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

[Sergei Slovenija]

Yesterday unpacked, it is necessary to put the band saw on the wheels.
I took a model with a tensiometer (saw blade tension gauge) + 400 volts

The Chinese began to make a new type of vice, it seems to me that they are very successful.

 

[bricol]

I got a cheap Dormer Torx long set off eBay a couple of years ago of such security screw drivers that fit a 1/4 mm hex drive handle ratchet pistol grip or straight handle . Each bit is 100 mm long .& slightly slimmer than the screw head so it goes down any screw access hole easily . Very handy for taking smaller Dyson stuff apart .

I'm now after a triangular set in the same length .

When I was a skint student back in 89/90, I bought a set of torx drives, long and short that fitted into the 1/2" drive adaptor that came with them, in a tin box box, all un-branded, from a stall on the market down The Moor in Sheffield to work on the Renault(s) I had - They've been used with pipes over tommy bars, with impact guns, lent to mates with no mechanical sympathy (with the impact gun, and a compressor to run it, so he could remove the rear suspension from a Pug 405) , hammered into rounded off socket headed screws . . . and still look in pretty good condition - the odd one looks a little twisted.

Best fiver I have ever spent!

 

[dobbslc]

Mmm Knipex.

Thank @Robbie260

 

[DAPPH]

Acquired ages ago but finally got it home. 1908 dsg. Lovely big ol lump.

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Watch makers mini lathe ? Sit on the carriage when it'sto the left & it would be like going on a char banc holiday by the time you get to the right hand end .

 

[Cuthy246]

Following on from previous post about the snap on box. Finally had some time to have a rummage and this is my haul from the 2 boxes. Don't think I will ever need to buy an imperial spanner for the rest of my life now

 

[droopsnoot]

Has your new sensor not come with the housing then?

I've never needed to remove those screws as the new sensors always came with the housing as they're "calibrated" to the housing's bore/cross section. (Although people do swap housings on modified cars and such when remapping.)

I suppose you might remove the screws for easier claning of the MAF but that's generally in vain anyway.

They're an obscure tool for sure. I bought mine to "be prepared" but i got that wrong.

It did come with the housing, I just figured it was easier to remove those two screws than disturb the air filter and so on. Probably nothing in it. I did try cleaning it when the car was playing up last year, but it wasn't much of a help.

 

[jonclancy]

This forum will bankrupt me!

The Midl was bounteous today…

 

[MattF]

This forum will bankrupt me

That club membership grows daily.

 

[nickk]

Some handrail posts and bends,finishing off a set of steps and disabled ramp,gotta get them fabbed and galvanised this week as there’s a galvanising rise again next Monday.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I have acquired a milling extension for the small Myford ....
.... not from Rodney and also not from Amolco, but from Arboga ...
... also strictly speaking it is not an extension and it is not on the Myford, but a separate unit next to it.



The actual acquisition and removal I had already shown here.
Some things had to be rearranged in the house, now we finally got to build her up and put her into operation:

With the column one could think, it is only a "hollow round tube, why not just lift it up and into it" or also "what is this thin thing supposed to withstand?".
Well, the weight and strength is inside (sorry, no better photo).
This fat flat steel is welded into the tube over the entire length and forms the mount for the rack of the Z-axis on one side:

On the Arboga U2508, the head houses both the eight-speed gearbox and the 1hp motor, which makes it the heaviest and at the same time most delicate chunk.

Of course, we still have to hang additional lighting and we already have it in the house.

So off to the next adventure.

Wish everyone a good start to the new week

Carsten


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[Olderisbetter]

Another load of oldish car parts

 

[MickeyW]

I have acquired a milling extension for the small Myford ....
.... not from Rodney and also not from Amolco, but from Arboga ...
... also strictly speaking it is not an extension and it is not on the Myford, but a separate unit next to it.



The actual acquisition and removal I had already shown here.
Some things had to be rearranged in the house, now we finally got to build her up and put her into operation:

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With the column one could think, it is only a "hollow round tube, why not just lift it up and into it" or also "what is this thin thing supposed to withstand?".
Well, the weight and strength is inside (sorry, no better photo).
This fat flat steel is welded into the tube over the entire length and forms the mount for the rack of the Z-axis on one side:

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On the Arboga U2508, the head houses both the eight-speed gearbox and the 1hp motor, which makes it the heaviest and at the same time most delicate chunk.

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Of course, we still have to hang additional lighting and we already have it in the house.

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So off to the next adventure.

Wish everyone a good start to the new week

Carsten


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I used to operate the same model Arboga during my apprentice years. They are excellent machines but would be even better with a draw bar in the spindle.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I used to operate the same model Arboga during my apprentice years. They are excellent machines

Great, a source of practical experience - now you've got yourself into something ...

but would be even better with a draw bar in the spindle.

Yes, that would be the usual way, but you would have to be a giant to be able to tighten it on the top and because of the construction of the head

with the gearbox above and the motor next to it, it didn't work.

That's why Arboga had to go the special route and

secure the tool for milling operations in the cone with the thread (15) and the retaining nuts (17 or 27) with the aid of the retaining washers (16 or 25 or 26).

For drilling operations, the holding force of the MT3 is perfectly adequate even without further measures.

If you buy the proprietary stuff from Arboga, you will immediately notice how immensely proud they are of their products; as a hobbyist, you will resort to building it yourself.

At the same time, this principle also makes it possible to make elegant use of the world of very inexpensive MT2 tools, as this very short video shows.

This also short video shows how to build this adapter.

Since I have received enough proprietary holders for the beginning with the machine, I am now getting to know her - I am looking forward to it tremendously.

Have a great day all

Carsten

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[Pigeon_Droppings2]

A monster battery....I hadn't quite factored in the size/weight. Hopefully this will give me a lot more time when I'm doing the wire wheel stripping the car.

 

[Cheesie]

nice hand written letter with them

 

[Robbie260]

View attachment 340618 nice hand written letter with them

What are they?

 

[roblane65]

Was going to ask the same .

 

[Barking Mat]

What are they?

Some kind of special clamps ?

Spring compressors ?

 

[OJCar]

Very, very nice pipe beading tools !

I'm jealous.

 

[Cheesie]

What are they?

Bead former