]

Some DIY clampy things and a lovely cast iron 90 degree surface plate. Needs a little cleaning but more than good enough for my needs.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Not so much aquired but found again.

Bought some LH drills from @scottmk1 last year.
Left them safely on the kitchen side with my other important "junk" (the wife)
Ripped the garage and house apart trying to find them a few weeks ago to get a stuck dogpoint out.

Rooting around for a kettle lead tonight I find a bag full of missing bits including these.

Now safely stashed in my drawers.

 

[brightspark]

Not so much aquired but found again.

Bought some LH drills from @scottmk1 last year.
Left them safely on the kitchen side with my other important "junk" (the wife)
Ripped the garage and house apart trying to find them a few weeks ago to get a stuck dogpoint out.

Rooting around for a kettle lead tonight I find a bag full of missing bits including these.

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Now safely stashed in my drawers.

where they will probably remain forever and not used