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

MBB · Nov 20, 2019

@8ob
You may have trouble lifting to any significant height inside a container with your forklift as its a double action one. The top goes up twice as fast as the forks.

Parm · Nov 20, 2019

TechnicAl said:
Thats it ....Roger and Out.......Port....really, never heard it compared to that......as I said I never had any
Did you get the certificate?

There’s a pub in Beaconsfield, called the Royal Standard. They do a beer, Owd Roger. If you drink a pint you get a certificate

Nick67GT · Nov 20, 2019

Craig-SM said:
Hope you got a bag of Dime bar sweets too, only thing that helps in the recovery from going to Ikea.

Those things are as addictive as heroin.

Seadog · Nov 20, 2019

Parm said:
If you drink a pint you get a certificate

Is it that bad? I've done many pints of that without any awards

TechnicAl · Nov 20, 2019

Seadog said:
Is it that bad? I've done many pints of that without any awards

me too........mostly in that London :laughing:

slim_boy_fat · Nov 20, 2019

chriscase said:
Not just today but over a few days , a nice few wood planes from an old friend across the road who's clearing his workshop out as he has terminal cancer bless him , put up a temporary shelf today to get them off the floor

Aren't you supposed to store planes on their sides?

brightspark · Nov 20, 2019

slim_boy_fat said:
Aren't you supposed to store planes on their sides?

yea if the blades are mint and sharp

chriscase · Nov 20, 2019

All the blades are wound back into the body

brewdexta · Nov 20, 2019

Parm said:
There’s a pub in Beaconsfield, called the Royal Standard. They do a beer, Owd Roger. If you drink a pint you get a certificate

There used to be a pub in Doncaster called the Hallcross, maybe still is, probably 15+ years since I've bern there. They had a beer called Old Perpendicular which was a strong ale, but I think it was too close to Theakston's Old Peculiar so they had to stop selling it. About the same time, they had a very strong beer called Saxon's Ruin, if you could drink four pints you got a tee-shirt. They had to stop selling it as there were the bodies of semi comatose hells angels and other bearded gut buckets lying all around Doncaster who tried and failed, ending up rolling around in pavement pizzas.

TechnicAl · Nov 20, 2019

brewdexta said:
There used to be a pub in Doncaster called the Hallcross, maybe still is, probably 15+ years since I've bern there. They had a beer called Old Perpendicular which was a strong ale, but I think it was too close to Theakston's Old Peculiar so they had to stop selling it. About the same time, they had a very strong beer called Saxon's Ruin, if you could drink four pints you got a tee-shirt. They had to stop selling it as there were the bodies of semi comatose hells angels and other bearded gut buckets lying all around Doncaster who tried and failed, ending up rolling around in pavement pizzas.

Still is....but the hells angels have been replaced by EEs........but I dont think its Old Perpendicular unless its clear

indy4x · Nov 20, 2019

Sold my Mach 5's on eBay for a very nice sum of money so started collecting bits for my Cherokee project

Set of 8x16 steels with -25mm offset, tyres were what I pulled off the Mach 5's before I sold them and will do for now

Forgot to post this at the time, picked up a pair of diesel XJ's a little while ago, both for spares and dirt cheap, this was one of them, it is seriously rotten but has a cracking engine, the other one has a duff gearbox but the bodywork is very good

Farside · Nov 21, 2019

TechnicAl said:
Still is....but the hells angels have been replaced by EEs.

Those bloody electrical engineers are a scourge.

Turbo · Nov 21, 2019

jimbo84 said:
I went for a 1w version, 120lm. There are brighter 3w versions available but I wanted a bit of battery life over output, if I need output I have my Dragon searchlight

a quid cheaper on amazon from the same people https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KBSITPO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The original site http://thetorchsite.co.uk/Universal_led_upgrades.html

I have one in a 3D maglite that is great (not sure of its origin as had it for years) but I'll let you know how these fair when it arrives.

I never knew those existed, thanks for the links! :thumbup:

I've an original snake light that's going to get a bulb upgrade!

Turbo · Nov 21, 2019

8ob said:
Got a hydraulic mini forklift for trundling around in the containers, desperately needed so I can ram more gear in them

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I like that, would be very useful around home! Do you mind me asking what sort of dough do they fetch?

8ob · Nov 21, 2019

Turbo said:
I like that, would be very useful around home! Do you mind me asking what sort of dough do they fetch?

That one was complete with battery and charger for £200. @MBB I am hoping it will lift onto the first shelf in the containers before the mast clumps the ceiling, they are high cube containers.

Bob

Shox Dr · Nov 21, 2019

A brand new tin of Duralac. With a skin a rice pudding would be proud of. :mad:

Is it fair to expect a new tin to be skinned over before use?

TechnicAl · Nov 21, 2019

Turbo said:
I never knew those existed, thanks for the links!

I've an original snake light that's going to get a bulb upgrade!

Ive upgraded a Maglite with a LED Bulb......its brighter but still not as bright as my £5 chinese ebay jobby

Ruffian · Nov 21, 2019

Got to go through some of the tools I got given by a mate.
Some quality stuff, some utter rubbish but
Over 50 dormer drill bits is a big bonus.

Olderisbetter · Nov 21, 2019

Today i acquired a letter from the DVLA saying my 56 import beetle that had recently been inspected had been given an age related number :clapping:

Exuptoy · Nov 21, 2019

Called up the local waste site to donate a new waxing kit that the wife had never used (still boxed) as they have a charity shop there. Clocked this YAMAHA RGXA2 guitar missing one string and the volume control knob. Asked how much and bartered until I scored it for £37.50. He said he’d seen one used on eBay for £100 but they were obviously there to recycle used equipment primarily and to make some money but still provide a bargain so they’d marked it at £50 but we’re happy to haggle. When I checked eBay they were £700 plus when new and still selling for £240! Result.......not selling though but still pleased.

Spent an hour or two this evening going through it with my usual cleaning regime starting with brasso rubbed into the fretboard to lift the grubbiness and polish the brass frets and to lift the marks from the body and pickups, Jim Dunlop lemon oil to treat the wood, fast fret to condition the neck then Mr Sheen to polish the body before a new set of strings.

Please excuse all the pics but I thought it worth showing for anyone interested.

Before.