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

[Johnnybravo]

A 5,5hp vertical shaft Honda motor to power the hydraulic tirfor I acquired before Christmas. Makes me totally self reliant when I go up North to move the lathe. Just need to make an adaptor plate and it’s all systems go

 

[Hood]

A 5,5hp vertical shaft Honda motor to power the hydraulic tirfor I acquired before Christmas. Makes me totally self reliant when I go up North to move the lathe. Just need to make an adaptor plate and it’s all systems go

The real North or just what you Southerners call the North
What lathe?

 

[Johnnybravo]

The real North or just what you Southerners call the North
What lathe?

Anything over the Thames is unchartered Northern territory’s. Need to go and get a 120” Colchester Mastiff out of a basement in Bradford. It was bought new, used for 18 months, covered in grease and mothballed ever since. Well worth the hassle to get it out,as you will never find another in this condition. Most of the ancillaries are still covered in the original storage wax. Comes with a never been used taper turning attachment too

 

[Hood]

Anything over the Thames is unchartered Northern territory’s. Need to go and get a 120” Colchester Mastiff out of a basement in Bradford. It was bought new, used for 18 months, covered in grease and mothballed ever since. Well worth the hassle to get it out,as you will never find another in this condition. Most of the ancillaries are still covered in the original storage wax. Comes with a never been used taper turning attachment too

Just a shame it is a Colchester

Be careful, Bradford is a wild place, not genteel like Hastings etc

 

[Johnnybravo]

Just a shame it is a Colchester

Be careful, Bradford is a wild place, not genteel like Hastings etc

When I went up there I saw some very rough ,bearded types....And that was just the women.....

 

[Farside]

Friendly Mr Postie brought me some goodies from the Orient, and some from the Occident.

 

[Hood]

When I went up there I saw some very rough ,bearded types....And that was just the women.....

Aye, not like the ones down your way

 

[Johnnybravo]

Aye, not like the ones down your way
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Good looking Scottish Lass

Nothing like Hasting’s Girls....

 

[roofman]

Good looking Scottish Lass

Nothing like Hasting’s Girls....
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[fizzy]

Anything over the Thames is unchartered Northern territory’s. Need to go and get a 120” Colchester Mastiff out of a basement in Bradford. It was bought new, used for 18 months, covered in grease and mothballed ever since. Well worth the hassle to get it out,as you will never find another in this condition. Most of the ancillaries are still covered in the original storage wax. Comes with a never been used taper turning attachment too

I love Tirfors. I have several of the manual ones. Serious power but hard work.
My Colchester was moved out of a cellar with one as well.
I have seen one used to drag a fire engine out of a river. Great fun!

 

[Johnnybravo]

I love Tirfors. I have several of the manual ones. Serious power but hard work.
My Colchester was moved out of a cellar with one as well.
I have seen one used to drag a fire engine out of a river. Great fun!

I used a manual one to pull a Massey Ferguson 165 out the dam on the farm. Last time I parked it there
Got it out about 20 nanoseconds before I lost the will to live....

 

[DAPPH]

I recently took delivery of these Swallow 15x80 porro binoculars that I bought via facebook!

The smaller set is my Nikon 8x42 roof prisms for comparison

I think the tripod will be needed for extended viewing!!


John

Treat them like nitro glycerine John the big 80 end is easily knocked and rips out the fine aluminium body screw threads , giving you a weird picture . No matter how I tried to get them seated & aligned correctly it was always there so I binned them in the end and cried myself to sleep over the £ 280 ( ish ) that they cost me .

 

[Ruffian]

View attachment 205767 Friendly Mr Postie brought me some goodies from the Orient, and some from the Occident.

They look a nice size work light.
Link if possible.

 

[Farside]

They look a nice size work light.
Link if possible.

Not wired them yet, so can't say if they're any good.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33008927117.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.44d94c4ds1Ly7h

 

[fizzy]

A 5,5hp vertical shaft Honda motor to power the hydraulic tirfor I acquired before Christmas. Makes me totally self reliant when I go up North to move the lathe. Just need to make an adaptor plate and it’s all systems go

Never seen an hydraulic tirfor in action - will have to convert mine!

 

[Johnnybravo]

Never seen an hydraulic tirfor in action - will have to convert mine!

I got lucky. They go for stupid money.

 

[indy4x]

Bought some filament for my 3D printer.

Bought the printer SH off my BIL and it's been sat around for the last 6 months waiting for some spare time to play with it, that time is now

Already have black and white so added dayglo orange and purple

 

[Ruffian]

Not wired them yet, so can't say if they're any good.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33008927117.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.44d94c4ds1Ly7h

I was only asking as used durite ones of a similar size but the customer supplied them as were nearly £50 each!! I liked them but wasnt going to be paying that much.

For the price you have just linked to it's worth a try. Cheers

 

[johnny7]

Treat them like nitro glycerine John the big 80 end is easily knocked and rips out the fine aluminium body screw threads , giving you a weird picture . No matter how I tried to get them seated & aligned correctly it was always there so I binned them in the end and cried myself to sleep over the £ 280 ( ish ) that they cost me .

Wow!!

I think i'd have sobbed me heart out for a week personally!

These had a new focussing shaft fitted in 1998, They were cleaned and re collimated, Have to say, Collimation is perfect even though they were sat in the case with no extra padding in there, Knowing how parcels are handled at the PO, I'm surprised there was no damage!!

I have noticed some Fungal bloom on the inside of one of the objective lenses so they won't last forever until viewing is imapaired but they will probably see me out!!


Cheers, john

 

[Farside]

I was only asking as used durite ones of a similar size but the customer supplied them as were nearly £50 each!! I liked them but wasnt going to be paying that much.

For the price you have just linked to it's worth a try. Cheers

I've just tried them out - working fine. I'd think they'd be adequate aux lights but I'm only using them as DRLs.
They have a decent feel to them, much better than the price would suggest. Time will tell how good they turn out to be exposed to the weather and vibes.