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

[Tinbasherdan]

For some reason, , the Yanks were very twitchy about cameras, even to the point of making me climb onto the crane and put tape over the rear facing camera on the back bulkhead of the truck. Only that one though, they weren’t bothered about the ones on either front corner or the forward facing one in the top centre of the screen .

And I conveniently forgot to mention the built-in one in the sat nav, and kept my Olympus TG4 out of sight in my boilersuit pocket . The MOD in Portsmouth were the same a few years back when I collected some big water pumps from the shed that held the bow section, all 6,000 tons of it, for the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales. No cameras, no recording devices, no this, no that. As if I would . Sadly, I loaded them the day before they moved the section out of the shed and onto a barge to Rosyth. It was either ALE or Mammoet that did it, can’t remember who, but the SPMT’s they use are serious heavy haulers. Iirc, they had 10 axles per trailer, each axle good for 30 tons, all hydraulically steered with full raise and lower capabilities, and a remote control unit that makes mine look a bit silly .

Edit: I should have quoted @Chillitt ’s post, it takes me that long to type a reply .

Our old boy used to drive the scheurles in the shipyard in barrow, believed they moved the largest load ever moved on a public road-all 200 yards of it

 

[Slowcoach]

A new proper sexy new cb radio in place of my old steam powered affair .

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Fitted it above the dash in one of the overhead cubbyholes using the Scania approved DIN plate, and used the adjacent cubbyhole to make a bracket for the external speaker, a holder for the power mike, and somewhere for my safety/sun glasses.

The next task is to fit and wire in a PA speaker under the front grille. Nothing’s quite so much fun as either telling errant motorists to get a move on via a loudspeaker, or driving into the yard with seriously loud music blaring out, usually a cd of massed pipe bands playing Scotland the Brave in deference to our leader, Scottish by birth but a Yorkshireman by God’s Grace .

And the opening few seconds of drumrolls while the pipers get up a head of steam never fails to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Nothing beats a massed pipe band in my book .

Hope you fitted cb on cross hammers, not bed or poa

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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Yes, and?

 

[Turbo]

Somehow this followed me home. I already have the Fobco so I don’t know why I acquired it... but $60 seemed well cheap for a nice old drill

That's unusual, looks like the whole head of the drill moves down to drill a hole.

 

[4String.]

Hope you fitted cb on cross hammers, not bed or poa

Hopefully your remarks were made with your tongue firmly in your cheek, but in case they weren’t, it was fitted while taking daily rest periods, defined under EU rules as, 1, “...any uninterrupted period during which a driver may freely dispose of their time” and, 2,“...must not be under any obligation or instruction”, as per Regulation (EC) 561/2006. And as 1, it was, and 2, I wasn’t, I won’t lose any sleep about it...

Which essentially means that when I park up at night and start my rest period, (11 hours or 9, it matters not), I can do whatever the hell I want to do. Nobody has forced me to fit a cb in my own time, and I’m not being paid to do so, therefore there’s nowt anyone can do about it. If I’m to be prosecuted for doing something I want to do in my own time which will benefit me, no doubt I can be prosecuted for cooking a bacon butty, or finding a convenient lake and indulging in a quick skinny dip. Somehow I think not... And I go back many years in this industry to long before that when Driver’s Hours were covered by EC 3820/85. And to this day, the same questions crop up with sleep-inducing regularity on forums such as Trucknet.

And as for “poa”, the EU surpassed itself with that delightfully incomprehensible load of nonsense . As a driver, you’re either driving, doing “other work”, ie, loading or unloading, or you’re on break/rest. And if some dipstick at your delivery point tells you the load won’t be ready for a couple of hours, the tacho goes onto bed, simple as.

And if you work for a company who insist you use poa instead of bed, they’re probably working the oracle by only paying you when you actually work. Yeah, right . And anyone who stands for that is proof of the old saying that there’s one born every minute. I’m paid by the hour and stopped 30 minutes a day, which I can live with considering that I have at least one 45 minute break a day. If I’m sat for 15 hours on site, I’ll get paid for 14 and a half. Poa, pahhh!!!

 

[Seadog]

That's unusual, looks like the whole head of the drill moves down to drill a hole.

It's just a fixed motor version of the type that was sold by Wolf, B&D etc. so you could use your pistol drill as a pillar drill. It saves making a quill and all of other associated hardware.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Few of you may remember me picking up a little tablesaw a few months back.

Been getting in my way on front of the garage door for a while.
Now I can use my lock up again I've been having a clear out and have room in the shed to get it in.
Decided to have a peek at it's workings as it's home made.

Not a bad job of it tbh. Won't be for site use (have a 12" in the lock up) just for ripping down odd bits at home.

Paid a score. Figured the fence and rail was worth that.

Motor looks near New so another result.

and I was lucky. Fits where I wanted to keep it nicely out of the way.

Also found this while clearing out.

@WorkshopChris
Any use. Should fit.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Il fit an nvr though

 

[arther dailey]

You somehow look younger in that picture than I expected

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

You somehow look younger in that picture than I expected

He looks exactly like me at that age. Messes with my mums head when she has him.

 

[4String.]

Finally home for a well earned (in my opinion...) week’s holiday and found this lot after emptying my gear out of the truck:




Looking forward to a dram or three of the Muckle Flugga very shortly, and can’t wait to use my splendid new pressie from OH that was waiting for me:



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I’ve been wittering on about getting one of these for a long while, so as OH is going to India on her annual jolly tomorrow, I have all next week to practice .

 

[WorkshopChris]

Also found this while clearing out.

@WorkshopChris
Any use. Should fit.

Yes please PM me.
Children look well trained, checking your belt tension for you.

 

[bigegg]

Yes please PM me.
Children look well trained, checking your belt tension for you.

now hes fascinated with the belt, *please* fit a guard to it.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

now hes fascinated with the belt, *please* fit a guard to it.

ive just taken the blooming thing off lol.

havent plugged it in yet. wanted to check the motor mounts and spindle bearings to make sure its safe. will replace the hardboard belt guard with a hinged panel when time allows.

 

[4String.]

I don’t understand these modern times, in my day children cleaned chimneys or worked down coal mines.

Next thing you know, women will be allowed to vote and drive perambulatory conveyances . ()

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Also going to replace the top and add a couple of decent T slots.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Also going to replace the top and add a couple of decent T slots.

Does it have any provision for a Riving Knife at the moment, although most joiners saws don't have them fitted so they can use then to trench parts out to form profiles/rebates?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Does it have any provision for a Riving Knife at the moment, although most joiners saws don't have them fitted so they can use then to trench parts out to form profiles/rebates?

Not yet. Have a few donor knives from old skill saws.

Tbh my smaller Clarke hasn't had a riving knife on it for years and haven't missed it.
Again removed for blind cuts and never refitted.
Big saw has its knife in place as it's mainly used to rip long lumber

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Il fit an nvr though

And in time you need to tell the wee chap that belt tension is best checked at a point mid-way between the pulleys run.

Will you be tidying it up, 'refurb'ing' or just checking and using when needed? You know we'll expect progress pics.....

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

And in time you need to tell the wee chap that belt tension is best checked at a point mid-way between the pulleys run.

Will you be tidying it up, 'refurb'ing' or just checking and using when needed? You know we'll expect progress pics.....

Just a new table.
Doesn't look it but it's made from pine and hardboard. Melamine on top.
Not really worth doing anything too.



Was expecting an old motor in there bit looks pretty new.

New switch and new table at some point.
Won't be heavily used. Just an easy to access tablesaw
The others live in the lockup without power and come to site as needed (not often)