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

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I think the AA recently did a survey on the "smart" motorways and most people said they don't feel safe on them now that there's nowhere to go if you brake down!
I've found that the M25 from J16 to J21 is now much slower than before and I find there's a lot more stop start / heavy braking etc going on, but that's ok the cameras are working.....

Just a free for all now. Lanes mean nothing on smart motorways.
Not to mention traffic moving perfectly well suddenly being reduced to 40.

Instead of smart motorways they should have looked at improving slipways. They seem to cause most of the congestion.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today i had my new phone delivered just in time as mu old one failed this morning and i was given loads of mixed lengths of conveyor roller track and some ally box section about 18,, square but thick walled, Also a bag of wheels which seem ideal for my welding bench to make it mobile.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Just a free for all now. Lanes mean nothing on smart motorways.
Not to mention traffic moving perfectly well suddenly being reduced to 40.

Instead of smart motorways they should have looked at improving slipways. They seem to cause most of the congestion.

Could be worse
50 lanes.

 

[steviec_lj]

Note to self: When stopping at Tebay Services, do not go in the shop.

£72 later...


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I do similar at Gloucester services, last lot was Toffee Apple Vodka, Honey Whiskey and some Gin, along with a metric ton of biscuits and pies

 

[bigegg]

£72!!!! did you get two coffees?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

£72!!!! did you get two coffees?

Doesn't take long to run up a bill when buying decent Scotch.

 

[bigegg]

Doesn't take long to run up a bill when buying decent Scotch.

doesnt take long to run up a bill when buying not-so-decent coffee.

 

[Maker]

Another Black "Friday" bargain, reduced from £53 to £25 at Halfords.

That pouch of concentrate makes good ultrasound tank fluid btw.

It comes with a 20% discount off your next order too, I'm quite tempted by those automatic chain cleaning things...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ I've read good reports about the 'Muc Off' range of products.

 

[dobbslc]

I've used them in the past and they are very good.

 

[pcwizme]

I only use muc off on my bikes now, it works well and does what its meant to

 

[Farside]

Took a punt on a cheap and cheerful Chinese wind deflector, as the screen is just a couple of inches too short.

It's not bad for quality, far exceeding what I expected for the price. Time will tell how well it holds up to being banged about by the wind, though.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32954100011.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.55174c4doz5B3B

 

[Mick Annick]

A pair of filthy but virtually new cable cutters for 50p. Should be ideal for making cables for my twinshocks.
I was quite pleased when I looked up how much they are new.
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Twinshock’s - trials, motocross? Do tell more...

 

[Hood]

Got this from a friend.
It has had some steel welded to it (not very nicely either) which must have been for a specific part. Not sure what I will do with it but...

 

[roofman]

Could be worse
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where is this hell hole?

 

[Hood]

where is this hell hole?

https://www.facebook.com/PUNEnPCMC/...rring-massive-traffic-jam-t/1584644221836219/

 

[Shox Dr]

Got this from a friend.
It has had some steel welded to it (not very nicely either) which must have been for a specific part. Not sure what I will do with it but...

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Welded to a sine plate. .

I’d drop it on his foot to start with

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Welded to a sine plate. .

I’d drop it on his foot to start with

Indeed. Why not drill and bolt. At least it's not gonna warp the part.

Scrap bin?

 

[jordhandson]

Got this from a friend.
It has had some steel welded to it (not very nicely either) which must have been for a specific part. Not sure what I will do with it but...

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Nice one it looks like a sine bar and is used either to measure an angle very accurately

 

[Memmeddu]

After 2 years I had to replace a Makita Nemesis SDS+ bit
So i bought two of them both 8mm
One identical to the one I have destroyed and one longer
I can say that I would like to highly recommend Makita Nemesis
That's because after a week I owned those bits I drilled through an H beam buried in the concrete and the bit survived this abuse
After that it's being practically used to drill whatever material less than concrete .
Hardened steel
Gres
Ceramic
Rock
Not exactly designed for that but those Makita bits worked exceptionally until the last week when the 8mm bit failed aptemting to drill a gres tile
But for the price I paid... Only 4 euros it done more than what I could expect
Very satisfied with those drill bit so I bought the same exact ones