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

[bigegg]

At the MIS I used to go to I made all the bench mounted powered stuff lock off's . Came in one day to find some one had un screwed the cover plate on the band saw machine motor and put a fly lead in , only problem was he'd got the live & neutral reversed and hadn't connected the earth . Bloody fools .........….there were five people in the shed who I'd be most hesitant to let near anything other than a cup of luke warm coffee .

and at least one of them would spill it on the electric meter

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

there were five people in the shed who I'd be most hesitant to let near anything other than a cup of luke warm coffee .

Oh, you have them as well.

Bet you have the "Experts" who know everything as well.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Yesterday actually, a 130kg lump of spuncast castiron. Into the mill with the over gantry. Will be able to pick it up with two fingers in a couple of weeks....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I need to get onto it, with out "Experts" telling me how to fix it.

Always plenty of those around.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

View attachment 189612 Yesterday actually, a 130kg lump of spuncast castiron. Into the mill with the over gantry. Will be able to pick it up with two fingers in a couple of weeks....

What's it going to be, swarf aside?

 

[DAPPH]

Oh, you have them as well.

Bet you have the "Experts" who know everything as well.

One was a former tool maker who had moved to cnc & designing cutters . It appeared to me that he was slowly but surely losing his faculties and sense of safety . One day he decided to put a 15mtr steel tape on the cross cut powered saw table despite me say a couple of time don't leave anything on the work table when cutting anything that's powered only have the stock you're cutting on it .

Helluvver a ferkingertbig BANG later … " Ever seen what 15 mtrs of cut high tensile thin steel tape looks like in 50 mm sections of shredded confetti ".

 

[dan.taylor.1]

View attachment 189612 Yesterday actually, a 130kg lump of spuncast castiron. Into the mill with the over gantry. Will be able to pick it up with two fingers in a couple of weeks....

Where'd you bag that from?!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I had to help a friend shift 2 tons of rubble from his house to the skips.

I was a good member of the public and left with nothing.
Even Mrs TYA was impressed.

But my friend, was not so good.



Record 0120 Block Plane.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Another Rowe Ami head unit for the man cave i am not sure what to do with it yet maybe stick a Bluetooth receiver in it and some modern speakers.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Where'd you bag that from?!

United Cast Bar. Very helpful folk

 

[Johnnybravo]

What's it going to be, swarf aside?

A repair panel for the Panther gearbox

 

[angellonewolf]

Bet you have the "Experts" who know everything as well.

In may have working in the blokes house

Was doing a job at a blokes house he spent a least half an hour saying on how it was done last time and you need to do xyz then this

How I did not throw the lot at him and walk out I dont know I've been asked to quote a few more jobs at the house I've been busy since and have not had the time as yet to even quote for the job

 

[Pete.]

United Cast Bar. Very helpful folk

Same place we got the cast iron blocks for the scraping class. Very good service there too.

 

[WorkshopChris]

further point:
possibly *not* a suitable toy for amateurs.
i would arrange some sort of "lock" so it can NOT be used for ripping.
stories of people being skewered/killed from kickback abound.

I can second this, I have lots of sharp spinning metal to make wood smaller, this is the one to be respected the most.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I can second this, I have lots of sharp spinning metal to make wood smaller, this is the one to be respected the most.

At MIS we have a system to lock off certain tools.

If a member wants to use a tool, the session leader will check the logs to see if they have had the training. If so the key/keys are issued.

But we have had an issue were some members disagree with that method and removes the locks.
They are no longer members.

 

[WorkshopChris]

But we have had an issue were some members disagree with that method and removes the locks.
They are no longer members.

It's the only way, locks are in place for a reason.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Got round to buying a proper extension cable. 45 quid from Screwfix. Decent sturdy frame, 4 outlets, 40m long. Quality looks to be good, better than the Homebase one i half inched from my dad and had to return yesterday.

 

[brightspark]

scored a nice Mitutoyo dial caliper from autojumble for 9 quid

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

scored a nice Mitutoyo dial caliper from autojumble for 9 quid

Better keep your eyes open for a camera next week.

 

[Yamhon]

Acquired a "new" swan neck, salvaged from my currently broken machine and hopefully successfully swamped into my Clarke 151TE... wanted to be able to use my stock of contact tips and gas shrouds, none of which fitted on the Clarke torch which used screw on shrouds and M5 thread contact tips instead of M6 thread. Seems to work, though I've made a mess of the other gun and couldn't get it back together... I'll fix that another day.

All being well, that bodge saved me ~£17 and a trip to MachineMart :-)