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

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

We've been through this before..........

Yes. we agreed it was my missing coffee mug. you just cleaned it.fftopic:

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Why my work bench is not tidied, still.

Ages ago I got two nice little bull nose planes. They were in good condition.
Untill.
I dropped one, trying not to sneeze up a ladder.
I found a hidden nail in a piece off wood I was planning to fix the window frame I was working on when I dropped the first.
Many bad words were uttered. Not under my breath.

So I fixed them up.
But.



I had to make a jig to allow me to bend the nose of the one on the left back to the correct position.
Make a jig to hold both blades as I re ground them and Honed them on an oil stone.

Then.



I repaired an old over, small work top unit so I could heat them up and try stove enamelling.
It worked.
But the oven is no longer an oven.
It died. You fix one issue and the fault moves along to next weal point.
But the metal sides are recycled into fire pit edges to help concentrate the heat for my "TYA Alloy Can Melter" (Patient applied)



Good now I can get on with the tidy up.
I made a start, But due to a badly timed shove of a vice. Record vice I just repaired, see my post on that.
I mullared the leg and support of my temporary tool box stand ( only 10 months temp stand)
I needed a support.
So I fixed up a bottle jack I acquired.



I hoped it just needed a fresh coat of paint.
No, full strip down, new seals, fresh oil and a pressure relief spring.



So back to sorting out.
No, last night was beer, boobs(Not mine) a sledge hammer, a wooden mallet and beer.

So today?
Ish.
Mr Slim Boy Fat sent me 3 Tenon saws.
I made a start and made coffee.





Spot the new handle?
No?
Good.

So, it was then time for MIS.
No.
Go there via Charity shop, see this. Pay good money to find out it is dead.



Blown 3 amp fuse. I wonder why? 1500 watt motor.

So fix that, still doesn't work.
One safety micro switch is dead.
Go home, remove one from a dead Fire alarm call point. Fit it and away we go?
No.
Motor blows the fuse, but not the cut out.
Cut out is dead. New one on order. The motor drive was very stiff. So out, strip clean and refit, then it worked.

Go home, yes.
Try my new to me Avo.
It is a "Pup", bean sold a defective unit. E bay complaint has bean filled.




Any one guess what is wrong?

I am going to strip it down and see what's wrong and were that ring goes.

So a busy day , done a lot and it doesn't show

 

[Scruffywelder]

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Found this yesterday in a roof space.
Had been there for a long time. It was thick in spiders webs and their remains.

What to do with it.?

Oh yes, I have a spare shaft.

Watch out for the heads on those. They can be damn nearly glass hard. I had a chunk of one trash a pair of (non-safety) glasses a few years back.
Been a bit more circumspect about a) cheap striking tools and b) safety glasses ever since...

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark I'm tired just reading your last post.

 

[DAPPH]

I’ve been in the Czech Republic all week. Training up on Verner Motor Radial engines
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Fly boy , repair maniac or both ?

 

[DAPPH]

Stumbled upon this at a local boot sale.

American Tap and Die company. Couple of bits missing.

Key and car fob for scale.

Matt what is the smallest tap & smallest die in the set ?

Am I to take it, it's all true good old Uncle Sams ANF & not unified fine ?
I'm after getting one true 1/8 ANF & one 3/16 ANF bits of thread about 1/2 " long ( don't know the TPI but it must be very very close to an ISO thread

I seem to think there is a slight difference between the two names as I have recently purchased ten supposedly 1/8" and 10 supposedly 3/16" unf head less Allen set screws that just don't fit the hole in the 1943 American made lathe I have.
However an electrical ISO 240 volt electrical socket face plate screw does screw fit one of the holes well, but it is a tiny bit too sloppy for me to rely on it holding .

 

[DAPPH]

I'm not so sure I want passers-by looking at my cock swinging in the breeze.

Pretty sure they won't want to either...

You could always put a C*** on it and the wind would blow straight through .

 

[Farside]

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Just done this one with my lad, his first tool restoration , his own hatchet for Scouts and for chopping kindling at home for pocket money

Used to be a lad could walk down the street with a huge knife on his belt and an axe in his hand and nobody would bat an eye.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Right, now to the real acquisitions. Met a chap a little bit along the street and stopped to blether. He said "Oh, I'm glad you stopped, I found a couple of things while looking for something else and thought you might find a use for them, being into metalwork an' all. [He's into woodworking].

So, we have exhibit A [I know what it's for but do any of you]. It belonged to his Dad who ran a local garage until he retired, and is no longer with us. The name "M Brown" is stamped on the underside, so it might be an Apprentice/student test piece. That wasn't his Dad's name.

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And exhibit B: Neither of us know what it is/is for. It's very heavy for it's size so possibly cast steel or iron, not done any magnet, file or spark test on it - in truth I'm reluctant to and I'm not even sure I'd know how to exactly decipher the results [I know a little ]. Clearly for clamping something, but what? No markings on it either.

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Apologies for the poor pics, not up to standard, but at least I remembered the mug and I'm sure you'll get the idea.

LookL like dies on the top item?

 

[Arc Tourist]

……………. And exhibit B: Neither of us know what it is/is for. It's very heavy for it's size so possibly cast steel or iron, not done any magnet, file or spark test on it - in truth I'm reluctant to and I'm not even sure I'd know how to exactly decipher the results [I know a little ]. Clearly for clamping something, but what? No markings on it either.

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Apologies for the poor pics, not up to standard, but at least I remembered the mug and I'm sure you'll get the idea.

Possibly a home made micrometer holder, used as a helping third hand while measuring.

 

[Seadog]

Am I to take it, it's all true good old Uncle Sams ANF & not unified fine ?
I'm after getting one true 1/8 ANF & one 3/16 ANF bits of thread about 1/2 " long ( don't know the TPI but it must be very very close to an ISO thread

This may help you. It's very slow to load, though.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GOVPU...VPUB-C13-3cc9997c25b5b325f93a6f22367059d7.pdf

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

What did I acquire today?

Well a friend took me out for dinner. Not a traditional Sunday lunch, but a Chinese's buffet lunch. She drove and paid for it.
Win. Win.

She dropped off at home and gave me this, a cardboard box as Thanks for helping her move house a few months ago.



No I don't know what "SATO TAPES" were either. Until Googled helped.

So do I need those tapes?
No.
So I opened the box anyway.



A box of not tapes.
Plus a letter



2 box's of 1mm cutting disc, 20 flap disc in 2 different grades and a box of rubber gloves.




Here is a link to what the tapes are.
http://www.satoeurope.com/uk/industry-solutions/hospitality/stutch-data-services.aspx

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Nice to have friends like her.

 

[wookie]

She dropped off at home and gave me this, a cardboard box as Thanks for helping her move house a few months ago.

What goes around comes around, it's your reward for being a decent person.

 

[Chillitt]

What did I acquire today?

Well a friend took me out for dinner. Not a traditional Sunday lunch, but a Chinese's buffet lunch. She drove and paid for it.
Win. Win.

She dropped off at home and gave me this, a cardboard box as Thanks for helping her move house a few months ago.

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No I don't know what "SATO TAPES" were either. Until Googled helped.

So do I need those tapes?
No.
So I opened the box anyway.

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A box of not tapes.
Plus a letter

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2 box's of 1mm cutting disc, 20 flap disc in 2 different grades and a box of rubber gloves.




Here is a link to what the tapes are.
http://www.satoeurope.com/uk/industry-solutions/hospitality/stutch-data-services.aspx

Has she got a sister?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Has she got a sister?

She does and she is very cute.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

She does and she is very cute.

Cue name change to Ardvark Matrimolial Services

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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Cue name change to Ardvark Matrimolial Services

PM sent

 

[slim_boy_fat]

PM sent

And replied

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat
I can still see you grin from here.
It shows up my coffee mug so well.