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

[Dieselman 63]

Could do with one of them for the garden lol

I think it was $150 for an hour. Extremely reasonable given the amount of work the machine can do.

 

[Turbo]

Today I acquired some money, some space in play pen.
But I filled it again, so no worries there.

I was asked alone to help with a friends car boot, I agreed. But if I could sell my items.

I shifted my stuff and came home with some items for me. I parted not with coin of the realm.
But I traded some of my stuff.
Better fun in my view.

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2 books on "Modern Automotive Electrical Systems." Dated from 1948. I got them as the descriptions of the basic of electricity is written in away it is easy to understand.

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AA Supplied 12v Parking light. when I was a nipper, staying with grandparents. Granddad would drive out to get Pie and chips. It was my job to clip this on and plug it in.
I have seen a lot of these, but only a few with the AA stamp.

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Stanley Honing Guide and a chuck key to fit a B&D Drill at MIS.

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Tonka Toy, just need to find the Bulldozer to fit on the back.

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Railway Mans 3 colour Lantern.
Complete with battery, still charged and spare bulb.

I got this as I know some one who will enjoy seeing one again.

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Yes. another Leytool drill. I now have the 3 sizes made by Leytool.

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Mamod Meccano Steam engine.
Dates from about 1965, complete. But the trader would not part with the box.

What you call a Railway Mans 3 colour Lantern is what I would call a bardic. They were painted green & issued to the army in NI in the 70's & 80's. They used the 3 colour shades to operate vehicle checkpoints. Very strong & sturdy build & a decent light of them at the time. Can you still get the big rectangular batteries for them?

 

[eddie49]

Can you still get the big rectangular batteries for them?

Yes:

https://www.bodyguardworkwear.co.uk/catalogue/product/bardic-batteries-45-2

"Bardic lamps were made in various case colours, the usual convention being

National rail network-----------------------------silver or natural aluminium
Military issue------------------------------------Olive drab
Sold to the public via electrical wholesalers-------Yellow
Rechargeable, non signalling----------------------red
Flameproof version-------------------------------blue.

There was also a lamp made with red/green/white/BLUE aspects. These were intended for police or military applications, not railway use. They are very rare."

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

What you call a Railway Mans 3 colour Lantern is what I would call a bardic. They were painted green & issued to the army in NI in the 70's & 80's. They used the 3 colour shades to operate vehicle checkpoints. Very strong & sturdy build & a decent light of them at the time. Can you still get the big rectangular batteries for them?

I new it as the Bardic as well. It was still her service in NI up to at least 2000.
Good and sturdy and could be used to persuade people to follow check point rules.

Yes, the battery is available as "New/Old stock". But must in the MOD were adapted to take 3 x C cells in a adapter.

http://www.ebaystores.co.uk/JLS-Batteries

In Reference to the above post @eddie49 there was a Yellow version issued to the RN. It had the normal white and only a Red shade fitted.
Designed to be used in Magazines. It was soon superseded by the 3 Cell Yellow torch.
That is the rare one. Apart from seeing one in service I have only ever seen one in a MOD surplus sale site. Rumour has it that when they were retired from the RN They were converted to a standard 3 colour version.

They are a beastie.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Nope. Whitehouse offered English ash handles as standard or American hickory at cost. Funnily enough all I seem to be able to get nowadays is hickory. A lot of these were used in plantations - around where I live it would have been in the flax industry. These tools are about 100 years old now.

@Dieselkid 63 I must take you to a Auction house near me.
There is a decent fish and chip shop near by.

They have "Weed Whackers" in on a regular bases. Like you said Hickory or Ash. But you do see them with other handles.

I have seen both sold as "Weed Whackers" or with a cane handle "Gentle Man Weed whacker."

But either handle, they are good tool.

 

[God mode restorations]

Today I acquired.
This parkson dividing head.
And this nice big ol churchill/monarch lathe.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I must take you to a Auction house near me.

That'd be a long way to come for a fish supper....

 

[Gareth0123]

This morning I've ordered a rather expensive new ½" OD X 2¼" CLR X 180deg Former and Guide set for my JD2 Model 3 Tube bender.

 

[DAPPH]

I already have a nice Super 7 with a DRO and lots of add-ons so I don't need this for myself. I hope I can pass it on to someone who appreciates it.

I'm sure Ardy would appreciate it for the same price .

His face was an absolute picture when I pulled the covers of my ancient 1943 ish Sphere 10 inch x 42 bed lathe . " Fantastic , I want one " were his next words

 

[DAPPH]

I acquired this recently, any thoughts on what it is? It measures about 1m diameter.

I looks like the bolt on top of a filter cylinder where it can run for several months before being undone , the filter element taken out replaced , resealed & bolted backup .

If it were a lot thicker I'd say the cap end of a big low vacuum cylinder as it's made of mild steel .

 

[Pete.]

What you call a Railway Mans 3 colour Lantern is what I would call a bardic. They were painted green & issued to the army in NI in the 70's & 80's. They used the 3 colour shades to operate vehicle checkpoints. Very strong & sturdy build & a decent light of them at the time. Can you still get the big rectangular batteries for them?

I'd call it a 3 aspect lamp. My dad had several in his effects when he died which I sold to aid the funeral expenses. They weren't worth a lot but they did get snapped up as they are very collectable.

 

[Hopefuldave]

Another addition to my little studio.
Bargain price new and couldn't refuse.
It turned out to be impossible to use my launchpad to control the step sequencer.
(Because of this controller I suspect)

Works very well and has a lot of control of the DAW itself without using the mouse.

Il let my eldest loose on it tomorrow.
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Is it only me that can hear that drum pattern?

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Is it only me that can hear that drum pattern?

Dave H. (the other one)

Once you've delved into production on hard and software it does change the way you listen to music somewhat.

Been enjoying this controller
Gives me control of most of what I need to sit and make a beat without touching the mouse.

I want another 3 now. 8 Channels and 32 steps in front of me.

Have an onscreen red outline you move via controls on the hardware to select active areas to be controlled. Not as nice as having it all visible in front of you.

When they eventually roll out midi scripting within my daw il make use of cheaper controllers to do the job and write my own code

 

[Farside]

Just paid for one of these...
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It arrived yesterday and I'm quite impressed with the output - given the suction on it, I think it will adequately draw through at least 20ft of pipe, and likely a lot more.
Remains to be seen how long it lasts, but it won't be running for hours on end. It's noisy enough that I think I'll mount it upstairs.

 

[brightspark]

there flogging them at the autojumbles for 15 quid .ive seen about 4 . brother bought one for his furnace and its done a lot of work

 

[Gareth0123]

Well, I never got around to giving the Cheap eBay 200amp single phase inverter MMA a really proper test and full evaluation today because I was too busy relocating these free gas cylinders.

There's a 47kg with about 10kg of propane still in it which will be used for my farriers forge in the next few days, 3 X 12kg and 1 X dumpy cylinder.

At the bottom of the photo are some rings from legitimately written off very old Oxygen and Argon cylinders which I have cut on a bandsaw into 1", 2", 4" and 6" widths to make some "retro" steel wheels rims from.

The 47kg and dumpy cylinder along with 4 x 2" rings will be made into a horizontal camp/festival hot water heater, any of you who've been in the scouts will probably know what I'm on about. The 47kg cylinder will become a 90 litre water vessel, the dumpy cylinder will be where the cold water is poured in and 2 x 4" rings will become rear wheels and 2 X 4" rings will become front castor wheels. …. all will be revealed in a future photo project blog.


BTW I managed to get all these cylinders into my tiny little 2003 Ford Fiesta Finesse 3 door hatchback in one go!

Cutting the Argon cylinder into rings.

 

[bigegg]

Well, I never got around to really giving the Cheap eBay 200amp single phase inverter MMA a proper test and full evaluation today because I was too busy relocating these free gas cylinders.

There's a 47kg with about 10kg of propane still in it which will be used for my farriers forge in the next few days, 3 X 12kg and 1 X dumpy cylinder.

At the bottom of the photo are some rings from legitimately written off very old Oxygen and Argo cylinders which I have cut on a bandsaw into 1", 2", 4" and 6" widths to make some "retro" steel wheels rims from.

The 47kg and dumpy cylinder along with 4 x 2" rings will be made into a horizontal camp/festival hot water heater, any of you who've been in the scouts will probably know what I'm on about. The 47kg cylinder will become a 90 litre water vessel, the dumpy cylinder will be where the cold water is poured in and 2 x 4" rings will become rear wheels and 2 X 4" rings will become front castor wheels. …. all will be revealed in a future photo project blog.


BTW I managed to get all these cylinders in my tiny little 2003 Ford Fiesta Finesse 3 door hatchback in one go!


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Cutting the Argon cylinder into rings.

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would appreciate a bit if info on the water heater?

 

[Gareth0123]

would appreciate a bit if info on the water heater?

All in good time.

 

[Tupers]

I went skip diving and got myself two pairs of speakers from a smart whiteboard. They’re run off a 240v transformer with an aux in.

The plan is to mount a pair on top of my roll cab and hopefully find some sort of Bluetooth aux thing to run them off my phone.

 

[Wightsparks]

Shiny new torque wrench having given up on the digital one. This has a clever system to torque to angle as well.